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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-06-15
Fines In Circuit
Top Past
Records AT $1,000

Final action was taken Satur-
day by Judge l.. c. Corban in
bringing to a conclusion the Sc
mi-annual term of Circuit Court,
A weeks special session preceded
the opening of regular term on
May 81.
Total court costs for the three
week regular session amounted
to $3,694 with $2020.80 going to
jurors. S1262 being paid to Off
GERS of the court and S320.60
paid state witnesses. Approxi-
mately $1,000 was imposed and
collected in fines. According to
w. c. Ravens, circuit clerk, this
was the largest amount ever inn
posed and collected in a regular
session.
During the final days of court
Ollie Walker Gaskin, negro. who
was previously found guilty of
manslaughter in connection with
the death from a knife wound of
Sally Moseley, negro, was sem
fenced to serve seven years in
the state penitentiary by the
judge.
Other proceedings follow: State
VS.. Tom Danley, offense re-
duced from burglary and grand
larceny to petit larceny, SEN
fenced to six months in Jail and
costs; State VS.. Dan Fretwell,
theft, three years in penitentiary
and costs; State VS.. Burt Webb,
grand larceny, nolle %prosequi;
State VS.. Louis Fornett, suspen-
sion of 5000 fine for having liq-
uor in possession revoked and
ordered to pay same, fined 500
on second charge of liquor in
possession, third similar charge
passed to files; State VS.. Cratus
Walker, offense reduced from
driving auto while drunk to
reckless driving, $25 and costs;
City Of Pascagoula VS.. j. P. Lott,
using profane language, passed
to files; City of Pascagoula VS..
Bradford B. Smith, reckless driv-
ing, nolle prosequi; State VS..
Louvella Thompson, liquor in
possession, $225 and costs and 10
days in jail; State VS.. Shirley
Richmond, alias Alice Wise, Of
Tense reduced from forgery to
obtaining money under false
pretenses, plead guilty, one year
in penitentiary; R. S. Rankin VS..
Luther Jenkins, replevin, on
motion of defendant case trans
ferred to Chancery Court.
City of Pascagoula VS.. C. E..
Roberts, traffic law violation,
nolle prosequi; State VS.. Edmond
Noel Farley, trespassing, plead
guilty, 60 days in Jail, 80 days
suspended during good behavior;
State VS.. Stanley p. Schriber,
liquor in possession, $3.50; State
VS.. Berthan Narcisse, liquor in
possession, 500; State VS.. Louise
Nichols, liquor in possession,
500; Add William Ezell VS.. Clyde
Dickinson, repleviI, dismissed
for want of prosecution, plaintiff
taxed with costs; Mrs. Odette B.
Bryan, plaintiff. VS.. B. F. Price,
Mrs. B. F. Price, defendants,
ingalls, Corporation, garnishee,
punishment, dismissed; State VS..
W. E. Zerkelback, liquor in pos
session, 500, fine suspended on
payment of costs and during good
behavior.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-06-15

Accidental falls from ladders
and stepstools in and about the
home are responsible each year
for about 200 deaths, and thou
sands of serious injuries in the
United States.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-06-15
Big Point

urday night for a few days leave,
The attendance at the Metho-
dist Sunday school Sunday was
SO.
The Rev. Aubrey Stonecipher
conducted services at the COM
! munity house Sunday morning
and Sunday night with a good at
tendance.
There was a prayer meeting
Wednesday night with Homer
Golf leading.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Shumock
are the proud parents of a baby
girl born Sunday morning at the
Jackson County hospital. Mother
and baby are reported IS doing
nicely.
Miss Ruth Vincent underwent
a tonsilectomy Friday at the
Jackson County hospital.
Mrs. Jack Wilmington and
little brother, Billy Louis Tan
ner, of Marvella were dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. I. J. Whit
tington Sunday.
Homer Cochran was called to
Basin Wednesday by the illness
of his mother.
Edna Dolores Nelson spent
Monday in Mobile with friends.
MIR. and Mrs. Henry Cochran
of Three Rivers, visited in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
Cochran Saturday afternoon and
attended the ice cream supper
Saturday night.
Mae Nelson attended to business
Mrs. w. T. Golf and Mrs. Lola
Saturday morning in ~Pascagoula
and Moss Point.
Homer Cochran took his moth
er, Mrs. George Cochran and Mrs.
Lyle Brown to Moss Point Fri
day afternoon for medical treat
ment.
Walter Williams spent a few
days in Mobile attending to bust
ness last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Wilson
and children from Escatawpa, Wis
tied in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Homer Cochran Sunday morning
and attended Sunday school and
church.
M. B. Coleman spent Sunday
night in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ira Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Cochran
spent several days with their son
and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Homer Cochran.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tine Young and
daughter, Annette, and Mrs. Lyle
Brown and Mrs. Edna Nelson at
tended the memorial services for
Noble Kirkwood at Caswell
Springs, Sunday.
Misses Doris and Annette
Young and Mrs. Parkhurst made
a business trip to Pascagoula
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Blackwell
spent Thursday in the home of
Mrs. Blackwell's mother, Mrs.
Myrtle Golf, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Sydney Robertson.
The Home Demonstration Club
elected new officers Wednesday
when the club met at the home
of Mrs. Homer Wilson. Mrs. NJ.
c. Tucker was named president,
Mrs. Hubert Golf, vice president,
Mrs. Myrtle Robertson. secretary.
There were ten members present.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-06-15

Wrappings of aluminium have
been developed to keep parsnips,
avocados, plums, and oranges,
fresh for as, long as six months.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-06-15

Miss Ruth Cain, county agent,
also was present.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Brown made
a business trip to Pascagoula
Tuesday.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-06-15

A collapsible bicycle has been
patented for compact storage and
shipment. 1t has pivoting support
bars and folding pedals.
Evanston, ILL.,, prohibits the
changing of clothes in a car with
the curtains drawn, except in
case of fire.
The sub., 1945-10-25

God-given superiority. but most of them have reasons that we may have ourselves when we get old and rich (sure hope someone tells us to get out of the way when that time comes). We can un- derstand these people but we do not need to be controlled by them.
 Over here in Groton we have somewhat different situation. The Borough officials and the Old Guard have about the same atti- tude as in New London, an almost complete indifference to the ques- tior of how to make it better place for the working people to live in.
 But here we have the greatest employer in southeastern Connect icut, the Electric Boat Co, and we have the Victory Yard, owned by the Navy Department. The latter is certainly the finest industrial setup in these parts. but is now unused and starting to deteriorate. The huge buildings are excellent. it has a rail connection and pier. But will it ever be used again for any useful purpose? It'll be 3 miracle if it is. The reason is not hard to find. AS in the past, the Electric Boat Go. does not want competition in the labor market. for that might force them to pay their best help higher wages in order to keep them. Even though it's activities are lessening con- stantly, it still does not want any other large concern in the same town. With its great influence with the Navy Department, the P. B. can evidently block the sale
The sub., 1945-10-25
PROSPERITY OR POVERTY

of the Victory Yard to any other concern.
 Does any business concern have the right to have monopoly on a place, to make it or break it. whether through control of local politicians or by secret connections and influence with a government department that happens to own such a site as the Victory Yard? The E. B. obviously cannot em- ploy all the people that want to work in this area, so 1t is hard to see what right this company has to prevent, if that Is what they are doing, large brewing and chem ical concern from purchasing the Victory Yard. Any concern that could set up in the Victory Yard would provide employment and op- portunity for a great many people If the Electric Boat Go. Is really guilty of this sort of thing, it will surely be most thoroughly hated and despised because of it's indif- ference to the welfare of the peo- pie of this area. They can be sure that this matter will be investigat- ed, and reported in this paper.
 The E. B. and the present Bor- ough officials may not have any alliance. but they work toward the same end: Nothing New in Groton, Please.
 The Thames Valley has every thing needed to become great seaport and industrial center. It would be that right now if so many opportunities had not been turned away in the past. They are still being turned away, those good jobs for the working people, and all that trade for the small business con- cerns that are here.
The sub., 1945-10-25
By EUGENE MITCHELL

There is one great question that looms darkly above all others in the minds of serious minded work ing people in these parts these days: HOW am I going to make a decent living here in the future? For man with home to main- tain, children to bring up as they should be brought up, and his self respect to keep, there Is no greater question. When you get right down to points, there is no greater ques- tion for the entire community than whether or not the working peo- pie are to be prosperous. When a favored few, say about ten per cent, are well to do and the rest are poverty y-stricken, you have a condition that is not. only disgrace full but dangerous. That Is exact ly the condition we are face-to-face with right here If present trends continue.
 Let's look at these trends as they appear to us, the potential vic- tins. And let's, by all means. have some rebuttals from people whose toes get tramped on. It Is time these matters were given a thor 0ugh airing.
 Everyone knows that every man. 0facturing concern and commercial enterprise that has tried to set up in the New London-Groton area has been discouraged and hindered in every way possible. In Groton the Electric Boat Go. and the old families that have run Borough and town affairs so many years have effectively kept out new en- terprise. Tn New London the City Council (the Coin-Flippers} have re-zoned the city in such 8 way that the best locations for indus
The sub., 1945-10-25

trial plants and sea commerce fa' cilitieS are out of bounds. The council has obStructed, rather than helped potential employers to To- cate there by refusing relief from taxes during the first hard years, by refusing to grant them good To- cations and by general attitude of hostility. Hostility on the part of a local government is just about fatal to most any concern, old or new. and is great handicap to those few that can survive 1t.
 There are perhaps two groups in New London that are having their way about this. First and most active are the ones who wish to. develope the place into sum mer resort. Most of these people stand to benefit directly by such development, by the increase in real estate values, by catering to the needs and whims of the sum- mer visitors, and by being in on the ground floor on such things as the yacht basin they have proposed. There are mighty few wage-earn. CTS among them, you can be sure.
 The other group of obstruction- ists are always with us, the con- servative "aristocrats," and the re- tired business men and property owners. They stand in the path of progress partly because progress, such as developing industry and commerce here. threatens their own dominence and partly because they dread any change in their settled ways of life. To these groups the idea of an industrial and commer- cial development here is pretty nauseating. Some few of them want to keep the common people down because of a mistaken idea oi
The sub., 1945-10-25

What all this adds up to is easy to figure out. The working people in this place are not going to have a chance to get decent year. around living. High prices and low wages are the rule il any re- sort town. Lots of money is left here during the season" but where does 1t go? Some of it trickles down to you and I, but most of it does not, definitely. To be sure, there would be some re- modelling of rather dirty. squalid old city to please the eye of the resort patron. but we know what most of us will be if we get work on that project We will be labor CTS, at low pay with very little chance to be anything else.
 Have these people who have such death grip on our future ever thought of the unemployment, Of the spread of slum conditions. of the departure in disgust of the more progressive people. and of the other evils that will beset this place if the welfare of the common people is not given first place on the agenda of the future? doubt if they care.
 We'll, what can we do about it1 We can throw them out! We can replace them with our own kind. We can get our Representatives and Senators in Washington inter- ested in the Victory Yard matter. We can. by working together in a common cause, change our destiny here.
 Every working man and woman has stake in this thing because. as I see it. the issue is just this: PROSPERITY-or POVERTY.
Milford chronicle., 1945-12-21

Fam T. POultcrcr. and two children
have LETT for Coral Gables. Florida.
the BenncttS expect to remain dur
ing the rest OF the winter. Mr. Ben
nett. river pilot is recuperatin
from serious illness and will re-
turn to the river in the spring.
Mrs. Henry e. Gibble, who ha'
been visiting her parents III Lynch
burG. Virginia has returned to hey
home in Iewes.
Mrs Margaret 5. Hickman ha-'
bee recently elected president Of
the Bethel Cleaners Sunday schOG'
class of the Methodist Bethel
Church. at the annual meeting.
Mrs. Sanford Clifton is vice-presi-
dent. Mrs. John L. Morris is record
Ing secretary. and Mrs. J. Carl P1y-
lis is treasurer. The Cleaners neld
their annual Christmas party or
Thursday evening at the home of
Mrs. Howard Davis in QuakertOwn
Captain and Mrs l.. A. Chambers
and Mrs. Harry V. Lyons are
spending several days in Philadel-
phia. Captain Chambers had just
returned home from cruise to
PcneZuela.
The members of the Zwaanenda-
el Club are assembling presents &c
Milford chronicle., 1945-12-21

crlN of Dover are mONi ing into their
hcW home on Washington Ave, III
the near future. They are the par
cnts of Mrs. Frank ii. Tharpc of
QuakertOWn
Cadet Charles Ellis. who is at
tending the Admiral Billiard Mill
tary Academy at New London,
Conn. arrived home this week to
spend the Christmas HOLIDAYS with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton
Ii. Ellis, at their residence on Pilot
Town Road.
Mr.. John {. Burton Ill has ac-
ceptcd a position with the A&P.
Tea CO., Lewes Mr.. Burton has
been discharged from the Army.
Lieutenant Geraldine Britting
ham of Fort Dix. New Jersey is
spending sometime with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs W. Herald Brit
tineham ST., and son Dick, at their
home on Fourth Street in Lewes.
DR. and Mrs. II. G. Beebe and
their grandson, Dicky Frazer. have
left for New Orleans, where they
Will spend the christmas holidays
with their son-in-law and daughter
commander Harry Frazer, L. s. e.
g., and Mrs. Frazer, the former
Hiss Estella Beehc.
Mrs. John Rollins. ST.. has ar
rived in Lewes and is spending the
holidays with her son and daugh-
ter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. John w
NOlllnS .Jr at "Tradp Winds" on
Lewes Beach, the home of Mrs. Isa-
Rel Jacob.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter H. Bennett
ST., and their daughter, Mrs. Vii
Milford chronicle., 1945-12-21

Memorial Hospital. This is their
second son. and has been named
Frank Edward Lathbury
Mrs. Katie Tunnel Belts. who
has spent some time in Philadcl-
phia. has come to her home here.
where she will reside Her five
grandchildren, the BcamcrS. Will
remain here with her
Mr. and Mrs. Boyer Hooker have
returned home after visit with
their children. Messrs. Clayton and
Wilbert Hooker and their families
in New York. Their daughter Mary
accompanied them. also their
granddaughter Dolores. returned
home to Long Island after visit
ing her grandparents, the HOckers.
The marriage of Miss Cecilc
Shockley. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Daniel ShOckley of Millville. to
Charles Long OF Dagsboro, took
place at the Methodist parsonage
here on Saturday night December
10. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. +. c. LOuholf OF the MethO-
dist Church.
William Puscy of the t. 5. Army
OF Fort Knox Ky, is spending his
l5-day furlOugh with his mother
Mrs. George c. Keen and sister
Patsy Pusey
: Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Schprmer.
horn OF Wilmington and Mauric,
{. Keen will spend the holiday.
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Keen.
Mrs. Clara r. Richards of BY
wood, Pa. will spend Christina!
week with her son and daughter-in
law. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Rick
ards
Willard Burbage OF the Navy
has returned home with his par
cnts, Mr. and Mrs. StrattOn Bur
huop
Milford chronicle., 1945-12-21

upon possible interference by con-
Strucuon of the pier on naNlGatloh.
Any objections to the extension
should have been submitted 10 the
engineers office before December
IL the district engineer SAID. II"
pier is to be Is feet wide at the III
ncr end and 80 feet wide AT thc
cutter end and extends 1.056 feet IN
To the bay from the nigh water me
Word has been received by VIZ.
and Mrs B. :. Alhcrts0n that thel
son, B. :. Alhcrtson Jr., who lclt
the states over month ago LOT
italy is now attached TO a Doilip
disposal squad in he conquered ter
ritOrieS The young man served at
the Aberdeen Proving Grounds the
latter part of the war as an IN
struCtOr in small arms in the Army
Ordnance.
MIR. and Mrs. Irwin Schaefter OF
Franklin Ave. have announced the
engagement OF their daughter, MISS
Marian Schaeffer to Mr.. Harry }.
ScdWick f. C.. t. 5. Navy. son OF
WI anu VI :. IL. y. A''h " ~ ~ $500
borough, New Jersey.
Mr.. Harry g. Massey. Jr., OF VIII
mingtOn. spent the week end III
Lewes with his wife and daughter
at their home on Kings Highway
Mrs. Massey may be remembered
as the former Miss Carolyn l1elSh-
man, daughter of the Rev. Dr.. Viii
I oi. Of |
Pfc Allen Bcche who has beer
stationed in North Carolina is
spending IA furlouSh in lAwes Will
his parents. Dr. and Mrs. Jane:
Btcbe and son Billy at their home
Oh Savannah Road
MIR. and Mrs. George Fisher lef
this week for CollinGswood, New
Jersey where they will spend thu
holidays with their sOn-in-laW anC
daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Leste
Lynch and daughter Janet.
Mr and Mrs Frank Carter Jr
and daughter who have been max
ing their home in New York, hav
moved to LcweS and are now max
ing their home in the l.. Il. Vessel
cottage ON IcWcS Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald X. Evan
" Wh0 have been residing in Panam
tor the past several months are re
turning to Icwcs with their family
and will reopen their home on Ba
Avenue, Lewes Beach. A son. 30
who is student at st Andrew
School at Middletown will spcn
the holidays here with the Evan.
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Davis, form
Milford chronicle., 1945-12-21
OCEAN VIEW

The church services will be held
from the Methodist Church on Sun
day. December 23. as follows: sun
day school at 9:45. followed by wor-
ship service at II O'Clock.
Solo by the gospel singer and
evangelist, Rev T. II. Freeman, Sc
lection. The Birth OF King The
subject of Rev Freeman's sermon
will be Except Yc Repent"
Solo, The Star Of Bethlehem"
Rev f. &. Louhoff. minister:
Thomas Hickman. superintendent.
100 p. m Special singing of
Christmas carols. led by Rev.
Freeman: prayer by c. c. Derrick
son: then Christmas program.
Mrs. Dorothy Branford at the pi-
anO.
Solo, Mrs Harry Dukes. Jr.. 20
Holy Night"
Pamtominr by the following char
actcrs Joseph. Harry H. Dukes
Jr; Mary Kitty Lane; Angels.
Catherine Hickman and Helen
Hoffman.
How Silent Night Was Com
posed. reading by Mrs. Lille H.
Bvtts.
Duct. silent Night" Roxie Hill
and LILLIAN Evans.
Sermon by visiting evangelist.
Rev Ted r. Freeman. subject.
Christ in the Old Testament"
The Methodist Sunday School
Christmas entertainment will be
held OH Monday evening, December
"a. beginning at 7:30 O'clock
The Christian Church Sunday
School will present their Christ
mas program on Monday evening
Dec1mber n. y junior choir has
been organized and is doing SPLEEN
didly. Rev G. W IIcadcn. minis
ter.
Al the Presbyterian Church on
Sunday. December -: Sabbath
School AT l:%0 y. m. after which q
Get Together" will be held. Christ
mas carols sung and sermon by
the minister Rev OlcWinc
Mr. and Mrs Ebc Davidson and
Mr.. and Mrs Taskcr Davidson. the
latter from Frankford. enjoyed a
duck dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. An
drew Davidson on Sunday and thcil
daughter Mciba.
Mr.. and Mrs Ernest I.athhurv ar,
the proud parents of son. born
on December Is, in the Milford
Milford chronicle., 1945-12-21
REDDEN

The Christmas entertainment
will be held at McColley's Chapel
on christmas night. December 25.
There will be no services on Sun
day morning. At 10 O'Clock Sun
day morning we will practice for
the entertainment and decorate the
church.
The women of McColley's Chap
ell wish to thank all who helped
make the food sale at the late
Howard Burtons sale success.
The net proceeds were $2700.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Rust were
Sunday evening guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Donovan.
Private Carlton Rust, who is sta
toned at Fort Monmouth, y. j.,
spent Thursday with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Rust.
Milford chronicle., 1945-12-21
LEWES

Mrs. Frederick G.. clifton ST.. Is
confined to her home on Mulberry
ST. because of illness.
\ Celebration Of TN" christmas
season began on Sunday in the
Lcwcs Presbyterian Church when
Il special program of sacred music
was given by the LeWes High
School Chorus. under the direction
of ISadore Goldman, professor Of
music at the school. The Reverend
IN. William Lcishman chose tor
the topic OF his sermon, The Little
More and How Much 1t Is" The
Yulctide OhSerNanccs will be high
Lighted on Sunday evening. DcCcm-
hcr % when the ancient perish re-
cnacts the traditional christmas
CandleliGht service, starting at I
p. nj. Music will feature the sol0ist,
Corporal Paul Glenky, former lead
er tenor with the Chicago Opera
Company in = sacred musical re-
cital.
Announcement has been made OF
the marriage of Miss Betty Jane
Stott daughter Of Mrs. Harry Is
StOtt of IcWeS and the late Dr.
StOtt 10 Lieutenant Robert Frank
lin Gordner, L. 5. y. r.. son Of Mr.
and Mrs. ]. H. Gorder Of Aberdeen
:. ID. The ceremony took place OF
November l6 in the chapel of the
Naval Air Station at Brunswick
Me. Miss Stott. former Lieutenan
in the Waves has just been relcas
ed from the service. Their nuptial.
We're attended by Navy friends
Mrs. GOrder has been in the Servic,
three years. and was on duty at tn,
Air Station AT Atlantic city. !
graduate of the Icwes High Scho0
and the University of Delaware
before entering the service she wa,
ON the faculty of Mt. PleaSan
School, Wilmington. I.ieutenan
GOrder was graduated from tn
South Dakota State School of Min
ing and from st. Ola f College
NOrthfield, Mimi He is naVa
tliCr with overseas service
The Menhadcn Company. Inc
Rcedvillc, Virginia has applied fo
an extension of time for compile
tiOn of its new pier in the DelaWar
Bay one mile east Of IeWpS the |
:. Engineers office, Philadclphi
has announced Tho War Depart
mont set December 81 as the dat
tor completion of the pier. Grant
ms of the extension will dcpcn
Milford chronicle., 1945-12-21
OCEAN EIEW.MILLNILLE
METHODIST CHURCHES
F. Charles LOuhOff, Jr., Minister
Sunday. December 23
Bethel Ocean View


9:i3 a. m Church School
Thomas f. Hickman. ST.. supcrin-
tcndcnt.
LOO a. IN. Divine Worship
Mrs. Ethel Davidson. orSanist. Sc
lection by the choir.
Reverend Ted II. Freeman of
Paterson, y. j.. will sing several
selections and will preach the ser
mon. Mr. Freeman is a forceful
speaker
200 p. III. y pageant will be
given by the Sunshine Class OF the
church school. Don't miss seeing
it.
Mr.. Freeman will lead the song
service and will also sing several
solos An cvanSclistic sermon by
Rev. Freeman
Mill,ille
1000 a. m Church School. Ro-
land }. West. superintendent.
2:30 p. IN. A special Christmas
service in charge of the pastor.
Rev L. r. Freeman will sing
several selections and will preach
the sermon. The public is invited
Buy Victory Bonds