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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-04-23
Jackson County's Future

only after long, hard, patient work and COM
munity cooperation. The ship channel offers
only the means of this development, and it
is up to Jackson county citizens to do the
rest.
Ridiculous rumors are already going the
rounds. We were told in confidence the other
day Thy a person who should know better)
that a steamship line was attempting to buy
all the river front property that they could
lay their hands on. Tales such as this are
childish. There are too many ports along
the Gulf and Atlantic coasts for any steam
ship line to stampede into Pascagoula, and we
seriously doubt if any of them are going
to break down any fences getting here.
They will come only when we nave con-
vinced the operators, who are business men
out to operate their vessels as cheaply and
as profitably as they can, of the natural adj
vantages we have to offer. When we can
assure them cargo to load their vessels and
when we have adequate facilities for unload
ing and distributing the cargo they carry.
The pattern of growth in our area is also
interlocked with present and prospective
developments. We need the Pat Harrison
waterway, and we believe that the Pasca-
goula ship channel will give impetus to its
development. We need an oil pipeline to Pas
cagoula so that Mississippi oil can be loaded
on tankers at a Mississippi port. Such a pipe
line would inevitably bring about the
development of refining facilities and allied
industries, and would make us one of the
busiest ports in the Gulf area.
1t would also be using our own natural
resources for our own development and
economic welfare, a combination that has
been sadly neglected in the development of
our state.
The picture is bright, and the outlook
sound. The means and the materials are there,
If we have the necessary human resources,
the energy and the will to tie them all togeth-
er and bring reality out of prospects.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-04-23
Funeral Services
For War Victim
Set For Saturday

Pvt. John NJ. Hollingsworth,
who was killed in action at ST.
Lo, France in June. 1914, will be
returned to his native soil for
burial this weekend. The body
will arrive in Ocean Springs this
morning, Friday, and funeral SER
vices will be conducted from the
residence of Mrs. Sadie Steed at
Vancleave Friday at 2 p. M, with
interment in Graham cemetery.
He will be buried with full mill
tary honors.
Pvt. Hollingsworth, who was
10 years old when he was killed,
was born in Pascagoula but at
the time he entered the service
he was residing in Louisiana. He
is survived by his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. William B. Holdings
worth of Pride, La: three bro
theirs, James S., William B.. Jr.,
and Warren w. Hollingsworth,
all of the U. S. Army; and one
sister, Aubrey Louise Holdings
worth of Pride.
Fails Funeral Home of Pasea-
goula will be in charge.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-04-23
Age Limit For
Kids Entering
School Changed

A rule that mo child will be
permitted to enter an accredited
school who will not have reached
his sixth birthday by December
l" was adopted by the State Eie-
mentary Accrediting Commission
at its regular meeting on March
II.
This means that no beginning
child may enter school in Sep
TENDER, l948, whose sixth birth
day will not occur on or before
December l, 1948. This is a change
from the past ruling which al
lowed entry of beginning stu
dents in September if their
birthday occurred prior to jan
uary l of the following year.
Birth certificates as a pre-
requisite for enrolment will
continue to be required as in the
past.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-04-23
Ellis E. Covert.
Killed In Frunce. To
Be Buried Tuesday

The body of Ellis e. Cowart,
son of Mrs. L. j. White of Van
cieave, who was killed in action
in France in i945, is scheduled
to arrive Monday afternoon.
Full military services will be
conducted by the WV Tuesday
at 2 p. m. at the residence in Van
cleave and interment will be in
Magnolia cemetery. The Rev. r.
L. Vaughn, pastor of the Mag
nolia church, will o~fficiate The
VIEW Auxiliary, headed by Mrs.
Hurley Guillotte of GautIer, will
assist at the services. Stokes Flu
neral Home is in charge.
He was a technician 5th class
in the engineering corps, U. S.
Army, at the time he was killed.
He attended Daisy Vestry school
and worked at the ingalls, Ship
yard prior to entering the SER
vice in 1912.
He is survived by his mother;
his grandmother, Mrs. M. E.
Firth of Biloxi; one sister, Mrs.
Ruth Byrd of Vancleave; Ray
Cowart, Frank Naples, Ted
White and Eustis White.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-04-23
Mouchette -Stouter
Marriage Performed
In Brides Home

The home of the bride was the
scene of the marriage of Miss
Hazel Stauter, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John Stauter of Moss
Point and Charles Mouchette. son
Of the Rev. and Mrs. ]. T. Mou-
Ghetto of Kreole, recently.
Before an improvised altar in
the living room with all white
standards Of white stock and fern
and banked palms, white tapers
in branched candelabra shed a
soft glow as the Rev. w. w. Ksv-
Ear pronounced the double ring
ceremony.
The bride was lovely in a pale
blue crepe dress with which she
wore white accessories and a
corsage of pink and white feath-
cred carnations.
Mrs. Horace Toler who was
the brides only attendant wore
a gold colored suit with white ac-
cessories and a corsage of white
carnations. Mr.. Toler was the
groom's attendant.
Immediately following the cere-
mony a reception was held by
the brides parents. The brides
table was covered with a lace
cloth and centered with a TERED
wedding cake topped with a min
iature bride and groom over
which hung a tiny silver bell.
Tall pink tapers YER on either
side of the cake. After the bridal
couple had cut the first slice of
cake it was served with punch
by Mrs. John Doze and Mrs. John
Provost.
For travelling the bride wore
an aqua suit of gabardine with
pink and white accessories and
a corsage of pink carnations.
After a short trip to the Flori-
da coast the young couple will
live in Moss Point where Mr..
Mouchette is employed by the
Southern Kraft paper company.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-04-23
First In Series OF Senior Piano
.RecitoIs Given Sunday. April 18Th

Mrs. ]. v. Ainsworth, director
Of piano in the Pascagoula high
school, presented a group of sem
iors in a piano recital on Sun
day afternoon in the first Of a
series of student recitals.
The opening number, a piano
quartet played by Kathleen SIM
mons, Elaine Avara, Jane Fisher
and Charlotte Lowe, with a dainty
staecato arrangement was play
ed with much expression and ex-
cellent timing by the four pian-
lists.
Marlowe Miller who has at
tracted much attention as a vocal
Doloist appeared on the recital
in a piano solo number. He was
followed by a solo by Mary Emma
Savage.
Lillian Miller, with much ex-
preston and smoothness, played a
duo accompanied by Mrs. Aims.
worth and also a group of solos.
Also playing both a duo and
a solo was Jeanenne Graves who
performed very effectively.
Doris Olson, sophomore, play
ed the arrangement Contra
Dance" by Beethoven which will
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-04-23
Kiwuniuns See
Movie Short OF
A-Bomb Tests

Kiwanians at their regular
meeting on Tuesday. were shown
the movie short Operation
Crossroads" by Program Chair
man Virgil Gill, through the CO.
operation of o. c. Mickey Lace
we'll. The short showed several
actual atomic bomb explosions off
Bikini Island in the tests that
were held there in July, 1916.
T. N. Tucker announced plans
for the Kiwanis Club to enter a
softball team in the "slow-pitch'
league that plays at the Recrea-
ton Center diamond every Tues
day night. He said that three
other organizations. Elks, Rotary,
and knights of Columbus, are
also entering teams in that lea
que and that the winner at the
end of the season is to be pre-
sented with a trophy.
A report on the Sea Scout pro-
gram was given by Wilbur Dees.
He announced that the names of
several prospective men for cap
tain of the Scouts are being con-
sidered and a de cision is expect
ed to be reached soon.
Hoyt Davis from Mobile was
the only visiting Kiwanian at
Tuesdays meeting.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-04-23
P-TA Advertising
Campaign Points
Educational Crisis

A national advertising cam
paign to focus the attention of
the general public on the crisis
in education is being sponsored
locally by the Pascagoula P-TA
Council, Mrs. r. H. Terreson,
president of the council, n
nounced. Mrs. Donald Olien, pub
licity chairman of the Central
school P-TA, is assisting Mrs.
Terreson.
The campaign is being waged
with the cooperation of civic
minded local merchants who are
featuring this public service adj
vertising in their usual adver-
Using space.
Through these ads, the public
is informed that 1000, 900 school,
age children are not in school
and that 10000 teacher jobs are
vacant with more teachers leav-
ing the profession all the time.
One of the principal purposes
of the campaign is to advocate
more money for the schools,
more money for teachers and
general increase in consideration
for the teachers and interest in
the schools.
The necessity of education is
stressed and the public is urged
to concern themselves with rec
tifying the serious situation fac
ing public school systems through
out the country today.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-04-23

be one of the contest numbers
at the regional contest. Another
contest selection, "Impromtu" by
Hugo Reinhold, was well played
by Janice Nelson.
Theresa Guillotte played tne
Venetian Love Song" by Nevin,
and Mary Alice ellsworth the
popular Polonaise by Chopin.
Both of the young pianists also
played duo selections accom-
panied by Mrs. Ainsworth.
Added attractions to the piano
selections were the vocal solo
sung by frankie Trest and the
clarinet quartet composed Of
frankie Trest, Beverly Mallon,
Thelma Pelham and Cora Nell
Krebs, under the direction of G.
F. Rooney.
The program was concluded
with two solos by Billie Jean
Williams and a duo. the light,
airy Doll Dance.
All of the pianists appearing
on the recital are students Of
Mrs. Ainsworth.
Marie Krebs, Barbara Bardwell,
Faith Burnsed and Billie Bragg
Herring acted as ushers for the
affair.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-04-23

Jackson county continues to receive news
which points 10 a sound and solid economic
future and development for this section.
In this weeks issue of the Chronicle-Star
announcement is made by the Ingalls, Ship
yard Of the virtual closing of a contract for
the construction of a $4,000 ton vessel, prob
ably the largest yer to be constructed in
a Southern yard. Indications are that this
contract will be followed by others.
Expansion of the steel fabrication work
at the yard is continuing at a steady pace
with a $500, 900 contract for the construction
of steel tubing for tunnel under the Houston
ship channel.
Although conditions presently are critical
at the yard because of the shortage of steel,
which has interrupted work on contracts on
hand and resulted in layoffs, indications are
that when this condition is relieved employ
ment levels there will undergo a gradual and
healthy increase, and will be stabilized as
the yard swings into production on the re-
Gently acquired construction contracts, and
others that will come.
This coupled with an indicated peak en-
ployment for some time to come at the In
ternational Paper Company mill, the con-
tinued steady employment at the smaller
shipyards and industries, all mean future
paychecks in the pockets of Jackson county
citizens, and q future economic prosperity
Is bright.
Add TO these outlooks the Pascagoula ship
channel, which after many years of strug-
gle, now seems assured, and you have an
picture that is, we believe, better
than that of any other section of our state.
One thing must be kept in mind though.
Awarding of contracts does not mean an
immediate expansion. of equipment, and 30
feet of water in our ship channel does rot
mean immediate port development.
Expansion of employment will come when
materials have been stockpiled and deliver
les assured. and port development will come
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-04-23

against, such purported activi-
ties is more often than not
based on hysteria and pushed
with such unthinking zeal that
the proposed remedies deny and
~abrogate those very freedoms
which they are supposedly de-
signed to protect. Native
thought and the right to dis
agree is a hard won privilege
of the American citizen, and
one that should be protected
with jealous care.
Questioning of historical con-
cepts. either social or economic.
does not necessarily make an
individual a Communist. 1t is
his inherent right, and the de-
NAL of it is a denial of our way
of life and our system of gov
eminent. 1t is a right that
would be denied him under
either a Communist or Facist
form of government, for both of
these look upon native thought
and disagreement as both dan
gerous and subversive. A Com
munist dares not question con-
cepts laid down by Marks or
Engels, Lenis or Stain. On the
other hand a Facist dares not
question the concepts laid down
by Salazar of Portugal, or Fran
co of Spain, which was true al
so during the regimes of the
late but unlamented Hitler OF
Germany and Mussolini of It
ally. Such questioning and dis
agreement was and is quickly
eliminated by a firing squad
or a prison dungeon.
We, therefore, are drifting
towards those very evils We
abhor when we attempt to lay
down a crystalized pattern of
thought and label the least
deviation from 1t as radicalism
OF Communism. The rejection
of accepted ideologies and con-
cepts by our forefathers was
what founded this nation and
brought it democracy and an
expanded freedom in the first
place.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-04-23
T Of Ed MdYo
School Numes
New Officers

At a meeting of the Ed Mayo
P-TA on Tuesday the following
officers were named for the COM
ing year: Mrs. Frank Mixson,
president; Mrs. Carl E. Eklund,
vice president; Mrs. Howard
Webb, secretary and Mrs. Lloyd
Delaney, treasurer.
Mrs. Griffin Dodge, retiring
president, presided over the meet
ing which was opened with
prayer by Frank Farris. pastor OF
the Lincoln street Church of
Christ.
Reports from the various Of
ficers were heard and Miss Bird
ges, the new music teacher was
introduced to the patrons.
After the business session the
meeting adjourned to the cafe
terra where the hostesses served
refreshments. Hostesses for the
afternoon were Mesdames Ed
Crane, Walter Pierce, James
Baggett and Lloyd Roberts.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-04-23
New Officers
Preside AT PEG
Meeting Tuesday

Miss Faye Zimmerman was hos
tess to the c chapter of the PEG
at the home of Mrs. r. o. Cole
on Tuesday, April 20.
The recently elected officers
presided at the meeting and the
president, Mrs. Richard Price,
named committees for the COM
ing year. Other new officers are:
Mrs. S. J. Russell, vice president;
Mrs. ]. E. Virgins, recording Sec
rotary; Miss Faye Zimmerman,
corresponding secretary; Miss
Kathleen Hays, treasurer; Mrs.
R. o. Cole, chaplin; Mrs. Doug
las Gulley. guard; Mrs. Eugene
Wigington, parliamentarian.
Mrs. Wigington discussed Rob
erts Rules of Order giving a re-
view of parliamentary law for
the evenings program.
During the social hour the hos
tess served strawberry shorteake
and coffee.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-04-23
Moss Point
Churches
BAPTIST

The w. M. U. of the First
Baptist church of Moss Point held
a mission study class on Mon
day afternoon at the home of
Mrs. w. H. Nelson, Jr. Mrs. Geo
rye Boyett opened the meeting
with a prayer. Miss Willie Nc
1nnis gave a most interesting and
i~nspirational review of the book,
Building A Better World"
Knowing and doing n the two
oars that propel the boat of
human endeavor across the sea
of life to the ,harbor of achieve
ment," was stressed in the course
of the study. Those who enjoy
ed the inspirational review were
Mesdames John Brock, ST., T.
L. D~eLashmet, ST., George Boy
EFT, Sidney Swan, ]. Talbert,
John Bridges, E. Newton, B. b.
Hobby, Allen Jones, Bertha Rape,
]. T. Renfroe, John Baxter, Misses
Clara Lee Harris, Ada Head,
and Willie McInnis.
CIRCLE MEETINGS
Monday afternoon Circle num-
Der three will meet at the home
of Mrs. B. B. Hobby, with Mrs.
H. A. Fails as co-hostess.
The Margaret Lackey circle
will meet. at the home of Miss
Willie McInnis' on Monday after
noon. All members are urged to
attend.
PRESBYTERIAN
The Auxiliary met in the
church on Monday afternoon. The
meeting was opened with the
singing of the hymn Higher
Ground
Mrs. Charles Mitchell led the
program on "A Christian Home
In A Changing World" A song
was sung, BLESS to His House."
Following the business meeting
the meeting was brought to- a
close with a prayer led by Mrs.
Helen Mayson.
METHODIST
The w. S. c. S. met in the
church on Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Ralph Graef led the program
on the subject, Contribution of
the Rural Community to Man
kind
Mrs. E. w. Scott of Kreole was
guest speaker. There were twenty
members present. l
The Moss Point Wesleyan
Service Guild will be guests of
the Pascagoula Wesleyan Service
Guild at a covered dish supper
Thursday evening, April 20, at
seven-thirty.
There will be no regular meet
ing of the Moss Point Guild on
Monday evening.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-04-23
Won1un's Club To
Present Style
Show On May Ia

Clothes Around the Clock"
will be featured in the annual
style show to be presented by
the Woman's Club of Moss Point
on Friday, May IA, in the high
school auditorium.
Wearing the newest styles in
cotton clothes, models will parade
fashions that can be worn from
dawn to dusk. Cottons are an es-
sentiai in the wardrobe of every
well dressed person on the Coast
and the styles exhibited will be
chosen from the collection of
local shops.
Models being selected from
both Moss Point and Pascagoula
will present the new look In
terpreted in cottons for NORM
ing wear, sports, dress occasions
and evening wear. A list of the
models will be announced in
the near future, it was stated.
In addition to the fashion pa
rade a clever program featuring
local and guest artists will be
presented. A piano duo, a dance
routine and a male quartet will
be among the highlights of the
evenings entertainment.
plans and details are being
worked out by the following
chairmen appointed by the club
president, Mrs. w. H. Nelson, Jr,:
general chairman. Miss Alice
Colmer; styles, Mrs. Frank Spann,
Jr.; staging, Mesdames Jack Beat
ty and Mrs. G.. l.. Bond; program,
Mrs. J. c. Avent; publicity, Miss
Mary Mcfarland and Mrs. Paul
Caruso. They will be assisted by
committees of club members.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-04-23
.Fortnightly Club
Is Host To
+.
Womun's Club

The Fortnightly Club members
were honorees at a party given
by the Woman's Club of Moss
Point on Tuesday evening at the
Y.M.B.C. club house.
Since gardens was the program
subject for the month the theme
of flowers was carried out in the
program, decorations and refresh
ments. Each club member was
asked to- wear her favorite flower
or an unusual one.
Miss Mary Mcfarland, vice
president of the Woman's club,
welcomed the gueNs and explain
ed that flowers had been chosen
as a medium of expressing admir-
alton and esteem just as they
have throughout the ages.
Mrs. Jack Buzard, program
chairman, introduced Mrs. David
Peattie of Pascagoula who has
made a study of flower arrange
ment. Against a background of
a profusion of spring flowers
Mrs. Peattie discussed the art of
arrangement and illustrated her
talk with several charming ex-
amples.
Also carrying out the theme of
flowers was a delightful musical
program. Mrs. c. L. Nelson of
Escatawpa played as a piano solo
the Flower Song" and a clever
composition of her own.
Miss Dorothy Mitchell, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Nit
chel1. accompanied by Mrs. Mar
tin Hamilton sang two lovely
solos, "The Winds from the
South" and "An Old Fashioned
Garden"
The guests then assembled in
the game room where they were
served refreshments. On one end
of a long table covered with white
linen cloths was a crystal punch
bowl. the base of which was
banked with pansies and ferns.
On the opposite end were trays
of cake squares each iced with
a rosebud and trays of sandwich
es each made TO represent a flow
er.
Hostesses for the evening were
Miss Alice Colmer. Mrs. L. A.
Watts, Mrs. A. j. Franklin. Mrs.
Frank Nixon and Mrs. JIG. Has
sell.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-04-23
Calendar Of
Week Events
Friday. April "a


Annual spring concert, Moss
Point High school band, high
school auditorium, 8 D. m.
Cancer drive benefit dance,
Business Girls Club, Moss
Point Community house, 8 p.
m. to midnight.
Dance, League Bowlers of
Pascagoula, Market Street Re-
creation Center, 9 p. M. to /
a. m.
Saturday. April "a
Gulf Coast Regional track
meet and platform events, Pas
cagoula High school, $3.50 a. m.
Sunday. April rs
Spring concert, Pascagoula
Music Club, First Methodist
church of Pascagoula auditor
ium, 3 p. m.
Jackson County singing con-
vention, Caswell Springs.
All day revival meeting,
Magnolia church near Van
cleave.
Monday. April 2s
Supper, Young Woman's
Business Club, Beach Park, 7
p. m.
All circles of W. S. C. S,
First Methodist church of
Pascagoula, church, 2 p. m.
Alcoholics Anonymous, room
over Cooper's Bakery, 8 p. m.
40 and 8, v. F. w. Hall, 7
Tuesday. April ~
Arts and Crafts Club, 18th
Street Activities Building, 3
p. m.
Pascagoula P-TA Council,
Lake school, 3 p. m.
Supper, Hunting and Fish
ing Association, Beach Park.
Thursday. April 20
Pascagoula Woman's Club,
18th Street Activities Build
ing, 3 p. m.
Wesleyan Service Guild,
First Methodist church of Pas
cagoula, substory of church,
1880 p. m.
18th district, American Le-
gion Auxiliaries, Odd Fellows
Hall, all day meeting.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-04-23
Clifton Hurris
Circle Meets On
Monday Morning

Mrs. Harley Seay was hostess
to the Clifton Harris circle Of
the WMU of the First Baptist
church on Monday morning.
The opening prayer and de-
votional were given by Mrs. s.
B. MeIlwain. The program theme,
expansion of the Kingdom, was
developed by talks by Mesda1nes
Baylous Stokes, T. L. Cobb, c.
E. Clark, B. H. Russell and NJ.
G. Larsen.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-04-23
Birthday Dinner

Mrs. r. R. Gasaway and daueh-
ter. Maxine. were given a birth
day dinner Sunday at her home
in Gautier. Guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. Bryant Roberts, Mr.. and
Mrs. d. A. Burge and family,
Ronny, Aleene and Theresa. A
number of beautiful gifts were
presented the henorees.