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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-02-25
Pilgrimage Plans
Include Cleanup,
Paint-up Drive

Detailed arrangements for the
garden tour OF Pascagoula and
Moss Point which will be a part
of the pilgrimage along the coast
sponsored by the Gulf Coast
Council of Garden Clubs are be-
ing worked out by the commit
tees in charge.
A "clean up, paint up, fix up
campaign is being waged in con-
nection with the pilgrimage and
will continue throughout the year
in an effort to make Pascagoula
and Moss Point and that section
between outstanding beauty spots
committee members said.
Visitors taking the tour are ex-
pected to drive over both towns
on the day of the pilgrimage
March 90, in addition to taking
the route marked out for tn e
pilgrimage. Many will want to
see the shipyard, general hous-
ing and other parts of the towns
not on the route. pilgrimage
workers pointed out.
Residents are urged to trim
shrubs and trees and all trim
mings piled in a convenient
place will be picked up by city
trucks. Trash, bottles and cans
should be placed in containers.
A frame is advised for the gar
bage can and planting of shrubs
and flowers is urged. Repairing
and painting of unsightly build
ings, fences and yard and porch
furniture will do much toward
changing a place into a lovely,
hvable residence, garden club
members said.
Every one should ask herself
or himself the question Am
living here or just staying here?' "
committee members aid. I'VE have
every intention of trying to keep
this a continuous campaign and
not Just a quick Strengthening up
in time for the pilgrimage"
The pilgrimage route will be as
follows: information booth at
Coles Towing Co., on right side
of bridge, continue on Live Oak
to Pine, turn left on Pine street
to Mill road. turn at Ross home,
go down Mill road, turn right at
Mrs. Carriers into Cedar street,
go to Lake avenue, turn right,
go length of Lake avenue. turn
left, go River Road to Moss Point,
go to Dantzler's Point. back down
Dantzler street. then to Weems
street. turn North by DR.. Thomp-
sons home, then East down Tor
res street by John Hills home.
turn South on Arthur street then
to DR.. J. F. Colley's. back River
Continued OH Page ~
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-02-25
Panther Boys and
Girls Winners In
Regional Tilts

Both Pascagoula basketball
teams scored wins in their first
games in the regional tournament
Wednesday in Poplarville and the
Moss Point girls lost by a mar
row margin. A fourth Jackson
county team, st. Martin boys, was
to have played its initial game
Thursday afternoon.
The Panther cagers, who were
champions in the county tourna-
ment played last week in Moss
Point, won by a score of 36 to "a
over Broome High school boys,
runners-up in the George county
tournament.
The Pascagoula girls, runners
up to the Moss Point girls coun-
ty championship team in the
county meet, squeezed out win
over Oak Grove, winner in the
Lamar feminine bout.
The Tigerettes played Sumrall,
runners-up in the Lamar county
tournament and were downed by
a mere two point win in the 81
30 game.
The Panthers are scheduled to
play the winner in the Savannah
(Pearl River county, -Runnelston
(Perry county, game tonight, Fri
day, at @ o'clock. The girls will
play the winner in the Brooklyn
(Forrest eountyl-Industrial (Pearl
River county, game at 6 p m. to-
day.
In the meantime, however, the
Panthers will have journeyed to
Hattieshurg to sandwich in a
game with the top-seede6 Nat
chez quintet in the Big-8 tourna-
ment Moss Point bows will also
play in this meet and have drawn
Meridian. also one of the favored
teams in the conference tilt. These
games were scheduled for Thurs
day.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-02-25
Bulldozer Progrom
To Get Underway
Probably Next Week

The county bulldozer will be
put into action as soon as it is
turned over to the Rural Bull
dozer Committee - it is hoped
the middle of.next week - mem
bers of the committee announced
following a meeting to map a
clearing schedule Thursday morn
ing.
A. j. Franklin, county farm
agent, said it was understood the
bulldozer will be used first for
some work on the Pascagoula and
Ocean Springs sea walls and that
the machine will be ready for
scheduling by the committee pos
sibly by the middle of next week.
The bulldozer will be used
first in Beat 5 which had the
heaviest paid applications and
will remain in that section for
five working days before NOV
ing to Beat l which had the sec
ond largest application list. The
machine will also work in that
beat for five days and will then
go into other beats,
In the meantime, checks will
be made on the accessibility of
the land to be cleared to the bull
dozer, Mr.. Franklin said.
Applications Rave been made
for clearing 307 acres, Mr.. Frank
lin said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-02-25
Trustee Election
For Schools In
County Morch S

One trustee will be elected in
each school district. with the ex-
ception Of four, in Jackson coun-
ty the first Saturday in March,
County Superintendent A. F.
Megehee announced this week.
The persons elected will serve
for three years on boards hav-
ing three members and five years
on those having five members.
The elections will be held al
the school at pm. Qualified
electors are instructed to elect q
chairman and secretary ano
then elect by ballot trustee
No proxies are allowed, Mr.. Me,
gehee pointed out. The chair.
man and secretary are TO certify
the result of the election to the
county superintendent sithin five
days after the election. No elec.
ton will be held in Pascagoula
Ocean Springs, Moss Point noi
Escatawpa.
To be a qualified elector {
person must be a bona fide resi-,
dent of the district and a qualifi.
ed elector and must not be ar
employee of the school district
teacher in any public school
a member of the board of alder
men or a member of the county
school board.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-02-25
Michael N. Mora
Speaker AtC
Of { Dinner

The words, Cosmopolitan" and
international" might be applied
to Michael M. Mora, director OF
the World Trade Development at
international House, New Or
leans, who will be the principal
speaker at the annual Chamber
of Commerce dinner at 7 pm.
at the 18th Street auditorium on
Friday, March 4.
Mr.. Mora who was born of
Polish parents, in Leningrad,
Russia, has been active in in
ternational business since he was
l3 years old and began assisting
his father in the Russian Cen
eral Electric company. Since
that time he has had various
positions throughout the coun-
tries ofTthe world.
In 1916, he established the World
Trade Development department
for international House in which
he serves as director. Awake to
the changing world conditions
and needs of the day, Mr.. Mora
is chairman of the organizing and
instruction committee for an I'm
port-Export Institute now offer
ing a tWo-year training course
in world trade.
Reservations for the dinner are
now open and until the last day
on February may be made at a
slight discount. After the first
of March reservations will be
So plate. Chamber of Com
merce officials announce that no
tickets will be sold at the door
and all reservations must be made
by the second of March.
A buffet supper will be served
featuring seafoods it was stated.
A local caterer will prepare the
menu and members of the high
school home economics depart
ment will assist In serving.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-02-25
National Guard
Passes Inspection
With Good Rating

Visiting military dignitaries
conducted federal inspection OF
Battery B, 63l Field Artillery
Battalion Thursday at the Mar
ket Street Recreation Center and
Armory. The battalion passed
with a satisfactory rating. Fifty
seven men and one officer were
present, five having excused alb
sences.
1t, Col. Elkins of the Third
Army area was the inspecting
officer. 1t. Col. Stockton repre-
sented the Mississippi Senior
Army Instructors office and Ma
jor Winks and Major Gilleon rep
resented Battalion headquarters.
Officers assisting were Sgt. Wal
drop of Biloxi and Sgt. Louya OF
Hattiesburg.
The procedure consisted of in
spection of armory quarters, unit
supplies ordnance and unit train
ing.
Captain Dossett was at the arm
ory Wednesday on a routine Wis
1t from Brigadier General Will
liam p. Wilson's office in Jack
son.
The National Guard has reach
ed a strength of 320,l82 officers
and enlisted men, according to
press dispatches from Washington.
Part of this National defense
establishment are Battery B. 63lst
FA Bn. and Medical Detail 63lst
FA Bn. which have been organ
lied here in Paseagoula. They
have grown to strength of 90
and four men respectively an
when fully organized will have
strength of 80 and 10, commanding
Officers state. The Pascagoula un-
its of the Mississippi National
Guard are prepared to serve the
community in time of local dis
aster.
The National Guard now has its
most important mission in its
more than 800 wears of existence
an as an integral part of the Army
end Air Force of the United
States it is expected to be cana
bile of furnishing Immediately
trained units at full strength and
with full equipment in the event
OF any emergency.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-02-25
Merrymoking And Pogeontry To Mark
Local Celebration Of Murdi Grus

glittering floats, accompanied by
the high school bands from Moss
Point, Pascagoula and Ocean
Springs will start a procession
through the downtown business
section of Pascagoula and then
through the Main street Of Moss
Point.
The floats which have been en-
tered by the civic and social or
ganizations of Moss Point, eau
tier and Pascagoula viii depict
the local legend Of the Singing
River.
Both the street dance and the
carnival parade are being spon-
sored by the Business and Pro
fessional Women's club with the
full cooperation of the Mayors OF
both cities and the law enforce
ment officials.
Coronation Ball
The coronation of their Males
ties the King and Queen of Joy
XII will take place on Friday
evening at 8 p. m. at the 18th
Street auditorium with all the
pomp and ceremony of royal ira.
dition.
The Coronation ball is the high.
light of the local Carnival sea
son and is sponsored each year
by the Young Mems Business club
of Moss Point.
Members of the royal court
have been announced but the
identity of the rulers will be a
closely guarded secret until their
coronation and unmasking. Fol
lowing the promenade of the
court and the court dance gen.
eral dancing will be enjoyed by
the subjects of the Carnival
rulers.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-02-25
Blood Bank Unit
Given Hospital
By Kiwanis Club

A blood bank refrigeration unit
was installed at the Jackson
County hospital on Tuesday by a
committee of members of the XII
wants club, donor of the unit.
The Kiwanis club has given
the refrigeration unit to the hos
pital for storing blood with the
only stipulation of the club be-
ing that the blood shall be avail
able to anyone in need of blood
without any charge, except q
minimum service fee.
The unit which has a capacity
of so pints will store blood of all
types at all times which will be
replenished from the Red Cross
blood bank in Mobile.
The local drive for blood to be
contributed to the Red Cross
blood bank is being conducted
by the Kiwanis club under the
chairmanship of Q. o. Brock
Savell.
A committee of Kiwanians
headed by H, P. Heidelberg, Jr.,
formally installed the unit and
presented it to the Jackson Coun-
ty hospital, John r, Watts, sec
retary-treasurer of the hospital
board, and Miss c. X. Pratt, su-
perintendent, received the blood
bank unit in behalf of the hospital.
Members of the club who were
present were Karl Wiesenburg.
president. Rev, II. B, Hilbun, Yer
It's Ramsay, Charles Bush, Bill
Belt, and John r. McNeal.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-02-25
Call Meeting To
Plan For Navy
Homes Purchase

A mass meeting of all persons
interested in purchasing one OF
the federally-owned permanent
type Navy houses will be held
at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday of next
week at the 18th street audito-
rum, it was announced this week,
The meeting is being called by
a group who propose the forma-
ton OF non-profit cooperative
that will be open to veterans and
non-veterans alike. The organi-
zation will be known as Pasca-
port Homes, Inc. and will be
modelled along the lines of the
successful Comrades Coop, Inc,
a veterans organization which
handled the sale of number of
government owned demountable
units in Pascagoula.
The incorporators of the pro-
posed non-profit organization are
T. ]. Hill. Louis Frederic, o. L.
Mcleod, w. r. Guest, Jr., and
Karl Wiesenburg.
A full discussion OF the pro-
posed organization will be de-
veloped at the meeting, Mr.. Vie
senburg said, and anyone inter
ested in purchasing one of the
homes, including present occu-
pants, as we'll as non-oecupants
who intend to use them as q res
idence, will be given the oppor-
tunity to do so.
Invitations Mailed
Approximately A 1000 letters of
invitation to the meeting have
been sent out to residents of these
houses, city authorities, county
authorities who have any con-
nection with such sale and 9TH
er interested public officials and
residents. The meeting, however,
is open to anyone.
Housing questions of Pasca-
goula were discussed at a lunch
con meeting Wednesday of Mayor
Frank Canty, Commissioner Har-
old Ezeil. w. r. Guest, Sr.. as rep
resentatives of PascaRoula Hous-
ing Authority, and Mr.. Wiesen-
burg, representing Comrades CO.
op and Pascaport Mutual Homes,
with w. r. Bates, Art Klien and
Robert Chaffin of the Public
Housing Administration.
The general situation was dis
cussed and the activities of the
three groups now organized to
work out the housing problems.
The Pascagoula Housing Author
ity was formed to work out de-
tails about the temporary hous-
ing.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-02-25
Thousands of Pine
Seedlings See Out
BY Landowners

During the past week $1,000
slash pine seedlings were re-
eeived by jackson county farm
ers and landowners. This num-
Der will set approximately 81
acres, A. J. Franklin, county
agent said.
About 100000 seedlings had
been anticipated but the quota
was cut to the above number
The International Paper Com
pany was instrumental in secur-
ing 10000 seedlings for distribu-
ton to the farmers and landown-
ers without any charge to the
recipients.
Mr.. Franklin stresses the inn
portanee of keeping fire out of
the timber in the county and
urges all timber and landowners
to secure the aid of forester in
marking timber to be cut for mar
ket, thereby availing themselves
of the advantages of selective
cutting.
Such services can be secured
through the office of the county
agent free of charge to all farm
ers and landowners. This will in
sure a continuous supply when
selective cutting has been prac-
ticed.
Farmers and landowners are
warned not to sell timber to tim
Der buyers unless they have had
the timber marked.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-02-25
Mrs. w. M. Comfy
Bredks Hip In
Fall At Home

Mrs. w. M. Canty, mother of
Mayor Frank S. Canty and a pi-
oneer and greatly beloved resi-
dent of Pascagoula, was in the
Jackson County hospital Thurs
day as the result of broken hip
sustained in a fall at her home
Tuesday night.
Early Thursday morning H. U.
Canty, a son who resides at the
family home on 208 Krebs ave-
nue., broke his left arm near the
shoulder when he fell over "a
chair after he rose from his bed
in the dark. He was treated at
the hospital, his arm put in a
plaster cast and he was later re-
leased.
Mrs. Canty was taken to the
hospital about IL p. m. Tuesday.
Her daughter, Miss Mamie Can
ty, was assisting her mother to
prepare for bed and had turned
away when she heard her moth
er fall to the floor. The fall had
been so gentle that it was thought
no serious injury had resulted at
first.
She celebrated hert8Gth birth
day Wednesday Eut the day
which was to have been spent
quietly greeting friends was spent
in a hospital bed.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-02-25
Fire Ant Program
Underway. With 4
Crews AT Work

Four two-man crews are at
work on combating the infesta-
ton of the Brazilian fire ant in
Jackson county under the pro-
gram recently adopted by the
board of supervisors at the re-
quest of G. L. Bond of Moss
Point, state plant board inspec-
tor.
At its meeting on February 7th
the supervisors voted to appro-
pirate $2,500 to pay the salaries
and expenses of the county crews
who are working under the gu
pervision of Mr.. Bond and M. M.
Price of Lucedale, also of the,
state plant board.
The program is being co-or-
dinated in three counties, Jack
son, George and Greene, by Mr..
Bond and Mr.. Price.
Labor and transportation is be-
ing furnished from the county
funds and the state plant board
is furnishing the guns and dust
ing powder for destroying the
insects, Mr.. Bond said. In George
and Greene counties two-man
crews are working in each of the
counties five beats, he said.
The work in Jackson county
has been started in the section
East of the Pascagoula river,
where the infestation is worst,
Mr.. Bond said. The work will
progress in an orderly manner,
he added, and it will be impossi-
bic for the crews to skip from one
section to another without lessen
ing the efficiency of the operation.
Ask Home Owners Aid
The eradication work is being
confined to areas and gardens
around homes, cultivated lands
and improved pastures, Mr.. Bond
said. The ant colonies are being
busted with chlordane powder
furnished by the state plant
board.
Mr.. Bond also urged hometown
er and land owners to aid the
crews in order to speed up the
work.
Many persons have requested
supply of the chlordane pow
der, Mr.. Bond said, which is avail
able at the office of the county
farm agent in Pascagoula. How
ever, this powder is being charged
for at cost, while if the home
owner waits for the county crews
it will be furnished free of charge.
The present program is de-
signed to bring relief to the three
Mississippi counties suffering
from the spread of the fire ant,
which now infests the coast coun-
ties in Alabama, Florida and Mis-
sisippi and are causing consid-
cradle damage. It is believed that
the U. S. Department of Agri-
culture will enter the program
and lend aid in the establishing
of an overall eradication pro-
gram.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-02-25
Bid Rejected; To
Use State Crew On
Highway63W Work

The state highway department
will undertake repairs to the
Highway SO approach to the Es-
catawpa bridge with its own
crews following the rejection of
single bid for the work received
at the formal opening of bids for
state highway work at the offices
of the highway Commission in
Jackson Tuesday, John Korn-
rumph, district engineer, an
nounced Wednesday of this week.
The only bid submitted for the
proposed work was by the Delta
Dredge and Construction Co.,
Greenville, amounting to $187,-
536.28.
"The only bid received was re-
jected, Mr.. Kornrumph said. ut
ran almost 62 per cent above our
estimates. We will try to do the
repairs with our own crews and
equipment, supplemented by such
specialized equipment as may be
necessary to rent"
Contractors Want Premium
Mr.. Kornrumph said that the
work is hazardous from the point
of view of contractors, with
number of unknown factors in
volved. AS a result, he said, con-
tractors simply do not want to
undertake it unless at a consid-
cradle premium.
Plans are already underway
for the work to be done by the
highway department, he said. Ad-
vertisements have been placed
and bids will be opened around
March the 9th for the rental of
small dredge in connection with
the repairs.
The Highway Department has
$l60,000 earmarked for repairs to
the existing approach.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-02-25

A spirit of carefree mirth and
hilarity will reign throughout the
city in keeping with the Mardi
Gras season beginning with the
street dance scheduled for Thurs
day evening and followed on Fri
day afternoon with one of the
biggest, most elaborate Carnival
parades ever staged locally and
climaxed on Friday evening by
the annual Carnival Ball and cor
onation of the YMBC rulers,
promising to be one of the most
gorgeous spectacles of the season.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-02-25
Attend Methodist
Conference AT
Wiggins Wednesday

Among those from Pascagoula
churches who attended the an
nual conference of the Seashore
district of the Methodist church
at Virgins, Wednesday were the
Rev. Harlan Hilbun, the Rev. and
Mrs. Jewell Denney, Vertis Ram
say, Claude Falkenberry, Cooper
Roberts, Frank Ellis, J. P. Fraz-
Ter, Mrs. R. R. Denney, and a SEX
tette of girls from the choir, Ruby
Wood. Janet Nelson. Jeannine
Hilbun, Kitty Harris, Janet Schef-
fler and Marlene Byrd, who were
all from the first Methodist
church. and the Rev. r. F. Ais
worth and Mesdames C. r. Caulk.
M. o. Poe and Glenn Keyes from
the Eastlawn church.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-02-25

The street dance which is sche-
uled for Thursday evening in
true Mardi Gras tradition will be
for maskers with prizes being Of
fered by the Business and Pro-
fessional Women's club for the
best costumes.
Between the hours of $3.50 and
1890 masked revelers may dance
in a square which will be marked
off in front of the Court House,
while others may enjoy the Car
nival concessions to be located
on the vacant lot on the corner
of N. Watts avenue and Frederic
street.
Beginning at A p. m. on Friday
carnival parade of IL elaborate