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The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1948-04-15

Dear Editor:
Please allow me space II the FL
for lodge No. $50 to say that we are
increasing our membership nicely.
During the past year we added nine
renewals and six new members. Had
one death. Membership, 81; money
raised, $23483; paid out for doctors,
5000; medicine, $73.46; janitor,
$l6.23; for sprays, 5000; for Old
folks, $500; Lodge expense, $46.37.
Total paid out, $2I4.42. Balance in
treasury, $13207.
We are striving to dc better. Pray
for or progress.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1948-04-15
Additional Check Mailed
TO March Beneficiaries

An additional check in the amount
Of $50 has been mailed to the bene-
feiar- Or hencficiaries Of each of
the 81 claimants of the March Board.
This viii bring the total amount
paid each of the 81 claimants to
$176.5O.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1948-04-15
BASSFIELD

Lodge No. 40 lost one of its faith
full members in the person of Mrs.
Ida Armstrong;. She departed this
life April 4. Please send death GER
tificate.
V. T. Thompson, President.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1948-04-15
SHUBUTA

Miss Larkin:
| ann sending in three application
blanks for new members added to
No. 278. We must get in on this
drive Watch out for our lodge.
Will Edwards. President.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1948-04-15
HATTIESBURG

Dear Secretary:
You will find enclosed four APP
plication blanks for new members
added to my lodge. These will make
total of eight 90 added since the
March Board on our big member
ship drive.
A. j. Barnett, President.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1948-04-15
MAGEE

Lodge No. 263 wishes to report
the passing of Brother P. J. Mang-
rum. Please send the necessary pa
pers.
Mrs. Allethia Smith, President
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1948-04-15
PICAYUNE

Dear Miss Larkin:
You will find enclosed a remit
lance IN cover sixty copies of the
Echo s'Ii me. We are planning to
sell more copies of the paper in our
town. It can be done and it must
be done
A A. Trotter, President
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1948-04-15

Mrs. Nancy Anderson and Mr.. A.
j. Martin are doing fine after having
been confined to their beds on ac-
count of illness.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1948-04-15

Mrs. L. G. Knight, the charming
wife of Professor L. G. Knight, made
a business trip to Laurel, Mississip-
pi, Monday.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1948-04-15

Many of the Mt. Olive Church
members attended services in the
Morgan Community, Sunday, April
1st.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1948-04-15
ESTABUTCHIE

Miss Willer Dean Walker Wa
married to Mr.. w. C. Gipson of Hat
tiesburg, Miss, Saturday, April 5th.
Laurel outlook., 1948-10-06
Flying Police Trooper Flags
Errunf Pilot TO "PUII Over"

PONTIAC. MICH.-Concealed by
the suns brilliance. like a traffic
policeman behind a billboard. Henry
A. DeLooff, state police trooper.
tagged down and ticketed an errant
flier.
The arrested man. Pfc. Richard
]. Rooster, 20, on leave from the
marines in Washington. paid a $50
fine to Justice Burt l. Lockwood.
The charge was reckless flying.
DeLoof said he watched Rooster
take off like a cowboy" from the
Pontiac airport. The policeman
took over another plane and fol-
lowed Rooster 10 miles, with the
rays of the sun as a shield.
He said Rooster made two low
dives owe populated areas. After
the second one DeLooff pulled up
beside Rooster and gave him the
same signal traffic policemen use
to flag motorists to a curb.
you should have seer his face
when l flew alongside him." the
trooper commented.
Rooster was arrested after he
Laurel outlook., 1948-10-06
Salvage Crews
Comb Berlin
For Treasures

BERLIN.--They call themselve
the kings of the Ruins"
Theirs is a perilous profession
Its dangers run from collapsinl
walls to bites from overgrown anC
ferocious rats.
They are the men-and boys-whC
make a profession of digging in Der
Inns thousands of bomb-ruinec
buildings for such treasures a:
scrap metal. plumbing and heating
fixtures, furniture and wood.
This treasure under the rubble''
is a much greater lure now than the
old boyhood business of picking ur
scrap metal for sale to junkmen
for a few pennies. In Germany's
battered cities, it's more danger
GUS, too.
Perilous Work.
The greatest peril to the salvage
gangs is the collapse of walls.
Hardly a day passes in Berlin but
someone is killed or injured in such
an accident. Another ever present
danger is the explosion of old
bombs Dr. Dther munitions in the
ruins.
The ~salvagers have q system
which requires that every working
crew always must post a sentry to
keep an eye on the weak walls.
I'VE also post a sentry to keep an
eye on the rats" n salvager said.
I'VE run across some pretty big
ones in the ruins, large and savage
ones.
Smells Of the Dead.
But nc sentry could do anything
about the terrible smells. They are
the smells of the unburied dead Of
the bombing war, or dead animals
and of stagnant POOLS"
These probers of the ruins need
no maps to find the treasures they
seek.
"A1l n needs to know" said the
of one crew, sis the ordi-
nary architecture of an apartment
building. What we are after espe-
for salvage is the plumbing
pipes and fixtures. Metal caves
also fetch valuable re-
Laurel outlook., 1948-10-06
Fertiiizing Ponds

To grow fish, wise farmers
fertilize their fish ponds through
out the summer and fall. Fish
growth is slow when there is little
fertilizer in the water, states E. F.
Kennamer, Alabama Polytechnic
Institute extension wildlife special
ist. Underwater weeds also grow
faster because sunlight can pene-
trate deeper through unfertilized
water" he says. A good way to de-
termine when more fertilizer is
needed is TO stick your arm
straight down into the water until
it touches your elbow. Then if you
can see the tips Of your fingers it's
time to fertilize. One application Of
fertilizer consists of 100 pounds
6-8-4 and 10 pounds nitrate of soda
or its equivalent to each acre of
water.
Laurel outlook., 1948-10-06

Zeiler, Miss Olga Podolanchuk
and Miss Elltina Reich of Bill
ings; Mrs. Conrad Johannas OF
Ballantine; Mrs. John Robertus
Mrs. Alex Robertus, Mrs. Henry
Robertus, ST., Mrs. Henry Ro-
bertus, Jr., Mrs. Alex Benin, Mrs,
Phillip Benin, Mrs. Wilbur Kirsch,
Mrs. Dave Frank. Mrs. Jacob
Reichert, Miss Lila Robertus, and
Miss Esther Robertus of Laurel.
Games were played and prizes
awarded. Refreshments were
served by Mrs. Ernest Zeiler,
assisted by Mrs. John Robertus,
Mrs. Henry Robertus, Jr., Mrs.
Alex Robertus, Miss Lila Rober-
tus and Miss Esther Robertus.
Laurel outlook., 1948-10-06
Eager Beaver Evens Score
With Juvenile Campers

NEWBURGH, N, Y. - John
Orth, director Of the Trailside
museum at Bear mountain, tells
a story about a beaver and
some boys.
Each night the beaver depos-
tied a pile Of sticks on a lake
dock nea a boys camp, he re-
lates. Each morning the boys
used the sticks for their camp
fires.
That went on for some time,
until one morning the boys
looked for the expected pile Of
sticks, only to find their dock
floating out in the lake.
The beaver took his revenge
by gnawing away the pilings
under the dock.
Laurel outlook., 1948-10-06
Don't Oyerstock the
Pond If You Want
Excellent Fishinq

AMES, IOWA. - Don't put toe
many fish in your farm pond if you
want good fishing.
That is the advice given by Ken.
meth Carlander, fishery expert OF
Iowa State college.
Carlander. in cooperation with
the state conservation commission
and the United States wildlife serv-
ice, conducted studies in which a
sampling was made of IoWa's esti-
mated | 10000 farm ponds.
Most common cause of poor fish,
ing, he found. was overstocking.
Some ponds were discovered to
be too shallow. some too small
and others generally not suited for
fish.
Carlander recommended a pond
Of n acre, from 10 to IL feet
deep, as probably the most salts
factory.
He advised limiting the stock
to 100 lingering large mouth bass
and 1000 blue gill fingerlings per
acre in rich ponds. More than that
is overstocking, he said, and even
that number is too great for ponds
that are not fertilized.
The bass will feed on the blue
gills and keep their numbers down.
Carlander said.
He added fishing may be started
after the first spawning. To pro-
vide balanced growth, catch and
take home as many fish as posi-
BILE but don't exceed the legal linn
its, he advised.
Laurel outlook., 1948-10-06

Mrs. Dean Gowen is a patient
this week at the st. Vincent hos
pital where she underwent a thy
roidecotmy Monday.
Miss Mile Robertus was hon.
ored at a pre-nuptial shower
Sunday afternoon, Sept. &c, at
the home of Mrs. Ernest Zeiler,
route 1, Billings. Attending were
Mrs. Herman Stanley, Mrs. Her
man Walter, Mrs. Gary Arm
strong, Mrs. j. J.. Fox, Mrs.
George Walter, Mrs. Lee Carlson,
Mrs. August Reich. Mrs. Phillip
Reich, Mrs. Fred Benner, Mrs.
Art Simon, Mrs. Leon Schessler,
Miss Mollie Zeiler, Miss Hulda
Laurel outlook., 1948-10-06
Electric Eel

Electric eels in the fresh waters
Of South and Central America dis
charge electric shocks strong
enough to stun human beings.
Laurel outlook., 1948-10-06
How Safe are Planes?

Safety in private planes varies
with a number of conditions, just
as it does with any other form Of
transportation. The pilot, the con-
dition of the plane, the weather,
are all factors. In general, under
writer's of air insurance will figure
insurance at about twice to three
times the cost of the same kind Of
insurance for a a which is driven
in the country.
Laurel outlook., 1948-10-06
Short ircUifed luke Box
Sounds It's Own Fire Alarm

PHILADELPHIA. - James Fitz.
gerald shook his head, blinked the
sleep from his eyes. He was right.
The strains of -Four Leaf Clover
filled his bedroom-at 2:30 am.
The music was coming from the
taproom below his second-story
apartment. But the taproom was
closed.
He stumbled down the stairs and
found smoke pouring from the tap
room.
1t took fiji emen an hour to put
out the blaze in the short-circuited
taproom juke box. The short circuit
had set the machine in operation.
Laurel outlook., 1948-10-06
Representatives At
First Meeting Study
Civic Center Plans

Park City, Oct. 6.-The first
formal meeting of the community
representatives was held Friday
evening at the hall to discuss and
plan the proposed construction of
a civic center or hall. Ways and
means of financing and other de-
tails pertaining to the project
were studied.
Allen Hansford was elected
chairman; John McMillen. vice
chairman. and Mrs. S. T. Flood,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Building and
plans committee members are
Mrs. Alex Fox and John McMil-
len, with George Frank as fin
ance chairman.
Laurel outlook., 1948-10-06
Brothers Pleas Save Man
SIashing at Police With Knife

ELIZABETH, N. J.-Chester Bo.
Hulk came running down the street,
the blade of his long knife catching
the rays of the street light.
Two patrolmen. Frederick Erx-
leben and Robert Dering, didn't
need to give chase. Bohuk headed
directly for them.
I'm going to give it to you," he
shouted, slashing wildly with his
knife.
Dering swung with his night
stick but missed, and Erxleben,
barely sidestepping one Of Bohuk's
slashes. drew his revolver.
The clatter of running feet
echoed again over the almost de-
serted sidewalk.
Don't shoot himl Don't shoot
himi" the newcomer shouted as he
ran.
"Tm Stanley Bohuk," he cried.
That's my brother Chester. Let
me talk to him."
Stanley came away with the
knife. and Chester walked silently
to the two policemen and surren-
dered.
He just doesn't like policemen.
Chester told the Judge.
Laurel outlook., 1948-10-06
Starved Rock

Starved Rock state park is the
most highly developed park in Illi-
nois. On the Illinois river south of
La Sale, the park contains camp
grounds, a recreation area, a dance
pavilion and children's play ground.
Starved Rock, the rocky eminence
from which the park derives its
name. towers 40 feet above the
river.
Laurel outlook., 1948-10-06
PARK CITY SECTION
Garden Club Ladies
Have Birthday Party

Park City. Oct. 6.-The Garder
club members whose birthdays oc-
cur in the spring and summer
were hostesses to the other mem
BEES Thursday afternoon at the
hall. The hall and tables were
beautifully decorated in fall flow
ers and foliage, and a small cor
sage marked each guests plate.
During the afternoon Jeanette
Walters. Eleanor Fox, Marlene
Eastlick. Colleen Adams, Leila
Southworth, and jeanne Gesick
gave a variety of musical num-
berS.
Following a one-course lunch
each guest was presented with a
gift.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bowers
of South Dakota came Friday to
visit her sister, Mrs. b. Vanden-
burg, and family. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bowers are en- route to spend
the winter in California.
, 1948-03-04
National Press HghIight
Humans Yisi! To Islands

Even a week after President
made his official visit
to these Islands, the newspa-
pers of America continue to
carry little items on the unu-
sual things their reporters
saw while here. 1t was the
first time that Negro newspa-
pers, for example, had been
included in an official group
covering the activities of the
President.
What seemed to have struck
the reporters was the unusu-
ally warm welcome given the
Chief Executive during his
visit here. One reporter even
pointed out that in st Thamas
Continued on page ~
, 1948-03-04
0 COnneRs Story Utterly
False Governor Says

Referring recently to an art
icle by John O'Connen in the
New York Daily News under
the heading Capital Stuff"
concerning PresidentT ru-
mans recent visit to the Vir-
gin Islands, Governor HASTE
said in a press release:
The statement made by this
2olumnist that no photographs
were permitted of the Presi-
Ient in the Government House
eeeiving line with the Gov
ernor and Mrs. HASTE is utter
IS false. Numerous pictures
were taken of the receiving
line. At least one such picture
Continued on page ~
F-
, 1948-03-04
Vets To Give Variety Show
At Bethesda IL F'sted

Veterans who are attending
special classes at the Chris
tianssed High School plan to
stage a variety show in the
Bethesda Hall, Frederiksted,
on Monday night, March 8, at
8 o'clock, Many impersona-
tons and skits will be fea-
tured.
A similar show, developed
during the activity period,
was put on at the Christian
sted High School last week,
under the auspices of the Sup
erintendent Of Education Mrs.
Pearl Byrd Larsen.
a silver collection will be
taken at the door.
, 1948-03-04
Alberto Senior CO-Ord.
Comm. Due 10 I. |. Today

Alberto Senior, President of
the American Virgin Islands
Society is due to- arrive in the
Virgin Islands today. He left
New York by Pan American
plane an Monday evening and
visited San Juan to see an
aunt.
In addition to his position
as president of the oldest Vir-
gin Islands Society in New
York, he is one of the key men
of the Coordinating Commit
tee of the American Virgin Is
lands Societies. Like Chris
tan Lewis who visited last
October 1947, and more re-
Gently, Geraldo Guirty, Mr..
Senior will observe and study
local conditions for the Com
mittee and talk with commun-
ity leaders and government
Continued on page -
, 1948-03-04
T g. Takes Huge Toll
WHO Reports Indicate

GENEVA-Tuberculosis is
taking a death toll of as many
as 100000 people each year
and in some countries the di-
sease has grown into an cpl
reports to the Interim
Commission of the World
Health Organization (WHO)
here indicate.
In addition to the huge
death toll, WHO reports
show, some 40 to so million
persons, as many as the
population Of France, are con-
tracing the white plague
each year.
The reports on "TB" are
now being examined here by
WHO'S expert committee on
Continued on page -
, 1948-03-04
Shot Barely Misses
Visitor ID RowbOat

A shot from a twenty-five
calibre rifle, in the hands of a
youth, almost resulted in the
possible death of a visitor to
the Island, who was being
rowed by a native fisherman
off the Lagoon area in Chris
tiansted. The youth was shoot
ing birds.
MANY complaints have been
received Of i-ndiscriminate
shooting with % calibre guns,
which constitutes a danger to
human as well as animal life.
, 1948-03-04
Prof. Hubert Appointed To
U. S. Embassy Ii Haiti

Giles A. Hubert, a professor
OF economics at Fisk Univer-
sity, has recently been APP
pointed by the State Depart
ment to a post in the U. S.
Embassy in Haiti. He will
leave shortly for his post.
Professor Hubert spent sew
eral days in St. Croix in 1945,
during which time he was a
guest Of the Virgin Security
Administration. He was at one
time senior agriculture econ
Continued on page Al
, 1948-03-04
d. Torisnd,C Col. Oxholm
Arrive For Two Day Visit

DR.. T. Torland of Seattle,
Washington, and Colonel Axel
Won Oxholm Of the u. S. De-
partment of Commerce in ST.
Thomas, arrived here yester-
day morning for a two day vi
sit to the Island.
DR.. Torland one of the OUT
standing surgeons on the Paci-
fc Coast, has travelled ex-
tensively throughout Europe,
the Pacific and Latin Ameri-
ca, and is visiting the Virgin
Continued on page ~
, 1948-03-04
u. N. Signs First Pact
With Private Citizens

LAKE SUCCESS, New
York-For the first time, the
United Nations has signed an
agreement with their govern
ment.
The private citizens are the
people of the Philippine Re
public, who are participating
in the United Nations Appeal
for Children ,UNAC). The
agreement signed here by rep
resentatives of the Philippine
National Committee for UNA
c and U.N. Secretary General
Trygve Lie, provideds that all
contributions collected in the
islands will be turned over to
U.N. for distribution to U.N.
Continued on page A.
The Arizona post., 1948-07-02
Palestine Issue
Ranks First In
Mail TOU.S.

WASHINGTON (JTA)-Pale-
stine was the foreign issue upper
most in peoples minds during the
past year, a survey of incoming
mail to the White House and State
Department revealed. The prob
lem of Soviet-American relations
ranked second behind Palestine.
About 100000 letters and wires
were received.
At least half of the mail dealt
directly with the question of par
tition, with nearly all of the cor
espond n characterized as
"pro-Jewish' on the partitioning
of Palestine. The lifting of the
Palestine arms embargo was also
strongly advocated On the day
following the U. S. reversal on
partition, the State Department
received a total of 10000 letters
and kilograms protesting this ac-
ton.
The Arizona post., 1948-07-02
Fascist Leader
Resigns After
Blasting Mosley

LONDON (JTA)-Michael Nc
Lean, leader of the fascist British
Union Movement of Birmingham,
resigned with a blast against Sir
Oswald Mosley and the purposes
of his group.
Calling the movement nothing
more than a gangster organiza-
tion," Mclean stated: II am con-
fronted by the positive fact that
anti-Semitism is its principal
weapon-the only weapon fascism
has capable of creating the sort
of organization that Mosley and
his henchmen need"
The Arizona post., 1948-07-02

Mrs. Fannie Goodman, N. Penn
Place, is visiting her daughters
Mrs. Bernard Colodny and Ruth
Goodman in Washington, D. c.
Then she will go on to Philadel-
phia to visit Mr.. and Mrs. S.
Boonin, her sister-in-law and
brother-in-law. After which she
plans to go to Williamsport to see
her son and daughter-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Nat Goodman.
The Arizona post., 1948-07-02
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Valley frontiersman., 1948-10-06
ARMY SAVES
 THE DAY FOR ST. MICHAEL'S

Last-minute worries on the part of committee heads plan ming the Oct. 16 bazaar of St. MichaePs Church were ground less. Until this week, the ship ping tie-up threatened to leave D a "a ar packages on Seattle docks, but boxes now are arriv- ing daily, following the docking of an Army mailboat at Whittier, and the bazaar will go on as scheduled.
 This years event, to begin in the Palmer school gym at 7:3O on the evening of the sixteenth, is to provide more fun for the whole family than has any pre- vlous bazaarS. Carnival-themed, there will be wheels of chance. dart-throWing, a Bingo game and a return engagement by last years foreteller of the future. Admission is free.
 On the business side of bazaar activities, there will be lines and household necessities to buy, as well as costume jewelry and more frivolous luxuries. For the hun gry, roasted peanuts, hot dogs and coffee and cake will be pro- vided.
 Four prizes will be given to bazaar-goers. They include Bell and Howell movie camera
 Continued on Page 6)
Valley frontiersman., 1948-10-06
Job Is Started

Paving operations on the Pal mer Highway were approaching reality today with the announce ment that heavy equipment is being moved into the Valley in preparation for the initial clear ing and grading work. This part of the job, which is expected to require a crew of 20 men, will be completed by Stock and Grove, Inc, Anchorage contractors. That firm also will place all culverts.
 The overall contract for the 40 miles of grading on the Pal mer Highway was awarded to s. Birch & Sons Construction Co.,, and Morrison Knudsen, Inc. The two firms submitted joint bid of $1,689,752. The figure was ap- proved by the Public Roads Ad- miniStration.
 Paving is to be laid down on a roadbed 24 feet in width, to depth of two inches.
 The Palmer project is the first of two paving jobs scheduled for completion next summer. The second, which calls for surfacing A miles of the Glen Highway out of Fairbanks, also will be done by Birch & Sons and Nor rison-Knudsen.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-10-06
Fair Funds Are Low But Adequate
Just For The Record

There is misunderstanding current with regard to recent statement concerning the seed potato M D. Snodgrass reported today wishes that Valley farmers sustained serious crop loss be- of disease.
 The statement he made a week two referred only to certified potatoes he said He reminded that while the incidence of disease high far potatoes concerned the outbreak of backleg does impair commercial market value of the potato.
 The certified seed field may not have incidence of disease higher than per still inspection Mr. Snodgrass reported He again reminded farmers that they clear out diseased hills from their fields inspection certify seed for private although farmers may not sell seed commercially.
 MT. SnOdgrass said farmers receiving unusu- ally heavy yields of potatoes but he finds estimate of threefOurths of essentially rect He reports that yield of 13 to be the top figure this However must dig their potatoes and that figure
 Fields lying west of Palmer apparently harvesting consistently better this season. However Max Sherrod has recorded unusually heavy crop small tw0-acre plot of potatoes.