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slip knot. and then. with the end,
make an overland knot round the
standing part away from the loop.
The next Illustration is what
sailors know as h e chain knot
and toggle. 1t is really a number
Of common slip knots, which
many schoolboys know as the
drummer's knot. or the rats tail.
The toggle is the bar which is
passed through the end loop.
The chain knot is made by
making a blight on the rope and
crossing it. Then we pass a hand
through the blight and catch the
standing part, which We pull
through, forming a loop. We
repeat this to make as many
loops in the chain as we may
want. Then we pass the bar, Or
toggle, through the last loop, and
haul on the end to tighten up all
the loops.
The next is a sh~eepshank, In
the language of sailors. 1t Is gen
erally used to shorten a rope on
which there is a strain. A piece
of the middle of the rope is held
so as TO form three parallel
strands. or two bights. Round the
end of each blight we make a
end. As long as there is a STRAIN.
the knots hold securely.
The next is what is properly
termed a bovine on a blight; and,
to indicate clearly how to make
it, there are two pictures, one
showing it half made and the
other showing it completed. We
double the rope. and make a
blight with it doubled. Then we
pass the doubled end under, and
up through e blight and back
over the whole loop, and up to
the part above the blight. The
picture shows more clearly than
words how this is done.
The wall knot is a neat way
of finishing off a rope and pre-
venting i from unlay1ng or
coming part. 1t is made In two
stages. We untWist the three
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strands of which the rope is made
for a distance sufficient to give
us three cords about s inches
long. Let us call these strands
Nos. l, 2 and 8.
We make a blight with strand
No. l and pass strand No. z round
the end of it; then we pass strand
No. 3 round the end of No.
2 and through the blight of No. /.
Finally We haul the ends tight,
shaping the knot evenly with the
fingers. The wall knot requires a
little practice to do it neatly, but
it is not SO difficult as it looks
The crown knot is the wall knot
carried a little farther. We make
a wall knot, then take strand No.
l over the center of the wall. Now
we place strand No. 2 over No.
/, and strand No. 3 over No. 2
and under No. l. Then we pull
them all tight.
In learning 10 make knots, re-
member that practice makes
perfect. 1t is not enough to be
able to make a given knot by
following instructions. You should
learn each knot SO thoroughly
that you will be able to make it
without having to think about
each step in the process. Making
a sailors knot should become as
automatic a procedure as, say,
fastening your shoelaces or your
necktie.
You will be able to have a good
deal Of fun making these knots.
You will find, too, that a
knowledge of them will prove
valuable.
fCopyriohf 10dH Nv The CroIiap
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Literary
Guidepost
THE 1 BY W, G. ROGERS
hanson holt. 60 ''aham IN

In this first novel
man, Al McCornIcE~ "s"Spsps.
sent to Puerto Rico zneo has Dee,
DO a story about the is.s36 s', 10
what he actually sees md i.
the story develops. doaS 'Ta.sd a
at all with what he WAS mol j.3.
to write. 'AStguc;e.
One answer 10 his ro,1.
evade it. He can pickle !, <. Z Il
llbres and forget. or ba ~, Qua.
ms undivided attention y, r'' ave
Of the cate-creme como- 20 Na:is
Elena or any of the msor ' H.. 10
girls. S One.
For the moment. A. dAo;s.
a big holiday party at A1d 1.~sS d
where he lives. and he jnyi+so oa 5
the people he knows and s,U ss al
doesn't. Among them arc .'5 p'. n
Cardenas. the artist v1o ~.
herited his fathers wSi, .'S M
though his brothers take ~. In'
their blsck mother. ;,5a a.s,
Moro, the intellectual -. sT,,,'
uneasy at his ~desertion Of - W "
t1onalsts: Tomas Aware 40
pamphleteer who can't to,a ny
what happened TO his nenbav v'se
Palm Sunday. 1897: Joe Bierul
the conscientious social worg ,aa
AIS old friend, the Americ,n NJ.
tain: the girls at the Blue Dsnn..
We follow the troubled new ~,
perman through San JI,~,.
streets where, against a b.,,
ground of fabulous tropical bs,,
ty, he runs across such tabnro..
disease and poverty that he VIM.
ders whether this is the We
ans Hospital of some never.era.
ing war"
The party starts. While punch +,
ladled out to this m~ulu.coIorei
diversified crosS-section Of rr,
and poor, good and bad. nativ.
and INVADER the threa,enjn,
hurricane strikes. The understand.
ing and the blind, those who love
and those who hate. the zeaIo,s
and the indifferent meet furious.
ly in the midst Of the equally fur.
Gus storm, and the faltering can.
delight is as adequate for a knife
thrust as for a caress.
If the end is drawn out a little
too long, so no doubt is the con-.
plex situation which the book 4,
intended to mirror. But William.
son writes very well, plans care
fully and interests you on every
page.
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Written for NEA Service

WINCH lVT MIA WI
7 dropped into the Mayfair
Bridge Club in New York the
other night, and brother, was
there an argument! Today's hand
had come up in one Of the rubber
bridge games. 1t happened to be
duplicate night, so many of New
York's experts w e e there, mi
the players in the rubber game
rushed over to the experts to gel
their opinion on this hand.
Everyone more II less agreed
that North should not b. crit,
cized for his opening bid with Z
81 distribution, e n though he
did not have two and one-hal1
tricks. Most of h e experts fell
that they would have come into
the bidding on the first rounc
with East's holding.
From there on the bidding wa
not unusual, but when West bic
five hearts, the question was
should South double He must
have realized that he a 9
doubling on his partners opening
bid. because his w hand woIle
not take many tricks. It is certai i,
Of course that South had no idaa
that five spades could be m,d.
and he felt that North's pas. wos
a forcing pass. "
Now the big argument revoJved
around the question, should NJ
leave the double of five ne.rta
in? l think you will have IN $500
that question, because I fo,,nd :
great difference O.. opinion on q
When the hand was PLAYED. NORTH
ana not leave the double in 10
oio tlve spades. and with N. d..
mona opening, he made six Eve,
= a spade had been opened "a
4 diamond. eins
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Religion
DayByDay
NOISES AND LICHENS
nv WILLIAM T. ELLIS

NVO60LIo
In winter days my mind keeps
turning backward to Summer
memories; and l find the multi
farious moses and lichens hold
ing an ever-increasing place in my
thoughts.
l like lichen and moss, not only
for their intrinsic beauty, but also
for their conquest of circum-
stances. The moss grows greenest
in shadowed places, and the licinen
sustains itself on the rocks. They
symbolic beauty and victory in
adversely.
Is my lot hard and uncongenial?
Well, if I cannot grow roses and
lilies there, at least l can produce
lichens and moss, the lowlier,
quieter 9races. And these, too, are
plants of Gods garden.
Whatever our lot, o Lord, may
We adorn It. Make us bearers of
beauty even In adversely. Amen.
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Your Income Tax

@. If I mail my return or Marc1
10 is that all right or does the
collector of internal revenue have
TO have it in his office on March
Is?
A. Technically your retirn is
supposed to be in the COLLECTORS
office on March IS but as a pract,
cal matter i you mail Your re
turn so hat it's postmarksd
March IS your collector will ar
cept it as filed on time.
@. Who must file a declaration
of estimated tax?
A. This sairly simple statement
can be made: if your wages are
not more than $1,000 and are suo'
iect to withholding and you dom
receive more than $500 a wear IN
income from other sources VOL
can relax no need 10 Wofr!
about filing a declaration.
The following paragraphs from
the Treasury instructions on Form
1O4O-ES "Declaration Of Estlma'
ed Tax provide a detailed an
swer to your question. All taXpay'
ers should be familiar with these
rules:
Who must make a decl''
ration A declaration must o.
made on or before March d. iSF1
bv every citizen or resident Of ~
United States who expects 10 re
ce;ve in 1947-
"Ca) Wages subject to #i'nno.,
ing in excess of IS 5000 plus S'n
for each exemption except ms Owl
for example. $500 in case I"
? married couple with no o..
perdents Or a single person ''''
one dependent: Or Avn.
"Cb) Income from al oui,'
sources in excess of $780, PROVE,
ed his total income is expected W
amount to $500 or more.
Thus. if your l947 income nO; :,
wages subject to ~ithholohg .
expected to exceed the amour
specified in paragraph ,S'' ~
are required to file a decIsLa+ 1o,
T. yos expect TO receive N ~
anv wages not subject TO El'nnus
irg for example, pay for az
cultural labor Or domestic se!.S'
any income from dlylos s,o,.
interest rents, or gains from P' ',.
ertv transactions or from a M a,
ness or profession. you muS.
a declaration if your l94' lnIU 'n,
i est,esr 10 exceed the 'n'a0'
specified in paragraph ~.
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Society Inc, based upon me Wv
of knowledge. ..,rs
Distributed By uh''eu
Syndicate, lnc.) n
MONDAY: - St. ann
Ireland. ~
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MCDONALD BROOKS
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED

Mrs. Charles w. Brooks of Me-
ridian announces the engagement
and approaching wedding of her
daughter. Sarah Frances to Dun
can Mcdonald, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. d. Mcdonald of Tuscaloosa.
The ceremony will take place
in the First Presbyterian church
of Meridian in the near future.
South Africa has no jungles
being in the South Temperate
zone
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Mrs. Stogg Honored
By Mrs. Gordon
With Gift Shower

Mrs. Clifford S. Stagg was hon.
ored on Wednesday, November
10, with a surprise gift shower
at which Mrs. J. T. Gordon was
hostess at her home at 1927 Ad-
miral Dewey.
The living room and dining
room of the home were attrac-
lively decorated for the event
with red Radiance roses and yell
low chrysanthemums.
During contests of the eve
ming, Mrs. Felix Pevey, Mrs. En-
ma Avis, and Mrs. A. w. Pink
ston won prizes. The handsome
gifts for the honoree, which were
heaped in a basket, were open
ed and displayed during the eve
ming.
The hostess, assisted by Mrs.
Buddy Dean and Mrs. Pevey, serv-
ed sandwiches, pie, and iced
drinks to twenty-three guests
who were present at the happy
affair.
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Mrs. c.. w. Hall
Enterfuins Gruver
Circle Monday

The home of Mrs. G. w. Hall on
River Road was the setting for
a meeting Of the Kate Ellen Cru
yer circle of the Woman's Society
of the First Baptist church, Mon
day with IL members present. .
During the business period the
sum of $40 was collected as a love
offering to be presented to a
worthy family on Thanksgiving
Day. The coming years work
was also discussed.
The closing chapter of the book,
''That the World May Know"
was taught by Mrs. E. c. Buck
ley.
At the close Of the study Mrs.
Mcclellan served coffee and hot
mullins.
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Stote Moves Forward In Greatest
Health Undertaking In Its History

Mississippi is going forward
into what is doubtless the great
est and most comprehensive
health undertaking in its history
the actual construction of need
ed hospitals and health depart
ments." according to DR.. Felix J.
Underwood, executive officer Of
the State Board of Health. To-day
we recognize the right of every
person to have adequate medical
and hospital care. This means we
should have more physicians and
dentists and that hospitals and
health departments should be ac-
cessible, sufficient in number and
sufficiently stated"
Public health attacks the source
of disease by going out into all
parts of the community to safe
guard environmental factors that
spread disease, such as water,
milk and food supplies, the health
official said. 1t goes into the
homes, into the schools, business
establishments and elsewhere to
take health services and informa-
ton; it teaches people how TO
form wholesome living habits to
keep up with their immuniza-
tions and TO help them live SO that
they will have the best possible
resistance to disease, he stated.
in the effort to prevent dis
ease. people r given information
as to why certain procedures are
necessary" DR.. Underwood said.
people must know what they
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E. II. Coulter. Jr.
Elected To Omicron
Deltu Kuppu Frat.

Elmer Henry Gautier, Jr., oil
Pascagoula and a senior engineer.
ing student at Duke University
is among five Duke senior men re.
Gently chosen for membership in
Omicron Delta Kappa, national
honorary leadership fraternity
The formal tapping ceremony oc-
CURED Friday morning, Novem-
Der IA, in Chapel Court on the
Duke campus.
Son Of E. II. Gautier, the Duke
student serves this year as presi.
dent OF Delta Epsilon Sigma en-
cheering fraternity, and editor OF
the DukEngineer. He also holds
membership In Pi Mu Epsilon,
Order of st. Patrick, the Mems
Freshman Advisory Council, and
Sigma Chi social fraternity. Re-
Gently he was among 80 Duke
seniors elected to who's Who
Among Students in American Col
1eges and Universities"
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Kiwanians See
Youngsters Tap
Dance AT Meeting

Members of the Pascasoula XII
wants Club saw an interesting
group Of tap dances at their meet
ing Tuesday. conducted by Mrs.
T. N. Tucker and presenting three
talented youngsters from Pasca-
goula.
Audie Conway, 10 Ann English,
and Roy Williams each perform
ed solo tap dances. with Mrs.
Tucker at the piano. and the two
girls performed together in an
other number.
r. B. McIlwain was in charge
of the program and acted as mas
ter Of ceremonies.
The club also welcomed Lon
ME Watts, Jr., as a new member
and he was indoctrinated by w.
r.. Guest, Jr., president-elect of
the club and his God father" in
the organization.
DIR. Thomas E. Stout presided
at the meeting and Charles Gal
loway and r. B. Meadows, Jr.,
were guests of Karl Diesenburg.
". c. Everett, chancery clerk
elect Of the county, was the guest
of j. t. Hill.
Mr.. Guest made an appeal to
the members in behalf of the Boy
Scout fund campaign now UNI
derway, passing out pledge cards.
He also announced y meeting of
all new officers of the Kiwanis
district at Hattiesburg on Deem
Der 2.
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Program On Africa
Holds Attention OF.
Auditory. Nov. "a

A program on Africa was en-
joyed by the members of the
Young Woman's Auxiliary to the
First Baptist church of Pasca-
goula at a meeting at the home
of Miss Elaine Avara on Lake
street, Monday evening.
The home of the hostess par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Avara,
was lovely with chrysanthemums
and other autumn flowers.
The opening devotional was
led by Miss Kitty Harris.
During the business session it
was voted to give a Thanksgiv-
ing basket to some needy fam
lily.
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November 25.
Mrs T. L. DeLashmet, Jr., re-
ceived the high score prize and
Miss Jean Nelson the bingo prize.
The hostess served a frozen
dessert and hot tea to Mesdames
J. c. Avent, Roy Eller, Mary Me-
Collum, j. T. Harvey, T. l.. De-
Lashmet, Jr., Ralph Crate, Misses
Jean Nelson and Frances Brooks.
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Borter Theuter
To Be Presented
BY Little Theoter

Discussion and formulating
plans for the presentation of the
Barter Theater production occu-
pied the directors of the Paspoint
Little Theater at a board meeting
on Monday, November "a.
The Barter Theater Players of
Virginia will present the Import
ance of Being Earnest" in Janu-
airy under the auspices of the Pas
point Little Theater. The direc-
tors and members consider them
selves fortunate in having book
ed this performance as the Bar
ter Theater Players is rated as
one of the outstanding organiza-
tons of the country.
w. A. KoIb has been appointed
chairman of publicity and produc-
ton and committee members will
be named Immediately.
The regular meeting of the Lit
tie Theater will be held on the
first Tuesday in December, Mrs.
Roy G. Wingfield, president, an
nounced. Members are urged to
be present and visitors are cor
daily invited the president stat
ed. The meeting will be held at
the 18th Street auditorium. A
one-act play will be presented for
the entertainment of the mem
bers.
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Meeting OF Ruby
VUrnoski Circle
Monday Afternoon

Monday was the day for the
meeting of the Ruby Varnoski
Circle of the Woman's Missionary
society of the First Baptist church
and it was held at the home OF
Mrs. c. F. Mcclellan, 327 Kell,
at 3 p. m.
The meeting was opened with
the repetition of the "MSU"
Watch Word, THAT At the Name
of Jesus Every Knee Should
Bow" led by the chairman, Mrs.
c. w. Martin.
Mrs. j. c, Watts was welcomed
as a visitor and asked to lead
in prayer.
During the business period it
was voted to buy linens for the
Jackson County hospital as part
of the circles community missions
project for November.
The meeting was then turned
over to Mrs. w. w. Burnett who
taught the closing chapter of the
book, THAT the World May
Know. Much appreciation has
been voiced for the brilliant man
ner in which Mrs. Burnet has
led the tsudy of this book.
The meeting was closed with
prayer by Mrs. +. E. Burns.
Eleven members and one visit
or were present.
A refreshment course was serv-
ed by Mrs. Mcclellan during the
social period.
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con do for themselves, what ia
cilities and services are available
and how they can work together
for the Improvement of all. Al
though the functions of the hos
pital and the health department,
the two cooperate splendidly in
the work of meeting the health
needs of the community"
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Two new members, Misses
Adine Williams and Barbara
Bardwell, were given cordial well
come. !
The girls enjoyed a refresh
ment purse at the end of the
meeting.
men of the parish. n
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JACoUELINE BUSSoLATI
RECEIVES AWARD

Jacqueline, the IL year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. j..
Bussolati, 1906 Wilson avenue,
has been awarded a prize on an
original drawing and story that
she entered in a contest spon-
sored by the Mobile Register.
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Birds have four principal types
of feathers: Contour, flight, down
and thread.
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Furs caught in the United Stat
es in 1880 were valued at $7O,-
000, 000.
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Gold is mined near Johannes
burg in Africa at depths of 5000
feet.
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Ell Alto airport at La Paz, Bo-
livia, is $4,000 feet above sea
level.
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Whistler CLUB
ENTERTAINED

Mrs. Jack Beatty entertained the
Whistler club on Tuesday evening,
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-02-07
Sea ChalutZinl

To train men and to acquire
ships is the task facing the Jewish
merchant marine. All reports from
Palestine indicate that the train
ing program is making excellent
progress. Ninety Jewish men and
women, trained as deck and engine
room officers, wireless operators,
cooks and stewards are enroute
from Palestine to Antwerp where
they will take over the new ship
Kedma. Jewish youths of the
same stock which drained the ma
larial swamps and irrigated the
desert are now turning to the sea
for a livelihood, as fishermen,
and stevedors in the
ports of Haifa and Tel Aviv.
The acquisition of suitable ships
should constitute a small problem
at this time. The dOckyards and
ports of the world, especially the
United States, are glutted with
surplus war-built ships, many
types of which are available to
foreign purchasers at low cost.
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the Palestine Shipping Company
sold her and dissolved.

the Palestine Shipping Company
sold her and dissolved.
Palestine's pre-War competitor
to Poles, Rumanians, the Maritime
Lloyd however scored notable sue
cess on the Black Sea run where
it took away considerable Jewish
immigrant and tourist trade as
well as cargoes from the older
established Roi1Ianian State Line
and the Polish Gdynia-American
Line. When the war broke out
the Lloyd's vessels were requisit-
toned by the British. Their flag
ship, the Har Zion, was torpedoed
off Gibraltar and sank with II
members of her Jewish crew.
The establishment of the first
Jewish steamship lires in the
1905 highlighted the lack Of
trained Jewish personnel to Oper-
ate ships. Generations in the land
locked ghettOs of Europe afforded
no opportunities for Jews to en-
gage in sea-faring. The first of
ficers to command the Palestinian
ships were German and Italian
Jews who had served in the mer-
chant marines of their respective
countries before the rise of
Nazism. But it was the ambition
of Jewish Palestine to have it's
vessels manned exclusively by
Jews.
This ambition gave sudden i'm
petus to programs to train Jewish
youths for careers at sea. The
Zebulon Seafaring Society was
in Haifa to give young
boys basic instruction in seaman
ship and small-boat handling. The
Palestine Maritime League, a
counterpart of the American
Merchant Marine Institute, was
created to revive national interest
in shipping. The League, with the
of the Jewish Agency,
opened the first Jewish nautical
school in the world, on the campus
Of the Haifa Technical Institute.
Training Personnel
The Nautical School offers a
four year course to teen aged
youths, in navigation, marine en-
and wireless operation
as well as academic studies. The
courses are followed by two to
three years sea-experience, after
which the apprentices may qualify
,or second officer or second en-
5ineer licenses. The outbreak of
he war interferred with the naut-
cal schools plans for expansion.
The Jewish cadets who signed on
British, American and Dutch mer-
liant ships or served in the ROYAL