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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-06
Work Authorized
On Fairgrounds
AT Board Meeting

The board of supervisors at
its regular meeting this week at
the courthouse in Pascagoula au-
thorized plans and work for a
new county fairgrounds to be To-
Gated at the old county airport
at the junction of Highway 80 and
the Mobile shortcut, A. P. Moran,
president of the board, announc-
ed.
The new county fairgrounds
will be adjacent to the Animal
Trap Company, which has a lease
on the old airport administration
building, and A. w. Head of Moss
Point was authorized to proceed
at once with drainage and road
plans for the new installation
which will serve the county in
place of the old fairgrounds,
abandoned for the past several
years.
Mr.. Head will also set up plans
and specifications for the re-
mainder OF the work, which will
include the erection of buildings
to house exhibits, a horse and
cattle show track and a football
field. The latter horse and cattle
show track will be a new feature
which will be designed to stimu-
late additional interest in live
stock in the county. The board OF
supervisors. in cooperation with
various agricultural and civic in
terests in the county, expects to
sponsor annual horse and cattle
shows when the new fairgrounds
is completed.
The work viii be done by the
county crew under the super
vision of ]. l.. Barlow, county
foreman.
The board also visited the coun.
ty camp on the outskirts of Pas.
cagoula at the close of its meet.
ing Tuesday, and inspected al
county road equipment which had
been assembled by Mr.. Barlow.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-06
Farm Tours
To Draw Big
Attendance
Stcte College Men
Arrive MonduY To
Initiute Program

Advance registration indicates
good attendance for pasture tours
OF jackson county Tuesday and
Wednesday to be conducted by a
group of agriculture experts from
Mississippi State College as the
opening wedge in a better live
stock and pasture program, A. J.
Franklin, county farm agent an
noInced.
The first tour will get under
way promptly at o a. m. from the
Hurley school Tuesday and the
second tour will leave the Van
cleave school at the same hour
Wednesday. Lunch will be served
at the respective schools at noon
after which there win be short
addresses. Each tour will adjourn
at 2 p. M, Mr.. Franklin said.
The group from State College
win be headed by DR.. Fred 7.
Mitchell, president, and others
will be L. /. Jones, director of
extension service; M. s. Shaw. as
sistant director of extension SER
vice; Dr.. Russell Coleman, direc-
tor OF experiment stations, and
w. n. Thompson, pasture special
list.
This visit to the county by
these agricultural authorities was
arranged with the cooperation OF
w. b. Herring as president of the
Pascagoula- Moss Point bank and
treasurer Of the Mississippi Bank
ers Association.
First hand information will be
given on growing good pastures
and the demonstrations will
speak for themselves" Mr.. Frank
lin said. 'sThe public will have Q
chance to see some excellent
dairy and beef stock and at least
six varieties of clovers and grasses
viii be observed, all of which are
suitable for building good pasture
in this area.
Present and former students o.
State college are invited to at
tend a reception at the Pasca.
goula- Moss Point bank from 5 t.
6 o'clock Monday afternoon II
honor of DIR. Mitchell.
All persons desiring to take
either or both tours are request
ed to notify J. j. Melvin, chair
man of the committee or arrange
ments at Hurley. or H. L. Me
Clesky, chairman at Vancleave.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-06
Ceremony To Mark Start Of Actual
Construction On New Court House

and other representatives will
take part in the ceremony, Mr..
Gibson stated.
Building lines have been es-
tablished for the ITO foot by 93h
foot structure which will face the
Our Lady of Victories school.
In addition to the ground floor
the Court House viii have four
floors and the superstructure will
be of limestone on a granite base.
On an average of from so to go
workmen will be employed on
the job when construction gets
under way, it is estimated. The
policy of the contracting COM
pany is to use local labor as far
as possible, MI. Gibson said.
AS soon as a definite date for
the pile driving has been set, the
date for the ceremony will be
announced to the public.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-06
Stadium To Be Ready For Opening
Football Game; Final Big Contract Let

Contract for the masonry work
on the Pascagoula High school
stadium, the last major contract
in connection with the building
of the stadium, was let at a meet
ing of the Board of Trustees Mon
day night to w. Guy Krebs of
Pascagoula in the amount of
S14, 1868, Superintendent of Schools
Thomas r. Wells announced.
Other bidders were Hollis R.
Temple of Pascagoula who bid
Sl8, 442.6 and Hancock Company
of Mobile, S24,489.
The masonry work involves fill
ing in the back of the steel grand
stand, building the dressing and
rest rooms beneath the stands and
pouring the sidewalks, Mr. Wells
said.
The steel structure is up and
is scheduled to be completed this
weekend, he said. The lighting
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-06
New Fire Engine
Purchased BY
Moss Point

The Mayor and Board of Al
dermen of Moss Point at the reg
ular meeting on Tuesday let the
contract to the American La
France company for the purchase
of a modern, stream-lined 1948
model fire truck, $50 gallon
pumper type to be delivered in
$50 days or approximately jan
uary !, l949.
This addition to the city's fire
fighting equipment was purchas-
ed with funds furnished by the
state for relief of municipalities
or as it is commonly called the
pork barrel fund The city re-
ceived approximately $4,000
from this fund, $13,500 of which
is being invested in the new fire
truck.
The present fire fighting equip
ment consists of a La France fire
truck with a $50 gallon a min
ute capacity which is still in
good shape although 10 years
old; and a booster tank truck
with a capacity of 500 gallons
per minute.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-06
Colmer Campaign
Manager to Speak
AT KC Carnival

Rep. J. B. (Boyce) Holleman
of Virgins, member of the Mis-
sissippi State Legislature. will
speak in behalf of Congressman
w. M. Colmer at the Knights of
Columbus carnival on Sunday at
5 p. m. at the Beach Park.
Mr.. Holleman has been named
by Congressman Colmer to man
age his campaign for reelection
to the House of Representatives
during Mr.. Colmer's absence
while he is attending the special
session of Congress.
Mr.. Holleman, who is a World
War II veteran, is a law student
at the University of Mississippi,
but he has withdrawn from the
summer session to devote his
time and effort in behalf of Mr..
Colmer's campaign.
His talk on Sunday afternoon
will be one of the outstanding
events of the day.
Immediately preceding the
talk by Mr.. Holleman will be
staged the Little Tots Beauty
Contest.
A number of applications for
the Little Tots Beauty contest to
be staged at the Knights of Co.
lumbus carnival on Sunday, Au-
gust 8, have already been re-
ceived, Vincent Ros, general
chairman stated.
An application blank for regis
tration will be found elsewhere
in this paper. Registrations may
be made up until the time OF
the contest, officials said.
On Saturday the creased pole
contest, an old Fiddlers' contest
and a hog calling contest open
to everyone will be entertain
ment features of the afternoon.
Proceeds of this annual two
day August carnival will be de-
voted to the Doll and Toy Funo
of the Knights of Columbus.
Everyone attending the affair
is asked to register at the bootf
provided for the $50 cash atten'
dance award. To win the prize
one must be present when 1T /:
awarded at 10 p. m. Sunday eve
ming.
Opening hours r 10 a. m. OF
Saturday and l p. m. on Sunday
for this gala affair at the Beaci
Park.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-06

Sheriff Continues
Probe Of Sldying OF
Cunodion Fugitive

Two men who were taken into
custody in New Orleans last week
and questioned in connection
with the murder of Ulysses Lau-
ION, 26-year-old escaped Cana
dian bank robber whose body
was found by the highway near
Pascagoula July 10, were releas-
ed as having had no connection
with the shooting, Sheriff ]. Guy
Krebs said this week. Mr.. Krebs
said he talked to the chief of
police In New Orleans about the
men and was convinced they
were not involved in the Staying.
jackson county officers r
continuing the investigation in an
effort to track down the murderer
and uncover details Of the muir
der but no definite leads had
been established late this week,
Sheriff Krebs said.
The body was apparently
showed out of an automobile on
highway 80 near Nine Mile Lake
and had been dead at least three
days when It was discovered, in
the opinion of Coroner M. c. Por-
ter.
The man was identified last
week as Lauzon through finger
prints in the possession of New
Orleans police. Lauzon was serv-
ing a 50 year sentence In Canada
for two bank robberies totaling
Approximately $4,000 and Is be-
to have been involved in
a third robbery when 10000 was
taken from a Canadian bank.
police said, after he and two
companions escaped from the
penitentiary. One of the compan-
ions was arrested in California
last May and the other member
Of the trio has not been heard
of since.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-06
RABBITS LURE cADDIEs

SYDNEY (AP1-Out in Coon
diwindi. golfers are mad with
the millions of rabbits in the
district. It's not hat they eat
the green's, burro win the fair
ways, or steal the balls. They
merely lead the eaddies away
from the course.
The trouble revolves around the
high prices of rabbit careasses
and rabbit skins. The local ex-
caddies now go rabbiting. School
boys make up to $50 a week
from rabbits in their spare time.
Clever rabbiters are making three
times that amount. Goondimindi
is the center of a sheep-raising
district in southwestern Queens
land.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-06

system is in and all grading, lay
ing of the track and sodding has
been finished. The fences are up.
The only contract remaining to
be let is that for lighting beneath
the stadium, a comparatively
small part of the work.
Last week the contract for the
furnishing and installation Of
seat boards was awarded with the
furnishing of the lumber order
going to Cumbest Manufacturing
Company of Wade for $2,368.80
as the lowest bidder and Hollis
R. Temple Company getting the
contract for installing and paint
ing the seats at a cost of 81, 442.6 "a.
There is no question now but
that the stadium will be ready
for the opening game of the sea-
son which will be played with
Jackson September II" Mr.. Wells
said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-06

Construction of a temporary
office and tool house on the site
of the new court house is a fore
runner of the beginning of build
ing activities for one Of Jackson
county's most important build
ings.
]. 7. Gibson of Atlanta who is
the acting Superintendent of
Construction arrived last week
and will be in charge of the
building of the court house. He
is the representative of the con-
tractors. the w. K. Upchurch
Construction company of Mont
gomery.
With the arrival Of the piles
and pile drivers a day will be
set for a formal ceremony to
mark the beginning Of actual
construction. County officials
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-06
Two Children Die
In Accidents In
Tanner-Williar1s

A seven year old girl was suf-
located shortly before noon Sat-
urday when a cave in which she
was playing collapsed and an IL
year old boy was fatally injured
in a fall on a pitchfork early
Sunday morning, both in the Tam
ner- Williams community.
They are Laura Evelyn Hinton,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ber-
Mise Hinton, and Lynwood Mid
dleton, son of Mr.. and Mrs. L. K.
Middleton. az
Indications were that the little
girl died instantly when approx
imately 700 pounds of dirt fell
on her as she and her sisters
played in the cave near their
home. The little boy died at a
Mobile hospital nearly "a hours
after he had jumped or fallen
on a pitchfork handle as he ran
from an angry bantam hen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hinton and the
two smallest children were Wis
ting a relative in the hospital
and the three older boys were in
a nearby field when the cave-in
occurred. Betty Mae, Is, said she
and her three sisters had dug a
hole in the back wall of the
cave and were playing in it.
When the dirt began to fall she
grabbed the youngest child but
failed to get completely out of
the cave. She said the dirt i'm
prisoned their legs but that an
other sister, Bernita. got loose
and ran for help. When rescuers
reached Laura, who was farther
est back in the cave, however.
she was dead.
A coroner's inquest conducted
by Coroner M. c. Porter re-
turned a verdict of suffocatiou
in a cave. while playing.
The Middleton boy, with his
two brothers Terrill, Is. and
John, 9. had been very active in
All Club work and he and his
brothers formed well known
team having captured about
5000 in prizes on beef cattle and
$25 on dairy cattle. They also
received ribbons and trophies.
They are raising calves for next
years shows and have saved
money to finance a college course.
The little boy jumped from "A
barn loft and was impaled on the
jagged, broken handle of the
pltchfork which was stuck into
the earth by .he loft steps.
Funeral services for Laura
Evelyn were conducted Sunday
at 3 p. m. eft the Assembly of
God church at Tanner Williams
and lnterment was in the COM
munity cemetery The Rev.
Lunge Hart officiated and Fails
Funeral Home was in charge.
She is survived by her parents;
five brothers, Robert, Lester,
James, Cecil and John; and three
sisters, Betty Mae, Bernita and
Mary Virginia Hinton.
The Middleton boy is survived
by his parents; two brothers; and
a sister, Mary Kay. He was
buried in Joiner cemetery.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-06
Bids On Dredging Of River, Ship Channel
To Be Opened AT Mobile On August "a
Work MoY Stdrt
Two Weeks After
Contract Award

Plans and specifications for the
dredging of the Pascagoula River
and ship channel to a depth Of
81 feet were sent to contractors
Tuesday of this week and a form
al opening of bids for the project
has been set for Tuesday, Au-
gust Oath, at IL a. m. at the
offices of the District U. S. En-
gineers at Mobile, u. l.. Perry,
chief of operations for the Mo-
bile District Engineers, announc-
ed this week.
If a satisfactory bid is received
it is hoped that equipment can
be moved here and the channel
dredging get under way within
two weeks, the engineers office
said.
1t will take approximately six
to eight months to complete thu
work.
Although no public announce
ment has yet been made,
it is believed that a recommends
ton has been made for the clos
ing of Delmas Bayou as a re-
suit of a public hearing conduct
ed here by the District Engineers
two weeks ago. Z
To Reclaim Land
The Port Commission had re-
quested the closing of the stream
in connection with the reclama-
ton of marsh land which has
been purchased by the commits
sion on the West bank of the
river. Plans call for the using OF
this reclaimed land as industrial
sites and for development OF
port facilities.
Spells from the dredging of the
river channel and ship turning
basin would be used to raise this
land to approximately IL feet
above tide level.
The county has available $780,
900 of funds for the work. The
state appropriation of $780, Ol
has been paid owe to the Por'
Commission to supplement $780,
600 which the county realized
from the sale of a bond issue fol-
the project.
The plans call for the dredg'
ing of the channel to a deptf
of 81 feet and a bottom width
of 275 feet from the LIN bridge
to Petit Bots Island beacon, and
from there over Horn Island bal
to a depth of IS feet and a Width
of 325 feet.
The river and channel dredg
ing will be done by private con
tractors, if they come within thu
Engineer estimates of costs, while
the dredging of the bar will b.
done with a u. S. Engineer
hopper dredge, probably thu
Langfitt which was built here a
the ingalls, shipyard.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-06
SWINGS INTO SLEEP

DECATUR, Ill (AP)A tour
list who apparently takes a dim
view of such things as rates, res
ervations and room service drove
his car far over the side of a
road east of the city. He strung
a hammock from the handle of
his automobile door TO a tree,
climbed in and went to sleep.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-06
Schools To Open First Of September;
No Double Shift For Pascagoula

Schools in jackson County will
open the first part of September,
a little earlier than usual. school
officials have announced,
The rural schools have schedul-
ed enrolment for Friday, Septem-
Der 3; registration will be held
at the Moss Point schools Thurs
day and Friday, September 2 and
3; and in Pascagoula students will
be enrolled August 26 and n with
the official opening of school set
for Friday, September 3. All
schools will open at the regular
time Monday, Labor Day. but will
conduct classes only half the day,
officials said.
The county and city superin-
tendents all report their staffs
practically complete. A.. F. Me-
gehee. county superintendent, re-
ported only two or three vacan-
cies to be filled and Luther Tan
ner, superintendent of Moss Point
schools said he has only three
more teachers to add to his staff
-all first grade teachers in the
white schools. Thomas r. Wells,
superintendent in ,P~ascagoula, de-
clared there remain only a few
places untitled in the city sys-
tenn.
For the first time since l94l
Pascagoula schools will operate
on a normal day schedule, MIR.
Wells announced. During the lat
ter part of last year only the
South Elementary and certain
grades in Central elementary
school continued on the double
shift which was inaugurated to
take care of the war-swollen en-
rollment. But with the opening
of school in September, children
in all schools will attend during
the same hours. This change back
to normal is expected to be made
possible by a drop of between ten
and Is percent in enrolment, ac-
cording to Mr.. Wells.
Building Programs
A $l50,000 building program
was undertaken in the Moss Point
schools during this summer and
Mr.. Tanner stated that virtually
all the work will be completed
by the time school opens. Four
class rooms for primary grades,
a cafeteria and an additional toile,
were added to the Charlotte Hy-
katt school where it was necessary
to use the auditorium for a class
room and shift three groups &c
class space in the High school
building last year. Lunches were
served in the corridor in the alb
sence of cafeteria space, MI. Tan
ner said.
Two class rooms. toilets and 8
: cafeteria have been added at the
Ed Mayo school. One of the grade:
r from this school was sent to the
high school building last year anc
| the cafeteria was housed in ar
!. out building.
The Magnolia Negro school vii
/ have four new class rooms and
5 cafeteria when the session open,
next month and a home economic.
department. which will be housed
r in the new quarters. will be addeC
to the school for the first time.
r Superintendent Tanner expect
at least as large an enrollmen
and perhaps an increase in tn,
lower elementary grades for thi
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-06
City Officials
Salary Raise
Is Voted Down

Pascagoula voters Tuesday
turned down a proposal to raise
the pay for its city officials.
In an extremely light vote in
which only 900 ballots were cast
the proposal was beaten by a
margin of go votes, 425 voting for
the proposal and ABS against.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-06
NEXT v COUNCIL
MEETING CANCELLED

Mrs. S. B. McIlwain, president
of the Pascagoula Civic Council
announces that owing to the fact
that the new change in date of
meetings, which now fall on the
second Tuesday of the month,
will make the coming one follow
too closely upon the last meeting
IL has been decided to cancel the
August session. There will not
be another meeting until the Sec
ond Tuesday in September.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-06

Pascsgoula voters will take
part in the general city cleo
ton Monday which will see
ratified the choice of city Of
ficials in the first and second
Democratic primaries recently
held. Frank S. CAVITY will be
on the ballot as the Democratic
nominee for mayor. and v. p.
DeJean and Harold c. Ezell the
commissioners. They will be
unopposed on the ballot.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-06
DRUNKEN DRIVERS

Two men were arrested on
charges of drunken driving by
%Pascagoula police Sunday. They
were P. G. Crandal of Pascagoula,
who was fined $100 with $50 sus-
pended, and L. Jenkins of Brook
ly Field who was fined $100 and
costs in city court, according 20
police reports.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-06

Peoria, Illinois, is named after
the Indian designation for a
place of fat beasts"
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-06

The largest MOSES in the south
r United States may reach four
feet or more in length.
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