Sun Herald from Biloxi, Mississippi • 12

The Daily Htrtld Biloi and Gulfport hrsxisaippi Cffurt Friday Afternoon February 1-1981 Polio Epidemic In Pacific Isle Highway 10 Jaycees Favor Proposed Route tremeiy -undependable in those days Also for sane strange reason the Jackson -Military Road had been built by the government without any arrangements having been made with the atates and counties through which it passed for maintenance As a result with no local responsibility for repain the Milt tary Road causeways were gradually destroyed the bridges deteriorated and fallen trees across procdure HONOLULU (AP) Three native- children are dead- and 70 youngsters ill from a polio epidemic on two tiny Pacific islands the US Navy reported Thursday The epidemic swept 1 Ebeye a 70-acre atoll three miles from Kwajalein and Rongriap 18Q historian and ana of his books and IBs earned him a doctorate of literature from the National University of Ireland He was ordained in Rome in 1908 became bishop of Meath in 1943 and archbishop of Armagh in 1946 Pope Pius XII elevated him to the College of Cardinals in 1933' The cardinal wanted Northern Ireland to unite with the Irish republic on a federal basis and for the two to take their place inside the British Commonwealth as an independent republic ORIGIN Viking warriors originated our word Those warriors who fought with frenzied abandon were known as in reference to their bear coats urn TAT Counterpart Of The Jackson Military Road Recently a 33-mile completed poorest grade could be obtained link of Interstate Highway 59 be-lfrom the surrounding almost untween Laurel and the intersection populated country The- quarter-of US 11 south of Hattiesburg I master was virtually- without was dedicated and opened part! funds What food supplies came in of the entire Interstate 59 which 'had to be shipped all the way will extend from New Orleans from New Orleans by way of the through Mississippi (see accom-IPeari River and then over the panying map A) to Birmingham newly completed but extremely and Chattanooga and which in muddy stretch of the Military Cardinal D'AIton Irish Primate Taken By Death DUBLIN Ireland (AP) John Cardinal Roman Catholic primate of Ireland died today in a Dublin nursing home He was 80 His death reduced the College of Cardinals to 83 members Cardinal archbishop of Armagh had been in ill health for many months Despite his condition he left the nursing home hi Dublin in October and 'attended the Ecumenical Council in Rome until it recessed in December He lived in a nursing home while in Rome 'Last 'week he left- the home again to attend the funeral in London of William Cardinal Godfrey tbe Catholic bishop of Westminster Cardinal was a noted the road were not removed Grad- miles northwest of Kwajalein It ually the road became worse than useless and failed in its purpose as the principal highway between New Orleans and Nashville Is under control said officials All three deaths were on Ebeye Four Navy- dependent children on Kwajalein 2000 miles south- Harrison County Heart Fund drive which will be conducted hi February The appointment was made by Clauds Bourgeois East Harrison County general chairman who said that Wyatt will be calling on other members of the Jaycees for assistance A new house committee composed of Ed Higginbotham and Ronald Marion was appointed A guest at the meeting waa Miss Pat Cubbison the Jaycee Camellia Queen contestant She was introduced by Emile Fallo Jr' chairman who presented her with a gift from the dub The Biloxi Jaycees at their weekly luncheon at Restaurant Thursday went on record as favoring the proposed route of Highway 10 by the Mississippi State Highway Department This route according to James Cano Is along the Coastline Cor-so pointed out that efforts are being made to change the route of the proposed highway moving it farther north of the Coast The Jaycees also heard a report from Fred Mannino county redia-trictlng chairman for the club who said his committee has been appearing before civic dubs in the city explaining the proposed re-districting William Wyatt was named special gifts chairman of the East The UA continued to bciwest of Honolulu contracted the carried via the Natchez Trace Wate but are not in danger Route moving between Nashville Emergency oral pno vaccine has been given to the 8700 inhabitants of Ebeye Rongelap and Kwajalein No new cases have been reported since Tuesday via Natchez to New Orleans at the rate of 70 miles a day averaging 3 trips a week The mail from Washington to New Orleans was 24 days on the road POPULACE London's old city which consists of one square mile has only 4900 permanent residents but some 400000 persons work in the area on business days PIIOXE WIRES There are more than 30 million miles of telephone wire In the US Until 1G25 the mail continued to be carried via Natchez over the Trace In that year a contract waa made to carry the mail via Georgia and this Southern route shorter and more dependable gradually was used more and more By 1830 the great days of the Natchez Trace and the ill feted Jackson Military Road were over The coming of the steam- Advertise as ywa The Med era Spaced Classlfiad! Road Colonel Taylor first of all took care of finding food for his men and then began pushing construction with such vigor that the 200 miles were finished by June 1820 When entirely completed the new Jackson Military Road between Nashville and New Orleans was 519 miles long 208 miles shorter Of Values! ALL PORCELAIN INSIDE AND OUTSIDE Nearly itself is part of the gigantic program of a 41000 mile national system of Interstate and Defense Highways that will connect the principal cities and towns It is an interesting coincidence that Interstate 59 through Mis aissippi closely follows the route of the historic Jackson Military Road (see accompanying map B) built following the War of 1812 The two roads constructed nearly a century and a half apart were both built for the a basic purpose to move military vehicles and troops or rapidly in a national emergency as well as to expedite the norma Interstate traffic When General Andrew Jackson and his army were waging war on the Creek Indians and barely managed to arrive in time to defeat the British amphibious sneak attack on New Orleans he had great difficulty in moving me ahd supplies The Natchez Trace was this only road across what was still the Territory of Mississippi Immediately following the ratification of the Treaty of Ghent which ended the War of 1812 General Jackson petitioned Congress for a better road between New Orleans and supply points in Tennessee and Northern Alabama Congress went along with tbe Idea but at first appropriated money merely to repair the original Natchez Trace route But Jackson exerted his considerable influence fbr a shorter and more direct route practically a new road stretching from Florence Alabama to Madison vllle Louisiana on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain across from New-Orleans Work was commenced on what became known as the Jackson Military Road In 1817 by troops of the US Army An officer of the Topographical Engineers laid out the route and an average daily force of 300 men began cutting a new highway through the wilderness Thirty five bridges from 90 feet to 300 feet in length were built and 20000 feet of causeway was laid across marshy areas The road was 40 feet wide throughout its entire length In March of 1820 thirty-six-year-old Colonel Zachary Taylor (later to become the father-in-law of Jefferson Davis and a hero of the War with Mexico) was assigned to complete the 300 mile stretch between Madison ville Louisiana and Columbus Mississippi When he took over about 120 miles had been completed from Madiionvillt and the troops numbering then about 460 were near the Misslssippi-Choctaw Nation border When Colonel Taylor arrived he found the men nearly starved Very little food except beef of the Map A above shows the route of Interstate Highway 59 through the several counties of Mississippi Map is a map of the Jackson Military Road as it was originally located traced from an 1840 map utilized during a government study fbr locating the Natchez Trace You will note that the county names and -boundaries of that day were not the same as they are today (Both maps courteously prepared and provided by the Mississippi Highway Department) 14-Cu-Ftf 2-Door Refrigerator -Freezer 1 Combination WITH Automatic Defrosting In The Refrigerator Section SAVE NOW at this LOW DISCOUNT PRICE boat transformed the Mississippi into great two way liquid main street And the growth of the population in the town- and country bordering the Trace1 and the Jackson Military Road created east and west local roads to reach and serve communities depending on the river Gradually parts of both the Trace and the Jackson Military Road the latter of which was primarily built to serve the military after the need for it had passed were changed beyond recognition and other parts were abandoned altogether But today's Interstate 59 that so closely follows the historic Jackson Military Road comes not too late but just in time to' serve increasing traffic and multiplying industries and runs right through the heart of new Space Age development Copyright 1968 Ray Thompson than the Natchez Trace Route It waa considered the outstanding construction project of its era The Jackson Military Road cost $300000 a huge Federal expenditure in those days but a mere dribble compared to its counterpart Interstate 59 In completing the 33rinile segment of Interstate 59 between Laurel and Hattiesburg the State Department of Highways awarded 17 contracts totalling $16 million of which the Federal government pays 90 per cent John Smith said the cost per mile in Mississippi on the Interstate System has been far below the national average Unfortunately the Jackson Military Road passed through a very sparsely populated region and served no local needs Another handicap was although it was shorter than the Natchez Trace it was necessary to cross Lake Pontchartrain from Madisonville to get to New Orleans an ex 1324 cu fL TV Notebook The perfect refrigerator-freezer for the family plenty of storage space and at a price you afford to miss come in today for this terrific value! 1824-CtL-Ft NO D0WI1 PAYMENT! It Began A Kids' Romney Promises To Help Two Amish Farmers LANSING Mich (Ax Two bearded Amish farmers got a promise from Gov George Romney Thursday to what I A to check into the threatened cIos- musician and a history professor jng ot their two small the 14th Century ever comeshouses in Hillerfale County With Matinee PRIOR YEAR MODEL FRIGIDAIRE WASHERS back be the biggest man But Cook- has never done a lick of work except in the entertainment field The formers Noah Schwartz 41 1 and his nephew Rudolph Schwartz 30 both of Camden in southwestern Hillsdale County By DICK KLEINER Newspaper Enterprise Asm NEW YORK (NEA) Steve Lawrence is a product of it was on the old Steve Allen Show that he first attracted attention but his heart is set on movies said Steve all goes back to my childhood I had the movie bug even when I was a kid I used to go down to the Su-in Brooklyn 1 preme Theater in Brooklyn and Cook is tall young (25) ob- rode in a car 70 miles viously English gentleman the state capital to seek the fry Lowest Priced FRIGIDAIRE son of a British colonial officer Young Cook wait to Cambridge where he majored 1 languages He was planning sit through the doublefeature on becoming a diplomat But hejtwo Khoolhouses in and twice spent more time on college shows woodbridge Township unless the father would have to come jand other exfracuiricular enter- Arnisl hires certified teachers looking for me The ticket taker tainment projects A mutual) Amish complied with this would see him coming of all four beyond the the tone the Schwartz Oil you again- Your son is up stars brought them to- gettled Hillsdale County front And hed -ct gether and the chemistry worked the 30 t- my father in He has started -a nis club in when ct hirt pvo IC jra" coming and My mat a the New York The EMWhment- old Amiri instead only Wednesday 1 patterned after one he operates in Under the teefs rclirrious rules At the current SjLond1' A1 doing as mucli children can ktteSl career movies are beckoning pit' American television as he can tothelr own chools and must be the stage And establish his namehero- Ke tuaght by Amish teachers And ofcourse Br cently was members are barred from obtaln- and records and every otner Line? panel Before he did that teaching certificates branch of show busintss show he toyed with the idea ofjtheir schools go only to therighto so much brewing creating a small furor grade the maximum said Steve a very excit-j yuld have he said thTsMt auJET ing musical on Broadway for next ith- a snail twinkle to have) Amish townspeople built fall that may materialize It would questioned the mystery guestasf be great prestige butitWd-follows: 'Are you so-and-so he SJtSi About sa mean a loss of income compared person they told me to what I get in clubs And there are some interesting television Unfortunately he was things I'd drop them aU if a cer- ll Ll--f tain movie offer worked out ratOHy nUll what I really want" To prepare for his acting ca- ACCldCtir reer Steve is taking acting les- sons He thinks he has head DALLAS Tex A traffic 'Tn'jwg' others in hi Public Khool taxes About 82 dren are attending the two Amish schools now Holliday said the Amish had given him no reason -for not hiring certified teachers know whether they find them or whether a matter of finances or he said The Schwartzes who rode to in a car Big 336 lbs capacity Proved zero zone freezing I Frigidaifw dependability too! 4 fuH-width ptua extra-deep door shelves! Rust-resistant tesy-to-cloan Porcelain Enamel interior! pnoDuer or IINIRSL MOTORS 1 i start over some bought pole felled by a car carry-' class take two schoolgirls fatally injured! 1Ui WT uvc 14UI1- aid and they pedestrian at a downtown inter- utes do what I can to check out talking like section Thursday 'into the matter" Romney said all the tame in the neighborhood officers twice pursued 7 and and turned 'the problem over to' caught the driver 15 and her an aide 1 companion 14 The aide Charles Orlebeke said The left leg of Eva Thompson he would find out' how two other Steve had Ms st ta of mm a widow was nearly ampu-1 states with Amish population the pole Sh dirf they drive talked with Gov Romney for five min- Siainte and Pennsylvania and Ohio handle 'tv QUAILTY RECONDITIONED ALL PORCELAIN INSIDE OUTSIDE NOW I NO MONEY DOWN the late unlamented three "hours later their school problems Sinner He found it sunxising Frank Martin said the Capt Frank Martin said the older girl told him she had driven) car oily once before The vq- MORE DEPTH especially the long waiting between shots sit around said -Ed -as? If You Are Thinking Of Buying A New Major Appliance Come By And Sea These Prior Year Modeled FHgidaire Washers And You Will Bo Convinced Why Exchange ShouM With Pereelata Enamel Porcelain Inside and Out MERCHANDISE MARTI HDWE SUPPLY CO minutes of film But I liked it3? l4-year-oldupward' Thpee voiM anyhow" wm tSenit municipal area reach more SNOW CONTEXT mora 'guest on television nai complaint is filed state law In normal conditions eight to 12 than the others is -finitely in prohibits publication of their inches of snow equals an inch of show business to stay came water 111E' Howard ID -Siloxi 109-1 1 1 ID 6-4422.