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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-12-02

Name of School Accident; No. l Name of
last Principal. b. o. Aiken Salary of Teach
ers. Sl5.S6i75; Textbooks S32l.7l Materials
of instruction. $500; Library Books $1l4.29 :
Other Costs of instruction, S247S Janitors
Wages $663.12 Janitors' Supplies, S79.95 ;
Fuel $232.45: Other Costs of Operation
S9399; Repair of Buildings and Upkeep Of
Grounds S24949; Repair and Replacement of
Equipment S2O0.9S; Other Costs of Mantle
nance Including Rent. $S51.67 R; Transporta-
ton. S10,2OO.99; Other Auxiliary Agencies
S51.6S; Total Current Expenses, $29,036.00 ;
Average Number of Pupils Belonging, 221.39 ;
Cost per Pupil Belonging for Current En-
penses, SI3l.15.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-12-02
Election District No. II

Name of School, Crcllin; No. s. Name Of
last Principal Josie NJ. Iden; Salary of
Teachers Sl27l2.0O: TeNtbooks SlN0.36 ;
Materials of Instruction. S7N99 Library
Books. $3l4S; Other Costs Of instruction,
SlOS7: Janitors Wages 100000 Janitors
Supplies. S467l; Fuel $1sO.$1; Other Costs
Of Operation $2.73 Repair of Buildings and
Upkeep of Grounds. S5S.37 Repair and Re
placement Of Equipment, Si5.S6; Other Costs
of Maintenance Including Rent. Sl.60; Trans
portation, $S7O.s6 Other Auxiliary Agencies,
S6l % Total Current Expenses, Slf9ll.46 :;
Average number Of Pupils Belonging, 1857 {;
Cost per Pupil Belonging for Current En-
pense. $l00.30.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-12-02

Name Of School Oakland Elementary No.
Name Of Last Principal, Merle D. Fraulz
Salary Of Teachers, $3Slio93; Textbooks.
$79g37 Materials Of Instruction, $269ii
Iii,tary Raaks. $50 SIS Other Costs Of In
struction. Sli66; Janitors Wages Sl.3l6li
Ianitors' supplies, S95.9l Fuel $fl27S
Other Costs Of Operation $330.S0: Repair Of
Buildings and Jrpkecp Of Grounds, 81 1882
Repair and Replacement of Equipment,
Si3O.65 Other Cost. of Maintenance In
Guiding Rent, SS.96; Transportation, ST.
922 so; Other Auxiliary Agencies. $3.50 ;
school Lunch Program, S2.O29sl Total Car
rent Expenses. $57.9s5.i1; Average Number
of Pupils BELONGING. i533: Cost per Pupil
Belonging for Current Expenses. Sl2l.92.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-12-02

of Teachers $l1.5lol6; Teytboot5, $20s.5t;
Materials Of Instruction. Sls0i. Library
Books, S76.7l Other Costs Of Instruction,
$s5.Sa; Janitors Wages, $4,000 Janitors
Supplies. 5000 Fuel. $35750 Other Costs
of Operation. $l02.s5 Repair Of Buildings
and Upkeep Of Grounds Stls@2 Eepair and
Replacement Of Equipment, Sl719; Trans
portaton, $3,6O0.0s; Other Auxiliary Apen-
cies, $3lsS Total Current Expenses, $l7,-
006.70. Average Number Of Pupils Belonging
1863 Cost per Pupil Belonging for Current
Expenses, $l2i.59.
Election District No. 10
Name Of School Kitzmller No. ] ; Name
of last Principal. Thomas v Haucom Salary
Of Teachers, S12.2O6.s6 Textbooks. $1So,Gs :;
Materials Of instruction. $50 81 Library
Books. Slil.55; Other Costs of Instruction.
S3.71; Janitors' Wages, $4,000 Janitors
Supplies, $50 65; Fuel, S2ts60 other Costs
of Operation St29.t7; Repair of Buildings
and Upkecp If Grounds S95.59: Repair and
Replacement Of Equipment. Sl0l.3i; Trans
portation $l.6S7.93: Other Auxiliary Agcn-
cies, S15.O5; School Lunch Program. S379.01:
Total Current Expenses. S16Il2.3l; Average
Number of Pupils Belonging, 1870; Cost
per Pupil Belonging for Current Expenses
S123 81
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-12-02

$318643O7 $1797S287 $9842594
includes $4,000 Saares-Smmer Home Ec Program
%+ncudes $543O Travelling Expenses
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-12-02

Name Of school Bcachy; No > Name of
last Principal. Ida b. Reckner; Salary Of
Teacher 81, 10000 Texthooks S1211; Ma
terials of instruction. $i7.55; Janitors' Wages.
$70.O5; Janitors Supplies. S1.5G; Fuel. $3.50
Repair of Buildings and Upkeep of Grounds.
SI93.O4: Transportation Sl.0SISf; Other
Auxiliary Agencies. SLIGO: Total Current EN-
penses. $4,230.25 Average Number of Pupils
Belonging lL7; Cost per Pupil Belonging
r,t Current Expensrs SoS7 II
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-12-02
Election District No. S


Name of School Red Oak No. 9 f.; Name Of
last Principal, Madelein II. Blamble Salary
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-12-02

SPECI NOTE: To the Of $3139G5 Balance
OF S97O6l as balance of cash that received after
before that the
ON Hand the Current Expense Fund 90 Special
the total of these funds.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-12-02

Name Of School Bttineer; No. 1 Name
Of last Principal Len0ra Wiley Bucket Saa-
ry Of Teacher. 10000 Textbooks $261 10 {:
Materials of instruction. $3.50 Janitors'
Wages. S7o.O5 Janitors' Supplies, Sl56 {:
Fuel. $2f.75; Other Costs % Operation. SIPS {;
RI pair Of Buildings and Upkeep of Grounds,
$1,000: Repair and Replacement Of Equip
mcnt. $l.65: Transportation Si2I35 Other
Auxiliary Agencies. Sl.6O: Total Current Ex
penses. $372s.23; Average Number of Pupils
Belonging Is; Cost per Pupil belonging for
Cmrrent EMnense.. S20ll2.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-09-03
LOCATION

Site. about IA acres, il on the main line. OF the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad about 80 miles
from Mobile, Alobcma. U. s. Highway go posses
the plani, dock facilities toi oihersl Gre about
500 isst from site.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-09-03
Exodus Of Jackson County Young
People To Colleges And Universities

September is always marked
by an exodus of young people
Of collegiate age bound for va
rious institutes of higher learn
ing throughout the country. This
year the list is even greater than
before as many high school grad
yates have joined the college
group. Some have already gone
and some will leave this week.
Others will go during the mid
month.
Many to Ole Miss
Those who 60 to Ole Miss this
year should feel quite at home
for they will find a number of
their friends from Jackson Coun-
ty have also matriculated there,
some of them being seniors, 9TH
ers juniors and sophomores and
a large number are freshmen.
Among these are Charles and
Henry Torjusen, Robert Kell,
Tom Colmer, Albin Krebs, John
Gautier, Gordon Justice, Jack
Smith, Jr., Bobby Daggett, Jack
Witchen. Ronard Byrd, Lavon
Ezell, Wade Hilliard, Douglas
Dubuisson, Spurgeon Lachaussee,
Stephen Stringfellow, Theodore
Vlahos, Joe Kent Bishop, w. j.
Hardy, Carl Megehee, and Misses
Joyce Justice, Barbara Brook,
Katherine Wright. Faye Lewis
and Ann Gulley of Pascagoula and
Bart Delashmet, Dickie and Jack
Dickson, Harry Davis, Charles
Torres and Kenneth Farragut of
Moss Point.
Other Mississippi Colleges
Others who 60 to Mississippi
colleges and universities are
Misses Frances Cudabac, Louise
Thelma Pelham, Pat Winter, Vivi
Moore, Martha Anne Bishop and
Kathleen Delmas of ~Pascagoula
and Claire Sidenspinner, Margie
Thomas and Shirley Elkin Of
Moss Point, Mississippi State Col
lege for Women; Arthur Bogdahn,
Donald James Bond, James Syl-
ton Cole, Everett Bushby Greer,
Robert Junius Ham, Thomas
Charles Holder, Kirby King, Jr.,
Orran c. Lacewell, Paul Mark
Ryan, Israel Shemper, Alfred
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-09-03
Miss Betty Ezell
Identifies Tune
Played on Radio

Miss Betty Ezell, daughter of
MI. and Mrs. A. w. Ezell, 400
Polk street, knew the answer
when she was called by Bert
Parks, emcee on the WDSU-ABC
broadcast, on Saturday evening
on the stop the Music" radio
program.
About a quarter of six the
phone at the Ezell residence rang
and Miss Ezell who took the call,
was informed that her phone
number had been selected at
random from the nations tele-
phone directories by screen star
Ella Raines in New York City.
When asked if she would like
to try to identify the selection
which would come over the ra-
dio at 6 p. m. on the stop the
Music" broadcast she identified
the tune being played by Harry
Salters orchestra as "April
Showers.
Although she missed the $20,-
600 mystery melody jackpot, she
will receive a 72-piece set of
sterling silver. Miss Ezell was
one of five out of seven who
twere called Saturday evening
who identified the tune being
played correctly.
Miss Ezell said her radio was
not on when the call came as she
had just come in from swimming
and was drinking coffee. Her
mother answered the phone and
called her. Immediately she
turned on the radio and began
to get nervous. Fortunately, the
selection played was one of her
favorites so she Immediately rec
ognized it.
For skeptics who wonder if a
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-09-03
Mrs. Money Naples
dies in Biloxi:
"a Yeurs old

Mrs. Nancy Naples, "a years,
died at the home of her son, M.
w. Naples, Ali Pine street, b.
loxi on Monday morning.
Mrs. Naples was a native OF
Wilmer, Ala, and after her mar
rage made her home at Pecan,
until she went to live with her
son in Biloxi about eight years
ago.
She would have had her 95th
birthday on September 18th.
She is survived by two sons,
Moral of Biloxi and Rufus OF
Pecan, eight grandchildren and
is great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday morning, August 81,
from the residence of her son,
Rufus Naples, with the Rev. Tom
Davis of Kreole and the Rev. A.
J. Pope of Biloxi, officiating.
Interment was in the Fort Lake
cemetery. Pail bearers were
Howard Naples, Floyd Sherrell,
Jack Naples, Robert Poole, Leon
Grimes and Irving Hamilton.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-09-03

Moore, Wallace Hestell Whatley
and John H. Moody and Miss
Mary Emma Savage of Pasca-
goula and Bob Dutton, Bert
Thomas and Max McCool and
Misses Marilyn Marie, Bobbie
Nell Germany, Marjorie Clark
and Maxine White of Moss Point,
Perkinston Junior college.
Among those who will study
at Mississippi Southern college
are Jerry Furr of Pascagoula and
Miss Villa Dean Hamilton of
Moss Point. Mississippi college
will have as students Carl Allen
Hudson and Orrey Curtis Holy
field and Misses Betty Jean Rob-
inson, Miriam Adams, Mary Eve
lyn Eubanks, Elaine Avara, Bet
ty Sinquefield, Hilda Smith of
Pascagoula and Howard Smith
of Moss Point.
Robert H. Slime, Perry Gau-
tier, Ed White, Charles Arm
strong, George Winter and Ever
cite Stone go to Mississippi State.
Misses Billie Bragg Herring, Do
ra Nell Lowe of Pascagoula will
study at Belhaven and Rupert
Cirlot of Moss Point and Jimmy
Campbell and Miss frankie Trest
of Pascagoula will attend Mill
saps.
Miss Mary ellsworth studies
at Clark college. Those from Pas
cagoula who will attend Pearl
River Junior college are Frank
Branch and Donald Brinkman.
Miss Helen Woods of Pascagoula
enters Meridian Junior college
and Miss Carrie Lou White will
study at John CASTOR.
Schools in Other States
Kay HOLSTER, Mac Gautier and
Ernest Ros of Pascagoula return
to Tulane and Henry Ehrlich en-
tiers on his freshman year there.
Jim T. Hobby returns to How
ard college and Hosea Nelson and
his cousin, Miss Joan Nelson, of
Moss Point will study at the Tn
iversity of Alabama where Dick
Franklin is also a student. Miss
Joyce Nelson goes back to Lin
wood college. Tom Cook goes to
the University of Tulsa, Clark
Britton will matriculate at Vir-
ginia Military Institute, Miss Wv
ian McDavid will enter Bowling
Green Business College and Miss
Florence Young the Mobile Bus
mess college. All of these are
from Moss Point and others from
the same city who will leave soon
are Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Cunning
ham who will study at Louisiana
State University, as will Robert
Carter, Miss Barbara Fitzpatrick
who will enter on her novitiate at
the Convent of the Most Holy
Sacrament and Miss Marguerite
Colley who will continue her
musical studies at the University
of Illinois. Tom Lennep goes
back to Emory University. Miss
Kathleen Simmons enters Agnes
Scott college and W. ]. Hardy,
both of Pascagoula, return to the
University of Tennessee.
Miss Joan Newton OF Moss
Point will study at Shorter col
lege and Donald Lyle and Shan
non Slyfield will enter South
urastern Louisiana Institute.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-09-03
UTILITIES

Wuief-Furnishsd By City
s~swsf-Fumishsd by City system
Power and Liqht-Consumers Mississippi Power
und LIGHT Company. &C 1900 1900 $50 2osil7
volts.
cas-consumsrs Mississippi Power { Light Co.
Here b a complete oxygen manufacturing plant
sItualsd al PGseugeulG. Mississippi, On The Gull
Cost This modern. wsll-plonns4 oxygen produe.
inc unil l. a real find for an indushial gases
osqonisutIcn searching Tor equipment Tor use
swhere
This advsrtisemsni Il not q basis feF nsgotGtion
aua War Assets administrator reserves the right
n consider al BIDS In Ii light Of The applicable
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-09-03

byterian church of Moss Point
for the purpose of discussing and
taking action on the extension of
the present building facilities to
include Sunday school space and
other necessary facilities.
This meeting will be held in
conjunction with the morning
worship service. All members Of
the church r urged to be pres
ent.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-09-03

local directory really is included
in the contest directories and the
hopefuls who wait for their
phones to ring during the various
contest programs this call should
renew their interest.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-09-03
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED

Mr.. and Mrs. Roy E. Knapp Of
Ocean Springs announce the en-
gagement of their youngest
daughter, Alzaida penny, to Mr..
John Louis Rouse, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. S. Rouse, 1116 Resca de
la Palma street, Pascagoula.
The wedding is to take place
in the near future.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-09-03
BUILDINGS

4 ~onsssory moin building with monitors over the
sodc tower and engine room. es'xl3si concrete
foundations with wood siding on wood frdms
throughout concrete floors. floor orsd about
$500 "a. H.. eleoranees 10 70 - feet. Minor s,fue-
lures. q l2'xl1 HOWELL pumphouss. cooling
towers. subsection and q ls'xlr FiowmGsieE con-
troll house.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-09-03
CONGREGATIONAL MEETING

On Sunday, September S, there
will be a congregational meeting
of the members of the First Pres
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-09-03
MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT

The offer 10 sell. az a complete unit. includes
production equipment: two oxygen troeiionoHng
columns. such raisd at 100000 Gu. #. per day;
one oxygen dryer unii; a soda tower unit; pumps'
a wood cooling tower q balloon oxygen storage
unit; air compressor; a troilsr and cylinder filling
unit, lss cylinders. s.7/s inches By 2oh fsstJ
ond office furniture and fixture items.
Evening star., 1948-10-03
Five District Lutherans
To Serve As Delegates
To Church Convention
By Cospor Nonnes

Five oficial delegates and large
number of ministers and laymen
from Washington will be present
at the opening session Wednesday
at Philadelphia of the 18th biennial
convention of the United Lutheran
Church in America. The meeting
will continue through October IA.
District delegates to the meeting
will be DR.. Oscar F. Blackwelder,
pastor of Reformation Lutheran
Church: DR.. L. Ralph Tabor, pastor
of Luther Place Memorial Church;
Thomas P. Hickman of Reformation
Lutheran Church; Martin A. Nc
Grory of Atonement Lutheran
Church and Fred w. Konesman OF
Luther Place Church.
They will be among the SIS dele
gates at the convention from every
State and from the provinces of
Canada. Representatives from con-
gregations in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto
Rico and the Virgin Islands will
be present. The church body,
largest of the Lutheran Church
bodies in the United States, has
!, $3.50, ,628 members, 1910 congrega-
tions and 80 synods. DR.. Franklin
Clark Fry of New Rochelle, N. Y,
president Of the body since 1914,
will preside.
Mark 200th Year.
The convention will observe the
200th anniversary of organized
|Lutheranism in North America and
the 30th anniversary Of the United
Lutheran Church in America. The
first Lutheran synod in America was
formed in Philadelphia by Henry
Melchoir Muhlenberg in 1748. The
present church body resulted from
merger in 1918 of the General
Council Of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church in North America, the
United Synod of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in the South and
of the General Synod of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in the
United States of America.
Important church and secular
issues will be discussed and decided
at the convention. Foremost among
the church issues will be q special
committee report voicing a declara-
ton by the body that "the United
Lutheran Church in America hereby
declares to all the bodies not con-
stitWing the National Lutheran
Council its desire to merge with
all or any of them in organic
union"
Eight bodies forming the council
ARE the United Lutheran Church,
American Lutheran Church, Nor
wegian Lutheran Church. Augustana
Synod. United Danish Lutheran
Church, Lutheran Free Church.
Danish Evangelical Lutheran
Church and Finnish Suomi Synod.
To Discuss World Problems.
The convention will also take up
the question of displaced persons in
the United States. rebuilding of the
Lutheran Church in Europe and
Asia, cooperation with other Prot
estant bodies, and increasing men,
bership.
1t will also consider approval Of
common Lutheran hymnal and a
common liturgy for the eight bodies:
complete reorganization of youth
work in the church and reports by
a special committee concerning re-
Evening star., 1948-10-03
Convention to See Huge Trucks
Muneuver in Obstacle Course

A truck "roadeo" with competition
in driving through an obstacle
course will be a feature of the 18th
anniversary convention of the
American Trucking Associations
here for five days, beginning Friday.
Two expert drivers from each of
80 States will guide their big tractor
trailer trucks over the obstacle
course to be set up on Fifteenth
street NV. between Constitution
avenue and E street. Competition
will begin at 8 am. October II.
Driving problems will include
parking a truck between two cars,
with total clearance of six inches
on the sides and driving between a
row of rubber balls-clearance two
inches-without knocking them of
their pedestals.
Final to Be Held in Armory,
All but six drivers will be elm
mated In this test. Finals will be
held at 8 pm. the following day in
the National Guard Armory. The
obstacles will be the same and the
scoring will also be on a written test
of traffic and safety rules.
Evening star., 1948-10-03

alton of the church to world con-
Evening star., 1948-10-03

More than $500 delegates are ex-
pected to attend the meetings to be
held in the Statler and Mayflower
Hotels. All luncheon meetings will
begin at 1915 pm.
Representative Dirksen, Republi-
can, OF Illinois, will speak on traf1ic
safety at the first luncheon October
10 at the Mayfiower.
Other luncheon speakers will in
clude Russell j. Hopley, director OF
civil defense planning; Harvey S
Firestone, jr., chairman of the board
OF directors of the Firestone Tire
and Rubber company; Eric Sevareid
Columbia Broadcasting System COM
mentator; Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Her
shey, director of Selective Service
and Harrison Dood, radio commen-
tator.
Rounding out the meetings, which
will deal with taxes and defense
planning, will be banquet at 7:30
pm. October IS. 1t will be held in
two sections, one at the yMayflower
and one at the Statlcr. =.
Evening star., 1948-10-03
Star Staff Photos

lation of the church to world con-
diti0ns.
Lutheran leaders who will address
the gathering will sinclude Bishop
Hans Meiser OF Bavaria, president
of the United Lutheran CHURCH in
Germany; the Rev. Karl Raudsepp,
former chaplain in 4 displaced per-
sons camp at Esslingen, Germany,
the Rev. Chitose Kishi. president OF
the Evangelical Lutheran Church OF
Japan; the Rev. Ethakoti Prakasam.
president of the Andhra Evangelical
Lutheran Church of India and DR.
Petrux O. Bersell of Minneapolis,
Mimi, president of the Augustana
Lutheran Church.
Evening star., 1948-10-03

Sac Paulo. Brazil, boasts more
l948 United States cars than any
other South American city.
Evening star., 1948-10-03
Gurney Leaves Portugal,

LISBON, Oct. 2tP)Is- Senator
Gurney, Republican, Of South <Da-
kota, left Portugal by special plane
today for the United States.
Evening star., 1948-10-03

WASHINGTON DELEGATES TO LUTHERAN CONVENTION
Four of the five delegates from Washington who will take part
biennial United Lutheran Church in America
venton opening Wednesday in Philadelphia The fifth delegate
Fred w. Koneman of Luther Place Memorial Church
Staff Photos
Evening star., 1948-10-03

Vacationers helped Fire harvest
its bumper crop this year.
Evening star., 1948-10-03
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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-07-16

Bob Starr, frankie and her two
youngsters, Carol Ann and Bobbie,
Jr., were in Conrad Tuesday.
Jimmie Owens is here fir m
Birmingham, Wash. visiting re-
latives.
Wanted-cook, man or woman,
for small hay ere W. Box 407,
Browning, Montana.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-07-16

Mr.. and Mrs George Courtney
have attained the grand state"
in the birth of a little daughter
to Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Musselman
at the Great Falls Hospital last
Friday morning. Mrs. Musselman
is daughter of the Courtneys,.
and will be remembered here as
Betty Lou.