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The Arizona post., 1947-02-07
HADASSAH

Tenth Annual Donor Luncheon
will be held in the Rendevouz
Room, Santa Rita Hotel, in March.
Custom has established this event
as the major fund raising activity
for the Hadassah Medical Or
ganization, and at the same time
a major Tucson social event
Tickets are $40 for Donors and $40
for Patronesses. Tickets will be
mailed to the community shortly.
Reservations may be made thru
Mrs. Chas J. Miller, H.M.O. chair
man, phone 1852.
The Medical Org aniZ t / o n,
created during World War has
been a pioneer and peace-maker
for Palestine in all fields of pub
lie health. Millions of persons
have been treated in Hadassah
clinics.
Next meeting Tuesday, Febru
ary 18 at Congregation Anshei
Israel at 1:30 pm. All members,
visitors and friends are invited.
Members are asked to bring their
blue boxes.
The Arizona post., 1947-02-07
B'NAI BIRTH GIRLS

The group will hold their an
nual Valentines Dance, "Cupid's
France" on Saturday evening,
Feb. 18th, at $3.50, at the Shrine
Club, 1900 E. Broadway. There
will be dancing to the music of
Charlie Brody, and his band, a
waltz and jitterbug contest, and
door prizes. Price of admission:
90 cents.
Committee heads: Myra Koplin
and Elaine Flyer, the ad book;
June Mikell, tickets; Harriet
Fruchtman and Rose Partick,
dance program; Charlotte
Zychick, decorating. Lee Schen-
ker, favors.
Tentative plans for the joint
meeting of ZOA and B'nai Birth
Girls, were discussed at the meet
ing held on Sunday evening, Feb.
End, at the home of Goldie Lev
kowitz. After the business meet
ing, the girls held the End pledge
tea of the year for those inter-
ested in joining.
The Arizona post., 1947-02-07
UNITED YOUTH

United Youth, dedicated to max
ing possible fuller understanding
amongst the members of all races,
is sponsoring, in conjunction with
the American Veterans Commit
tee, an Anti-discriminaton Co.
ordinating Council, composed of
delegates of the National Assn.
for the Advancement of Colored
People, Alianza, Tucson Central
Trades Council, Friends of Re-
conciliation, and the Young Peo-
pies Progressive Political Party.
1t meets once month.
At present the council is spon-
soring a Fair Employment Prac-
ticeS petition, which has already
been sent to the State Legisla-
ture. All those interested in Fair
Employment practices should at
tend the meeting of the Council,
on Thursday evening, Feb. 18th,
at the First Methodist Church,
800 pm. The group will discuss
means of having those who are
not delegates of any committee,
but nevertheless interested in Fair
Employment Practices, becoming
members of the Council.
At a meeting held on Sunday,
Jan. Goth, at the home of Herbert
Warner, E. Halcyon Rd., officers
were elected. Pres, Herbert War
ner; vice-pres., Quincy Powdrill;
sec., Thelma Fishman; treas,
Cressworth Lander.
Mr.. Martin Mazer, editor of the
Melting Pot, monthly bulletin of
United Youth, has been invited
to speak before a panel in Phoe-
nix on some phase of brotherhood.
The Arizona post., 1947-02-07
TEMPLE YOUTH
ORGANIZATION

At the meeting held on Sunday,
Jan. 26th, Rabbi Joseph Gumbiner
spoke on Anti-semitism. Plans
were made for the Temple Youth
Organizations part in the UJA
drive. In addition tentative plans
were made for a picnic in Sabine
Canyon, on Sunday, Feb. 9th.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26
Annual Two-Day Gulf Coast Horse
Show Opens Saturday AT Ball Park

hurricane of last week is expect
ed TO have little effect on the en-
tries, as most are being drawn
from Alabama and Florida, and
sections of Louisiana and Missis-
sippi that were not in the storm
area.
With an entry list of more than
so, the show is expected 20 prove
a greater success than that of last
year which attracted near-capa-
city audiences.
George Booth of Tupelo who is
considered one of the finest show
judges in the South, will handle
the judging of the show and ]. w.
Lord of Mobile will act as master
of ceremonies.
Advance sale of tickets is NOV
ing briskly, and arrangements
have been completed for the oc-
commodation of q number of vis-
iting horsemen and horse show
enthusiasts.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26
County Tax Rolls
Are Rejected BY
State Commission

The Mississippi State Tax Com
mission has rejected the Jackson
county personal tax rolls for the
second straight year in statewide
equalization, this year demand
ing that the machinery, tools,
implements and equipment" di-
vision be upped ten percent from
the $941. 715 approved by the
board of supervisors.
The increase would amount
to approximately 500, 900 and is
obviously aimed at the county's
major industries.
A special meeting has been call
ed by the board for Thursday,
October 2, to consider the propo-
sition.
The personal rolls, as approved
by the board placed the county's
assessed valuation in this bracket
at ,572, the highest in the
county's history, but only a small
percentage of the actual value.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26
Bruziliun Freed
In Fetal Stubbinq
Of Shipmote

Miguel Archarys da Silvay,
member of a Brazilian ship crew
here, who was being held in the
county Jail to wait action of the
grand jury in connection with
the fatal stabbing of a shipmate
on July oath, was freed Monday
following a habeas corpus hear
ing before Judge L. c. Corban
during the scheduled special term
of the circuit court.
The scheduled special term of
court was adjourned by Judge
Corban following the one-day SEES
sion because of the difficulty of
travel and other factors connect
ed with last weeks hurricane.
da Salvay entered a plea of
self defense in the fatal stab
bing and charges were dropped.
He has been held since July
Gath after he allegedly fatally
stabbed Pedro Gonzales da Silva,
a compatriot. during an argument
on krebs avenue.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26
Telephone Service
Will Be Restored
For All Tomorrow

Approximately half of the tele-
phones in Pascagoula and vir-
tually all Moss Point phones
were out of service at one point
during the hurricane but service
had been restored to all but 300
customers yesterday and repairs
will have been completed on the
remaining by tomorrow night,
Manager T. S.. Boswell of the
telephone company said yester-
day.
All long distance lines were
out for a short period but near
normal service has been restored
to all points except the Bay st.
Louis-New Orleans area, Mr.
Boswell said.
Twelve hundred of Pasca-
goula's lines and about 500 of
less than 900 main lines in Moss
Point were out of order early
Friday.
1t will be months before nor-
NAL long distance service to New
Orleans can be restored, Mr.. Bos-
well predicted, and telephone
users are requested by the COM
pany to be brief in all long dis
lance calls for the time being.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26
Power Service
Restored After
Storm Damage

Electric power was restored to
the Jackson County hospital, the
city water works and ice plants
a little more than Is hours af-
ter service was disrupted early
Thursday in last weeks storm, j.
Z. Stone, local manager for the
Mississippi Power Company said
this week.
With two extra crews of Is men
from Ellisville working in the
Pascagoula-Moss Point area, all
power with the exception of
street lights was restored this
week, Mr.. Stone said.
Mr.. Stone said that he could
give no estimate as to when the
street lights would be restored
because of the heavy damage
suffered by the circuit serving
them.
We brought in one crew of
men from Ellisville before the
Storm struck" Mr.. Stone said,
land the other crew arrived as
soon as roads became ~passable.
We first concentrated on restor-
ing service to the hospital and
other activities serving the gen
eral publiciP :.
BY noon Saturday service was
also restored to most grocery
stores and markets having cold
storage facilities in order to min
imize as much as possible the
loss of meats and perishable
foods, Mr.. Stone said.
Most service in the business
district was also back to normal
by Saturday. despite the heavy
damage to electric lines caused
by falling trees and limbs.
The Power Company has crews
from Florida, Georgia, Alabama
and North Mississippi aiding in
restoring service to the coast
area, Mr.. Stone said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26
County Council
TO Send Delegates
TO National Meet

At the regular luncheon meet
ing of the Jackson County Home
Demonstration council on Wed
nesday. September II, it was
voted to send Mrs. J. c. Harris
of Vaneleave to the National
Council meeting to be held in Oc-
tober.
Mrs. A. c. Petersen of Harles-
ton was voted as alternate.
October 9 was set as the date
for the next meeting at which
time officers for the coming year
will be elected. Mrs. G. B.
Hague, Mrs. Fred Carter and Mrs.
A, c. Petersen were appointed
as a nominating committee.
After lunch the members at
tended the Institute being con-
Quoted by DR.. S. B. Robbins,
executive secretary OF Social HY-
giene Association, where he dis
cussed the philosophy of educa-
ton, marriage, family and So
ciety.
Those attending the council
meeting we're Mesdames j. c.
Harris of Vancleave; r. Davis,
Wesley Powell, Nav Hubbard.
r.. S. Hubbard of Harleston, Fred
Carter, ]. Holifield, Thelma Walt
man of Wade; Hurley Guillotte.
Townsend, of Gautier. G, B.
Hague and j. H. Henderson of
Bayou Casotte; A. c. Petersen of
Hurley: Edgar Baria of Baria; c.
f. Davis, G.. B. Hagen and Hubert
Golf of Big Point.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26
Pecan Crop Hit
BY Hurricane;
Trees Not Hurt

Jackson County's pecan crop,
which amounted to three-quar-
tiers of a million dollars last year,
is a sixty to seventy-five percent
loss as a result of the hurricane,
County Agent A. ]. Franklin es-
timated this week, although the
loss was considerably less than
that figure due to the light crop
this year.
The value of hundreds of cat
tie and hogs, drowned by the
high seas. will run well into five
figures although no accurate es-
innate can be made for some
time. Some of the cattle washed
up on the countyss beaches bore
brands alien to this section and
were believed by cattlemen to
have come from Alabama.
Outlying points in the county
received light damage although
the tung crop was hit, Mr.. Frank
lin said, and the corn crop was
blown down. The corn was made,
however, and can be salvaged by
being gathered promptly.
Actual damage to the trees was
light due to the drought just
prior to the hurricane, it was
said. In 1916, the storm was pre-
coded by several days of rain
which resulted in the u%prooting of
a large number of trees.
Heaviest loser in livestock was
Salisbury and j. B. Delmas who
lost an estimated 200 head of
cattle worth an estimated one
hundred dollars each, at the cur
rent price of beef. They also lost
a number of hogs.
William H.. Moore, who owns
a 600-tree pecan orchard in the
Pecan community, estimated that
his crop was ninety-five percent
loss but stated that only one tree
was uprooted.
In the st. Martin community
near Ocean Springs, a heavy loss
in poultry was reported and ex-
tensive damages to water front
homes. The American Red Cross
estimated that 100 chickens were
drowned.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26
c AID

Hurricane victims, as indi-
viduals and as city and coun-
ty units, may receive emer-
gency aid through the Amer
lean Red Cross and from the
federal government through a
personal representative of
President Truman who arriv-
ed in Gulfport at noon yester-
day.
j. b. Hill. a disaster field re-
preventative of the Red Cross,
is in Jackson County and is
receiving applications for aid
from individuals in an effort
to relieve distress caused by the
storm.
Intake officers have been
opened in Ocean Springs at
the office of Joe Butler. in
Pascagoula at the Red Cross
headquarters in the Chamber
of Commerce building, and in
the community welfare center
in st. Martin. Other offices will
be opened at other points when
and if required.
Meanwhile, Major General
Phillip Flemming arrived in
Gulfport yesterday as a per-
sonal representative of Presi-
dent Truman and met at Loo
with representatives of city and
county governments in the
stricken areas TO work out plans
for the distribution and use of
surplus war equipment in the
emergency.
HermeS F. Gautier, represent
ing the county government, in
dictated this week that he would
seek to secure a small crane and
a bulldozer for use here. May
or John r. Watts of Pasca-
goula and Mayor Albert S.
Westbrook of Ocean Springs
were slated to represent their
respective cities at the meet
ing.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26
Hurric Damage
Closes Recreation
Center For Repoirs

The Market Street Recreation
Center was damaged in the hurri-
cane and will be closed for at
least ten days while necessary
repairs are made on the gymna-
SUM floor and the bowling alleys,
Director Walt Wood announced
yesterday.
A section of the roof on the
building was blown away and
water damage to the hardwood
floors was extensive. Both the
building and the fixtures were
fully covered by insurance, Mr..
Wood said.
Both the bowling alleys and
the gym floor will be in perfect
condition when the building is re-
opened. Mr.. Wood said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26

Final details e wound up
this week and everything is in
readiness for the opening of the
second annual Gulf Coast Horse
Show at | p. M, tomorrow at
the Ingalls, Ball Park.
Slight wind damage to the
park fence has been repaired,
the show ring completed and 9th
er arrangements made for handl
ing spectators and entries. offici-
ais OF the Junior Chamber of
Commerce. which is sponsoring
the show, said Thursday.
The show will last for two
days, starting al one p. ma both
Saturday and Sunday, with 10
classes scheduled for Saturday.
and IL for Sunday. A total of
$500 in cash prizes viii be dis
tribEted among the winners.
Entries Of show horses contin-
ued 10 pile IN this week and the
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26
NET FOR

Two negroes, Sylvester Hudson
and his wife, Pearl, became en-
gagged in a quarrel near the Bill
lups Service Station on Satur-
day night, Deputy Sheriff c. P.
Wilson. reported. The quarrel
became violent and Sylvester cut
his wife about the face and
arms five times, according to
Deputy Wilson and she in turn
stabbed him in the back of the
head. Both were suffering from
loss of blood when apprehended.
They were taken to the hospital
for treatment and released the
following morning.
Sylvester was fined SIS and
thirty days and Pearl was fined
SIS. Neither one was able to pay
the fine and are being held in
jail.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26
Roturions Enjoy
Football Movies AT
Meeting Thursday

Moving pictures of outstand-
ing games of last years football
season featured the program of
the Moss Point Rotary club meet
ing on Thursday, September IS.
Jack Turner, program commit
tee chairman, introduced Walter
Glass of Albany, N. Y. who en-
tertained the members with his
pictures of football games and
several still pictures of fishing
trips.
Carl Olschner from New Or
leans and J. C. Landry from Hat
tiesburg, both of whom are Ro-
tarians, were guests of Bill Stew
art.
Frank Nixon and Russell KNAPP
were guests of Jack Turner. Wis
iting Rotarians. from Pascagoula
were Tom Green, ALI Dantzler,
DIR. S. B. McIlwain, Chester Ly-
ons, Earl Hammett and Bill
Guest.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26
Moss Point VFW
Post To Elect
Permanent Officers

Permanent officers for the new
" formed Veterans of Foreign
Wars post in Moss Point will be
elected at a meeting on Wednes-
day night, October LIST, it was an
nounced this week by Acting
Commander F. w. Cirlot.
Final plans for an application
for a charter will also be made at
that meeting, Mr. Cirlot said, and
all members and prospective
members are urged to attend.
Mr. Cirlot also announced the
appointment of Harold Monroe
as Acting Adjutant.
Meetings are held on the first
and second Wednesdays of each
month.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26
WORST OF HURRICANE WINDS BYPASS
JACKSON COUNTY AND HIT LOWER COAST
Through Traffic To New OrIeu n S
From Coast Routed Via Highway II

U. S. Highway 80 remained
closed yesterday to through
traffic to New Orleans because
of damage to the Bay st. Louis
bridge, but coast residents can
reach the Crescent City via de-
tours to Lyman and Poplar
vile.
Mississippi Highway Patrol
men manning road blocks at
Glufport we're detouring
through traffic yesterday on
Highway 40 to Lyman, from
Lyman to Poplarville. and
thence via Highway IL to New
Orleans. The route includes
40 miles of dirt roads.
No estimate was given by the
State Highway Department of
the extent of damage on coast
highways pending a further ex-
animation.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26

Chief Engineer r. H. Harris
of the State Highway Depart
ment told the Chronicle Star
and Advertiser by long dis
tance telephone that the depart
ment had asked the Federal
Public Roads Administration
for one million dollars, to be
matched by state funds, for use
on the project.
THE extent of damage can
not even be estimated until
debris is removed from the
highway" Mr.. Harris said.
Asked if the proposed four
lane drive would be laid in
preference to repairing the
damaged two-lane drive in
some sections, Mr. Harris said
that the matter was being con-
sidered but that he had no COM
ment to make at this time.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26
Trains May Move
To New Orleans
In Thirty Days

Train service between Pasca-
goula and New Orleans, over
the L. & N. lines. may be re-
stored within 80 days rather than
the so to 80 days originally pre-
dicted, a release from the Louis
vile headquarters of the road
revealed yesterday.
Engineering crews of the rail-
road and several private con-
tractors are at work in a half
dozen localities between Ocean
Springs and New Orleans repair
ing and rebuilding in the wake
of devastation done by the hur-
ricane.
Meanwhile, trains operate
through Pascagoula between
Ocean Springs and Mobile, two
round trips daily, departing from
the PascagoLla depot for Mobile
at 1885 a. m. and 7:20 p. m, and
for Ocean Springs at 500 a. m.
and Ais p. m, according to Agent
John R. Watts.
The mile-long bridge between
Ocean Springs and Biloxi, the
two-mile Bay st. Louis bridge,
and the shorter Pearl River
bridge were all seriously dam
aged, it was reported by the
railroad.
The track between Biloxi and
Bay St. Louis suffered some dam
age also and 85 percent of the
track between Bay st. Louis and
Higgins, LA distance of 81
miles-was washed off the road
bed.
Some of the lines crack trains
still operate between New Or
leans and points in the East via
Meridian, Birmingham and Allan
ia over the Southern Railway.
The Hummingbird operates only
as far south as Montgomery and
the other Cineinnati-New Or
leans trains operate out of Mo-
bile.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26
POSTPONED

Due to unavoidable circumstan-
ces DR.. Samuel Robbins, guest
speaker at the Institute on Re-
sponsible Parenthood being spon-
sored by the Jackson County
Home Demonstration Council, was
unable to be present for the lee
ture on Wednesday. September
"a.
However the two concluding
lectures in a series of three will
be given at a later date.
Due to the hurricane damage
DR.. Robin was unable to reach
the coast to make the scheduled
lecture it was reported.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26
New Auto Tags.
White On Black.
On Sale Wednesday

Jackson County's supply of l948
automobile license plates have ar
rived at the sheriff's office and
will go on sale on Wednesday,
October l, at 800 o'clock, it was
announced this week
The new plates have white fig
ures on a black background.
The same regulations apply
this year as were in effect last
year when a receipt for person
al advalorem taxes had to be pre-
scented in order to purchase a Ii
cense.
An application will have to be
filled out by the purchaser again
this year also and blanks may be
obtained at the sheriff's office.
The tags will remain on sale
without penalty through the
month Of October.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26
Mayor Estimates
Ocean Springs
Damages Sl5O,OOO

Ocean Springs, harder hit than
East Jackson County by virtue
of being in closer proximity to the
center of the hurricane, suffered
approximately $150,000 in dam
ages, mostly to beach front resi-
dences and seafood establish
ments. Mavnr Albert S. West.
brook estimated in a telephone
interview with the Chronicle
Star and Advertiser yesterday.
Damages to fishing and pleas
ure crafts, pecan orchards, and
roof damages to some residences
also accounted for a part of the
total, the mayor said.
The fine Inner Harbor at Ocean
Springs was jammed with small
craft that largely escaped dam
age except to some smaller boats
which were rammed by the larg-
er crafts, he said.
Hardest hit were the Seymour
Brothers and Guiee seafood fac
tories, located outside the sea-
wall, and some tourist cottages
and residences lying on low
ground in the same area. any
of the finer beach homes es-
capped damage due to the seawall,
their distance from the water, and
the hills on which they are sit
uated.
The community pier was COM
pletely demolished as well as a
number of private piers along
the front.
Mayor Westbrook said that
cleanup operations on the beach
front continued and that he would
ask the government to supply adj
ditional trucks for that purpose
yesterday.
The West Jackson County city
was without electrical power
from Friday until Sunday and
telephone and telegraph service
was disrupted. Boy Scouts were
pressed into service Friday morn
ing to direct traffic on High
way 90 via the baekroad after
the west approach to the BIZ
loxi-Ocean Springs bridge washed
out.
Traffic was restored on the
bridge about noon Wednesday,
however.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26
Two Mails Arrive,
Two Out Daily,
In Pascagoula

An emergency schedule, pro-
viding for two incoming and two
outgoing mails daily in Pasca-
goula, went into effect here Tues
day and will continue until adj
ditional trains operate over the
l.. & N. Railroad and permit res
toration of normal service, Post
master Arthur V. Smith announc-
es.
The service was disrupted by
the hurricane and operated on
an emergency schedule until the
temporary arrangement was
made. 1t may remain in effect for
sixty days or more, or until the
railroad spans between Pasca-
goula and New Orleans are re-
placed.
Closing hours at the Pasca-
goula post office will be 500 a. m.
and 400 o. m. for southbound
mail and 1l:30 a. m. and $50 q.
m. for mail travelling north. Mail
for the south is carried by train
to Ocean Springs and by army
truck as far as Pass Christian. All
classes of mail are taken.
Mail for New Orleans and for
some western states is routed
through Mobile and Gulfport and
by way of Hattiesburg and Meri-
dian.
Services to Moss Point are back
on normal schedule, as are Wade,
Escatawpa, Hurley and other post
offices in the county. Rural
routes throughout the county
missed deliveries only on the day
of the hurricane.
With most public carriers Grip
pied or suspended, the Pascagoula
post office took over the emer-
gency task of serving post offices
in the stricken area as far as
Gulfport. Using government
equipment and trucks owned by
M. l.. Funkhouser and the Gull
ley Grocery Company, local pos
tai employees began Saturday to
move the accumulations at Pas
cagoula and Gulfport, delivering
to post offices in between and
taking their outgoing mail.
The office at Mississippi City,
wrecked by the winds; could not
be served. Thousands of postal
cards and kilograms, however,
carrying messages of reinsurance
from coast residents, were taken
to outgoing trains at Gulfport
and Pascagoula.