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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-08-19
Opening Dates
In Moss Point
Schools Set

Thursday and Friday of next
week will mark the end of vaca-
ton time for Moss Point young
sters.
On Thursday all school chill
dren from the first through the
ninth grades will register at their
respective schools. Friday all
high school students will regis
ter at Central school. Time is $50
on both DAYS.
Luther w. Tanner, Superinten-
dent of city schools, stressed the
importance of every student who
expects to attend school register
ing at the appointed time. 1t is
most important, Mr.. Tanner said,
that some estimate of the enroll
ment be ascertained that the num-
Der of students in each course
NAV be known and apportioued.
Beginners starting school for
the first time must present birth
certificates, he said, and to be
eligible to enter school a stu
dent must be six years old on or
before December /. l949.
There will be a faculty meet
ing at Central school at 8:l5 p m.
Continued On Page SKI
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-08-19
Offers Formers
Lime At Sass A Ton

Jackson county farmers NAV
have lime spread on their fields
for S2.65 a ton, ]. B. Jones, SEN
Tor PIMA field officer, announced
Thursday.
Mr.. Jones said that by taking
advantage of this farmers will
not by subtracting from their
regular allowances for seed and
other aid by the PIMA.
Farmers wanting more than one
ton to the acre must have soil
tests made in order to qualify
for the extra amount Mr.. Jones
takes samples of the soil and
sends them to State college for
analysis.
Past tests have shown that
Jackson county land is deficient
in lime to the extent of a ton to
a ton and a half an acre.
Farmers applications, said Mr..
Jones, may be made to himself
or any other agricultural official
in the county. Tests require from
two weeks to two months for
completion.
The S2.65 a ton covers cost of
the lime as well as spreading.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-08-19
Elks Club Plans
Annual labor Day
"Aluogacsap"

Plans are underway for the an
nual ElkS club Labor Day Aluo-
gacsap at Beach park September
3, 4 and 5, James Velclch, gen.
eral chairman announced Thurs
day.
Committees have been appoint
ed and are at work on details and
arrangements for the three-day
carnival. Serving with Mr.. Vel
cich on the general arrangement
committee are Tom Sudduth,
Charles Smith, r. c. Gulley, Joe
E. Krebs. DR.. r. o. Cole and
Carney Humphrey, exalted ruler
of the club and ex officia conf
mittee members
Others named 10 head commit
tees for the various amusements
and concessions are, Vincent Ros,
w. F. Broadnax, George Grun-
lund, Capt. J. c. Ryan, Jake Fer
rer, Claiborne Koch, Leo Trehern
Ben Eriggs and Miss Hannah
Skidmore.
w. A. Moncrief will head {
committee to make arrangements
for a dance Monday evening.
A varied program of events viii
be announced when plans are
completed.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-08-19
DRUNK DRIVING ARREST
ENDS IN FIGHT FOR
HIGHWAY

Objection to the law taking its
course involved Highway PATROL
man Cecil Byrd in a fist fight
Saturday night when a friend OF
a driver the officer was arrest
ing for drunk driving attacked
the patrolman, Byrd reported.
The beligerent passenger, A. j.
Davis of Gulfport. was charged
with interfering with an officer,
and the driver, Nicholas L. eject
of Ponchatoula, La, was booked
with drunk driving.
Neither appeared for schedul-
ed hearing before Justice of
Peace Beaugez Monday, forfeit
ing $ll0 bond on the drunk driv-
ING and SIS for the interference
charges.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-08-19
Mrs. Z. J. Murray
Dies Wednesday
After Short Illness

Mrs. Eugenia Krebs Murray,
member of one of Jackson coun-
tvs oldest families and a native
of Pascagoula, died Wednesday
afternoon at Jackson County hos
pital after an illness of two weeks.
Mrs. Murray, who was 20 years
old, was visiting her sister-in-law.
Mrs. J. F. Reites. in New Orleans
when she was taken i'll. She was
taken to the hospital about a
week ago.
She was the wife of Edward ].
Murray, formerly connected with
the US Engineers boatyard here
and now retired, and the daugh-
ter of Hubert and Lucretia Bap-
tiste Krebs. She was a member
of Our Lady of Victories church.
Funeral services will be con
Quoted today at 8:45 a. m. at
Fails Funeral Home chapel and
at 2 a. m. at DIV church by the
Msgr. P. j. Carey. Interment win
be in Krebs cemetery.
She is survived by her husband.
three sons. John Francis, Ivan
and Edward J.. Murray, Jr., OF
Pascagoula; two daughters. Mrs,
F. B. Rush of McComb and Mrs
j. f. Cooper of Toodland, Mo.
and four sisters. three brothers
IL grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-08-19
Two ear-0ld
Runs Into Street,
Fatally Injured

Two-year-old Carol ann Bishop
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Eley
Bishop. was fatally injured Sun
day when she was knocked down
by an automobile in front Of her
home at 500 N. Pascagoula.
Driver of the car. identified
by police as a 38-year-old ingalls,
worker, Troy B. Tillman, Rt. 2
Pascagoula. was released on @
police bond of $3.50. The case will
be heard at city court this after
noon. Chief Blakeney said that
witnesses claimed the accident
was unavoidable.
According to witnesses, tn c
child was playing with two or
three friends in the driveway OF
her home about 10 a. m. Sudden
ly she darted down the driveway
into the street and was hit by the
front bumper OF the car driven
by Tillman, who was going north
From all indications, said Chief
Blakeney. Tillman was driving
not over rs miles an hour. The
playing children probably were
obscured by a crowd in front OF
the Assembly of God Church.
Tillman himself took the child
to Jackson County hospital. She
died at | p. m.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at the home.
with services at First Baptist
church. conducted by the Rev,
Charles L. Mckay. Burial was in
Machpelah cemetery. Fails Flu
neral Service was in charge.
Carol Ann, who was two years
and nine months old. is survived
by her parents. a brother, James,
and three grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. A. Bishop and Mrs. J. S.
Pittman. all of Pascagoula.
Among relatives and friends
who anne to Pascagoula 10 at
tend the, funeral were Mrs. John
Pittman and son Kokomo. Miss;
Mi. and Mrs. Wilton Pittman, Mr..
and Mrs. Marvin Williams, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Seals, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Delaney and Mrs.
Roscoe Dale, Varnado, La; Mrs,
Lamar Harris. Louin.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. c. Yates. Mrs
Melanee LIE Blanc, Mrs. Heller
Head. Gulfport: Mr. and Mrs. f
p. Baxter, Richton; Mr., and Mrs
l.. G. Sloane, Bay ST. Louis; Ern.
est and John Waldrop, Mrs. Ar
chic Wsldrop. Mr.. and Mrs. j. A
Rafield. Mr.. and Mrs, w. c. Pay
thress. Mrs. Dovie Beal and Mr.
and Mrs. James Gentry. Mobile.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-08-19
FILA EmpIoye
Fatally Shot In
Carver Village

Delimus Elizy, 26-year-old en-
ploye of the Federal Housing Au-
thority, was fatally shot Wednes-
day afternoon in his Carver Viii.
lage apartment. His wife, Pearl,
was later taken into custody and
booked in connection with his
death.
A hearing will be set in the
next few days. investigating Off.
GERS of the police and sheriff's de.
partments said.
A verdict of death from a sho'
gun wound at the hands of Pear
Elizy' was returned by a coron
er's jury Thursday afternoon
Justice of the Peace B. B. Hobby
of Moss Point served as acting
coroner.
According to officers. Eliz,
came to his home about fiv'
o'clock Wednesday. His wife
Pearl. and two of her sisters. Ma
rie Holder and Mildred Talbert
were in the apartment.
The blast from a 12-gaug,
pump gun entered at the a anl
emerged through the forehead.
Elizy is from Sandy Hook
Miss, but has lived in Pascagouli
for the past three years.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-08-19
Boys And Girls
Register Aug. Is
In P~ascagoula

Advanced registration in Pas
cagoula schools will be held next
Thursday and Friday. Superin-
tendent Thomas r. Wells
nounced yesterday. Negro pupils
will register Aug. 30 through
Sept. 2.
Hours viii be from $50 a. m.
until 4 D. m.
Elementary students. said Mr..
Wells, r asked to register from
districts as they did last year. Il
district lines are changed. it will
be due to population shifts with
IN the city as indicated by a pre-
school survey.
Bayou Casotte elementary stu
dents are asked to register at
Central Elementary school.
Ninth and 10th grade students
will report to the high school
Thursday.
Eleventh and 18th grade pupils
viii register Friday.
Junior High school students will
report to the junior high school
Back To Normal Sept. S
The first day of school. Mr..
Continued On Page Six
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-08-19
DOUBLE OR II
policy OF LOCAL HEN

A Rhode Island hen owned by
Mrs. cronin Davis. Gil 9th street.
mas evidently been listening to
the radio program Double or
Nothing for Saturday morning
she got on her nest and laid not
the usual one but two eggs in
rapid succession. Cronin, Jr., who
was doing his Saturday morning
house cleaning in the chicken
house was a witness Of the per-
Torrance.
The hen entered the chicken
house, got into a nest where an
early conner had already depos-
tied an egg and without any fuss
or feathers laid two average
sized eggs, then went out to join
the other old hens in the yard.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-08-19
Katherine Wright
To Lead Ole Miss
In Legion Parade

Miss Katherine Wright, cur
rent Miss Mississippi. will be
at the head of the Ole Miss band
when it parades through Phila-
delphia. Pa. during the Ameri-
can Legion's 3ist annual conven-
ton, Aug. 29-Sept. |.
The band was asked to partici-
pate by Lafayette County Post
SIS. AS representative of the state.
Fifty-three band members, in
Guiding five dfum-majorettes,
will leave Oxford August % by
bus. Miss Wright, 20-year-old
junior at the university, is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. f. d.
Wright of Paseagoula. She is also
the states Miss Hospitality"
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-08-19
Mon Arrested BY
Locul Officers
Held For FBI

Richard T. Walters was turned
over to FBI officers Thursday
after he was taken into custody
in PaScagoula and charged with
having no drivers license, accord
ing to police officers.
Walters aroused the suspicious
of Roy Paulk at Marthalers when
he appeared to be casing the
place, Pauluk told officers. Paulk
reported to officers and he and
a companion followed the man
toward Pascagoula, jamming his
car to a halt on the short cut
where they held him until Chief
of Police f. E. Blakeney and
Sheriff j. Guy Krebs arrived.
The automobile Walters was driv-
ing was reported stolen in Mo-
bile.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-08-19
George L. Lemon
OF Ocean Springs
Named Engineer

George l.. Lemon. native Jack
son countian from Ocean Springs,
has been named state highway en-
gineer for the southern district
succeeding John w. Kornrumpi,
who has resigned.
Mr.. Lemon. presently assist
ant district engineer at Vicks-
burg. will assume his new post
Sept. |.
A graduate of Mississippi State
college. Mr.. Lemon also attended
school in Ocean Springs and at
Perkinston Junior college. He
graduated from the state college
in 1880, with a degree in civil en-
cheering.
Except for several war years,
Mr.. Lemon has been with tn e
highway department since 1882.
He served with the Engineers
during the war and was returned
to active duty as a lieutenant
colonel.
Resignation of Mr.. Kornrumpf
was announced last week by
Commissioner John Smith of the
Southern district. 1t was a Sur
prise, Mr.. Smith said.
Mr.. Kornrumpf," said Mr.,
Smith, "has made the highway
department an efficient and faith
full employee and has been more
than helpful and cooperative dur.
ing our association
Mr.. Kornrumpf said he plan:
to enter private business as al
associate of j. D. Lewis in man
agement of the Hattiesburg Bricl
Works, the American Sand anc
Gravel Company and other man
ufacturers of construction sup
plies.
Il deeply appreciate" he said
the fine cooperation extended
me and the highway department
by the people of South Missis'
sippi over these II years spent
in the Hattiesburg district"
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-08-19
CHILD NARROWLY ESCAPES
SERIOUS INJURY IN FALL
FROM

Sharon Rose Whatley. five
year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. c.. f. Whatley. narrowly es-
capped serious injury Friday when
she fell from a car being driven
by her father on Highway 90
between Pascagoula and Moss
Point.
The little girl and her seven
year-old sister, Glenda Jean, were
in the back seat when the door
accidently opened and the child
fell out She landed on the should
or of the road and not the pave
ment.
Her sister screamed to her par
entS in the front seat. The little
girl was treated for extensive
bruises and scratches.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-08-19
No More Warnings

Pascagoula drivers had better
start minding their brakes and
throttles.
Police Chief (. E. BlakeneY an
nounced Thursday that no more
warnings will be given traffic
violators.
We have warned long enough"
said Chief BlakeneY. From here
on out anyone caught violating
traffic regulations will be given
a summons 10 appear before po-
lice court"
The crack down. the chief sd-
ded will be aimed particularly at
speeders. stop sign runners. driv-
ers who cut in and out of traffic
lanes and those who Jump the
gun by starting on yellow lights
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-08-19
This Is Il, Kids! Vacation About Over
More Thun 800
Pupils Expected
To Enroll At DIV

Students at Our Lady of Vic
tories school will register Sep
TENDER l and 2 and class work
will start the following Tues
day. it was announced Thursday
by the Ri. Rev. p. J. Carey.
The school enrolment last
year was approximately 325
More than 300 students are ex-
pected to enroll this year, Father
Carey said.
The members Of the faculty
will be the same as last year. il
was announced.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-08-19
Sove Those Stubs
Moss Point PIuns
Another Drawing

Better hunt up those bargain
day tickets you thought were no
good. for there will be another
drawing at Moss Point City Hall
Saturday at $50 p. m. The prize
will be a $229.95 refrigerator.
Winning ticket drawn last week
in Moss Point was held by the
wife of the manager of a store
participating in the Community
Bargain Days. She withdrew her
claim Immediately.
A spokesman for the merchants
committee which organized the
special sale days, said Thursday:
Il should like to emphasize that
the holder of this ticket put in
her claim in the first place only
because there were no clearly de-
fined rules governing those eligi-
BILE. This misunderstanding was
not her fault.
Immediately after the draw
ing, she withdrew. BY that time
the crowd had dispersed and
there was no opportunity for
another drawing"
Monday night, Mrs. Bob Doug
las, 500 Lincoln, won the Pasca-
goula refrigerator, an eight-cu-
bic-foot model. Mrs. Douglas hus-
band is in Japan on duty with
the army. They were married in
June.
The Community Bargain Days
last Friday. Saturday and Mon
day-were sponsored by 40 Moss
Point-P aScagoula stores.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-08-19
ingalls, Low Bidder On Prototype" Craft;
Wins Postponement On Super Luxury Liner
Yord Proceeding With Order For Steel;
Also Bidding On 525,Foot West Coast Ships

The ingalls, Shipbuilding Corporation has won a post
ponement until September q on the opening of bids for con
struction of a $l5-miliion super liner for the Mississippi Ship
ping Co, Monro B. Lanier said here Wednesday night.
Other developments since it was announced Monday IN
an extra by the Chronicle-Star and Advertiser that ingalls,
was low bidder on the Maritime Commission prototype
vessel, were:
l. Orders already have been placed for turbogenerators,
and Ingalls, is proceeding with an order for steel plating Tor
the prototype" These orders are being placed, Mr.. Lanler
said, subject to the award of the contract to ingalls,. 1t may
be three to six weeks before the contract is awarded, he
nddnd
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-08-19
Let Contract For
Storm Sewers On
Jackson Avenue

A contract for the installation
of storm sewers on Jackson ave
nue. was let by the Pascagoula
board Of mayor and commission
ers Friday to Hollis r. Temple
of Pascagoula.
Mr. Temples bid of $1l,323.13
was low among three submitted
for the work. Others we're: Han
cock Co, of Mobile, $l2,l33.50
and Clark Bros, of Jackson. $l6,-
1886. 25. The Temple bid specified
completion of the work in 30
days, and the other two in GO
days.
In announcing the letting OF
the contract, Public Works Com
missioner H. c. Ezell said that il
comprised one of the most i'm
portant phases of the Jackson
avenue project.
"A good portion of the prop
erty is low" Commissioner Eel
said, land property owners will
be given the opportunity of tie
ing their drainage directly into
the storm sewer"
When installation of the storm
sewer is completed, the city will
undertake blacktopping, Com
missioner Ezell said.
Plans call for the street to be
surfaced across its entire breadth,
with the former graveled neutral
ground in the center eliminated.
Completion of the blacktopping
will largely depend on weather
conditions.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-08-19
CARE OF GROUNDS SUBJECT
OF CEMETERY ASSOCIATION

Plans for the upkeep of Griffin
cemetery were discussed at a
meeting of the association at the
City Hall Tuesday evening, F. w.
Cirlot, president. announced.
Mr.. Cirlot urged all interested
in care of the grounds to attend
meetings of the association which
are scheduled for the third Tues
day monthly through October.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-08-19
OCEAN SPRINGS SCHOOLS
TO OPEN 2

Ocean Springs schools will OPP
en- September 2. Superintendent
S. S. Wall announced this week.
At Q a. m. pupils will assemble
in the auditorium and then will
be assigned to rooms for regis
tration. classification and issu-
ance of books.
MI. Wall said there would be
no classes September 5-Labor
Day-that the normal routine
would begin the morning of Sep
TENDER 6.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-08-19
Six Local Students
Get College Degree

Five Pascagoulans and one res
ident of Moss Point were among
the 277 students at Mississippi
Southern college who received
degrees Monday.
They are Claude l.. Stauter OF
Moss Point and Mesdames Frances
B. Cook, Ora S. Golf, Gertrude
B. German and Verna l.. Murray,
and Miss Elizabeth Kell, of Pas
cagoula.
All recipients of bachelor of
science degrees, the local students
were members of the largest
graduating class in the history OF
Mississippi Southern.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-08-19
INSTALL NEW ORGAN AT
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

A Hammond organ has been
installed in First Presbyterian
church and the congregation
heard it for the first time at
morning service Sunday.
A program of music was pre-
scented by f. j. King who has
been organist at WALA at Mo
bile for several years.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-08-19
Regis troHon In
County Schools
Set September z

More than $500 school children
will return to their studies when
the county schools open then
doors for registration Friday,
September ,. for the coming ses-
sion.
Registration in all county
schools, with the exception of St,
Martin. is set for $50 a. m.
Continued On Page SIX
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-08-19

be three to six weeks before
added.
In addition to the Mississippi
Shipping Company bid, ingalls,
is also bidding on two 525-foot
transports for a West Coast Com
pany. Estimated cost of these yes
sells is Sill million each, Mr.. La
nier said. Bids will be opened by
the Maritime Commission Sep
TENDER 28.The craft will have a
speed of IS knots and will be
used for overnight service be-
tween San Francisco and Los An
geles.
Lanier Makes Announcement
Mr.. Lanier announced by long
distance telephone Monday that
the ingalls, Company was low
bidder on the prototype" vessel.
On a fixed price basis ingalls,
bid for the work was $4,864.000
for the vessel, and $4,000 for
the plans. Adjusted bid was $4,-
744,0 900 for the ship and 100000
for the plans.
Other bids were as follows:
Newport News Shipbuildins
Company: fixed price, $5,l50,000
for the ship and $670.00 for the
plans. The adjusted bid was S4,-
900, 900 and S670,000.
Gulf Shipbuilding Co. fixed
price. $5.934,000 for the ship.
$850,O00 for plans. Adjusted, SIS
700 900 and $795, 900.
Other bidders were Bethlehem
Steel CO.. for both its S%parrows
Point, Md, and San Francisco
yards: New York Shipbuilding
Co. Sun Shipbuilding Co, and
Bath Iron Works. All of these
bids ran considerably higher thar
ingalls,.
The vessel is known as the
prototype ca S-DXI, and has
greater power and speed than the
former C-3 design. The new yes.
sci will nave a rated horsepower
of 1880 as compared with 8,50C
for the old design. In time Of
emergencies it could be readily
converted into a fast troop trans.
port.
Its overall dimensions are 47t
feet in length with a 66-foot
beam.
we deliberately bid at a fig
ure below budgeted costs" Mr.
Lanier said. 1T mean we will
take a loss on the contract, but
we think that it is economically
sound to put this work in the
Pascagoula yard and take a loss
that would be entailed, anyway.
in the event of a shutdown. Plac-
ing this work at Pascagoula will
enable us to retain the neucleus
of our organization and furnish
our local employees with EN-
ployment.'
Ingalls, time for the work was
400 days.
One of the important points OF
the contract, Mr.. Lanier said, is
that the builder to whom it Is
awarded will furnish plans fol
all future vessels of this type, M
matter where they are built.
TT means we will need oul
present engineering force and :
minimum of approximately Sc
additional craftsmen. if we are
awarded the contract" Mr.. La
nier said.
1T is our purpose to do tins
major part of these drawings in
Pascagoula. which has not beer
done before" Mr.. Lanier said.
The vessel is an experimental.
design that will be the future
model for all ca and C-3 vessels
constructed under the Maritime
Commission merchant marine
program.
1T was necessary for Us to OBJ
tam a postponement in the open
ing of the Mississippi Shipping
Company bids" Mr.. Lanier said
Wednesday night las we do not
at this time have a sufficiently
large engineering force to have
prepared the two plans stimuli
taneously.
Opposed by Some Yards
The zpostponement was OPP
posed by several of the bigger
wards. hut our efforts in seeking
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-08-19

The word perfume (par fume)
means through smoke. comes
from primitive times when the
only perfume the cave men kenw
was released by burning certain
woods and gums.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-08-19

SOMETHING NEW IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
is the Spenser. above. a river tow boat with retractabie pilot
house, built by the Arnold v. Walker ShipYard for bisske Lines.
Inc. Alton. Ill. MIR. Walker said the boat. TO be used IN the
Chicago area where low bridges ar numerous is the first built
on the Gulf Coast. 1t is 86 feet long, % in. beam and draws .
feet 6 inches. A hydraulic ram drops the pilot house nfo n
superstructure. She is equipped with one 500 hip. Diesel and
was delivered Saturday at a cost of slsS,ooo. Mr. Walker was
the designer.