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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04
Coop.

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chaser.
Monthly payments of pur-
chasers will be the approximate
rental now being paid.
Interest will be based on pur-
chase price of the project as a
whole, involving the time and
amount of money loaned by a fl
nancial institution for the pur-
chase.
Profits from rental of homes
not sold will go into the whole
project and reduce purchase price
of the homes correspondingly.
One Membership Only
Each purchaser is limited to
one membership in the co-opera-
tive.
Persons desiring to move aft
er purchasing one of the homes
will be refunded their $3.50, plus
whatever equity they have ac-
cumulated in the home.
1t will be necessary for the
proposed cooperative to secure
81 per cent of the residents of the
dwelling units as members be-
fore it can go into operation.
Any profit when the co-opera-
tive is completed and dissolved
will be paid to the City of Pas
cagoula.
The PHA has indicated that il
will sell the entire project on a
lump sum basis if a sale to the
cooperative or Individual sales
cannot be completed.
1t will take approximately six
months for the PHA to complete
necessary formalities before il
VIII be in a position to do bust
ness with the cooperative.
Incorporators of Paseaport
Homes r ]. T, Hill, Louis Fred
eric, o. L. Mcleod, W. R. Guest,
Jr, and Mr.. Wiesenburg.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04
Mrs. c. "A. Verbeck
Succumbs Monday
In Eust Moss Point

Mrs. Katherine Elizabeth Yer
beck, native and life long resi-
dent of East Moss Point, died at
her home Monday. She was IS
years old.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Wednesday at 10 a. m. from
the residence by the Rev. Cantani
and interment was in Greenwood
cemetery. Pail bearers were Par
cal, John, Larret, Eugene an d
James Almond and George c.
Dry. Stokes Funeral Home was
in charge.
She is survived by her husband,
Charles A. Verbeck; one daugh-
ter, Mrs. Abel Bodinger, st, Mary,
Ca: three sons, Charles A. Jr.,
John Dantzler and Louis Jack
Verbeck, all of Moss Point; nine
grandchildren and six great
grandchildren and a sister, Mrs.
Annie Waldorf of Mobile.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04

erty was taken and no articles
in the store for repair were lost,
they said.
Officer Hudson was in charge
of searching the premises for
finger-prints.
An attempt was also made to
rob Breland's grocery on Market
street later Wednesday night or
early Thursday morning, Chief
Blakeney said. A Waterman re-
ported seeing two men trying to
open the front door with a bar
but they apparently became
frightened and escaped before
police could be summoned. There
was no apparent connection be-
tween the robbery and the at
tempted break-in, police said, on
cursory examination of evidence.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04
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ness to report the theft to police
headquarters.
The young woman, whose
name vas withheld for safety
reasons by police, was walking
past the jewelry store when she
saw a man inside the lighted
store taking jewelry from the
window. Across the street, she
said, a dark eolored automobile
which she believes was dark
green, vas parked with a second
man sitting under the wheel.
Start Car
AS she passed, she told police
the man in the car started the
motor and the man in the store
walked out the door, whistling
casually, crossed the street and
jumped into the car which by
this time was already in motion.
After he got into the car it sped
down Delmas avenue and turned
left on North Paseagoula street at
a high rate of speed.
The young woman. in the mean
time, had crossed the street and
waited in a doorway until the
a had disappeared and she then
reported the robbery to police
headquarters. about two blocks
away. She told police the car Ii
cense was black figures on a yell
low background. Both Alabama
and Louisiana have similar tags.
The man in the store was about
six feet tall, of average build, had
light complexion and dark hair
and eyes and was wearing dark
clothes and a gray felt hat. The
man in the ear was heavy set, she
said.
The thief had dropped several
rings on the floor and escaped
with probably nine or ten sets of
diamond rings from the window
and an estimated 30 or IS birth
stone rings from q front case,
store owners said a preliminary
survey revealed. Only store prop.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04
Mrs. Mary Cowan.
Former Resident,
Dies In Mobile

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Cowan,
widow of Allison Mckay Cowan,
died Wednesday at her residence,
1909 Government street, in Mo-
bile.
Mrs. Cowan was a native of
Moss Point, the daughter of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. L. N. Dantzler,
one of Moss Points oldest fam
lilies, and after her marriage to
the late Mr.. Cowan made her
home in Moss Point until she
moved her residence to Mobile
about 20 years ago.
Mrs. Cowan used to return to
Moss Point frequently to visit her
relatives and wide circle of
friends. She was still enrolled as
aSmember of the First Methodist
church which was given by her
family as a memorial to their
parents.
She is survived by one brother,
G. B. Dantzler of Gulfport, and
two sisters, Mrs. Annie D. Bond
of Nashville and Mrs. George D.
lizard of Mobile. She is also sur
vived by two grandchildren, Miss
Mary Louise Ellis and Frank
Ellis, Jr. and a son-in-law, Frank
Ellis, all of Mobile.
Funeral services will be held
from her home at IL a. m. on
Friday and interment will be in
the Pine Crest cemetery.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04
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Commissioner Ezell also report
ed that electric motors at the city
pumping and lift stations are be-
ing repaired, creased and oiled
which, in one instance, has re-
suited in a one-third reduction in
the electricity required to operate
the motor.
A two-inch water line has been
added to the sewage disposal
plant, which has enabled the de-
partment to eliminate an ineffi-
Gent operation of the digesters.
Chief of Police E. E. Blakeney
and Police Justice Donald w.
Cumbest in their February report
showed IS arrests during the
month, with 81 of those Jailed.
Fines paid during the month
amounted to $953.50 and costs to
$66 for a total of $1,019.50.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04

The Pascagoula city govern
ment's plan to build a firehouse
and permanently station a fire
engine in North Pascagoula is
an excellent one, and certainly
a service that is long overdue
for residents of that section of
the city. All fire fighting equip
ment is presently housed South
of the L&N railroad tracks, A
fire, combined with a blocked
railroad crossing, might well
mean a catastrophe for some
home owner. One such incident
could result in more property
damage than the total cost of
several such fire houses as con-
templated in North Pascagoula.
Senator Jim Eastland says he
is ready to talk 80 days against
the administration plan to curb
the fillibuster. The Senator is
long on promises, but some
times doesn't come through
when the chips are down. We
recalled that last year he prom
ised to stump the state on be-
half of his good morals char
aeter" amendment to the state
constitution which, under the
guise of making possible a lilly
white Democratic primary.
would have been the framework
for one of the most vicious po-
litical relationships any state
has ever seen. The people of the
state greeted legislative passage
of the proposed constitutional
amendment with growing dis
approval, which was reflected
in a landslide vote against il at
the polls. Senator Eastland, un-
der the circumstances, not only
didn't stump the state but
didn't even bother to exercise
his usually active vocal chords
in SO much as one small press
release.
Five white men near Column
bus. Ga, celebrated Brother
hood Week by wantonly and
seriously beating three teen
aged Negroes for no apparent
reason. other than il was Broth
erhood Week. Governor Tai
madge offered a $1,000 reward
for apprehension of the five
men, but we hazard the guess
that they won't be caught. 1t is
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04
DIV Eagles
Receive Awards
AT Banquet

The annual banquet for Our
Lady of Victories football team
was sponsored by the Knights of
Columbus and took place at the
cafeteria of the DIV high school
on Saturday evening. The ban
quet was arranged by the mem
bers of the Athletic association
and mothers of the team MEM
bers served the banquet.
Alton Mansfield as master of
ceremonies introduced the guests
and the captain of the team. The
invocation was given by the Ri.
Rev. P. ]. Carey and Father Greg
DRY Johnson, athletic director,
presented sweaters. silver foot
balls and letters to the football
players, the cheer leaders and the
manager and assistant manager
of the team.
Eagles receiving letters were,
A. Walker, captain, j. Cauley, M.
Green, J. Krebs, R. Collier, C.
Bishop, j. Moore, T. Blackwell
j. Grant, H. Delmas, D. Naquin,
P. Ros, d. Hall, B. Golf, F. O'Bri-
en-, C. billiard, and A. Laehaus-
see.
Silver footballs were presented
the following, B. Mansfield, j.
Freeman, M. Weems, W. Green,
R. Moore, D. Brimm, G.. Dubuis-
son, and cheer leaders receiving
letters were, Janet Walker, Bar
bara Cole, Elizabeth Zalenka,
Joyce Krebs, and Margaret Loris.
Manager Louis Stigletts re-
ceived a sweater and assistant
manager, Billy Seheeler a letter.
Alvie Walker, captain of the
DIV Eagles, presented Father
Johnson and the two coaches,
Mack Hudson and E. j. Murray,
with fountain pen and pencil sets
on behalf of the team.
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to make its scheduled departure
in early May.
May Handicap Future
THE future relations of our
Company and the Maritime Com
mission will be affected if the
Maritime Commission loses the
investment they r making in
this conversion If work stoppage
prevents the delivery of the yes
sci as scheduled.
"The Shipyard employees and
the Community will suffer il
there is a work stoppage with q
loss of wages and payroll and es-
pecially if the Company is handi-
capped in sharing in future Mari
time Commission programs"
Approximately 900 employees
on the S. S. Richardson would be
affected by stoppage of work by
the electricians.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04
New Bus Schedule
Will Start Here
Sunday Morning

Regularly scheduled bus tserv-
ice under a new setup will begin
in Pascagoula Sunday morning
under a tentative agreement be-
tween the city and the Pascagou-
la Moss Point Bus Lines, owned
by r. L. Barton.
Four major routes will serve
the Pascagoula area, Mr.. Barton
said, and all service will be from
the bus station on S. Pascagoula
street adjacent to the LIN rail
tracks. The schedules will be as
follows:
/. Leaving every hour on the
hour: out S. Pascagoula street to
Washington avenue, East on
! Washington avenue to Market
street, North on Market street to
Lincoln avenue, West on Lincoln
avenue to S. Pascagoula and
North TO the bus station.
2. Leaving every 20 minutes to
the hour; South from the bus sta
ton to Watts avenue, West to
Canty street, and South on Can
ty street to Lincoln avenue, East
to Roosevelt street, South to CO.
lumbus Drive, East to Buena
Vista and South on Buena Vista
to Parsley avenue, then to Mar
ket street, North on Market street
to Lincoln avenue, West to S.
Pascagoula street and North on
South Pascagoula to the bus sta
ton.
3. Leaving every 20 minutes
after the hour; from bus station
to Jackson avenue, east to mar
ket street, South on Market street
to Polk avenue, East on Polk to
18th street, South on 18th to Lin
coin avenue, East to 18th street,
South on l4th to Admiral Dewey,
| West on Admiral Dewey to 18th
street, North on 18th street to
Lincoln avenue, West to S. Pas
cagoula street and North on S.
P%ascagoula to the bus station.
a. Leaving every two hours
from 6 a. m. to 8 p. m. except 4
b. M; East on Jackson avenue
to CD Mobile Highway, to Bayou
Casotte Road to Washington ave-
nue.. West on Washington avenue
to Beach Park. Back to Washing
ton to Belair to Lincoln to Mar
ket street. North on Market to
Jackson avenue, then to S. Pasca-
goula and bus station.
Establishment of the new SEIZED
ule eliminates several weeks oil
effort by the city administration
to bring an adequate bus service
to Pascagoula. 1t is hoped that
the bus line operations can be
correlated in both Moss Point ano
Pascagoula, supplemented by The
present inter-community service
Mr.. Barton plans the addition
of a new and modern bus within
a short time, and added that h,
hoped to purchase other new
buses as the demand justified.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04

such incidents as this land they
are by no means uncommon
that undermine our progress in
racial relations in the South.
Such acts stem from brutal ig-
noranee, and the only answer
is a tolerance born of an under
standing of economic problems
and the rights of a minority.
1t will be arrived at only
through a slow process of edu-
cation. and a firm rejection of
our political preachers of racial
hatreds.
The House agricultural COM
mittee this week began hear
ings on a rural telephone bill,
which would allow REA to
make loans for a period of 35
years at two per cent for the
extension of telephone service
to rural areas. The bill, in its
present form, fully protects
privately owned telephone COM
panies by giving them prefer
ence in securing loans. TIL e
whole purpose of the bill, of
course. is to encourage the
building of rural telephone lines
into sparsely settled rural areas.
Jackson county is a concrete
example of this lack of rural
telephone service. That reason
ably heavily settled strip along
the coast section of the county
is served. but there are no tele-
phones North of this section,
leaving the major area of the
county without service.
The telephone companies, in
this instance the Bell system,
find themselves somewhat in the
same position that the electric
utilities did some years ago. The
electric companies were content
with profits from service to
urban and the more densely
populated rural areas, but at
the same time refused to admit
a public obligation to serve the
more sparsely settled rural
areas at less profit. The build
ing. of federal power projects
and transmission systems, and
the growth of REA was a di-
rect result of this condition.
Again we can use our own
county as a concrete example.
Most of the rural section is now
being served by Singing River
Electric. an REA coop. With
out this REA system the vast
majority of the rural families
served would still be denied the
comforts and eased burdens of
farm life brought about through
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04
Panther eager On
Al-Regional 5;
Gets Big-8 Honor

Jackson County teams were
nesed out in both the regional
and Big 8 basketball tourna-
ments last week but emerged with
one player = Charles Olsen of
the P~ascagoula Panthers - CIV
en- honorable mention on the To-
player all Big s conference team
and a berth on the five-man all
regional aggregation.
The Moss Point Tigers won
their first game at the Big 8
tourney in Hattiesburg when
they topped Meridian with a 81
81 score. In their second brack-
ct. however, they came out with
the little end of a $3.50 score
with V%ieksburg.
The Pascagoula Panthers drew
the ~top-seeded Natchez Rebels
for their first match. The local
boys turned in a good perform
ance for the first three quarters,
going into the last period trail
ing by only three points. How
ever, the fourth quarter proved
disastrous and Natchez piled up
a 19 point lead to win by Sc tc
81. The Rebels used their first
game for a spring board to the
championship, successfully
defended their 1948 championship
title against Hattiesburg in the
finals.
The Panthers won their first
regional conference game Wed
nesday in Poplarville when they
downed Broome 1854 only to lose
to Savannah on Friday 1922.
The Tigerettes, county cham
pions. were eliminated in their
first game with Sumrall 1890.
and the Pantherettes, county
runners-up Won from Oak Grove
only to lose to Industrial.
The St. Martin boys, runners
up to the Panther champs, won
their initial tie-up with Basin
and lost in the second game with
Mcneil by the seanty margin OF
1882.
Olsen. who IS a senior at the
Paseagoula High school, plays
center on the Panther team. This
is his first year with the Pan
theirs having transferred from
Our Lady of Victories school
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04
"A VOTER

the use of electricity as the
private utilities would have con-
tinued to find it Improbable
to serve a large part of these
areas, as does the telephone
company today. Private cleo
trio utilities are now fighting
federal power projects tooth
and nail, and spending a tidy
sum annually to do it. The Bell
system will find itself in the
same position a few years from
now unless it profits from the
experience of the electric pow
er companies.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04
Jackson County
Council Plans
Spring Program

State College, Mississippi's land
grant college, was the subject
of a talk by Miss Marjorie Stew
art, assistant Home Demonstra-
ton agent, at a meeting of the
Jackson County Home Demon
stration Council on last Thurs
day at the Agricultural building.
Miss Stewart traced the history
of the college from the original
land grant act in 1862 and out
lined the development, especially
the agricultural experiment sta
ton. State College, Miss Stew
art said, has had an influence
directly or indirectly on praotic-
ally every family in the state.
To complete the program a
demonstration on tying springs
in box cushions was given.
During the business session
committees were appointed for
the annual Flower and Vegetable
show scheduled for May II. The
following com mitte.es were
named: arrangement, Mesdames
G.. B. Hague, Y. c. Clay and Hur-
ley Guillotte; Noon Meal, Mes
danes Erett Carter, Lewis No
bles and Vashti Garlotte; awards,
Mesdames Edgar Baria, Ivey En-
erson and Wesley Powell.
The Better Homes Tour COM
mittee at a meeting prior to the
general assembly worked out the
entire route of the tour to be
taken on April 30.
Miss Stewart announced the
district Home Demonstration
Council meeting to be held in
H%attiesburg on April 80 and the
Jackson County Council made
plans to exhibit Market Prod
ucts'. The following committee
was named, Miss Vela Mckinley
chairman, Mesdames Axel Peder-
sen, George Cole and Hague.
Miss Vela Mckinley concluded
the program of the afternoon with
an illustrated lecture on pest in
seets.
Eight clubs throughout the
county were represented at the
Council meeting with the follow
ing being present, Wade: Mes
danes Joe Rockwell and Erett
Carter; Hurley: Mrs. Petersen;
Bayou Casotte: Mesdames A. Au-
ser and Hague; Fort Bayou: Mrs.
George Cole and Mrs. w. E. Mon
roe; Gautier: Mesdames Guillotte,
George Douglas and Garlotte;
Harleston: Mesdames Powell, Bill
Bridges and Ivey Emerson; Mt,
Pleasant: Mesdames Jack Fetch
er, Chandler Ravens, N. M. Car
ter and J. c. Harris; Baria: Mrs.
Edgar Baria; Eastside: Mrs.
Charles Rider; Fontainebleau:
Mrs. Lewis Mobiles, Mrs. Elyin
Webb and Mrs. Kenneth Roberts.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04
WARN MOTORISTS

State Highway Patrolman Ce-
Gil Byrd this week issued a stern
warning to drivers that anyone
failing to have proper lights on
any vehicle would be arrested.
I'VE tried warning motorists and
being nice to Them" he said, "but
there are more violators of this
law now than when we issued
our friendly warning so from
now on all violators will be prose-
cuted."
Officer Byrd reported five ar
rests IN one night this week.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04
BENEFIT SUPPER

A benefit gumbo supper viii
be given by the Woman's club of
Moss Point on Saturday at the
Community House beginning at
6 p. m. All proceeds of the af-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04

The national Irish potato yield
increased from go bushels per
acre in 1919 to 1872 bushels per
acre in 1947,
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04

fair will go to the Cub Scout fund.
The sponsoring of the Cub Scout
pack is one of the major projects
of the club.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04

Safety experts say that acct
dents to farmers cause enough
lost time annually to produce
more than half of the average
annual U, S. wheat crop.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-01-18
CHECK RENT CONTROL STATUS BEFORE BUYING
 WARNS RENT DIRECTOR

Checking the rent control sta- tus of rental property for sale is fully as important as probing its physical condition, Walter E Walsh, area rent director, is advising pros- pective buyers.
 Through their failure to check the registration statement on file in the rent office, several buyers have made poor bargains instead of good investments, the rent director re- vealed. In all cases, the buyer did not have the true facts on the status of the property under rent control.
 In some cases, he said, the buyer understood that the premises are not under control or that the rent ceilings are considerably higher than they are in fact. In other cases, the seller quoted the correct ceiling rents, but the buyer did not understand that the rent in- cluded heat, public utilities. or other services. In still others, the buyer learned too late that the housing accommodations are under lease.
 The rent director advised every person who is considering the pur- chase of rental housing to call the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-01-18
JAMMED WHISTLE CAUSE OF BLAST
 AT EARLY HOUR

The shriekng whistle that brought most Juneauites jumping out of bed, ready to head for the high country in the wee hours of the morning, wasn't new type of atomic bomb. It wasn't a supersonic jet plane warming up on the Chan nel, and it wasn't a newly installed fire whistle.
 Cause for the unearthly noise can be indirectly blamed on the cold snap which hit Juneau and vicinity this morning.
 Direct cause of the blast was a frozen steam whistle on the Steam ship Coastal Monarch, which cast off from the Alaska Steamship Dock at $40 this morning. When the freighter's whistle was opened for cast-off signal it jammed and blasted for a full five minutes, re- verberating off the snowy peaks in the early morning hours.
 The freighter, skippered by Capt. H. Burns, is headed for Skagway and then to the Westward after loading cargo here yesterday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-01-18
wanis International.

wanis International.
 Founded in Detroit immediately previous to World War I, Kiwanls International now embraces nearly 5000 clubs throughout the United State, Canada, Alaska and Hawaii and a membership of 190000 busi- ness and professional leaders.
 During the past year, Kiwanis clubs have compiled an outstand- ing activity record Among other projects, they have raised S9,820,00O for cancer, heart and other cam- paigns, S6,665000 for the Com munity Chest; provided 255,632 lun- cheons and 265,862 quarts of milk for needy children; financed the treatment or examination of 1l6,- 193 youngsters at clinics; gave voca- tional guidance to 266,053 boys and girls; sponsored 2,865 go-to-church campaigns; assisted 13,200 veterans to find housing, and spearheaded 1924 get-out- 1he-vote drives.
 Henry Hogue will be speaker at the Kiwarlis luncheon.