The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-26
Justice
New Head OF
Red Cross
Officers. Directors
Numed AT Annual
Meeting Tuesday.

T. T. Justice of Pascagoula was
elected chairman of the Jack
son county chapter of the Amer
lean Red Cross at the annual
meeting held Tuesday night at
the Court House. He succeeds K.
w. Burnham of Moss Point as
head of the chapter. Mr.. Justice
served as chairman of the War
Fund drive in Pascagoula this
year.
Other officers are: George w.
Young. Ocean Springs, first vice.
chairman; Mr.. Burnham, second
vice-chairman: Dallas H. Smith,
Pascagoula, vice-chairman; Adam
Rozyskie, Moss Point, vice.
chairman; Bess K. Barnhart,
Ocean Springs, secretary, and
A. L. Gottsche, Ocean Springs,
treasurer.
Committee chairmen are Miss
Mary O'Keefe, Ocean Springs,
Junior Red Cross; Cyril Slyfield,
Moss Point, life saving; Arthur
". Smith, Pascagoula, first aid;
Mr.. Burnham, roll call; c. A.
Blanchard, Moss Point, disaster;
Miss Ruth Cain, PascagoulA, nu-
triton; Mrs. Harry Lee, Ocean
Springs. and Mrs. Easton King.
Pascagoula, publicity: Mrs. E..
r. Friar, Ocean Springs, pro-
duction, Mrs. K. w. Burn
ham, nursing service; MRS. j.
0. Cole, Pascagoula, blood dom
or service; Mrs. Rudolph Frellsen,
Pascagoula, volunteer special
services; A. c. Gottsche, Ocean
Springs. home service: Mrs. c. M.
Carr, Ocean Springs, camp and
hospifaI council.
Directors are: Pascagoula, Mrs.
Henry Gautier, Mrs. Martin Shep-
ard, Marvin Funkhouse, j. E.
Stone, T. r. Wells, DIR. j. C.
Crane. Verne Barnes, A. F. Me-
Gehee and Miss Nina O'Dono-
hoe, Moss Point. the Rev. T.
Barton West, the Rev. A. j.
Boyles, E. G.. Wood, the Rev. j.
D. Brock, Mrs. Saul P~eterzell,
Jesse Thompson, Saul Peterzell,
Edward A. Khayat, l.. L. Hays,
A j. Franklin. w. H. Harris, Mrs.
f. c. Eley, and Felix Cirlot.
Reports Heard
Ocean Springs, A. P. Moran,
A. l.. Gottsche. Mrs. Ralph Pal
frey, Lee Jordan, Theo Manuel,
F. G. Trimble, Mrs. c. L. Mon
roe. Mrs. c. N. Michael. Mrs. J. U.
Scharr, A. S. Westbrook. Oscar
Heffner, and l.. c. Wiswell; Mrs.
James D. Gautier. Kreole; Mrs.
?. T. Vaughan, Gautier; Mrs. j.
b Gibson. Hurley: c. Lynn Mel
son, Eseatawpa; Roy Cumbest,
Wade;Ed. Lee, Helena; Mrs. w.
c Ravens, River Road; Mrs. Cliff
Dees, V~ancleave; Mrs. Burton
Roberts, Vancleave. Mrs. w. D..
williamson, Kreole and r. L..
Furry, st. Martin.
Reports given before the group
OF citizens attending the yearly
meeting outlined the work dur
ing the past year. Special empha-
SIS was laid on the fact that dur
ing the War Fund drive, the
county, with a quota of $23.783,
had raised 1921. 38.
Things have changed since
1888 when we had to beat the
bushes to raise a quota of $4,000
Mr.. Burnham said.
Highlights in the varied tasks
the Red Cross workers r called
upon to do were given in a re-
port by Miss Jessie Boyd, execu-
tive secretary of the chapter, who
reported that their duties range
from checking to see why wives
do not write their husbands, to
breaking dates servicemen r un-
able to keep and arranging for
the packing and moving of whole
housefuls of furniture.
Mr.. Gottsche, treasurer, re-
ported that the chapter had a
balance on hand April 80 of
S6,5ll.72 and Miss O'Keefe gave
the balance Of the Junior Red