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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-17
Community Chest
Funds Dispersed
On Pro Rata Basis

Funds collected in the recent
Community Chest Drive were
allotted to five applying organi-
cations on a pro rata basis at a
meeting of the Board of Directors
of the Chest Wednesday night at
the Chamber of Commerce offices.
The requests of the five agen-
cies passed by the board totaled
Sl2,450, not including the $4,000
contingency fund, of which 6,772.-
90 or approximately 54 percent
was collected. Using this as a
basis, a corresponding percentage
of the amount requested will be
given each approved applicant.
according to a decision of the
board.
Requests and allotments, in
round figures, follow: Young
Mems Christian Association, $4,-
500 requested, $2,430 allotted;
Community Recreation, Inc, So
500, 81, 1870; USO, $500, $3.50;
Jackson County Department OF
Public Welfare, 81 900, $40; and
Boy Scouts, $3.50, $513.
Approximately $4,000 remains
in the Community Chest from the
drive last year and probably ST.
500 of this will be kept in re-
serve to answer calls not appear
ing on the l947 budget, r. B. Nc
Twain, president of the board,
SAID.
All allotments will be paid in
lump sum except in the case OF
the YMCA to which monthly pay
ments will be made on receipt OF
a monthly report directors decid-
ed.
Attending the board meeting
were nine of the Is members
They we're Mrs. ii. II. Cole, Mrs
John Cole, Hermes Gautier, A
F. Megehee, r. B. McIlWain, +.
A. Elliott, DR.. Thomas +. Stout.
chairman of the drive. and Hugh
Fletcher.
The resignation of Ed Gallo
way from the board was accepted
at the meeting and Merle F.
Palmer. P~ascagpula attorney
was voted as a replacement.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-17
E. A. Khayai New
E. Of C. President;
Directors Elected

Five new directors of the Pas
cagoula-Moss Point Chamber of
Commerce have been elected to
serve three-year terms, members
Of the election eommitte an
nounced. They are F. w. Cir
lot and Julian Rivers of Moss
Point and w. F. Virgins, r. K.
Hollister and j. w, Brnmfield
Officers Of the new board
we're elected at a meeting Tuesday
night and f. A. Khavat, presi-
dent, Earl Hammett and Mr.. Wig
gins. vice presidents; and II. p.
Heidelberg, Jr., treasurer.
The election committee mem
beers were Arthur v Smith, Frank
G.. Spann and George d. Staples
and the election was conducted
by means of ballots mailed to
members of the chamber. Re
firing members of the board are
President Hermes F. Gautier, A
l.. Bresemann, Spencer Beebe, j
l. Ford and w h Guest. all OF
whom have served since the
founding of the Chamber of Com
merce.
Hold-over directors from Moss
Point are w. M. Dutton, M. Kha-
vat. Saul Peterzell and Gregory
Wood and from P%ascagoula are f.
II. Bacot, A. f. Dantzler. M. l.
Funkhouser, Mr. Hammett. JOIN
Il. Watts and Roy G.. Wlngfleld
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-17
Third Menhuden
Plant Is Given
Tax Exemption

The Fish Meal Company, which
will establish the third menhad-
en- fish meal factory in this sec
ton, has been granted county adj
valorem tax exemption for a pc
riod of five years by the MEM
bers of the Jackson County Board
of Supervisors.
Details were lacking, but it is
understood that machinery Will
be moved here and installed be-
fore the beginning of the next
season in May and the plant es-
tablished near the Standard Fish
Meal Company plant on Dog riv-
err, north of Moss Point.
The new factory will bring to
three the number of fish meal
plants in this section, the two
mentioned above and the Quinn
Fisheries plant, which has been
moved to a site on a bayou about
ten miles from Pascagoula.
In connection with the new fac
tory, it was learned that officials
expect to construct a three-quart-
er million dollar plant with an
output of 225 cars of fish meal
per year.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-17
Fisk Singers Sing
Spirituals In
Concert Saturday

A program composed primar-
lily of spirituals viii be present
ed in Paseagoula January ID, Sat
urday, at the P%aseagoula High
school auditorium by the Fisk
Jubilee singers, one of the worlds
outstanding Negro singing en-
sembles The singers are being
brought here by the Community
Recreation, Inc.
Spirituals such as Coin to
h de in Chariot, Nobody
Knows de Trouble | See" MY
Soul Would Not BE Contented,'
Ezekiel and Every Time |
Feel de Spirit will open and
close the program and IN add
ton they will sing The Lords
Prayer" "Zango-an Africal Re
ligious Chant and selections
from Scenes Infants by Pinto.
They will also include in their
program Rachmaninoff's Prelude,
Opus %, No. 2.
This is the third generation of
Neggo singers since the first
singers banded together in an eff
fort to raise money for Fisk Uni
versitv which they were attend
ing at The time-seVeuty years
ago. Members of the ensemble
are traditionaliy graduates of the
school. The first group tour
ed Europe, performing before
many Of the crowned heads and
other dignitaries.
The present singers sing with
that harmony, rhythm and blend,
ing Of tonal quality of their
voice Individually, and the per.
lection of their ensemble is the
constant admiration of eminent
musicians according TO one
critic.
They are known for their in
terpretations of the Spiritual
the folk song Of their race The
statement that new Spirituals are
still being found often occasions
surprise but even today. in out
of-the-way places where Negroes
still hold basket. district and
camp meetings the collector will
still hear new songs. The latest
Spiritual added 10 the repertoire
OF the Fisk Singers was sent back
from World War II by a former
member of the ensemble copied
as a large group of Negro sold
iers eNtemporized rs they await
ed orders before II Day The
song IS titled 'One Morning
Soon
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-17
Select Recreation
Center AS Site
For Carnival Ball

The annual carnival ball which
is sponsored by the Young Mems
Business Club of Moss Point, will
be held at the Market street
Recreational Hall February IA
when King JOY X and his queen
will be crowned, YMBC officers
announced.
The secret committee compos-
ed of six prominent Jackson
Countians has selected a citizens
representing the various social
and civic groups of both Pasca-
goula and Moss Point to be the
rulers and dukes and duchesses
for the occasion which is a lead
ing social event in the entire
county. Complete secrecy sur
rounds the identity of the king
and queen who are not announc-
ed until the night of the ball.
This ball, which is an elabor-
ate affair patterned after the
larger Carnival affairs in Mo-
bile and New Orleans, is the
highlight of the pre-Lenten sea-
son and in addition private par
ties are usually planned, cen
tering around the ball.
President of the club. Jack
Turner. has announced members
of the committees: decoration,
Dick Shields, Bill Schaub. Ralph
Davis. Jimmy Powell, Forrest
Crabtree. Rames Khavat. Charles
HightoWer, William F. Mcleod:
check room, Otis Toetle, Joe Nc
Quade. Gregory Wood, J. c. Has
sell, refreshments, Anton Kihyet,
Paul Caruso, O'Neil Bergeron;
car. Ralph Davis, Alton Thorn
son. Harold Monroe; door, Ram
es khayat, Jack Turner. Carl
Segerblom and A. L. Bresse-
mann.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-17
TrYout Bouts Set
For Recreation
Center Wednesday,

Interest was spreading through
out South Mississippi in the fir
annual Gold Gloves champion
ship boxing tournament to b
conducted here Friday, Januar
2lst, and Saturday, February Is
by the Chronicle-Star and Ad
Vertlser.
Following last weeks announce
ment of the awarding of a perm
anent franchise to the newspaper
to conduct The annual state
event here entries have been re-
ceiVed from throughout this sec
ton. Despite the lack of time for
preparation these entries indicate
that the first tournament will
exceed all expectations.
jackson County American Lee
Gion Post 100 this week rendered
its full cooperation in making the
annual event a success. Post
Commander Harrison and Lester
Cobb, chairman of the Legion
Athletic Committee, rendered the
offer of cooperation. The Post
holds the state franchise to con-
duet boxing tournaments in the
county.
Entries for the event so far
have been received from Keesler
Field, where a full team will be
entered, Notre Dame High School
at Biloxi the Biloxi Point Cadet
Boys Club; Merchant Marine
School at Pass Christian, as well
as several individual entries.
Tryouts Wednesday
T. N. Tucker, who will conduct
the tournament for the Chronicle
Star and Advertiser, is leaving
this week for a swing through the
state and many additional team
entries are expected from major
cities.
Meanwhile. next Wednesday
night at the Market street Com
munity Center, boxing fans will
have an opportunity to see local
entrants in the event in tryout
bouts. A large number of local
have been training under the
tutelage of Terry Lehman, who is
acting ,as local coach, and a series
OF boutS are planned Tor that night
beginning at 1880 p. m. Admission
for the tryout bouts will be rs
cents ringside, so cents general
admission, and 25 cents for child
rem.
Following is a partial list of
those who will take part in the
bouts: Sammy Bryant. Joe Burch,
F. c. Shows, Billy Bob Morgan,
Richard Scarborough, Darrell
Hollingsworth, Milton EZell, Tom
my Roster, John Hare, Marion
Cole. Charles Thigpen, Powell
Meeks, Charles Lunsford and
several others.
Winners in the state champion
ship tournament here the last of
the month will be sent to the re
gional tournament at Nashville
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-17
Vogront Wanted BY
Police For Parole
Breaking In illinois

Walter Wayne Van Dyke, who
was sentenced in city court to n
l5-day Jail sentence for vagran-
cy, was found this week to be
wanted in Springfield, H., for
Chief J. f. Shirley. Van Dyke
parole violation, according to
was given a n year to life sem
tence for burglary in the Illinois
city, December 8. 1910, he told
investigating officers. His pre-
vious record was uncovered
when FBI officers investigated
following his arrest in Pascagou-
Ia by Officers j. f. Patterson
and S. l. Churchman. Van Dyke,
who is "a years old. broke parole
in November. He will be return
ed to Springfield by Illinois law.
enforcement officers and will be
held in the Jackson County Jail
until they a arrive, officers
said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-17
Poll Tax Paying
Urged BY Joycees
Before Deudline

Jackson county citizens were
urged this week to pay their poll
taxes before the February l dead
line by the PaScagoula Junior
Chamber of Commerce, which
has beer active in the citizenship
drive for several years.
Citizens who have reached
twenty-one years of age or will
do so during l947, were particu-
larlv urged to register by W. w.
Welborn, chairman of the Jay
Gee citizenship committee.
Just as joining the church is
only a first step in doing ones
Christian duty, so is the practice
of voting merely a step in the di-
reetion of good citizenship" Mr..
Welborn said, But first steps
must come first"
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-17
One OF County's
Oldest Residents
Dies AT 81 Years

Sherd Benjamin Richard, prob
ably Jackson County's oldest
citizen. died Wednesday at his
residence, 449 Lake avenue, at
the age of 80 years and nine
months. He had been confined
to his bed only since December
rs.
Mr.. Richard, known to his
countless friends as Uncle
SHERIFF." was the last living
charter member of the Pasca-
goula volunteer fire company
which was organized in October,
1883, as Scranton Volunteer Fire
Company No. /.
He was engaged in the ship
building business for many years
but he retired from active bus
mess about 30 years ago. He was
a member of the Christ Luther
an church which he joined in
March, 1916.
Mr.. Richard was born April
IL, 1854, in Woolmarket, Miss,
located on the Biloxi River, the
son of Narcice ID. and Eleanore
Feyard Richard. He moved to
Pascagoula in 1870 and was mar
RED the next year to Miss La
vonia Powell at Moss Point by
the Baptist minister, the Rev.
Elias Roberts. His wife died in
1882.
Seven children were born to
them, three of whom preceded
him in death. These were Charl-
es B. Richard, Mrs, Mary f. Ma
thieu and Miss Helena Agnes
Richard. He is survived by one
son, John Albert Richard of
Pascagoula; three daughters, Mrs.
Ollie Clark and Mrs. Charles j.
Moe, of Pascagoula and Mrs.
Joseph r. Krebs of Tuscaloosa,
Ala; and one brother, Robert
Buchanan Richard of Hatties-
burg; ID grandsons; lr grand
daughters; ~ grandchildren and
IL great grandchildren.
Funeral services were con-
Quoted at 2:30 p. m, Thursday at
the residence, which is also the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Moe, and at
the church at 3 p. IN. with the Rev.
Frederic A. Graef officiating. In
torment was in Greenwood ceme-
terry. Fails Funeral Home in Pas
eagCala was in charge
Active pail bearers were his
g%randsons, Monty r., Sherrie,
julius, Walter, Raleigh, Herman,
and Glennon Richard and George
O., Clarence f.. and julius Clark
and Joseph R., Jr., Francis o.,
and Elmer Krebs.
Honorary pail bearers were of
ficers of the Lutheran church
who are f. A. Cole, Sr., w. q.
Smith, John Pickett, f. A.
Haraala, Allen c. Richard. John
Fl. Cole and Ray Turnage.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-17
Old Resident OF
Po~scogouIo Mrs.
~Loughridge. Dies

Mrs. Fanny Donovan Lough-
ridge, one of the oldest residents
of Pascagoula and a member of
a prominent family i'll Jackson
County. died Monday at her
home, 322 Ker street. She had
recently celebrated her Both
birthday.
Mrs. Loughridge was the wild
ow Of K. J Loughridge who at
one time served as sheriff of
Jackson County and she had re-
sided in Pascagoula since child
hood, spending many life in the
old Donovan home formerly To-
Gated on the River Front at the
foot of Delmas avenue. The house
is no longer standing. She was
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
James A. Donovan and she had
two sisters, Mrs. Walter Gautier
and Mrs. Cecilia Donovan Sau-
cier. both of whom preceded her
in death.
She was an active member of
Our Lady of Victories church
and funeral services We're con
Quoted at mass Tuesday at 10
a. m. ny the Re-. p. J. Carey
with iuterment in the family bur
ial plot in Krebs cemetery.
PalibearesS were Hermes, Hen
~ and James Gautier. George
Hague. Charles Clark and Morton
Vaughan. Stokes Funeral Home
was in charge.
Mrs Loughridge is survived by
several nieces and nephewS:
Hermes and Henry Gautier and
Francis A Saucier Of pascagoula,
james Z. Gautier of Kreole. Mrs
George B. Hague of Bayou Cas-
cite. Mrs. p I. Vaughan and
Mrs. Josie Wiuterton Of Gautier
and Mss. John X. Ray Of New
Orleans, Mrs. Harry B Clark
of Peoria. H.. and Mrs. Charles
A. Clark of Jackson.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-17
'ue collective bargaining.

Qm suits violate basic principles
'ue collective bargaining.
John p. Frey, president of the
Metal Trades Department, brand
ed the suits, nov totaling more
than $4, ZOO, 0G0 900, as a dis
honor to labor-management re-
lationS.
AT Chicago, Earl w. Emerson,
president of the Amalgamated
Meat CuSers and Butchers Work.
men of America, contended the
court actions strike below the
belts of employers. He added:
Our union will not and local
unions should not engage in por-
tal-to-portal suits against our
friendly employers which might
cause them to join forces in re-
taliation, with those who enslave
us"
Mental Reservations
Frey declared the suits are an
admission that labor representa-
tiVes 'had been insincere" and
had held mental reservations
which they were unwilling to dis
Nboo VAtii SAiiPiOJ0l Willie oCdlCd
at the conference table"
Frey said the executive council
of the Metal Trades Department
definitely recommends that eX-
listing collective bargaining agree
ments must not be dishonored by
now entering into legal suits to
seeure 2 form of wages which
YER not provided for when the
existing agreements we're nego--
tiated."
Frey contended that unless the
integrity of both labor and man
agement can be depended upon,
collective bargaining cannot be
successfully continued" He add
ed.
when an agreement is enter
ed into, the employer knows what
his labor costs will be, as far as
wages + involved, for the period
of the agreement.
Frey declared that there is
nothing to prevent the discus
sion of 'portal-to-portal' pay when
existing agreements with en-
ployers are negotiated and the in
clusion of this form of payment
in the new agreements"
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-17
Million Dollar
Bridge Project
Gets Underway

The million dollar project on
the L Il N Railroad West Pas
cagoula River bridge was begun
Wednesday morning with forty
men employed to raise the bridge
two feet, r. B. Lindsay, resi-
dent engineer, announced this
week.
Trains continue to cross the
bridge but at a reduced rate of
speed as a precautionary meas
ure, Mr.. Lindsay said.
A contractor will begin driv-
ing the steel piling about March
] and material for the concrete
pier cluster is already arriving,
mar landsay~@uirs -
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-17
Polio Campaign
Seeks Funds For
Paralysis Victims

The annual Presidents ball,
which plays the dual role of
honofing the late President
Franklin Roosevelt and raising
money for the infantile paraly-
Sis fund, viii be held January
80 at the 1lth street auditorium
as a climax to the tWo-week
drive conducted annually here
by the Jackson County Chapter
of Infantile Paralysis.
The drive in this county. which
is a part of a nationwide cam
paign for funds for the relief
of infantile paralysis victims, is
in charge of DR.. =. A. Thomp-
son and opened January Is. The
chairman in Moss Point Is Mrs.
X. {. Eley and in Ocean Springs
Mrs, Il. A. Edwards.
The dance will be sponsored
by the Pascagoula Junior Cham
Der of Commerce with Clyde
Moss as chairman of the dance
committee Advance tickets are
on sale for $l.00 and will be
$3.50 Mt the door. They may be
purchased at any drug store,
many business houses and at the
weekly dances in Eastlawn. The
APIECE Pascagoula high school
orchestra will play for the dance
which vii begin ut 8 p m.
The Mile OF Dimes will get
underway the last Of this week
under the sponsorship Of the
Young Women's Business Club
of Moss Point, Dr.. Thompson
said. and in addition trailers will
be showed at the motion pic.
ture theaters with booths set
up outside the theaters to re-
ceive contributions. Much of the
material for these short movies
released IN connection with the
drive concerns the clinic iocat-
ed at Jackson. Miss, D.. Thamp-
son SAID. Collections vii be made
IN CITY schools and the County
Welfare Department viii be in
charge of collections in the rural
schools.
Money Returned To State
OF the funds resulting from
this drive. SO percent goes TO the
national organization and the re-
manning 50 percent remains N the
state and county for the relief
OF polio victims. During the cpl
demie-seare in this part OF the
county last summer. Jackson
County had four cases.
1t costs approximately 81 200
10 treat each of these eases. d..
Thompson said, and We ask that
everyone cooperate b giving as
much as they possibly can 90
fight this disease winch may
strike he child Ct anV family
in jackson County This IS q drive
10 raise money which you your
self may need in the event that
this dreadful disease strikes in
your family. Infantile paralysis
is no respector Of persons-it
may strike any n although
children are more susceptible
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-17
Dr.. c. E Audrey To
Conduct Revival
At Baptist Church

DR.. c. f. Aubrey, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Monroe,
La, will open a series of revival
services at the First Baptist
church of Pascagnula Monday
and will preach through Janu-
airy 26 with services each day
at 10 a. IN. and z p. m.
The music win he under the
direction of c. r. Hare with a
large choir accompanied by
piano and pipe organ.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-17
H. B. HARRISON RESIGNS

II. B. Harrison has announced
his resignation MS clerk and book
keeper Of the Carpenters Union
local. a position he has held for
nearly five years. Mr.. Harrison
said h resigned due 10 person
al business reasons and viii con-
tinue his active membership in
the union. lie viii continue to
reside II Pascagoula but IS con-
templatlng ether business, he said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-17
EXECUTIVE MEETING OF P-TA

On Tuesday afternoon a meet
ing of the executive board of
the South school Parent Teach
ef Association was held at the
school with the president, Mrs.
c. NJ. Dossett in the chair.
The greater part of the time
was spent in planning for the
January meeting of the organiza-
ton. Tuesday of next week.
The president appointed a com
mittee 70 purchase the eombina-
ton phonograph-radio for the
school with funds raised through
sponsoring a Harvest Moon fes-
tival last fall.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-17
Entries Pouring In For First Annual
State Golden Gloves Tournament Here

on February IL, IL and Is with all
expenses paid,
In addition trophies will be
awarded to individual winners, a
team winner, as well az a sports
manship trophy, details of which
will be announced later.
The Chronicles Star and Adver-
Continued On Page Three
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-17

Approximately one manufac-
turing wage Garner out Of every
20 works IN the cotton textile
industry.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-17
orial Pay Suits
re Attacked By
F.. off,. Officials

fashington, Jan. 1.-two top
organizations declared this
k that portal-to-portal back
suits violate basic principles
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-12-25
a1,1IE1IYEE
[ODaiIIES

Norwegian farmers give their
cattle tubs of home-brewed ale on
Christmas Eve.
At midnight of Christmas Eve
people in Madrid eat II grapes for
good luck in the coming year.
There are ITS different kinds of
holly.
Christmas has been celebrated on
more than 100 different days in vari-
Gus parts of the world.
Christopher Columbus and his
men landed on the coast of Cuba on
December Is, 1892, naming the
point Navidad.
George Washington crossed the
Delaware and made a successful
attack on the Hessian troops at
Trenton, N. J., on Christmas Day,
1776.
Oliver Cromwell and his Puritan
followers abolished Christmas Day
in England, banning all feasting
and fun. The ban lasted for seven
years and was lifted when Charles
II became king,
The needy are considered in Hun
gary at Christmastime, a levy being
assessed against richer citizens so
the poor may have sufficient to eat
and drink.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-12-25

Surrounded by myth by primitive
peoples, the mistletoe was taken
over by Christians who also wove
fanciful legends around it.
In ancient mythology, the mis-
tletoe was the instrument of evil.
The Druids of Britain believed the
plant possessed healing powers. 9th
er primitive people thought that mis-
tletoe found growing on oaks had
magical powers.
Taken over into Christian tradi-
ton, the mistletoe was dedicated to
the Christ Child. Adopted as SYM
bolical of the healing power of
our Lord, it was used to adorn the
affairs at Christmas. Monks of the
monasteries called it the wood of
the cross" and attributed supernat-
uraI powers to it. The white berries
were said to reflect the radiance
caught from the guiding star when
the Wise Men were led to the
manger.