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Dec. 1 12:22 a.m. 13:04 p.m.
- THE MOSS POINT ADVERTISER ®E®
116TH YEAR A„alt Bu“/”*tr &on» PASCAGOULA AND MOSS POINT, MISSISSIPPI, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 1, 1961 SS'li.ix SltuS'pre., w . cm NO. 3
HOME TO ROOST — AT LEAST FOR A LITTLE WHILE — IS BLUE
water One, the offshore drilling platform above which was built by Ingalls
m 1957 for Bluewater Drilling Co, New Orleans. The rig arrived bade at
Ingalls Monday for addition of living quarters, adding of new and modify*
ing of old facilities. Cost of the job was not revealed by shipyard officials.
It is scheduled for completion in January. (Ingalls News photo)
Old Santa'II come a' jumping...
Parade waited
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MP Kiwanis Club
slates Dec. 14th
as charter night
Moss Point Kiwanis Club
charter presentation is set for
Dec. 14 at Holiday Inn, accord
ing to club president Roy
Blades.
The affair is scheduled for
7:30 p.m.
Presentation will be made
by district governor William
Scott of Memphis. Master of
ceremonies will be Division 14
lieutenant governor George
Estes of Gulfport.
Clubs of the division which
will be represented at the
meeting are Gulfport, Biloxi,
Wiggins, Pascagoula and Pop
larville.
Airport manager
said improving,
s hospitalized
Kenna L. Lybrand, manag
er of Southern Airways in
Jackson County, is slightly im
proved, his wife said today.
Lybrand will remain hos
pitalized for at least 90 days,
she said.
He is in a New Orleans clin
ic where he was taken after
an automobile accident Nov.
13 in which the car he was
driving left Old Mobile High
way and struck a tree at Bay
ou Casotte.
Injuries were a lacerated
jugular vein and brain con
cussion.
Service officer
tells schedule
for December
Cecil E. Byrd, county vet
erans service officer, today re
leased a schedule of visits for
December.
A representative of his office
will be at:
City Hall, Ocean Springs,
Wednesday and Dec. 20, from
9 a.m. to noon;
American Legion, Vancleave,
Wednesday and Dec. 20, 1 to 2
pm.;
Dennis Cumbest store, Wade,
Dec. 13 and 27, 9;30 to 10:30 a.
m., and
Jones service station, Hurley,
Dec. 13 and 27, It a.tn. to noon.
Floats, bands meetj
from two directions
on Jackson Avenue
Old Santa’ll take a new
route to Pascagoula Sat
urday — straight down.
The jolly man with the
familar garments and white
beard will sky-dive to the
Little League fieid behind
Close streets
Pascagoula police chief E.
E. Blakeney said Delmas and
Jackson Avenues will be
closed to traffic from 6 to 10
a.m. Saturday.
The chief asked motorists
not to leave their cars park
ed on these two avenues be
cause of the Jaycee parade,
which is scheduled at 9 a.m.
the Recreation Center at 8:45
a.m.
Parachuting may be a new
method for Santa but in Pas
cagoula he is aecusiimed to
the unusual. Last year he
landed at city dock in a sub
marine.
After shedding his chute,
he’ll join Pascagoulans in a
gigantic double parade
which will begin in separate
sections of town and merge
along Jackson Avenue.
The parades, according to
Tommy Harrison, chairman
of the sponsoring Jaycees,
will start at 9 a.m. at Deep
South Shopping Mart and
the Market Street Shopping
Center.
From the mart will march
a color guard, Moss Point
High School band, Perkettes,
Perkinston Junior College
band, Lucedale band, Van
cleave band, Magnolia High
School band and sheriffs
posse.
Floats will feature the
mayor, Pascagoula Gardsn
club, Amerigan Legion auxil
iary, Purity 'Rebecca lodge.
Lions Club, five cars of
Brownie Scouts, World War
I veterans. Pascagoula Wo
man's Club.
Girl Scouts, Junior Wo
man’s Club, Beta Sigma Phi,
Credit Woman’s Breakfast
Club, Rotary Club and Vet
erans of Foreign Wars.
Starting at the Market
Street center will be a color
guard, Pascagoula band, pa
r a d e marshall, Pinecrest
Garden Club, B&PW Club.
East Central band, VFW
auxiliary, Epsilon Sigma Al
pha sorority, Rocky Creek
band. Civic Guild of Pasca
goula, Our Lady of Victories
(Continued on Page 8)
W. W. Thompson
rite is Thursday;
was 84 years old
Funeral services were held
Thursday at 11 a.m. for Wil
liam W. Thompson, 84, of Pas
cagoula.
He died Tuesday morning at
Singing River Hospital after a
confinement of six weeks.
The service was held at
First Methodist Church with
the pastor the Rev. Aubrey
Walley officiating.
Interment was in Jackson
County Memorial Park.
He was a retired mechanic
with United Fruit Company
and spent 27 years in Hondur
as, Central America before
coming to Pascagoula 12 years
ago.
He was a Mason and a mem
ber of Pascagoula First Meth
odist Church where he was
active in the pastor’s prayer
group.
A native of Kosciusko, he
lived at 441 E. Convent.
He is survived by his wife
a son Woodward H. of Ft.
Wayne, Ind., a daughter Mrs.
Bradford J. Monroe of New
Orleans, a brother Harry A.
of Asheville, N. C. and five
grandchildren.
Pallbearers were W. W. Van
devender, K. P. Canarela, Har
old Adams, Horace Ward, Walt
er Robertson, Hermes Hague,
George Hague and Floyd
Wages.
Fails Funeral Home of Pas
cagoula was in charge of ar
rangements.
Chancery court
to open Monday
with 130 cases
A 24-day term of chancery
court will begin at 10 a.m.’
Monday.
Judge L. C. Corban will con
sider approximately 130 cases
involving divorces and estates,
according to chancery clerk
Wilbur G. Dees.
SHOPPING PAYS
TIU emUSTHIAS
CG man crashes
railing on beach
in Pas Monday
A Pascagoula-stationed Coast
Guardsman was treated at
Singing River Hospital and
dismissed Tuesday after an
auto accident Monday.
William G. Wickham is
chai'ged with reckless driving.
His car crashed into the con
crete railing along Beach Bou
levard at South Pascagoula
Street.
Pascagoula police estimated
the speed of the vehicle at 80
miles an hour. The auto was a
total loss.
Wickham was treated for
head and leg injuries. He was
taken to the hospital by a
Jackson County Mortuary am
bulance.
Capt. J. W. Johnson, assis
tant chief J. C. Ledbetter and
Lt. H. L. Pitman investigated
the accident.
First aid course
to begin Tuesday
at MP City Hall
A Red Cross first aid course
will begin in Moss Point Tues
day.
Instructor will be Duffie E.
Jenkins, member of Moss Point
Auxiliary Police and mobile
Red Cross unit.
Classes will be held in Moss
Point City Hall each Tuesday
at 7 p.m.
In addition to Moss Point
policemen and their wives
who are already enrolled, any
interested person may attend,
Jenkins said.
Hitchhiker robs,
then flees scene
near Pascagoula
A search is underway for a
hitch-hiker who robbed a
sleeping Florida man in his
automobile three miles west of
Pascagoula Thursday.
Pascagoula police said the
missing man is Pat Vincent
(Delvechio, about five fleet,
eight inches tall, black hair,
medium build, wearing black
pants and a green wool jacket.
Ptn. Charles Miller said he
talked with the owner of the
automobile Alton Rose. Rose
told this story:
He picked up Delvechio in
Florida and both were en
route to Tucson, Ariz.
About 4:45 a.m. Thursday,
they stopped to rest at a serv
ice station on Highway 90.
Rose said he and Delvechio
agreed to sleep a while and
then drive on.
Rose told Miller and Lt. S. H.
Ezell when he awoke he found
his luggage ransacked, about
$340 taken from his wallet and
a $300 camera and two jackets
missing.
A warrant for Delvechio’s
arrest on a grand larceny
charge has been issued by Beat
Four judge Donald Beaugez.
Mrs. G. E. Brady
awarded $20,000
A jury awarded $20,000 to
Mrs. Gerald E. Brady in circuit
court Wednesday.
Defendants were Coastal
Chemical Corporation and
Mississippi Power Company.
Mrs. Brady’s electrician hus
band, was electrocuted while
engaged in construction work
at Coastal Sept. 30, 1959.
Ingalls wins
$25-million
nuclear sub
Slate to rest
murder case
Verdict probable
by Thursday nite
The state planned to rest
its case about 2 p.m. Thurs
day in the murder trial of
Perry Parker.
There was probability of a
verdict by Thursday night, ac
cording to district attorney
Boyce Holleman.
"I don't know if the de
fendant will be called to the
stand," Holleman said.
He added that a defense wit
ness was scheduled to take the
stand as the afternoon session
of the court convened.
Slated to testify for Parker
was Norris Saucier, who is in
custody of Harrison County
authorities in connection with
another murder case.
Parker, 37, of Harrison Coun
ty is on trial for the slaying
July 25 of Rufus Charles Brad
dock, 53, of Laurel.
Also charged with the mur
der are Benny Jack Williams,
21, and Donald Ray Lowery,
27, Harrison Countians.
At mid-morning Thursday
Harrison County deputy
sheriff Douglas Thompson
was testifying as a prosecu
tion witness.
Thompson had taken a state
ment from Parker following
his return from California
where the trio was arrested
after the slaying.
Wednesday action featured
testimony by Mrs. Braddock,
who said she last saw her hus
band at 8 a.m. the day of his
death.
A Gulfport pathologist testi
fied death resulted from stran
gulation. The man who found
(Continued on Page 8)
Three Pas youths
caught in building
Wednesday night
Three Pascagoula boys were
caught by police about 9 p.m.
Wednesday in the act of rob
bing Merchants Cash Grocery
on Krebs Avenue.
Assistant chief J. C. Ledbet
ter and Capt. A. L. Saxon, on
a routine check at the place,
said they found the youths in
side loading cigarettes, candy
and other merchandise into
bags.
Two of the boys are 15 years
old, said Ledbetter, the other
is 14.
Still under questioning
Thursday afternoon, the boys
admitted a robbery at Paine
Supply on Market, said Led
better.
Navy makes award
to local shipyard
Thursday afternoon
Ingalls will be awarded a
contract to build an atomic
submarine costing more
than $25-million, the Chron
icle learned Thursday.
The Washington office of
Cong. W. M. Coimer of Pasca
goula reported about noon
Thursday that announcement
would be made by the Navy
later in the day.
Relayed by Colmer’s admin
istrative assistant Waller Bat
son, the report stated:
"The Navy will announce
today the award to Ingalls
Shipbuilding Corp. of Pas
cagoula of a contract to con
struct a nuclear-powered at
tack submarine costing in
excess of $25-million."
Ingalls’ officials led by pres
ident Fred J. Mayo have been
in conference over the past
few weeks with government
authorities concerning possi
bility of the award.
Mayo was en route back to
Washington Thursday after
noon.
Last week, Sen. John Sten
nis of Mississippi consulted the
secretary of the Navy about
the project.
Colmer’s office said that the
vessel to be built will 15e sim
ilar to other nuclear subs built
by Ingalls.
No other details were avail
able immediately.
"I am highly pleased/' said
Stennis in a message lo the
Chronicle later in the day,
"that the Navy and the
White House have announc
ed today the award of a sub
(Continued on Page 8)
Memorial ritual
will be Sunday
lor Elks in Pas
Pascagoula Elks will hold
memorial services Sunday at
3:30 p.m. at the lodge on Krebs
Avenue.
Services will be conducted
by exalted ruler Harold Pearl
man, leading knight Wade
Thomas, loyal knight John
Ryals, lecturing knight Frances
Larsen, chaplain J. F. Velcich
and secretary Kimy Canarela.
Vincent P. Ros. esquire,
past exalted ruler and Pas
cagoula city commissioner,
will deliver the memorial
oration.
Music will be by the Moss
Point Methodist Church Choir
under direction of Oscar Par
sons with Mrs. Frances Rush
Farrell as organist.
The service is open to mem
bers, guests and friends, Pearl
man said.
One of the best ever in Paspoint...
Soprano wins acclaim
Point performance
termed successful
By Wally Sherwood
(Staff Writer)
Old friends of Nan Mer
riman’s from Shreveport, La.,
flew in Monday to join a host
of her new friends at the
Moss Point High School au
ditorium — and none were
disappointed.
The appearance of the
mezzo-soprano was every
thing it was billed to be, and
more. It was a hallmark in
the successful history of the
Pascagoula-Moss Point Com
munity Concert association.
The concert, second of the
1961-62 season, was attend
ed by visitors from Biloxi
and Ocean Springs. The next
in the series will be the
Little Music Theatre in Moss
Point Jan. 13.
Miss Merriman opened
with three airs from the
opera, “Xerxes,” by George
Frederick Handel and con
cluded with five songs by
Dmitri Kabalovsky based on
nursery rhymes. These, and
the ones between, proved to
be most rewarding.
The enjoyable evening, be
held by a large audience, in
cluded selections by Alfred
Bachelet, Claude Debussy
and Manuel de Falla, but the
Recitative and Habanera
from the opera, “Carmen,”
by George Bizet was a stand
out.
While she instantly dis
played herself as a true ar
tist, this critic was immense
ly impressed by Miss Merri
man’s good nature and
humor. After the first in a
series of seven Spanish pop
ular songs, she stopped to
remark that she appreciated
the applause. However, she
thought their enjoyment
would be heightened if they
waited until the end of all
seven.
All went well until after
the third of the series, and
some of her elated fans
"goofed" and broke out in
applause again. The lady on
the stage merely smiled
broadly and went on her
gracious way.
In the presence of such an
impressive performer, i t
would be easy to overlook
any average accompanist.
However, such could not be
the case of Ralph Lindsey.
The talented pianist gave
three selections by Robert
Schumann, Richard Strauss
Giescking and Joaquin Tur
ina and was promptly called
back for an encore.
Miss Merriman’s advance
billing raved, “N o other
American artist of compara
ble stature has so completely
conquered the major music
capitals of Europe” and, we
might add, Paspoint too.
Why? How many local en
tertainers have received
four curtain calls, and simp
ly had to graciously refuse a
fifth encore? Such was Pas
point’s tremendous welcome
for Miss Merriman.
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A downtown retail |
merchants committee is ||
being organized in Pas
cagoula.
Thad Brumfield is tem- £|
porary chairman. Offi
cers are expected to be
named within 30 days.
Man dies
in pickup
at school
Coroner says death
of Ingalls worker
from natural cause
A Big Point man died
Wednesday while waiting
for his daughter who was
practicing for a play at
Moss Point High School.
Coroner J. Leslie Nelson
said James Harry Smith, 53,
died of an apparent heart at
tack. Death was estimated at
7:15 p.m. A jury ruled death
by natural causes.
Smith's daughter Patricia
found her father at 7:40 p.m.
lying on the seat of his pick
up truck covered with a
blanket. She said on other
play-practice nights he had
slept while waiting for her.
A physician pronounced him
dead at the scene. An ambu
lance took the body to Fails
Funeral Home in Moss Point
where the inquest was held.
The body then was taken to
Jackson County Mortuary,
Postpone play
Moss Point High School
junior class play directors said
the production, scheduled to
day at 8 p.m., has been post
poned.
Death of cast member Patri
cia Smith's father is cause of
the postponement. It will be
scheduled at a later date.
Pascagoula, for arrangements.
Services will be held at 2
p.m. today at the residence in
Big Point and then at Hurley
Baptist Church, of which he
was a member.
Officiating will be the
Revs. Ernest Stiles, Hurley
Baptist Church pastor; R. V.
Walker. Bayou Casotte Unity
Baptist Church pastor, and
Claude Fortenberry, pastor
of First Baptist Church, Kre
ole.
Smith was a native of Sandy
Hook. He was a sheet metal
mechanic at Ingalls.
Besides the daughter, he is
survived by his wife, four
sons, Harold of Kreole, Drauda
and Wayman of Big Point, and
todney of Helena; two step
sons, Gerald Fortenberry of
Big Point and Sgt. Lloyd M.
Fortenberry of Verdun, France.
His parents, the Benjamin
F. Smiths of Angie, La.; four
brothers. Jewel, Clifton and
William of Kreole and Jack
(Continued on Page 8)
Man sentenced
after violation,
gets two years
Circuit judge Leslie B. Grant
Wednesday revoked the pro
bation of Bertram Lezel
Graves, convicted in June on
a forgery count.
Graves was sentenced Wed
nesday to two years in the
state penitentiary after having
been arrested for public drunk:
enness.