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Sun Herald from Biloxi, Mississippi • 15

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0 Wednesday Afternoon Marrh 23 1PSS The Daily Herald Filer! eH Gulfport Mississippi FIFTEEN Only Two Lettermen In Biloxi Thinclad Training Camp Bay St Louis SPSS may "Pap" Williams To Manage Club At Vicksburg VICKSBURG Miss (JH The Vicksburg Billies of the Cotton States League announced the appointment today of Fred (Pap) Williams a veteran of 18 years in baseball as playing manager He succeeds Jack Maupin who resigned last week to go into business Rawlings general manager said the 40-year-old Williams has seven years of managerial experience Williams a 215-pound six foot two inch first baseman batted 403 FOR Westrum receiver tries out' new box at Phoenix Arte camp as second-liners Mickey Grasso center and Ray Katt right watch (NEA) Child Swallows Ant Poison Dies Two Days Later Tribe Trackmen To Hold Initial Meet On April 5 Only two lettermen are in the camp of 1 the Biloxi High School track and field team this season and Coach Don Snyder will have a major job of rebuilding the squad which captured numerous honors on the cinder paths last year Dashman Ronald Bond and hurdler Ralph Saucier are the two boys who earned monograms on the Indian squad that won the Southern Relays title took first in regional action and first in the South Division Big Eight meet Bond is the South Division Big Eight 100-yard dash defending champion Last season he won the title by sprinting the distance in 102 then placed third in the 202-yard dash behind teammate Stan Santa Gruz I Santa Cruz and Bond provided the Redskins with a one-two punch in the dashes last season but Santa Cruz graduated and Bond will have to carry the major share of the sprinting chores on his shoulders Saucier in addition to running the low and high hurdles also ran a leg in the mile and 880-yard relays He set a school record of "17 in th 180-yard hurdles last year at Biloxi He and Bond are being counted on by Coach Snyder to carry the hulk of the scoring load for the Indian thinclad team but three squadmen from last squad are also expected to help as arc several new boys Coach Snyder said that Cooper (Whirl away) Chapman Shelton (Shag) 'Webster and A Richards are the squadmen from last year who are being counted on Chapman will help in relays and will probably run the 440 Webster will participate in the hurdles the high jump and in the relays while 'Richards is the number one pole vaulter Seniors Walter Anderson and Daslimen in addition to Bond Richard Dcllcnger Donald Batia and others will round the squad Many of the boys who are presently engaged in spring football expected to bolster the squad Robin Roberts starts bearing camp camera catches him EARLY down early at Clearwater Fla grimacing during patting REIGNING DOGS and CATS 6 ORDATH JACOBSON CATEGORICALLY SPEAKING Watcrboy a black cat sent to the Angell Memorial Hospital Boston to await a new home jumped from (he arms of an attendant into a tank of water When he struggled free again jumped into the tank and had a peach of time swimming round When his prevous owner was asked il Waterboy had ever done any swimming before she replied yes! When wc used to go canoeing he would jump out and swim ashore But he stay on shore when we went swimming He came along how he got his Watcrboy found a new home with the Navy It unusual to hear of a cat going off the deep end A Siamese astonished his owner by following her into the sea He swims faster and stronger than the average hu Tarps Advance Four Men In Air Force Ring Event 18 Bouts Slated Tonight Legislative Digest JACKSON Miss Legislative Digest for March 22: SENATE Introductions None Rills Passed HB177 Authorizes commission of budget and accounting HB204 Appropriates $171550 for hospital expenses of Keary Cooper spastic capital night watchman who was beaten by robbers HB2U0 Authorizes Monroe County to waive restriction on hiring road workers during election year HB233 Authorizes Calhoun County to waive restriction on hiring road workers during election year HB224 Authorizes Biloxi to create bridge and park commission to issue bonds for construction of causeway to Deer Island HOUSE Introductions 1IB252 (Kennedy) Adds link of Neshoba County highway to state rystem Referred to Highways and Highway Financing 1IB253 (Hopkins ct al) Desig- homo hiuijmh practice delivery (NEA) Dale Stautcr Named To Group coaches attending a meeting this By JOE I1EILING (Special to Daily Herald Setting a rapid pace for the 11-tehm field Tarpons advanced four of their members into the second round of the Air Force and stole 43 bases last year for Crestview Fla of the Class Alabama-Florida League He formerly played with the Cleveland Indians Rawlings said Williams whose home is in Meridian Miss has a batting average of 334 and has hit under J00 only once in his playing career Williams managerial experience includes the top post at Meridian iii the Southeastern League in 1946 Grand Forks Winnipeg Man Canada Waycross Ga Greenville and Crestview Fla He has finished out of first division only once Williams got his first professional baseball experience at Greenville in the Cotton States League in 1936 His top home run total was 42 for Borger Tex in 1952 Underground Atomic Test Is Scheduled Today LAS VEGAS Nev (I) Army technicians early today readied the first underground atomic blast detonated in the United States since 1951 It was the first time since Atomic Energy Commission tests began that military personnel assembled and emplaced an atomic device As usual with the Nevada tests unfavorable weather could cause a postponement No maneuvers were scheduled although 280 armed forces observers were on hand to witness the test from five miles away The AEC said that Army engineers and ordinance experts would assemble and emplace the device under the supezvision of AEC technicians explosion sixth in the current test series caused fash seen in Los Angeles San Francisco and Phoenix and sent a tain white streamer of radioactive' Cioud drifting slowly over Las Vegas at 40000 feet The AEC said the total measurement of radiation received by Las Vegas 75 miles away was 174 milliroentgens It was termed by AEC technicians and business in the city went on as usual In May 1953 2500 milliroentgens 25 fell on St George Utah Townspeople were ordered to stay indoors several hours STURDY SPARKERS A spark plug must give 1000 to 2000 sparks a minute in 1500-de-gree temperature and withstand ex-P-osive pressure as high as 500 pounds to the square inch Howard Meeks and Marion Kaiser would serve on the Boy Scout District Board of Review Tuesday night Next program will be a movie from the Keesler Air Force Base film library on the role of: the Civil Air Patrol 1 Confcmce Imtag tour- TtSiSt piSK el ST to STSt' nament Tuelay night at the Kee- Mmdol Gilbert Reaux and Merril Jar-all man are expected to 50' load ler gymnasium Palm Beach International Airport Fla and Patrick AFB Fla however stayed within hauling the Mississippi Coaciies In an attempt to organize coaches in Mississippi over rarrv th tarry m- man she reports and stays in the water longer There is a cat on our Coast who enjoys a dip in the Gulf When just a kitten her own- ers a young couple taught her to VALENA JONES SCHOOL ANNEX DEDICATED At an interesting program Sunday afternoon the new annex to the Valena Jones High School 1 was dedicated The program opened with prayer by the principal Smith and the audience singing The program: was Invocation Rev Peters pastor Baptist Church welcome address Smith music Ride the Chariot chorus greeting Mayor John Sca-fide and city commissiones greeting Ingram superintendent City schools greeting Breland Hancock County superinten-' dent education greeting Mrs McDonald member county school board music God Bless This House Chorus introduction of speaker Robert Brooks prin cipal St Tammany High School Slidell La dedicatory address Hailey instructor science and mathematics St Tammany High School Slidell La music vocal solo Mrs Grace Palloade accom panied by Mrs Helen Shot well dedication ceremony led by Rev Grimmett pastor of Valena Jones Methodist Church solo -Miss Daisy Smith accompanid Miss Emma Smith benediction Rev Weir pastor Morning Star Baptist Church at Bay St Louis Hespect traffic iaws SIGNS SIGNALS AND ROAD MARKINGS and keep four ear in safe-driving condition at off timed OF THE DAY" Has switched to A how about you? WLOX 1:00 PM Direct From Ma or League Parks Every day Monday thru Saturday Life looks brighter with 'VejAlC Jackson Brewing Company New Orleans La 72 795 $2295 distance of the front-running Keeslcr team Both moved up three fight- leam duui Ilivvcu up ers on the 12-bout opening card Points toward the team cham-i' Points toward nast weekend at the MFA enn Armstrong was elected huVnilh ident an a lman andTvdT ia9 aIld a lb-man advisory Km Thibodeaux and Fred ride in the car and took her along nates certain road in Coahoma every place they went One Quitman counlils a state highwayjday they took her to the beach and jricrhwav Financing) thinking nr them woniri pipnship in the four eujt be scored until Five points will pion in each of the ten weight divisions and three to the runnerup Losers in the semi-finals will pick up one point Andy Ortiz of Palm Beach stag Patrolmen Show Film At Optimist Night Dinner Party The Biloxi Optimist Club held a night at its weekly dinner mrcting Monday night at the White House Hotel A musical program was provided yeir of lus life twenty-two of the dinner by Billy Blanken-them which would equal about sip son of nd rs Highway Financing HB255 (Womack) Requires com-out missinners ol' election to erase registration books and poll books names of persons so requesting meeting during the state track moot The committee includes: District' One Nelson Vandiver Baldwyn and Bill Leech Tupelo: 18-3 Child swallows Nelious Frances Beaugez 28-month-old son of Mr and Mrs Percy Beaugez died at 3:30 pm Tuesday from the effects of ant poison which the child accidentally swallowed on Sunday according to the parents The baby is survived by his parents two brothers Percy Jr and Elliot and a sister Nancy and his grandparents Mrs Beaugez d'Iberville and Slater Holifield Laurel Funeral services will be Thursday at 4 pm from the home with services under the auspices of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and burial in Biloxi Cemetery The baby was discovered ill by1 Mrs Beaugez when she entered the house about 8 am from the yard viiere she had been working She said the child had a tube of ant poison in its hand and was vomiting Mr Beaugez is a civil service hospital food service employee at Kecsler AFB Biankenship of Biloxi Billy sang a number of popular songs with musical accompaniment by his father The Mississippi State Highway jwiiDswsaippi ouiie- nignway Patru1 showed a film after dinner the capture of escaped crim and Minoi Minor Scrber The movie showed the cooperation of state county and local law enforcement agencies from all over the state and the strategy and teamwork displayed in the final capture of the two criminals The film was shown by Patrolmen George Harper and Jotr Gazzo Guests attending the Optimist meeting were Mcsdames Joe Gazzo George Harper Fred Miles James Farrow Frank Straughn Howard Meeks Robert Jeffreys George Finka Esco Satchfield and George Percy It was announced that Optimists lAiretertilh iMMJiMillnW WEEK Refistration and Elections HB256 (ililbun and Patton) Pro- ed a terrific rally in the final boutjvaitev' 'and" John Wmilev Charles- i unnnkniiH liey- a -V 'vo nanes District Two Bob Circ Water are next week when the first official most of the boys mentioned above HB237 (Gore of Quitman) Aulhor-lave been working out for the past 'izes Quitman County to obtaini week and are showing plenty of liability insurance lor county kecp hustle and 'cies Private a the movie where he lives when he management tried to keep Kirkspy Tchula District Four Bob Dunaway Durant and Hugh Walker Louisville District Five Julian Jones Center Hill and Cecil Williams Laurel: District Mike Camp-Ibell Vicksburg and Louis Botelcr non vicKSDurg ana jlouis eoteicr ma Canal Zone in 1:40 in third round The aggressive Smith had the overflow crowd anticipating an upset of the high-ranking National Golden Gloves middleweight in an uproar I The Allbrook scrapper kept the the I IICR27 i Alexander ot al) Urges i Cn on i Aeronautics Board to VJackson direct airline service to'1 Sh Local and over the picture side and threw spirit Our schedule completed said iU against St Stanislaus here said that the Tribesmen would al so be on hand to defend their Southern Relays title at Mississip He has not been! id Snyder season April Washington New and ij a audicnce into manager likes to tell about Ligh- metropolitan cities Not referred HB258 (Bickcrstaff and Fountain) th audicnce an uproar The ninety for a human He had become tradition in theatre was the him tonirg as a kitten: hear a laugh right in the middle of heavy drama And know that Lightening-was offering better entertainment than the Lightening showed quite an interest in the cinema in his young days He ud Ped on the console of the organ and watch the screen But pictures are beginning to bore him He now prefers his velvet cushion in the foyer and the patrons He has many friends among them friends known from way back They stop to chat and often bring catnip a choice tid-bit a new food bowl PartV was belatfd this pi Southern and would participate spend $15000 to develop new in-in the south division and over-alldustry Local and Private Big Eight meets Coach Snyder said that he expects to have the team participate in approximately 10 meets HB259 i Long) Stabilizes attendance in schools Education HB2tiO (Osborne et al) Dcsig- fighting at close quarters through-Moyer Brookhavcn and Walt Ah-out the first two heats removing rens Port Gibson and District any chance of Ortiz launching Eight Roland Dale Gulfport and a two-fisted flurry for which he Gene Slauter Orange Grove is noted I Billiard Hall In London ing his offensive to the head A power-laden right cross sent Smith sprawling on the canvas for the count Up just before the toll of ten Smith stood with wobbling knees and Ortiz sensing the kill charged in END SPECIALS Three consecutive left smashes to the head left Smith helpless on the ropes and Referee Tommy Rand of Gulfport moved in to stop Site hostilities signalling Ortiz the winner Lightweight Jimmy McGuire was the first Keesler winner gaining a split duke over Al Ellis also of Keesler Lightwelter Freeman two-handed brawling style year Lightening was away for a couple of weeks around that time visiting his doctor and getting his tri-annual checkup He was having a little tooth trouble and his diges-' tion wasn't up to par quite all right now Certainly able to chase any dog that passes his theatre! And his many friends are he be away when his birthday rolls around again 52Chev Raymond District Seven Pauli in London's Leicester Square hall which is as famous in its own line as Wimbledon and Madison Square Garden Thc headquarters hall for world professional snooker championships has closed suppose you can say that the boom in property values has snookered 34-year-old manager Ted Lowe said The hall is situated in Leicester lish style snooker said and later Square hall helped to and billiards 4 door sedan New Black Paint Has Heater and Seat Covers 0 Authorizes Harrison County to Highway Financing HB261 (Medford and Lee of Al- corn) Designates Alcorn and Tippah county road part of highway system Highways and Highway Financing HB262 (Bickcrstaff and Fountain) Authorizes Harrison County to levy three lOths of a mill tax for salary of youth counsellor Local and Pri- veto HCR28 (Thompson) Fixes sine die date of adjournment of Legislature Rules Bills Passed SB1254 Reduces allotment per teacher unit Negro Is Held In Burglary Probe A 15-year-old negro boy was arrested Monday and charged with burglarizing two homes in Harrison County Deputy Sheriff Green announced today The youth whose growing collections of stolen articles included small expensive jewelry items clothing shoes and money was apprehended Monday afternoon in the home of Cuevas Commerce St Handsboro Green said The young burglar who moved to Handsboro recently from Chicago was working for Mr Cuevas at the time of his arrest the deputy added Two previous burglaries of the Cuevas home recently were charged to the Negro Deputy Green said the boy admitted entering tMfe home of McLemore 48th St Gulfport March 5 where the following articles were taken: Two necklaces a fountain pen set clothing shoes and a piggy bank with a small amount of change The fountain pen set and necklaces were re-! covered Green said Taken from the other burlarized home were small jewerly including bracelets an expensive ring and broach clothes articles and about seven dollars in' cash from a dresser the deputy reported All i the articles except the clothing Sports-In-Brief By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BASEBALL VEST PALM BEACH Fla John Cox president of the General Package Corp of Chicago purchased Yankee Stadium from Arnold and Earl Johnson for an undisclosed sum GOLF PALM BEACH Mike Sou-chak of Durham fired a 69 for a total of 139 and won the $10006 Seminole pro-amateur tournament TFLLS OFF RED COMMISSION PANMUNJOM Korea UP) Maj Gen Leslie Carter today told Communist members of the Military Armistice Commission that the Allies would grant political asylum to anyone who wanted it to anyone in this Angered by Communist charges that the Allies had violated the demilitarized zone the US General rejected the accusations as He said a witness produced by the Communists expressed a desire for asylum But he said the Communists agreed to turn him over only after the Allies signed a receipt which a lot of trumped-up He asked the Communists to stop constant attempt to make the armistice commission serve your propaganda and your social ladder Snooker at the hall became such an attraction that men and a few women paid 11 shillings and sixpence (one dollar and 60 cents) for a seat and watch Monterey 4 door sedan Nylon and Vinyl interior Radio Heater and Overdrive Very low mileage ere I proved too much for his Tarpon Square heart of cinema teammate Charles Carruthers Bill Carter of Keesler stopped Don Johnson McGee-Tyson Tenn in 1:49 of the third stanza in a middleweight tiff Welterweight Tmmy Blount Keesler moved into the second round of competition by default His opponent Ocie McIntosh of they asked for LiCester Patrick was disqualified when a Square Britons pronounce it Les-medical examination revealed a ter broken nose In other results: Preston Adams Shaw stopped John Rhodes Mc-Cee-Tyson 1:30 2nd Round Elmer Fitch Shaw flattened Frank Hines Shaw 1:52 2nd Bill Whor-ton Palm Beach outpointed Jei ome Palko Moody James Farmer Patrick Eric Lewis Brookley Ala Bob Smith Patrick outfought James Thomas Palm Beach Don Swanson Palm Beach posted a split The hall opened in 1901 under the name of And it was Thurston's that gave billiards and snooker a touch of class Players in championship matches turned up in tuxedos So did the spectators Polite clapping was the way of appreciating good play hall held only 177 fans but in its time it probably seated more bishops earls stars of stage and screen and men of literature Statesman Overdrive Nash 4 Door Sedan Radio Heater and good tires Wallace States Causeway Bill For Ship Island Thomas Wallace of Biloxi stated today that the causeway bill introduced into the state legislature was plainly originally drawn up to include provision for a causeway to Ship or Horn Island as desired in addition to the Deer Island program Mr Wallace a director of the Harrison County Taxpayers League stated that he personally! was in favor of a bridge to Deer Island but he was strongly opposed to any bill attempting to do indirectly that which the voters of the county had previously refused to sanction It was Mr opinion that this was the reason the taxpayers league had opposed the bill as originally written and money were recovered The youth was turned over to juvenile authorities Green said The of was a council called in 1521 by the Emperor Charles to try Martin Luther for his teachings duke over Jess Jimenez Shaw any other sporting arena in Bennie Buggs Patrick knocked outtje Joe Davis for 20 years Elmer Curl Miami 1:56 1st and undefeated world champion at Eng Pick up Truck Four wheel Drive Very Good Mechanics Condition (1 1 Door Sedan Radio Heater and Overdrive A Very Clean Car $495 $795 $795 $395 Looking Come theed for hours I ere Jim Crawford Miami floored Charles Murphy Miami in 1:33 of the third The tempo of the tournament in cresaes toaight with 18 matches on tap- tor the second round of competition in the lower weight division Light heavy aqd heavy- Weights open action Thursday Pittsburgh Is one of the foggiest places on-the North American continent Suburban Good body' Good Tires See This One AND MANY OTHER HOW CAN YOU LOSE? Drive any eat bought at Baker Motors 24 or fioye it cheeked compare it with any other ear at the price if not completely return it and we will refund the full purchase price-No questions asked SpSSI i-v sj GOOD VALUES PRICED AT $150 AND UP MOTORS INC Outboard Repairs Bring your motor to us for first class repairs Factory Trained Experts Eyinrude Specialist Lef Phone 494 2512 25th Ave Gulfport 621 East Howard Ave Phone 7471 Biloxi PW mmm- I.

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