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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-01
w. H. Schuub Ndmed
President Of YMBC;
For Coming Term

The Young Mems Business
Club of Moss Point UNANIMOUSLY
elected the following officers to
serve for the next three months,
w. II. Schaub, president; X. v.
Shields, vice president; Frank
Spann, secretary; Duncan Nc
Donald, treasurer; Paul Caruso,
seraeant-at-arms and Spencer
Beebe, reporter, at the regular
meeting on Monday evening at
the club house.
The club decided to take an
active part in the publicity pro-
gram for National Fire Proven
ton Week and the following COM
mittee was appointed to promote
publicity, A. l.. Bresemann, Frank
Spann, Bert Wood, l.. X. Mcln-
tosh and Edward A. Khayat.
The club will also sponsor the
annual football dinner again this
year, which has been set for the
second Friday in December.
Named TO ne in charge Of the
dinner arrangements were M. j.
Bullock, Alton Thomson, w. IL.
Nelson, and Edward Khayat.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-01
To Open District
OF
Kiwanis Sunday

The Pascagoula Kiwanis club
will join with the Biloxi and Gulf
mort clubs as joint hosts to the
District convention of Kiwanis
international at the Edgewater
Gulf Hotel starting Sunday and
continuing through Tuesday of
next week. The District is COM
posed of the louisiana Mississippi
and West Tennessee Clubs.
X. B. McIlwain, general chair
man for the ~Pascagoula club has
appointed the following commit
tee: Claiborne Koch, chairman of
the decoration committee, assist
ed by ]. T. Harvey and Virgil Gill;
reception, Fl. P. Heidelberg, Jr.,
Allan Richard; the Rev. F. A.
Graef, G.. E. Briggs, l.. L. Stigler,
c. NJ. Bush. Merle Palmer, Joseph
B. Clark. Vertis Ramsey and Karl
Wiesenburg.
The Tuesday luncheon will be
staged by the Pascagoula club
and the following committee was
appointed in charge of the prep
a~rations: T. N. Tucker, Wilbur
G.. Dees, Ed Galloway, Joe Can
erela, Meredith Hardy and G.. T.
Hill.
A ladies committee was also
named from the Pascagoula club
as follows: Mesdames r. B. Nell
vain. w. r. Guest, Jr., Claiborne
Koch, T. N. Tucker, G.. E. Briggs
and F. A. Crate.
According to reports approx
mately 1000 people are expected
to attend the convention, and it
will probably be the largest ever
held in this district.
DR.. T. E. Stout, is general pro-
gram chairman for the conven-
ton.
The following members from
the local club will attend the con-
vention: Bill Guest, Jr., r. B.
McIlwain. Claiborne Koch, T. N.
Tucker, G.. E. Briggs, Arnold
Stone, Rev. F. A. Crate, Vertis G.
Ramsay, l.. l.. Stigler, j. T. Hill,
Merle Palmer, Karl Wiesenberg,
H. p. Heidelberg, Jr., Meredith
Hardy, Joseph B. Clark, Allan
Richard. DR.. T. E. Stout, Virgil
Gill and c. NJ. Bush.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-01
Executive Council
Names County
Committees

A special meeting of the exc
cutive council of the Jackson
County Teachers Association was
held at the Charlotte Hyatt ele-
mentary school in Moss Point
last week following a supper
served in the newly completed
cafeteria Of the school.
During the business session the
four standing committees, pro-
gram, public relations, profess
sionaI relations and teachers
welfare and the personnel of
each were named by L. w. Tan
ner, president of the association.
Nine members were appointed
on each committee as follows,
Program: Miss Ada Bond, chair
man, Victor Curry, vice chair
man, w. G. Rooney, James r.
Bishop, Mrs. Ira T. Ravens, Mrs.
Francesca Spencer. Mrs. Ora Mel
son, Mrs. Jack King, and Miss
- AttE Htrhk
public Relations: Virgil Gill,
chairman, Mrs. L. w. Alexander,
vice chairman, Mrs. Nan Bounds.
Mrs. Irene B. Robinson, Mrs. v
B. Taylor, II. l.. McCleskey, A
F. Mcgehee, Mrs. Louise Melvin
and Mrs. Vivian Green.
Professional relations: M. J,
Bullock, chairman, Miss Kathleen
Kell, vice chairman, W. M. Alex.
ander, Mrs. Louise Lynd, Mrs
Marie Fuller, Mrs. o. B. Lopez
Mrs. Inez Sells, Mrs. Jack Beatty
and Mrs. Ira Jacks.
Teacher Welfare; c. L, Carr
vim, chairman, Miss Ida Merri.
wether, vice chairman, E. A.
Bradley, N. M. Carter, Mrs. Dora
Smith Moore, Miss Carrie. Lee
Harris, Mrs. S. S. Wall, Mrs. R
M. Roberts and Mrs. Evelyn West
The following members of the
executive council were appointed
to work with these committees
Mrs. Annie Lee Painter, pro.
gram; Mrs. Lena Penton, public
relations; L. c. Gordon, profes
sional relations; and Mrs. Cammi'
Wilson, teacher welfare.
The next regular meeting o
the executive council will be helC
at the Pascagoula Central schoo
on September 80 at 6 pm, Mr.
Tanner announced.
The next regular meeting O
the Jackson County Teachers
association viii be held in th'
Central school Of Moss Point dur
ing the month of November, thu
exact date to be announced later
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-01
Registration Of
l.846 Men Reported
BY County Boord

At the close of registration on
September Is, 1916 men between
the ages of 18 and 26 had been
registered in jackson county, Of
ficials of the local board an
nounced. Approximately 1851 600
had been registered in the state.
Any man between those ages
who did not register is advised
to go to the local board and reg
lister at once to escape liability
of a fine or Imprisonment, state
board officials said. It is con-
templated that law enforcement
officers will start at once asking
to see registration certificates.
Preinduction physical exam
nations in the state will begin
October IL with the first induc-
ton coming in November. In ac
cordance with the present Selec-
tive Service act of 1913 a man
will not be taken into the Armed
Forces on volunteer enlistment
basis after he receives his notice
to present himself for preinduc-
ton physical examination.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-01
Channel Contract Gets Final Approval;
Work Order Issued By U. S. Engineers
Back To School Fund Accelerated BY
$3.50 From Y.W.B.C., Smaller Gifts

in the number of requests is ex-
pected with the coming of cold
weather and it is hoped to build
up the reserve to a degree .ade-
quate to answer the needs of the
local children.
The P-TA of the Magnolia
school for the colored children,
also voted to take care of their
own needy students and plans are
being made to have clothing
available for needs.
Although the Parent-Teacher
Association voted to ear for the
needy children in their school
district in Moss Point, the Pub
lie Welfare Department stands
ready to fill in with any available
articles of clothing in case the or
CARNATIONS are unable to fur
nish them, Miss Herrin said.
Two small boys were clothed
Saturday by representatives of
the YMBC, Miss Burnsed said,
and using this as a basis it was
judged that $40 will be neces-
sary for clothing each child. This,
however, does not include articles
of clothing donated which will
be used whenever possible in
stead of purchasing new clothing.
Miss Herrin said.
There are approximately 100
children in the county who are
desperately in need of clothing
and about 60 of these are of school
age.
Donations of SIG have been re-
ceived at the Chronicle-Star and
Advertiser office and further con-
tributions may be made through
the newspaper office or to the
Department of Public Welfare Of
flee in the Chamber Of Commerce
building on South Pascsgoula
street.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-01
Little Boy Mourns
Lost Dog; Illness
Feared By Pdrents

joey Watts, six-year-oId son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Pat Watts of Kreole
has lost his dog and he is a pref
ty unhappy little boy.
She's such a little dog and joey
is afraid maybe she will just mis-
place herself and not even be no.
ticed so he is asking that every
body keep an extra special close
watch for a tan rat terrier with
a black lose and a habit that has
earned her the name of Kisser-
only a stranger wouldn't be apt
to find out about that. She Is
wearing a collar but it has no
Identification on it.
Kisser disappeared Tuesday
night when she got out of the car
at Hultz Fish Market in Moss
Point and the family has reason
to think someone must have found
her and taken her home for they
drove all around town Wednes-
day looking for her and blowing
the horn which she. recognizes
but failed to answer.
Joe is under a doctors care for
a severe case of asthama and the
physician has warned that he
mustn't have any shock of ex-
element and unless the little dog
is found, his parents are afraid
he is going to become i'll. Joey
was persuaded to go to school
Thursday only by the promise
that the dog would be found. So
MI. and Mrs. Watts are asking
for help, too = to keep that
promise.
Anyone knowing the dogs
whereabouts is asked to phone
1917.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-01

The Lancero Of the Dodero
Lines Of Argentina steamed in
to the Pascagoula river Satur-
day morning and docked at the
ingalls, Shipyard to pick up
cargo, the first ship flying a
foreign flag TO come into this
port to load for a number of
years.
The vessel took on cargo and
supplies and is scheduled to
draw up her gang plank today,
Friday, and leave for New
York. Included in the cargo are
items constructed at the In
gals yard and other materials
furnished by the company.
Among other things were a
huge Baton ladder built here
for the dredge, Chicago, which
was recently sold to the Min
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-01

The March to School fund to
clothe needy children in Jackson
county took a heart-warming
Jump this week when the Young
Women's Business Club, which
voted to accept this work as a
project, placed $3.50 from its
treasury in the till.
Miss Margaret Burnsed, presi-
dent of the YWBC, announced
the donation and also outlined
plans laid by the club members
for contracting organizations
throughout the county to enlist
aid in providing for these chill
dren, many of whom r not
able TO attend school because OF
a lack of clothing.
Bundles of servicable clothing
have been received at the Public
Welfare office, according to Miss
Clara Herrin, director, and one
little six year old girl has do
mated a complete outfit for a
little girl her age with the ex-
ception of a coat which is to be
added by the little girl and her
mother later. A reader of the
Chronicles Star and Advertiser
who lives in New Orleans, has
sent a check for $40 to go toward
clothing some child for school
and another reader, also living
in the Louisiana city, sent &
bundle of outgrown children's
clothing.
Mrs. E. L. Golf of the Moss
Point P-TA said they have es'
~tablished clothing banks at the
high and elementary schools ano
have already filled the needs Of
five children. A number of per
sons have notified them of theil
intention of sending in bundles
of clothing, she said. AT i~neeeass
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-01
S. S. Lnncero OF Argentine Docks At
Ingalls, Shipy0rd TO Take On Cargo

istry of Public Works, Republic
of Argentina, large sections OF
dredging pipe and dredging
pontoons. All the cargo is for
the Ministry Of Public Works
of Argentina.
The ship is of the C-3 type
and was built in North Amer
lea.
Captain c. T. Torjusen met
the Lancero just outside the
pass, having been taken out
aboard the Susanna by her
owner, James Zerkus, and pl-
loted her into port.
Customs officials, public
health, quarantine officers and
+. immigration authorities from
Mobile boarded the vessel here
to clear it.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-01
Top Argentine
Officials In
Two-DaY Visit

"A group OF nlBh Ar
gentine officials, headed by Cen
eral Juan Pistarini, minister of
public works, completed their
inspection of ingalls, facilities at
Birmingham and Decatur, Ala,
this week following a two-day
visit in Pascagoula Sunday and
Monday as guests of Monro b.
Lanier, president of the Ingalls,
Shipbuilding Corporation.
Included in the inspection trip
Thursday was an air-tour in a
United States Army plane of the
entire Tennessee Valley Author
ity which ended at Knoxville
Thursday night.
General Pistarini and his party
inspected the ingalls, yard here
Monday morning and during the
AFTERNOON boarded n of the
four 232-foot coastwise vessels
which were recently completed
at the yard for the Argentine gov
eminent, for a trial trip. The par
ty was joined aboard the vessel
by Gov. Fielding l.. Wright, who
later was host at a reception at
the Longfellow House for General
Pistarini and his party.
Pending the working out of dol
lar exchange. the Argentine gov
eminent, through Gen. Pistarini,
is expected to place large orders
for floating equipment in this
country.
Members of the party were
guests at luncheon aboard the
ship built here for the Ministry
of Public Works and in addition
to the general and his party 9TH
ers aboard were Mr.. and Mrs,
Lanier, Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Guest,
Governor Wright, DR., and Mrs.
u. N. Lockard and MIR, and Mrs.
X. II. Macy.
From five to seven o'clock, the
guests we're honored at a recep-
ton held at the LongfelloW
House. The reception rooms were
lovely with autumn flowers and
two long tables were arranged in
the dining room from which can
apes and iced squares were serv-
ed with coffee poured by Mrs.
Lanier and Mrs. John r.. Watts,
wife of the Pascagoula mayor.
Members of General PiStarini's
party included Mrs. Pistarini,
their daughter. Miss Maria Teresa
Pistarini, their son, 1t. Juan Pts
tarini of the Argentine Air Forces.
Pedro Zamora, executive secre-
tary to the minister; Wilson ia
eobs, official interpreter; DR..
Nieanor Alurralde, national di-
rector of navigation and ports.
Mrs. Alurralde; Engineer Alberto
Chiappe, general manager OF
River Transport; and Eduardo
Andersen, Ingalls, Argentine re-
preventative.
The women of the party were
guests of Mrs. Guest on a triE
through Bellingrath Garden.
Tuesday before leaving for Birm.
ingham where they were to re.
JON the men in the group.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-01
SQUIRREL SEASON

The squirrel season will open
November / until December 81
in jackson county and surround
ing southern counties, Dan w.
Sherman, game warden, remind
ed hunters this week. In more
northern counties the season is
from September Is to October Is
and from December | to Deem
Der 81. The limit for killing is
six per person a day and only IL
are allowed in the possession of
a hunter at any one time, Warden
Sherman said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-01
WINS QUARTERLY LUNCHEON

The quarterly luncheon meet
ing of the Woman's Missionary
Society of the First Baptist church
will be held Monday at | p. m. in
the substory of the church. AS it
will be the last quarterly meeting
for the church year, the officers
for the coming year will be in
stalled during the business ses-
sion. This will be followed by the
monthly Royal Service program.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-01
Outboord Motor
Boot Club Formed:
TO Sponsor Races

Cupboard motor boat races will
be held Sunday, October 10, at 2
p. m. in Dog River opposite the
Moss Point Community House
under the sponsorship of the new
ly organized Moss Point. Out
board Motor Club. officers an
nouneed this week. Proceeds will
go toward a fund for a club house.
Races will be for 5 horsepower
motors and up.
The club was formed at a
meeting Tuesday night at Hultz
Seafood Co, with 20 persons
present. Alton Thomson S
elected temporary president and
]. w. Backstom will serve as sec
retary-treasurer for the present
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-01
QUARTERBACK CLUB

Tile first meeting of the Quar-
terback Club for the year was
held at the Tip Top Inn Monday
with T. N. Tucker presiding in
the absence of the president, A.
F. Dantzler. and 40 members
present. Motion pictures of in
teresting games are a feature of
the weekly meetings and Monday
members saw the Tulane-Florida
game Of 1947. Possibility OF get
ting a football game between Tu-
lane university freshmen and the
Perkinston Junior college teams
to be played in the War Memoir
al stadium here in November was
discussed. Felix Neal, coach, and
Mark Smith, assistant coach at
Paseageula were introduced.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-01
Week Observance
Urges Jobs For
The Handicapped

More jobs for the physically
handicapped will be the aim
pointed up by the observance OF
the fourth annual national EN-
ploy the Physically Handicapped
Week in Jackson county and
throughout the nation October 8
through 8, John A. Eckhoff, man
ager of the Mississippi State En-
ployment Service in Pascagoula,
has announced.
1.-THE local office of the Missis
sippi State Employment Service
now has on file the applications
of a considerable number of dis
abled veterans and other handi-
capped persons who are able to
work and actively seeking en-
ployment,' Mr. Eckhoff said, mo
doubt, there are additional handi-
capped persons in the community
who are not listed with us but
who need jobs"
This special observance will
launch So weeks of aiding work
ers with physical handicaps solve
their employment problems
thorough expansion of placement
and rehabilitation opportunities
he pointed out.
1T has been decided that the
1948 NEPH week program shoulo
emphasize three main points,
Mr.. Eckhoff declared. First, we
want to make sure every person
in the area is made aware of the
job problem of the handicapped
and what can be done to solve
it. In the second place we want
to be able to provide job open
ings for all handicapped persons
seeking employment. A thire
objective is to stimulate the use
of vocational rehabilitation OPP.
portunities by handicapped per.
sons who are, at present, not
ready for employment"
Actual work records Of en-
ployed handicapped workers have
proved that they are just as eff
ficient. reliable and versatile as
non-handicapped workers wher
they are placed in suitable jobs
Mr.. Eekhoff said.
In a formal proclamation, Gov
ernor Wright calls on the people
of the state to observe this week
pointing out that through proper
training programs Mississippi.
can give opportunity for employ
ment to many of our fellow citiz'
ems who by reason of physicaI
handieaps are now denied such
opportunities for employment
The proclamation called atten-
ton to the fact that with war, in.
dustrial and other accidents the
number of handicapped persons
increases annually and that these
citizens only desire an opportun.
ity to become self-supporting and
Independent"
Mayor John r. Watts of Pas
eagoula and Mayor F. w. Cirloi
of Moss Point endorsed the pro
elamation issued by the governor
and urged that every effort be
made hv citizens of this section
to aid in rehabilitation of the
handicapped and to offer then
employment when possible SO
that they may return to norma
living.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-01
DRUNK DRIVER

Claude Richardson was fined
$500 and costs in Justice of the
Peace Denny's court Wednesday
o n charges of drunk driving. Rich
ardson was arrested in P~ascagoula
by Sheriff ]. Guy Krebs about
two weeks ago and had been out
on bond waiting trial, Sheriff
Krebs said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-01
SLOT MACHINES SEIZED

Two slot machines were seized
by Sheriff J. Guy Krebs and Dep
uty Sheriff Leo Byrd from the
Surf Grill on the Beach drive
Wednesday night, according to
Sheriff Krebs. Charges are pend
ing, the sheriff said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-01
Contract Allows
20 Doys To Stdrt
Work On Project

Final approval of the award
ing of a contract for the deepen
ing and widening of the Pasca-
goula ship channel was given
this week by the Chief of u. S.
Engineers office at Washington.
Following this approval the Mo-
bile District office has notified
the Standard Dredging Corpora
ton of acceptance of their bid
for the work, and a work order
was to be issued late this week,
U. L. Perry, chief of operations
for the Mobile District office, said
Wednesday.
Terms of the contract allow 20
days for work to begin, following
the issuance of a work order by
the u. S. Engineers.
E. M. Julian. New Orleans man.
ager for the Standard Dredging
Corporation, said over long dis
lance telephone Wednesday that
work on the project will begin
well within the 20 day time limit.
Present plans call for the be-
ginning of construction of the re-
tanning levees on the West bank
of the Pascagoula river from the
LIN tracks south as the first
part of the program, Mr.. Julian
said.
To Use Big Dredge
1t will take 80 to so days to
complete these levees. and actual
dredging work will probably not
begin until this phase of the work
is completed, he said. Although
not definitely decided, he added,
the company plans to send one of
their largest hydraulic dredges
here for the channel work.
The retaining levees are de-
signed to hold the spoils from the
river channels and ship turning
basin to reclaim a large acreage
of land adjacent to the west bank
of the river and raise it to ap-
proximately 10 feet above mean
high tide. The land will be used
as industrial sites and in the de-
velopment of Pascagoula port
facilities. The land involved in
the reclamation has been pur-
chased by the Pascagoula Port
Commission.
Mr.. Perry also said that the u
S. Engineers plan to send the In,
galls-built hopper dredge Lang.
fit here sometime between the
first and 18th of November to be-
gin work on the deepening anc
widening of Horn. Island pass
Original plans called for the Lang
fit to begin work shortly after
Octoberz1, but due to emergency
work on the Mississippi rivel
channel these plans have beer
delayed. 1t will take about two
months for the Langfitt to com
plete the Horn Island pass work
which calls for widening the pas.
channel to 1926 feet and deepen.
ing it to IS feet.
Wider. Deeper Channel
The river and ship channe
will be widened to 275 feet anc
deepened to 81 feet from the LIN
bridge to the pass. In addition {
1000 foot ship turning basin i.
to be dredged in the river approx
imately opposite the present city
wharf.
Terms of the contract allow
seven months for completion Of
the channel dredging.
The Standard Dredging Cor.
poration was low bidder for the
work at the opening of sealed
bids at the District Engineers
office at Mobile on August 31st
They submitted a bid of $516,10
for the work. which was approx.
imately $4,000 lower than the
U. S. Engineers estimate of then
own costs.
Several industries are already
interested in sites on the West
-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-01

U. S. death rates from trans
port accidents rose only slightly
from 1911 to 1916. In the same
period death rates from other
types of accidents we're reduced
sharply.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-01

Sometimes reaching a density
Of 1000 to the square mile, the
population in the area around
Lake Victoria in Africa is be-
lieved to be the densest on the
continent.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-01

In the civil war, New York
sent 434, 260 soldiers, about one
sixth of the Union Army.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-01

The eheetah of India is credited
with being the swiftest four-foot-
ed animal.