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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-01
Or. Eley Day
AT Moss Point
Rotary Club

The Moss Point Rotary Club
obsel we'd "Dr. Eley Day" yester-
day, honoring their fraternal
brother, DR.. Robert Carl Eley
whose service to the people here
has become legendary since he
came to Jackson County 80 years
ago. He was lauded by associates
as an outstanding example of the
club motto-"Service Above Self
-" in practice.
The states leading obstetrician.
he is calculated to have deliver
ed some six thousand babies
since beginning practice in 1910.
He delivered the most of any doc
tor in the state for several years.
and led the nation a few years
ago. He has delivered as many
as five babies in one day.
K. w. Burnham, DR.. J. F. Col
ley, and the Rev. j. F. Brock.
all long associated with DR.. Elev,
made brief addresses and recited
anecdotes, w. G. Stuart pre-
Sented Mrs. Eley with a bouquet
Of red roses and Edward A. Kha-
vat presented DR.. Eley with a
scroll for his service to humanity.
The program was planned by
Saul Peterzell who also acted as
maste' of ceremonies.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-01
$4,000 Offered
For improvement :
Of Spdnish Fort

The restoration of the Old
Spanish Fort and the conversion
of the historic building and its
grounds into a public park moved
ahead today with the accep-
tances by affected organiza-
tons of stipulations on a grant
of $4,000 for that purpose by
K. /. ingalls,.
The offer to finance the re-
storiation of the public-owned
property to that extent was made
by the Ingalls, Shipbuilding Cor
poration Board Chairman Tues
ady night in an address to the
Pascagoula-Moss Point Chamber
of Commerce.
Chamber President HerfEes +.
Gautier began his current term
today by sending requests to
the organizations specified TO
name a member to the COMMITTEES
TO he charged with the project,
the first condition of the grant.
TIE trustees of the Fort, mem-
bG.s of the American Legion,
held an informal meeting yes
tcrday aftern ION n indicated
they would Ego along with the
project. They reported the plans
would be studied in detail and
that they will work with other
groups toward making the park
a suitable playground and his
torical relic.
The second stipulation of the
grant was that a satisfactory
agreement be reached with the
American Legion and other M
terests within three months from
last Tuesday to convert the prop
ertv for the use If all the general
public and that the committee adj
wise the gTantor that plans and
specifications were completed and
that the work would start with
in thirty DAYS of the notification
and be completed within a reas-
cnatle length of time.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-01
Moss Point Fire
Dept. Called
To Three BIozes

Three fires brought out the
Moss Point fire department dur
ing the past weekend.
Causing the most serious dam
age was a blaze which complete
" destroyed a servants house
and storage building at the rear
Of the home of w. w. Barber, 1919
Dantzler street. The living quart
ers in the building were occu-
pied by Joe Thomas, negro, wha
lost everything he had except the
clothes on his back. In the stor-
age section Mrs. Barber said she
had a considerable amount of
furniture, some of it antique. and
other objects stored.
The fire broke out in the ear
ly afternoon Friday, probably
from a small fire Thomas had
left in the crate protected, how
ever, by a wire screen,
AT the City Cleaners a tumbler
ignited and blew up causing about
5000 worth of damage. c. +,
Price. owner and operator. said.
Only the few clothes in the tum-
bier at the time were damaged,
he said. and the loss was entire
~ covered by insurance.
A grass fire burned danger
ouslV close to the Economy Sales
Company SUNDAY but it was put
out by the fire department with
out causing damage.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-01
Pollution Expert
Is Helping State
Make Study

News has been received by the
Chronicle-Star of the temporary
appointment of Dr.. Wilhelm Ru-
dolph, professor of sanitary en-
gineering At Rutgers university,
to MAKE a study of the stream
pollution problem in Mississippi
and 20 make recommendations to
the legislature concerning the adj
ministration of anti-pollution
regulations.
1t is understood that DR.. Ru-
dolph has been at work for over
a week and has already made .
number of recommendations on
this subject. He is hired on i
temporary basis for as long as the
study takes.
Recently former Governor
White announced that the Rutgers
expert was coming down to sur
vev the field and possibly help
the state set up a permanent o.
flee for a pollution expert IN
the state game and fish COM
mission.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-01
Library Governing
Board Gives Initial
Order For Books

An initial order for 1000 basic
books has been placed by the Pas
cagoula Library Commission as
the first step in replenishing the
shelves swept almost clean by
a fire which destroyed the USO
building where the library was
housed, according to Arthur ".
Smith, chairman of the commits
sion. This first list includes ref
erence books, biographies, chill
dren's volumes and other fiction
and non-fiction. An effort is be-
ing made to choose books of last
ing worth in the first order, he
explained. 50
The library is now located in
the new Recreation building on
Market street and is open daily
except on Wednesday and Sun
day, instead of Wednesday and
Saturday, as was previously stat
ed in these columns.
The commission will consider
proposals for the purchase of
shelving. desk and chairs at its
next meeting to be held Febru-
arv IL. At this time the election
of a chairman to replace Mr..
Smith who has announced his
resignation from the commission
will be held, according to present
plans.
Individuals are reminded to e
turn anv books they may have
had out at the time of the fire
and organizations r invited tn
submit lists Of new books wtis1
might have special appeal to a
particular group, Mr. Smith SAT-.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-01
New Jackson County Airport. One
Of The South S Finest. Opens Sunday

The new Jackson County Air.
port, one of the south's finest,
constructed at a cost of several
million dollars for potential mill
tary use which never materializ-
ed, will begin operation on Sun
day, County Aviation Director
Marion F. Parkinson announced
this week. Mr.. Parkinson also
warned that the old airport on
Highway 80 has been condemned
and the property disposed of to
private interests.
The mile-square new airport,
which is located three and one
half miles northeast of central
Pascagoula near the Old Mobile
Highway, is comparable to the
excellent airpoEts in New Orleans
and Birmingham with the equi-
valent Of 35 miles of two-lane
highway in concrete runways and
taxing strips located on a we'll
drained field which was built up
to 10 feet above sealevel.
1t is lighted with the most mod
efn flush-type-mounted contact
lights controlled by time clocks
with a rotating beacon light oil
five million candle-power, Mr..
Parkinson said.
The airport is equipped with a
canvas hangar, bought new at a
fraction of its worth from milf
tary surplus property, which has
a l30-foot opening by a 96-foot
depth and is adequate for stor-
ing forty five conventional type
planes. Hangar-spaee may be
rented by individuals, Mr.. Par
kinson said, and reported sales
men from the east already using
the airport for private planes IN
"flying-selling' trips here.
Mr.. Parkinson eventually ex-
poets to have U-Drive-It al fol
rent at the airport for CONNER,
eial flyers.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-01
Veterans Group
Asks VA Place
Schools Here

A move to establish schools for
the training of veterans in in
dustrial and business fields was
made here Tuesday when a spec
ial veterans affairs committee
met with representatives of the
Veterans Administration office in
Jackson. The local committee rep
resents organized labor, veterans
organizations, industries, and
schools, and vas instigated by Fl.
3. Harrison, secretary of the car
penter's local.
The committee is composed of
Mr. Harrison, Edward A. Khayat,
Calvin Bolding, Sr., A. V. Smith,
George M. Harrison, f. A. Par
ker, R. S. Rankin, George Field,
Alton May, Wilmer Harris, G.. c.
Golf and r. S. Rankin. They met
with r. T. Sawyer, j. N. Drake,
Walter Candy and w. d. Gard
ner of VA in the Pascagoula
School offices in the ned junior
high school.
The committee pointed out to
the VA representatives that Pas
cagoula has plenty of housing IA
cities for a number of schools
and office Space for a Veterans
Administration Contact Officer
who they requested be placed
here.
The representative of the coun-
TVS three largest industries, Mr..
Field for ingalls,, Mr.. Harris for
International Paper Co, and Mr..
May ion Jackson County Mills,
agreed to make up lists of occu-
pations they have open for ex-
perienced persons. Training may
also be offered for occupations
other than those available in this
county,
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-01
Hard Work Holds Key To Port
Development Here ingalls, Says

pass out, others come in, and the
cumulative effect is progress"
Mr.. ingalls, added that he con-
sidered his yards here to have
established an enviable record
for soundness of operations dur
ing the war, turning out a con-
siderably higher rate of contracts
than the yards of Alabama,
Louisiana or Texas despite the
fact the government had been
required to spend only a frae-
ton of the sums spent on plant
construction in the other states.
ingalls, Remains
Most of these yards, he point
ed out, are now closed. The In
gals yard here is still produc-
ing in the competitive market.
The company has no escalator
clauses in their contracts pro-
viding for price increases if la
Dor and other costs go up, and
is attempting to operate on .
stable and efficient basis to con
tinue as a going concern.
"Pascagoula today has more
peace time business than any
other shipyard, which favorable
condition did not just happen but
was planned and arduouslv
worked for by u.s.
He revealed interesting fig
ures on growth of the commu-
nifty during the past six years,
which he said was due largely
20 IAN influx of payroll dollars
equaled by few communities in
the nation
Bank clearings in Pascagoula
in 1910 were IL million dollars
lin 1914 they were rs million,
an increase OF 900 percent IN
four wears. The number of tele-
phones increased from an esti-
mated 500 in 1910 to approx
mately 1000 in l945. Asses sments
on realty, personal and public
utilities increased from approx
imately two million dollars in
1910 to five million in l945.
Continued On Page Eight
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-01
Legion Fish Fry
For All Veteruns
AT Fort Feb. IL

A free fish fry and shrimp boil
for veterans of World War l and
II will be staged on Monday night
February IL, at the Old Spanish
Fort by American Legion Pest
No. 100, Lester Cobb, chairman
of the entertainment committee
for the affair reported this week.
Free transportation will be
furnished from a downtown bus
station, leaving at $40 and ar
irving for the affair which begins
at TOO o'clock, Mr.. Cobb said. All
veterans are invited to attend but
the affair is designed to boost
membership and applications will
be available.
Mr.. Cobb said plenty of fish;
shrimp and liquid refreshments
will be available.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-01
Market Street Ruid
Nets Three Hundred
Cuses Of Whiskey

The residence of Mr.. and Mrs.
N. j. Dubison, 1860 Market street,
was raided last Saturday night
and 300 cases Of whiskey valued
at more than $4,000 seized, the
sheriff's office reported.
Deputy Sheriff John r. Nc
Neal said there we're three truck
loads OF liquor. Charges had not
been filed against the residents
Yesterday, but Sheriff d. O.
Newman said the case would
come up next week before JUS
tice OF tht Peace Kate Denny.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-01
Clothing Drive
For Europeans
Closes In County

The clothing drive was Off
eiallv closed in Jackson County
Thursday and preliminary est
mates of the collection indicated
that approximately three quarters
Of a carload has been accumu-
lated.
DR.. p. A. Thompson. chairman
IN Pascagoula, said that about
1000 garments. 1000 pairs of
shoes and IS articles of bed cloth
ing were contributed here. w. NJ
Alexander, Moss Point chairman.
said about a third of a carload
had been collected in that area.
All packing had not been COM
pleted. Volunteer representa-
tives from various organizations
served as packers in Moss Point
and in Paseagoula parent teacher
associations and churches packed
articles through their efforts and
Rotarians and Kiwanians assist
ed Dr. Thompson at the main col
lection center at the Old Central
school on South Pascagoula
street.
DR.. Thompson said the cloth
ing brought in this drive were
in good condition, clean and suit
able. He added that the majority
of the clothing was children's
wearing apparel. which is espee-
iallv needed in the European
countries.
The largest single contribution
ton reported in the county was
the git of 500 pairs of shoes bv
Williar, Rhodes of Pascagoula.
This gift represented several hun
dred dollars of merchandise, M.
Thompson said. Mr.. Rhodes gave
the shoes from his stock of re-
conditioned footwear handled in
a shoe business which he is clos
ing out.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-01
Suspect Proves
Innocent. Released
In Vuncleuve Case

A break in the ease of the C..
l.. Dees store robbery in VAN
cleave, which resulted in a
81, 200 loss and a FBI investiga-
ton when post office funds were
found missing, was believed im-
minent early this week with the
arrest for questioning of the man
wasreleased later when his inno-
cence was established.
w. c.. Groves, constable OF Beat
5 and one of the investigating
officers, made the arrest after
part of the loot had been recov-
cred on the bank of Bluff Creek,
only a short distance from the
store. The robbers had over
looked a secret compartment in
the safe and had cast it aside,
still containing some cash, bonds,
and other valuable papers, Mr..
Groves said.
Burglars entered the sprawling
general store On Thursday night,
Jan. II, and made off with $3.50
funds of the Vaneleave Post Of
fice-which is housed in the store
building-an undetermined am
cunt of store cash, 40 cartons Of
cigarettes, a large amount of SUI
gar and other valuables that can
not be determined until an in
ventory is taken.
The Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation was called on the case
rs a result of the post office loss
and is aiding in the investiga-
ton.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-01
ST. Pierre's AT
Coulter Becomes
A Church Mission

AT the 18th annual council of
the Episcopal church in the Do
cese o. Mississippi, st. Pierre's
church at Gautier was admitted
as an organization mission.
The council met in Jackson,
January 1928 at the Church of
St Andrew.
The bishop, the Right Rever-
end Duncan NJ. Gray, D. D. well
coined the new church into the
diocese together with its rec
tor. the Rev. Frederick S. Resch.
of Paseagoula.
Leonard w. Fuller, warden of
the Mission of St. Pierre's was
lay delegate on this suspicious
occasion.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-01
TRI-coUNTY ZONE MEETING

The Tri-Countv Zone meet
ing Of the Methodist Wemen's
Societies of Christian Service
will be held at the Kreole Me
thodiSt church Tuesday, Febru-
arv L, officers announced. The
all-day session will begin at 10
a. m. and at noon lunch viii
be served by the Kreole and
Orange Grove societies. Mrs.
Maurice Taylor. Vancleave. zone
leader. will preside over the ga
thering which viii be comprised
# societies of Jackson. George
and Green counties.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-01
Time Extended
On Polio Drive,
Response Slow

Although the official closing
date for the March of Dimes,
national drive for funds to fight
infantile paralysis, is January
81, the time will be extended
a few DAYS in Jackson County
to give tardy contributors every
chance to swell the pitifully mea-
ger funds reported thus far If
the drive.
ingalls, Shipyard has announc-
cd intention of trying to reach
a goal of $4,000 which would
mean a donation from each en-
ployee of only IS cents. The
Jackson County Mills will stage
a concentrated drive in the mex;
few days and according to j
e. Stone, treasurer of the coun-
ty organization of the national
association, other businesses and
industries are expected to give
special attention to collecting
money for this work.
Neither Mr.. Stone nor Mrs.
r. c. Eley, chairman in Moss
Point, could give any definite
figures in reporting on the pro-
gress of the drive but these will
undoubtedly be available next
week, they said.
School Children Give
At the Paseagoula schools
funds for the poliomvelitiS drive
were collected in connection with
the Community Chest drive held
earlier in the year and this week
$500 was turned over to Mr..
Stone.
The Pascagoula Woman's Club,
The Junior Woman's Club and
the Young Women's Business
Tub shared the responsibility of
collecting between features at
the theaters in the city this week.
The Girl Scouts handled the
street collections although they
reported only about $50 in hand
Thursday.
Mrs. Eley made her principal
appeal through the schools and
organizations in Moss Point, she
said.
Miss Louise Carr, elementary
education superintendent in tie
cunt carried the campaign into
he county through the rural
schools.
Dr.. P. A. Thompson of Pasoa-
goula IS county chairman of the
infantile paralysis organization.
O. the amount collected, one half
remains in Jackson County for
me benefit of sufferers from the
disease and the other hal. IS
used By the state and national
chapters in research and MAIN
tanning hospitals for the treat
ment of poliomyelitis.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-01
TRAILER FIRE

Fire which was apparently
started by a gas heater caused
slight damage to the trailer o
]. S. Sheer at the Witehens Trail
er Court Wednesday. according
to fi.e department officials. No
one was at home at the time AMI
the alarm was turned IN by some
one else in he court.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-01

Clare Boothe Luce, playwright
and eongresswoman. in her girl
hood ran away from home and
cot a job with a New York COM
panv manufacturing paper nov-
elites.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-01

Pennsylvania is not named af-
ter William Penn. but his father,
Adm. Penn.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-01
Recreation
Facilities
Open Today
Bowling Champions
Exhibition. Open
House. Dunce Set

One O'Clock tniS attefboon
marks the beginning Of Pasca-
goula's recreation program with
open house at the 100000 Mar
ket Street Building, followed by
a bowling exhibition by masters
Of the game beginning at TOO
o'clock, and climaxed by a dance
beginning at $3.50, featuring a
crack twelve-piece orchestra and
an even dozen other entertain
ers of professional calibre.
The bowling alleys are ready
and will be open to the public.
at the conclusion of the exhibi-
ton and lecture on technique
conducted by Lowell Jackson and
William Rogers. Mr.. Jackson is
a former national individual
bowling champion and captain
Of the national five man bowling
team. He has twenty-one perfect
games to his credit, while Mr..
Rogers, a runner-up In national
competitor, has nine 300-games
in his book.
On the bowling scene, Man
ager Sid Ulmer announced in
terest in the league growing daily
and said he has laid plans for
three ten-team leagues in the
mems division and at least one
women's league. League play will
get underway Monday night with
three teams yet to be selected
competing Sunday afternoon,
a picked five-man team repre-
senting Pascagoula will compete
with the Picayune Al-Stars
team, beginning at 200 o'clock,
MI. Timer said,
Bowling Congress
All persons interested in be-
coming members of the American
Bowling Congress are invited to
attend an organization meeting
to be held in the gym-auditorium
Wednesday night at 300 o'clock
when officers will be elected and
plans for obtaining a charter
laid.
Thursday night at 7:30, two
semi-pro basketball games will
be held in the gym with the
Lura Beauty Shop Feathercuts
meeting a Pieayune YWCA
scxtet in the opener and the un-
defeated Jitney-Jungle Kings
meeting the Pieayune YMCA
quintet,
Union difficulties which re-
suited in a delay in installation
of the bowling alleys have been
ironed-out, according to a signed
statement submitted to the
Chronicle Star and Advertiser by
+. X. Hammett.
The statement follows:
"A meeting was held ON Jan.
26. l945, between representa-
tives of Labor and +. X. Ham
nett. President of Community
Recreation, Inc, for the purpose
of promoting harmony. All mis-
understandings YER cleared up
According to w. r. Simms, the
working rules of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America, Local No.
SEQ were violated thus causing
the dispute on the Bowling Al
levs This matter was settled sat
isfactorily to all. and in the flu
ture, the Building Trades Rules
will be complied with by Com
munity Recreation, Inc
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-01

The eheetah IS the fastest ami
NAL in the world over short dis
tances.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-01

The Rose Of Jericho is not
a rose at al. 1t is a tumble
weed
Kodiak mirror., 1946-04-13

services which 'h 'IpL on Kraft street nave a'eD'enIs.ued D'en ih the home arc oe."e . o Von Scheele on ol 'i'9' :n esdays and Fri days at 7;45 pm t;on to o,, B hearty invI
Kodiak mirror., 1946-04-13
COMMUNE " BAPTIST
 CHURCH

COMMUNI ny BAPTIST CHU RICH Rev. Gregory S. Nlorony. Pastor
 Sunday = A pril IA D:l5 Sunday School. Classes for
 all ages. ll:l5 Morning w orsbip Palm Sunday SeryIce Sermon: Parties to the T triumph bSo Christian FNeIiowshlp League
 J. 0. Y.
 lntermedIa te, High School
 and Young People'sgroup 7:So Evening 6 ospel Hour Sermon:
 The Heartbfe ak of Calvary Monday
 s:3o Childlen,s choir Tuesday:
 S:3O Inter. Samp Fire Girls 7:l5 Boy Scoots Troop 625 Wednesday ,. S;ao Sr, cano Fire Girls TbMrs1ay:
 7;9o Holy Week Service Lords Supper Sermon:
 n 1I TI:n Friday: ~ s'So Girls chosr '.SO ch'r'h &h,ir
Kodiak mirror., 1946-04-13
Go To Church

as,eek Russian 0rthodox Chm ch
 Rev. Gre Glebof
 A cordial invI 6ation is extend cd to all membeTS of the church to attend the SeEVlces
Kodiak mirror., 1946-04-13

F;v. boys and 2girls made the aonor Roll for the high school for % tbe last ks'period. They . Katberine Frost, Jane
 hton pnI~ Anderson, Her man .. Beukers, TIHaothy Chernoff, Sidney Hubley anu Doooie Lear'
Kodiak mirror., 1946-04-13

PRAISE CHAPEI.
 Rev. JoE n Marshall Sunday School l0:40 Sunday MorniR g Worship l1:40 Sunday Evenin g
 Eyangelistic Service 700 Wednesday Evening
 Prayer & Pra ISe 700 Monday & Frlday Evening Class for YoI1nR People 700,
Kodiak mirror., 1946-04-13

A special school chiIdren's na,;nee has been arranged for Tuesday, at 2,sO at the Orpheum theatre for the sh owing of "The rrue Glory, the highly praised documentary fiI" which is play mo at that thea 6re Tuesday on- ly.
Kodiak mirror., 1946-04-13

CATHOLIC SERVICES Father Vincen Edge, $. A.
 HOSPITAL CHAPEL Mass on Weekd avs 6:30 am Holy Hour Frid ay to 5 pm NOTRE DAM E de KODIAK
 CHU RICH
 Mass Sundays, , Holy days lOam Stations of the Sross & Benedie- hon-Fridays 7;30 pm Instruction & Benedictlon Sundays 7:20 pm Instruction in Christian Doc triDe for Children Fridays 4 pm
 FORT G FREELY Mass-SundayS 8 am