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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-07-06
Gardens Require Real Effort

Now that the peak of our wartime population has been
passed and our community life begins to level off on what
we hope will be a permanent plateau of high employment
it will do well for us to give some thought to cleaning up
and improving the surroundings we are going to live with
for years to come. We must begin to undergo a process OF
reconversion in our own thinking and get the concepts OF
Temporary" and wartime" out of our minds; not that
the war is over, or close to being over. We still have half
the job to do, and shall do 1t. But the period of our housing
crisis is over, and we must realize it. There is no longer any
excuse why we should create untidiness and messy neigh.
borhoods in the name of haste, nor any reason why we should
tolerate it.
Not only that, but we have got to begin to seize and
make opportunities to improve the looks OF the city. Some
times in oratorical moments our leaders fall into phrases
like "the garden spot of the Gulf Coast" and that is pretty
good stuff SO long as we are determined to go through tne
tedious and patient preparation-the clearing, wedding, plant
ing-which any gardener knows is necessary before a gar
den-spot" can be realized. Gardens don't spring to life vol
UNFAIRLY. But on the other hand, a garden will spring to
weeds voluntarily and in short order If it is left unattended.
Unless we begin to do the actual work and planning neces-
sary for the Improvement and Identification OF the city, we
might just as well forget about such glowing terms as the
garden spot of the Gulf Coast" or else, take it for what it is,
and that is an empty figure of speech.
To come to specific cases, there are two public institu-
tions that come Immediately to mind as places that badly
need cleaning up and landscaping. One is the new grammar
school on Lincoln avenue. which is barren and unattractive
plant. Both of these buildings are in decent natural back
grounds and on broad and handsome avenues There is no
reason in the world why the men responsible for their man.
agement should not give some thought and effort to land
scaping their premises,
There are many other private sites in town that need
attention, and some that would have had it by now if the
owners had any respect at all for the looks of the community.
In making a study of typhus control work in recent weeks we
learned of a plan of weed control work IN the city OF Dallas
that any city might adopt to advantage. Dallas maintains
a grass cutting crew whose permanent Job is the clearing
of lots and removal of trash and rat-harbors on sites which
have been neglected by the owners. When a complaint is
filed by residents of the neighborhood, the city notifies the
owner to cut the weeds and clean up. II he fails to do so in
a stated length of time, the city crew does 1t for him at
nominal cost, and the city sends him a bill, which they are
empowered to collect. like tax money under authority OF q
city ordinance. The plan works wei. in Dallas and the prop
erty owners benefit from it. 1t is a good plan for us to give
thought to in Pascagoula.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-07-06

outline of the United Nations
Charter following which Mrs.
Earl Ammonett, impersonatlng
Phil Baker of radio fame, con-
Quoted a quiz. about the char
ter
When sides had been chosen
the quiz proved not only enter
tanning but enlightening.
A poem He's Ny Uncle Sam
which was entered into by all
present was mirth provoking.
The singing of America and a
prayer written by a private when
in North Africa entitled Our
Guard Tonight led by Mrs. II.
B. -yerstreet brought the pro-
gram TO a close.
Sincere regret was expressed
because of the resignation as sec
rotary of Mrs. D. A.. Barager who
is moving to Pascagoula.
The meeting Monday will be
held in the home of Mrs. John
Cirlot with Mrs. c. Stewart as
hostess.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-07-06

modern age as against the past,
and with the future as against
the present-for we are optimis-
tic enough to believe that man
will forever be capable of prog
ress-we are also aware that
certain values of earlier ages are
often lost or sacrificed with the
passing times. Sometimes these
are later rediscovered and re-
claimed, but sometimes they are
lost forever. This happens just
as a quantity of good fruit is in
evitably damaged or lost in the
necessary pruning of a tree, and
a few good plants cut out in the
wedding of a garden.
Almost eveS one of us looks
back, from his own particular
point of view, on some of the at
titudes and habits of life that
were once common that we
should like to see come again.
The preacher looks back upon the
old habits Of church attendance
that were once more firmly set
than they seem today; the school
master on the days when studi-
BUSINESS vas commanded with a
hickory switch; the housewife on
the DAYS when two dollars
bought an ample weeks supply
of groceries, and so on down the
line. Some of us look back TO
values that were really genuine
and worthwhile, and some of us
really look back to imaginary Or
selfish ones.
AS for ourselves, we do regret
to see the passing of mans close
ness and intimacy with the coun-
tryside. We would never want
to go back to the life of hard
ship and suffering that was the
lot of the pioneer farmers and
woodsmen who opened up this
country for us; as we have said,
we prefer the electric light to the
tallow-dip candle; windows and
screened porches and dry houses
to damp. smoky log cabins with
floors of pounded earth. Never
theless we feel that something of
great value is passing from Am
erican life as man grows less and
less familiar with the fields and
forests about him. and depends
more and more upon cement
highways automobiles. asphalt
streets, and city backgrounds.
There are many young people
who have grown up in the big
towns and cities of Mississippi
the most rural state in America
who never in their lives have
gotten out into the real woods,
into the cane brakes and forests
that grow along the rivers. There
are many of them who have new
er seen a wild animal, other than
the occasional rabbit that comes
sneaking into the garden, or the
half-tame squirrels that live in
city trees. And even with the
older people of the families, their
fathers or their grandfathers who
came off the farms and moved
into the cities, the old closeness
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-07-06
Additional TrY-O Outs
For '"Cluudiu" Cast
Held MondoY Night

Additional try-outs for parts in
Claudia" the first play to be
presented by the Paspoint Little
Theater, were held Monday night
at the nth Street auditorium In
Pascagoula with approximately
40 persons present.
Among those who participated
in the try-outs, which were I'M
der the direction of H. H, Douth-
lit, chairman of the casting COM
mittee, were Mrs. Harold Brook,
Mrs. r. G.. Wingfield, Mrs. Tom
SWayze, Mr.. and Mrs. d. E.
Pogue, Charles Hightower, R. P.
Davis, Katherine Rhodes, Sarah
Caldwell, Mary Human, John B.
Delmas, Jr., Jack Stutz, Mrs.
Claude Bolding, Amelia Pickett.
Marie Mcleod, Virginia Purdv,
Mrs. H. H. Purdy, Ivan Purdy,
Frances Scarborough, Juliette
Harper, Neva Cumbest, Louise
NJ. Och, Mrs. E. J. Jane Jr., j.
M. Purdy, Mrs. H. P. McLaugh-
lin, Mrs. p. ]. Higgenbotham,
Charlien Winans, and c. S. Nc
Coy.
Final try-outs for roles in
Claudia. will be staged at the
18th Street auditorium Monday
night, July 9, beginning at 8
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The Sen Francisco Charter

Some twenty months ago in
Moscow Secretary Of State Cor
dell Hull proposed a charter for
the establishment OF a world or
ganization for the purpose of
maintaining international peace
and security. This charter was
drafted in rough outline at Dunn
barton Oaks here in Washington
about ten months ago; and was
put into finished form and ap-
proved last week by the fifty ma
tions participating In the San
Francisco Conference, after sew
eral weeks of arduous labor on
She part of the delegates Presi-
dent Truman will this week per
sonaIly present the Charter to
the United States Senate and ask
for prompt Senate ratification of
the treaty accepting the Charter.
At this writing Senate accept
ance, though probably after con-
siderable discussion in that body,
appears certain. President Tru-
man is obviously quite anxious
to have the United States to be
the first nation to formally ap-
prove the Charter and to have
such action taken prior to his
forthcoming first meeting with
the Big Three as our Chief Ex-
ecutive.
The Charter is, of course. quite
lengthy and complex and net toe
easily explained in detail. But We
thought TIE readers Of this col
umn might be interested N a.
much explanation thereof a
space in this column viii permit
The Organization 10 carry oui
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-07-06

the provisions of the Charter of
the United Nations consists of Cd
a Security Council Charged with
the unity of the big powers)
Omitted States, Russia, Britain,
China and France) will dominate;
(2) an Assembly of all nations,
large and small. (3) an Economic
and Social Council; and "a a
Trusteeship Council Ito deal with
problems of inundated areas such
as Islands in the Pacific which
will be taken from Japan.
In drafting this document the
following four essentials were
recognized and emphasized. CD
The Big Five powers must re-
main friends; (2) All small dis
putes throughout the world must
be settled before they become big
disputes: t3l All nations of the
world must be kept economically
healthy with flourishing trade
and high employment if q world
organization is to succeed; and
ca All subject peoples In the
world must be given an opportu-
nifty to go forward toward self
government and independence.
The entire Charter Is related
to the problems involved in try
ing to assure that the conditions
above are met, and the %organiza-
ton to carry this out is, briefly,
as follows: The unity of the Big
Powers-a paramount objective
is to be promoted through eollab-
Grafton of these five nations in
the top Security Council. Dele
gates from each of the Big Five
nations. together with delegates
from six smaller nations tthe
smaller nations will rotate in
meeting with this Council will
sit continuously at the Councils
headquarters and therefore will
be available to meet problems
which might arise from day &c
day. The delegates will be as
sisted by the military staff com
mittee, composed of the chiefs
Of staff Of the Big Five.
Disputes coming before the Sc.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-07-06
Nome Plates For
Moss Point Honor
Roll Are Received

Frank G.. Spann, president of
the Moss Point Rotary Club, has
announced the arrival of name
plaques for the Honor Roll Me-
mortal for servicemen. These will
be placed on the glass-enclosed
board as soon as possible. Mr..
Spann stated that there are a
few more names, however, which
have not been turned in and he
declared that the Rotary Club Is
anxious to have the roll complete.
Any name of a serviceman or
woman from Moss which has not
been reported should be turned in
to w. G.. Stewart at the city hall.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-07-06

we grow restless and discomfort
within ourselves, and scarcely
know the reason why. 1t is be-
cause we miss the natural back
ground to which our own biologic
natures are attuned. Nature is a
great steadying influence, and the
subordination of it is one of the
flaws of our modern city life and
industrial culture.
We should learn more about
the country we live in-the
country our forefather learned
end mastered of necessity. and
handed to US on a silver platter.
so TO speak. And we should en-
courage and support the con-
servaficn movements and wild
life studies of the government.
Many of the state have already
suspended the hunting and
fishing license fee for men in
the armed services. and we
shiuld like TO see the various
rehabilitation programs begin to
take cognizsnee of the great
usefulness of field sports like
hunting and fishing and nature
study in their work.
The North American continent
is one of the most beautiful coun-
trysides on the earth. 1t is un-
damaged by war, and much of it
Is still untouched by industry.
The South has a climate and an
abundance of wild life that many
sections lack. 1t would be a good
thing if more of us would learn
occasionally to turn off the &C.
ment highways and see what kind
of a country this actually is we
live in.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-07-06

WE ARE NOT THE KIND OF
folks who oppose the machine
age. or long for the good old days
of smoky kerosene lamps, mud
roads and the horse and buggy,
Old photographs and stories Of
the good old days" have a nos
talgic appeal to us as to others,
but we appreciate the good old
! electric ice-box, and the clean,
efficient gas range too much so,
to value the times that were over
the times that are. VIZ are in
cIned to agree with an observa-
ton with which Macaulay, the
great English historian, opens one
Of his books; "The man who de-
plores the ways of modern times,
and looks back upon the former
times as a period when all that
existed was virtuous and good,
does not speak from great wis
dom" Macaulay's language is
somewhat finer than this, but
that is the sense of the passage
that stays in memory.
People are no worse today than
they ever were, and a good many
Of them are better, because they
are better educated, and because
they can read and absorb more
of the intelligent and sensible
ideals of modern civilization, and
because they are better fed and
healthier. And great numbers of
US r able to live more comfort
able lives in more convenient
and healthy backgrounds than
could the rich and powerful of
other times.
II does not follow in logic
that e man must be expected to
be less virtuous or less idsalis-
tic or less kind or reasonable
because he lives in . modern
city instead of the village or
farmhouse of fifty or a tun-
dred years ago. The cheats
and outlaws are always with us.
There were jails highwaYmen.
drunkards. and brigands in the
old days as there are today.
There were observers of the
law. end breakers of fhe law.
in Moses time. and long before.
But having said this, and hav-
ing cast u preference with the
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-07-06
Visiting Cdmpoign
Conducted BY Moss
Point Methodists

There was no Summer Skimp'
in the attendance of the WSCS
Monday afternoon when thirty
members were in attendance and
enjoyed the hospitality extend
ed by Mrs. George w. Bowen
who was assisted in receiving
and serving her guests by Mrs.
M. j. Edwards.
Following a short business ses-
sion. a patriotic program was
presented by Miss Ina Thomp-
son, calling attention to the white
cross on the mantel above a globe
of the world, thanked on either
side by the Christian and Amer
lean flag and banked with beau
tiful white lilies and ferns. Miss
Thompson noted that Indepen-
dence Day for all the world will
come when all nations recognize
the power and love of God in
His gift of his only begotten Son
Jesus Christ on the Cross of
Calvary.
Our Guiding Star" was the
appropriate subject used for a
devotional and was followed by
the singing of the national an
them. The Star Spangled Ban
ner''.
Mrs. Don Barager gave a brief
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-07-06

curity Council for settlement are
to be handled in the following
manner: In the beginning when
some controversy arises between
any two participating nations
and the dispute is called to the
attention of the Council there Is
a period of discussion when both
nations are permitted to present
their side of the cast and have
a full hearing. (No Big Power
can exercise a veto over such a
discussion regardless of whether
a Big Power is affeeted.) Second,
there is. a stage of Investigation
with subsequent recommendation
by the Council. (But any step in
this second stage can be vetoed
by any one OF the Big Five in an
instance where n of the Big
Nations is a party in the dispute
and is therefore barred from vot-
ing). The final stage consists of
appropriate action being taken
by the Council according to their
decision OH the dispute. (iow-
ever. any such action could be
prevented by any one of the Big
Five voting mo-
In the event the Security Coun-
Gil votes that a nation is threat
ening aggression and such action
is not vetoed, nonmilitary sane
tons against the offending ma
ton may be invoked. BY this we
mean that action would be taken
to interrupt the rail, sea. air, pos
tai, radio and all other means OF
communication of the aggressor
nation. plus the severance of dip
lomatic and economic relations,
In such event, all other members
| of the United Nations III asked,
but not required, to take part.
Military action Is undertaken
only in the event that the above
is not effective. If force proves
necessary, military demonstra-
tons and blockade are first tried
and, if not successful. the Inter
national Air Force is called upon
to bomb the principal cities of
the aggresser nation until agree
ment or surrender is reached.
In the case of the Trusteeship
Council, the United States, for
instance, will doubtless elect to
retain possession of many of the
strategic islands which we have
taken and are now in the process
of taking from Japan. Other is
lands which we might not con-
slider strategic or necessary to u.
S. defense may be placed under
the trusteeship of the United
Nations and portions thereof
utilized by the nations needing
bases in that area for the defense
Of their countries.
While all are agreed that the
proposed League to establish
peace and security among the
peoples Of the world is possibly
the best that could be obtained
under the circumstances, it should
be borne in mind that because of
the veto provision of the Big
Five much is left to be desired.
This veto power from the stand
point of the desired goal of flu
ture peace among the nations OF
the world is the fly in the ONT
ment. It is to be hoped that the
leaders of the Big Five will BE-
of sufficiently high type to see
that that power is not abused.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-07-06

with the earth has vanished
When a man wants to 60 any
where nearby these days he gets
into an automobile and drives
down a cement highway-if he
has the gas, and if he doesn't
have it he stays home. His grand
daddy in the same predicament
would hit the road with his two
shoes. He likely knew twenty
lanes and shortcuts from his
farm to the houses of neighbors
and the nearby town, or creek
OR the nearest mash vat back
in the woods.
How many of US ever 90
walking end exploring across
The open fields and the forests
CT Mississippi Today? Out in
The country a lot CT farmers
still do il perforce. but in our
big towns and cities. with their
ever-growing industrial inter-
esis and business sections and
paved residential neighbor-
hoods. there + very few. One
could come very close to the
number bv counting the Boy
Scouts and the men who have
bought hunting and fishing Ii
censes-snd who use them.
And ever among the hunters
and fishers there is an icreas-
ing number who like only to
jump into an automobile and
speed 10 some farmers burned
over cornfield on the highway.
or TO some fishing camp that
reduces labor and padding
and exploring to a minimum.
There are not a great number
of cid fashioned hunters left,
nor fishermen who would walk
or crawl miles through a thick
ct to find a bass pool. And the
Boy Scouts and their leaders
depend more and more on
camps that have been cut out
of the woods and been equip
ped with many conveniences
bv earlier generations of scouts
during the past three decades.
Another vanishing type is the
man who simply liked to walk
around the woods and riverbanks
and along the cattle trails, en-
joying the sights of nature. 1t is
true that the fellows with butter
fly nets and formaldahyde bot
ties and flies pinned on a board
often cut a ridiculous figure, and
we are not one to sympathize
with the mature lovers who feel
that they have to join clubs and
stuff birds to prove it to the pub
lie. Genuine scientists and con-
servationists have important work
to do. and we r OF talking about
them9
The quiet and unostensible in
terest in nature is an attitude
that ii would do we'll for us to
cultivate again, and to encourage
in the younger generation. A
man who learns to respect and
love the symmetry and beauty of
other life forms, whether animal
or plant, is likely to have more
respect and good will for his fell
low humans. A life and culture
that feeds exclusively on movie
houses, blaring radios, iitterbug
dancing, and card games cannot
thrive greatly. Through thou
sands of years of our develop
ment, man has been a creature
close to farms, flocks,
woods and nature. When these
things are taken out of our back
ground completely, and a world
of asphalt, cement, canned food
and vitamin capsules substituted,
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-07-06
Mrs. HOLSTER
Hostess Honoring
Her House Guests

On FRIDAY afternoon Mrs.
Ralph K. HOLSTER threw open
her spacious home at an informal
party in honor of her guests, DR..
Virginia Allen OF Vernon, Tex,
and -11rs. w. H. Shipman of Bart
letsville, Okla.
Both DR.. Allen and her mother,
Mrs. Shipman, have visited in
the HOLSTER home in the past
and the guest list was confined
to friends that they met at those
times. DR.. Allen is practieing in
a Vernon hospital while her hus-
band, Lieutenant Allen is in the
Southwest Pacific. DR.. Allen is
Mrs. HOLSTERS sister-in-law.
Flowers from the home garden
were used in giving a gala air
to the occasion.
Soft drinks were served with
sandwiches and other delicacies.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-07-06

O'Clock. Mr.. Douthitt announced.
The director urges all persons
in the Pascagoula-Moss Point
area who are interested in thea
ter work and who have not TAX
en- part in past try-outs to be
present Monday night.
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the right to publish scandals. attack innocent individuals or
business firms. Neither does FREEDOM OF SPEECH give the
Individual the right to be-smear the reputation of outstanding
citizens. attack the communtYs leading institutions. nor start
whispering campaigns for the sole reason OF disturbing the
public peace. TO violate the above rights and privileges II TO
endangsr the rights and happiness Of all"
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A decoy is a contrivance for
the capture or enticing of duck
or other wild fowl within range
of a gun.