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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-22
Bessie Cook Given
Several Parties
And Picnics


Since her arrival Saturday for
a visit in the home of her aunt,
Mrs. c. J Nav, Bessie Cook of
Hattiesburg has been honoree at
several parties and picnics.
On Monday Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Briggs and their daughters, Marie
Evelyn ana Laura entertained at
dinner for Bessie, and on Tuesday
Mrs. Nav presided over a gumbo
supper at which the guests were
Marie Evelyn and Laura Briggs,
and J. d. Stewart of Poplarville,
who stopped for a short visit with
Mr. and Mrs. May.
Wednesday was marked by a
picnic given at Beach Park by
Mrs. Guy Yates and daughter
Margaret, when the guests were
Bessie Cook, Pauline Farr, Marie
Evelyn and Laura Briggs, and
Lela Yates and Martin and James
Thieson, Bob Gautier, Raymond
Price, Charles May and Guy
Yates, Jr.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-22
IN POINT.
Social Events

a two weeks vacation spent with
reatives near Meridian, Miss. Rev.
Boone will fill the pulpit at the
Methodist church Sunday.
Miss May McInnis left Wed
nesday for a visit with relatives
in Starkville, Miss.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. D.
Lowe was the scene of a family
gathering Sunday IN celebration
of the natal days of Mr.. Lowe and
Mr.. Alvin Thompson his brother
in-laW of Mobile. The traditional!
birthday cake centered the table
around which the family gathered
for the evening meal and includ-
ed besides the honored ones, Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis Daley and daugh-
ter Ann, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Lowe and daughter Martha Jean,
Mrs. Alvin Thompson, Mrs. w. P.
Daley. Miss Mary Florete and
Mrs. Lowe.
George Bond, Young son of Mr..
and,Mrs. G.. l.. Bond, is recuper-
ating nicely from a tonsilleetomy
at the Jackson County Hospital
on Saturday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. P. Colmer and
Fred Colmer of State College
we're guests over the weekend in
the home of Mr.. Colmer's mother,
Mrs. Fritz Colmer.
Mrs. c. w. Brooks of Meridian
has been the guest of her daugh-
ter, Miss Sara Frances Brooks for
several days.
Mrs. Eugene Garfield and child
rem, Sharon and Carol, left Mon
day for a trip to New Orleans and
Bogalusa.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. Owens and
daughter Lucille, of Senatobia
visited Mr.. and Mrs. L. W. Tanner
this week. On Monday they en-
joyed a trip to Bellingrath Gar
denS.
Friends of r. L. Head are glad
to hear that he has returned to
his home from the Jackson County
Hospital and continues to i'm
prove.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-22
WeslYon Service
Guilds Enjoys
M eting. Program

Members of the Moss Point
Wesleyan Guild enjoyed a COM
bined business program and So
cial meeting with Mrs. George A.
Thompson at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. p. NJ. Farley Monday even
ing. Mrs Henry Miles called the
meeting to order and led the de
Votional. Mrs. Wanner Suthoff
gave an Interesting talk concern
ing the Stun children in New
York, telling of some of the things
being done to help them bv the
church and the w. S. c. S.
During the business session con
tributions to the important ASK
ings' was decided upon and 9th
er items discussed.
Life membership certificates
were presented to Miss Bert
Thomas and Baby Susan Faye
Golf.
The hostess assisted by Mrs NJ
A. Colmer served a delicious sal
ad course with cold drinks to
those in attendance. The first
Monday in September falling on
Labor Day it was decided to
meet on Tuesday, September 2
at the church.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-22

Mrs. S. Peterzell and children
left last Friday for a visit with
relatives in Nyack, N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delano Brusstar
g., returned to their home in Charles
ton, S. c., last week after a visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A. Watts
and other relatives.
MIR. and Mrs. Kenneth Meln-
tosh and family have returned to
their home in New Orleans after
a visit in the homes of MI. and
Mrs. L. K. Mcintosh and Mrs. j. j,
Mcintosh.
Mrs. Paul Caruso left this week
for a visit with relatives in Big
Creek, Miss.
Mrs. Laura Mays spent the
week end with Mrs. c. o. Brady
in Mississippi City.
Mrs. H. C. Weigand and Mrs.
Edwin Mays were visitors TO
New Orleans.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mach Duhe of
Baton Rouge are visiting in the
homes of Mr.. and Mrs. J. 7.
Renfroe and Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
Martin.
L. C. Dupree son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Dupree of Texas
City, Texas is visiting in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Tony Schatz.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Hover and
daughter Ruby Pearl, of Logtown,
Miss, spent the week end in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Veloney
Hover.
Wyatt G. Herring left Monday
for Chicago, Ill, to be the guest
of Jay Velie. Mr.. Velie is a men,
of the cast of the Broadway pro-
duction "Carousel' now being
staged at the Shubert Theatre IN
Chicago.
Mrs. T. T. Howe returned Mon
day to her home in West Monroe,
La, after a visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. John Hill and Mrs. Laura
Mays and other relatives.
Rev. and Mrs. Norman Boone
and children have returned from
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-22
JUNIOR AUXILIARY GIRLS

A group of girls from the Jun
ior auxiliary to the First Bap-
fist church of Pascagoula are at
Camp Garaway near Clinton
this week.
They were driven to the camp
by DR.. l.. E. Green pastor of the
church and were accompanied by
Miss Frances Buckley as coun-
selor. They are Mary Moor Brum.
field, Helen and Lou Ann Green,
Betty Sue Lynn and Mary Evelyn
Small.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-22
Mrs. ArmiSteud
Hostess At Dinner
Honoring Mrs. Beebe

On Monday evening Mrs.
Charles Armistead was hostess at
a dinner-bridge party honoring
Mrs. Spencer Beebe who has been
the center of much entertaining
prior to her departure soon for
residence elsewhere.
In the games that followed the
dinner. the top score prize fell to
Mrs. Tom Mabry with Mrs. Jack
Buzard winning the cut favor
Mrs. Beebe was presented with
an appropriate gift.
The guests were Mesdames
Beebe. Buzard, Mabry, A j.
Franklin. Forrest Crabtree. w. II.
Nelson, il, and J. e. Hassell.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-22
MISSES UNDERWOOD AND
IVERSON ENTERTAIN

Misses Stephanie Underwood
and Norma Iverson entertained
at a party in the patio of the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Walker
on Beach boulevard, Tuesday
evening, August 10Th.
Dancing was enjoyed and re-
freshments were served.
There were about 20 present.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-22

after a visit of two weeks at Way
nesboro, Miss.
F. G. Smith. Billy Smith and
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Smith re-
Gently attended a family reun-
ion al the home of Mrs, NJ. d.
Flowers at Bude, Miss.
Mrs. Robert Johnston arrived
Wednesday from Stringer, Miss,
for a visit with her son-in-law
and daughter, the Reverend and
Mrs. w. II Dillard.
Mrs. Ethel Gray and her moth
er. Mrs. c. X. Watson have e
turned from New Orleans where
the latter went through the
Oschner Clinic, where it was dis
covered that Mrs. Watson must
undergo an operation for which
she will return to New Orleans
next week. While they were away
Mrs. Gray's children were IN
charge of their grandmother, Mrs.
Ruth Gray.
Mr. and Mrs. w. H. Welch cf
Dothan, Ala, are visiting in the
home of his sister, Mrs. |. w.
Browder, Jr., and Mr.. Browder.
Mr.. and Mrs. BroWder also had as
guests one day last week MI. and
Mrs. James Dees and MIR. and
Mrs. Roy Bullock who stopped
for a brief visit while returning
to Dothan from New Orleans,
They were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Browder at Longfellow House that
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Turner and
Mrs. Howard Stancel of Besse-
mer, Ala, were visitors from Sun
day to Thursday in the home of
Mrs. Cora Mcdaniel and A. j.
Mcdaniel on Mckinley avenue.
E. A. Burdick is expected to
arrive this week from Nashville,
Tenn, where he has been attend
ing Peabody college, to join Mrs.
Burdick and their children at the
home of Mrs. Burdiek's parents,
DIR. and Mrs. c. H.. Gray. After
a STAY of a few days, Mr.. Burdick
and his young son, Gray, will de-
part for their home at Conway,
Ark, where Mr.. Burdick is head
of the geography department of
the State Teachers college. Mrs.
Burdick and daughter, Patsy will
follow in a few days.
Miss Bobbie Jean Dees who is
house guest of Miss Norma liver
sen this week will be accompani-
ed to her home at Perkinston by
Miss Iversen who will visit her
for several days.
Mrs. Joe G. Leatherbury and
her guest Miss 10 Provost of Baton
Rouge spent Thursday in Mobile
en- route to Pensacola and other
points in Florida for the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Buckley
have as guest, the latter's sister,
Mrs. j. w. Harper who arrived
Wednesday from Wesson, Miss,
to spend the remainder of the
week with them.
Among those who attended the
Smith Eubanks wedding at Luce
dale were DR.. and Mrs. l.. II. Eu-
banks, Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip Ware,
Mrs. f. F. O'Malley and Mrs.
Harold Wright of this city.
While Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip
Ware are spending a few days in
New Orleans this weekend their
baby, Cynthia. will stay with her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur Eubanks at Lucedale.
The Reverend and Mrs. w. l..
Day and son, Billy, were visitors
in the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Walter Trehern on River Road
Wednesday and while they were
there were called upon by a num-
Der of their friends.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-22
c E WITH
AUXILIARY

All the circles of the First
Presbyterian church of Pasca-
goula will meet with the auxil-
iary to the church Monday at 3
p. m at the home of the presi.
dent, Mrs. r. G. Wingfield on So.
Paseagoula street.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-22
POISON IVY
HOW TO KILL IT.
IN ONE HOUR

II not COMPLETELY PLEASED,
your 2sc back. XIII The outer akin.
II PEELS Off n with II goes the
ivy Infection. Ask any druggist for
TE-OL. Often M application h
enough. Today at PALACE PHAn-
MACY.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-22
MOSS POINT CHURCHES
Presbyterian

$500
The Auxiliary met in the church
on Monday afternoon at $3.50.
Mrs, A. w. Head presided and
Miss Florrie Melnnis led the pro.
gram and Bible study, Can We
Be Christians in Our Commun-
ity?"
The meeting was closed with a
prayer.
Methodist
The w. S. c. S. met in the
church on Monday afternoon. Mrs
Harold Monroe led the program
and Mrs. Charles Booker and
Mrs. h. Crate gave talks on the
program subject. A short business
meeting was held. A song "Oh
Master, Let Me Walk With Thee
was sung by members and Miss
Vivian McDavid led the devo-
tional.
Baptist
The w. M. I. met in the church
on Monday afternoon. Mrs. b..
B. Hobby led the mission study
Americans Must Be Christians"
Mrs. George Boyett presided in
the absence of Mrs. G. c. Seiden-
spinner The meeting was closed
with a prayer.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-22
NOTICE

Will the person who
bought Dinner Ring at
Thomas JewelrY Store
last Saturday about ii
a. m. from two boys
please call 202-R or ]. T.
Harris at 5s6. Ring was
a family heirloom. Re-
ward offered for any in
formation or return of
ring.
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Australian Vets
To Get A Bonus

Citing natives Of New Guinea
and Papua for their war services.
Prime Minister jascph b. Chif-
lev said that those serving with
the Australian military forces
would be- paid war eratuitv.
The payment. ~ SAID. would
be on a monthly basis fJr SER
vices after PEAR Harbov. and
would include men in the auxil.
larry services.
Evening star., 1947-04-13

leaves and dwarfs fruit. It should
b. applied also for peach leaf curl
disease. This spray Is put on when
trees are dormant and before the
buds begin to swell. The best all
round material for all types Of fruit
trees is either liquid lime-sulfur or
the dry form Of lime-sulphur. OF
course, there is also the dinttro and
oil spray used by commercial grow
ers as a dormant spray for aphid
control. but 1t Is difficult to use
under home conditions, except in
exceptional cases.
Applications which follow the
dormant spray are timed by blossom
stages. After the fruit has set, the
sprays. which are called cover
sprays" are put on at about two
week intervals but varying with
weather conditions and the infesta-
tions of disease and insects. This
whole spraying affair may be sim
plified by using one of the superfine
sulphurs, such as wettable sulphur:
microfine sulphur, 'fiotation sulphur,
etc, together with lead arsenate and
lime. If codling moth on apple or
Oriental moth on peach or Japanese
beetle on any fruits need attention,
add DDT to certain sprays.
Is there any way OF getting spray
ing information for the small home
fruit planting? Yes, by writing Ex-
! tension Service, University of Mary
land, College Park, asking for
Spray Program for Home Plant
ings Of Tree Fruits and Small
! Fruits"
Evening star., 1947-04-13

to grow the native species Of
rhododendrons and they are showy,
dependable shrubs. Rhododendron
maximum Is a tall growing shrub
(12 to 20 feet) with apple blossom
pink flowers in July. r. catawbiense
Is lower growing (6-12 feet) with
lilac flowers In June. There Is q
white form for those who dislike
the magenta tinge to the species.
The third species, r. carolinianAn.
lis even lower growing-to about 6
feet-has pink flowers in May. 1t Is
the daintiest OF our native species.
However, there are numerous hy-
brids, many of which are hardy
and offer a wide variety Of colors
as well as form and height. For the
inexperienced there are ratings on
most of the hybrids, as well as de-
scriptions of their growth habits.
DR.. Clement Bowers, one of the
foremost authorities on rhododen-
drons for the East, has worked
out such a rating, but only one va
riety on his list, Mrs. Charles S..
Sargent, q marvellous pink, rates
four stars.
Inasmuch as the rhododendrons
thrive and flower so freely In this
area, with practically no care other
than q mulch Of leaves each fall,
they should be more widely planted.
This is especially true in those gar
dens where the oaks make the
growing of so many shrubs and
flowers difficult.
Evening star., 1947-04-13

What we planted In our four plots,
each 80 by 55 feet:
Plot /. Kale, turnips, Swiss chard,
mustard, okra. carrots, sweet pota-
toes. tomatoes, squash, butternut
squash, cucumbers, citron. pumpkin,
pepper, Chinese cabbage. celery.
broccoli, endive. onions. Paintings
covered period from April 2S to
June %.
Plot 2. Peas, onions, spinach. let
tuce, endive, Swiss chard, beets,
radishes, onion seed. celery, Brussels
sprouts, broccoli. Chinese cabbage,
tomato and pepper transfers, and
collard seed. Paintings covered
period from March to July l.
Successive paintings on same tract
Chinese cabbage. pepper, lima beans,
potatoes, broccoli, Brussels sprouts,
carrots. lettuce and mixed flowers.
Successive planting period was from
May 30 to July 10.
Plot 3. Corn. sweet potatoes and
pumpkins. Planting period from
April IA to July 3. Successive plant
ings of corn were made on June 80
and July 18.
Plot q. From April Is to June 9
were planted potatoes. cabbage,
beets, pepper plants, lima beans,
snap beans. Brussels sprouts plants
and eggplant plants. Successive
paintings were made of lima beans,
snap beans. beets, collards, Brussels
sprouts. turnips, mustard, spinach
and lettuce
Evening star., 1947-04-13
Scientists Develop
Nitrogen Fertilizer

"A slow-acting nitrogen fertilizer
named Uraforn1-that will feed
crops and lawns over long grow
ling period, has been developed by
soil scientists at the Agriculture De-
partment Bureau of Plant Industry
at Beltsville. Md.
Now available only In laboratory
quantities, the new fertilizer Is
combination of urea and formalde-
hyde.
Nitrogen fertilizers now availabls
tend to release their nitrogen al
most at once. and. since too much
will cause plants to mature too
rapidly. several applications usually
are necessary.
Uraform does not leach out OF
the soil easily, aids over long Pc
riods such crops as corn, tobacco
and potatoes. as well as grasses, and
can be mixed into other fertilizer.
It is apparently unaffected by mois-
ture absorption and acts to prevent
caking when mixed with other fer
tili7erS.
Evening star., 1947-04-13

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Evening star., 1947-04-13

materials such as DDT (dichlor-
diphenyl- -trichlorethane), Fermate
(ferric -dimethyl-ditho carbamate) i,
and benzene hexachloride that are
now appearing on the commercial
orchard spray programs.
There Is much research work on
spray machinery, so that we now
find high pressure sprayers with all
sorts of nozzle arrangements, and
several blower types with air blasts
as high as ITO miles an hour. These
liquids or dusts or combinations OF
liquid and dust are blown on the
trees at the same time. This Is all
in the early stage Of development.
Such equipment and sprays may
be very satisfactory for the COM
mercial grower, but just where does
the amateur or backyard or 50-foot
farmer stand on spraying, or does
he just sit by and watch the worms,
bugs and rots romp through those
trees which he has paid for and
has nursed along so tenderly?
Fortunately there Is hope If equip
ment and materials can be pur-
chased First, let 1t be said that lime
sulphur. Bordeaux mixture, lead
arsenate and lime are the old stand
bys in spray materials and they still
are among the best we have for
control results. However. in recent
years the very finely ground sui
phurs, the miscible oils, the dinitro
compounds and the wonder-cheni-
cal DDT have made insect and dis
ease control a little more simple.
That's all we'll and good, but where
do we start in spraying the home
planting? The dormant spray, the
first spray of the season, is desirable
as a control for scale insects and
apple aphis, an insect that curls
Evening star., 1947-04-13
Spray Program
For Fruit 1rees
OnHone Tract
By A. r. VierheIIer

NoryIond University Extension HorsIevisurisf
Despite arguments on the advisa-
bility of growing fruits In the yard
or garden, there are many hardy
souls who still want . home fruit
planting, and are willing to do some
extra work and take chance On the
results.
In grandpa's day, every self
respecting farm and every thrifty
family lot In the smaller towns had
several fruit trees, vines or bushes.
Injuries by bugs and worms were
taken as a matter Of course. and
disease spots were even considered
as a part OF the markings on some
fruits.
There we're not so many serious
nests or diseases In fruits then and
many of that generation wonder
why we can't spray once or twice
during the season with arsenic"
lime and copper sulfate, self-boiled
lime sulfur, or the kerosene emulsion
which grandpa used. The answer is
that new insects and diseases have
come in from other countries or
have become more persistent with
the increase of the intensive type
fruit production that has developed.
Early Attempts Were Crude.
The first spraying attempts were
crude. It was found that diseases
were mostly result of smaller fun
gus plants growing on the trees,
vines or fruits. 1t seemed that no
one material would control them all.
In desperation, such materials as
soaps, lye, kerosene, sheep dip. and
lime were tried. A French grape
grower had sprayed his vines with
lime, and one season added some
copper sulfate to the lime sprays to
keep thieves from eating the BLUSH
stained fruit. He found that rot
disease was controlled by the spray
and so, accidentally, Bordeaux mix
ture was discovered.
The San Jose scale, an insect that
came to California from Japan and
swept across the country, was finally
subdued by use of a cooked mixture
of lime and sulfur. to which early
investigators added lye or salt or
any material that seemed potent.
Eventually sulfur sprays were de-
veloped, especially the self-boiled
lime-sulfur mellowed by the heat of
slaking time. These were considered
perfect for peach brown rot control
but as the micro-flne and fotation
sulfurs developed, the self-boiled
connection was discarded.
Factors Are Well Understood.
Research In entomology and plant
pathology worked out the life his
tories of the various insect and
disease pests. The weak spots In
their growth and living habits were
found to furnish the basis for more
accurate spraying. The various
State Horticultural Societies asked
their experimental stations and ex-
tension staffs to set up statewide
system for notifying growers when
to spray and what to use. This has
given rise to the so-cslled spray
service that now exists in the COM
mercial fruit producing States.
Knowing the stage of development
of the various insects of diseases,
the field extension workers pass the
information to the State universe
ties or agricultural colleges, and
growers are notified by radio or card
from the county agents Office. In
the case of some diseases. and also
some insects. few days delay with
a certain spray application may
mean loSs of crop or serious injury,
at least.
Weather may affect greatly the