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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">BILOXI&nbsp;MARDI GRAS</span></span></strong></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">[The Daily Herald, February 16, 1968, p. 17]</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">TIME LINE</span></span></strong></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>1880-Biloxi was nearly deserted on Mardi Gras </strong>day.</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"> The <strong><u><em>Camelia </em></u></strong>carried nearly seventy-five passengers to NOLA.(The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, February 20, 1880, p. 3)</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>1883</strong>-According to Mayor Ed Glennan, a Mardi Gras celebration was held in Biloxi in 1883.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>1888</strong>-In February,<strong>&nbsp;Harry</strong><strong>&nbsp;T. Howard&nbsp;</strong>(1856-1933) and Lydia Fairchild ruled Carnival at NOLA.(The Times Picayune, February 20, 1966, p. 117)&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>1895</strong>-In February,<strong>&nbsp;Frank</strong><strong>&nbsp;T. Howard&nbsp;</strong>(1855-1911) and Genevieve Cottraux ruled Carnival at NOLA.(The Times Picayune, February 20, 1966, p. 117)&nbsp;</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>1900</strong></span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:12px"><strong>1908</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">What is considered to be the first Mardi Gras celebration at Biloxi occurred on March 3, 1908.</span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><strong>John Carraway</strong>(1873-1931), King Bienville I, and Blanche Picard (1887-1930+), his Queen, was the daughter of Bernard Picard (1853-1896) and Sarah Levy Picard (1859-1927).&nbsp; Bernard Picard was born in Alsace, France.&nbsp; Mr. Picard came to Biloxi circa 1889, and was the proprietor of Picard's Emporium, a dry goods store, located in the Eistetter Building on Howard Avenue at Magnolia Street.&nbsp; He expired on May 23, 1896, of stomach cancer at his 128 Main Street residence.&nbsp; His corporal remains were interred at New Orleans.(<em>The Biloxi Herald, May 23, 1896, p. 8)</em>.</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Blanche Picard</strong></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">Blanche Picard (1887-1930+), a native of New Orleans, graduated from Biloxi High School in May 1904 and Elizabeth College, Charlotte, North Carolina before she married Solomon Edward ‘Sollie’ Levy (1882-pre-1930).&nbsp; Sollie E. Levy was born at Newborn, Alabama.&nbsp; At Biloxi on August 27, 1908 in the Presbyterian Church, Rabbi Mose Bergman of New Orleans performed their nuptials.&nbsp; Phil Riser of Demopolis, Alabama and Florence Picard, sister of the bride, were Best Man and Maid of Honor respectively in their wedding.&nbsp; Sollie E.&nbsp; Levy was a successful traveling salesman.&nbsp; The couples was home was in or near St. Louis, Missouri.<em>(The Biloxi Herald, August 14, 1908, p. 1 and August 27, 1908, p</em>. 1 and Harrison Co., Mississippi MRB 21, p. 38)</span></span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Philadelphia</strong></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>John Carraway-King Bienville I</strong></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">John Carraway (1873-1931) came to Biloxi in 1893.&nbsp; He was born at Jackson, Mississippi the son of John C. Carraway (1843-1901) and Arcola Carraway (1848-1933), both natives of the Magnolia State.&nbsp; In 1900, he and Mae Litel Carroway (1878-1930+), his spouse, a native of Albany, Wisconsin were domiciled on Front Street at Biloxi, where he made his livelihood as cashier for the Bank of Biloxi.&nbsp; Mr. Carraway matriculated to the University of Mississippi.&nbsp; At Biloxi, he was active in the Elk, Odd fellow, Woodman of the World, and Masonic Lodge.&nbsp; First president of the BYC.&nbsp; His parents and Tennie Carraway Moreland (1880-1905+), his Texan born cousin, were also domiciled on Front Street at this time.(The Daily Herald, p. 51 and 1900 Harrison County, Mississippi Federal Census T623 808, p. 1A, ED 31, and&nbsp;<em>The Biloxi Daily Herald, July 29, 1907, p. 2</em>)</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">John Carroway was a candidate for Beat One Board of Supervisors of Harrison County in 1907.<em>(The Biloxi Daily Herald, July 29, 1907, p. 2)</em></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">King Bienville with Blanche Picard (1887-1930+), as queen, of Biloxi’s initial Mardi Gras in March 1908.</span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:12px">1910</span></span></strong></p>

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<p><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:12px">1912</span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><strong>Jules D’Aquin</strong> (1877-1936) and <strong>Ellen J. Joullian</strong> [m. Byron P. Lyons]. &nbsp;Their c</span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">ourt: King Aurguis I; W.S. McIntyre; W.J. Thomas; W.H. Hunt; P.H. Prieur; John F. Eistetter; and Charles M. Lanius.</span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">1913</span></strong></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><strong>Thomas K. Devitt</strong> and <strong>Irma Dukate</strong> [m. Daniel J. Gorenflo]</span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">1914</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>Elbert L. Dukate </strong>(1881-1943) and<strong> Noreta Lopez </strong>[m. Rucks Yerger Jr.]</span></span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1915</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:14px">&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><strong>Ulysse S. Desporte</strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">&nbsp;(1861-1927) and </span><strong>Katherine Louise Henley </strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">[m. Edward McColl]</span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14px">1916</span></strong></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>R.P. Linfield</strong> and <strong>Mamie Lewis</strong> [m. John Francis]</span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">1917</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">Mardi Gras 1917 was celebrated on February 20<sup>th</sup> and ruled over by <strong>George C. Quint</strong> (</span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">1886-1967)&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">and <strong>Mary Chinn</strong> (</span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">1891-1958)</span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">, who later married John F. Eistetter.&nbsp; The theme of the six-float night parade was <strong>‘Centennial Spirit’ to commemorate the Mississippi statehood centennial (1817-1917)</strong>.&nbsp; N. Salvadore Navarro (1869-1953) designed and built the floats.&nbsp; H.E. Blakeslee of the Mississippi Centennial Commission in Gulfport<em>(The Daily Herald, January 23, 1917, p. 1 and February 21, 1917, p. 1)</em></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">In late 1917, with World War I raging in Western Europe, the 1918 Mardi Gras was cancelled at New Orleans.&nbsp; Mayor Glennan was enamored with celebrating Mardi Gras at Biloxi and called a meeting of the Biloxi Carnival Association in late December 1917 to ascertain if the business community desired to have a Mardi Gras day fete.<em>(The Daily Herald, December 29, 1917)</em></span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">1918</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>William P. Kennedy</strong>, King Arguis VII, and <strong>Blanche Davis</strong> [m. William E. Thompson], Queen Ixolib VII, ruled the Biloxi Mardi Gras and Elk's Ball on February 11, 1918.(The Daily Herald, February 11, 1918, p. 1 and February 12, 1918, p. 3)</span></span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">1919</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p><strong><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">WW I postponed.</span></span></span></strong></p>

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<div class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14px">1920</span></strong></span></div>

<div><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><strong>John J. Kennedy </strong>(1875-1949), Mayor of Biloxi, and <strong>Augusta Coulte</strong>r (1893-1980) ruled the Biloxi Mardi Gras on February 17<sup>th</sup>.</span></div>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">General John J. ‘Black Jack’ Pershing</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>1921</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224)">&nbsp;and Evelyn E. Desporte Thompson (1904-1986) ruled the Biloxi Mardi Gras on February 8th.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224)"><strong>1922</strong></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224)"><strong>1923</strong></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224)"><strong>1924</strong></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224)"><strong>1925</strong></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224)"><strong>Dr. Albert Brown Russ</strong> and <strong>Josephine Folkes</strong> [m. Albert Brown Russ and Thomas Burns] were King and Queen of the Biloxi Mardi Gras on February 24th.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224)"><strong>1926</strong></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224)"><strong>Louis Braun</strong> and <strong>Evelyn E. Desporte</strong> [m. Hollis Calvin ‘Tommy’ Thompson]</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224)"><strong>1927</strong></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224)"><strong>Les Masques held their fifth annual Mardi Gras Ball</strong> at the Biloxi Elk's Club on February 11th. &nbsp;<strong>Miss Amelia Castanera </strong>(1905-2000) [m. General John A. O'Keefe], the daughter of&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">Captain Frank B. Castanera (1870-1934) and Amelia Desporte (1880-1953),</span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">was the Queen.(The Daily Herald, February 12, 1927, p. 1)</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><strong>John Wright Apperso</strong>n and <strong>Mildred Eley</strong> (1902-1992) ruled on March 1, 1927. Mildred was the daughter of Dr. William W. Eley (1875-1944) and Florence Keahey (1874-1948). &nbsp;She married Frank Kennedy. &nbsp;Dr. Eley was a general medical practitioner and the family resided on West Beach.&nbsp; Her siblings were: Clifton C. Eley (1905); and Eugenia F. Eley (1910).&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224)"><strong>1928</strong></span></span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">Mark L. Miller and Mercedes Wilkes [m. William L. Parks]</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>1929</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224)"><strong>Antonio J. Catchot </strong>(1864-1954) of Ocean Springsand&nbsp;</span><strong>Pearl Lee Atkinson</strong> [m. Louis J. Gutierrez] ruled the 1929 Biloxi Mardi Gras.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224)">Antonio J. Catchot, called Captain Tony, was born on January 29, 2864 at Ocean Springs, Mississippi to&nbsp;</span>Jose' Catchot (1823-1900), a native of Minorca in the Balearic Islands off the eastern coast of Spain, and&nbsp;Julia A. Smith (1823-1903), an 1847 immigrant from Limerick, Ireland, and the widow of John Hays.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">On October 1, 1882, Tony Catchot joined the L&amp;N&nbsp; Railroad. &nbsp;A.J. Catchot's engineering abilities were so impressive that in October 1894, he was sent to Pensacola, Florida to assist in building the Muscogee wharf, the docks at Commandancia and Tarrangona Street, and a coaling station for U.S. Steel.&nbsp; In 1900, the L&amp;N loaned him to the U.S.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">Navy to rebuild the docks at Warrington, Florida.&nbsp; He then went to the Dry Tortugas to construct wharves and a condensing plant.&nbsp; Catchot was also loaned to the Gulf &amp; Ship Island Railroad to erect the piers at Gulfport in 1901.&nbsp;</span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">Tony Catchot returned to the L&amp;N Railroad in 1902, and was promoted to Superintendent of the Bridge and Building Department of the New Orleans-Mobile Division in 1907.&nbsp; He remained as this prestigious post until 1943.&nbsp; A.J. Catchot had bought the old Louis Darring property on the southeast corner of Washington and Desoto in 1897.&nbsp; He built a new structure here commencing in February 1897.&nbsp; It served as a saloon until it closed in April 1899, leaving George Arndt's Paragon Saloon the only one in town.&nbsp; Catchot later rented the structure to various merchants.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">Through the years many honors and awards were bestowed upon Captain Catchot.&nbsp; He was a board member of the Farmers and Merchants State Bank in 1915, and elected president of&nbsp;the bank in September 1925.&nbsp; In May 1925, Catchot formed the Superior Oil Company of Ocean Springs with J.J. Kennedy and F.B. Royster.&nbsp; The purpose of this $15,000 capitalized company was to market gasoline and oil in the area.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">Tony Catchot was elected president of the L&amp;N Veterans Club for the New Orleans- Mobile Division in the late 1920s.&nbsp; In 1929, he reigned as King d'Iberville of the Coast Mardi Gras Association.&nbsp; Catchot was a charter member of the Ocean Springs Fire Company No. 1 joining in 1880, and serving as its fire chief for nearly sixty years.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">Antonio John Catchot retired from the L&amp;N on January 1, 1947, after sixty-four years of loyal and meritorious service to that organization.&nbsp; He died on August 11, 1954, at Handsboro, Mississippi.&nbsp; Catchot's remains were interred at the Evergreen Cemetery on Fort Bayou.</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">1930</span></span></strong></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>Walter E. White</strong> and <strong>Martha R. Guice</strong> [m. William M. Harrison]</span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">1931</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>J.W. Milner</strong> and <strong>Ella E. Edmonds</strong> [m. Irwin M. Cowie Jr.]</span></span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">1932</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><strong>Hermes Gautier</strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"> (1894-1969) and </span><strong>Virginia Theobald </strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">(1909-1995) [m. John Lockett]</span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">1933</span></span></strong></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>Bidwell Adams </strong>and<strong> Marjorie Dukate</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>Leslie B. Grant </strong>and<strong> Vera Bond ruled the Les Masques Mardi Gras Ball</strong>.(The Daily Herald, February 15, 1933, p. 2<strong> </strong>with photos)</span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">1934</span></span></strong></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>John T. McDonald</strong>&nbsp;of Bay St. Louis and <strong>Evelyn Ramsay&nbsp;</strong></span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">&nbsp;of Ocean Springs ruled the Mardi Gras at Biloxi on February 13th with the theme 'Seven Cities by the Sea'.(The Daily Herald, February 14, 1934, p. 1)</span></p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">Biloxi's Negro community with King Zulu and his Hula warriors, Indians and Voodoo witch doctor, paraded through Biloxi's </span></span></strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">central business district on Mardi Gras eve.</span></span><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"> King &nbsp;Zulu ruled at the Mardi Gras ball </span></span></strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">held at the Suburban Gardens on Main Street</span></span><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"> after the parade had ended.</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">(The Daily Herald, February 14, 1934, p. 5)</span><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">&nbsp; &nbsp; </span></span></strong></p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">Fifty children, residing in the 'Possum Neck' neighborhood </span></span></strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">[Claiborne Street, Dorries Street and Pearl Street]</span></span><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"> east Biloxi, </span></span></strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">and sponsored by H.R. Richmond,</span></span><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"> held a junior carnival parade in their neighborhood. &nbsp;</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">The four floats were designed by the children with</span></span><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"> Rene Alford and Kathryn Hecht as rulers of 'Possum Neck'.</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">(The Daily Herald, February 15, 1934, p. 2)</span><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">1935</span></span></strong></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><strong>Clark C. Griffith</strong>&nbsp;and <strong>Katherine Weeks.</strong></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>1936</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">The Billikens, a carnival club of seventy-five maids and matrons, was organized at Biloxi on January 3, 1936.&nbsp; The initial officers were: Myrtis B. Whetstone [Cline] captain; Eleanor G. Youska Baker, secretary; Annie Lang [Strayham], treasurer; Avis Linnelle Welch [Vignes]; Ada Moore, and Mrs. John Gryder, board members.&nbsp; The Billikens held their first masked dance on February 7, 1936.<em>(The Daily Herald, January 7, 1936, p. 2)</em></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/inline/images/Swanzy%2C%20John%20A.jpg" style="height:200px; width:145px" /></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><strong>John A. Swanzy</strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Thelma Josephine Gorenflo</strong>&nbsp;[m. Lewis Edward Curtis Jr.]</span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">1937</span></span></strong></p>

<p><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">No celebration-1946</span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">1938</span></span></strong></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Dixie Hollis </strong>and<strong> Catherine DeMiller</strong></span> [1st Junior Carnival)</span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>Homer Redford Richmond and J.B. Richmond will enter four floats in the Junior Carnival parade on Mardi Gras Day.&nbsp;</strong>Every year, the children in their neighborhood have held a juvenile parade. &nbsp;This year they will form a part of the Coast wide Mardi Gras parade on Mardi Gras Day.(The Daily Herald, February 24, 1938, p. 2)</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14px">1939</span></strong></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>John E. Dunnavant&nbsp;</strong>and<strong>&nbsp;Betty Grayson</strong></span>&nbsp;[2nd Junior Carnival] on February 29th.</span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong>1940s</strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14px">1940</span></strong></span></p>

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<p>Mardi Gras on February 6th.</p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>Clare Joachim</strong> and <strong>Forrest M. Runnels</strong> ruled the <strong>Billikens Ball</strong>.(The Daily Herald, February 8, 1941, p. 7)</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>1941</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>Miss Martha Burnett</strong> and <strong>Carl Winecoff</strong> ruled the <strong>Billikins Ball</strong>.(The Daily Herald, February 8, 1941, p. 7)</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>Miss Laurie Wilkes</strong> and <strong>Alf Dantzler</strong> ruled at the 19th <strong>Les Masques Ball.</strong>(The Daily Herald, February 15, 1941, p. 2)</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>Mrs. F.S. Eastland</strong> and <strong>Captain Dewey Reagan</strong> ruled the <strong>Mithras Ball</strong>.</span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">(The Daily Herald, February 15, 1941, p. 2)</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><strong>Alonzo Parker</strong>, <strong>King Roxie</strong>, and&nbsp;<strong>Alice Wells</strong>, <strong>Queen Isabella</strong>,&nbsp;<strong>led eight floats with Colored riders through Biloxi's Downtown from Main and Division Streets celebrating Mardi Gras</strong>. &nbsp;The Black participants also rode horses, cars, and bicycles. &nbsp;<strong>Biloxi's</strong> <strong>White community did not parade in 1941.</strong>(The Daily Herald, February 23, 1941, p. 6, February 24, 1941, p. 3 and February 25, 1941, p. 1)</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic colored school </strong>held a carnival parade on February 23rd. &nbsp;Nine floats carried children dressed in appropriate costumes representing: Uncle Sam and Miss Columbia' Kights and Ladies; Indians; and Miss Our Mother of Sorrows of 1941. &nbsp;<strong>The Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament who teach at the school planned and worked diligently</strong> to produce the parade. &nbsp;An orchestra, riders on gayly colored bicycles led the celebrants.(The Daily Herald, February 24, 1941, p. 3)</span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14px">1942</span></strong></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">WWII no celebration.</span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1943</span></span></strong></span></p>

<p><strong><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">WWII&nbsp;</span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">no celebration. </span></strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">&nbsp;Mardi Grad on March 9th.</span></p>

<p class="rtecenter">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1944</span></span></strong></span></p>

<p><strong><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">WWII&nbsp;</span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">no celebration. </span></strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">&nbsp;Mardi Gras on February 22nd.</span></p>

<p class="rtecenter">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1945</span></span></strong></span></p>

<p><strong><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">WWII&nbsp;</span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">no celebration. &nbsp;</span></strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">Mardi Grad on February 13th.</span></p>

<p class="rtecenter">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14px">1946</span></strong></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>James Love</strong>, King d'Iberville, and <strong>Jane Dukate Matthes </strong>[m. Joseph Edward Owen] (1920-2010). &nbsp;Mardi Gras held on on March 5th. &nbsp;<strong>King Zulu</strong> arrived aboard the 40-foot yacht, <strong><em>Metrus</em></strong>, at the Community House pier.(The Daily Herald, march 6, 1946, p.1)</span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1947</span></span></strong></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">Jesse Smith, King d'Iberville and Natalie Thiac. &nbsp;Mardi Gras on February 18th.</span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1948</span></span></strong></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">Mardi Gras day was observed on February 10th with Queen <strong>Esther Coulson</strong>, daughter of Mrs. Mattie Coulson, and King d'Iberville<strong> Leon Hall</strong>, spouse of Mercedes Williams, ruling the festivities.(The Daily Herald, February 6, 1948, February 11, 1948, p. 1) &nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>1949</strong></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><strong>Howard McDonnell&nbsp;</strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">(1909-1992), Biloxi attorney and politician, and&nbsp;</span><strong>Mary Rose Venus</strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">&nbsp;Tacon&nbsp;(1927-1992),&nbsp;</span><strong>ruled the Biloxi Mardi Gras celebration</strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">&nbsp;on March 1st.&nbsp;</span><strong>&nbsp;Clinton Bolton</strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">&nbsp;(1944-1997), King Arguis, and&nbsp;</span><strong>Gayden Fritz</strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">&nbsp;Purcell</span><strong>,</strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">&nbsp;Queen Tevalliac,&nbsp;</span><strong>were monarchs</strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">&nbsp;of the&nbsp;</span><strong>Children's Mardi Gras festivities.</strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">(The Daily Herald, March 2, 1949, p. 1)&nbsp;</span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:16px"><strong>1950s</strong></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>1950</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>Harry Johnson Schmidt</strong>, MD (1905-1997) and <strong>Ella Mae Barq </strong>on February 21st.</span></span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1951-Korean War&nbsp;</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:14px">no celebration.</span></strong></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1952-Korean War&nbsp;</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:14px">no celebration.</span></strong></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224)">1953</span></span></strong></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>Edward Barq Jr.</strong> (1921-1971) and <strong>Bessie Marie Corso</strong> [m. &nbsp;</span></span> &nbsp;]<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"> on February 17th.</span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1954</span></span></strong></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>Dr. Joseph Luka Kuljis</strong> (1909-) and <strong>Sarah Roberts Tremmel</strong>&nbsp;[m. Marion Daniel Pitalo] ruled the Biloxi Mardi Gras on March 2nd.(The Daily Herald, March 2, 1954, p. 1)</span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1955</span></span></strong></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify">February 22nd.</p>

<p class="rtecenter">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1956</span></span></strong></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify">February 14th</p>

<p class="rtecenter">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>1957</strong></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>Roy Peter Bellande </strong>(1895-1964) and <strong>Carolyn McKellar Bolton</strong>, the daughter of &nbsp;Dr. Eldon Langston Bolton (1913-1990) and Carolyn Howard McKellar (1913-1996), ruled Mardi Gras on March 5th.(The Daily Herald, March &nbsp; , 1957)</span></span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14px">1958</span></strong></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify">February 18th.</p>

<p class="rtecenter">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1959</span></span></strong></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify">February 10th.</p>

<p class="rtecenter">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:16px"><strong>1960s</strong></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>1960</strong></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>Merle F. Palmer</strong> (1919-1990) and <strong>Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Ann Corso</strong>, daughter of Frank P. Corso&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">and Pearl Harvey, ruled mardi Gras on March 1st.&nbsp; She married John Schappert Joachim Jr. on November 26, 1960.(MRB 118, p. 43)</span></p>

<p class="rtecenter">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14px">1961</span></strong></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify">February 14th.</p>

<p class="rtecenter">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1962</span></span></strong></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify">March 6th.</p>

<p class="rtecenter">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>1963</strong></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>Edward W. ‘Woody’ Blossman</strong> (1913-1990) and Alice Calmes Talbott&nbsp;ruled mardi Gras on February 26th.&nbsp; Woody Blossman was elected president of the Gulf Coast Carnival Association for 1964.<em>(The Daily Herald, January 3, 1964, p. 1)</em></span></span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14px">1964</span></strong></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify">February 11th.</p>

<p class="rtecenter">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1965</span></span></strong></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Queen Ixolib Linda Dorothy Ingrassia</span></span>&nbsp;</strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">(b. 1943) [m. John Calvin Mozingo II] of Gulfport and a senior at Ole Miss, and&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>King d'Iberville T.M. Dorsett</strong></span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">&nbsp;</span>(b. 1915), native of Texas City, Texas and manager of construction and marina at Broadwater Beach Hotel, ruled the Mardi Gras on March 2nd.(The Daily Herald, March 2, 1965, p. 1 and March 3, 1965, p. 1)</span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>Biloxi Mardi Gras medallions</strong> planned to be cast. &nbsp;Designed by .(The Daily Herald, Decmebr 12, 1965, p. 27)</span></span></p>

<div class="rtecenter">&nbsp;</div>

<div class="rtecenter">&nbsp;</div>

<div class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14px">1966</span></strong></span></div>

<p class="rtecenter"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/Kalif%2C Jo Ellen -Feb. 24%2C 1966 Mardi Gras Queen.jpg" style="height:185px; width:200px" /></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Jo Ellen Kalif</strong></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><strong>James E. Alexander</strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">, MD and </span><strong>Jo Ellen Kalif </strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">&nbsp;ruled Mardi Gras on February 22nd.</span><em>(The Ocean Springs news, February 24, 1966, p. 1)</em></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14px">1967</span></strong></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify">February 7th.</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14px">1968</span></strong></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/Cumbest%2C Donald W. King-Mardi Gras Feb. 27%2C 1968_0.jpg" style="height:250px; width:138px" /></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Donald W. Cumbest</strong>&nbsp;-<strong>King d'Iberville</strong></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Queen Ixolib, Sandra Hatten</strong> [later Mrs. William Charles Hartwell Jr.], of Gulfport and <strong>Donald W. Cumbest</strong> (1925-1995), Pascagoula attorney, city judge, and 19th JD Districy Attorney, ruled the Mardi Gras in Biloxi on February 27th.(The Daily Herald, February 27, 1968, p. 1)</span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-size:14px">1969</span></strong></p>

<p class="rtejustify">February 18th.</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:16px"><strong>1970s</strong></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1970</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter">February 10th.</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">1971</span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter">February 23rd.</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">1972</span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter">February 15th.</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1973</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter">March 6th.</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1974</span></span></span></strong></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/Blossman%2C John R. (1943-2009)-1974 King.jpg" style="height:200px; width:146px" /></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>John R. Blossman (1943-2009)</strong></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>John R. Blossman</strong> (1943-2009), King d'Iberville and <strong>Laurie James Turnbough</strong>, Queen Ixolib, ruled the Gulf Coast Carnival Association Mardi Gras at Biloxi on February 26, 1974. &nbsp;The theme was the 250 Anniversary of the Biloxi Bay Colony.(The Ocean Springs Record, February 28, 1974, p. 1</span>)</span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">1975</span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter">February 11th.</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1976</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter">March 2nd.</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1977</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter">February 22nd.</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1978</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><strong>Jack Thompson</strong>, son of Hollis C. ‘Tommy’ Thompson and Evelyn Desporte Thompson (1904-1986), Queen Ixolib of 1915. &nbsp;Mardi Grad day February 7th.</span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">1979</span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:16px"><strong>1980s</strong></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1980</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1981</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1982</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1983</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1984</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1985</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1986</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1987</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1988</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1989</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">February 7th.</span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:16px"><strong>1990</strong></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">1990-February 27th.</span></span></span></p>

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<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">1991-<strong>Queen Ixolib Donna Michelle Haynes</strong> of Gulfport and <strong>King d'Iberville Joseph C. Wink Jr</strong>. of Diamondhead ruled the GCCA Mardi Gras on February 12th.(The Sun Herald, February 10, 1991, p. E1)</span></span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1992</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1993</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1994</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1995</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1996-</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1997</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1998</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">1999</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong>2000</strong></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">2000</span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">2001</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">2002</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">2003</span></span></span></strong></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">2004</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">2005</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">2006</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">2007</span></span></span></strong></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">2008</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtejustify">Mardi Grad on February 5th.</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px">2009</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtejustify">Mardi Gras on February 24th.</p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong>2010s</strong></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify">Mardi Gras on February 16th.</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">2011</span></strong></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify">Mardi Gras on March 8th.</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224)">2012</span></span></strong></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Christina Ann Carter&nbsp;</strong>and<strong>&nbsp;Mark Donlon Mavar</strong>&nbsp;ruled as<strong>&nbsp;Queen Ixolib&nbsp;</strong>and<strong>&nbsp;King d'Iberville&nbsp;</strong>on February 21st as<strong>&nbsp;The Gulf Coast Carnival Association celebrated Mardi Gras in Biloxi</strong><em>.(The Sun Herald, February 19, 2012, p. F1)</em></span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/Wetzel%2C James-King Iberville 2013.jpg" style="height:250px; width:250px" /></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">King Iberville-James Wetzell</span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">2013</span></strong></p>

<div class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Mardi Gras was on Februay 12th.</span></span></div>

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<div class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">2014</span></strong></div>

<div class="rtejustify">Mardi Gras on March 4th.</div>

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<div class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">2015</span></strong></div>

<div class="rtejustify">Mardi Gras on February 17th</div>

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<div class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">2016</span></strong></div>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Mardi Gras on February 9th.</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">2017</span></span></strong></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">2018</span></span></strong></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">2019</span></strong></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Mardi Gras on March 5th.</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><strong><u>The Biloxi Daily Herald, Business and Professional Men</u></strong>, (The Biloxi Daily Herald: Biloxi, Mississippi-1902).</span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><em><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Journals</span></span></em></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:16px"><strong>1890s</strong></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Biloxi Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Death of Bernard Picard”</strong>, May 23, 1896.</span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Daily Biloxi Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“”</strong>, .</span></span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“”</strong>, &nbsp;.</span></span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:16px"><strong>1900s</strong></span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Among the Candidates”</strong>, July 29, 1907.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Biloxi Mardi Gras now a certainty”</strong>, February 29, 1908.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Biloxi first Carnival a success beyond expectations”</strong>, March 4, 1908.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Story of the Big Parade”</strong>, March 4, 1908.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Daily Picayune,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Mardi Gras at Biloxi”</strong>, March 4, 1908.</span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“City News”</strong>, August 14, 1908.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Levy-Picard”</strong>, August 27, 1908.</span></span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:16px"><strong>1910s</strong></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Chiapella gets title from King”</strong>, February 21, 1912.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Most auspicious Mardi Gras in Biloxi’s history today”</strong>, February 16, 1915.</span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;”</strong>, February 17, 1915.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Carnival plans start last night”</strong>, January 13, 1917.</span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Blakeslee assure Carnival success”</strong>, January 23, 1917.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Spectacular scenes mark the close of Gulf Coast’s greatest Carnival”</strong>, February 21, 1917.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“McColl-Henley”</strong>, February 11, 1918.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“King and Queen of Mardi Gras to come to Biloxi shores”</strong>, February 11, 1918.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Elk's Ball is splendid”</strong>, February 12, 1918.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Rapid rise of former Biloxian”</strong>, September 24, 1918.</span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:16px"><strong>1920s</strong></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Thousands view spectacle of Biloxi’s Mardi Gras”</strong>, February 25, 1925.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Fifth annual Masques Ball</strong> [Les Masques]&nbsp;<strong>scene of exotic brilliance”</strong>, February 12, 1927.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Ocean Springs first to enter Mardi Gras"</strong>, December 20, 1927.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“King D'Iberville nears capital city”</strong>, February 1, 1929.</span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:16px"><strong>1930s</strong></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“History of Biloxi Mardi Gras observance given”</strong>, February 17, 1931.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Carraway Funeral”</strong>, August 19, 1931.</span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Carraway Funeral”</strong>, August 21, 1931.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“John Carraway buried”</strong>, August 24, 1931.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Iberville in Biloxi for annual visit, guns boom welcome”</strong>, February 9, 1932.</span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“King and Queens of Past Years”</strong>, February 9, 1932.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Reign as King </strong>[Leslie B. Grant]<strong> and Queen </strong>[Vera Bond]<strong> of Les Masques at Biloxi”</strong>, February 15, 1933.</span></span></span></p>

<p><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Biloxi enjoys festivities”</strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">, February 14, 1934.</span></p>

<p><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Will announce Queen tonight”</strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">, February 13, 1934.</span></p>

<p><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Zulu celebration held in Biloxi”</strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">, February 14, 1934.</span></p>

<div><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Junior Carnival</strong><strong> [Possum Neck neighborhood]</strong><strong> parade”</strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">, February 15, 1934.</span></div>

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<div><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Mardi Gras tours”</strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">, February 15, 1934.</span></div>

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<div><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Reign as King and Queen of Carnival Ball at Biloxi</strong><strong> [photo]</strong><strong>”</strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">, February 16, 1934.</span></div>

<p><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“New Carnival organization”</strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">, January 7, 1936.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>"Miss&nbsp;</strong>[Josephine]&nbsp;<strong>Gorenflo Queen”</strong>, February 26, 1936.</span></span></p>

<p><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>"Four more floats in Biloxi parade</strong><strong>”</strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">, February 24, 1938.</span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>1940s</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Martha Burnett and Carl Winecoff rule Billikins”</strong>, February 8, 1941.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Miss </strong>[Laurie] <strong>Wilkes and Alf Dantzler rule</strong> [Les Masques]”, February 15, 1941.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Captain Dewey Reagan and Mrs. F.S. Eastland rule ball </strong>[Mithras]<strong>”</strong>, February 22, 1941.</span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Colored Carnival Parade at Biloxi”</strong>, February 23, 1941.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Colored Carnival Parade is planned”</strong>, February 24, 1941.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Kiddies frolic for Mardi Gras at Biloxi”</strong>, February 25, 1941.</span></span></span></p>

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<p><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“King d'Iberville arrives Tuesday on Barq Yacht"</strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">, February 6, 1948.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Miss Matthes, Carl Winecoff Mithras rulers”</strong>, February 7, 1948.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Observed Carnival at Biloxi"</strong>, February 11, 1948.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“McDonnell, Miss Venus rule at Biloxi”</strong>, March 2, 1949.</span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:16px"><strong>1950</strong></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“”</strong>, , .</span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Elect Ed Barq Jr. president Biloxi Carnival group”</strong>, March 27, 1953.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“King d'Iberville, Queen Ixolib rule Biloxi fete”</strong>, March 2, 1954.</span></span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:16px"><strong>1960</strong></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Blossman head Coast Carnival organization”</strong>, January 3, 1964.</span></p>

<p><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Reveal mysteries of Coast mardi Gras”</strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">, March 1, 1965.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“1965 King d'Iberville is Dorsett”</strong>, March 2, 1965.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Queen is Miss Linda Ingrassi”</strong>, March 2, 1965.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“T.M. Dorsett, Miss Ingrassi rule Mardi Gras”</strong>, March 2, 1965.</span></span></p>

<p><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Carnival is climaxed with Biloxi parade”</strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">, March 3, 1965.</span></p>

<p><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Biloxi medals for Mardi Gras are being cast”</strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">, December 12, 1965.</span></p>

<p><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“1927 Queen Ixolib now resides in Long Beach”</strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">, February 3, 1966.</span></p>

<p><em>The Times-Picayune,&nbsp;</em><strong>“The Roll of Rex”</strong><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">, February 20, 1966.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Biloxi Carnival Clubs look ahead to new themes for 1967 tableaux”</strong>, February 21, 1966.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Dr. Alexander is d’Iberville; Miss Kalif is Ixolib”</strong>, February 22, 1966..</span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:16px"><strong>1970</strong></span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Thompson family reigns again in Biloxi”</strong>, February 6, 1978.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“”</strong>, , .</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“”</strong>, , .</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“”</strong>, , .</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 237, 224); font-family:monospace,lucida console,trebuchet ms; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“”</strong>, , .</span></span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>1980</strong></span></p>

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<div class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>1990</strong></span></div>

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<div class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">2000</span></strong></span></div>

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<div class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">2010</span></strong></span></div>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Sun Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“”</strong>, , .</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Sun Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“”</strong>, , .</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Sun Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Mark Mavar is King dIberville”</strong>, February 19, 2012, p. F1.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><em>The Sun Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“”</strong>, , .</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>ROYALTY</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">Jules D’Aquin (1877-1936) and Ellen J. Joullian [m. Byron P. Lyons]</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px">The Court: King Aurguis I; W.S. McIntyre; W.J. Thomas; W.H. Hunt; P.H. Prieur; John F. Eistetter; and Charles M. lanius.</span></p>
