The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-05-11

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District quotas were assigned at
a meeting called Tuesday by w.
B. Herring, county War Finance
chairman, at the offices of the
Chamber of Commerce in Pasca-
goula. The meeting was attend
ed by approximately rs persons,
including members of the county
executive committee, and heads
Of organizations that will partici-
pate in the drive.
Area Quotas Assigned
Quotas assigned were as fol-
lows:
Pascagoula, exclusive of the In
gals shipyard. $35O,000; Moss
Point, including Kreole and Es-
catawpa, $l50,000; Ocean Springs,
7 5000; combined rural areas,
$4,000. All assigned quotas are
for series CO. Bonds. The Ingalls,
Shipyard is already at work on
a self-assigned quota of $500, 900
in "E" Bonds. A. M. Swigert and
Ben Dukes are heading the drive
at the yard.
District chairmen, also named
at the meeting are as follows:
Pascagoula, E. r. Hammett;
Moss Point, Jesse Thompson;
Ocean Springs, E. G.. Trimble and
George w. Young; Rural areas,
Miss Ruth Cain and A. j. Frank
lin. These chairmen will in turn
name co-chairmen, group leaders
and workers that will conduct one
of the most complete and extern
sive canvasses Jackson county has
ever experienced.
Team captains and workers
were named at a meeting called
Thursday at the Chamber of Com
merce by E. r. Hammett. Aiding
these teams will be the block
system workers under Mrs. J. o.
Cole and Mrs. T. T. Justice. and
plans are to solicit every business
house and residence in Pascagoula
block by block during the seven
week drive.
A meeting of the 20 chairmen
and co-chairmen of the business
district In Pascagoula who Thurs
day afternoon accepted a quota of
$50, GOO was called for today. Fri
day, at II am, at the Chamber
OF Commerce offices. There was
a large and enthusiastic attend
ance at the meeting Thursday af-
ternoon.
Name Moss Point Workers
Moss Point teams and workers
were named at a meeting called
Wednesday night by Mr.. Thomp-
son.
James Gautier and w. H. Harris
will head the drive at the Moss
Point Mill of the International Pa
per Company; A. L. Monroe will
head the drive in the schools.
which is already well under way:
X. w. Durham will head the bus
mess mems committee. assisted
by John Hill and T. L. DeLash-
met.
Z. A. Khayat will head the COM
mittee for Eastside, including the
jackson County Wooden Mill and
the Jackson County Hospital: c.
L. Nelson, j. R. Golf and C. L
Gordon will head the drive in
Eseatawpa; the business employ
ees committee will b headed bv
cyril Slyfield and Mabel Rabv.
Claude Blanchard will handle
sales at the Mississippi Export.
and ". w. Barber at the DAIMLER
Lumber Company.
The women's division and block
system will be headed by Mrs. T.
L. DeLashmet and Mrs. R. c.
Eiey, ana the East Moss Point
committee will be headed by
Mrs. Jesse Dethloff and Mrs. A.
L. Wilkerson.
h. S. Brooks, Rev. J. L. Camp
bell and Ernestine Fountain will
head the colored drive.
Face Big Task
Nj Herring in a brief talk at
TUESDAYS meeting told of the
difficulties ahead in reaching and
passing the county quota.
we face our biggest task in
any var loan drive to date" he
said. What We must do is forget
our quota and go out and sell
all the bonds we can. Il We do
this We yvill, l believe, pass our
quota as we have done in all
SIX war loan drives in the past"
Brief talks were made by sew