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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-09-06

Interest is high at the Recrea-'
ton Center alleys in the mixed
doubles tournament which gets
underway Saturday with a big
entry list. This meet is the first
in a series of Journeys planned
for the fall season at the Market
street lanes.
This first tournament is to be
bowled on the scratch basis, that
is the bowlers will be without
their handicaps and the bowlers
getting the highest pin-fall will
be accorded the winners. Handi-
cap Journeys in which the lower
average bowlers have a greater
chance to win are being planned
and announcements concerning
them will be made in the very
near future, according to Walt
Wood manager of the alleys at
the Recreation center.
Entries in the tournament be-
ing started Saturday will close
at 1900 noon Saturday as the
first shift bowlers take off for
their games.
Worthy OF mention for the
Good Sportsmanship Awards" is
Ezell's team in the Red Bowling
league. Tuesday night the Ezells
were scheduled TO play the Jay
Gees in the final match of the
last half of the summer league.
At game time the Jaycees had
not made their appearance. The
customary ten minutes of grace
had just about expired when two
members of the Jaycees came
into the alleys on another errand,
as the Jaycees were under the
impression that they were to
bowl the match at a later date.
The EzeIl's needing two victories
to cinch the last half champion
ship and having it handed to
them on a silver platter by the
forfeit route, refused to accept
the forfeit and waited until the
Jaycees could telephone their
missing members and line up a
ham. And the Ezells almost
paid the extreme penalty for this
sportsmanship act for they won
the first game by the slim mar
gin of two pins and lost the third
game However all came out
right in the end and the orchids
are now in order for the Ezells.
BOWLING AVERAGES
The ladies bowling league
Cfan ( 80 the tnnn,e..
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-09-06
SCORING ON THE CUFF

Richmond, Va. (APl-A game
egistern worn on the wrist like
I watch has heen patented BY Ar
thur Wells Dew. of Richmond
and Alexandria, for those who
ike golf and tennis and don't
like to keep score. Mr.. Dew's
wife was his patent attorney, al
though he himself is attorney for
he War Departments bureau of
ordnance in the Pentagon Build
ing.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-09-06

High three game series, Hicks,
512.
High single game, Warner. 1874,
Big five:
Hobby. 161: Delmas, 1853; Pen
ton, 156; Chauvin. 1855; Hicks,
l54.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-09-06

High three game series, Mar
per, 401.
High single game, Thomas. al.
Big Five--Hamilton. al; Bilho,
1919: Hunter, 1923; Harper, 1923;
Loper, 1913.
The Blue team
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-09-06

High three game series, 534,
Reeder.
High single game, 1874. Cald-
well.
Big F;ve--Lvons, 1862; Fuller, 1862;
Rice. 160; Wheat. 160; A. Miller,
$50.
The Rcd Team
Kodiak mirror., 1946-09-14

An open letter to Miss Mali on Curtis, cribbage champion of a large area including Kodiak: My Dear Miss Curtis:
 Don't expect any mercy : Jet alone chivalry-.-when you visit the Kodiak Community Center next Tuesday evening, to defend your championship in the month- ly Kodiak CrIbbage Tourna- ment. Every man in town who can play crlbbage is out to top pie you They say that no wom- an can hang on to such title--- if they can do anything about it. Now we know that you are a remarkable woman and not afraid of any man that ever lived and we will promise you a fair deal and a new deck. From that point op, however, you are "on your own.'
 Good luck - you
 will need it.
 Ken Wade, director
 Kodiak Community Center.
 (continued on page 5
Kodiak mirror., 1946-09-14
KODIAK {. DIARY

We never see newsreels or movies of circuses without feel ing a twinge of sympathy for local children who never have the sublime childhood experience of seeing a circus m real life.
 So it was with interest that we read a letter from Seattle, written by Jo Ann Knudsen, to her father, Emil Knudsen, of Kodiak, telling of her first cir GUS.
 Just as she wrote it, here is Jo Ann's circus report
 Last night 1 went to the Shrine Circus. And it was good My uncle bought us some candy cotton. It was the first 1 had ev- CT eaten and 1 liked It. It was the first circus that 1 have ever been to.
 "Their where too bears their and one of them rode a bike and a motorcycle and it also roller skated on two feet. And the O. ther bear rode a hobby horse.
 "Their wher ten horses five wher dark and five where light but they all had the same mark ings. These kept in formation all the time they wher in the ring.
 "And their where men and wo- men on the flying trapeze.
 "And their wher tarined lions and eleaphents and dogs and hor- ses and clowns"
 What! No giraffeses?
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-07
Election Called
For VuncIeave
School Bond Issue

Answering the petition of a
large number of citizens and qua
lifted electors of the Vancleave
school district, the Jackson Coun-
ty Board of Supervisors Monday
called an election to be held at
the school on June 10Th to de-
termine whether $4,000 in bonds
will be issued and sold to aid in
the building of a new school.
A group of representative citi-
zens were present for the pre-
sentation of their petition through
their attorney, Harold w. Gautier,
Sr.
Interest In replacing the Van
cleave school building, which was
completely destroyed by fire sew
eral months ago, has increased
greatly recently and a citizens
organization headed by Denver
Lyons has been formed 10 assure
the issuance of the bonds and to
support the schools trustees in
the building program.
Weekly meetings by the group
are being held and plans formu-
lated for transporting voters to
the polls on the day of election,
which will be held at the school
house, in accordance with law.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-07
YMCA Day Comp
For Junior Boys
Underway Al Beech

The Y. NJ. c. A. Day Camp
being held at Beach Park under
the leadership of Mrs. A. v.
Smith. Ellis Slattery. Vivi Moore,
and Everett Stone is in progress
with 40 boys enrolled in the age
group. 7 through IL, officials an
nounced. This period has one
more week to go, and an enroll
ment is being opened to those
children who were unable to
take advantage of the first week
due to other activities.
T. N. Tucker. Director of Re
creation, Inc. is assisting in teach
ing swimming. For both the LIST
and End Junior Periods the age
has been dropped to Z years max
ing boys and girls from 7 through
IL eligible for participation. it
was revealed.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-07
Mrs. Sydney Swan
Elected President
OF Civic Council

Mrs. Sydney Swan will serve
as president of the Pascagouls
Civic Council for the 1946-47
term, being so designated at the
annual election of officers held
Tuesday night. She succeeds Miss
Ruth Cain to this office.
Also elected were the Rev. P.
J. Carey, vice president; George
B. Field, corresponding secreta-
ry; and Miss Mary Hawkins, re-
cording secretary and treasurer.
Directors are Mrs. J. S. Abbey.
Mrs. w. r. Gulley, Arthur Y.
Smith and Ed Galloway.
The food drive for the starving
war victims in foreign countries
was brought to the attention of
the members by Mrs. S. B. Nell
vain who urged that the coun-
Gil cooperate actively in collect
ing cash or timed foods. Mrs.
Swan appointed a committee to
represent the organization in sup
porting the drive of which A. P.
May is Pascagoula chairman.
Announcement was made at the
meeting that Delmas Dairy pur-
chased the barbed wire for the
fence erected from the new Jack
son County airport to the beach
to keep cows out of the city.
A gift was presented to Miss
Cain as the retiring president
and also as an active member who
is leaving the city.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-07
VA Will Act To
Put Curb On
Job Work Abuses

Indications of a general tighten
ing of regulations regarding ION
the job training for veterans
with the possible loss of certifi-
cation for Establishments who
are abusing the program were
revealed in Pascagoula Wednes-
day morning by five officials OF
the Veterans Administration.
The group, including the man
ager of the sub-regional office
of VA in Hattiesburg and the
senior training officer of the re.
gional Office in Jackson, met
with interes I'd employers and
veterans at the Pascagoula High
school at a meeting called by Jim
King, local representative of the
administration.
The group included Judge S.
B. Berry. manager of the Hat
tiesburg office; L. L. Butler, reg
istration officer at Hattiesburg;
w. d. Gardner, senior training
officer of the Jackson regional
office; W. S. Candy, regional
training officer supervisor; and
Douglas Smith, training officer
for this district.
The group stressed that the
of the ION the lob train
ing program" is to raise the
standard of living on the veter-
an during his readjustment per-
iod and is not intended to fur
nish cheap labor for any bust
ness or industry. The veteran
should be paid an equal amount
with the non-veteran, they said,
and should only be subsidized
while he is actually learning a
trade or profession.
The group said that the Veter-
ans Administration is aware of
the open abuse of the program
but that steps would be taken
to remedy it by a monthly visit
from a training officer who would
check with the veteran on his
progress and the amount of pay
he was receiving.
They also explained in detail
the functions of their organiza-
ton and said its whole purpose
is to aid the veteran in his re-
adjustment.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-07
Vuncleuve Mon
PuinfullY Injured
While Grading Road

Bonnie Bonham. Vancleave res
ident, was painfully injured Mon
day morning when he was
thrown from a road machine on
which he was working in West
jackson County neal the Lati-
mer community. Rushed TO a BIZ
loxi hospital, his condition was
said not to be critical after a
thorough examination.
Mr.. Bonham was riding a road
grader which was employed on
the Vancleave Biloxi road at the
time of the mishap, G.. A. Cru
thirds. supervisor for District 5
said. The grader struck a hidden
stump, hurting him to the ground
and causing extensive bruises and
abrosions but X-rays revealed no
broken homes or internal injur-
les, Mr.. Cruthirds said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-07
Moss Point
Election
Tuesday
Voters To Decide
$4,000 Bond Issue
For Streets. Voter

The controversial question of
whether the City of Moss Point
will have two bond issues of
$50, 900 each for street and water
improvements will be decided in
an election to be held on Tues
day, June 18th. The City Hall
has been designated as the poll
,ing place, with voting from TOO
until 900 o'clock on the cleo
ton day.
Mayor E. Gregory Wood this
week called on citizens of Moss
Point to go to the polls on Tues
day, stating that every citizen
should vote whether they are
for or against the issue" He
warned, however, that all per-
sons not voting were automatic
ally voting against the issue, un-
der Mississippi law where a ma
jority of the qualified electors
must vote for a bond issue, If it
10 w IdlAy
II believe it would be to the
advantage of every progressive
citizen to 60 out and vote for
the issuance of the bonds" Mr..
Wood said. Il believe that the
citizens who already have hard
surfaced streets and water mains
are willing to share with those
who do not"
The two bond issues were Dr.
iginally voted by the mayor and
board of aldermen but they were
restrained from issuing them by
a petition signed by protesting
citizens. City officials then call
ed an election to learn the will
of the majority of qualified cleo
tors.
TIE streets to be improved, IL
the bond issue is voted, are:
Shipyard, Morris, Denny. Boards
lee, Woods, Cedar. Bay, Short,
Old Stag Road, Second, Mag
uOlld, 1Ilul I'll, DcllNuC, odtft<hSAf
Main, the Union Cemetery street
and three streets in the Martha
Ter Subdivision. They stated that
none of the streets are in the
Perkins Subdivision and declar-
ed that rumors circulated to that
effect were false.
The bond issue would also be
used for the installation of wa
ter meters which the officials de-
clare is necessary to prevent
waste. They declared that they
forsee a necessary expenditure
of 100000 for new wells unless
waste is curbed.
Water main extension under
the program would be to Ship
ward, Morris, Denny, Mcintosh,
Hodge, Magnolia, Barnett, Myers,
East, Bowen, Bayou, Church and
Couch streets, officials said.
Mr. Wood said that transpor-
tation would be available for all
citizens who wished to vote.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-07
Car-Bus Crash
On Highway so
Injuries Several

Injuries to several persons and
extensive damage to the vehicles
involved resulted early Satur-
day morning when an automobile
crashed into the side of a Mobile
bound Greyhound bus at Byrd's
crossing on Highway 80 between
Pascagoula and Moss Point.
Occupants of the automobile
were Joseph Poets, 10 years old,
bruises and ~laceration of the fore
head; Billy Buffet, 10, severe
bruises: Emma Jean Taylor, 18,
bruises, all of Pascagoula; and
Virginia Wilkerson, Long Beach,
possible fractures of the leg. All
four young people were taken to
Jackson County hospital for
treatment. Poets and Buffet
we're released Sunday to return
to their homes, Miss Taylor was
still hospitalized this week and
Miss Wilkerson was removed to
the Gulfport City hospital.
Miss Annie Haney, "a, Ports
mouth, Va, and James Mazengo,
81. Mobile, passengers on the bus
were treated in a Mobile hospital.
Mazeneb was discharged after
receiving treatment for abrasions
of the leg and nose and Miss
Haney suffered head and leg in
iuries.
According to John McCollum,
Moss Point citv officer, investi-
eating officer, who was assisted
by Deputy Sheriff John McNeal
and Highway Patrolman A. o.
Davis, several other passengers
received emergency treatment for
minor cuts and bruises.
The accident occurred at 1918
a. m. Saturday. The car contain
ing the four young people was
Continued On Page 81
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-07
IL Planes To Land
Here Saturday On
Goodwill Air Tour

Seventy-one planes piloted by
flyers from all sections of Mis-
sissippi and three neighboring
states will visit the Jackson
County Airport at Pascagoula on
the Mississippi Goodwill AVA
ton Tour sponsored by the Avia.
ton Committee of the Jackson
Chamber of Commerce, Satur-
day.
Arrival time of the planes here
is set at $3.50 p. m. and depar-
ture at $50 p. m. The guests
will be taken on a tour of In
gals Shipyard during their two
hour stay.
Purpose of the junket, accord
ing TO Jackson City Commission
er r. 5. Withers, chairman of the
tour committee. is to get Missis-
sipi flyers better acquainted with
each other and better acquaint-
ed with the improved flying faci-
lities recently developed through
out the state.
The tour will last four days
June 60, and will include thir-
teen communities. Planes of al
types have been entered, includ'
ing the Aeronca, Stearman, Err.
coupe. Piper Cub, PT-l9, BIB
Piper Super Cruiser, Cessna
T~ayorcraft. Luseombe, Ryan, Cul-
yer, PT-17, Swift, Beech, ATS
Fairchild, Howard, Belanca, anc
Stimsou
Stops on the tour include Jack.
son, Meridian, Starkville, Oxford
Memphis. Grenada, Greenville
Vieksburg. Natchez. McComb
Hattiesburg, Gulfport, and Pas
cagoula. Overnight stops will be
Memphis. Natchez. and the Mis-.
sissippi Gulf Coast.
Frank Wignall, Civil Aeronau.
tics Authority Inspector, will b'
tour Goordinator. Colonel Ali
son j. Holifield, former com.
manding officer of the Meridian
Army Air Base, is chief toul
director. r. S. McFarlane is chair.
man of program and arrange.
ments committee.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-07
Membership Week
With City Drive
Begins Monday

The Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION membership week be-
gins officially on Monday, M.
II. Dossett, president, announe-
ed this week, and revealed that
the city will be divided into
four districts in order to prop
erly offer memberships in the
new organization.
DR.. J. N. Lockard. Pascagoula
physician and Jackson County
native, has been named chair
man of the drive and F. S. Can
ty, NJ. II. Dossett. Jr.. Sydney
Swan and II. G. Otis will serve
under his as division leaders.
The city will be divided in
sections to be known as "Y',
M, &C" and "a" and the list
io5 tehms was rot completed
Wednesday. although captains
for the teams had been named
in some instances.
The leaders plan to contact all
interested persons in their sec
tions and give them the oppor-
tunitv to join IN the nov to
broaden the YMCA activities
here. A decentralized program is
underway at the present time
under the direction of A. P. MAY
as executive secretary.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-07
Office Employees
At ingalls, Reject
Union In Election

Office employees OF the ingalls,
Shipbuilding Corporation yard
here voted against representa-
ton by the Office Employees In
ternational Union (AFofL) here
in an election held Friday after
noon at the yard.
Eighty-two of 1862 employees
eligible to vote in the election
cast ballots againt utilization with
the union, while SO voted for the
union. Seventeen persons did not
cast ballots.
The election was conducted by
the National Labor Relations
Board as the result of a hearing
during which the union asked
for recognition as the bargaining
agent.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-07

er section of this paper.
The previous sale of the site
for $4,000 was not eonsummated
partially due to the filing of the
petition, it was said. but Mr..
Burnham stated that the grounds
will be sold when the vacating
proceedings are complete. The
resolution will be published for
four consecutive weeks.
Opposition to the sale seems
to center in northeastern Jack
son County in District |, Off
Gals said. and limited that local
politics there may be involved in
the dispute. The Board of Su-
pervisors pointed out that the
price Of $4,000 is $50 a front foot
on Highway 90 near the city linn
its of Psaacgoula and is consid-
cred a good price in this district
of the city.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-07
jones Thompson. Jr,
Joins USES Here As
Vet Representative

James D. Thompson, Jr., join.
ed the staff at the United States
Employment Services Jackson
County office this week at veter-
ans employment representative,
Gwen c. Golf, manager announc-
ed. Mr.. Thompson came to this
office from Gulfport and replac-
ed John Freeman, who goes to
the Laurel office of USES.
Mr.. Thompson will be available
for consultation by veterans and
will aid them in obtaining jobs,
particularly those who have SER
vice connected disabilities, Mr.
Golf said. He served four years
in the U. S. Army Aifforce dur
ing this war and joined USES
at Guifport in February of this
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-07
Waller Lewis
Dies Suddenly
AT Home Here

Walter Lewis, SIS, scion of one
of the county's most prominent
families and native of Pasca-
goula, died suddenly here Thurs
day night. May Both. of a heart
attack. His death came as a com
plete shock to his family and
his many friends throughout the
south.
Mr.. Lewis was the son of the
late Frank H. and Mrs. Gertrude
Bragg Lewis, who survives him.
He is also survived by his wild
ow, Mrs. Belle Darlington Lewis,
whom he married in 1912, and
one daughter, Faye, as well as
numerous other relatives.
Funeral services were conduct
ed by the Stokes Funeral Home
from the First Presbyterian
Church Saturday morning at 1890
and interment was at Machpelah
Cemetery. DR.. j. C. Crane, pas
tor of the church and a friend
and neighbor, officiated at the
funeral services which were at
tended by a large crowd in spite
of inclement weather.
Retail stores in ~Pascagoula were
closed for the funeral services.
A newspaper man in his youth,
MI. Lewis returned to Pasca-
goula in 1880 to head the whole
sale pecan business founded by
his father. He also operated a
furniture store in connection with
the business for several years.
He was a former editor of the
Chronicle-Star and Advertiser
and worked on newspapers in
New Orleans, Memphis, and other
cities.
Mr.. Lewis was known for his
extensive knowledge and in
terest in the history of Pasca-
goula and had addressed the
Paseagoula Rotary Club on that
subject shortly before his death.
His talk was so well received
that he had been asked to re-
peat it at a meeting of the Moss
Point Rotary Club, of which he
was a member for many years.
Mr.. Lewis served as an honor
airy colonel on the staff of the
late Governor Paul B. Johnson
and as a member of the Selee-
tive Service Board in Jackson
County during World War II.
Besides his widow, daughter,
and mother, Mr. Lewis is surviv-
ed by one brother, George, of
Pascagoula: three sisters, Mrs. j.
w. Barrett, Bethlehem, Pa, Mrs.
Myrtle Stone, Oxford, Miss, and
Mrs. t. G. Kell. Pascagoula.
Pallbearers were: Mayor John
r. Watts, Hermes Gautier, Thorn
as Leatherbury. D. J, Simmons,
Gorden Burns, and B. G. Spann.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-07
Supervisors Publish Resolution
Abandoning County Fair Grounds

The Jackson County Board of
Supervisors this week moved to
dispose of the Jackson County
Fair Grounds in Pascagoula in
spite of a petition against the
move and possible court action to
prevent the sale. Assured they
were within their legal rights
by their council. H. P. Heidel-
berg, they went ahead with their
plans to dispose of the proper
ty and build a new and bigger
fair grounds at the site Of the
old Jackson County airport on
Highway 80 where a week-long
fair might be held.
K. ". Burnham, board presi-
dent. announced the decision at
the annual Farm and Home Din
ner in Pascagouls Tuesday and a
resolution vacating and abandon
ing the grounds appears in anoth-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-07
GOLD MINING BOOM

johannesburg. AP.-A D. Vim
ey. chairman of the johannesburg
Stock Exchange. said in a recent
address that gold mining in South
Africa was enjoying the greatest
boom in 40 years. The boom
is most apparent on the stock ex-
change where many small in
vestors are entering the market.
In l945. Iw2.2l3,415 ounces fine
gold were produced in the Trans
wal. This was below the 1899
figure of Il, $4,000 unces fine,
although the tonnage crushed was
slightly higher. Working reve-
nue. last year was $458,3It, TIA.