The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-08-19
BY Maude T~anlunson

Whew! Who said June was the
month of weddings? This hasn't
been necessarily so in Jackson
county where nuptials during Au-
gust have seemed to be the or
der of each day. Perhaps this IS
because many of the grooms are
ex-GTs who are returning to
their particular colleges or uni
versities with the opening of the
fall terms.
And the torrid heat which has
embodied US lately hasn't kept
folks from attending the many
parties given as %pre-nuptial cour-
tesies for this bride or that.
There was a run of them last
week for Kitty Harris but they
tapered off with her marriage
Friday to Rudy Bardwell. This
romance had its start when both
Kitty and Rudy were students
and was only intensified when
at the Pascagoula High school
the latter entered the Navy in
which he is now serving.
This week was marked by sew
eral parties for Gene Swartwout
who WEEDS August 20. Next week
they'll all rest from partying'
as there doesn't seem TO be a
thing on the social calendar.
Fortnight Is Limit
That P%ascagoula is a nice place
in which to live is demonstrated
by the fact that few folks go
away for any length of time. But
why should one go away to stay
at mountain or seashore resorts
when the have a. really beautiful
one at their own doorsteps, as il
were. A fortnight seems to be
the length of time that Pasea-
goulans can STAY away from
home. The only exception that
have heard is that the O. L.
Whites write that they are not
going to leave Colorado and the
West until cooler weather. Then
they will go for a short stay in
their Houston, Tex. residence be-
fore coming on home.
Mrs. John Watts tells me that
she and Lola Dupre have been
chaperoning their niece. Janet
Dean in New Orleans, while Mrs.
Dean is visiting in the West. and
Captain Dean has been in Wash
ington, D. c. on Coast Guard bus
mess. And she says that each day
of the week that she spent there
she has a perfectly glorious time
of all things-riding the street
cars; that she would get on the
St. Charles car and ride around
the belt and that she enjoyed il
so that she looked forward to il
daily. That's a ~rediscovery of &
pastime that the older genera
ton INDUCED in frequently be-
fore autos became such a matter
of every day living that some OF
the younger generation have new
er even ridden on a street car.
Mrs. Watts is now home, leaving
Miss Dupre to be with Janet
while the parents are away.
The weekend was very gay for
Mr.. and Mrs. R. B. McIlwain and
their guests, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
McIlwain of Oxford, who were
here to attend the baptism of lit
tie r. B. McIlWain, Jr., at which
DR.. McIlwain was one of the
sponsors. Nh. and Mrs. McIlwain
of Oxford played substitute hands
at a meeting of a bridge club Fri
day evening where they met sew
eral congenial souls who made a
point of being with them some
time during their short stay. One
of the mediums for getting to-
gether was an evening at the
home of the r. B. McIlwains Sun
day when the guests were the
Raymond Forbergs, l. w. Brow.
ders, julius McIlwains, r. B
Foxes. Baylous Stokes, Mrs. Wade
Hilliard and the Rev. and Mrs
Cyril Vlamnyck, Mr.. and Mrs
MeIlwain and their host a c
hostess enjoyed a trip aboard the
Hugh Dossetts' boat the "Susan
NAH earlier in the day.
Interesting visitors in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. ]. Lacostt
were Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Joorii
who have recently arrived from
France where they spend half o.
each year and the remainder il
the States. They came from Gulf.
port with Mr.. and Mrs. Rober.
Lacoste, and all four we're guest
of the Pascagoula Lacostes a
dinner at Longfellow House one