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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-02-06
King And Queen OF Joy XI
Crowned At Boil To-nigh t

Tonight friday the King and
Queen of Joy XI will be crowned
rulers of the annual Carnival
Ball, sponsored by the Young
Mems Business Club, at the Ell
eventh street auditorium.
Coronation ceremonies will be-
gin at 900 p. m. with the arrival
of the court who will assemble
before the throne to await the
Rulers of l948 whose identity is
still a closely guarded secret.
King Of JOY X IF. w. CirloD
and Queen of Joy Miss Jane Her
ring) will be on the throne un-
til the arrival of the new mon
archs.
Edward A. Khayat, Master Of
Ceremonies, will announce the
members of the court as they
make their entries.
Using the theme Good Neigh
Policy the decoration committee
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-02-06
Five Directors
OfC OF Elected;
Will Meet Tuesday

The organizational meeting of
the Board of Directors of the
Pascagoula-Mos Point Chamber
of Commerce will be held Tues
day, February 10, at 8 p. m. at
the c of c office. Retiring board
members are invited to sit in at
the meeting for consultation pur-
poses.
New directors elected are T. T.
Justice, w. R. Guest and Robert
Gully, Pascagoula, and T. l.. De
Lashmet, Sr. and Harold Monroe,
Moss Point. The retiring directors
are NJ. L. Funkhouser. ]. r. Watts
and A. F. Dantzler. P~ascagoula,
and E. G. Wood and Z. A. Khay-
at, Moss Point.
Directors whose term expire
in 1919 are E. H. Bacot, E. r.
Hammett and r. c. Wingfield,
Pascagoula, and W. NJ. Dutton
and Saul P~eterzell, Moss Point.
Those who will retire in 1850
are ]. W. Brumfield, K. X. Hol-
lister and v. Ed Virgins. Pas
eagoula. and r. W. ciriot and
Julian Rivers. Moss Point
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-02-06
Moss Point Passes
Dog Tax Law,
Effective March I

Dogs without license tgs found
running at large within the city
limits of Moss Point will be
caught and impounded accord
ing to ordinance No. ALB passed
by the city Board of Aldermen
at their regular meeting on Tues
day, February 8.
In an effort to rid the city of
stray and ownerless dogs and to
stamp out any further threat of
rabies epidemic, this ordinance
compelling owners to register
their dogs and purchase a tax
after furnishing evidence that the
har been inoculated against
rabies, Mayor F. w. Cirlot said.
Dogs that have been registered
win be furnfsned a tag 60 be at.
tached to their collar which will
protect them from being appre-
hended.
Effective this year, as of the
first day of March all unregister-
ed dogs will be impounded and
for a period of ~ hours may be
redeemed by payment of a pen
atty.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-02-06
Mrs. Sieelman To
Chrisfen Last
Brazilian Ship :

Mrs. John R. Steelman, wife
OF the assistant to the president
OF the United States, by special
invitation of the Ingalls, Ship
building Corporation will formal
ly christen the 14th and last of
a fleet of vessels built at the In
gals yard for the Brazilian gov
eminent at launching ceremonies
today. Friday, at HAS a. m.
The huge ship will be given the
name Loide-Peru with its bap-
tismal bath of the traditional
champaign. This is the second
time the Brazilian Shipbuilding
Commission has changed its plan
to allow the ingalls, Shipbuilding
Corporation the privilege of nam
ing the the sponsor.
A number of prominent persons
r expected to be present for
what will be one of, the most
colorful launchings at the local
yard. Following the christening
ceremonies, the sponsor and her
party and a number of guests will
be entertained at a luncheon at
the Longfellow House.
Invited for the occasion by the
sponsor are Mr.. and Mrs. Clay
ton Adams, Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph
Buquor. Mrs. Margaret Candy,
Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus Ching, MI.
and Mrs. Clark M. Clifford, MI.
and Mrs. Charles Estes, Miss Bet
ty Hunes, Mrs. Mare McNair, MI.
and Mrs. Edward A. Merk1e, Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph L. Miller and
Captain and Mrs. William H.
Watson, all from Washington; MI.
and Mrs. Joseph Keenan, Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Rivers, Miami, Fla,s-
Mr.. and Mrs. Ambrose NJ. Me-
Namara, New York City; Mr.. and
Mrs. U. S. Sanabria, Chicago;
Glen l.. Martin, Baltimore; MI.
and Mrs. Ed Roberts, MI. and
Mrs. C. B. Waterman and Mi.
and Mrs. Riley, Mobile; and Mr..
and Mrs. Hermes Gautier, Pas
cagoula.
In addition to representatives
of the Brazilian government, there
will also be present representa-
tives of ingalls,, the u. S. Mari
time Commission, American Blu
reau of Shipping and other
guests.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-02-06

headed by r. V. Shields and Jack
Beatty with their committee
have transformed the Eleventh
street auditorium into a colorful
brilliant royal courtroom.
The coronation ceremonies are
as follows: Fanfare of trumpets
and drums; arrival of the King
and Queen of Joy X; introdue-
ton of King and Queen of Joy
X; introduction of dukes and
duchesses attending the King and
Queen of Joy XXI; introduction
of King of Joy XII; introduction
of Queen of Joy X and her
train bearers: introduction Of
crown bearers; coronation and
unmasking of their Majestses;
presentation of Kings gift to the
Queen. presentation Of the key
OF The county TO the King: grand
march. court dance: general dane
ins
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-02-06
Schoolmen Move
In Washington
For Federal Aid

Schoolmen from is states, in
Guiding Thomas r. Wells, Pasca-
goula superintendent, fighting
for continued federal aid to scho-
OILS, approached the problem from
two fronts in Washington this
past week.
The group, representing states
from Washington TO North Caro-,
lima and Michigan to Mississippi,
moved to expedite the passage
of a deficiency bill designed to
make up differences in amounts
OF aid asked and funds granted
for the current school year and
conferred with a committee of
the Federal Housing Authority
to rectify certain phases of the
payment of funds in lieu of taxes
on government owned property.
Mr.. Wells, who returned from
Washington the early part of the
week, explained that the appro-
priation bill which calls for ST.
100000 to be prorated among the
schools to make up deficits be-
tween the needs as approved and
amount allotted is in the hands
of the appropriation committee
Of the house and was scheduled
for a hearing this week. One hun
dred and twenty three school
systems are involved in this, he
said, and the passage of the bill
would mean at least $4,000 fol-
the Pascagoula system.
In conference with the FILA
committee, schoolmen pointed
out that sums given in lieu OF
taxes are not in proportion with
taxes paid on individually own
ed property in the community
The law calls for the government
agency to reach an agreement
with local authorities on the am
cunt to be paid but this sum
has, in the past, been arbitrarily
set by government representa-
tives. The school group also
pointed out that government own
ed property has been deprecated
in value each year in an amount
far exceeding depreciation value
allowed privately owned property
and in setting up the in-lieu-of-
takes payment any houses va
cant at the time were not in
cluded in the sum. Vacancy of a
privately owned house is not
taken into consideration in set
ting taxes, MI. Wells pointed out,
Participating in the conference
were a small group of schoolmenr
including Mr.. Wells and Congress
man William Colmer.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-02-06
Florida Family
Hurt In Highway
Mishap Saturday

Motoring from their home in
Florida to Texas to the bedside OF
relatives who were injured in an
automobile accident, MI. and Mrs
d. F. Edgar and their small son
of Daytona Beach were injured
Sunday night in a crash when
a truck turned across the high
way in front of their car, accord
ing to A. o. Davis, county high
wav patrolman.
Mrs. Edgar, the most seriously
injured, suffered a broken jaw,
cuts and other head injuries. She
was taken to the Jackson Coun-
ty hospital where she was under
treatment until Tuesday after
noon when she was released. The
child, Jerry, received minor cuts
about the head and Mr.. Edgar
sustained bruises.
Charges of reckless driving and
driving without a drivers license
were filed against Harry T.
Adams, 410 Frederic street, Pas
cagoula, driver of a Gulley Groc-
cry Company truck, Mr.. Davis
said.
According to Mr.. Davis. Adams
was unable to explain why he
had cut across the highway in
the path of the oncoming car.
Mrs. Edgar was taken to the
hospital in a Fails ambulance.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-02-06
Methodist Zone Meet
To Be Held In
Moss Point Church

The Methodist Zone meeting OF
the Woman's Society of Christian
Service will be held at Kreole
Church Tuesday, February 10, be-
ginning at ten a. m. and closing
at two.
The subject of the program for
the year is THAT His Ways May
Be Known Upon The Earth" and
the theme for the day is Look
Upon The Fields"
Representatives from all the
societies in Green. George and
Jackson counties are expected to
be in attendance.
Lunch will be served at the
noon hour and Life Member
ships presented in the afternoon
concluded with conservation ser
vice.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-02-06
Posc0gouIo, Moss
Point Get Project
Library Books

The approximately 500 books
OF the Eastlawn library will be
divided between the Pascagoula
and Moss Point city Libraries, ac-
cording to a vote taken at the
meeting Of the Eastlawn Dance
Committee, sponsor Of the libra
ry, Tuesday night. The dismantl-
ing of the library begins the de-
programme of the project.
These volumes include the most
up-to-date fiction and non-fic-
ton, Mrs. William Robinson, Ii
brarian, said. The childrens'
books will be presented to South
school as the project school and
the one set Of reference books
will go to either the senior or
junior high school in Pascagoula,
she said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-02-06
BEGINNERS CLASS

A beginners class in tipping,
shorthand and bookkeeping will
be offered by the vocational de-
partment of the Pascagoula scho-
OILS, w. S. Cobb, eoordinator, an
nouneed. This is in line with the
efforts of the vocational depart
ment to offer course to out of
school students in such training
that will enable them to do a
better job in their present po-
sition and also prepare them for
future occupations.
Any person interested in enter
ing the class may meet at the
High school building Tuesday at
7 p. m. The courses, if offered,
will run for IS weeks with two
hour classes twice a week.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-02-06
Driver Pleads
Guilty To Drunk
Driving at Trial

Calvin Eugene Smith, Myrtle
Grove, Fla, was fined $100 and
costs on charges of drunken driv.
ing and SIS and costs on charges
of having no drivers license al
a hearing before Justice of the
Peace Kate Denny Wednesday.
Young Smith was charged fol-
lowing a head-on collision be-
tween his car and an automobile
in which a group from Coden,
Ala, were riding on Highway 80
near Nine Mile Lake January
"a in which a 14-year-old girl was
killed and ten Others were injur-
ed.
D. S. Smith, father of the
young man, entered a plea of gull
ty 10 the charges on behalf of
his son who is still recovering
from injuries sustained in the ac-
cident.
Four passengers in Smiths car
were hurt and severe injuries
were suffered by Virnal Davis,
driver of the other car, and four
passengers, beside Betty Lou Har-
ris who died a few hours after
the crash, were injured. The
group in Smiths car were return
ing to Florida from Biloxi and
those in Davis car were taking
a pleasure ride. The accident oc-
CURED when Smith swerved out
into the highway to pass another
car and crashed into the Davis
car, according to State Highway
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-02-06
P-TA Officiuls To
Visit Pdsc ogou
Next Wednesday,

Mrs. R. H. Terreson, president
of the Pascagoula Parent Teacher
Council Announces that Mrs. Chris
Hirning, national PEA repre-
sentative, and Mrs. Mildred
STEERS, state field representative
and national worker, will be in
Pascagoula Feb. IL, to discuss
program planning, and organiza-
ton work of the Parent-Teach-
er Associations.
ALI the P-TAs of Pascagoula,
and officers and members of SINH
lar organizations in the sur
rounding county are invited to
attend a meeting to be held in
South Elementary school next
Wednesday at 2:30 p. m.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-02-06
HOLIDAY FOR SCHOOLS

City schools of Pascagoula
and Moss Point will have a
holiday Tuesday. Mardi Gras
Day. Superintendent r. r.
Wells and Luther w. Tanner.
announced. There will not be
a general holiday throughout
the county. according to Coun-
ty Superintendent A. r. Me
gehee. but closing for the day
will be left to the individual
school.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-02-06
Ask Butane Gas
For Relief OF
County Families

An appeal to Governor Field
ing Wright to allocate two cars
of butane gas for outlying Sec
tions of the city and purchase OF
5000 feet Of pipe which ingalls,
Shipyard agreed to release to the
city marked the efforts of Mayor
John r. Watts and city commits
sioners this week to relieve the
gas situation in Pascagoula.
ingalls, company officials noti-
fled Mayor Watts that a search of
the yard had netted about $4,000
feet of pipe which they would let
the city have to furnish gas to
additional families in P~ascagoula.
Only 1000 feet met the require
ments, however, and Mr.. Watts
declared that this pipe will be
used to service as many families
as possible who are in dire need.
A telegram asking the COVER
nor to earmark two cars of gas
for Pascagoula was sent the first
part of the week.
Citizens Protest
A delegation of citizens protest.
ed lack of gas service at a meet
ing of the mayor and city COM
missioners on Friday but Mayor
Watts answered their protest
with explanations that the pipe
necessary to bring the gas into
the homes has not been available.
An ordinance introduced at the
meeting for the purchase of water
mains, gas pipe and sewerage pipe
in the Navy-house division of the
government housing propect will
be voted on Friday, Mayor Watts
said.
These utility facilities will be
purchased at a price of S12.824
in the section where the houses
are soon to be offered for sale by
the government.
The city will also redeem met
ers from some of the temporary
housing constructed in this Sec
ton, Mayor Watts said. and these
will be used to bring gas TO ad1l-
iional families.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-02-06
Argentine Official
Is Killed By Gas
AT Tourist Court

Horacio Wolfgang Spitz, rep
r~esentative of the Ministry of
Public Works of Argentina, died
Sunday morning as the result of
asphyxiation while he slept at
a Gautier tourist court.
A resident of San Andres, Ar
gentina, he had been in Pasca-
goula at intervals during the past
year where four cargo ships are
being constructed at the ingalls,
Shipyard as a part of the Argen-
tine shipbuilding program.
Mr.. Spitz was discovered about
900 a. m. Sunday by his finance,
Miss Dorothy Hammer of New
Orleans, and Miss Margie Major
of Baton Rouge who were oc-
cupying a nearby cottage at the
tourist court. The young women
became impatient when he failed
to appear Sunday and knocked
at his cottage door. Getting no
response they tried the door and
when they found it locked they
became alarmed and obtaining a
key from the tourist court Of
flee, they entered the cottage to
find him unconscious in bed with
a gas heater burning and all the
windows closed, according to
Sheriff j. Guy Grebs.
When their efforts to revive
him were futile they attempted
to get a doctor but unable to
contact a physician they called
the Pascagoula Fire Department
for a pullmotor.
Carried to Hospital
Firemen worked over the man
for about 30 minutes with the
pullmotor and then called the
Fails Funeral Home ambulance
which transported him to the
Jackson County hospital where
he was declared dead about half
hour after being admitted for
treatment.
An inquest was held by Coron-
er M. c. Porter and after hear
ing testimony by Miss Hammer
and Miss Major the jury returned
a verdict of accidental death by
asphyxiation." Members of the
jury were Robert Macy, State
Highway Patrolman w. G. Gray,
County Highway Patrolman A. o.
Davis, E. R. Perkins, Roy Barton
and Ralph c. Locke. Sheriff
Krebs was in charge of the in
vestigation.
Miss Hammer and Miss Major
had accompanied Mr.. Spitz to
Pascagoula from New Orleans
where he went to pick up a new
automobile he had purchased.
He and Miss Hammer were to
have been married this spring.
Mr.. Spitz resided at a tourist
cottage in Pascagoula but had
taken a cottage at the Gautier
court for the weekend to be
near Miss Hammer and Miss Ma
jor.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Wednesday at 2;30 p. m. at
the Fails Chapel in Pascagoula
by the Rev. p. J. Carey of Our
Lady of Victories Catholic church.
His body was flown by plane
to San Andres, Argentina, for
burial.
Among those attending the
funeral were superintendent of
the ingalls, Shipyard, engineer
ing department heads at the yard,
ingalls, public relations represen-
tatives and other officials, rep
resentatives of the American Blu
reau of Shipping and Mayor ].
R. Watts.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-02-06
SCOUTS ELECT OFFICERS

Patsy Roberts was elected as
president of Troop No. 5. Girl
Scouts, at the meeting Saturday
at the Arts and Crafts building
on 18th street. Other officers
were Lynn Swigert, vice presi-
dent; Emily Dickson. secretary;
Sandra Sandlin, treasurer; and
Alma Dell Wilkinson, reporter.
Mrs. David Peattie is leader OF
the troop.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-02-06
Grani Hearing On Proposed
3O-fooi Pascagoula Channel
U. S. Engineers
Rule WdY Open
For New Hedring

The United States engineers of.
flee at Washington has granted
a hearing on a proposed 300-foot
ship channel for the port Of Pas.
cagoula, according to an announ.
cement made this week by Con.
gresham William M. colmer.
Granting of the hearing elm.
axes a long fight for the propos.
ed project by local citizens, and
was brought to a successful con.
clusion through the efforts OF
Congressman Colmer at Wash.
ington.
Requests for a hearing on the
proposal had been placed before
the house committee on Public
Works by Congressman Colmer
some weeks ago, but the Wash
ington office Of the engineers
meanwhile ruled that the survey
can be granted under the author
ity of a survey secured by Con-
gresham Colmer in the last river
and harbor bill for a 40-foot
channel connecting Pascagoula
with a 40-foot inter-coastal water
way.
Granting of the request by the
engineers has saved the several
months in time that would have
been required for the house COM
mittee to act.
No Date Yet Set
No date has as yet been set
for the hearing, but II is expect
ed that II will be conducted here
by the Mobile engineers office
within the next 80 to 80 days.
At that time evidence will be
submitted by local interests on
the necessity Of deeper water to
serve the activities Of the In
nalls Shinhnilding Corporation,
80 well as to afford development
of the Port of Pascagoula.
The present project depth of
the channel is % feet, which is
inadequate to handle modern
ocean going vessels, rs well as
the type Of vessels to be offered
for construction by the U. S.
Maritime Commission.
Work at the shipyard has been
considerably handicapped thro-
ugh lack of sufficient channel
depth to handle the larger types
of vessels, particularly in recon-
version work, and ingalls, as a
result has been forced to decline
to bid on many millions of dol
lars worth of both reconversion
and new construction.
The Port of Pascagoula has also
been held back in its develop
ment because Of the lack of chan
mel depth. The smaller type
Liberty vessels cannot make use
of the port facilities here because
of inability to negotiate the shall
low channel.
The decision of the engineers
on the necessity OF the deeper
water will be based on the weight
of the evidence to be presented
at the hearing in Pascagoula, and
If the project gains approval it
will then have to be included in
the rivers and harbors bill in or
der to make available funds for
the work.
1t has been estimated hat it
will cost approximately $650,000
to deepen the channel to 80 feet
and widen it proportionately.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-02-06

The United States has about
460 million acres of cripland of
which all but about 70 million
acres is subject to erosion if not
protected.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-02-06

"Soil mining methods Of farm
ing result in the loss of about
half a million acres Of farmland
annually 10 erosion.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-02-06

Philadelphia once had a Law
forbidding the sale Of coal in the
city limits
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-02-06

In the days of King Edward /
it was a capital offense to burn
coal in London.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-09-09
VETERAN TAKES
OWN LIFE WITH
REVOLVER

Cleophus Hopson, %, died at
his home near Nickels Gap late
last Thursday from self-inflict-
ed revolver wound.
He was a son of the late Elder
Noah Hopson.
Burial was in the family grave
yard near Skeetrock Sunday, fol
lowing funeral services at the
Cumberland Church of the Bretf
rem. Elders Charlie Sluss, Cline
Sluss and James Wright took
part in the service. "The Null
ms Family, radio singers, sang
a number of appropriate hymns.
He is survived by the widow,
Mrs. Gay Mullins Hopson, and
one child and by several brothers
and sisters.
He was a veteran of the late
war, having been indicted into
the army July 80, 1943, and serv
ing nearly three years.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-09-09
IRON BARS WON'T
HOLD STANLEY

Edgar Stanley is on the loose
again, and has been that way
since last Friday, when he and
another prisoner in the state road
force at Pound overcame a guard,
confiscated a quarry truck and
drove away. Edgar and Max Dan
iel Hewlett, from Frederick coun
ty, slugged guard, tossed driv
er out of a truck and drove away,
going by the camp gate.
This exploit comes as no sur
prise to those who know Stan
ley's history. In September, 1947,
his wife took warrant, charging
Edgar with non-support. Soon
thereafter he was arrested and
held in jail for trial. He evident
ly wanted no part of the Jail and
ran out over the turnkey at feed
ing time. Arrested again, he
broke Jail and took to the tall
timbers. He was finally taken
and forwarded to the state prison
camp June /.
Trial Justice E. J. Sutherland
is of the opinion that the prison
camp did an unusually good pjob
in holding Edgar for three
months.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-09-09
CROPS HURT BY
LONG DROUTH

The drouth which hit this Sec
ton month ago has damaged
crops a great deal, according to
farmers.
Fitzhugh Colley, instructor of
agriculture for eX-service men,
says that cover crops, such as al
falfa, vetch and crimson clover,
have been hurt badly. Little fod-
der is expected, as corn blades
are literally burning up. Late
pastures are drying up ahead of
time and those who have cattle
will probably have to start feed
ing a month earlier than usual.
The yield of late corn appears to
have been cut in half. Tobacco
SlOWSlS Say llldC -LuSll CIOJo IldVS
been greatly reduced
Nearly all the smaller streams,
less than river size, have dried
up, and there is a mere trickle
along river beds. Tree leaves are
turning early and many bushes
on hillsides are dying. Old timers
are heard to say that they cannot
remember ever having lived
through such dry weather. One
sage, versed in the lore of signs,
says that we may expect early re
lief from the drouth. He says the
old rule was for dog days to be-
gin on July 25 and to continue
for 40 days. If it was once a rule,
he reasons, it is rule today,
therefore, we may expect rain
any time now.