The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-02-16

Mi. ana Mrs. +. DfteSS
Sr., had as their guest this week,
Mfr. and Mrs. Robert M. Tillman
of Willow Grove, Pa. formerly of
Bessemer, Ala. Mr.. Tillman, a
nephew of Mrs. Briggs. is on ac-
tive duty with the Navy as a
radio gunner p~atrolling the At
lantic.
The Woman's Auxiliary to the
American Legion is opening a
drive TO collect dues and in order
to facilitate the business is asking
members to leave or send their
dues either to Mrs. J. S. Pittman,
500 No. Pascagoula street, or Miss
Joyce Justice at the Palace Drug
Store.
Monday evening marked the
departure of f. Dwight Cunning
for his home in Pasadena, Calf,
after a ten day visit with Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Rump. During his stay
here MI. Cunning was the center
of much entertaining of an infor-
NAL nature. On his departure, he
was accompanied by Mrs. Rump,
who is his sister, as far as New
Orleans, where they enjoyed Wis
iting the many famous places in
that city.
A meeting of the YWCA oper-
ating committee of the USO will
be held around the luncheon la
BILE today. Ii will take place at
the Marine Cafeteria and will be
attended by Miss Molly Burrowes,
Mrs. Alice Bethany, Miss Maude
Ladner, Mrs. Elizabeth Latady,
Mrs. Sydney Swan, Mrs. E. A.
Parker and Mrs. j. C. Crane.
The Shriner banquet at Gulf
port last Friday evening was at
tended by MIR. and Mrs. L. E.
Parks.
Friends of Mrs. L. K. Avara
and her daughter, Mrs. j. w.
Ogle, and the latter's three sons,
who have been making their home
in Boston, Mass, will be pleased
to learn that they are moving
back to Pascagoula to reside
while Mr.. Ogle, who is in the
Navy, is on sea duty. Mrs. Ava
ra's three daughters, Mesdames
Ruby Wade, w. It. Harris and
Percy Seal, and her sons, Messrs.
C. A. Avara and w. T. Avara, all
reside in Pascagoula.
Mrs. Gene st. Amant spent last
week visiting her husband, Off
Ger Candidate st. Amant at Fort
Benning, Ga.
Mrs. +. o. Munson has returned
to her home at Clinton, La, after
visiting several days with her
parents, DR.. and Mrs. w. r.. Kell,
and other relatives.
Mrs. Eunice Eley, who is secre-
tary of the Mississippi Library
Commission, spent Monday visit
ing the public libary in Pascagou-
la and comforting with library
officials.
MIR. and Mrs. j. M. Erwin and
son. Austin, returned Tuesday to
their home at Mutual, Okla,
whence they yer called by the
seriousness of the injuries sus-
tanned by the Rev. Kenneth Err
win, pastor of the Assembly of God
Church, in a plane crash, Jan. 20,
near the Pascagoula airport. Mr..
Erwin, who is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. M. Erwin had improved
sufficiently TO be move to his
home last Tuesday.
The Junior Woman's club will
hold a meeting at Lincoln Hall,
Friday afternoon, February 16, at
2 o'clock. DR.. Emma Gay of BIZ
loxi will be the guest speaker and
Mesdames Phillip Ware, H. L.
Perry, Arthur L. Allen, P. j.
Higginbotham and b. E. McKen-
zie will be hostesses.
r. H. Watson of New York,
was the guest of his mother, Mrs.
c. K. Watson, and sisters, Mes
DANES Ethel Grey and Joe Saw
age this week. This former Pas
eagoulan, who is Chief War
rant Officer in the us Coast
Guard, has not been home in five
years, but has kept abreast of the
happenings here through the
Chronicle-Star He has been in
the Coast Guard for fifteen years.
James Tillotson. Engineer &c,
Merchant Marine, will spend Sum
day with his parents. MIR. and
Mrs. NJ. F. Tillotson. Having fin
ished his training in ST. Peters
burg, Fla, he is now stationed
at the USMC graduate station in
New Orleans awaiting shipping
orders.