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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-14

est and best bidder for cash at the
front door of the court house OF
Jackson County. Mississippi. the fol-
lowing described land situated in
Jackson County, Mississippi. and des-
cribed in said deed of trust. tolwit:
Situated in Section 10. Township Z
South. Range 5 West, and more par
ticularly described as follows. to-
wit:
Starting at the Northeast corner of
said Section. Township and Range;
thence West $40 feet: thence South
1545 feet to the place Of beginning;
thence South 497 feet to Elder Ferry
Road; thrence North Sc degrees West
2l9 feet along North margin of said
Elder Ferry Road: thence North 4OS
feet: thence East 20s feet to the place
of beginning. containing ais acres,
more or less. together with all the
improvements thereon.
Sale of the said premises will be
made by the undersigned as Sub
stituted Trustee in the said ihstru-
ment. and without warranty of title
on his part.
In witness whereof. ! have hereunto
set my hand on this the 18th day of
May. l946.
vERTIS G. RAMSAY
Substituted Trustee
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NONRESIDENT NOTICE

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
To Maude Taylor. if living; to her
heirs at law, If dead: and to any
and all persons having or claiming
any right. title, Or interest in the
hereinafter described land.
You are summoned to appear before
the Chancery Court of the County of
Jackson in said State, on the Second
Monday of June A. D., 1948, to de-
fend suit No. 10.399 in said Court of
Ellen M. Jalanivich VS. State of Mis-
sissippi ct al Wherein you are a
defendant. and wherein Complainant
seeks to confirm title OF the follow
ing described property to-wit: Lot 3.
Block 3. in Forest Hills subdivision
of the NE4 of Section 30. Township
7 South, Range 8 West in the Town
of Ocean Springs, Jackson County,
Mississippi. all as fully set out in bill or
file.
This 9th day of May A. D.. 1913.
(SEAL)
N. c. EVERETT, Clerk.
Chancery Court.
jackson County, Mississippi.
BY E. M. GALLOWAY. DC.
at STA, 81. 20. Cd
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-14
Mrs. Ameliu Cook
Presents Piuno
Students In Recital

Mrs. Amelia Cook will present
a group of her young piano stud
ents in a recital on Monday even
ing, Nav II, at the Moss Point
Community House at 7:30.
The program will include Sc
lections PLAYED by beginners and
some of the more advanced stud
ents. Several duos played by the
young pianists win highlight the
program.
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NONRESIDENT NOTICE

No. I0,3O4
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
To Margaret Harper
5618 Northwest 22nd Avenue.
Miami, Florida:
You are summoned to appear before
the Chancery Court of the County of
jackson in said State, on the Second
Monday of June. A. D.. 1948. to defend
suit No. 10, 304 in said Court of N. b.
Harper VS. Margaret Harper. wherein
YOU are defendant. and wherein Com
p~lainant seeks a decree of divorce all
as fully set out in bill on file.
This 1st day of May. A. D.. 1913.
(Seal) N. c, EVEHETT,
Clerk, Chancery Court.
Jackson County. Mississippi.
BY E. M. Galloway. DC.
st ST, IA, Fl
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NONRESIDENT NOTICE
No. 10368

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
To Lumber Corporation of America
100 E. Cleveland Street,
East Point, Georgia:
You are summoned to appear before
the Chancery Court of the County of
Jackson in said State, on the Second
Monday of June. A. D.. 1913, to defend
suit No. 10388 in said Court of.........
Wherein you are a defendant. and
wherein Complainant seeks $2750.0
as damages for injuries sustained by
him and that the Indebtedness owing
by defendants. William Smith and
Pascagoula-Moss Point Bank. to de-
PENDANT, Lumber Corporation of Am
erica. and all property and effects
of defendant. Lumber Corporation of
America, in the possession of or under
the control of above named defend
ants bound under the writ of at
tachment issued in this cause be by
proper order of the Court applied to
the payment of the decree of the Court
to be entered in this cause. as fully
set out in bill on file.
This LIST day of May. A. D.. 1913.
tSeaD N. c. EVERETT.
Clerk. Chancery Court.
Jackson County. Mississippi.
at So, IA. 81. 20 BY E. M. Galloway. DC.
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NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF
PARTNERSHIP

Notice is hereby given that the part
nership under the name of Jackson
County Amusement Company which
has heretofore existed between Tracy
E.. Walker and John F. Walker has
been dissolved.
The business will continue to be OPP
Grated by Tracy E. Walker under the
firm name, but notice is given that
John F. Walker is nc longer a partner
nor does he have any interest in the
operations of the said Jackson County
Amusement Company.
Witness hands this the 26 day
of April, 1913.
JOHN F. WALKER
TRACY E. WALKER
st ST Ia q
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NONRESIDENT NOTICE

No. lU.3yI
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
To Mrs. Louise Birckhead Estes
Whose piece of residence and post
office, including street number is
unknown:
You are summoned to appear before
the Chancery Court of the County of
Jackson in said State. on the Second
Monday of June. A. D.. 1948, to defend
suit No. 1891 in said Court of Dom
oyan Claude Estes, wherein O are
defendant, and wherein Complain
ant seeks a decree of divorce, all as
fully set out in bill on file.
This 4th day of May, A. D.. 1913.
(Sean N. c.. EVERETT,
Clerk, Chancery Court,
Jackson County. Mississippi.
BY E. NJ. Galloway. DC.
a At Id 81
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AssAuLr ANp BATTERY

Cleve Sanford, negro, was
charged with assault and battery
on Monday for slapping Annie B.
Harris, negro. at a beer garden
behind the 279 Taxi stand. Of
ficers Groves and Bosarge picked
Sanford UP soon after the incident
and he was fined SIS and given a
80 day Jail sentence, with the 30
days suspended, pending good
behavior.
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Military Services
Murk Funeral OF
Jones Robinson

Funeral services for James Rob-
inson, former resident of Pasca-
goula and nephew of T. A. Will
lis of this citv, who was killed
on D-Day in France in 1914, were
conducted in Magnolia. Miss. last
week. Attending the funeral and
serving as a pail bearer was Thad
Brumfield of Pascagoula.
1t. Robinson was, before he
joined the National Guard prior to
the outbreak of the war, manager
of the Brumfield store in Biloxi.
Before that he had been en-
ployed at Brumfield's in Pasca-
goula, He fought in the invasion
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-14
MARY D CIRCLE

Mrs. Louis Frederic was hos
tess to the Mary Lindsey circle
of the First Methodist church
Monday evening. Mrs. Wilson
Van Devender presented the mis-
sion study and others taking part
in the program were Mrs. Leon
Mcbride and Mrs. j. F. Campbell.
Mrs. j. E. Cockrell, chairman.
conducted the business, session.
The hostess served refreshments
to the l6 members and a visitor,
Mrs. C. A. Carrier, during the So
cial hour.
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NONRESIDENT NOTICE
No. 1O380

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
To Edward Howard Jones:
You are summoned to appear be-
fore the Chancery Court of the Coun-
ty of Jackson in said State, on the
Second Monday of June. A. D., 1s48.
to defend suit No. 10380 in said Court
of Annie Sarah Williams Jones. Com
plainant VS.. Edward Howard Jones.
Defendant. wherein you are a defend
ant, and wherein Complainant seeks
a divorce from Defendant and the
custody of the child born to Complain
ant and Defendant, to-wit: Alice Pearl
Jones, as fully set out in bill on file.
This % day of April, A. D. 1948.
N. C. EVERETT,
(SeaD Clerk, Chancery Court.
Jackson County, Mississippi.
at 40 So. ID. 81
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-14

of North Africa, was in Sicily and
then in D-Day invasion.
He was buried in the Magnolia
cemetery with full military hon.
ors. He is survived by his wife
and son.
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r TO BIDDERS

The Board of Trustees, of the Pas
cagoula Rural Separate School Dis
trict will accept bids until 10 A. M.
June 5th. 1913, for necessary sup
plies, equipment and maintenance ma
terials for Use in the Psscagoula Schools
during the 1913 and 1919 session.
Complete information and details
may be obtained from the office of
the City Superintendent of Schools.
Signed: X. L. WALKER, Sec.
Board of Trustees.
P~ascagoula Rural Separate
School District.
at 5-I4, 81. %, Ga
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NONRESIDENT NOTICE

No. 10.412
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
To Hilrie Edwards.
co Mrs. Ethel Edwards
Whistler. Alabama
You are summoned to appear be-
fore the Chancery Court of the Coun-
ty of Jackson in said State. or he
Second Monday of June A. D., 1913.
to defend suit No. 10.4l2 in said Court
OF Burtile Edwards.
Wherein you are defendant, and
wherein Complainant seeks Decree of
divorce as fully set out in bill on file.
This 18th day of May A. D.. 1948.
(SEAL)
N. c. EVERETT. Clerk.
Chancery Court,
Jackson County, Mississippi.
BY F. M. GALLOWAY, DC.
st 5-14, Fl, 20
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-14
DRIVING

Howard H. Rush, a Pascagoula
garageman, was fined 500 with
$50 RENTED, pending good be-
havior, on charges of reckless
driving by Mayor Watts in Mon
DAYS police court. He was appre-
hended by Officers Bosarge and
Holifield.
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consideration being given to the am
punt of the bid.
By order of the BOARD OF MAYOR
& COUNCILMEN. CITY OF PAS
CAGOULA. MISSISSIPPI.
BY J. r. WATTS. Mayor.
v. p. DEJEAN. City Clerk.
tSEAIl Al 40. 81. IA. 81
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NONRESIDENT NOTICE
Nc. l0396

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
To Rita Greene Friediein
l0329 l17th Street
Richmond Hill. New York:
You are summoned to appear before
the Chancery Court of the County of
Jackson in said State. on the Second
Monday of June. A. D.. 1913. to defend
suit No. 10396 in said Court of Joseph
Andrew Friedlein, Complainant VS..
Rita Green Friedlein, defendant. where
in YOU are a defendant. and wherein
Complainant seeks a divorce, as fully
set out in bill on file.
This 4 day of May. A. D., 1948.
tSeaD NJ. C. EVERETT,
Clerk, Chancery Court.
Jackson County. Mississippi.
BY E. M. Galloway, DC.
n ST. Id. 2i
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-14

Ipoh, Malaya-tAP)-A JAM
aica-born Chinese who becomes
a Communist leader here has
been convicted on three charges
of causing a public nuisance.
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At 5-l4. 81. 20. Ga
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17
To Wed in Japan
TbisAHtH712n

Former Assistant Engineer Com
missioner, Brig. Gen. Patrick H.
Tansey, and Mrs. Tansey announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Miss Mary Katharine Tansey, to
1t. William George Devens, who at
present is on duty IN Japan with
the Air Corps Engineers.
Gen. and Mrs. Tansey also are
in Japan, where the former is
serving with Gen. Macarthur 5
staff as Civil PROPERTY Custodian,
and the wedding will take place
this fall in st. Luke's Chapel in
Tokyo.
Miss Tansey attended Immacu-
lata Seminary in Washington and
the International College of the
Sacred Heart in Japan. She mas
three brothers in the service. Maj
Patrick H. Tansey, jr., is stationed
at Fort Knox, while 1t. Hubert E
Tansey and 1t. Robert F.. Tansey
at present are assigned to the con-
stabulary in Europe.
1t. Devens attended st. Louis
University and was graduated from
the United States Military Acad-
envy. He is the son of Mrs. William
George Devens and the late Col
Devens and recently was trans
ferred to Japan from Guam.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17
NetVs Of Interest
In the CabitaL

Capt. and Mrs. Thomas A. Red
lingshafer and their young daueh-
ter Sandra Lee have arrived in
Arlington from Puerto Rico, where
Capt. Redlingshafer has been on
duty, and are guests of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Redlingshafer.
Miss Betty Browder, daughter OF
Navy Capt. and Mrs. Maurice E.
Browder, is spending q week at
West Point and upon her return to
the Capital will go to Virginia
Beach, where she will be joined by
her parents.
Mrs. w. D. Householder, a men,
Der of the staff of the Knoxville
News-Sentinel, has been the guest
for more than a week of her cousin,
Mr.. Hobart Walker. The visitor is
accompanied by her son and daugh-
term law, Mr.. and Mrs. Quenton
Householder.
Mr.. and Mrs. Juan Felipe Yriart
are vacationing at Rogers Rock.
Lake George, where they have taken
a house. They will remain there
until early September.
Capt. and Mrs. Joe Seldom have
been guests of Mrs. Seldon's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Mathews, eli
route from Fort Benning to New
London, where they will visit Capl.
Seldon's mother, Mrs. H. r. Seldom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17

In st. Peters Church at o'clock
Saturday afternoon, Miss Annalee
Julia Lumpkin became the bride of
Mr.. Edward James McCamley, jr,
The Rev. Martin Hyland performed
the ceremony which united the
daughter of Mrs. Herbert Lee Lump
kin and the late Mr.. Lumpkin and
the son of Mrs. Thomas D. Smith
and the late Mr.. McCamley. A
reception followed at the home of
the bride.
Mr.. Herbert Gale Lumpkin gave
his sister in marriage and she was
attended by her sister, Miss Janyce
May Lumpkin. Best man was Mr.
Michael K. Morton, jr. and the ush-
ers were Mr.. Robert Hickman and
Mr.. Francis Clark. After honey
moon in the Shenandoah Valley,
the couple will reside at 2627 South
Dakota avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17

Announcement is made of the
marriage recently Of Miss Marjorie
Ann Smythe to Mr.. Paul Revere
Michael Donelan, the wedding TAX
ing place in st. Matthews
Cathedral with the Rev. William
Joseph Await officiating.
The bride is the daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Burwell
Smytlie of Holton, Kans., and Mr..
Donelan is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. william Joseph Donelan Of
Boston.
Mr.. Snlythe escorted his daugh-
ter and she was attended by Miss
Barbara Curtice. Mr.. John Francis
Donelan was best man and the
ushers were the Messrs. Philip
d Tomaso, Robert Flenner and
Eugene Cook.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17
Sebtember Wedding

Mr.. and Mrs. Corliss E. Preston
of Mifflinburg, Pa, have announced
the engagement of their daughter,
Phyllis Ruth, to DR.. Eldon E. Car
man, son of the Rev. and Mrs.
Ernest E. Carman of Pittsburgh,
The wedding is planned for Sep
TENDER 6 in the Takoma Park
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
The bride-elect is a graduate of
the Washington Sanitarium ard
Hospital School of Nursing. DR.
Carman attended Albright, Walla
Walla and Washington Missionary
University School of Dentistry,
from which he was graduated in
1947. He now is practicing in
Marietta, Ga, and is director OF
the dental department of the
Marietta Health Clinic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17

Mrs. Robert Sherman Of New
York, formerly of Washington, who
has been the guest here for two
weeks of Mr.. and Mrs. J. Robert
Rupertus, left yesterday for her
home. Sunday evening, Mr. and
Mrs. Rupertus entertained at din
ner in honor Of Mrs. Sherman, who
is the latters aunt, and who came
here from a vacation visit in Ports
mouth. Va, with DR.. and Mrs. VIM
cent Meads.
Among the guests at the dinner
were Mrs. Sherman's two sisters
Mrs. Steven HURT of Alexandra
and Mrs. Ellis Lacey, mother Of the
hostess. Also Miss Leda Kicker OF
Cumberland, Mrs. Richard Lester
niece of the visitor; Miss Nancy
Lee Higgins and Mr.. Frank Turley
of Chester, Pa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17
LHncbe0nH0s

Mr.. Ralph L. Harry. First Secre-
tary of the Australian Embassy
was host at luncheon today in
honor Of Mr.. David Graham. newly
appointed Air Attache of the En-
bassy.
Other guests at the luncheon
given at La Sale du Bots. were
Mr.. K. N. E. Bradfield, Australian
representative on the Internationa!
Council of Civil Aviation, Mr.
Christopher Clarkson of the Brit
ish Embassy. Commodore ]. l.
Findlay of the New Zealand Lega-
ton and Mr. j. P. Barringer, Mr.
c. J. Smart and Mr.. F. Wheelock
of the State Department..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17
Informal Wedding

Miss Clare Ann Norris, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Leroy Nor
ris, and Mr.. John Robert Lynch, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Joseph
Lynch of Bridgeport, Conn, were
married Saturday morning in the
Church of the Annunciation, the
Rev. Russell Phelan Officiating. A
reception for the immediate fam
lilies was held at the home of the
bride.
The bride and her only attend
ant, Mrs. Joseph Yanchuhs. wore
street-length dresses for the in
formal wedding. Mr.. Thomas j.
Lynch, jr., was best man for his
brother and the ushers were Mr..
John F. McElroy III and Mr.. Will
liam Lessard of Bridgeport.
After a Northern motor trip, the
couple will make their home in this
city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17
Miss Mnrrav
Is Engaged

Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis N. Murra1b
of Dunkirk, N. Y, have an
nounced the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Jessie Kennedy
Murray, to Mr.. Frederick Camp
bell Thompson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Gordon Thompson, also OF
Dunkirk. Miss Murray attended
the Madeira School here, was
graduated from Dana Hall and
attended Briarcliff Junior Col
lege.
Mr.. Thompson is a graduate OF
Case Engineering School and was
q captain in the Air Corps Of the
Army in World War II.
Mrs. Murray formerly was Miss
Barbara Kaufman of Washing
ton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17

Chevy Chase. The Rev. Harold r.
McClay performed the ceremony.
Mr.. Holmes gave his step-daugh-
ter in marriage and she was attend
ed by Miss Vera Petit as maid OF
honor, and the Misses Jean Pons,
Ruth Hutchinson, Aline johnson
and La Faye Adams as bridesmaids.
Florence Leakin was flower girl. Best
man was Mr.. Robert Bailey and the
ushers were Messrs. Charles Wilson,
Phil Norris, Harrison Stevens and
Herbert Knighton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17
Church Wedding

Announcement is made of the
marriage of Miss Amelia Chiaro.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Chiaro Of Patchogue, Long Island.
to Mr.. Joseph Melvin Kerby, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. William KerbS
the wedding taking place Satur-
day afternoon in the Italian Bap-
tist Church of the Redeemer.
Mr.. Domenick Chiaro escorted
his sister and she was attended by
Miss M. v. Heorick as maid OF
honor. Mr.. William A. NOLAN
was best man for Mr.. Kerby, and
the Rev. Olindo Marseglia ofhciated
Ut the ceremony.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17
Miss Robinson We'd

In a recent wedding in the Me-
mortal Methodist Church in Hyatts-
Vile, Miss Marion Blanche Robin
son, daughter of Mrs. Howard H.
Holmes, became the bride Of Mr..
James Howard Morton, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Howard James Morton of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17
Sneaker Named

Edwin N. Lewis. director of public
relations for the Washington Board
of Trade. will be guest speaker at
the dinner meeting of the Pilot Club
of Washington at $50 o'clock to-
night at the Burlington Hotel. Miss
Emma Biebl, program chairman,
will introduce the speaker and Mrs.
May Thompson will preside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17
anniversaries Marked at Embassies
>Pakistan and D0n1inicamEmu0v
Hosts at Garden Receptions
By Katharine M. Brooks

Capital society kept the yesterday attending two embassy
functions Both such delightful fetes that dct
to leave one in time to get to the other
The reception Of the Pakan Ambassador Ispanan
ably had the interest introduce handsome Nine
1pahan Washington Their the first large reception
be from the yearold Pakan
Ambassador recently completed furnishing
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-28
Pegler Takes Kay Summersby To Task
For Her Book: Ike Was My Boss

adolescence. Her opinions of
them are correspondingly cool
Miss Summersby finally be-
came by favor Captain in the
American WACS, and many a
respectable American girl who
never made sergeant will have
morose ideas about the way to
promotion and pay after reading
this expose. But most of the
time Kay was only civilian and
a British civilian at that, in a
swishy suit of military model,
and yet she was all over the
war with him, driving 'us' here
and there, helping the great har-
ried heart of this panoplied ap-
pie sinner to relax at bridge and
table prattle. Eisenhower rais-
ed pluperfect he'll with Harry
Butcher, the old white house fix
er for the Columbia Broadcast
ing System who became a syn
thetic -striper in the Navy
and EisenhoWer's press agent be-
cause Butcher invited an Ameri-
can sergeant, NJ McKeogh to
dine with him and Kay when
The boss" was absent. M. was
a member of the household staff
and an American soldier, but still
there was some justification in
military custom for Eisenhow-
er's objection. But what was the
sergeant to think of the constant
presence of an unexplained, un-
justified, unofficial English fe-
male in the family circle who has
no standing whatever in our ar
my and, as far as we know.
wasn't V en- on the payroll?
What did this fellow mean, using
American soldiers as servants
for the likes of Kay Summersby?
Old Pershing never went for
that. Some of the boys used to
fang him about an incident on
the border when he was leading
his column up from Mexico and
switchy number in a uniform
that she designed herself digged
her pony alongside his to ride in
to the newsreely.
The old boy pulled up with a
roar: stop those cameras and
get that damned woman out of
here" They had babes around
in those days, too. But they nev-
er made an ass of Pershing and
if he was rude to this one, bet
ter that than Eisenhower's way.
What makes such silly little
Princeton freshmen of so many
of our generals. anyway? God
knows, soldiers of all nations
have gone in for wenchery since
the bow-and-arrow battles, but
we were supposed to be develop
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-28
YOUR america Day by Day In PICTURES
History edited by Jome. 1rvw Adm,

ocToBER 2s, 1886, the Statue of Liberty
was unveiled in New York Harbor-a
monument to international friendship and
newspaper enterprise.
Fourteen years before, group of French
men had conceived the idea of presenting
such monument to the U. S. in commem-
Grafton of the centennial of the American
Revolution, which inspired Frances own
revolution. When Sculptor Frederic Bar
tholdi had done his work and the Grated
parts of the monument lay on a pier in
France. the money raised to defray the ex-
pense was exhausted. The centennial year,
1876, had passed The project was on the
verge of being abandoned when Morrill,
Goddard, an editor of the New York World
(and later of The American Weekly),
started campaign in the World for funds.
He asked donations of pennies and nickels,
wanting as many persons as possible to have
share in this symbol of their freedom The
100000 needed to complete erection of the
monument was given by 10000 persons.