The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-05-13
News From Ocean Springs =.
P-TA Insialls Officers And Honors
Graduates AT Last Meeting OF Year

Officers of the Parent Teacher
Association were installed at the
last meeting of the year in the
high school auditorium last We'd
nesday. Mrs. J. c. Gay. retiring
president, was installation Off
Ger and presented the following
officers for the 1949-50 year: Mrs.
judith Girot, president; Mrs. j.
c. Sanders, vice president; Mrs.
Thomas Gambill, secretary: Mrs.
Jack Hall. treasurer. Mrs. Flea
nor Scharr reported on child well
fare and the installation of the
loud speaker system.
The seniors were entertained
at the meeting by the P-TA and
were accompanied by their spon-
sor, Mrs. Terry Turner, and
Joined by their mothers. John
Fletcher, band director, played
several solos, accompanied by
Mrs. T. D. Manuel. Danny Brown
gave a sketch, "A Birds Eye
View of the Senior Class.
After the program the guests
of honor were invited into the
cafeteria where the table was
lovely with blue iris, star jas
mine and blue balloons. Each girl
was presented a gardenia corsage
and similar corsages were also
worn by Mrs. Gay and Mrs. Gil
rot. Superintendent S. S. Wall
made a brief talk. Members of
the senior class are Martha Es-
ssry, Virginia Forde. Mara Lou
Guice. Anna Ross, Dorothy Foun-
tain, Sharon Maurer and Harold
Hutchinson, Milton Webb, Mich
sel Anderson. Stanley Webb,
Jerry Brunch, Charles Hosey.
Ronald Webb and Paul Gattis.
P-TA hostesses for the afternoon
were Mesdames j. K. Lemon,
George Arndt. Paul De Frank
and ]. S. Shrenk.
Quarterly Conference
= The Rev. o. H. Scott, presiding
elder of the Sesshore district. adj
dressed the quarterly conference
meeting at st. Paul's Methodist
church last week. The official
board was named as c. M. Nc
Pherson. A. M. Shannon. Milton
E. George, Clarence Hamilton,
Lloyd Hardin, J. c. Harris, Ed
ward Lindsey, w. S. Moore, Frank
Pickle, Orwin Scharr, C. H. Rouse,
Earl Taylor, L. c. Wiswell. Mil
ton Webb. Mesdames ]. C. Wright,
Ruth White, Hazel Trimble. Stone
Moore. Joseph Milstead, Roland
Lovelace, Champ Gay and Miss
Margaret Bradford; church school
superintendent. l.. c. Wiswell,
adult division, L. S. Hardin; youth
division. Mrs. Hugh McRaney;
children's division. Mrs. Gordon
Van Cleave; church board of ed
ucation, the Rev. Hugh McRaney,
l.. S. Hardin, Mesdames Oscar
Joachim. Champ Gay, Mckinney,
Gordon Van Cleave, Stone Moore.
Elwood Williams. J. X. Lemon.
Edward Lindsey, Miss Jane Nix
on, Miss LaDora Mckinney and
Earl Taylor. Delegates to the an
nual conference in Gulfport or
June is will be Earl Taylor, prin-
eipal, and l.. c. Wiswell, al
ternate.
M. M. MCMILLAN of Saucier Wis
tied his daughter, Mrs. Robert
Schwartz, of Ocean Springs high
school faculty Wednesday.
Professor A. H. Shannon has
departed for Washington 10 make
his home and will do research
work in the Library of Congress
to be used in a book he is writ
ing or the racial question. Later
he plans to 60 to Africa TO finish
his research.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Hardin left
last week for their summer home
in Michigan. During their alb
-sence, Mr.. Hardin's brother-in-
law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Kitzmiller Of Algiers, La,
will be at MANY Oaks.
MIR. and Mrs. Donald M. Bethel
have departed for Wichita Falls.
Tex, where Mr.. Bethel has been
transferred to Sheppard Air Force
base.
Mrs. Hugh Mckinney has re-
turned home after attending the