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Evening star., 1949-01-10
Readers Clearing House
child FEEDING PROBLEM?

CHILD FEEDING PROBLEM?
From Mrs. M. F. T., Washington
Could we please have some dis
cussion re my problem? Is it neces-
sary for me to allow my son 'ageo
l3 months to smear his food all
over himself, the high chair. walls
and floor or should I wait until he
is better able to understand before
I let him start trying to feed him.
self? Up to now he has shown nc
interest in taking the spoon from
me and seems content to let me
feed him. However, 1 know that
the day will soon come when he
will want to try it himself. Some
of my friends say to give him the
spoon now and let him make a
mess. Others say that this ism,
necessary at all So please give me
the benefit of your experience along
this line. I want to do whatever is
pest for him.
CUTTING SKIRT?
From Mrs. P. B. McC.,
Columbia, S. e.
Could some one advise me on
how to cut a circular skirt full or
less full, without a pattern, and
have the hip and waist size come
out right. Also could any one ad-
wise where l could learn to cut my
own patterns? I know how to
sew quite we'll, but would like to
learn this cutting patterns if it
can be done without going to a
school, as l am unable to leave the
house.
Are there any books advertised
on this subject known to any OF the
readers?
Any suggestions will be greatly
appreciated.
May the RICH have wonderful
New Year and each reader the best
VAR aheadi
Evening star., 1949-01-10
SINK.
From Mrs. H. II. P, East


To Mrs. j. F. B.. Bethesda: ]
would definitely advise using the
double bowl sink, provided the
enamel or steel comes up high
around and in back of the faucets,
have double enamel sink, but its top
is flush with a linoleum counter top
and it's just not wearing well. Too
much water on the linoleum Is
rotting it. My sister has stainless
steel sink and prefers it to enamel
as it seldom needs securing. 1t
doesn't mark like enamel. One
purpose of the double bowl IS my
automatic washer can drain in one
side while I wash dishes in the
other. I'm sure you'd prefer the
dollhle howl
Evening star., 1949-01-10
LAMB MOLDS.

.(From Mrs. E. P. J., WaShington.J
For Mrs. j. K NJ, regarding the
lamb molds' advertised in maga-
zines. At Christmas my grandchil-
dren received two of these cakes
from their other grandmother. They
were so pretty you just hated cut
ting them They were quite good
sized and she had these covered in
coconut (canned) with dark pieces
of hard candy about the size OF a
raisin for mouth and eyes. Pink
and blue ribbons with little bell
for their necks. I do not know how
much trouble they were since she
lives in Birmingham, but I under
stand she had made several.
Evening star., 1949-01-10
BINDING MUSIC?

From Mrs. L. B., Alexandria,
Can I have copies made of very
old music, or several different pieces
put into book form? The music is
all there. but so limp and worn. and
ragged, that they can't stand up.
And where can one get back num-
bers?
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-28
Adult Protection Low
Is Recommended
To Stote BY Group

A constitutional board to adj
minister the affairs of the Colum-
bia Training School for white
juvenile delinquents and the Oak
ley Farm for Negroes, and a state
wide adult probation law were
recommended at the annual con
vention recently of the State AS
ISOLATION on Crime and Delin-
queney at Jackson.
a five-man committee is TO be
named TO draft the proposed adult
probation law for submission 10
the nexi session of the legisla.
ture.
Circuit Judge f. H.. Green,
Cleveland, was reelected presi-
dent of the association; Count,
Judge Luther Manship of Jack
son, first vice president; Mrs
Stanley Wilson of Meridian. sec
ond vice president; Morris Prize
batsch of Jackson, recording sec
rotary, and Edwin p. Zieeler of
Gulfport, executive secretary.
New members of the executive
committee named are Chancellor
C. D. Williams of Yazoo City;
Easton King, Pascagoula, and w.
r. Burris, Parchman.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-28
County Health
Office Appoints
Nurse, C~onsultani

Mrs. S. II. Beckham, Pasea-
goula, has been employed as
staff nurse by the county health
department, DR.. Andrew Hedmeg
acting director, announced Thurs
day.
AT the same time, DR.. Hedmeg
said DR.. c. H. Snyder, Tulane
university pediatrician. has been
named consultant for south Mis-
sissippi departments and made his
first visit to Jackson county last
week.
Mrs. Beckham. who will assume
her post Nov. l after completion
of special training. is the fourth
nurse added TO the county staff.
DR.. Snyder will see problem
cases and be available for con-
situations with private physicians,
His appointment is part of a CO.
operative program between Tu-
lane and the state board Of health
similar to the obstetrics program.
He was accompanied on his
visit by DR.. Virginia Downes,
head of the state boards matern-
ity and child health division.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-28
News From Wilson Springs
Jesse Lennep, Jr. HOnOred AiSurprise
Birthday Party AT Hill Home Sunday
HY Mrs. Jack Hudson

The home of Miss Helen Hill
was setting for a surprise birth
day party Sunday night ~honoring
Jesse Lennep, Jr. Games were
played and cake. coffee and cold
drinks served. The hostess was
assisted by Mrs. Jesse Lennep
Mrs. Roy Stevens is in the
county hospital where she under
went an operation Monday.
w. f Lacy. Gulfport, visited
his sister, Mrs. L. X. Hudson
Wednesday and Thursday.
MIR. and Mrs. c. II. Hill spent
Saturday in Mobile and visited
Mr.. Hills brother and siSter-in-
law, Mi, and Mrs. Jesse Hill.
MI. and Mrs. Jack Hudson at
tended the Moss Point-Laurel
football game Friday night.
Leroy Kasby was in Mobile
Monday.
Mrs. Neil Nixon visited her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Eley, in
Hurley Sunday.
Mrs. w. V. Lacy and Andy and
Mrs. Salvatore Guiffria, Long
Beach, visited relatives here Fri
day. Mrs. l.. X. Hudson accom-
panied them home, returning
Sunday night
Dan Cooper is spending a few
days with his family.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Langley
visited relatives in Wade Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Tulley accompa-
MED them to church Sunday
night.
Jack Hudson and J. II. Lacy
spent Monday in Mobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. @. r. Green Wis
tied MI. and Mrs. j. r. Bullock
Sunday. In the afternoon, Mr.. and
Mrs. Taylor Kilgo, Ford, were
guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Dooley
nee Thelma Grace Kasby, are
parents of a daughter born at the
county hospital. She has been
named Rosa Nell.
A group of MYF members OF
Wilson Springs church gathered
at the home of Mrs. Larue Por.
ter for a candy making party
Sunday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Hudson
and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hud.
son, Moss Point, visited their par
ents, MI. and Mrs. L. K. Hudson
| Sunday night.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-28
Ghost Village In Florida
Everglades Mound Sfrouded In Mystery

and many believe the real story
lies at least three feet beneath
the surface.
1t is overgrown with tangled
tropical shrubbery almost impos-
sible to penetrate. Banana plants,
Wild lines, mulberry trees, pa
payas and two huge royal poin-
eiana trees grow there.
Historians point to other Flor
ida mounds antedating both the
early Spanish explorers and the
later Seminole Indians. None is
as large as the recent discovery
nor as difficult to reach but all
follow the same pattern.
In Hardee county, about nine
miles south and west of the town
of Coma. is a mound Approximate
ly 100 by $50 feet. eight to ten
feet above the level of the sur
rounding countryside and flat or
top. Huge oak and pine trees
grow there.
The Caloosas. Timucans and
other early Indian tribes who
were members of the Hirrihigua
nation that crumpled about 40C
years ago and buried their dead
in mounds.
1t was their custom to place
the bodies in burial groves until
the seventh moon february. Al
this normally dry season they
would be carried far inland.
placed in burial mounds and COW
cred with eight to ten feet OF
earth to discourage wolves and
other wild animals from digging
them up.
The Caloosas, who lived in
/ southwestern Florida, might have
| gone as far as the recently-dis-
covered mound to bury their
dead. Or some tribe along the
lower east coast may have pene-
trated deep into the Everglades
on the same mission.
The Seminoles never were
numerous enough to build such
mounds. They did not appear on
the scene until long after the Ca
loosas and Timucans had vanished
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-28
Coulter Womun's
Club Will Give
Hullowe en- Purty

A Halloween party will be Civ
en- by the Gautier Woman's club
Monday at Gautier school, begin
ming at 7 p. M. Mrs. Hurley Gull
lotte announced this week.
A Halloween motif will be used
tn, oughout in the decorations and
a program of entertainment in
Guiding dueking for apples, fish
ing pond and a ghost house has
been planned.
Prizes will be awarded for the
six best Halloween costumes.
Mrs. Guillotte said.
Candied apples, pop corn balls
and cold drinks will be on sale.
Proceeds will go to the building
fund.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-28
Dees TWAS Elsc!ed
To Whitworth Offices

Misses Peggy and Betty Dees,
sophomores at Whitworth college,
Brookhaven, were elected pres
ident and vice-president, respec-
lively, of the Workshop Dramatic
Organization.
They are also staff members of
"rhe WHISTLE college paper.
They were chosen as journal
ism students to interview Gov
ernor Wright on a recent visit to
the college.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-28
ZAP N~ewsfeaturesl

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. - Did
the ancient mound-builders of
the Mississippi Valley penetrate
Florida and leave a sample of
their art in the Everglades?
Or did a separate group inhabit
the state and vanish centuries
before the white man reached
these shores?
A mammoth mound some 80 &c
40 miles west of Fort Lauderdale
has given rise 10 such speculation.
II has prompted these questions:
What hands patiently piled
hundreds of tons of earth and
smoothed it out into a plot of
eight to ten acres?
Where did the dirt come from,
in a land that is largely water
rotting vegetation and coral rock?
Maurice Hale, a Lakeland bus
mess man who often hunts in the
Everglades, says Seminole Indians
told him about the modern ghost
village on the site. 1t was, he be
lieves. started after the Civil War,
centered around a sugar mill.
When the sugar project failed,
the village was taken over by
men who Struggled Chinese into
the United States. Several In
dams helped by making Sem
mole costumes to disguise TIL e
Chinese. Trouble broke out and
the Indians killed all residents.
Indians still regard the place as
haunted and shun it, Hale says.
Members of expeditions to the
site have found such things as
bottle-capping equipment, Span
ish-type bottles and jugs and
modern wire nails. Indications
are that moonshiners once used
the site.
They also found hand-wrought
nails and estimated some of the
1ozen tumbledown shacks on the
site dated back at least rs years.
Historically, that is recent.
To explore the area fully would
require many months of effort
under the most trying conditions.
II would cost a great deal.
The mound is six to eight feet
above the surrounding terrain
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-28

Mr.. and Mrs. A. R. Peacut had
as recent guests Mr.. and Mrs.
Morrow Coward, Mr.. and Mrs.
Rudolph Williams, Mrs. Robert
Greene, Moss Point, and Mrs.
King, Ocean Springs,
Visitors To Coast
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Pecaut Wis
tied Mrs. E. B. Holland in Pasca-
goula and Mrs. A. A. Hults in
Moss Point recently.
Friday is school day for the
County Fair and children at Or
ange Lake will have a full holt
day.
Chris Beggerly, Jackson, spent
a few days visiting his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. M. Beggerly.
Mrs. J. B. Blackwell has re-
turned home after visiting her
daughter. Mrs. Bert Medln, Co
lumbia, S. C.
John Ed and Pat Patterson
spent Sunday afternoon with
Stanley and Burton Bragg.
Mrs. Minnie Hurd, Forts Lake,
visited Mrs. E. Ramsey Monday.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-28
Local Auto Dealers
Attend Convention

c. I. Lyons, f. A. Talbot ana
Ross Grady, local dealers, attend
ed the 9th annual convention Of
Mississippi Automobile Dealers
Association at Biloxi last week.
The association, composed of
more than 500 dealers through
out the state, featured the cleo
ton of officers and directors at
the two day meet. A program of
entertainment Vas an added at
traction.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-28
News From Franklin Creek .
Methodist Church Plans Fish Fry Nov.
4 To Raise Funds For Parsonage
BY Mrs. Robert Bragg

A fish fry will be given Nov.
4, by the Methodist church with
the proceeds to go toward build
ing a parsonage. The fry will be
at Orange Grove Methodist
church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Medlin, Co
lumbia, S. c., announce the birth
of their second child, a daughter,
Carla Darlene. Mrs. Medlin is a
sister of Mrs, Robert Bragg.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Lambert
celebrated their 49th wedding an
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-28
DECORATIONS FOB
VA WING

Mrs. James Detrick has accept
ed craftsmanship of a committee
to furnish decorations for the VA
Thanksgiving dinner, Mrs. Henry
Gautier, chairman of instruction
and entertainment for veterans
facilities, announced. She will be
assisted by MeSdames Harley
Seay and Sam Jordan They plan
to provide 80 arrangements for
the dinner tables.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-28
GERALD D o o

MI. and Mrs. William w. Moore
of Vaneleave announce the birth
of a son Oct. 7 at Biloxi hospital.
He has been named Gerald Lind
sey. Mrs. Moore, who is the for
mer Miss Lula Davis, and Mr..
Moore have another child, Linda
Ann.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-28
nlVersary Sunday.
Visits With Family

Mrs. Joe S~trasser, Carolton
Acres, Mobile, spent a few days
visiting her parents and sisters,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Lambert,
Mrs. j. w. Garner and Mrs. Zell
Lambert.
Floyd Demouey and Ralph
Langley enjoyed a fishing and
hunting trip Sunday.
Sympathy is extended the rel
atives of Mrs. Fred Bosarge who
died Friday.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-28

According to the Twentieth
Century Fund, the number OF
dentists in the United States grew
from 29,665 in 1900 to 70,601 in
1910.
Evening star., 1949-07-04
Mist Covers Smokes

Fifty three Of the highest peaks
in the Appalachians are in the
Great Smokes, covered with the
blue mist that gives the region
its name.
Evening star., 1949-07-04
By Alice Eversmon

The National Symphony Or
chestra played its first concert of
the summer season at the Water
Gate last night. 1t was q tre-
mendous success. It started when
the new permanent conductor,
Howard Mitchell, came on the
stage and the orchestra rose to
honor him while the audience ap-
plauded loudly and long. 1t con-
tinued with happy reception OF
each programmed number and
climaxed with the singing OF the
soloist. Gladys Swarthout, who
added encore after encore at the
end of her final appearance. That
the concert was a success was the
consensus of the more than 10000
people who filled the seating space
and occupied whatever seeing or
hearing point they could find.
It was an ideal night for the
outdoor event with the sky q
Serene canopy overhead which a
tranquil looking moon illumined.
A slight breeze came and went,
occasionally lifting the oppressive
heat for a few moments. The
river bore it's customary pictur-
Evening star., 1949-07-04
10000 Hear Miss Sworthout
AT First Water Gate Concert

esque craft with one noisy new
conner sputtering its way through
one of Miss Swarthout's most
telling numbers. The planes flew
their course directly over the site
but were polite enough to muzzle
their motors a bit. All of this
constitutes the charm of the
Water Gate yet something more
was there last night. It was the
feeling of good will that per-
meated the crowd.
Mr.. Mitchell repaid the audi
ence in the manner in which he
presented the program. Its de-
sign fell into two parts, serious
music in the first half and livelier
music after the intermission. Both
the Beethoven "Egmont" Overture
and the Hanson Symphony No. 2"
had an ample ebb and flow of color
with dramatic moments giving the
proper high lights.
The symphony" not played
here in many years, which the
composer himself styled roman
tic," finds this expression fully in
the melody of the second move
ment, taken up in turns by various
sections of the orchestra. and the
Evening star., 1949-07-04
Star Movies

Community movies. sponsored
by The Star. the Recreation De-,
partment and the Film Center,
are scheduled for 8 o'clock tonight.
Programs Of comedy. sports, car
toons and music will be shown
at the following Fairgrounds and
recreation centers:
Takoma, Fourth and Van Buren, streets
NV.
Palisades, Dana and sherrier streets
NV.
oeorsetovn. Thirty-fourth and Volta
streets NV.
chew Chase, Forty-nrst and Livingston
streets NV. ,..
Lsnsden: nshtesnth and Franklin
PsrtyieW. warder and Otis streets NV.
Francis, Twenty-fourth and n sstreefs
- Isnsston, 2210 n street NE.
Barry Farms, 1880 Sumner road .. y
Camp simms, Camp SfRsns drive 81
Evening star., 1949-07-04

lyrical theme OF the first move.
ment. Yet through it runs a seek
ing motif, soulful and nostalgia
with a tinge of the composer
Nordic heritage in it. Perhaps
some of the fine work thai
went into the Interpretation Of
the Symphony" was Of too nina
ture character to register strongly
yet this may be due to the adjust
ments necessary when a group
first come together again for en-
semble playing.
Miss Swarthout, the most origi-
nal of concert singers in choosing
a program, selected as her major
Offering the original version of the
aria, "Unaoce POGO ia" from Ros-
sini's 1.-THE Barber of Seville. y
Her first number was changed
from the well-known "Che faro
senza Euridice" from Gluck's "Or-
feo ct Euridice" to 'Dido's La
ment" from Purcell's dido and
Aeneas." The full, vibrant and in
dividual quality of her superb
voice shone at it's best in this lovely
work. The Rossini aria, interest
ing in this form, seemed nonethe-
less heavy and cumbersome since
one is accustomed to it in the
agile performance of coloraturar
It's range, however. brought out
the luscious low tones in Miss
Swarthout's voice which last night
were close to q contralto's In
depth and color. This was again
apparent in "Bah-H'af from
Rodgers South Pacific" which
was sung together with "Some
Enchanted Evening" from the
same Broadway hit. and the gay
"Tu mes pas beau" from Often.
bach's La Perichole." The Met.
ropolitan Opera star is q greatly
gifted artist and everything shs
sings gives artistic satisfaction
Yet very important also is hel
understanding of the public ant
her desire to give it pleasure. TIL.
inclusion Of the two Rodgers ex'
cerpts, heard here in concert pos
Sibly for the first time, and thu
many encpres filling the audi
.nce's unabating demand. proved II
The orchestra swung INTO tts
accustomed stride IN the last
Evening star., 1949-07-04
Double Murder Trial
Near Jury in Virginia
BY the Assoeiofed Press

TAPPAHANNOCK, Va, July 4
The defense began its summa
ton here today in the murder trial
of David j. McGalliard. He is
charged with Staying his sister and
his brother law. Helen and
Frank Spindle, in their Loretto
home last March.
The Commonwealth rested its
case Saturday after FBI agents
and an Asheville IN. c. pawn
broker identified two watches and
radio which the prosecution
contends McGalliard took from
the Spindle home.
The pawnbroker testified that
McGalliard pawned those articles
Dabney Overton, chief defense
counsel. moved for a directed
verdict of acquittal. Judge Hugh
E. Smith said he had no right tc
take the case away from the jury
The Spindles were. killed with
shotgun. Their bodies were
found March II. A medical
examiner said they had been dead
about seven days.
Evening star., 1949-07-04
Forage Crop Project
To Start on July IS
By the Assoeioted Press

BLACKSBURG, Va, July A.
What is expected to be one OF the
Nations foremost pasture and
forage crop research projects will
be officially launched at program
at Middleburg July Is, DR.. John
r. Hutcheson, chancellor of Vir-
ginia Tech, has announced.
The project is being initiated as
q result Of a $125,000 gift from
Paul Mellon of Upperville.
DR.. R. E. Blaser, recently on the
staff at Cornell University. who
has been named to head the prof.
ect, will be introduced at the Mid
dleburg meeting. and will outline
the proposed research with pas
ture and forage crops.
Representative Smith, Demo-
crat, of Virginia, will give an ad-
dress on Virginia's Greatest As
set"
Others to take part on the pro-
gram are Mr.. Mellon and DR.. Wal
ter S. Newman, president of VPI.
Evening star., 1949-07-04

numbers assigned it. The March"
from Tschaikowsky,s Symphony
No. 6" was spirited and clear-cut
and equally well defined was Wal
toms delightful Facade" This
diverting music is full of spirit
and just enough of nonsense to
make the i've divisions played
lively and charming. The pro-
gram concluded with the waltz
from Rodgers "Carousel."
All musical tastes were salts
fed in the most dignified way
by the selections and the per-
formance which won an ovation
for the conductor. Considerable
interest was added by the voice
of the announcer being heard
during the broadcast Of the last
portion Of the concert. It achieved
that long sought joining together
OF the seen and unseen listeners
Of Washington and their own
National Symphony.
Evening star., 1949-07-04
All Foiths Are Helping
Malta Church Rebuild

The only Greek church on Mall
ia, destroyed by bombs in war
time, is getting a helping hand
from Christians of different faiths.
+ When the Orthodox Bishop Of
Thyateira started recently to raise
$4,000 for its restoration, church,
men Of all faiths Joined in the
effort.
Evening star., 1949-07-04
Lanham Woman, 81, Dies
While Wadinq al Beach

Mrs. Nellie Ainge, 81, of Lam
ham. Md, died of a heart attack
yesterday while wading at Beverly
Beach.
Mrs. Ainge was pulled from
shallow water by a life guard who
saw her collapse a short distance
from shore. She was pronounced
dead a short time later by DR..
John Claffy, Anne Arundel County
medical examiner. who said he
would issue a certificate of death
by natural causes.
Police said her only relative was
a daughter living in New Jersey.