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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-05
Salvage Group
Gives Funds
To Six Schools

Proceeds from the sale of two
cars of paper has enabled the
Pascagoula Salvage Committee to
turn over a check for $4,000 to
each of the city's six schools. il
was reported by the committee al
a meeting of the Pascagoula Civic
Council Tuesday night at the
Community Center.
Mrs. Davie Peattie, salvage
chairman, introduced Mrs. Wei
gle, treasurer of the committee,
who made the report.
In addition to the $500 distrib-
,nted among the schools, the re-
port Showed $I88.56 in expenses,
mostly for materials in the build
ing of the salvage depot, with
$87. 06 still in the treasury. A vote
of confidence and thanks was
given the committee by members
of the Civic Council.
The block system of soliciting
being undertaken by the Pros
poets Committee for the Woman's
Service Corps, which is recruit.
ing possible enrollees in the
WACs WAVES, SPARs and Ma
rines, was explained by Mrs. Cole
The use of authorization certifi-
Gates issued by the campaign
chairman and the Chamber oi
Commerce, it was pointed out
will give a permanent record OF
the wartime service of patriotic
volunteers,
Numbered cards are to be pro-
vided all campaign solicitors in
the future and the holder of the
card is to be recorded at the
Chamber of Commerce Certifi-
Gates of patriotic service will be
issued to those performing worth
while services to their country
throughout the emergency. This
plan of recognizing civilian ac-
tlvity was promulgated by the
Civic Council in an April mel ting
ana is being carried out by the
Chamber of Commerce.
The status of the city's $780, 600
recreational project, which in
cludes improved bath house fa-
cilities at the beach, a $500, 900
building for white people and
one costing SIS, 600 to be erected
for negroes, was reported as
progressing satisfactorily. cam
paign to raise SIS 900 as the city's
share of this Improvement was
discussed. AS a solution to the
child delinquency problem, the
program has received the enthu-
siastic endorsement of all groups
The publication of a complete
Continued on page 81.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-05
District Clubs
To- Convene All
Moss Point

Club women from eleven coun-
ties are expected to be present
for the annual meeting of the
First District of the Mississippi
Federation of Women when il
convenes for the day in the audi
forum of the high school in Moss
Point, May 10.
The hostess club will be the
Fortnightly Club of Moss Point
of which Mrs. X. G. Eley is pres
ident, and extensive preparations
have been made to welcome the
visitors.
Mrs. w. S. Scott of Lucedale,
district chairman will preside
over the sessions which will open
at $3.50 o'clock in the morning
and will continue until A o'clock
in the afternoon with a recess
during the noon hour.
AT this time the club women
OF the city will entertain at lunch
con FOR the visitors.
In addition to the district Of
Ulcers an attendance of officials
and members of clubs from all
the counties in the area are ex-
pected to be present. These coun-
ties are George, Jones, Harrison,
Wayne. Green, Lamar, Coving-
ton, Forrest, Perry. Pearl River
and Jackson.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-05
Pascaqoula First, Moss Point Second In
Regional Meet; Both In State Meet Today

Track teams from the Pasca,
goula and Moss Point High
schools will compete in the state
meet scheduled to be held today
at Belzoni, after finishing one
two in the regional meet at the
Pascagoula stadium last Friday
night.
The PascngouIa tracksters won
the regional meet after piling up
q total OF 701z points, and Moss
Point was close behind in Sec
ond place with 65 points. Gulf
Coast Military Academy was
third with SO points, Bay St
Louis fourth with 20. and Gulf
port fifth with 21h.
The Panthers copied a total
Of six first places. and won both
the boys ans the girls relay
races. The Moss Pointers landed
in four first places. to give the
first and second place winners
8 total of 10 firsts out OF the ID
events.
Both teams left Thursday To
snend the night in Jackson, and
81 an "a Beizoni Friday for The
state meet.
Members Of the Pascapo,,la
EAR making the Trim Are lone
WaIker 50-vard dash and relay.
Dolores Williams. 75-vard dash
and relay. Anne Margaret
Wright baseball throw and re-
lav. Nav RAth stewart relay
Frarees MrMulan alternate IN
relav the GIRLS, coach Mr. w
r Tavlor. vii accompany them
o.. maL,~a -. NJ, poh
gs1- m
s.s sAa ,. 49,. De- A.
aast ..s,.,,. r@.asn. Eseassa
hanh mn $500,
49, nat,sr aoasa 49,. "a
relay; Bob Gautier, SHOT put;
$780,
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-05

MISSING IN ACTION" is
the report sent by the War De-
partment to Mrs. C. F. Taylor.
1902 School street. Pascagoula.
The tragic news was about their
son. Sergeant William c. TaY-
lor. who has been missing in
action in the North African
area. since April 2. Sgt. TaY-
lor received his training in
amarillo. Texas. and Salt Lake
City. Utah. finishing at the
Wendover Utah B m g
Range. He was stationed at
alexandria. La. for six weeks
and then was sent across in
December. ls43. He was born
and reared in Meridian. Miss.
but was employed in Laurel be-
fore entering the service. He
has q sister. Miss Elizabeth
Taylor. who still resides in Mer-
idian. but his parents and two
sisters. Misses Dorothy and SYl-
via Taylor. are making their
home in Pascagoula. where MIR.
Taylor is an inspector in the
paint department at ingalls,.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-05

316; Cecil Mann, PITS, 80; Mary
Purdy, DIV. 20. Commissioner
of Public Works: Clarence
Brown, PHS, 281: Bobbie Gates,
PHS, So; and Herbert Krebs.
DIV, So. Commissioner of FL
nance: Mary Blake, PHS, 1873;
Harold knight, PHS. 1856. and
Tess Johnson, DIV. 50.
Chief of Police: James Tillot-
son, DIV, 1877; Olan Helm, PHS,
1873; Herbert Hartheock, PHS, 80.
Fire Chief: Henry Torjusen, PHS.
299; Louis Anderson, PHS, "a:
Frank Green, DIV, SIS. Park Com
missioner: Cecily White, PHS,
249; Thomas Lee Miller, PHS. 90;
and Pauline Mcpherson, DIV. -.
Secretary of Chamber of Com
merce: Don Byrd, PHS, 1872; Rob
ert Irving, PHS. 159: and Hazel
Terresen. DIV, So. Assistant Sec
rotary. Chamber of Commerce:
Ruth May, PHS, 20S; Francis
Brodnax. PHS. 159; and Vera
Wilson. DIV, Sc.
In the election for superinten-
dent and principal of the Pasca.
gouia schools the candidates were
confined to the Pascagoula High
school seniors. Results We're as
follows:
Ray Marston, 80. and Perry
Gautier, 282. Principal Of the
High school: Bobby Gardner 316,
and Barbara Renfroe, 81.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-05

Oscar Afford this week for
mally announced his candidacy
for the office of Mayor of Pasca-
goula. subject to the will of the
voters in the Democratic primary
to be held in July.
Nh. Afford announced last
week that he expected to be a
candidate for mayor. His formal
announcement follows:
To the Voters of Pascagoula:
In these hectic days of uncer-
tainty and change. the city needs
a full-time, active Mayor to look
out continuously after its affairs.
Things will be coming up contin-
ually that need immediate decis-
ion and prompt action. The City's
affairs have grown larger and
larger. due TO the unsual expan-
sion at the local shipyard and
the construction of such a large
number of Government-owned
houses.
The City must have a Mayor
that will seek to serve all its cit
liens and to promote a spirit of
harmony among the various
groups comprising its population.
There are many strangers located
in our midst, in fact so many that
they greatly outnumber the pre-
war citizens. These strangers must
be encouraged TO remain here af-
ter the emergency is over, as that
is the only way in which the City
can grow. We must urge these
people to permanently locate here
and invite their friends to come
also.
We must have a long-range pro-
gram to create permanent Jobs
Continued on Page s.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-05

Moss Point
Mark D-Day
Complete Plons To
Observe invasion
With Proper Service

Plans for the observance of in
vasion day in Pascagoula and
Moss Point with one minute of 81
lent prayer when news of the
launching of the attack on Eu-
rope is broadcast, to be later
followed by a. Commute prayer
service in every church in the
two cities we're completed this
week. 4
In a joint proclamation issued
Thursday, Mayors Walter R. Gull
ley and e. Gregory Wood, en-
dorsed the observance on behalf
of the two cities and urged ev-
cry citizen to take part in it.
First news of the invasion calls
for a general alarm in the two
cities, which is to consist of the
ringing of church bells, sirens,
and industrial and steamship
whistles, which will be sounded
for a prolonged interval, follow
ing which all business will
cease and traffic stop for one
minute of silent PRAYER
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a. -,aas;an baa;ns ~ - he na,rs
can,as as.er thot t;wa ~ q nm
snna - IN -
! an n,;n,,ta nrsyer sar,,;co beId
- a,,ar, ch,,rch - tha two cities
nata;,s ~ The nlan u,ors wo,.Lsd
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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-05
Big Response To
Block System.
Survey Job Call

Pascagoula women responded
of the call to take part in a joint
recruiting service for the Women's
Service Corps of the u. S., which
includes WAC, WAVE, Marine
and SPAR corps, at the USO Mon
day evening, in such force that
it was necessary to move the SEES
sion from the club room where it
was started, to the lounge in Dr.
der to accommodate the crowd.
The meeting was opened by
Mrs. J. O.. Cole, president of the
Civic Council, who had been ap-
pointed by Mayor w. R. Gulley
to start a woman-power survey
in Pascagoula. and by Mrs. T. T.
Justice. who had been appointed
leader, or overall chairman for
the district and block ch~airrnen
who will conduct the survey 0<lh
the assistance of volunteer wo-
meno Of the city.
AS was stated in the Chronicle
Star of last Friday, Mississippi is
the first state to carry out a wo-
man-power survey for the purpose
of finding prospects for the wo-
mems division of the armed
forces.
This will function as a Pros
poets committee for the Women's
Service Committee. The system
under which il will work is known
as the OCD, and will greatly min
imize the work of individual vol
unteers, and should be valuable
not only during the present sur
vey, but in future campaigns.
Literature and application
blanks were distributed.
In connection with the survey,
a strong appeal was made by Mrs.
S. B. Mcllwain for nurses for the
U. S. Nursing corps. which is vi
tally in need of trained women.
Mrs. Cole also called attention
to the coming blood donor bank
and urged that volunteers help
the Pascagoula unit in passing
the l000th pint quota which
should be filled by Friday after
noon, 1t was announced that the
bank was to be held Thursday
and Friday of this week at the
USO. Thursday was known as
ingalls, Day, and was open only
to employees of the shjpbuilding
corporation. The hours Friday will
be frob 10 until 3 o'clock. Volun-
teers are called for blood dona-
tions. These may contact Mrs.
Cole at the USO on that day for
an appointment.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-05
YMBC Will Hold
Regular Meeting
On Monday Night

The Young's Mems Business
Club of Moss Point will hold its
Regular meeting Monday night,
MAY 8, it was announced this
week.
The service mems shelter, back
ed BY the club, is now being con-
structed at the corner of High
way 80 (McInnis avenue) and
Morris Street, near the former
barge yard site.
The club has also invited Moss
Points first Eagle Scout to adj
dress the club on Scouting in
Moss Point.
A social for the club members.
thelf wives and guests will be
heid at the clubhouse Saturday,
MAY q. at 9 pm.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-05
Elected High School Seniors Take
Over Operation OF City Thursday

A full slate of public officials
named in a spirited election
Tuesday at the public and pa
rochial high schools took over
the administration of Pascagou-
las affairs for one day Thursday
as a part of the observance of
National Boys and Girls Week.
In addition, the Pascagoula
schools were handled for the day
by a superintendent of schools
and high school principal named
from among the senior students
at the same election.
Louis Webb, of PHS, formally
took over the duties of Mayor
Gu1ley, and serving with him as
commissioners were Clarence
Brown, PHS, Commissioner of
public works; Mark Bylake, PHS,
commissioner of finance; Cecily
White, PHS, park commissioners.
Serving as chief of police in
the place Of A. W. Ezell. was
James Tillotson, DIV; Henry Tof-
jusen took over as fire chief. with
Don Byrd serving as secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce. and
Ruth May as his assistant.
Ray Marston, PHS, served as
superintendent OF the Pascagoula
schools. and Bobby Gardner as
high school principal.
Complete results of Tuesdays
election were as follows:
Election Results
For Mayor: Louis Webb, PHs,
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-05
Most Meals Are
Removed From
Ration List

Ali meats except roast beef
and steaks were removed from
the ration list effective at mid
night Wednesday. according to
information made public here on
Thursday bv the local War Price
and Rationing Board.
However, beginning on May z,
80 points will have to last the
consumer exactly twice as long,
four weeks instead of the pres
ent two.
The local board made public
the following telegram received
from the regional office:
effective midnight, May 3, all
items removed from meat and
fat point value chart except fol-
lowing which remain with point
value unchanged.
"All Dairy products, beef roast
and all steaks except flank steak.
Starting Sunday, May Z, 80 points
for consumer to last four weeks
instead of two"
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-05
County Garden
Show AT Moss
Point Saturday

The annual garden show and
style dress revue for Home Dem
onstration Clubs and All Clubs
OF the county will be held at the
Moss Point Community House On
Saturday, NAV 6. The exhibits
will be in place by 10 am. and
remain IN place until 3 pm.
The public is invited to see
the exhibits at those hours.
Judging of the garden exhibits,
flowers and vegetables, will be
IN the morning. The style dress
revue will be at l o'clock.
Immediately following the
Style Dress Revue the Home
Demonstration Council meeting
will be held. The Council topic to
be discussed IS Religion in the
Postwar World"
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-05
New Vocational
Training Classes
To Start Soon

Two new part-time classes are
being opened by the vocational
department of the local public
schools for the training of Pas
cagoula residents.
A class in industrial mainten-
ance opened Tuesday night, May
End, at the maintenance shops
just north of the main office of
the Eastlawn Housing Project,
and is designed primarily to meet
the needs of maintenance person.
mel employed by the housing au-
thority.
This class will be taught by
Francis johnson, refrigeration and
air conditioning engineer of the
ingalls, Shipyard. and will meet
each Tuesday and Friday evening
at 7:30.
A class in home management
will be taught by Mrs. Sarah o.
Pinkerton. Cleaning, renovation,
and general reconditioning OF
houses will be covered by this
course. The class will open Tues
day, May 9th at | pm. with an
organization meeting at the main
office in EaStlawn. Later meet
ings will be held in different
apartments and houses through
out the Eastlawn section, in or
der to give actual 'on-the-job'
training in the different types of
structures found in Eastlawn.
This class, also, is designed
primarily to meet the needs of
housing authority personnel in
the maintenance division, but
both classes are free and open to
any one who wishes to attend.
Anyone interested in either of
the above classes may contact
the instructor of the class, or Mr..
E. A. Parker, war production
training. at the office of the voca-
tional school on Dupont Street,
phone 629.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-05
Zoning Protest
To Be Carried
To Circuit Court

A bill of exceptions appealing
the action of the Jackson County
Board of Supervisors in adopting
a coming ordinance affecting the
slipping beaches" adjacent to
Pascagoula will be carried to the
Circuit Court, Harold W. Gautier.
attorney representing w. E.
Frederic. indicated this week.
A protest to the adoption of the
ordinance was filed with the
Board of Supervisors at the open
hearing held Tuesday of last
week. and argued on behalf of
Mr.. Frederic by Mr.. Gautief.
Mr.. Frederic is in process of
constructing a yacht club" and
dance pavilion in the area affect
ed by the ordinance, which pro-
hibits commercial structures in
the area.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-05

LIEUTENANT JOHN J. PA
oUETTE, aged ~. who has just
been presented with the Dis
tinsuished Flying Cross after
205 hours in the air az a trans
port pilot in the South Pacific.
In this line of duty he was sew
eral times subjected to gum
fire while flying over enemy
country in an unarmed air.
plane. The presentation was
made by Gen. Willard F. Har-
mon of the l3th Army Air
Force. The young hero is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert L.
Paquette. His mother is the
former Miss Hhoda Krebs.
daughter of Mrs. Hermina
Krsbs and the late John Krebs.
for whom he was named. was
reared in pascagoula. She Is q
of Mrs. Rudolph Frellsen.
also of Pascagoula. He has .
large number Of other relatives
in this city TO be proud of his
having achieved this signal hon.
or. Lieutenant Paquette mar
riend Miss Agnes Lowe Taylor.
of St. Louis. Mo-. February 6.
ls43.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-05
Failing To Brock
Open Safe. Thieves
Take Case of Zoos

Thieves broke into the Lyons
Motor Company building on N.
Pascagoula Street Friday night
filing the handle off of the safe
in the office in a vain attempt to
open it, and left after taking a
case of eggs from a truck parked
in the garage, police reported
this week.
The thieves gained entrance to
the building by breaking out a
window. Several useless hours
were spent in filing off the COM
bination, police said, before they
gave up. While leaving, the
thieves picked up one of several
cases of eggs on the truck as a
meager reward for their efforts.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-05
representatives OF
ODT In Puscugould
Starting Tuesday

Commencing next Tuesday
Fred Kroner. of the Office OF De-
Tense Transportation in Mobile,
will answer questions and handle
any phase OF defense transporta-
ton work at the Chamber of
Commerce office. Our purpose
OF sending Mr.. Kroner 10 Pasca-
goula,' said Mr.. B~isinger, dis
tFict manager, for ODT, lis to
take our office into the fields
where the people can interview
and consult with our representa-
tive without the necessity of
making a trip to Mobile
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-05
MARBLE GAME OLD STUFF

OTTAWA, Kas,-Some 10-yeai
old BOYS at Hawthorne school
learned that elderly Custodian
Eidon Mahoney had a bag of fan
.ey marbles and lured him into q
game Of tagging at a line. Bul
MahoneY turned out to be a pref
~ far lager, and removed so or
oo marbles from the boys before
tney gave up in disgust.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-05
Area Rent Official
To Be Here For
Interview May 10

Nick s. Duncan, area rent ex-
aminer-inspector of the OPA an
ncunced this week that he will
be in Pascagoula to consult both
landlords and tenants concerning
their problems on Wednesday,
May 10, in Judge Kate Denny's
office at the court house.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-05

Fighter pilots obtain brief
surges of extra power for COM
bat by pushing a button which
injects water into their air-cool-
ed engines, cooling the cylinders.
cutting down defamation and per-
hitting leaner gas mixtures.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-05

Waialeole Mountain in the Ha-
Waliah Islands is believed the
Wetisst place In the world, with
an average of AGO inches of rain
e yea.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-05

Soviet Russia was the first
country to train armed para
chutists.
Not a single ship has been lost
in an iceberg collision since the
Coast Guard set up its ice patrol
in 1919
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-05
MOVIES COMPETE WITH S. S

NAMPA, Idaho-After weeks
of debate, the city council passed
an ordinance prohibiting mid
night movies on Saturdays.
Church and paren tt teacher
groups, hackers of the law, con-
tended if the children stayed at
home Saturday night they would
be more likely to attend Sunday
School.
Coast Guard losses in World
War I were higher, proportion
ately than any other branch of
he armed service.
Evening star., 1944-01-10

Falls Church, dated December 10,
Ensign Smith said that he had re-
ceived his Christmas packages and
that he had opened them early be-
cause he was lonesome.
Mrs. Smith said that she received
a letter yesterday from his buddy, a
pilot in the squadron, who wrote
that Ensign Smith had been on pa
troll duty for about four hours and
was coming in to land on the car
rier when his wing flaps failed to
retract.
The plane went out of control, he
wrote, and it was too near the water
for Ensign Smith to bail out.
A native of Columbus, Ohio, the
young pilot was graduate of Mont
gomery Blair High School, Silver
Spring, Md. and was Junior at
Ohio State University when he en-
listed in the Navy in February, 1912
Overseas since October, he had par
ticipated in the Gilbert Islands cam
paign.
His wife, Mrs. Maurine A. Smith
lives in Rogers. MINI.
A brother, Lowell Smith, 10, is
enrolled in the Navy VIZ program
and is stationed at Oberlin College
Oberlin, Ohio. Col. Smith, who is
attached to the Army Air Forces
here, is now on temporary duty in
Houston, Tex.
Evening star., 1944-01-10
Seat Pleasant Youth
Makes Rescue al Sea
Roscoe Jones, 1S, Saves
Seaman OFF Cope May

An 18-year-old coast guardsman
OF Seat Pleasant, Md, was credited
in a New York Times dispatch yes
terday with having saved the life
Of a seaman after a collision Thurs
day between a Navy patrol boat
and a merchant vessel off Cape May
N. j., in which 80 men died.
The rescuer, identified as Roscoe
Jones, a coxswain on a Coast Guard
ship, jumped in the water to save
Stanley Matecki, 18, of Trenton,
N. j., seaman, second class, who
had been on the Navy patrol boat.
Seaman Matecki was quoted as
saying:
Il jumped overheard and headed
for life raft. I was on it for
two hours. 1t was overcrowded. My
legs began to get numb. I saw six
OF my buddies go down and I myself
was hanging over the side only
partly conscious. I felt as though
I must let go and sink when the
rescue vessel came alongside and
Jones jumped in and saved me-"
Young Jones is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. r. N. Jones, 513 Sixty
eighth street. A native of Wash
ington, he moved to Seat Pleasant
with his family about Is years ago.
He enlisted in the Coast Guard
about year and half ago.
According to his father, the youth
joined the National Guard when he
was Is and was called to duty in the
Army few weeks later when the
National Guard was modified. He
was discharged shortly afterward
however, when Army officials dis
covered his age
Young Jones received his Coast
Guard training at Manhattan
Beach, N. Y, and has been at sea
for about year. A brother, Gene
II, also Is in the Coast Guard, sta
toned at Curtis Bay, Baltimore.