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Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
NEW OFFICERS INSTALLED
BY CRYSTAL FOUNT
teontlnnsd from nrsv pass,

Following the Installation pro-
ceeding. the meeting was adjourn
cd to the George /. Jester Auditor
iuDf on the second floor of the Odd
Fellows Building where a sumptu-
ons repast, served by the refresh
ment committee consisting of Clar-
ence Jester, Harlan Jester, Charles
French, Edgar Mulholland and
Wallace McFaul. was enjoyed by
all participating. Various discour-
ses were rendered by visiting and
local members of the order, and
the meeting broke up with well
wishes being extended to the new
ly installed officers for a success
full term.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
GEORGETOWN

Jennings Culver, formerly of Do
yer, has purchased a home here
and is now associated with his bro
ther, Cecil j. Culver, in the furni-
ture business in this city.
Mrs. Frank Gordy spent a few
days last week in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Ralph Blakeley, who under
went an operation in the Milford
Memorial Hospital recently, has
returned to her home on West Mar
ket street.
Mrs. Harry Walker left Thurs
day to spend few days with
friends in Norristown, Pa.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Hobbs of Bal
timore were recent guests of his
father, William T. Hobbs and Mrs.
Hobbs.
! Mrs. Franklin Hazard and
daughter Barbara of Wilmington
have been visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Walter p. Townsend
4 Robert Hastings of Philadelphia
spent the weekend with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Hast
ings.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell d. Jones
were in Washington, d. c., last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cove S. Lynch of
Wilmington have been guests this
week at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Eli Salisbury.
Mrs. Harry Walker entertained
at dinner last Sunday in honor of
her mothers eighty-fourth birth
day. The guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
. George A. Nelson and daughter,
Mary Ann. of Delmar. Mr.. and Mrs.
John S. Nelson of Washington, d.
c., and Mr.. and Mrs. William Mel
| son and children, Carol Ann and
Patricia of Easton, Md.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Scheer were
recent visitors in Wilmington.
{ Mr.. and Mrs. John Marker OF
!, Chester, Pa, have been visiting
|. Mr.. Markers father, John F. Mar
/ ker and Mrs. Marker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey F. Nelson
left Wednesday morning by auto
! mobile for Hollywood, California
They will be the guests of Mrs
Nelson's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
James L. Burke. Mr.. and Mrs
: : Burke and daughter, Mrs. Haze
! DuBont, who have been visiting il
: : Rehoboth Beach, also left by motor
yesterday. The party is planning
: to stop enroute over in Chicago fol
: several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Burks mo
d tored to st. James, Maryland, las
Il Hrronlr-nnd fcff
Y Burks' son, Louis Burton, who is
student at st. James Episcopa
e School.
g Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Mack hav,
e begun the erection of new hom,
It on East Market street.
It Miss Rebecca Wilson of tn,
e Nurses Student Training School
/. Easton, Md, has been visiting he
j. parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Landis Will
j. son.
e Mr.. and Mrs Frank M. Jones ar
spending two weeks with their, son
in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs
William H. Russell. Mr.. Russell i
!. member of the faculty at the Ma
\ val Academy there.
Mrs. Walter Sherwin was hos
tess to the members of her bridg
!. club on Thursday evening.
u Mr.. and Mrs. David H. l.. Kin
l. have returned from a wedding tri
j. to the New England States an
l. are at home in the Townsen
s Apartments on North Bedfor
n street. Mrs. King, on Monday, re
!. sumed her position as school nurs
- at the local schools.
. Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Smith Han
by of Coolspring are receiving cor
gratulations upon the birth of
u son, Arthur Smith Handy, Jr., Dor
in Beebe Hospital, Lewes, on las
Wednesday. Both Mr. and MR.
Handy are former members of th
10 Georgetown school faculty.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
HOME COMING DAY AT
U. OF ID. NOVEMBER
CcOntinueo from nrst pags)

Among the guests who have ac-
cepted invitations to attend is Gov.
Walter w. Bacon.
John E. H. (Jack) Lafferty, of the
Class of 1888, appointed by Mr.. Nc
Vey as chairman of the 1947-4S Re-
union Committee, said that wives
and other guests of alumni were be-
ing invited to the dinner, for which
announcements now are being
mailed to alumni.
Other members of the Reunion
Committee include Carl T. Wise, Le'
Roy w. Hickman, Col. E. P. Jolls
Robert P. Goldev, ]. Donald Craven
and Robert F. Sieman.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
BroiIer Dinner In
Dover October 20
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Il certainly want to commend the
members of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars for taking upon themselves
the task of boosting one of our lead
ing state industries, Governor
Bacon concluded.
u S. Senator John ]. Williams
also expressed approval of the affair
and has promised to attend to-
eether with former Senator James
NJ Tunnell and several other digni-
taries.
Robert I'll. Gray, president of the
Past Commanders Association, will
preside at the dinner
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
DR.. King To Attend
National Conference
continued from trst passl

the University College, University
OF Chicago. will be workshop in
education in small schools. Experts
will be on hand, along with State
Department Of Education represen-
tatives. to find solutions that will fit
each state. 1t is expected that an eff
fective program to improve rural
education in every state will follow
the work of the Ann Arbor Confer
ence.
According to DR.. Miller, funds for
this conference, which will in
clude expenses for all delegates,
have been given by the W. X. Kel-
logg Foundation, Battle Creek,
Michigan, to the National Council
of Chief State School officers.
While cider is the juice of the an
rle, verjuice is a beverage made
from the crab-aDple iuice.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
Finish Is important

Because of naples wearing quail.
tiles, the matter of a suitable finish
is too often neglected. Many fin
ishes have been developed to beau.
tify and protect floors under light
conditions Of service, and other fin
ishes such as preservatives to pro-
tect floors against unusual and un-
favorable conditions. These finishes
have their place to keep maple in
good appearance under severe traf-
&c conditions and reduce cleaning
ana maintenance costs. When or
dering finish for maple floors be
sure that special types designed for
this wood is used.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
Mere Home Furniture

The number Of factories in the
United States manufacturing house.
hold furniture increased last year
from $500 10 $1,000. the greatest
growth ID the history Of the industry
thss c..rfrv
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17

One specie of beetle, the bam-
barrier emits odiferous protec-
tive fluid which turns into gas
when in contact with air. 1t looks
like a minute jet of smoke.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17

Law forbids the eating of sun
flower seeds on the street or in
business places in Endicott, Wash.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17

Hybrid Corn Profits
Hybrid corn, which cost about 10
million dollars to develop. is re.
turning an annual national dividend
of $50 million dollars.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-12
Work Begins On
Inner Hurbor
Here This Week

The Erntst Construction Com
pany of Mobile began work this
week ON Pascagoula's $4,000 in
ner harbor being constructed for
the use of pleasure crafts. May
or John r. Watts said the work
would be completed in the next
sixty or ninety days.
The harbor will be operated by
the city along the lines of the
small crafts harbor at Gulfport,
Mayor Watts said.
Deeds for the necessary lands,
which were donated by the own
ers, in some cases specifically
prohibit the use of the harbor by
commercial crafts, such as fish
ing OF shrimping boats, the mayor
said.
A concrete pier and catwalk
with three finger piers will be
constructed at this time and add
tional finger piers may be added
later without altering the plans.
The original plan called for IL
finger piers but the number was
rereduced due to inadequate
funds
The completion OF the harbor
will provide P~ascagoula and
Jackson County with a modern
and well-protected small crafts
harbor.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-12
Man Arrested And
Sentenced For
nde Exposure

Bernard Barnes was arrested
Thursday night by Deputy Sher-
if Carl T. Wilson after a neigh
Dor complained to police officials
that he had been guilty of in
decent exposure, according to
Deputy Wilson.
At a hearing before Justice of
the Peace Kate Denny, the man
was fined $25 and court costs and
given Is days on the road gang.
Barnes pleaded not guilty.
A number of complaints have
been made from the beach and
Maritime project division that a
man had been going around inn
properly clad and had been peep
ing into windows. Barnes had
previously been picked up by city
authorities on a similar charge
and later released to his brother
with the understanding hat he
was to be placed in an insti-
tuition.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-12
Fight At CooIey's
Place Leads To
Arrest of Three

AS a result OF a fight that broke
out in Ma Coolev's Place just
west of the Pascagoula River
Bridge Tuesday night the oper-
ator of the establishment, Mrs.
Dora Horton Cooley, a l5-year-
old girl, Mrs. Rubynette Byrd who
lives at the place of business, and
a customer. Ralph G.. Mitchell,
were arrested by Deputy Sheriff
Carl T. Wilson, according to po-
lice reports.
Mrs. Cooley was charged with
fighting and fined SIS in justice
of the peace court. Mrs. Byrd paid
a S. fine. Mitchell was fined
Sis for being drunk and
disturbing the peace. During the
alteration, Mrs. Cooley is said to
have tsruck Mitchell on the head
with a black jack and Mitchell
charged that Mrs. Byrd struck him
with a beer bottle, Officer Will
son said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-12
c. Of c. Directors
Meeting Is Held
All Moss Point

The September meeting of the
board of directors of the Cham
Der of Commerce was held Tues
day at a luncheon at Boyett's in
Moss Point with members of the
Board of Supervisors, Engineers
V. J. Bedell and M. B. Scholtes,
and Harold Monroe as guests.
Business completed included
approval of a solicitation request
from the Pascagoula Skeet ASso-
citation for the Gulf States Open
championship shoot, which will
be held at Biloxi under the joint
supervision of the Pascagoula and
Biloxi clubs.
The board also went on record
as approving the dumping of
Spoilage from dredging operations
soon to begin in the sound chan
mel on the west side of the chan
mel near the shore in order to pre-
vent sitting of the Pascagoula
beach front.
Mayor Bob Cirlot of Moss Point
reported that the hearing on the
Robinson Lake cutoff, set for DC
tober 9Th, would be postponed
until sometime in November.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-12
HELD FOR GAND JURY

James Hughes, Negro, was re-
leased Tuesday under 1000 bond
to await action of the grand jury
by Justice of the Peace B. b
Hobby after he was arrested and
charged with attempted burglary
in the nurses home at the Jack
son County Hospital, according to
police officials. One of the resi-
dents of the home said she came
in the front door of the nurses
home and saw a man in the
house. She called police and de-
scribed the intruder to police,
Deputy Sheriff Carl Wilson ar
rested Hughes a short time later
as he was entering a cab by the
hospital, Hughes pleaded not
guilty before Justice Hobby. po-
lice said. Other investigating Of
ficers were sheriff D. o. Newman,
c. F. Hudson and A. o. Davis.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-12
Home Council To
Sponsor Series
Of Lectures

DR.. Samuel T. Robbins, execu-
tive secretary of the Mississippi
Hygiene Association, will be guest
speaker at a series of talks on the
Education of Responsible par
enthood."
The Jackson County Home
Demonstration Council is spon-
soring an institute to be held at
Lincoln Hall on three consecu-
tive Wednesdays, beginning Sep
TENDER 18th, gath and October
LIST from 200 p. m. until 400 p. m.
DR.. Robbins is an outstanding
speaker and parents are urged to
avail themselves of this oppor-
tunity.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-12
County Sells
100000 Bond
For Court House

Members of the Jackson County
Board of Supervisors sold $780,
900 in bonds Tuesday to the
Newman Brown and Company
syndicate of New Orleans for the
purpose of constructing a new
court house.
The syndicate. which includes
the Merchant and Marine Bank
OF Pascagoula and five other buy
ere. bought the bonds at an in
terest rate a fraction under 2.l9
percent.
Other bidders were j.. G.. Hick-
man. Vicksburg; Harrington and
Co, Jackson. and We'll and Ar
mold, New Orleans. All were
within a fraction of one percent
of the low bidder.
II no difficulty is encountered
in the valuation of the bonds,
bids for the new court house will
be let about the first of the year
Plans call for its construction or
the Alley property on Watts ave-
nue.. diagonally behind the pres
ent Court House.
Four hundred thousand dollars
realized from the sale of similar
bonds in l941 will be used towarc
the construction of the modern
building which will cost an esti.
mated 5000, 900.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-12
First Inspection
Made In Inter-C City
Beuutificu

On an initial tour of inspection
Of the entries in the Inter-City
Identification contest nearly
seventy-five homes and places of
business were visited by Mrs. w.
+. Yuille OF Mobile, a judge of
the contest, accompanied by Mrs.
X. o. Cole, secretary.
This tour of inspection was
made on Tuesday, September 8,
and included the area south OF
the l.. & N. tracks. II will be
followed by two others, one to
begin north of the tracks and
include Moss Point and the third
TO include the entries in the coun-
ty outside the city limits.
Out-of-town judges who will
conduct these two tours will be
named later. All of the initial
inspection trips r to be followed
by others before the contest closes
on December 18th.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-12
Inspection Party Reports "Pogie"
Boot Take of Food Fish Negligible

Quinn Fisheries; Capt. Yves Rob-
inson, owner of "Pogie" boats
operating in the sound; j. c..
Coquet and Robert Michel.
Small Food Fish Catch
In the three catches inspected
Friday the party found a total of
a few small white trout; three
shrimp; two bluefish; four or five
mackeral and two sharks.
The boats inspected are a part
of the fleet that supplies the four
menhaden plants in the Pasca-
goula-Moss Point area, and had
been charged with destruction of
game fish in the Sound waters.
The party cruised the Sound,
according to the report made by
Mr.. Barnes of the Chamber of
Commerce, and confirmed by Mr..
Elmer of the Seafood Commits
sion, and boarded vessels indiS-
eriminately, inspecting crews lay
ing and pursuing nets and loading
fish. The consensus of the party
forming the inspection trip was
that food fish taken with men,
haden is limited in variety, insig-
nifieant in quantity and therefore
negligible in Importance" . and
that the take of food and game
fish is well below the legal limit
of one-tenth of one per cent, or
two pounds per ton"
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-12

Food fish taken by "pogie"
boats SEEMING for menhaden in
Mississippi Sound is negligible,
according to a report made this
week following an inspection trip
Friday by a group of officials
and citizens from Harrison and
Jackson counties aboard the Sea-
food Commission patrol boat.
The total of food fish taken
with more than 26 tons of men,
baden caught by fishing vessels
visited in the sound Friday
amounted to less than 10 pounds,
the report said.
Aboard the patrol boat which
left Biloxi at $3.50 a. m. Friday
were Oswald Chatham, president
of the Seafood Commission; Maco
Filipiek, chief seafood Inspector;
Deputies Joseph Eugene Ryan
and Claud Moody; English Lind
sey and Gus Roberts, commits
sioners; Sheriff-elect Lag Quave
of Harrison county, Fernando
Gautier, president of the Harri-
son County Hunting and Fish
ing Association. F. W. Elmer,
Erliss Champaign and Houston
Guilotte. charter boat operators;
Verne Barnes. Paseagoula-MosS
Point Chamber of Commerce.
James McGrath of the Wallace NJ.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-12
Record Size 300 Gallon Still Seized
By Federal Agents Near VoneIeove

airy in Federal District Court at
Biloxi.
Seized with the 800-gallon ca
pacity still and equipment was a
1916 automobile, 90 barrels of
moonshine whiskey, 80 barrels
of ferment, and as gallons of
mash. The still. which appar-
emily was operated at capacity,
according to the federal agents.
could produce 200 gallons of
whiskey daily with an estimated
wholesale value of $1,000 for a
gross of nearly $4,000 annually.
The market value of the whis-
key seized was estimated at more
than $4,000. Capacity produc-
ton also represented a potential
tax evasion of nearly three-quar-
tiers of a million dollars annually,
the alcohol agents estimated.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-12
Enrolment In
City Schools At
AH-Time High

Enrolment in the Pascagoula
senior High school reached an
all-time high with approximately
$50 students enrolled at the pres
ent time, Thomas X. Wells. sup
erintendent of city schools, an
nounced this week.
The Junior High school enroll
ment is above that of the same
time last year, while the enroll
ment in the elementary schools is
about that of last yetr, and the
Negro schools also have the larg-
est enrolment in their history.
The net result, MI. Wells said,
is that total school enrolment is
considerably above that of last
year.
Ii was announced that the Fed
eral aid lunch program has been
added to the Junior High school,
making it possible for the stud
ents in that unit to secure a we'll
balanced meal with a bottle OF
milk for 25-cents. Several new
additions to this years personnel
were announced by Mr.. Wells.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-12
Krebs Majority
Increased In
Special Election

Qualified electors in the North
Pascagoula and Ocean Springs
precincts gave j. Guy Krebs a
three to one majority in Satur-
days special primary election for
sheriff and tax collector, electing
Mr.. Krebs over John r. McNeal
by a margin~of 273 votes.
MI. Krebs was declared the
party nominee at a meeting of the
Jackson County Democratic Elk
ecutive Committee Monday morn
ing when the returns YER cam
vassed. Mr.. Krebs polled 465
votes to ia for Mr.. McNeal at
Ocean Springs and 435 to Is at
North Pascagoula for a total of
1886 to 1888 for the county.
Mr.. Krebs gained SO votes in
Ocean Springs, where Mr.. McNeal
lost three, and 70 in North Pasca-
goula where MI. McNeal lost 43
votes. Sixty additional persons
voted in Ocean Springs and 81 in
the Pascagoula precinct over the
number in the second primary on
August rs.
Final tabulations showed that
Mr.. Krebs and Mr.. Neal each led
in eleven of the county's twenty
two precincts with the winner pill
ing up his majority largely in the
urban areas of the county. M.
KTebs took more than a 500 vote
lead in Paseagoula, a three to one
majority in Ocean Springs, and
trailed by a narrow margin in
Moss Point.
Mr.. McNeal took a heavy lead
in all of District One and Dis
trict Five precincts-Wade, Hur-
ley and Big Point and Latimer,
Larue, Bluff Greek and Carter
vile. He also led in Moss Point,
Escatawpa, Eastlawn and Fon-
tainebleau.
Mr.. Krebs led in four of the
five Pascagoula precincts and in
Eastside, Kreole, Orange Grove,
Pecan, West Pascagoula (Gautier),
Ocean Springs, and Jacobs.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-12

One of the largest whiskey
stills ever uncovered in Jackson
County or this section of the
state, was seized Monday six
miles north of Vancleave in the
edge of the Pascagoula River
swamp.
Federal Alcohol Tax Unit
agents and Constable w. G.
Groves of District Five conduct
ed the raid and arrested Earnest
Graham of Vancleave, MI. and
Mrs. J. Curt Coleman and Willie
and Earnestine Wells, Negores of
Gulfport.
All five were released under
$3.50 bonds after arrangement be-
fore the United States Commits
sinore IN Gulfport and trials set
Tor the third Monday in Febru-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-12
General Business Conditions In State
Continue At High Level, Report Shows

still bright during July de-
spite some indication of more
or less weakening influences.
The large increase in compen-
sable and waiting period
claims, coupled with an in
crease in initial claims, was not
favorable. However, it was not
of degree great enough to be
alarming.
Fourteen trade areas had
had more business activity than
a year ago. The increases
ranged from % per cent in the
Gulfport- Biloxi district to 2 per
cent in the Columbus, Hatties-
burg, Mobile ascagoula areas.
There was no noticeable change
in the Meridian district. The
Vicksburg district was the only
one to report a decrease, A per
cent, for this comparison. Five
of the districts, Natchez, Tu-
pelo, Memphis, Laurel and
Gulfport, reported gains in ex-
cess of Is per cent.
The comparison with June,
1947. showed four districts in
the negative column. Three of
the districts - Corinth, Column
bus and Greenville-reported 2
per cent reverses. On the other
hand, five districts = Clarks-
dale, Hattiesburg, sMcComb,
Meridian and Mobile-P asca-
goula-reported 2 per cent in
creases. Jackson and Vicks-
burg reported no change in
their respective areas. The Tu-
pelo district registered the
greatest gain for the compare
son, Is per cent.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-12
County Revenues
Hit New Peak;
Over Two Million

Jackson County's revenues in
creased by nearly three quarters
of a million dollars last year.
hitting a new high OF two and
one quarter million dollars. pub
location of the annual statement
and budget revealed this week.
Disbursements during the peri
cd ending September | also hit
an all time peak of So. 1876. 806. AS
and q budget Of 50, l6l .029 was
set for the coming year.
The largest increase in reve-
nue. came in the current adva-
loren tax and gasoline tax di-
visions where approximately one
third increases were registered.
Nearly a quarter-million of the
increase was also a false prof
it,, in the sense that the amount
was received through bonds sold
in the various school districts,
which must be retired in due
time.
More than $4,000 was paid into
the county treasury in poll taxes
during the year, rejecting the
interest in voting that resulted In
the heavy balloting in this sum-
mer's primary.
Major items in the disburse-
ments included more than $685.
600 for schools and $l08.0 900 spent
for the construction of new roads
al well as the regular operating
costs OF the county institutions
and departments.
The budget for next year also
allows 500. 600 for the construc-
ton OF a rev court house.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-12
Objection Filed
To Dredging
Area Change Here

The City of Pascagoula,
through Mayor John r. Watts
has gone on record as "strenu-
ously Directing to a proposed
change in the spoil area in dredg-
ing operations in the Pascagoula
Harbor channel.
The change in the area-from
the southwest to the northeast
side of Beacon 32-was requested
by the Mississippi Seafood Com
mission to protect oyster beds in
the area. The city's objection is
based on the opinion that such a
move would ruin or seriously
damage the bathing beaches.
In an exchange of letters be-
tween the War Department Dis
trict Engineer in Mobile and
the Seafood Commissions request
and asked if the city would have
any objection to the move.
Our reason for Directing to
this change is that, in our opin-
ion, it would seriously damage
our beach bathing" Mayor Watts
wrote in reply, "As you probobly
know, we have a three-quarter
million dollar seawall and have
spent considerable money trying
to maintain a white sand bathing
beach along the WALL
The engineers letter reveals
that dredging les necessary to pro-
vide an adequate depth in the
channel for the passage of ships
constructed here and that bids
for the work would be received
September &c.