The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-08-31

goula my home, but what is there
in Pascagoula? | have to 60 to
Mobile. Biloxi or Gulfport to
have a good time. The only day
! have off from work everything
is closed up and the place re-
minds me Of a morgue.
Another will say: l would like
to build a nice home in Pasca-
goula, but | am afraid someone
viii move next door to me and
pitch a tent.
Still another will say that he
would like to build an attrac-
tive building, and establish him
self in business, but that he docs
not know how long the ingalls,
Shipbuilding Corporation will
continue to operate in Pasca-
goula.
That line of thought about the
Ingalls, Shipbuilding Corporation
will get YOU nowhere. The fact
is that the shipyard has been OPP
Grating in Pascagoula long before
the war, and now that the war
is over they are still operating,
and you al bet your bottom
dollar that they will be here for
4 long time to come.
l have travelled quite a bit and
have seen many beautiful small
cities, rot as large as PaScagou-
la. Cities that would give any
thing in the world to be located
on a main line railroad, and only
forty miles from another. Pas
cagoula has the greatest harbor
and shipping possibilities on the
Gulf Coast, and is so strategical-
ly situated that it is only nine
miles from deep water. Where
else car YOU find that in Missis-
sippi, Louisiana or Alabama?
Untold possibilities lie at your
own front door, and if you let
these opportunities slip through
your hands, you may never get
another chance.
Now let's face facts, as tough
as they may be.
We + entering a postwar era
and if we don't grasp this gold
en- opportunity that now presents
itself Pascagoula will be back
where she was before the war,
when property could be purchas-
cd for delinquent taxes. Do you
want this to happen again?
Now let's take stock for just
a little while, starting at High
way 90 with its beautiful curve
at N. Pascagoula street, which in
cidentally has caused many a
motorist to wind up on Beach
Boulevard asking directions.
Next we will talk about Krebs
avenue, which may just as well
be a dead end street.
Then comes Railroad alley. and
last but not least beautiful Del
mas avenue, which starts at the
ice house and ends at the post
office. A few blocks of what
might be called a business dis
trict.
Jackson avenue, a residential
street, that runs from Market to
S. Pascagoula, another dead end
street. And now the suggestion
is made that another dead end
street, or alley. be cut through
BY the Ritz theater.
This street, or alley. is sug-
gested so that we might be for
tunate enough to have en- outlet
for the proposed location of the
new Court House at 280 Ker
Yes! We are goirg to
have a new court house, then
maybe a city hal, and then we
may have several new industries
come to P~ascagoula that may not
have an odor.
Now the court house happens
to be the first in a series of i'm
provements, so why search for
an alley on which to build it?
Market street could be made a
beautiful white way from
go to Beach Boulevard
with all the room that is needed
to plan a beautiful city, with the
enactment of certain ordinances
and restrictions.
Now is the time to work your
plan, not tomorrow now. All
cities are usually built around
the court house and city hall,
and YOU must have room to ex-
pand. Parking facilities must be
available for business and safety
While these changes are being
planned il might be wise to give
the fire department a little con-
sideration.
A Citizenship Drive was held
in Paaeagoula not long ago and /
sincerely hope the efforts Of the
Chamber of Commerce
were not in vain.
Sincerely,
Eddie Pond.