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(78, 'en', 'node_search', ' elmer family elmer family ray fri 4232010 1124 elmer family jacob elmer barbara g elmer   jacob elmer  18131894 and  barbara gettendorf  18231858 were the progenitors of the elmer family of biloxi mississippi jacob elmer was born at canton glarus in switzerland the same area of the biloxi hosli husley and abbley family origination mr elmer came to biloxi in 1836 and circa 1837 he married barbara gettendorf a native of winweiler rhein kreis bavaria and the daughter of henry gettendorf 17841837 a native of keil holstein germany and anne m otto 17871846 native of bavaria in 1850 jacob elmer was a merchant at biloxi worth 15000 his children with barbara gettendorf were  helena elmer northrop  18381917  anna elmer  b 1839  jacob elmer   jr  18431885  john p elmer  b 1843  henry m elmer  18441868  frederick william elmer  18471926  augustus elmer 18491906  otto elmer  18511926 and charles elmer  18521926 harco census p 27 after the demise of his wife in 1858 jacob elmer married louisa b wetzel  18441894 in january 1863 she was the daughter of german immigrant jacob wetzel 18021860 and her mother was dead before 1860 their children were  coresta elmer m thomas bachino 18661891  effie elmer dulion 18681947  clarence elmer  18681901  percy l elmer  18731949  edwin ross elmer  18781934 and the twins  albert elmer  18811950 and arthur elmer  b 1881 jacob wetzel s siblings raised by louisa b elmer were  julia wetzel  b 1853 and catherine wetze l b 1855 guice 1968 p 12  legatees jacob elmer expired at biloxi mississippi on october 1894 to his children with barbara gettendorf he legated all of his property in jackson county mississippi these legatees were helena elmer northrop the heirs of anna elmer farror deceased f william elmer augustus elmer otto elmer and charles elmer augustus elmer was executor for his siblings the biloxi daily herald october 20 1894 p 8 mr elmer left all of his personal property and real estate in biloxi to his children with louisa b wetzel coresta elmer bachino effie elmer dulion clarence elmer percy lee elmer edwin ross elmer and albert elmer the biloxi daily herald october 20 1894 p 8  children of jacob elmer and barbara gettendorf   helena elmer helena elmer  18381917 was born at new orleans on she married abner reuben knight northrop  18391896 the son of abner northrop and christina knight in harrison county mississippi on june 19 1869 abner was born on july 28 1839 at franklin st mary parish louisiana abner s father was born at hartford connecticut and was a west point graduate his mother was the daughter of reubin knight a louisiana sugar planter harrison co mississippi circuit court mrb 6 p 127 and land 1936 p 165  ark northrop abner r northrop came to the mississippi gulf coast after the civil war he worked for a dentist in sherman texas before organizing a calvary company  anna elmer   jacob elmer jr jacob elmer jr  18431885 was born at biloxi he died on september 7 1885 at mineola wood county texas the pascagoula democratstar september 7 1885  augustus elmer  augustus elmer 18491906 was born at biloxi mississippi in 1849 he married olivia henrietta miller 18551928 in new orleans on june 15 1876 they were the parents of five boys august elmer ii 18801953 m jessie cazeneuve leonard jacob elmer d 1968 m thelma paltron morel m elmer sr 18891985 m jeanne turegano oscar baker elmer 18881976 m irma rose schwab and alphonse john otto elmer m corinthia eunice thompson augustus elmer made his livelihood as he was the son of augustus elmer 18491906 and olivia henrietta miller 18551928 his father was the founder of the millerelmer manufacturing company limited ississippi the daily picayune july 24 1906 the timespicayune february 11 1917 p 16 and march 19 1953 from the timespicayune march 19 1953 p 3  august elmer ii augustus elmer iii 18801953 became president of the family candy business upon the demise of his father in july 1906 his four fraternal siblings were also owners and officers in the company leonard jacob elmer d 1968 m thelma paltron morel m elmer sr 18891985 m jeanne turegano oscar baker elmer 18881976 m irma rose schwab and alphonse john otto elmer m corinthia eunice thompson august elmer married jessie cazeneuve a native of bay st louis mississippi they were the parents of three children august elmer iii 19131983 joseph cazeneuve elmer 19151975 m ruth murphy and martha olivia elmer 19182010 m shelton evans hicks 19061983 august elmer ii expired at new orleans on march 18 1953 he was general manager of the elmer candy company at the time of his demise he was survived by his spouse three children and four brothers mr elmer s funeral was under the auspices of jacob schoen son funeral home of new orleans services were held at our lady of the holy rosary catholic church followed by internment in metairie cemetery the timespicayune february 11 1917 p 16 march 19 1953 and december 8 1975  henry m elmer henry m elmer   frederick w elmer   frederick william elmer  18471926 was born at biloxi on january 23 1847 he was the son of two european immigrants  jacob elmer  18131894 and barbara gettendorf  18231858 fw elmer married elizabeth carson maycock  18501905 in may 1871 she was the daughter of captain james maycock 18251892 and mary emily carson 18271900 born at cape may new jersey captain maycock was a native of hull yorkshire england and arrived at biloxi on an english vessel in 1839 guice 1968 p 19 and  the biloxi herald march 19 1892 p 4  captain maycock was a seafood pioneer at biloxi in 1881 he and lazaro lopez 18501903 f w elmer 18471926 wkm dukate 18531916 and william gorenflo 18441932 with a capital stock of 8000 organized the lopez elmer and company which became the biloxi canning company this factory was situated on the back bay of biloxi at the head of reynoir street  elizabeth maycock elmerbiloxi cemetery  fw elmer and his spouse were the parents of ten children eight survived into the 20th century the known elmer children are  marie ann elmer sichirich  18721946  ida l elmer  18731891  nina v   elmer  scott 18771937  cora v elmer  18781962 married byrd enochs 18751940  fw elmer ii  18811948 m alys halliday 18861970  james chester elmer  18831920 m hazel thompson 18901974  inez f elmer ebersole 18851937  margueryte elmer cole  18871965 m myron asa cole 18761957 and edward e elmer  18921900  1891 frederick william elmer was elected mayor of biloxi on january 6 1891 he defeated two opponents zachary taylor champlin and ab delamarre of the votes cast mr elmer received 392 champlain 102 and delamarre 74 mr elmer was lauded in the local journal with these words     fw elmer is  a man of sound ideas liberality of opinion energy and progressive tendencies and during the years he has previously served his constituency both as a municipal officer and state legislator has proven fidelity to biloxi his interest inher welfare and displayued an executive ability which fits him for the office to which he had been called   the biloxi herald january 10 1891 p 1  fw elmer home216 west beach  in ocotber 1904  mayor fw elmer  18471926  contracted with je greene to build a twostory 2500 squareft home on magnolia and front beach  for between 3000 and 4000 the lot was 137 acres in size the biloxi daily herald october 20 1904 p 5 the fw elmer house was completed after the death of mrs fw elmer elizabeth carson maycock 18501905 which occurred in late january 1905 and prior to june 1909 see sanborn insurance mapsbiloxi1904 sheet 4 and 1909 sheet 8 the elmers resided at no 120 water street at the time of her demise on january 21 1905  the biloxi daily herald january 21 1905 p 5  marguerite elmer was a single woman when she acquired the fw elmer home in july 1925 the warranty deed from her father fw elmer sr stated   for constant attention to me during my sickness extending over two years i sell and convey  fw elmer sr expired on december 23 1926 harco ms land deed bk 165 p 526  for complete history of the fw elmer home see homes on this website   fw elmerbiloxi cemetery frederick w elmer expired at biloxi mississippi on  children marie anne elmer marie anne elmer was born at biloxi mississippi on she married nicholas sichirich  ida l elmer biloxi cemetery ida l elmer  18731891 was born june 20 1873 at biloxi mississippi she expired on april 14 1891 at biloxi her corporal remains were interred in the biloxi cemetery  lizzie helena elmer biloxi cemetery lizzie helena elmer  18741878 was born at biloxi mississippi on december 15 1874 she expired here on october 23 1878  nina v elmer nina v elmer and cora elmer her sister attended the university of mississippi in 1897 the biloxi daily herald june 5 1897 p 8  cora v elmer   biloxi cemetery  cora v elmer  18781962 was born at biloxi mississippi on november 28 1878 she and nina v elmer her sister attended the university of mississippi in 1897 the biloxi daily herald june 5 1897 p 8 cora married byrd enochs  18751940 in harrison county mississippi on may 17 1910 byrd enochs 18751940 was the son of captain iv enochs 18281895 and julia harriet byrd 18391911 he was born at terry mississippi on january 7 1875 and came to biloxi as a young lad the daily herald may  fw elmer ii fw elmer jr known as william f elmer jr 18811948 was born at biloxi mississippi on march 31 1881  1932 federal appointment in early 1932 wf elmer was appointed a us commissioner of the southern district at biloxi his first court trial was held on march 30 1932 in biloxi the daily herald march 31 1932 p 5  james c elmer  james chester elmer 18831920 was born at biloxi mississippi on 1883 the son of frederick w elmer 18471926 and elizabeth carson maycock 18501905 jacob elmer 18121894 his grandfather was a native of canton glarus switzerland while barbara gettendorf 18231858 his grandmother was born in bavaria jc elmer was educated in the biloxi public school system and graduated from the poplarville high school pearl river county mississippi he attended alabama polytechnic institute auburn for three years before going to charlottesville virginia to study law after a year at the university of virginia he continued his legal studies at the university of mississippi jc elmer returned to the mississippi coast after his law studies he assisted his father in his lumber exporting enterprise at gulfport james chester elmer was admitted to the mississippi bar in may 1907  the daily herald january 4 1911 p 1    athlete jc elmer was a fine football player he played the rugged sport at every college that he attended and was a member of the highly touted university of virginia squad of 1903 he was a team mate of future harrison county sheriff cleveland pol huggins 18851933 at the university of mississippi  the daily herald january 6 1909 p 2  political career james c elmer began his most successful political career at biloxi in may 1908 when he defeated zachary t champlin veteran adjudicator for the office of police judge jc elmer garnered 487 votes compared to judge champlin s 247 ballots judge elmer took office in early january 1909 and heard his first case on january 4 th   the daily herald july 15 1908 p 1 and p 2 and january 4 1909 p 1  marriage onmarch 26 1913 james c elmer married hazel thompson 18901974 the daughter of erastus r thompson 18551924 and mary ellen aber 18631910 hazel thompson was born at harrisonburg catahoula parish louisiana and came to biloxi in 1908 at harrisonburg mr thompson made his livelihood as a dry goods merchants at biloxi the thompson family may have built a large home in the avondale subdivision at 2116 west beach drive the elmerthompson marriage was held in the thompson home and their nuptial ceremony performed by the reverend cb crawford of the church of the redeemer the newlyweds were domiciled on main street and water street in a home that was given them by erastus r thompson  the biloxi daily herald june 11 1908 p 2 and the daily herald march 26 1913 p 8 and march 27 1913 p 8  thompson family erastus r thompson had married mary ellen aber at new orleans on april 12 1888 from this holy union four children were born and three survived hazel thompson 18901974 emmet ray thompson 18941969 and louis o thompson 18961972  sheriff jc elmer james cleveland elmer was elected sheriff of harrison county mississippi in  west beach home in december 1916 jc elmer acquired for 7000 a large residence from sam w taylor at 1918 west beach drive in biloxi it was situated in the bienville subdivision in lot 5 and lot 6 of block 1 at this time mr taylor also conveyed lots 5 and 6 in block 8 and lots 5 and 6 in block 9 to jc elmer harrison co mississippi land deed bk 117 pp 405406  candidate for state revenue agent   district attorney   death jc elmer expired on april 30 1920 in the touro infirmary at new orleans he was survived by his spouse father and sisters marie ann sichirich 18721946 of buenos aires argentina nina v scott 18771926 of atlanta cora v enochs 18781962 of biloxi inez elmer ebersole 18851926 of nola and marguerite elmer cole 18871965 of biloxi and two brothers fw elmer ii 18811920 and edward e elmer 18961926  the daily herald april 30 1920 p 1   hazel thompson elmer lived until january 1974  inez f elmer    margueryte elmer cole   margueryte elmer  18871965 married myron asa cole 18761957 of west midway massachusetts he made his livelihood as an investigator for office of the comptroller general at washington dc retiring in 1943 in 1945 the coles relocated from jackson mississippi to biloxi and here they resided with her sister cora elmer enochs at 138 magnolia street mrs enochs was the widow of byrd enochs 18751940 the daily herald july 12 1957 p 2  fw elmer home216 west beach  marguerite e cole was a single woman when she acquired the fw elmer home in july 1925 the warranty deed from her father fw elmer sr stated   for constant attention to me during my sickness extending over two years i sell and convey  fw elmer sr expired on december 23 1926 harco ms land deed bk 165 p 526 in september 1934 wl guice trustee sold the fw elmer house and lot to the first national bank of biloxi for 2000 margueryte elmer had defaulted on her property taxes and deeds of trust to the first national bank of biloxi and to walter nixon and mrs harry laughlin harco ms land deed bk 203 p 319 cora elmer enochs margueryte s sister legated her home on magnolia street to her after her demise in april 1962 her estate was probated in the chancery court of harrison county mississippi harco cause no 45513bk 381 p 25 in july 1962 margueryte cole sold the magnolia street home to a jake mladinich for 14000haco ms land deed bk 500 p 110 mr mlandinich conveyed the property to to mary c mahoney in harco ms land deed bk 514 p 68  children of jacob elmer and louisa b wetzel coresta elmer  m thomas bachino 18661891  effie elmer dulion 18681947  clarence e elmer  18681901  percy l elmer  18731949  edwin ross elmer  18781934 and the twins  albert elmer  18811947 and  arthur elmer  b 1881 jacob wetzel s siblings raised by jacob elmer were  julia wetzel  b 1853 and  catherine wetze l b 1855 guice 1968 p 12  coresta elmer coresta elmer  called cora was born at biloxi mississippi on she and nina elmer her sister attended the university of mississippi in 1897 cora had married thomas bachino in harrison county mississippi on february 12 1885 cora expired at chicago on february 2o 1949 her corporal remains were interred in the biloxi cemetery the daily herald february 23 1949 p 7  clarence e elmer   clarence ernest elmer  18681901 was born september 8 1868 at biloxi mississippi his health began to deteriorate and he expired at hotel dieu in new orleans on january 9 1901 clarence s corporal remains were sent to biloxi mississippi on the l n coast train for internment in the biloxi cemetery he was remembered as a man of exemplary character and universally beloved in biloxi lepre 1991 p 102 the biloxi daily herald january 1o 1901 p 8 january 11 1901 p 8 and january 12 1901 p 8  effie elmer effie louise elmer  18681947 was born at biloxi mississippi on november 24 1868 she married arnaud michel dulion jr  18591909 who was born at biloxi mississippi on august 8 1859 he married effie louise elmer 18681947 the daughter of jacob elmer 18121894 and louisa b wetzel 18441894 on june 20 1892 in the nativity of the blessed virgin mary catholic church at biloxi lepre 1991 p 99 am dulion jr and effie l elmer were the parents of seven children  esther mary dulion  18931960 m john alexander mcnamee 18851947  ione eloise dulion  18941969 m george w henry  arnaud michel elmer dulion   18951896  eugenia may dulion  18961896  myrtle helen dulion  18971973 m dilworth q easterling 19081978  aimee dulion  19031953 and  effie dulion  19071981 m edward j kraft sr 19041974 am dulion jr made his livelihood in the livery and undertaking business at biloxi his business was situated on the corner of lameuse street and water street  percy l elmer percy lee elmer percy lee elmer  19831949 was born may 28 1873 at biloxi mississippi he was united in marriage at nativity bvm catholic church at biloxi on april 9 1896 to mary mamie griffin  18721957 they were the parents of three daughters  iris elmer  18991969 m john a dacy 18921948  vera elmer m mr daugette and may elmer  19051984 m leonard garner lepre 1991 p 103 and harrison co mississippi circuit court mrb 10 p 443 in 1902 percy lee elmer was described as follows   probaby no young man in this community is better known and more popular with his fellows than percy lee elmer born and raised in this city and educated at the catholic convent school he has grown up with new and progressive biloxi and numbers his friends by the legion mr elmer was born in 1873 and although quite a young man is prominent in public affairs and is now serving his second term as alderman of the second ward he also takes quite a lively interes in affairs pertaining to the fire department of the city and has filled several positions of honor and responsibility in that body he is also a member of the knights of honor mr elmer was married in 1896 to miss mamie griffin of this city and as a result of this union one child was born a daughter as the junior member of the firm of collins elmer he is engaged in the general blacksmithing and horsehoeing business and in his chosen calling there is none better    the  biloxi  daily herald business and professional men  the biloxi daily herald biloxi mississippi1902 p 69 percy l elmer made his livelihood as a blacksmith and was associated with the firm of collins elmer he was educated at the catholic convent school at biloxi mr elmer was a city alderman for six years and former city treasurer percy took an avid interest in civic affairs and was especially active in the local fire department at the time of his demise on january 25 1947 he was the last charter member of the mississippi hook and ladder company no 1 of which he was an officers for many years the daily herald january 26 1949 p 2 percy l elmer was survived by his spouse three daughters mrs john a dacey of biloxi mrs leonard garner of washington dc and mrs vera daugette of mobile alabama a brother albert elmer at jacksonville florida cora bachino of chicago and two grandchildren gordon dacey biloxi city commissioner and commander john dacey boston massachusetts and a great grandchild the daily herald january 26 1949 p 2  mamie griffin elmer expired on october 10 1957 their corporal remains were interred in the biloxi cemetery  southern memorial park   edwin r elmer   edwin ross elmer  18781934 was born september 5 1878 at biloxi mississippi he married dona henderson liddle  18671918 a native of columbus mississippi in harrison county mississippi on june 7 1911 she was the daughter of biloxi postmaster  william gaston henderson  18281902 a native of milton caswell county north carolina and dona hubbard  18341909 the daughter of david hubbard a us representative from alabama at the hubbard home known as kinlock her siblings were mrs je moseley william gaston henderson ii and mrs george p hewes of gulfport harrison county mississippi circuit court mrb 23 p 237 in november 1902 dona henderson liddle the daughter of recently deceased postmaster henderson applied for the position as biloxi s postmistress to complete the unexpired term of her father she was touted by the local journal as   a lady of fine business qualifications and should she receive the appointment will administer the affairs of the office in a manner that will be creditable to the government as well as herself    the biloxi daily herald november 20 1902 p 6   dona l elmer expired at her west beach biloxi domicile on december 26 1918 her corporal remains were interred in the biloxi cemetery the daily herald december 27 1918 p 1 before 1930 mr elmer married annette v gillespie 18811940 a native of indiana she had two sons james o gillespie b 1912 and john c gillespie b 1915 in 1930 the elmers and gillespie children were domiciled at 270 beach street in mississippi city edwin r elmer was the proprietor of kinlochonthe beach  probably a small hotel or inn 1930 harrison co mississippi federal census r1146 p 10b ed 19 in 1932 edwin ross elmer and spouse returned to biloxi  he expired at the tivoli hotel on east beach from an apparent heart attack on april 16 1934 his wife was the manager of the hotel he was survived by his spouse two brothers albert j elmer of jacksonville florida and percy elmer of biloxi and two sister effie elmer dulion of new orleans and coral elmer bachino of chicago funeral services were at the episcopal church of the redeemer followed by internment in at southern memorial park the daily herald april 16 1934 p 1 in 1940 annette v gillespie elmer was a resident of pass christian mississippi  albert j elmer  albert joseph elmer 18811950 was born at biloxi mississippi on october 8 1881 at biloxi mississippi he left biloxi before 1910 and lived the remainder of his life in jacksonville duval county florida circa 1906 he married libbie morin 18821940 a native of new york and the daughter of george c morin 18371910 a french canadian immigrant plumber albert and libbie were the paents of two sons albert m elmer 19081992 and harold elmer 19131967  arthur elmer  arthur elmer 18811881 was born at biloxi mississippi on october 8 1881 as a twin brother to albert j elmer internment biloxi cemetery  references  the  biloxi  daily herald business and professional men  the biloxi daily herald biloxi mississippi1902 p julia cook guice  marriagesharrison county mississippi 18411899   city of biloxi biloxi mississippi1968 john h lang  history of harrison county mississippi  the dixie press gulfport mississippi1936 julie broussard suarez  bradfordo keefe funeral records  burial books 33 thru 42 19451960 suarez biloxi mississippi1999  journals the biloxi herald   local and personal notes    november 16 1889 the biloxi herald   town council    february 8 1890 the biloxi herald   thomas d bachino    july 11 1891 p 8 the biloxi herald   capitan james maycock   march 19 1892 the biloxi herald   death of jacob  elmer    october 6 1894 the biloxi herald   last will of jacob elmer    october 20 1894 the biloxi daily herald   byrd enochs    september 20 1898 the biloxi daily herald   city news     clarence elmer     january 10 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news  clarence elmer       january 11 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news    clarence elmer       january 12 1901 the biloxi daily herald   at rest   november 18 1902 the biloxi daily herald   judge henderson   february 5 1902 the daily herald   dona liddle   november 20 1902 the daily herald   necrologymrs william gaston henderson   april 30 1909 the biloxi daily herald   city news    october 20 1904 the biloxi daily herald   died   mrs fw elmer dead     january 21 1905 the biloxi daily herald   mrs fw elmer dead   january 21 1905 the biloxi daily herald   city news   june 11 1908 the biloxi daily herald   personals   july 12 1908 the biloxi daily herald   results of the election   july 15 1908 the biloxi daily herald   the winners yesterday   july 15 1908 the daily herald   judge elmer opens court   january 4 1909 the daily herald   biloxi s new administration   january 6 1909 the daily herald   enochselmer wedding very pretty   may 18 1910 the daily herald   the new administration of the city of biloxi   january 4 1911 the daily herald   ovation for elmer on eve of election   august 22 1911 the daily herald   elmer is sheriff of harrison   county  by over 70   august 23 1911 the daily herald   chicken spaghetti in honor of newly elected sheriff   august 24 1911 the daily herald   sheriffelect elmer will have bradley and huggins as deputies   december 12 1911 the daily herald   nearbeer saloons of biloxi cleaned out saturday night   august 5 1912 the daily herald   marriage of mr elmer and miss thompson   march 26 1913 the daily herald   elmerthompson wedding last night   march 27 1913 the daily herald   jc elmer leaves in interest of his candidacy   may 7 1915 the daily herald   sheriff elmer to open law office   december 15 1915 the daily herald   local news paragraphs of interest   october 17 1916 the daily herald   mrs ross elmer passes away   december 27 1918 the daily herald   elmer announces for district attorney   march 14 1919 the daily herald   biloxi and coast cities lose most valuable citizen in james c elmer   april 30 1920 the daily herald   biloxi   loses noted citizen   december 24 1926 the daily herald    fw elmer   december 27 1926 the daily herald    elmer funeral largely attended   december 27 1926 the daily herald    tries first case   march 31 1932 the daily herald    ross elmer dies suddenly in biloxi   april 16 1934 the daily herald    arrived from buenos aires   september 4 1935 the daily herald    byrd enochs  dies at home in biloxi   march 1 194o the daily herald    percy l elmer former biloxi alderman    january 26 1949 the daily herald    mrs  cora elmer  bachino dies   february 23 1949 the daily herald    myron a cole   july 12 1957 the daily herald   mrs cora enochs dies in jackson   april 26 1962  the daily herald    mrs marguerite cole   august 2 1965 the daily herald   mrs alys h elmer   july 4 1970 the daily herald     the daily picayune   augustus elmer s funeral   july 24 1906 the timespicayune   company changes name   february 11 1917 p 16 the timespicayune     august  elmer funeral rites set today   march 19 1953 p 3 the timespicayune     joseph c  elmer   december 8 1975 612 views  ', 0),
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(82, 'en', 'node_search', ' catholic schools catholic schools ray wed 6092010 1505  catholic and private schools   gulf coast military academy 1912    1912 the gulf coast military academy filed its charter in late august 1912  incorporators were  jc hardy   ld hardy and jn pigg of columbia tennessee and robert bruce mcgehee 18841939 of gulfport mississippi the daily herald august 26 1912 p 3  1939 dr robert bruce mcgehee  18841939  first president of the gulf coast military academy  died at troy alabama on july 26 1939 the daily herald july 27 1939 p 1  seashore academy   1893 the seashore academy a private coed school which also acted as a boy s boarding school was chartered in mississippi in june 1893 by laz lopez fw elmer s picard john walker ej buck ht graves ew morrill h otto jr harkness george h dunbar and fb dunbar this educational institution was situated on the beach front at biloxi about 500 feet west of the biloxi lighthouse it opened in september 1893 with dr george s roudebush 18291921 a presbyterian minister in charge harrison co mississippi chattel deed bk 1 p 6 and the biloxi herald july 1 1893 p 8   the reverend dr roudebush was a native of ohio  references  the biloxi herald   biloxi collegiate academy   september 17 1892 the biloxi herald   local happenings   july 1 1893 the biloxi herald   local happenings   july 1 1893 the biloxi herald   local happenings   july 15 1893 the biloxi herald   local happenings   july 1 1893 the biloxi herald   local happenings   july 15 1893 the biloxi herald   local happenings   july 22 1893 the biloxi herald   local happenings   july 15 1893 the biloxi herald   seashore academy   september 30 1893 the biloxi herald   local happenings   april 20 1895 the biloxi herald   the waif s outing   october 12 1895 the biloxi herald   latest city news   march 28 1896 the biloxi daily herald   city news   june 5 1900 the biloxi daily herald   charter of incorporation of the biloxi sanatorium   june 22 1902 the biloxi daily herald   city news   december 29 1903 the biloxi daily herald   necrologicalcapt aa folkes   january 2 1904 the biloxi daily herald   heavy fire losses   april 5 1904 the biloxi daily herald   after the fire   april 6 1904 the biloxi daily herald   sanatorium   april 12 1904 1904 the biloxi daily herald    november 17 1904 the daily herald   well known educator is visiting biloxi   april 18 1911 the daily herald   dr george s roudebush dies at ridgelandwas known in biloxi   july 28 1921  sacred heart academy    1899 in early october  oe thompson  local contractor was given the contract to build an addition to the sisters of mercy school on fayard street the biloxi herald october 4 1899 p 8    1940 in late august 1940 the l n railroad conveyed for 2000 a lot of 3 acres to the catholic bishop of natchez the lot was bounded by thomas street on the west harrison co mississippi land deed bk 236 p 469  1966 the new  sister of mercy convent was dedicated on may 8th  the daily herald may 6 1966 p 1  class 1928   faculty father keenan dean  class motto our aimsuccess our hopeto win class colors pink and green class flower pink radiance rose   graduates inez f anglada thelma durel terrel m harvey ernest f henley w kenner hunt aquina e lamm francis j lawrence lydia j ragusin flickner  ethel may rider phillip a ryan louise b seymour claire e strayham william p strayham mae w williams and joseph c wink the daily herald may 30 1928 p 2  new school in early may 1933 the collins brothers began demolition of the old sacred heart school building before erecting a new school on the site they were awarded the 32000 construction contract and the new school structure was scheduled to be completed by september architectural fees were 1280 and the congregation had to raise 4870 to pay the final cost of 33280  the sacred heart academy was to offer a fouryear accredited high school curriculum the building was planned to have fourteen classrooms and educate 400 children a 500 seat auditorium and gymnasium were included in the plans  father peter keenan was the pastor of nativity bvm at this time the daily herald may 8 1933 p 1 and may 12 1933 p1  dedication the new sacred heart academy was dedicated on september 13 1933  john t collins was the architect and the collins brothers contractors for the 32000 structure the twostory masonry edifice was built in the tudor gotic revical style reflecting the gothic revival architecture of the 1901 nativty bvm cathedral the daily herald september 1933 p and buildings of biloxi 2000 p 102  references  buildings of biloxi  2000 edition  the daily herald  sacred heart school closes this week   may 30 1928 the daily herald   to begin tearing down sacred heart school next monday   may 8 1933 p 1 the daily herald   start razing old building   may 12 1933 p 1 the daily herald  mavar reelected president sacred heart alumni   september 14 1942 the daily herald     the daily herald      st michael s   first school catholic school commenced on point cadet by father ha spengler circa 1911  new school bishop ro gerow diocese of natchez dedicated the 100000 st michael s school on point cadet on october 12 1946  references  the daily herald  bishop gerow to dedicate biloxi school tuesday   october 11 1946 p 1 the daily herald  st michael s school dedicated   october 16 1946 p 1 the daily herald     the daily herald      our mother of sorrows 1916   st mary s parochial of mother of sorrows catholic parish was dedicated in early september 1916  the daily herald september 7 1916 p 3    references  the daily herald   new parochial school dedicated   september 7 1916 the daily herald   biloxi has new school   august 28 1926  st john s 1926  st john s catholic school was dedicated on september 3 1926 on main street in the old back bay public school there were four grades with sister mary joseph and sister elalia in charge  the daily herald september 4 1926   a parish bazaar was held on the school grounds in early october 1926 among the food available for purchase was creole gumbo sandwiches punch soda pop home baked cakes and pies ice cream and candy there would be a dance and the sisters had prepared a program with their pupils to entertain the audience  the daily herald august 28 1926 p 2    land acquisition in september 1929 ro gerow bishop of the diocese of natchez acquired two lots on the northeast corner of lameuse street and bradford street from charles b foster and william h kelley and henrietta kelly for 6650 the church lot had about 140feet on lameuse street and 188feet on bradford harrison co mississippi land deed bk 183 pp 456457 father pj mcglade 18931980 was appointed pastor of the newly created parish of st john s he was ordained into the priesthood in ireland and his first assignment in america was as assistant priest in bay st louis father mcglade s first parish was st mary s of the pines at chatawa mississippi he came to biloxi from st patrick s in water valley mississippi until a rectory was built father mcglade was domiciled in a rental house on fayard street mary mcglade 18951973 his sister became reverend mcglade s house keeper  the daily herald september 4 1931 p 5    19501951 new school   ground was broken in midoctober 1950 for a new 53431 st john parochial school behind the bradford street rectory  bl knost was the general contractor for the sixclass room brick structure ray v pisarichplumbing august tremmel sonroofing and philip dellengerpainting henry schwan jr electrical and john t collins associatesarchitects father peter killen was the pastor of the parish the daily herald october 13 1950 p 7  st john catholic school football ca 1954back bay park  lr bottow rowdon lacoste jimmy cook uk patrick h roberts 19442009 tony corso mickey j bellande uk uk uk steve bowen 19432005 jimmy manduffie ed conway middle row  ray l bellande  jules galle ronnie roberts jack acevedo uk uk gilbert parker joe joe arceneaux wallace tiblier joseph hungerford roland roberts uk top rowjack pickich 19211974 father peter killen uk pete alley and james h cook 19201997  19577th and 8th grades  1st rowlr jimmy cook jerry bushart ellis carl brochard and sister mary frances 2nd rowlr mary kay wilkerson larry gilbert eric and carol ann higginbotham 3r rowlr mickey j bellande linda trahan bertha ryan virginia crawford and debbie alley 4th rowlr john cox karen pinegar bonnie kay creel joan hunt brenda creel and eileen conway 5th rowlr brenda foret linda higgenbotham tony corso xavier joseph maumus and dennis malpass  references  the daily herald   biloxi has new school   august 28 1926 the daily herald   st john s bazaar   october 6 1927 the daily herald   father mcglade new st john s pastor   september 4 1931  sttheresa s 1927   st theresa s catholic school was situated on the north side of the back bay of biloxi designed by carl e matthes 18961972 plans completed in the summer of 1926 father carey awarded building contract to  references  the daily herald   new parochial school dedicated   september 7 1916 the daily herald   biloxi has new school   august 28 1926  notre dame 194319   father jeffrey t o connell 1942 in september 1942 the parochial school system of biloxi was led by father geoffrey t o connell  the sisters of mercy were operating five white catholic schools with the following enrollments  sacred heart high school  academy and mercy convent elementary425 students  st john elementary181 students  st michael elementary250 students and st theresa elementary108 students there were also several hundred black students at our mother of sorrows with the sisters of the blessed sacrament in charge  the daily herald september 14 1942 p 10 and july 26 1943 p 1    1943 in 1943 a decision was made to separate the males students at the sacred heart academy and commence an allboys catholic high school to be called notre dame  af dantzler house brothers of holy cross society of notre dame university land in rear for recreation football field and track five white catholic schools operated by 31 sisters of mercy teaching about 1000 pupils convent of mercy sacred heart academy st michaels st johns and st theresa in north biloxi black catholic school operated by four sisters of the blessed sacrament teaching 203 students sisters of st joseph came to biloxi in march 1860 but replaced by sisters of mercy about 1875 after the property transfer mr dantzler and wl guice made significant contributions to the new school  the daily herald july 26 1943 p1  brother francis borgia csc first principal of notre dame high school  from the daily herald august 13 1943 p 7  notre dame high school was commenced in september 1943 in a 19 th century residence known as the dantzler house situated on west beach boulevard opposite the 1847 biloxi lighthouse the dantzler house was acquired by nativity bvm for use as biloxi s first catholic high school the reverend geoffrey t o connell was president of the school and five holy cross brothers brother francis borgiaprincipal brother jacob brother jarlath brother nivard and brother norman were hired to conduct the school and to live on the second floor of the dantzler house work started on athletic field behind the school  the daily herald august 21 1943 p 6 and september 2 1943 p 7    1944 graduation bishop ro gerow presented diplomas to 14 scholars on the eve of may 26th  russell a quave  valedictorian  francis l logue  salutatorian  john j jack pisarich  class president marion m williams glen a pisarich leon p balius robert b baricev william m collins joseph p fallo kermit fountain person moore raymond l quave sidney schol and robert m tremmel dr clarence manion dean of the nortre dame university law school address the garduates the daily herald may 28 1944 p 1 and p 6  1946 graduation monsignor geoffrey o connell founder of notre dame high school and pastor of nativity bvm  presented diplomas to twentysix young men on may 30th at the school alphonse h wambsgan valedictorian walter lnixon salutatorian and joseph j collins class president made speeches members of the class were rothwell francis andeson wallace eugene cassonova joseph james collins gerald joseph diaz chrles everett duffie ennis anthony grady woodman elliott graham joseph swetman hewes salvador james lepre joseph erval mills walter louis nixon antoine john otto jefferson campbell parrish gordon joseph peresich donald louis puzz alva james seymour lindus joseph seymour torrence francis smith james philip starks john paul tiblier emory lavon turner alphonse henry wambsgan and eugene paul wiltz the daily herald may 28 1946 p 5  1952 charles h hegwood  19142001 succeeded ted hoffa as football coach in late may 1952 hoffa had been at the school for 1 12 years and compiled a record of 4 wins 4 loses and a tie hegwood was a millsaps graduate and played all sports and coached by tl gaddy former biloxi high coach coach hegwood came to the coast from taylorsville high school returning lettermen for his 1952 football squad were george vuyovich aloysius schneller louis feranda ronald nungesser and ray pisarich the daily herald may 21 1952 p 10  1981   brother placidus carroll  19011981 native of baltimore and resident of biloxi since 1947 died on january 25 1981 brother placidus carroll retired from teaching in 1976 and had taught mathematics and religion at notre dame high school his corporal remains were sent to st joseph s cemetery of the brothers at st joseph s county indiana for burial the daily herald january 26 1981 p a2  1993 louis e presti  originally spelled prestigiacomo 19172003  former notre dame football coach died at clearwater beach florida on july 10 1993 the tampa tribune july 13 2003  references  the daily herald  964 students in white parochial schools of biloxi   september 4 1942 the daily herald   dantzler home purchased for catholic high   july 26 1943 p 1 the daily herald   af dantzler home  photo     july 30 1943 p 2 the daily herald  notre dame high school for 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seashore academy was a private school founded  in june 1893 by laz lopez fw elmer s picard john walker ej buck ht graves ew morrill h otto jr harkness george h dunbar and fb dunbar this private educational institution was situated about 500 feet west of the biloxi lighthouse it opened in september 1893 with dr george s roudebush 18291921 a presbyterian minister in charge harrison co mississippi chattel deed bk 1 p 6 and  the biloxi herald july 1 1893 p 8    1892  the biloxi herald july 30 1892 p 1    1895  from the biloxi herald august 24 1895 p 8 the textbooks   metcalf bright language lesson   metcalf english grammar  and waddy s rhetoric   were adopted by the biloxi school board for the next five years the biloxi herald september 28 1895 p 8  1898 biloxi forest park school  also called west end school  the forest park school was donated to the city of biloxi by lazaro lopez 18501903 and julia dulion lopez 181918 on september 6 1898 this school was situated on the sw c of porter avenue and cemetery road now irish hill drive the school was commenced for students below the 3rd grade that lived west of couevas street it had one large room and two smaller ones a spacious hallway and a cloak room the biloxi daily herald september 10 1898 p 4  back bay school  image made 1902 the back bay ward school was donated to the city of biloxi on september 6 1898 the land for the back bay school was donated by william f gorenflo 18441932 the building was erected with funds provided by william km dukate 18521916 a school in this section of biloxi was desperately needed and sincerely appreciated by the back bay residents   the facility was located on bayview avenue and main street the biloxi daily herald september 7 1898 p 4  main street school   image made 1902 the primary school  or main street school was donated to the city of biloxi by harry turner howard 18561930 on september 6 1898 it was erected on the corner of main street and water street and was built 8 feet above the ground in order that the children could use the area beneath it as a playground in inclement weather the building had four class rooms and designed for fiftytwo students the biloxi daily herald september 10 1898 p 4 it was opined in the biloxi daily herald that   the school facilities of biloxi are second to none enjoyed by any city in the state  she is blessed with five excellent school buildings and one of the best corps of teachers in the south   the biloxi herald september 24 1898 p 8 by early october 1898 the furniture for the new public school buildings had not arrived and the old seats were placed in the west end and back bay schools the new primary school will not be open until the new fixtures are in placethe biloxi herald october 1 1898 p 1  1902  the cornerstone for the new east end school  donated to the citzens of biloxi by harry t howard 18561930 was laid on thanksgiving day by the masons the biloxi brass band directed by john ott performed for the ceremonies the biloxi daily herald november 28 1902 p 6  1903 the barataria mission school  also known as the sabbath or mission school was   a charitable  educational facility to educate children in the cannery camps on point cadet it  was  overseen by belle gordon 18621925  and  maggie bowman gordon mass  18341907 her mother and a native of nola the site for the schoo l was provided b y the barataria canning company   the facility also  taught night classes in reading writing and arithemetic twice each week   in december 1903 the building needed a new roof electric lights and one volunteer to assist miss gordon  mrs mass  died at 1128 east bayview avenue her home in july 1907 the biloxi daily herald december 3 1903 p 6 and july 18 1907 p 1  1904 archie ebenezer perkins  18761946 of mccomb was elected principal of the biloxi colored school  mr perkins was born in june 1876 at smithdale mississippi near mccomb in 1900 he was teaching school at mccomb and in the household of george currie b may 1842 his stepfather perkins mother  phoeby perkins currie  b 1851 was also a school teacher the biloxi daily herald september 11 1904 p 4 on july 11 1904 the biloxi city council approved the plans of je hebert architect for a fourroom addition to the howard primary school no 1  je green who was erecting the biloxi sanatorium at this time was awarded the contract with his bid of 2800 the addition would add another story to the school giving it two floors and an open basement the shape of the roof would change and there would be two exitsone on water street and the other on main street additional land for the school playground was acquired from miss drysdale and mrs fw elmer the work of mr greene was to be completed by september 15 1904 the biloxi daily herald june 22 1904 p 1 and july 12 1904 p 6 1906 howard no2 school  1913 mattie forrest white  18761913  principal of the central school died on may 7th  her corporal remains were sent to clinton east feliciana parish louisiana for internment in the rosehill cemetery miss white lived at the kennedy hotel she became ill and was taken to the biloxi sanatarium and expired there the daily herald may 7 1913 p 1 in early september 1913  helen g yerger replaced mattie forrest white  18761913  as principal of the biloxi central school  mrs yerger was educated in the public schools of nashville tennessee and at the peabody normal college she had completed advanced studies at the university of chicago mrs yerger intially stayed with emma hyatt bragg 18681968 at 545 east howard avenue the daily herald september 8 1913 p1  1914 edwin w wetzel  18771953 was awarded the  contract by the city of biloxi to erect a 900 squareft annex  to the  back bay school  an additional teacher for the next term will be added as many pupils were unable to attend the school due to lack of facilities and overcrowding in its two class rooms the daily herald july 28 1914 p 2  1915 the gulf coast college building at handsboro mississippi burned on january 8th the structure also housed the town hall the daily herald january 9 1915 p 9 principal of the central school  helen g yerger resigned in april  she was replaced by miss edna holley until the school session ended the daily herald april 13 1915 p 4  ed wetzel was the winning bidder against lh manuel re roberts and son e ahern and chris thompson to build an additon to the back bay school  his bid was 452 and completion of the work was expected by septemebr 6 1915 the daily herald august 6 1915 p 1  1916 william km dukate  18521916 native of fredericksburg indiana and biloxi seafood magnate philanthropist and entrepreneur expired at his biloxi home on march 29th the daily herald march 29 1916 p 1  1921 in december 1921  dr alney austin  18791934 under the auspices of the mother s club of the howard primary school introduced a dental clinic to appraise the oral health of the students he was assisted by dr roderick seal russ dr albert brown russ 18881953 dr mr mosley and dr hc bloodworth the dentists gave freely of their time and services evaluating the teeth of the school children for cleaning extraction filling and irregularities the daily herald december 8 1921 p 3 and december 13 1921 p 2  1924 three new biloxi public schools were dedicated between november 18th and 20th  in this order  dukate school  on east howard avenue  gorenflo school  on lameuse street and the  lopez school  beween benachi avenue and porter avenue the latter was being completed by ac samford contractor gulfport and montgomery the daily herald november 14 1924 p 1 and 2  1928 vera l dukate chinn  18861977 the wife of r hart chinn filed an injunction in the harrison county court to enjoin al may and george ditto superintendent of biloxi public schools and principal biloxi high school   respectively from enforcing an alleged school regulation requring all students to take their lunch in the school cafeteria or at their homes w lee guice city attorney represented the city in these procedings at gulfport  the daily herald january 14 1928 p 1   plans for the  new gymnasium for the biloxi high school  have been received the   15000 brick and steel structure  will be built on washington street behind the school the daily herald september 7 1928 p 2 and january 17 1929 p 13  howard no 1 placed first in the state in the recent george washington essay contest sponsored by the new orleans state newspaper miss ethel arguelles is principal of this school the daily herald march 12 1928 p 2  1930 theresa alexander forbes  18811930 native of louisiana and a lauded educator in the colored school system  died 31 august 1930 at biloxi committment was in biloxi cemetery the daily herald september 1 1930 p 2  1932 william f gorenflo  18441932 native of bay st louis mississippi and biloxi seafood pioneer and philanthropist expired on february 16th his funeral procession left 925 main street the home of ernestine gorenflo meunier his daughter and rolled past the gorenflo school where its students and faculty stood with bowed heads in respect the daily herald february 19 1932 p 2 on may 24th the american legion auxilliary dedicated a sundial situated in the south side school yard of the gorenflo school in memory of the late william f gorenflo  18441932 nina lee gorenflo and pat and lonnie o neal great grandchildren of the benefactor unveiled the monument the school orchestra under the supervision of professor carnovale played the star spangled banner the daily herald may 25 1932 p 2  1933 the biloxi nutrition board composed of dr gf carroll mrs bernard taltavull ee moore and supertendent al may met in december in the office of superentendent may approximately 300 children are being fed lunch in the various city schools the federal rel fund is financing the program the daily herald december 20 1933  1938 ethel arguelles  18971938 principal of the howard no 1 primary school for 13 years died at the biloxi hospital on july 28th she had graduated from biloxi high school in 1916 and began as a substitute teacher at the old east end school ethel had studied during the summers at tulane peabody college loyola and the state teachers college at hattiesburg she was the daughter of joseph p arguelles 18661944 and louise e bellman 18671958 with her parents ethel was survivied by her five sisters florence arguelles 18991979 lillian arguelles 19022000 bernadine arguelles 19041989 cecile arguelles 19081994 m george pavlov 19101963 and louise arguelles 19101983 four brothers warren arguelles 18911972 albert j arguelles 18931943 frank arguelles 18941943 and donald arguelles 19071969 all of biloxi the daily herald july 28 1938 p 1  1939 dr robert bruce mcgehee  18841939  first president of the gulf coast military academy  died at troy alabama on july 26 1939 the daily herald july 27 1939 p 1  1941 in late december   75000 was allocated by the defense public works to complete the biloxi junior high school   building  the wpa had closed down the project several months ago due to a paucity of wpa labor at biloxi the wpa had already expended 27 937 on the school s construction and the land cost was 15000 voter s had also approved 47000 in funding for the new school the  plant was to have eighteen classrooms as well as home economics science and manual training facilities  work was anticipated to start in thirty days from a  john t collins  design the daily herald december 31 1941 p 1  1943 on september 8th the new biloxi central junior high school commenced classes for 568 students in grades seven eight and nine  cyril carvin  19171943  was the principal  the daily herald september 9 1943  1944 city commissioner aj tony creel announced that final approval on the funding for new negro school is expected shortly  the daily herald may 26 1944 p 6  1945 professor marshall f nichols  18821945  principal of the biloxi colored public  school expired on 26 january the daily herald january 26 1945 p 2  superintendent george ditto set school boundaries and expected srtudents to attend the public school in whose boundary they lived the daily herald september 3 1945 p 5 a bond election was held in biloxi in early september to raise funds to construct three new school  the daily herald september 9 1945 p 5  glen l swetman  auditor and trust officer of the peoples bank was appointed to the biloxi school board he replaced august parker who resigned glenn will serve with dr daniel l hollis mh toche stanley butte eh tardy the daily herald october 18 1945 p 12  marion carpenter  19171983 biloxi central high school band director resigned in may he was a 1940 graduate of the georgia teachers college and taught at statesboro georgia before coming to biloxi professor carpenter was hired by the sacred heart academy of biloxi to organized an allgirl marching band in october 1946 the daily herald october 30 1946 p 4  1946 on january 25th the biloxi school board decided to make mardi gras a holiday for the biloxi public schools skeleton 2002 p 43 the de lasalle high school dance band of chicago accepted the challenge of the biloxi high school dance orchestra issued under the direction of profesor marion carpenter  19171983 to any other high school dance orchestra to be judged by some outstanding musician the daily herald april 19 1946 p 7 in early october  a school bond issue to be voted on in december was proposed by the city to finance the construction of a new 100000 colored school at biloxi   mary l meaut michel submitted her resignation as principal of the central high school the daily herald october 2 1946 p 1  george a wimberly  19201996 a 1941 graduate of the southwest louisiana institute at lafayette louisiana was hired as the bhs band director in late october  the daily herald october 22 1946 p 4  george w ditto  18951975 biloxi public school superintendent  resigned his position in late october to be effective january 1 1947 mr ditto had been biloxi s school superintendent since 1934 prior to that he had been principal of the central high school the daily herald october 30 1946 p 1  1947 mary l meaut michel   18871952 acting principal of bhs was replaced by cb barrett  a native of winona missouri in early june 1947 the daily herald june 5 1947 p 5 and june 6 1947 p 5  1949 coach william willie carter  native of laurel mississippi who had joined the coaching staff at bhs in january 1946 after being discharged from the usaf at keesler field resigned in june 1949 to study and earn a master s degree in mathematics and physical education at mississippi southern college coach carter graduated from millsaps college in 1941 he became biloxi s head football coach in the spring of 1948 carter was suceeded by edgar oscar a wright  oscar wright came to biloxi from humphreys high school at itta bena mississippi he was a 1941 graduate of vanderbilt university and had been the wrestling coach there from 19461948  wlcrabtree  came from jackson high school to become wright s assistant football coach the daily herald may 4 1949 p 6 and june 1 1949  marshall franklin nichols jr became the first mississippi black to be awarded a fellowship to attend a medical school  nichols went to the mahara medical school at nashville and finished in june 1949 his intership was at the homer phillips hospital in st louis during the korean war dr nichols was sent to korea the daily herald june 10 1949 p 7 and august 19 1952 p 6 the student population in the biloxi public school system reached 2400  360 of these pupils were colored  the daily herald september 2 1949 p 1 the mf nichols colored school was dedicated on november 9 1949  dr jacob reddix president of jackson college was the guest speaker the facility is headed by fannie t nichols principal she supervised thirteen welltrained teachers the facility was a modern twostory building with 14 classrooms and auditorium office rest rooms and store room and a separate unit for cafeteria named for late professor mf nichols who served as principal for 30 years in addition at this time  new colored public schools were erected at belzoni carksdale hattiesburg hazlehurst laurel new albany and yazoo city the daily herald may 28 1949 p 3 and november 7 1949 p 2  1950 the biloxi public school board requested a 435000 bond issue to pay for new school construction propsoed for biloxi  the daily herald august 3 1950 p 1  catherine foxworth clower  was named acting principal of biloxi junior high school by 19501951 school term by ae scruggs school superintendent replacing leo c muller who went to teach at mississippi southern college  mrs clower was a graduate of shorter college at rome georgia and had done graduate studies at tulane columbia university and mississippi southern college the daily herald august 15 1950 p 8  1951 jc mcclendon construction company of gulfport was awarded the 142990 contract for the new west end school on st john street between miller and wilkes avenue henry l schwan of biloxi won the electical contracting bid for 11603 and harr plumbing and heating company of vicksburg mississippi got the air conditoning and heat work for 23138 the daily herald june 6 1951 p 1  1952 mary l meaut michel   18871952 long time biloxi school teacher and spouse of marshall l michel 18861954 former biloxi city commissioner  died at nola on february 17th  her corporal remains were interred in the carrollton cemetery in the crescent city the daily herald february 19 1952 p 1 in april coach charles galloway walsh  19201993 bhs assistant football coach was named to replace coach ea oscar wright who resigned and moved to memphis coach walsh was a native of ripley tennesse and was educated a murray state teachers college in kentucky and had flown in the p51 in the eto during ww ii he came to biloxi from vicksburg in august 1950 to become backfield coach for the biloxi indians the daily herald august 21 1950 p 10 and april 16 1952 p 8  dr harris m cook  18961952 gulfport resident and former bhs principal 19211923  died on june 7th at the va hospital in biloxi mr cook was a native of artesia mississippi the daily herald june 7 1952 p 1 the city of biloxi acquired ten acres of land from the seashore methodist assembly to erect the mary l michel junior high school on father ryan avenue in west biloxi the daily herald january 20 1959 p 1 and  1953 albert louis may  18921953 former biloxi school superintendent and president of perkinston junior college expired at wiggins mississippi on july 8 1953 his corporal remains were interred at southern memorial park in biloxi the daily herald july 8 1953 p 1 in late october  shirley scarborough was bhs home coming queen for the 1953 football season she was escorted on the field by richard johnson captain of the indians maids to miss scarborough were angela boone betty scarborough barbara seymour avis vignes rose mary kettering nancie niblack and barbara bittle the daily herald october 31 1953 p 7  1954 in late november  coach cg walsh announced his retirement as coach of the biloxi high school football team  he planned to wotk for the federated mutual insurance company beginning in january 1955 his territory was the mississippi gulf coast the daily herald november 26 1954 p 10  1955 willie d wiles  native of kosciusko mississippi  was named coach of the biloxi high football team in february 1955  coach wiles was a 1951 graduate of usm having played guard at hinds junior college he began his coaching career in 1951 at corinth high school under coach harold wesson wiles came to biloxi in 1952 to teach linemen when coach cg walsh was head coach the daily herald february 22 1955 p 14  1956   1957   1958 in october the biloxi school board awarded a 437370 contract to wm craig of gulfport to erect the beauvoir elementary school on pass road just west of the city limits john t collins was the architect of the twentytwo classroom facility the daily herald october 8 1958 p 1 the biloxi school board awarded a 40880 contract to tl williamson of long beach for constructing a four classroom addition to the perkins elementary school  id gehr local architect planned the addition the daily herald october 8 1958 p 1  1959 in january the biloxi municipal school district  dr ja graves president of the school board  acquired about 8 and 12 acres from the seashore methodist assembly in west biloxi contiguous with the mary l michel junior high school and bounded on the south by an extension of father ryan avenue on the north by cemetery street now irish hill drive and on the west by bienville addition subdivision the methodist received 90000 for their land after a consent judgment was ruled in the harrison county circuit court eminent domain proceedings to acquire this tract had began on juky 12 1958 the daily herald january 20 1959 p 1  robert d rd brown  assistant superintendent of elementary education was elected superintendent of the biloxi school system in middecember he will assume this position on 1 july 1960 the daily herald december 15 1959 p 1  1960   earl eugene skinner sr  19241974 principal at picayune high school was selected to replace frank warnock  current principal at biloxi high school mr warnock took a position at greenville  john m norsworthy replaced margaret spiers as principal at dukate bids for the construction of the popp s ferry elementary school  designed by john t collins  were opened on may 23rd the timespicayune april 21 1960 section iv p 10  1962   1964 as a result of litigation describes as   gilbert r mason v the biloxi municipal school district   a plan was submitted to federal authorities  to desegregate the 1st grade in biloxi public schools for the 19641965 school year 15 biloxi schools were effected  the pupil population in the 19631964 school year was 8169 students with 1255 students being colored the daily herald july 15 1964 p 1  justin thomas meaut   18841970 50 year public school employee retired in late august the daily herald august 24 1964 p 16  the 1st grade at gorenflo  7  dukate  4  lopez  3 and jeff davis  2 elementary public schools at biloxi were integrated on august 31st by 16 negro children 12 girls and 4 boys the daily herald august 31 1964 p 1  1964 addition to the new bhs  in early september  an addition to the new biloxi high school was almost complete  the addition was in the same style as the original building cafeteria space was increased by 13 the daily herald september 1 1964 p 1  1966 the four classroom addition to the jeff davis elementary school was completed in february at a cost of 51000  the classrooms were started in august 1965 and made of precast concrete frame with fiber roof the walls of brick and concrete block match the existing building additional toilet facilities were added to the contemporary structure to accomodate future additions as well as the present addition a similar project is under construction at popp s ferry elementary schoool at a cost of 46384 and a larger project at perkinsnichols for 131600 hf fountain jr aia and associates of biloxi are the architects and alford associates are the general contractors for these construction projects rd brown school superintnendent announced that new classroom facilities at jeff davis elementary will beoccupied this week occupancy at popp s ferry elementary is expected march 1 1966 and at nichols on april 1 1966 the daily herald february 2 1966 p 11 with photo  1974 the  gorenflo publc school on lameuse street caught fire  on april the conflagration originated in the cafeteria and destroyed the cafeteria library auditorium teachers lounge principal s office and four class rooms in the main school building  damages were estimated at 1 million dollars  the daily herald october 9 1975 p c1  1975 repairs to the firedamaged gorenflo school were 40 per cent completed  the 508 students in grades 16 were attending classes in 19 classrooms with 20 teachers the daily herald october 9 1975 p c1  forty black students at biloxi high school demonstrated against the school grooming policies of the school s administration  it was generally held that the black students considered the  rule outlawing the plaiting of hair into corn rows as the fashionable black hair style is sometimes called as discrimination against them  a disturbance the prior week when a black student and white student had an altercation on campus resulting in a suspension for the africanamerican  was also a salient feature of the student unrest the daily herald november 7 1975 p a2  1987  the sun herald march 4 1987 p a4  2003 late 1940s bhs principal  dr wayne thomas sandefur  19142003 died at gainesville florida on july 20 2003  sarah rhodes sandufer  19202006 his spouse passed in may 2006 the gainesville sun july 22 2003 and may 19 2006  2004 superintendent larry drawdy was verbally attacked by gerald h blessey newly hired biloxi school board attorney  alleging that mr drawdy had mismanaged the school district and had kept salient infomation from school board members  the sun herald    march 2 2004 p a1   biloxi public school superintendents   18881890    charles d lancaster charles dunbar lancaster 18411922 was born at woodville wilkinson co mississippi in october 1841 he married caroline hewes 18441878 the sister of finley s hewes of gulfport mississippi they were the parents of four children rosina l lancaster 18681922 m tj wharton jr fanny hewes lancaster 18701933 anna l shanklin 18731922 and charles dunbar lancaster ii 187619191880 and 1900 harrison co mississippi federal census r648 p 35 ed 141 and t623809 p 11a ed 34 before becoming involved in the public schools of harrison county mississippi mr lancaster was an attorney he also served in the state legislature and was harrison county superintendent of education  demise charles dunbar lancaster died in may 1922 at his farm on the wolf river in cuevas harrison county mississippi he was survivied by three daughters fanny lancaster of cuevas rosa wharton of jackson mississippi and anna shanklin of puerto rico the daily herald may 15 1922 and may 20 1922 p 6  18901892    jacob linn ladd  jacob linn ladd 18501900 was born in missouri in june 1850 he married emma sevalle 18561900 a mississippian whose parents were both french immigrants they were the parents of eight children six of who lived into the 20th century estelle ladd 18811900 lillian ladd 18841900 emma mary may pettus ladd 18871900 julien alvin ladd 18911900 and fay ladd 18941900 1900 matagorda co texas t6231657 p 11 ed 35 and lepre 1991 p 178 in may 1891 professor j linn ladd was approached by the creme de la creme of biloxi s citizenry and requested by them to be a candidate for the position of harrison county mississippi school superintendent some fo these fine gentlemen were lazaro lopez 18501903 william gorenflo 18421932 fw elmer 18471926 wkm dukate 18521916 john walker 18341907 theo p dulion 18611907 harry t howard 18561930 john eistetter 18571904 edward glennan 18541933 william l covel 18261926 james j lemon 18251915 henry t meaut 18561930 zachary t champlin  1847191924  constantine olivari 18411894 g edward park 18541901 and john r harkness 18271905 the biloxi herald may 23 1891 p 4 jl ladd accepted the endorsement of biloxi s finest and opposed charles d lancaster the incumbent for the office of harrison county school superintendent his platform was based on the premise that each race should pay its own taxes to support their respective public schools he avered that the white citizen paid 10 in school tax while the negro citizen paid only 1 the biloxi herald july 25 1891 p 1 jacob linn ladd was elected the harrison county school superintendent on september 5 1891 at biloxi he received 112 votes to only 50 votes for charles d lancaster his opponent the biloxi herald september 5 1891 jl ladd was also elected harrison county school superintendent in 1892 he wrote a column for the biloxi herald titled alliance and education which espoused his educational philosophy and kept the public informed of the progress and news of the county s scholastic programs in regards to discipline in the class room county school superintendent ladd believed that every county shouild have a reform school to which the bad boys could be sent this action would reclaim the classroom and free the good boys from their negative influence and releave the school of this great burden the biloxi herald december 17 1892 p 1  181897 jm taylor   18971907   jackson h owings  from the biloxi daily herald historical and biographical  1902 p 58 jackson herndon owings 18691921 was born december 27 1869 at fayette missouri he was educated at central college in fayette missouri earning a phd degree professor owings had teaching positions at the interstate college 18911895 in texarkana arkansas and was school superintnedent of the port gibson mississippi public schools 18951897 before arriving at biloxi mississippi in september 1897 circa 1895 jh owings married jane preston 18731921 probably at texarkana arkansas they were the parents of two children born in the gem state thomas jackson owings 18961973 and harold preston owings 18991977 in september 1897 professor owings came to biloxi from port gibson claiborne county mississippi to be the biloxi public school superintendent here the owings family lived on water street 1900 harrison co mississippi federal census t623808 p 8b ed 31 and 20th  century coast edition of the biloxi daily herald  1902 p 58 jackson h owings resigned his position in may 1907 he informed the board of school trustees that he would not be an applicant for election for the 19071908 school session professor owings would leave biloxi for natchez adams couty mississippi where he was the public school superintendent until 1920 when he became the adams county superintendent of education jh owings expired at natchez mississippi on march 22 1921 the biloxi daily herald june 3 1907 p 1 and the daily herald march 24 1921 p 3  19071908   jackson m young jackson m young 18731920 was born in alabama in the spring of 1907 he was chosen from twelve applicants as biloxi s new school superintendent the biloxi school board at this timed was staffed by wkm dukate president fw elmer secretary wt harkness lr bowen and john c bradford in august 1907 mr young arrived at biloxi from wesson copiah county mississippi where he had been the school superintendent he stayed at the kennedy hotel until he was able to relocate his family from wesson to biloxi the biloxi daily herald june 3 1907 p 1 and august 23 1907 p 1 circa 1901 jm young had married lillian young 1878pre 1920 they were the parents of virginia young b 1903 jackson m young ii 19071968 and emily c young b 1908  19081911   thomas k boggan thomas kendall boggan 18801920 was born february 2 1880 at fulton itawamba county mississippi to thomas h boggan 1846pre 1920 and mettie mitchiner 18571920 his father was a lawyer circa 1905 thomas k boggan married shirley n bogan 18821966 professor boggan was elected to be biloxi s school superintendent in may 1908 and his spouse the principal the boggan family had relocated from fulton mississippi to tupelo when tk boggan was a child as he received his early education there and his college education at mississippi a m college the biloxi daily herald may 30 1908 p 1 and september 1 1908 p 1 after leaving biloxi professor boggan and wife returned to tupelo mississippi and resided at 201 north church street he studied for the bar and by 1917 was a practicing attorney in lee county mississippi shirley n bogan contined as an educator teaching latin in the tupelo public school system she expired at oxford mississippi in 19661920 lee co mississippi federal census t625884 p 2a ed 29  19111916   robert p linfield circa 1895 robert paine linfield 18711920 had married lurline harper 18731930 a native of fayette jefferson county mississippi he was teaching at fayette in 1900 before he took the job as the pascagoula mississippi school superintendent at pascagoula the linfield family were domiciled on telephone road edwin h linfield 18961935 their only child was a student in the local public school sysytem 1900 jefferson co mississippi federal census and 1910 jackson co mississippi t623812 p 16a ed 85 and t624743 p 1a ed 58 professor linfield was elected by the biloxi school trustees as its school superintendent on april 19 1911 the linfield family arrived at biloxi in early september 1911 and settled on benachi avenue the daily herald april 20 1911 p 1 and september 6 1911 p 8 robert p linfield left the biloxi public school system in may 1916 to head the gulf coast junior military academy at gulfport the enrollment of this private military school was about forty students at this time in september 1917 colonel rp linfield had built a new bungalow on west beach near the gulf coast military academy the daily herald august 8 1916 p 3 and august 14 1916 p 3 and september 8 1917 p 3 robert p linfield expired on june 5 1920 at oxford mississippi his wife and son were present at his death edwin h linfield was an intern at a nola hospital at the time edwin had been educated at davidson college davidson north carolina the daily herald june 7 1920 p 1 and december 23 1915 p 2  19161920   ned kocher ned kocher 18821956 was born december 19 1882 in illinois circa 1908 he married nelle kocher 18841975 a native of indiana they were the parents of three children margaret i kocher 19101930 gordon d kocher 19151930 and marion l kocher 19171930 who was born in biloxi mississippi in 1910 ned kocher made his livelihood as a school teacher at peru miami county indiana at biloxi the kocher family was at home on 453 water street 1910 miami co indiana federal census t624371 p 2a ed 124 and 1920 harrison co mississippi federal census t625876 p 7b ed 39 ned kocher became prinicpal of the biloxi central high school in september 1915 at this time there were about 150 students in the school when superintendent robert p linfield resigned in 1916 to take the position of gulf coast junior military academy at gulfport ned kocher became biloxi s new public school superintendent professor kocher and his wife spent summers on their farm at big point on the pascagoula river in jackson county mississippi they would depart after school closed in late may and return in late summer before the new school year in september the daily herald may may 31 1916 p 4 ned kocher resigned in march 1920 and was replaced by claude bennett 18791970 who was the principal of the harrisonstone county agriculatural school at perkinston mississippi the daily herald march 10 1920 p 1 the kocher family relocated to west palm beach florida where he initially taught in a private school ned kocher expired in march 1956 in palm beach county florida nelle kocher lived at atlanta georgia until august 19751930 palm beach co florida federal census r 328 p 4a ed 18 and 1945 florida state population census s1371 r 32  19201923   claude bennett  18791970 claude bennett 18791970 was born on february 14 1879 at silver creek lawrence county mississippi to drury burton bennett and elizabeth burkett mr bennett was educated at trinity college duke and george peabody college vanderbilt where he was awarded his ba degree in 1908 and ma in 1926 respectively before arriving at biloxi mississippi in claude bennett had a peripatetic career his experience ranged from superintendent of education in lincoln county mississippi to principalships at hattiesburg and moss point mississippi to vicepresident of mississippi woman s college william carey college in hattiesburg his last post before becoming the biloxi public school superintendent was at perkinston mississippi where he was superintendent of the harrisonstone agricultural high school from july 1917 to 1920 sullivan 2002 p 71 claude bennett had married grace mcvey 18911940 of highland ohio in september 1914 they were the parents of three daughters margaret nan bennett b 1916 grace mcvey bennett b 1920 and mary ellen bennett b 1923 grace mcvey bennet expired in august 1940 and in may 1943 claude married mary bentley gavin 18951982 of stafford springs jasper county mississippi claude bennet died at heidelberg jasper county mississippi in march 1970 mary bentley g bennett expired there in september 19821930 forrest co mississippi federal census r 1145 p 3a ed 1 claude bennett tendered his resignation as biloxi s public school superintendent in late august 1923 he accepted a position with the state superintendent board of education at jackson mississippi to be the state inspector of public high schools in 1928 mr bennett was named president of the mississippi state teachers college at hattiesburg mississippi he resigned this position in 1933 to accept a post with the us treasury department at laurel mississippi the daily herald september 1 1923 p 3 and september 8 1923 p 3 and sullivan 2002 p 71 claude bennett finished his career in public education in june 1933 when he retired as president of the mississippi state teacher s college at hattiesburg he was presented with a 17 jewel hamilton watch by the college students the daily herald june 7 1933 p 5  19231934   albert l may  18921953 albert louis al may 18921953 was born on august 22 1892 near brookhaven lincoln county mississippi to william n may 18661953 and rebecca elizabeth carr may 18651957 in 1923 he received his bachelor s degree from the george peabody college at nashville tennesse may s advanced degrees master s and specialist s diploma in school administration were awarded at peabody in 1933 and columbia university in 1938 he had attended mississippi college for two years before going to nashville sullivan 2002 p 121 and the daily herald july 8 1953 p 2 al may was elected superintendent of the biloxi public schools and edna holley assistant principal in early september 1923 by the trustees of the biloxi school board wf gorenflo lily rose devitt 18841951 wj grant and elbert l dukate professor may had come to biloxi from lyman harrison county mississippi where he had been the principal of the wood high school he had commenced his teaching career in the rural area near holly springs mississippi where he was a 1912 graduate albert was principal of the holly springs from 1913 to 1914 and of the sontag school lawrence county mississippi from 1914 to 1916 the daily herald september 8 1923 p 1 professor may was named president of perkinston jr college in 1941 he succeeded cooper j darby who became chancery clerk of harrison county mississippi during his twelve years at perkinston junior college the valuation of the college property increased from 500000 to over one million dollars mr may was energetic in directing the postwar growth and construction at perkinston jc his tenure saw a new football stadium apartment dormitory boys dormitory infirmary and little theatre the cafeteriaclassroom building war memorial chapel and vocational building come to fruition at the time of his demise the swimming pool and dairy building with pasteurizing plant were being built the daily herald july 8 1953 p 1 in addition to his superlative administrative qualities al may was an outstanding educator he served as vice president of the mississippi association of colleges in 1950 and as president in 1951 may was a member of the state accrediting commission and was formerly on the executive comittee of the school administrators association in addition he was a former president of the mississippi junior college association mr may was also active in civic and parochial affairs he was past president of the wiggins rotary club and a former kiwanis at biloxi and jackson albert l may was a member of the magnolia masonic lodge of biloxi he was a baptist and taught sunday school at the perkinston baptist church the daily herald july 8 1953 p 2 albert l may expired on july 8 1953 in the stone county hospital at wiggins mississippi his body remained at the dees funeral home in wiggins until the next day when it was taken to lie in state in the war memorial chapel on the perkinston junior college campus burial occurred on the afternoon of july 9th in the southern memorial park cemetery at biloxi mississippi the daily herald july 8 1953 p 1  19341946   george w ditto george w ditto 18951975 was born on september 4 1895 at albany morgan county alabama he graduated from the university of alabama bs and columbia university ma at new york city during ww i mr ditto enlsited in the rotc program and received an honorble discharge to join the us navy he served with the 5th naval district at hampton roads virginia until the conflict ended and then returned to school and completed his education the daily herald 50 th anniversary souvenir golden jubilee number biographical and historical 18841934 the daily herald gulfportbiloxi mississippi1934 george ditto was elected principal of biloxi high school in august 1924 he had just completed the summer term at columbia university and arrived at biloxi in early september to assume his duties at the central high school the daily herald september 2 1924 p 3 george w ditto resigned his position of biloxi s school superintendent in late october 1946 to be effective january 1 1947 the daily herald october 30 1946 p 1  arthur e scruggs 19461957   arthur e scruggs arthur e scruggs 18971957 was the son of william scruggs and anna shand and a native of tate county mississippi he was the superintendent of biloxi public schools from 1946 until 1957 at biloxi he oversaw the operation of the senior and junior high schools five elementary schools and the colored schools mr scruggs had matriculated to the university of mississippi where he was conferred with two degrees a bs and a ms in school administration and history he had also attended lsu working toward his phd degree a youthful ae scruggs entered the teaching profession at amory high school circa 1919 where he taught mathematics and coached circa 1926 scruggs accepted the position of principal and coach at new albany high school about 1928 he relocated to poplarville mississippi where he was the head of the history department and coach at pearl river jr college for six years professor scruggs arrived at biloxi in august 1934 to serve as biloxi senior high school principal his tenure as superintendent of biloxi public schools commenced circa 1946  the daily herald august 29 1934 p 1 and the jackson county times december 17 1948 p 1   arthur e scruggs was married to gertrude kelly scruggs they were the parents of a daughter anna scruggs b ca 1941 both public and parochial schools in biloxi closed a half day on october 10 1957 the day of mr scruggs 18971957 internment at the national cemetery in biloxi  the daily herald october 9 1957 p 2   in january 1945 arthur e scruggs and wife conveyed the sutcliffemavar home to mrs thomas c hannah possibly rosalee hannah 19111990 of petal forrest mississippi  19581960   gycelle tynes gycelle tynes 19101997 became biloxi s school superintendent on 1 july 1958 his contract ended on 30 june 1961 but tynes submitted is resignation to the biloxi school board on 19 october 1959 and asked that his contract be terminated on 30 june 1960 mr tynes accepted a position as school superintendent clarksdale mississippi the daily herald december 5 1959 p 1 gycelle tynes expired at clarksdale mississippi on november 12 1997  19601975   robert d brown   robert d rd brown  assistant superintendent of elementary education  was elected superintendent of the biloxi school system  in middecember he suceeded gycelle tynes 19101997 who submitted his resignation on 19 october 1959 mr brown became biloxi s public school superintendent on july 1 1960 with a salary of 11000 per year in late december 1960 brown s two year contract was extened to june 30 1963 by the biloxi school board the daily herald december 15 1959 p 1 and december 20 1960 p 1 robert dennis brown 19121996 former superintendent of the biloxi public schools died 18 november 1996 following a lengthy illness he was age 83 years a native of mize mississippi mr brown held several administrative positions in the biloxi school system before becoming superintendent after ww ii brown and wife came to biloxi from delisle consolidated school to fernwood elementary in september 1944 he became principal at the delisle school in september 1936 she began teaching in 1937 enlisted at camp shelby on 31 july 1942 and served in the us army air corps during ww ii in september 1944 replaced hb longest as principal of the fernwood school he resigned in september 1949 to become supervisor of the cafeteria and teach mathematics at the biloxi junior high school in december 1950 rd brown was chosen to be the new principal at the new west end school situated on st john street between miller and wilkes avenue mrs rd brown attended blue mountain college and had a bs from mississippi southern college carol jean brown their first child was born at gulfport on april 30 1946 among the posts he held were principal of west end elementary which later became lopez elementary he was also an assistant superintendent before assuming the top job rd brown served as biloxi s school superintendent for 15 years before retiring in 1975 mr brown attended copiahlincoln junior college he later received his bachelor of science degree from mississippi state teachers college in hattiesburg and his master s degree from mississippi southern college rd brown was a former member of sunkist country club past president of biloxi civitan club and a member of the board of directors of the harrison county mental health association he was also a member of the original board of directors of the gulf coast symphony orchestra in 1974 superintendent brown was honored by the biloxi school board when the rd brown vocational education complex was named in his honor he was also a member of phi delta kappa international and a member of les pierrots and les cavaliers carnival organizations he was also a member of seminary masonic lodge no 461 and a scottish rite shriner he is survived by his wife virginia wilkes freeman brown of gulfport whom he married in harrison county mississippi on 18 july 1961 two daughters carol jean brownbrown of biloxi and beth freeman fleming of gulfport two sons otis wayne freeman of gulfport and terry wilkes freeman of birmingham ala and one brother aj brown of petal services will be held at 11 am wednesday at the riemann funeral home at 274 beauvoir road in biloxi where friends may call two hours prior to service time references the daily herald program presented at delisle school december 21 1936 p 6 the daily herald fernwood school opens september 8 1944 p 5 the daily herald school plans will be ready for bids by first of year december 20 1950 p 7 the daily herald dedicatory service for new west end school december 4 1952 p 5  19751987 olon e ray   19881992 tom burnham  tom burnham retired in july 1993 virgil buddy strickland his replacement was chosen in january 1993  19931994 virgil strickland virgil buddy strickland  b 1942 superintendent of the 6600 students in the biloxi public school system resigned in may 1994 after less than one year in this position he was chosen for the job by the school board in january 1993 mr strickland was born at cleveland mississippi  19942001   lawrence drawdy   2011 paul tisdale superintendent paul tisdale announced in late november 2010 that he would retire from his position at the end of june 2011 the sun herald november 22 2010  20112020  arthur mcmillan arthur mcmillan  b 1964 began his ascent in the education arena after graduating from newton high school superintendent mcmillan was born at newton newton county mississippi he attended east central junior college at scooba mississippi and went on to mississippi state university to acquire in 1982 a bachelor s degree in physical education after seven years at lake high school in scott county mississippi where he taught and coached girls basketball coach mcmillan in 1994 relocated to the newton municipal school distirct to become an assistant principal at newton he also coached girls basketball and was federal programs director arthur mcmillan moved as principal to carthage high school in 1998 and left in 2001 to become superintendent of the enterprise public schools at enterprise clarke county mississippi he earned a master of education degree from mississippi state university between august 1989 and august 1992 mr mcmillan was hired as biloxi s school superintendent by the biloxi school board on june 14 2011 his contract was for three years paying 139000 per year  former biloxi superintendent used school funds resources for daughter s wedding lawsuit says by anita lee march 23 2020 1222 pm while working as superintendent  arthur mcmillan spent biloxi school district money  and used district labor and equipment for his daughter s may 2018 former school district employee victoria moon conway says in her lawsuit that she tried to stop the illegal activities by reporting them to a school board member instead she says she was harassed and eventually fired the lawsuit says conway and her mother longtime district employee lee ann strangi moon dubaz  compiled a list that included conway s complaints and unrelated allegations from other employees the list wound up in mcmillan s hands conway says dubaz also reported the allegations to state auditor shad white whose office launched an investigation the state auditor s office has since declined all comment on the investigation dubaz a 38year district employee recently lost her job as administrative assistant to the superintendent  current superintendent marcus boudreaux  hired in january moved her from administration offices to a nearby annex where the lawsuit says she continues to work as school board clerk and district historian in addition to the school district and mcmillan conway is suing district business manager shane switzer who is responsible for finances her former supervisor dixie eleuterius director of the child nutrition program and school board president jim wallis school district attorney henry dick said he could not comment on pending litigation the district s legal response is not yet due and is not on file in us district court in the lawsuit conway claims malicious interference with her job and civil conspiracy her attorney jim waide of tupelo filed the lawsuit in federal court because the lawsuit says the district violated her first amendment right to free speech she hopes to include in an amended complaint claims that the district violated state and school whistleblower protection policies she is seeking compensation for lost income mental anxiety and psychological damage plus punitive damages she also wants to recover attorney s fees and reasonable expenses  biloxi school punishes whistleblower  conway says she worked for more than 10 years as administrative assistant for the department that manages the federally funded child nutrition program her job she says gave her direct knowledge of funds equipment and employee labor for the wedding of mcmillan s daughter at enterprise baptist church she went to dubaz with the allegations the women took conway s complaints plus the allegations from other district employees to school board member jane meynardie the lawsuit says  the illegal activity of which plaintiff conway had personal knowledge was the use of school district funds for the benefit of former superintendent defendant mcmillan to pay for supplies and equipment used in the wedding of defendant mcmillan s daughter as well as use of school equipment without recompense and the use of labor by school employees during school hours at the school s expense to deliver and set up tables and do other work for the wedding   conway and dubaz hoped the school board would investigate and stop the illegal activities the lawsuit says dubaz also notified the state auditor s officer which started an investigation in october 2018 mcmillan pinpointed conway as the source of complaints about school resources used for the wedding she says because she worked in child nutrition and would have been one of the few employees with direct knowledge of what happened she says mcmillan and switzer retaliated against her through her supervisor eleuterius   defendant eleuterius harassment of plaintiff consisted of refusing to speak to plaintiff conway slamming doors and file cabinets tossing paperwork shutting plaintiff out of her office and refusing to speak to her  the lawsuit says   the mistreatment became so severe that plaintiff suffered psychological harm necessitating psychological treatment    school board policy forbids retaliation  the auditor s investigation has been public knowledge since november 2018 when the sun herald obtained a  copy of a letter conway wrote  the school board in the letter she outlined her attempts to stop impropriety and illegal activities and the retaliation she suffered the lawsuit for the first time publicly reveals her allegation that school resources were used for the wedding school board discussions of the complaints have been held in executive session under the state open meeting law s exemption for personnel matters the school board adopted  its whistleblower policy  oct 24 2018 according to a copy the policy forbids retaliation against whistleblowers and outlines action the board can take against any employee retaliating including termination in a  nov 13 2018 memo  to administration employees the school board acknowledged the auditor s investigation and made it clear employees should cooperate only through personnel director david nichols nichols the memo said was serving as the auditor s district contact the memo said in part  do not take it upon yourself to locate for and or provide information related to this investigation to anyone outside of the district this will allow the district to preserve evidence ensure confidentiality is maintained when necessary and to use district resources efficiently and wisely   the letter also warns employees that they will face a school board investigation if they intimidate or harass another employee  superintendent mcmillan abruptly retires meanwhile arthur mcmillan remained in his job as superintendent the board hired gulfport attorney tim holleman to conduct an internal investigation of the allegations presented to the state auditor holleman reported on his investigation in an executive session on may 14 2019 school board minutes say mcmillian joined the may 29 2019 school board meeting by teleconference board minutes say the board held an executive session on personnel matters by mutual agreement the minutes say the board then accepted mcmillan s resignation effective two days later mcmillan told the sun herald  that he was retiring to take care of his mother he has not been charged with any wrongdoing former school superintendent larry drawdy stepped in to fill the job until the school board in january hired marcus boudreaux to manage the 6300student district boudreaux had previously served as principal of biloxi high school and is a longtime district employee  https wwwsunheraldcom news local counties harrisoncounty article24    references  the daily herald 50 th anniversary souvenir golden jubilee number biographical and historical 18841934  the daily herald gulfportbiloxi mississippi1934 jerome lepre  catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi      diocese of biloxi 1991 charles l sullivan  mississippi gulf coast community college a history  mississippi gulf coast community college press perkinston mississippi2002 zan skelton   mississippi teacher a biloxi teacher s account of four decades of teacning in mississippi   skelton biloxi mississippi1991 147 pages zan skelton   the biloxi public schools 19242001 the growth of the biloxi public school system   volume ii city of biloxi mississippi2002 282 pages twentieth century coast edition of the biloxi daily herald historical and biographical  george w wilkes sons biloxi1902  journals 18801889 the biloxi herald    don t want change   february 11 1888 the biloxi herald    superintendent lancaster explains   september 15 1888 the biloxi herald    school matters   september 29 1888 the biloxi herald     the biloxi herald       18901899 the biloxi herald    a public library   january 31 1891   the biloxi herald    a call on prof jl ladd   may 23 1891 the biloxi herald    to the voters of harrison co   july 25 1891 the biloxi herald    election today   september 5 1891 the biloxi herald     result of the primary    september 12 1891 the biloxi herald    the new school law   july 2 1892   the biloxi herald    alliance and education   december 17 1892   the biloxi herald    latest city news   september 12 1896   the biloxi herald    public schools   november 6 1897   the biloxi herald    additional locals   december 4 1897  19001909   the biloxi daily herald    primary school      june 22 1904 the biloxi daily herald    contract let      july 12 1904 the biloxi daily herald    public school matters      september 19 1904 the biloxi daily herald    board selects school teachers  june 3 1907  the biloxi daily herald    personal   august 23 1907 the biloxi daily herald    biloxi can get convention      may 4 1908 the biloxi daily herald         the biloxi daily herald           the biloxi daily herald    city news   may 30 1908  the biloxi daily herald    city news      june 26 1908 the biloxi daily herald    professor bogan now in biloxi   september 1 1908  the daily herald       19101919   the daily herald    new superintendent chosen for biloxi public school   april 20 1911  the daily herald    biloxi society and personal items   september 6 1911  the daily herald    back bay school addition will be built by wetzel   august 6 1915  the daily herald    list of teachers for city school of biloxi is out   september 3 1915  the daily herald    edwin linfield home   december 23 1915  the daily herald    superintendent leaves   may 31 1916  the daily herald    teachers meet to arrange for work   september 4 1916  the daily herald   public schools begin new term     september 11 1916  the daily herald   schools to open tuesday morning     december 30 1916  the daily herald   big improvements at coast school   july 31 1917 the daily herald   local news paragraphs of interest   september 8 1917 the daily herald   prof kocher is an adept knitter    december 13 1917 the daily herald   public schools close tomorrow     may 30 1918  the daily herald   graduation exercies at the central high school biloxi    june 1 1918 the daily herald         19201929 the daily herald   biloxi teachers selected by board    march 10 1920  the daily herald   state shocked by linfield s death    june 7 1920  the daily herald   veterans are grieved    june 9 1920  the daily herald   chas lancaster dies    may 15 1922  the daily herald   tribute to the dead  cd lancaster        may 20   1922  the daily herald   school opens here next week    september 1 1923  the daily herald   bennett in jackson    september 5 1923  the daily herald   claude bennett here    september 8 1923  the daily herald   school board has meeting    september 8 1923 the daily herald   principal  ditto  arrives tonight   september 2 1924 the daily herald   central high school principal attends educational meet   may 9 1926 the daily herald   superintendent  al may january 17 1929 the daily herald   principal  george ditto     january 17 1929  19301939 the daily herald    bennett presented gift   june 7 1933 the daily herald    name scruggs biloxi hi head   august 29 1934  19401949 the daily herald   reelect ditto as biloxi school head   may 8 1941 the daily herald   ditto resigns superintendent biloxi schools   october 30 1946 the jackson county times   professor scruggs is reelected superintendent of biloxi schools   december 17 1948  19501959 the daily herald   president al may of perkinston junior college dies   july 8 1953 the daily herald   superintendent biloxi schools expires at va   october 9 1957 the daily herald   city schools to close half day thursday   october 9 1957 the daily herald   tynes retires   december 4 1959 the daily herald   rd brown elected new superintendent at biloxi   december 15 1959  19601969 the daily herald   extend contract of rd brown until july 1963   december 20 1960  19901999 the sun herald  biloxi superintendent resigns   may 1 1994 p c1  20002009 the sun herald    biloxi schools chief  larry drawdy  accused of deception   march 2 2004 p a1  20102019 the sun herald   biloxi schools cut 39 teachers    april 7 2010  the sun herald   biloxi superintendent tisdale announces retirement    november 22 2010 p  the sun herald         p  the sun herald   biloxi announces new superintendent   june 15 2011  the sun herald       p  the sun herald       p  the sun herald         p   biloxi public schools   class 1889 when the bioxi public school opened on october 8 1888 for the 18881889 school session charles dunbar lancaster 18411922 was harrison county superintendent of education and also principal of the biloxi school in addition to professor lancaster there were only four teachers in the biloxi school at this time teachers and salaries were as follows charles d lancaster 18411922 principal 60 per month mrs senhora dodd booth 18451922 1st assistant 35 per month miss fh walthall2nd assistant 30 per month miss edna holley 18721940 3rd assistant 30 per month miss mollie t rodenberg 18471930 4th assistant 25 per month the biloxi herald september 29 1888 p 8 and october 6 1888 p 8  class 1890  when the biloxi public school opened on late october 28 1890 it was led by principal jacob linn ladd who earned 100 each month his faculty consisted of the following teachers josephine josie santini 18601966 1st assistant with a salary of 45 per month mrs senhora dodd booth 2nd assistant earning 40 per month edna m holley and mollie rodenberg each salaried at 35 per month in december 1890 miss josie santini was appointed a member of the examining school board for harrison county mississippi the biloxi herald november 8 1890 p 4 and and december 6 1890 p 1  class 1891  jacob l ladd principal senhora booth molly rodenberg josephine santini edna holley miss melancon the biloxi herald june 6 1891 p1  class 1892  jacob l ladd principal josephine santini miss ladd edna holley and miss melancon the 1892 biloxi public school four month session ended on march 28 1892 the enrollment was 271 students with an average attendance of 197 students captain john walker donated a collection of his books among them were fifteen volumes charles dickens the biloxi herald april 9 1892 p 2  class 1893   class 1894 the first session of the biloxi school opened on october 16 1893 with the following staff charles d lancaster principal 85 per month josephine santini1st assistant 45 per month mollie rodenberg edna holley senhora booth and rosa andrewsall were paid 40 per month the biloxi herald october 16 1893 p 1  colored school the colored publc school opened the first monday in november the biloxi herald october 16 1893 p 1  class 1895  charles d lancaster superintendent and principal main school teacherscharles d lancaster rosa andrews edna holley mary brooks and miss nellie champlin miss molly rodenberg principal of the west end school mrs senhora booth principal of the back bay school birdie roberts principal of the point cadet school will be paid 30 per month and replace miss mary shaw who did not receive her certificate josephine santini was offered the point cadet school postion first but declined the offer the biloxi herald september 28 1895 p 8 and october 5 1895 p 8  colored school james a burns principal  class 1896 jm taylor superintendent and principal senhora booth molly rodenberg josephine santini rosa andrews edna holley may brooks and eg smiley the biloxi herald september 12 1896 p 8  class 1897 professor jackson herndon owings 18691921 arrived at biloxi on december 3 1897 to become the city school superintendent at this time biloxi had four schools central school point cadet school back bay school and the west end school their were only seven grades with about 450 pupils enrolled the biloxi herald december 24 1897 p 4 and january 15 1898 p 8  faculty the faculty of the biloxi public school system consisted of the following educators central schoolmiss terry 1st grade miss lack 1st grade miss rodenberg 2nd grade miss edna holley 3rd grade miss rosa andrews 4th grade miss josie santini 5th grade and wj pack 6th and 7th grades miss mary brooks was at the point cadet school mrs senhora booth taught at the back bay school and miss armstrong was the educator in the west end school the biloxi herald january 15 1898 p 8  class 1898 faculty jh owings superintendent and principal central school faculty jh owings8th grade professor woodward6th and 7th grade rosa andrews5th grade edna holley3rd grade agnes kelley3rd grade mary armstrong2nd grade mary brooks and kate austinprimary west end schoollucy walker back bay schoolmrs senhora booth and mary lackpoint cadet school the biloxi daily herald october 1 1898 p 1 by early october 1898 the furniture for the new school buildings had not arrived and the old seats were placed in the west end and back bay schools the new primary school will not be open until the new fixtures are in placethe biloxi herald october 1 1898 p18  class 1899   enrollment in the biloxi public schools there were 300 females and 253 males  graduates henry swan lucille mccormick m roy chinn margaret hann emma mccarroll and iola pelaez the biloxi daily herald october 28 1905 p 4  faculty jh owings superindent and principal 120 per month l patridge 75 per month rosa andrews 35 per month edna holley 35 per month kate austin 35 per month agnes kelly 35 per month mary brooks 35 per month lucille walker 35 per month mary lack 35 per month alice t tracy 35 per month senhora booth 35 per month and ll shoemaker 35 per month the biloxi daily herald september 9 1899 p 1  other students in mid january 1900 mrs charleston gave a party at her home on west end and invited students from bhs among them were tennie carraway ada swan fannie griner may harkness may ramsay fannie charlton iola pelaez bonnie clower maggie hann lucille mccormick blanche harris lucy walker dudley calloe douglas watson lee watson frank suter tom suter henry swan carl thompson walter weatherby carl theobald and ernest iler the biloxi daily herald january 14 1900 p 8  colored school james a burns 40 per month enrollment 61 females and 39 males  class 1900 faculty   graduates   class 1901 faculty  miss florence morrow and miss robbins did not apply to be reelected to the faculty the biloxi daily herald may 27 1902 p 1  graduates the bhs class of 1901 graduated on may 26 1902 at dukate s theatre william wheless atkins john howard bradford maude locke ellis albert sydney gorenflo winnie effie gorenflo may harriet harkness alma gorda mayo gertrude eula pratt charles victor rose douglas thomas watson harriet elizabeth white nell white the biloxi daily herald may 27 1902 p 1  class 1902 faculty   graduates the bhs class of 1902 graduated on may 25 1903 at dukate s theatre reuben cousins inez elmer marguerite elmer susan hann ruth james sadie mccullom and gertrude picard the biloxi daily herald may 26 1903 p 1  class 1903 faculty graduates the bhs class of 1903 graduated on may 30 1904 at dukate s theatre professor paul h sanders phd lecturer in the greek language at the university of mississippi delivered the commencement address to the graduating seniors the biloxi herald may 23 1904 p 6 katie lena carson lottie lucille dunbar elsa mary hatlestaed katie louise henley addison george jackson lucy maclin kimbrough carrie bertha levy elise lyle maxwell mary louise meaut blanche picard ada wallace and mary laura young the biloxi daily herald may 23 1904 p 6 amd may 3 1904 p 1 in may 1908 miss lena carson became principal of the lake avenue school at pascagoula mississippi the biloxi daily herald may 25 1908 p 1  class 1904   faculty mr roane miss snell miss holley miss warren miss king and mrs whitaker the biloxi daily herald september 19 1905 p 1  graduates there were no central school graduates in 1905 as the fouteen students who were to end their high school education had to wait until 1906 as an addtional grade was added the biloxi daily herald september 19 1905 p 1  class 1905 faculty jackson h owings superintendent robert o neil binford 18741930 principal  graduates   notes wkm dukate was petitoned to lead improvements to the biloxi public schools in particular the citizenry felt the need for a larger central school the biloxi daily herald january 4 1906 p 1  class 1907   faculty jackson herndon owings  18691921  biloxi public school superintendent  for the past ten years 1897 resigned in may 1907 he informed the board of school trustees that he would not be an applicant for election for the 19071908 school session professor owings would leave biloxi for natchez adams couty mississippi where he was the public school superintendent until 1920 when he became the adams county superintendent of education jh owings expired at natchez mississippi on march 22 1921 the biloxi daily herald june 3 1907 p 1 and the daily herald march 24 1921 p 3 other teachers for the 19061907 school term were robert o binford principal central school and teacher of 9th and 10 grade sue snellhistory literature grammar in advanced grades edna holley8th grade nell hann7th grade emma chapman6th grade edna klare5th and 6th grade and mrs mary whitaker4th and 5th grade the biloxi daily herald september 15 1906 p 4  robert o neil binford  18741930 was a native of tennessee and was living at shelbyville beford county tennessee in 1900 professor binford arrived at biloxi mississippi from portersville mississippi in august 1906 to assume his duties as principal he had been educated at richmond college virginia and had an ab from judson college of north carolina he had taught for ten years beginning at judson college before entering public school education binford was qualified in latin greek german french and english as well as core subjects by 1910 he had relocated to athens alabama where he was teaching and here very probably met and married julia f binford 18901986 circa 19131900 bedford co tennessee federal census t6231558 p 7b ed 10 and 1910 limestone co alabama federal census t62415 p 16a ed 96 and the biloxi daily herald june 15 1906 p 4 and august 31 1906 p 4 in the summer vacation miss coates and miss cowan primary teachers attended the normal session at columbus mississippi miss ramsay and miss ada wallace studied at the university of chicago and miss gorenflo attended the peabody normal at nashville tennessee june 17 1904 p 4  graduates the 9th annual commencement exerecises were held on june 3 1907 in the dukate theatre graduates were lena emma brander annette carter clara marie demitt maud irma dukate eunice alice guidry lenora macurdy hann adele mary rantz gertrude christine ott and peter mullholland 18891974 departing professor jackson h owings was given with an umbrella by the 10th grade class a massive gold headed cane from the faculty and an elks watch fob from the lower grades the biloxi daily herald june 4 1907 p 1  sports the first baseball home game of the biloxi high school season was played on the oak street grounds on march 9th the team lost to gulfport 186 last week at gulfport biloxi lost the march 9th contest to gulfport 50 mcmanus of gulfport struckout 21 and gave up only 3 hits seventyfive people attended the game peter mulholland 18891974 who pitched last year was asked to return to the squad the biloxi lineup consisted of the following bert gunn pitcher frank schaffer catcher ro binford 1st base vester wentzell 2nd base osborne hunter 3rd base edward elmer ss francis mathias lf and george body cf the biloxi daily herald march 8 1907 p 1 and march 11 1907 p 1  colored school notes in september 1906  archie ebenezer perkins  18761946 of mccomb city was elected principal of the biloxi colored school mr perkins was born in june 1876 at smithdale mississippi near mccomb in 1900 he was teaching school at mccomb and in the household of george currie b may 1842 his stepfather in addition the family consisted of phoeby currie b january 1851 his mother who was also a teacher and the following siblings eugene perkins b november 1879 emma perkins b october 1886 eunice perkins b october 1889 and john e perkins b june 1893 the biloxi daily herald september 11 1906 p 4 and the 1900 pike county mississippi federal census r825 p 6bed 111 in late may 1907 the reverend henry w vanhook spoke to a large audience at the colored public school professor jh owings said that the colored school is in better condition than he has seen at anytime during his ten years as biloxi s public school superintendent the biloxi daily herald may 27 1907 p 1  class 1907   faculty in early june 1907 jackson m young 18731920 replaced jackson herndon owings 18691921 as the new school superintendent and was paid 166 per month virgil c daniels was named principal of the central school and paid 100 per month also elected with professor young to teach in the biloxi public school system at this time were elsie maxwell a biloxi girl and recent graduate of the industrial institute college at columbus mississippi edna holley8th grade 60 mary lackprincipal point cadet school 65 inez hall principal howard primary school 65 catherine coates principal west end school 60 mrs ma whitaker 5th grade central school 55 ada wallace 1st grade howard primary school 50 mary meaut 1st grade point cadet school 45 margaret hann 2nd grade point cadet school 50 edna klare 5th grade central school 55 margaret barrus 3rd and 4th grade point cadet school 45 the biloxi daily herald june 3 1907 p 1  graduates the central high school did not graduate anyone in may 1908 superintendent young because of a new requirement of universities that required entering students to have three years of high extended the tenth grade class for another year about eleven students were expected to graduate in may 1909 the biloxi daily herald may 26 1908 p 1  colored school ae perkins principal 45 per month and julia hutchins assistant 25 permonth the biloxi daily herald june 3 1907 p 1  class 1909   faculty   honors florence picard valedictorian minnie briggs salutatorian and charles a roper class orator  graduates graduation for the class of 1909 was held at dukate s theatre on june 8 1909 the class consited of minnie briggs ruby barbara dacey bert oran gunn alys claire hattlestad florence picard mary alma ritch 18901964 and charles aurelius roper miss florence picard was the class valedictorian and minnie briggs the class salutatorian and charles a roper class orator the daily herald june 9 1909 p 1  class 1910   faculty   graduates juanita s moore valedictorian katie a eikel salutatorian and olyve v eistetter and daniel f mathias orators juanita sylvia moore ann priscilla ritch katie anna eikel florence mae holley ruby picard olyve virginia eistetter daniel francis mathias albert louis mangin katherine g jones and thomas o hunter the daily herald may 28 1910 p 4  class 1911 faculty graduates walter t bolton  18941964     valedictorian  zoe hann   salutatorian lorena bessey and nelle gunn orators   estelle redding had the highest grade average and would have been class valedictorian but requested that mr boggan award honors to the wt bolton and miss zoe hann who were ranked second and third academically in the class estelle cornelia redding walter thetford bolton zoe louise hann margaret lorena bessey iris wilma johnson nellie may gunn ethel loretta glennan edwin rudolph ott and ruth andrew guidry the daily herald may 12 1911 p 1 and may 23 1911 p 1  class 1912 faculty   graduates graduates of the class of 1912 were lilly bowen ruth campbell gardiner champlin clarence campbell ione dulion caroline gilbert jessie gunn maude julian alecia staed john toler and stella walker the daily herald may 28 1912 p 1  1912 biloxi  senior high school  soil tests were made in july 1912 by wt nolan architect of nolan torre of new orleans and se dupree contractor at the site of the new biloxi high school prepared to erect  class 1913   faculty   graduates   class 1914   faculty   graduates lillian eloise bailry mary jenner brown lela pearl daugherty bonnie irene dear margaret colia eskeridge charles edwin gaston harriet howell myrtle margaret mcalpin marie anita prades myrtle mildred saucier i hendriz sells charles william ward ben porter ward and marie olive williamson  class 1915   faculty   graduates mary bragg  18971992 class poet  avis brigg  class historian  herman aggregaard  class testator  albertine desporte  class giftorian  loretta egan  class philosopher  margaret grady  class romancer  naomi lockett  class cartoonist  james jones  class orator  wilda lopez  class astrologer and verna young  class president the daily herald may 6 1915 p 1  class 1916   faculty ned kocher a twelve year educator was named principal of the central school his staff consisted of the following teachers edna holley robbie smith daisy kennebrew mrs estelle cottman lilla england mazie buie lucy ewing jennie scarborough sue m givhan sadie hudson and lucy royce the daily herald september 3 1915 p1  graduates alphonse lucas  valedictorian  marion north  salutatorian lucile ilsley mona graham daisy willers leah dacey helen watson hazel scheurich irma demilt cornelia bolton bernice hogan marion north cora llado irene harkness the daily herald may 19 1916 p 1  colored school franklin m nichols professor franklin marshall nichols 18781945 was one of the first black teachers here he taught at the ocean springs school from 1910 to 1916 franklin marshall nichols was born on a farm near decatur newton county mississippi his father was a preacher young nichols attended grammar school held in a rural church he attended high school at collinsville and meridian mississippi nichols received a bs degree in agriculture from alcorn college and a master s degree from atlanta university he also studied at the meridian baptist college and the virginia theological college at lynchburg nichols taught for fortyseven years professor nichols married fannie birch 18941982 the daughter of thomas peirson birch and ella campbell of kemper county mississippi on january 28 1914 she finished high school at the baptist seminary in meridian and got degrees from rusk college and the tuskegee institute she taught school at ocean springs in 19151916 the nichols moved to biloxi in 1916 and taught there for many years at the black school on nixon street this school was also constructed in 1909 prior to this the city of biloxi rented a house from the colored baptist church as a classroom for 1750 per month the street and middle school at 340 nichols drive in biloxi dedicated in 1959 are named in honor and respect of professor franklin marshall nichols during the tenure of professor nichols black children of the following families were being educated at ocean springs rochon carter green satcher williams ramsay bradford smith jones mayfield king huff stuart thomas vincent seymour keys ford byrd washington stewart jenkins brown douglas malasham mcinnis jassell lyman and filassa  class 1916 faculty william harris a native of cincinnati ohio is the new principal of the high school he taught at the gulf coast militray academy last year the daily herald september 4 1916 p 1 robbie smith math teacher at the central high school resigned in december she was replaced by farley lee who came to biloxi from union springs alabama the daily herald december 30 1916 p 1  graduates ethel t arguelles 18971938 ellen m bagot edgar hyatt bragg catherine jane brooks c miles chaffee teresa h champlin bertha collins katheryn collins myrtle helen dulion fred b ferson katheryn janin fleming edith phyllis hatlestad isadora h henderson abbie mae johnson phillip alexander jouillian irma elloise harvey ethel overstreet quave hazel l royce emery sadler martha glenn shaw mary louise stanovich and william f willingham  class 1917 faculty   graduates myrtle brown valedictorian and esther pringle salutatorian  class 1918 faculty   graduates   colored school mf nichols ab morris hh lowe edwina c blake and samantha palmore taught at the biloxi colored public school in 19181919 term the daily herald august 29 1918  class 1919 marion winkler valedictorian and vivia de milt salutatorian class 29 graduates  references  the daily herald commencement at central school may 23 1919 the daily herald signal excercises many graduates may 24 1919  class 1920  image courtesy of mark woods albany new york in june 2017 front row lr william gorenflo albert l weir 19041963 joseph j grubs arsene o bourdon jr 19021944 martin hass mike doyle and elvin bugle cannette middle row lr evelyn mcshane georgia hays mercedes wilkes marion holcombe mabel dalzell 19011991 clay ashby doyle and conception navarro back row lr maybelle williams thelma mary couevas virginia moore collins gladys briggs kate peppard rose swetman marguerite ilsley susie williams and helen white  faculty   honors mary louise tyler valedictorian and helen c white salutatorian  graduates arsene o bourdon andrew m doyle martin f hass elvin c cannette albert l wier joseph j grubbs mattie pringle maybelle williams mary louise tyler virginia moore collins thelma mary couevas mercedes wilkes mable dalzell clay ashby doyle peggy germaine helen c white anna may collins marion holcombe rose louise swetman margaret evelyn mcshane ruth elizabeth carter concepcion augustine navarro elsa mary froedert susie lee williams georgia hays katie peppard and marguerite d ilsey the daily herald may 28 1920 p 1  class 1921  the 19201921 36 week school term at biloxi had an enrollment of 525 students 200 pupils in the central high school and 325 young scholars in the grade school situated in the same school building principal rd peets resigned in may 1921 and relocated to jackson mississippi professor peets had been superintendent of the moss point schools in 1917 the daily herald april 27 1921 p 3 and may 10 1921 p 4 in his final report to the state school superintendent for the 19201921 school term claude bennett reported that biloxi had 1700 children in the public school system attending six schools the average attendance for these six schools was 1600 pupils the daily herald may 25 1921 p 3  faculty claude bennett superintendent randolph d peets principal agnes blandlatin mrs estelle cottmanhome economics carrie dotychemistryphysics miss edwardscommercial study edna holleyhistory mrs mark millerenglish estelle reddingenglish jennie scarboroughmathematics percy c scottathletic director and chemistry and physics edna holley was librarian and oversaw the school s 1800 volume library chapel exercises were held on wednesday morning for one hour in the school auditorium the daily herald april 27 1921 p 1  honors evelyn desporte valedictorian and vivian dacey salutatorian graduates lillian arguelles leslie curet vivian dacey evelyn desporte evelyn druiding robert druiding robert eskald ulysses fayard yvonne frentz marion friedhoff george harlitz pearl harvey christine howard helen montoli myrtle rose julius saucier ferd tyler mary tyler rita unger sylvia wachenfeld rambeau williams and catherine wright baseball team 1921 bhs baseball team  seated lr homer ryan 19051977 cf reuben benson rf ullyses s fayard 19021978 catcher john tujaque ss and george e wentzell 3b kneeling lr julian spotswood rf and wallace bloom pitcher standing lr coach percy c scott harry r lee 19031951 1b john t collins 19041985 lf and quinton winkler 2b the bhs 1921 baseball was outstanding on a road trip in early april they beat the perkinston ahs 145 brooklyn ahs 115 and lost 32 to ellisville returning to the coast the squad lost a squeaker to the sea shore campground nine 32 but came back the next week to beat them 110 the daily herald april 9 1921 p 3 april 15 1921 p 3 and april 20 1921 p 3 in early may the bhs team journeyed east to moss point and beat their high school nine 40 in the morning in the afternoon biloxi visited pascagoula and downed them 101 shortly thereafter biloxi beat the seashore boys 73 and the gulf coast military academy 98  the daily herald may 4 1921 p 2 and the new orleans states may 7 1921 p 10  the salient objective of any biloxi athletic team was to beat gulfport the 1921 baseball boys had at least two victories against their neighboring rivals besting them 100 in early may and 92 eleven days later the bhs team dominated a local biloxi baseball club the bankers by 185 on may 22nd the daily herald may 10 1921 p 2 may 19 1921 p 2 and may 23 1921 p 2 the bhs baseball team planned a postseason tour to southwest mississippi and was contacting teams at hazlehurst brookhaven and mccomb to schedule twogame series in each city the daily herald may 25 1921 p 3  class 1922 faculty   honors ethel redding valedictorian and  graduates florence politz edith mcglaughlin alma draheim bertha fayard ethel redding aurora perry mary fleming lucy d ybarra dorothy mickley bernadine arguelles 19041989 hazel geirge irma wetzel linnie izard gladys wachenfeld lorraine greve edith haise bernice meunier louise curet alice gay lillian manuel helen harvey vernetta spencer leo billings earl gay and john peppard jr the daily herald may 27 1922 p 1  class 1923 faculty   graduates edith bills athlene borden dorothy brodie leona carter julia castanera tallulah cook leola dellenger ernestine desporte shannon doyle lois elder florence friedhoff inez george margarite greve beatrice hardesty gladys jacobs ethel jones louise keller elizabeth lindsay may latimer hilah mackie fay mccaleb ada moore lucy navarro louise seymour hester scarborough audrey spotswood marion thomas ruth trochesett jesse wachenfeld john t collins albnert cunningham edward dowling henry eikel william grant louis harvey william kennedy earl johnson norman moran william rooney john tujaque edward tyer  the daily herald may 26 1923 p 3    class 1924 faculty   graduates maud munier valedictorian maud munier vinnette philbrick eunice bilbo abbie harkness alma parker marjorie payne wilhelmina keller freda schwartz katherine slay isabel stewart frances randall lucille meeks louis clark anna may bowen hazel allen olga swetman john hogan charles broad thad bryan walker broun roy astleford earl knox eric price louis witter elizabeth joullian helen morrison mamie payne thelma parker ruby trochessett ura cazeaux elyria latimer jane roof hilda lunday myrtle ewing may goodman ida white mildred izard elinor wheeler julia bass marguerite hass laurie wilkes harold walcott andy bernich elmer gay edward brady carlyce ward robert taylor malcolm clower steve gorenflo fiacro betancourt william roof lazaro lopez and marion hogan the daily herald may 24 1929 p 2  class 1925   officers leslie grant president lucretia money vicepresident lillian janin treasurer and cosman eisendrath secretary class flowercarnation class medal winnersjack watson gold medal in chemistry and george swan in current history the daily herald may 30 p 5  faculty   graduates ola able ray astleford john banks george champlain lillian clark elodie cousans harry cousans lyle dacey lynn dacey helen eckles john edwards cosman eisendrath sl fayard hazel freidhoff james garrard leslie grant anson holley ruth holliman roger holloway vera jacquot lillian janin anna kornmann mamie krohn noreta manuel lucretia money george politz edna saucier myrtle schneider ralph sewell reginald sewell dorothy stark george swan anita taylor leona thomas sue tonsmeire george tremmel thelma trochessett jack watson elise mae wescott milton wetzell and mary witter the daily herald may 30 1925 p 1 and p 5  class 1926 faculty   graduates bernice abbley eunice abbley inez bourdon dora caroll mary f clark martha cooper elsie deglee alice delacruz blanche doty fleeta doyle dorothy eskald virgie fayard ruth friedhoff edna grueling josephine harvey nellie khayat annie lang elizabeth levert lillie morrison alforetta newcomb althea ott francis stark thelma tremmel marian westbrook helen c welch stanley armstrong jack bleurer clement caillavet frank carroll willis greve preston edmonds reginald james john kelter junior lopez and george stannus the dailey herald may 29 1926 p 10  class 1927 faculty   honors graduates mary elizabeth andrews cecile arguelles 19081994 m george pavlov 19101963 george arndt    1909199 morris baker shirley billings margaret burke margie burnside lena burnside willis carvin elizabeth chinn george barrow cousins jessie donneley lellen davis lillirose devitt irma friedhoff francis goldsborough hilda guillotte vera holloway clyda mea izard john joyce absolom jackson laura jacquot james morrison edna emily manuel helen newcomb edward peppard clair pollitz j alfred snyder jr louis saucier bernard schwartz alex st amant rosa venus alma weldon alice tee weir grace watson margaret watson fred weiss ursula mcewen virginia theobald kathryn sullivan james b read jose betancourt charles ferson anna goldsborough and louis lundy the daily herald june 4 1927 p 2   resided at ocean springs   class 1928 faculty al may superintendent george ditto principal teachers miss anna berenson charles carnovale mabel cunningham marguerite dacey miss everet tl gaddy miss mcinnis miss allie king mary louise michel miss estelle redding miss st martin miss ada may stewart mrs ad warner ad warner mercedes wilkes the daily herald may 30 1928 p 2  honors frances gertrude rush valedictorian edward assad khyat saltutatorian victor pringle class orator edward khyatmillsaps college scholarship class officers granville stag foster president florian seal lopez vicepresident vera leola bond secretary and ryland edmonds treasurer  graduates louise almena arguelles 19101983 frank bass marcel j bellande 19091982 vera leola bond hazel burnside irma cochran haywood cook jr hannon cousins houston craig nora alma cumbie ryland edmonds granville foster ora belle galloway mary grayson hildegard gunderson mary odin haas clare haas w brooks higdon helen hogan henry janin edward assad khyat lee kostmayer leo kostmayer helen dolores latimer bob lawler dorothee wilna lee florian seal lopez kathryn lopez mary jane lundy burnett mabry lucille manuel william frederick marsh clara pons masters earl mattina willie gladys mcginty johnnie merle mckinnon nancy theresa morice fred d negretto mary louise pickens victor pringle frances gertrude rush mildred maggie seymour estella sheridan grace bernice snyder jane margaret taltavull smith  william addison thomas edward c tonsmeire elise trochesett ruth wentzell jeanette wescott and clarence williams the daily herald may 26 1928 p 8  colored high school mf nichols principal honors mercedes bradford and rudolph staples received gold medals for their excellent record in school activities graduates mercedes bradford elizabeth graves ida l hand earlice jackson leonard jackson theresa lee almeda f lewis earlice jackson rachel murdock vertia m reid eliot spears rudolph staples joseph c walker ml washington and winnie williamson the daily herald may 30 1928 p 2  class 1929 faculty al may superintendent george ditto principal  honors florence susanna kornman valedictorian james kline coquet salutatorian class officers william vernon joyce jr president miriam wiltz vicepresident and louis carron secretarytreasury the daily herald june 1 1929 p 2  graduates william leeper anglin thomas atkinson charles william balthrope charles l bass fenton charles bosarge w kelly brown louis voyle carron elalie castanera william c clark jr james kline coquet sybil rose cousans lewis edward curtis jr ellen gertrude dees camille joe durocher magruder harry eckles ella elizabeth edmonds celeste emily flanagan louise flanagan nellie mae gilly robert meredith gormly mary thomas griffitts ione guzman lillian virginia hardke audrey virginia harrison kenneth louis harris wendell keith hester lillian louisa holley beatrice holloway william vernon joyce jr florence susanna kornman jeanette elizabeth lebatard arnaud o gorman lopez 19101984 elise victoria mahr naomi francis moran ouita ruth moran wm morgan jr mercedes elizabeth morrison frances s phillpott myrtle ann santa cruz bruce herndon sharp mignon smith clement charles spencer ada frances summerlin doris margaret trochessett henry van waesberge jr frances katherine weeks earl shelton welch joe clayton wheeler mary jane wilkes miriam wiltz sue suttle wright the daily herald may 1929 p  class 1930 faculty al may superintendent george w ditto principal  honors elizabeth allen valedictorian marshall louis michel jr salutatorian marshall l michel jr 20 gold piece for 1st place in state chemistry essay and vivian pringle chemistry book for 2nd place state chemistry essay elizabeth allen gold medal chemistry examination alice lee latil medal for 1st place in girls tennis singles and a pennant for 1st place in state in girls doubles in tennis and roland harvey class president graduates inez ursula ackeridge elizabeth allen john william atkinson jr elizabeth eran beeman annie lou bond nick cefalu charles edward clark jr samuel lee dawson chester louis delacruz lydia elizabeth dowling marjorie dukate elmer elberton ebersole egdar howard farrar thelma graham guy frank green thelma hammers victor roland harvey lionel joseph holley ethel standish jackson mary louis kelly alice lee latil mary elizabeth latimer frances e lioenhardt marguerite lucille lowd verian elizabeth mahr jessie mae mcelroy macy b mcginty ella mae mckinnon marshall louis michel jr norbert j navarro nedra almeda nelson albert j pickich jr vivian pringle bina west ramsay theodore m ryan ura cecelia scarborough elva mae shove willioam gray slay jr sybil marion smith ralph eugene stillman john sekul thomas gambus sparks vignes jr walter n wentzell thomas j wiultz jr marguerite florence wink fayard  the daily herald may 31 1930 p 7  class 1931   faculty   honors rose hartstein valedictorian esther lou shove salutatorian and robert w daray 19132002 class orator  graduates bernice armistead edna ask woodrow joseph atkinson juanita baltar lula frances batson whillamene lunda bond loren james bosarge russell j braun alice lee byrnes lloyd caillavet freddie paul carron louise m carron tom henry clower joseph charles coquet jr isabel m curtis james joseph danaher robert william daray 19132002 regina drey irene belle entrekin juanit abbey eckles marie louise fountain curtis paul galle frances sullivan gaudet harry joseph gautier horace patrcik gautier mary maxine glennan wilfred j gorenflo may harrison rose harstein edith patricia holley robert joseph howard joe hudson harold henry hunt thelma estelle jacquot wallace anthony jacquot mark gillen joachim 19132011 rhyley wade johnson isabel jones chester juanico irma l kelly ione kelly eleanor latil jessie inez ladnier ruth h latimer edna estelle lewis troy lewis arthur edward levine james o gorman lopez leo e manual sam mavar catherine mccormack willaim e mcdonnell alma lucille mcelroy allen f merritt ralph m moniot timothy murray delphine navarro hyman dudley schneider henry l schwan jacobina sekul 19132003 esther lou shove verlie l stafford jessie lee terry mary ola terry mary virginia tuttle harriet sue venus hewitt walton wallace gray weaver katherine kling webb ann weeks avis linnelle welch helen gale welch barney s wescott howard w wheeler rosalie gertrude wink mattie nell worthy gertrude a yousko the daily herald may 21 1931 p 3  class 1932 faculty   honors   graduates lillian ackridge rene armistead alney austin alton l bellande 19121970 irma bosarge roberta browne charles brumfield malton red bullock egdar byrd ld byrd carl carvey ernest carvin mary alice chinn mary virginia colson marjorie cousans ferdinand curtis edna mae delacruz leah duggan eula dukate harold elder dominic fallo howard fayard dorothy fickes annabell frentz mary joyce garber paul gilly donald gormly 19101980 elizabeth gormly 19141996 grover graham jacob guice emelda guillotte sammy lane hair dorothy haneman vember harvey milstead hevelston virginia huggins felix johnson warren jones carol joullian george juanico frank keegan elwood ko kelly ethel kennedy virginia latimer john lee nick mavar edward mcdonnell malcolm mceachern velma mcelroy hazel meaut eleanor merritt helen michel vincent morice lucille negrotto wilda parker steve pitalo woodrow pringle hervey purcell arthur richards hans richards stephanie rodolfich grace rose tony rosetti walter white sadler sidney saucier jules schwan linwood slay alfred stillman james thacker chris thygesen eleanor wiltz alice de ybarra the daily herald may 28 1932 p 2  baseball team 1932 baseball team  knelling lr alton l bellande standing lr coach gaddy earl mattina  class 1933   faculty al may superintendent george w ditto principal  honors miriam haas valedictorian bennett pearson salutatorian joseph lyons class president george collins vicepresident and sarah dickey secretary  graduates dorothy arguelles francis j barthes edgar benny frances besse emily bodden alan braun june braun edgar breaux jr mary byrnes ruth clark donald collins george collins clement cornibe ramona cornic alfred dantzler jr tk devitt frederick dick jr sarah dickey ethel dowling frank w drey clair duggan wilda dunn fernand durocher odette durocher ella keener friedhoff arsene galy edward lionel gardner lavelle gardner marguerite gautier upton gautier miriam haas viola harder hazel hood jack hood irma irwin rames khayat george king glenn krohn margaret lechner angel lesquin john lopez joseph lyons mae inez manning retta miller lillian newman elizabeth parlin bennett pearson roderick russ jr lurline schnieder mary rose simon lucille slay julius j strayham maxine swetman linwood switzer james mason tuttle george w wilkes the daily herald may 27 1933 p 2  class 1934   faculty al may superintendent george w ditto principal  honors john elmer dacey 19161991 valedictorian gorgas essay medal and tulane scholarship lillian trochesett salutatorian collen cornic class orator charles traylor and dorothy carlyle frentz perfect attendance john elmer dacey 19161991 would graduate from the us naval academy in june 1938 as no 1 in his class of 439 midshipmen the daily herald may 3 1938 p 1  graduates doris lea billings verta lee agnes bosarge adle mae brisbi verna mae elizabeth cannette lille kathryn chinn mary corrine collen cornic john dacey dorothy carlyle frentz charles traylor the daily herald may 26 1934 p 1 and p 10  class 1935   faculty george w ditto superintedent arthur e scruggs principal  honors geraldine trochesett valedictorian mary antonia lund salutatorian and elizabeth lightsey class orator catherine benedict perfect attendance joseph wallace elliott jewelery award for outstanding football player lydia elder 1st place in state in home economics and glenn murchey junior classgorgas memorial essay prize  graduates gladys lynda allen a august barthes 19162007 betsy mae bayly lillian catherine bennett harold francis besse mary alice imelda blessey elnoir roselia boutwell donald oroon bradley frances theola brander evelyn buatt mary sue byrd thelma marguerite byrd cyril anthony carvin alma theresa cousans william francis cunningham dorothy olivia davis edward albert demiller jr lillian cecile desporte oliver francis diaz katherine elizabeth dillard janice frances durel james edward duvic lydia margaret elder blance romola fayard margaret louise fickes margaret m fountian joseph fowler louise friedhoff bill gibson katheryn gibson eileen gillis vernon kenneth gilly jack denton graham cecelia rose guitierrez beulah mae harkness lela marion hewes olive kennedy leland edward kelly frederick joseph klein ralph dennery klein 19161995 charles w kruse peter joseph kuljis 19161983 leroy butler huffstetter cleveland pol huggins jr bertha mae lebatard robert edward lee florence elizabeth lightsey mary antonia lund melvin francis mattina audrey manuel murray  19172011 ann elizabeth morgan arthur edward newman audrey ellen nesossis ivy lucille parker juana elizabeth parker edna peresich genevieve ann petro nicholas rodolfich mercedes elise richard blaize roy rusk rayoal marie ryan eugene felix st amant leo joseph scholtes sammy evangelo saricopolous edwin charles saucier shannon s slay vernita switzer floyd vincent stanovich myrtle frances stanovich marion elizabeth tauzin mildred lois terry ruby terry ruby mae thomas geraldine frances trochesett isabel trochessett rene joseph anthony trochesett vince joseph aloysius tucei jr velma verna venus eva volpini joseph laurence wallace nellie may williams dean wurdeman and james rucks yerger iii the daily herald may 25 1935 p 2  class 1936 george w ditto superintedent arthur e scruggs principal  honors graduates  class 1937  george w ditto superintedent arthur e scruggs principal  honors kenneth g doty valedictorian genevieve gallott salutatorian elbert l dukate jr class orator  graduates glenwood bryant achorn jr john brander anderson anthony anglado frances pauline balius earl byrne blessey frances anita brandt charles harold braun john hugh brumfield catherine clough cannon william floyd carroll phillip carl carvin julia alphonsine chinn alvah eugene clark elton john cox jack daray jr irene henrietta darsse ernest francis desporte jr kenneth george doty elbert l dukate jr irma beulah ellzey daniel w ellzey barbara mary erskine julian albert ferguson jr vera helen fountain vivian catherine fountain august glenon frentz genevieve elizabeth gallott helen louise galy doris aimee gautier thomas hosea glass elizabeth collins greene frank george gruich richard b harrison  class 1938 george w ditto superintedent arthur e scruggs principal  honors   graduates verda mary abshire billie jean akins wilton jackson anders alethia aufdemorte anna lee bayly alvin hale bloodworth warren joseph boney george elmer booker john edgar bond martha wilburnett inez marie byrd george d cazeaux joseph coga clower dempsie elizabeth coleman daniel elwood collins julliette cousans william barger cross jr uloa june curren ella mae dalgo ferna june daniel nettie leise davis audrey claire dick ernest edward dunnavant jr roy lee elder jr roy wilfred fountain frank allen gautier william warren gillis wilfred elton gollotte jr anne amelia gray edna irene greve stephen louis guice bert oran gunn jr joseph john hartmann jr george albert hesse jr audriana harriet holliman mona m hudson smith hunt  ruth mary huls hunt  irma lucille jacquet iris elaine joullian evelyn ada kennedy francis mary kovacevich adele winona latimer pearl josephine lebatard jean zoe lewis elgin cecil lightner eura mae lightner elsie joy lindh albert louis mangin jr jane dukate matthes raymond v mayes mary ellen mon george e moore jr elizabeth ann murchey louis navarro stephen e newman jr shannon paul pickich elva anne rushing simon august salter jessie murray scarborough clare beatrice sekul hornsby  nancy sharp betty margaret spier beatrice ann lelia steen clifton thomas switzer iris lucille trochesett vernon anthony trochesett guy walter walsh barbara peggy welch and barbara isabell wells the daily herald may 28 1938 p 2  class 1939 george w ditto superintedent arthur e scruggs principal  honors marjorie george valedictorian mary catherine riddle bennett  salutatorian class officers william clarnce huls president  graduates nelloise akins walter andrews jr peter joseph baricev raymond vincent bass thomas clellan benny jr john burt benson jr bradley donney berry marieanne lorraine bittar natalie mary ann blacksher jewell constance blake marie elizabeth blakenship leslie joseph bosarge beatrice bosarge jean willis burns leo donald camp wilda annette carter mildred lucille chinn james elwood cruthirds edyth delores depriest florence estelle dilliard noel dunn mildred rosalyn ellzey josephine elizabeth fallo stanley charles flotte walter fountain helen alethia fountain elvin joseph fountain edward howard frazier david grafton galbraith audrey enarious garland joseph earl gauthreaux marjorie ethel george wilfred george gilly john albert grady mary jane haslitt gloria dolores hebert charles dunbar hewes william thomas hodge juanita marie holliman genevieve gertrude howell william clarence huls charles dewie jenkins roswell s kimball junius anthony klein madeline kuljis gladys leblanc leonard levine louis levine dorothy melanie lewis mary anne lightsey clark  lula estelle mcelroy harold hicks mcgee douglas george mitchell sherod william miller charles nolan neossis marguerite victoria ouille emma louise palmer anastasia pitalo yvonne cecelia poupart margaret josephine quealy jonathan ramsay jr louis harold richard mary catherine riddle bennett   william g ryan clement bernard saucier dorothea cecilai ann scholtes george simon mary ellen skinner grace leona stanovich lena strangi steve julius thian william appleton tisdale jules pierre trochessett jr shannon manuel trcohessett alma elizabeth tucei gwendolyn barbara vancourt maybelle catherine vuyovich mollie james waddell floyd terrance weihing john alexander welch inez eloise wentzell franck carroll wentzell mable wheeler margie leah williams emily hart williams marjorie lopez yerger winklejohn  and mary frances zorich the daily herald june 1 1939 p 2  class 1940 george w ditto superintedent arthur e scruggs principal  honors verna mae davis valedictorian warner oland moore 19221994 salutatorian charles eugene mangin class orator class officers richard lamey neossispresident floyd george fountainvicepresident mary theresa youskosec treas verna mae davis awarded a scholarship to tulane or gulf park college charles e mangin was awarded a medal for his outstanding activities record american legion essay awards were presented to doris canaan yvonne doane and john stanovich aj swansine ten year perfect attendance melba burdine nine years perfect attendance leona frentz and john white four years perfect attendance and charles e mangin three years the daily herald may 24 1950 p 5  graduates john ross amari alberta josephine arguelles henry eikel baltar beverley beardslee beggs shirley elizabeth anne bessey erena mary branecki janet elizabeth braun wesley o broussard juliet shirley bosarge robert m bueter elizabeth eileen burns linne gray burnside melba mary burdine marion eloise craig dorothy lee cruthirds elena may curtis anthony cvitanovich verna may davis noreta marie dellenger george denegre yvonne mae donne curtis nelson ellzey jr arnold wilfred entrekin john bernard fallo mildred mary fayard floyd george fountain kathryn josephine freiberg leona mae frentz miriam guice william neal gunn charles raynor hamrick charles louis hartman billy hartzog andrew melvin herbert bert holland jr lillian marguerite hollingworth gloria carolyn keller richard paul kennedy jr frances vivian kuluz clifford john kostmayer june aldarae lightner john chris longest audrey mercedes lund nellie ruth mainer charles eugene mangin margarette edwina mattina william lee mcleod peter lj menard julius mladinich catherine wilda montogomery warner oland moore 19221994 alvin i morrison robert rich moseley richard lamey neossis paul irving newman evelyn rae peresich dorothy clarmonce ann petro george mcneil quave george aaron quint alberta gwendolyn rich lucille marie rushing elvina dorothy ryan edith theola scarborough leonard mark schneider charles marcel schmidt wallace steve sekul covington sharp vera louise squires annette marie simmons lois slay eddie eugene stafford jr annie strangi helen elizabeth pearl sumerlin jacobina surian anthony joseph swansine jr irmo e tolbert marion marie trochesett mary louise tubre james james gibbons tucei genevieve elizabeth welch dorothy elena wetzell john gautier white and mary theresa yousko the daily herald may 24 1940 p 5  class 1941 faculty george ditto superintendent arthur e scruggs principal  school board frank p corso president clyde campbell vester wentzell fred ferson and mrs wd collins the daily herald may 29 1941 p 12  honors william alvie moore valedictorian mary elizabeth scholtes salutatorian mark joseph ellzey class orator american legion contesthulda velma cousins herf jones co scholarship and reader s digest awardwilliam a moore activities medal and honor school plaquemark j ellzey the daily herald may 24 1941 p 2  graduates john jack richard arguelles frank louis aufdemorte jr margaret i barbre charles walton blake albert adam blanchard beatrice dolores boney marie louise boney norma ellen boney john marion bosarge mary margaret bosarge norma june boudwin james franklin brent ng brown earl william michael cassanova helen louise cassanova rita margaret cazeaux marion ellen chinn georgia may coleman james herman cook 19201997 joseph lee creel john william cruso allie camille dean philip paul dellenger christine dement lillian harrison demiller fern scott demoran florence louise desporte katheryn louise dick ethleen hammet dillard arthur raymond egan jr mark joseph ellzey lurline veronica foretich joyce catherine fountain wiltz  eric vance freeman jacqueline margaret e frentz louise virginia frey lorie decatur gollotte jr floyd gonsoulin helen hayes james malcolm holcombe jacinto baltar holland elizabeth anne hughes william mark keegan glen barkley kruse raymond lunn laasko annie mae lamey arthur a largillere jr robert emmett lee althea louise lowd mary louise luther beverly elizabeth meaut emily vivian meaut louis harold meaut william alvie moore morris taylor mount carl otto hor james clifton palmer jr anne glennon pearce anthony pickich jr martin anthony quave james wilson raley olive rodolfich howard ray schneider mary elizabeth scholtes douglas ignatius smith jr shirley mae stanley john joseph stanovich francis gustav steen james stewart alvin sumerlin sandford oris swanson jr joycell ruth argonne thensted dorothy gertrude tiblier alice jean tubre william lyod vierling vivian marie voivedich clara elizabeth wagner mary rita weems louis elbert wentzell jr eugene richard welein wilda mary williams james joseph wilson and helen bernard wink the daily herald may 24 1941 p 2  colored high school graduates isaac henry adams ina catherine alberty anna florence duncan vera louise edwards joseph danile grafford isabelle jeanette griffin richard clifton hamilton frank jones theodore jordan valena benzenia major annie mae mccleary robert nance juno gwendolyn nicholls carroll robinson maisie beatrice smith william spencer and altha irma staples the daily herald may 29 1941 p 5 and p 12  class 1942   honors   graduates   class 1943   honors   graduates  class 1944   honors   graduates  class 1944 george ditto superintendent arthur e scruggs principal school board  mh toche august parker cl campbell and eh tardy the daily herald may 31 1944 p 9  honors fairie lyn carter and june lawrence fairie lyn carter valedictorian myrtle june lawrence salutatorian jacquelyn jackie pearl logan class orator  military 31 members of this class 25 in their junior year and 6 in their senior year leftschool to join the military service men graduating but not present were raymond terry jr navy david scruggsnavy v12 program and clarence blanchard neil mcinnis a guadalcanal veteran who was honorably discharged and louis lee jr who was a marine on leave received their diplomas  graduates eloise anderson maria genette anticich mary jean barnett william vernon bass estell berry james ray billingsley clarence joseph blanchard velma adelaide boone fairie lyn carter patricia louisa collins dorei mae cooke mary clemoise cooper lois catherine cummins lillian catherine dubaz dorothy merie elliot homer glen ellis jesse bob ferrell vivian garec mary mercedes gerdis helen rose gollotte patricia ruth grantham lee paul gutierez jr louise hancock coleeen eugenia harper ivy joseph hebert eweather joyce hickman john murray humphreys jr barbara patricia hutchinson frank young jeffards read johnson jr joan mary jumonville doyle kennedy ruby mae keyes francis j ladnier mary theresa lamey myrtle june lawrence louis jefferson lee jr martha isabelle lestrade shannon rita lestrade covich jacquelyn jackie pearl logan patricia ann mccreedy carolyn mcgee neil red mcinnis doris rita mcclean antonia mary misko patricia nill ursula pitalo betty lou radovich george templeton rutherford jr eleanor rita ryan shirley mae ryan annie mae ryan charles david scruggs mary antonia sekul lawrence peter semski patrica adelaide sharp gerson sherak john anthony simmons william arnot smith mary ruth stevens mary juilette strong doris edna stojcich raymond terry jr elizabeth ann tierney henrietta j usey elizabeth woods billie loyce williams and mary ellen ziz the daily herald may 21 1944 p 9  class 1945 george w ditto superintendent principal  honors ann brown valedictorian edna maeblanchard salutatorian justine curtis class orator  graduates vernon alexander nancy alley betty joy balius sammy joe barker barbara ann bellais herman bellais patricia anne bennignus charles edward bodie robert lee bosarge jack bosarge clarence james boudwin jr shirley bourque steve braun dolores broussard betty faye brown lloyd brown ellzey burch buddy burdine nancy francis burgess jacqueline gloria burrus barbara burt  1945 bhs football team   class 1949   faculty arthur e scruggs superintendent wayne t sandefur principal  honors beverly foretich and anne williams valedictorians mary unkrich salitatorian patty cannon class orator the daily herald may 27 1949  class 1950   faculty arthur e scruggs superintendent wayne t sandefur principal  honors marilyn howe valedictorian mary kay suter salitatorian jock wayne barhonovich class orator  graduates james edward alexander harold watson allen bernice anderson rosemary anderson patricia anne andress dorothy carol andrews elton l balius jock wayne barhonovich linda anne barnette willis a barras lee jeanette bellande shannon theresa beverin patsy gray blake william alonzo boon jr 19312010 william charles boone norman c broussard shannon rose brown alice joyce burgess marcia jane cantwell lela belle champagne elizabeth a chinn magruder sullivan corban nancy lee corley rudolf joseph covich jo ann cox john elliott davison claude dawson dennis barbara ann fallo william munson felsher kathleen garlotte james h garner helen louise gartman norma jean gilbert betty jean gondolf juanita graves susan angel gryder frederick w haise barbara frances harrell arthur u hathorn christine a hickman james roger holland margaret hollier mary jane hood ethylyn ellamae howard marilyn margaret howe nettie mae jenkins glenna janell jones james bert keyes ione knebel steve gerald kovacevich ralph anthony ladnier jr carroll joseph landry catherine delores lee betty ann lepre rosemary ann lizana john w lunday iii lois marie mcvay james c moran edward james murphy marlene clare meyers rosalie nall kottom ray nelson peggy margaret o neal ellen j ott carolyn pieri charles t pihl 19312007 frances elizabeth powell james d powell jr leslie john quave jr john g radich delores romero ernest eley ross george elliott ross charles richard russell ellsworth john sacks jr larry santa cruz mary frances scarborough william lloyd sconiers richard keith sewell james ernest seymour jr margaret elenora sherrell carolyn frances smith delores mae soljan gus lamont stanton charles anthony stojcich mary katherine suter nancy louise swetman mary evelyn tarbutton george joseph theriot betty jean thompson henry toche william r toche lawrence p tucei bettye nell turner donald james viator william bernard webber dixie lou weinberger joan marie wentzell margaret elizabeth west phyllis mae west louis wetzel helen carter wilder alice d williams doris williams rowena inez wise and robert louis wold the daily herald june 2 1950 p 8  class 1952 mf nichols colored school  seventeen colored students were graduated friday in exercises at mf nichols school in biloxi dr arenia c mallory president of the state industrial and literary school at lexington was guest speaker the program for the evening was dedicated to mrs mcs williams a teacher of long service to the school principal nichols presented her with a corsage arthur e scruggs biloxi school superintendent stressed the advantages of students remainnig in school and reminded parents that it was their obligation to enforce academic attendance of their children the biloxi public school board and mayor r hart chinn were also in attendance the daily herald june 5 1952 p 6  graduates elton carll willie dickerson marjorie elzy frank gill herbery haynes william hilliard geraldine johnson audry knight venetta lay joanna mccray carrye nelson willie j pearson barbara reed james edward reed geraldine riley julian saucier and ireniece vance the daily herald june 5 1952 p 6  class orators three graduates were recognized as class orators marjorie elzy youth today citizens tomorrow geraldine rileyhome influences on chaacter and joanna mccray responsible citizenship our challenge the daily herald june 5 1952 p 6  references 18801889 the clarion jackson ms   the state   september 29 1886 the clarion jackson ms   the state   december 15 1886 the daily picayune   mississippi   september 29 1884 the daily picayune   handsboro   may 24 1888 the biloxi herald   gulf coast college   august 18 1888 the biloxi herald   superintendent lancaster explains   september 15 1888 the biloxi herald   school matters   september 29 1888 the biloxi herald   to the honorable board of mayor and aldermen of the town of biloxi   october 6 1888 18901899 the biloxi herald   our public school   july 26 1890 the biloxi herald   local happenings   november 8 1890 the biloxi herald   public school report   december 6 1890 the biloxi herald   public school report   june 6 1891 the biloxi herald   public school report   april 9 1892 the biloxi herald   public school report   december 3 1892 the biloxi herald   public school matters   october 14 1893 the biloxi herald   a card to our colored citizens of biloxi   march 17 1894 the biloxi herald   school matters   september 28 1895 the biloxi herald   latest city news   october 5 1895 the biloxi herald   report of back bay school   march 7 1896 the biloxi herald   latest city news   september 12 1896 the biloxi herald   additional locals   june 4 1897 the biloxi herald   weekly report of city school   june 4 1898 the biloxi daily herald   biloxi public school   september 7 1898 the biloxi daily herald   biloxi public school system   september 10 1898 the biloxi daily herald   local and personal   september 24 1898 the biloxi daily herald   local and personal   september 27 1898 the biloxi daily herald   teachers assigned   october 1 1898 the biloxi daily herald   biloxi city council  september 9 1899 the biloxi daily herald   a worthy movement   colo red citize ns meet     october 6 1899  19001909  the biloxi daily herald   local and personal  january 14 1900 the biloxi daily herald   commencement exercises   may 27 1902 the biloxi daily herald   thanksgiving   november 28 1902 the biloxi daily herald   school closes   may 26 1903 the biloxi daily herald   preparation   may 23 1904 the biloxi daily herald   commencement   may 30 1904 the biloxi daily herald   commencement excercies   may 31 1904 the biloxi daily herald   plea for negro schools   january 30 1905 the biloxi daily herald   biloxi public schools open   september 19 1905 the biloxi daily herald   educational   october 28 1905 the biloxi daily herald   to improve schools   january 4 1906 the biloxi daily herald   matters are getting mixed     february 13 1906 the biloxi daily herald   school board elects principal   june 15 1906 the biloxi daily herald   public school matters   august 31 1906 the biloxi daily herald   baseball   march 8 1907 the biloxi daily herald   lecture at colored school   may 27 1907 the biloxi daily herald   complimentary resolutions   june 3 1907 the biloxi daily herald   graduating excercises   june 3 1907 the biloxi daily herald   graduate with honors   june 4 1907 the biloxi daily herald   city news   june 17 1907 the biloxi daily herald   miss carson elected principal   may 25 1908 the biloxi daily herald   last week of school   may 26 1908 the biloxi daily herald   colored people hold rally   november 23 1908 the daily herald   biloxi high school closing exercises   june 9 1909 the daily herald   closing exercises biloxi high school   may 28 1910  19101919 the daily herald   all in readiness for commencement in biloxi school   may 23 1911 the daily herald   preparations made for commencement biloxi high school   may 26 1911 the daily herald   graduation day   may 28 1912 the daily herald    will rush work on new school   july 5 1912 the daily herald    new principal for the biloxi central school   september 8 1913 he daily herald   public schools of biloxi will close term on may 28    may 6 1915 the daily herald   list of teachers for city schools is out   september 3 1915 the daily herald   supt linfield s report submitted   may 12 1916 the daily herald   biloxi schools brought to close   may 19 1916 the daily herald   trustees to meet on tuesday night   august 14 1916 the daily herald   teachers meet to arrange for work   september 4 1916 the daily herald   public school begin new term   september 11 1916 the daily herald   schools to open tuesday morning   december 30 1916 the daily herald     public schools close tomorrow     may 30 1918 the daily herald     graduation exercies at the central high school biloxi    june 1 1918 the daily herald     19 the daily herald     19 the daily herald     19 the daily herald     19 the daily herald     19 19201929 the daily herald   biloxi teachers selected by board   march 10 1920 the daily herald   biloxi public school close today commencement exercises tonight   may 28 1920 the daily herald   inspiring exercises mark the close of the biloxi public school   may 29 1920 the daily herald   prof jh owens died tueday   march 24 1921 the daily herald   biloxi high school graduating exercises held before big crowd   may 28 1921 the daily herald   names omitted   may 30 1920 the daily herald   biloxi school board meets   september 7 1920 the daily herald   biloxi team on tour   april 9 1921 the daily herald   campground defeats biloxi   april 15 1921 the daily herald   bilox high defeats campground   april 20 1921 the daily herald   biloxi high school one of the best institutions of learning   april 27 1921 the daily herald   biloxi hi wins and loses   may 4 1921 the daily herald   biloxi high school beats academy   may 7 1921 the daily herald   prof peets resigns   may 10 1921 the daily herald   biloxi has great team   may 10 1921 the daily herald   biloxi high school has large class   may 11 1921 the daily herald   biloxi wins 2nd game   may 19 1921 the daily herald   commencement exercises next week   may 21 1921 the daily herald   bankers win 2 lose 2   may 23 1921 the daily herald   high school banquet tonight   may 24 1921 the daily herald   senior class 1921   may 25 1921 the daily herald   making final report   may 25 1921 the daily herald   planning trip through state   may 25 1921 the daily herald   colored commencement   may 26 1921 the daily herald   large class of graduates hear fine address by sennett conner   may 27 1921 the daily herald   biloxi high school graduation excercises held before big crowd   may 28 1921 the daily herald   biloxi negro receives appointment   february 14 1923 the daily herald   fortythree graduates biloxi high   may 26 1923 the daily herald   largest graduation class in biloxi school history   may 24 1924 the daily herald   biloxi graduates fortyone from its central high school   may 30 1925 the daily herald   biloxi high school holds graduation exercises   may 29 1926 the daily herald   biloxi high school   june 4 1927 the daily herald   biloxi school regulation is aired in court   january 14 1928 the daily herald   biloxi schools complete term   may 25 1928 the daily herald   fiftyone seniors of biloxi hi school receive diplomas   may 26 1928 the daily herald   biloxi high school graduating class of 1928 and officials  photo     may 26 1928 the daily herald   colored graduation   may 30 1928 the daily herald   biloxi teachers plan for summer   may 30 1928 the daily herald   plans for new school gym received   september 7 1928 the daily herald   biloxi this weekend dedicates new city buildings   january 17 1929 the daily herald   cornerstone is laid by masons   january 17 1929 the daily herald   ht howard is conspicious in the progress of city   january 17 1929 the daily herald   high school gym modern   january 17 1929 the daily herald   pta of biloxi schools active   january 17 1929 the daily herald   another beautiful building added to biloxi school chain   january 17 1929 the daily herald   new school evident need   january 17 1929 the daily herald   growth of city school system   january 17 1929 the daily herald   manuel and wetzel build gymnasium   january 17 1929 the daily herald   growth of new school homes   january 17 1929 the daily herald   music stressed in schools   january 17 1929 the daily herald   reasons for negro school   january 17 1929 the daily herald   dedication of first biloxi schools takes place in 1888   january 17 1929 the daily herald   every room in school wired   january 17 1929 the daily herald   summer school will oen in biloxi june 3   may 24 1929 the daily herald   50 graduate at biloxi high   june 1 1929  19301939 the daily herald   commencement of biloxi high   may 31 1930 the daily herald   biloxi high school graduate   may 31 1930 the daily herald   largest class in history finishes   may 21 1931 the daily herald   death takes wm gorenflo   february 17 1932 the daily herald   impressive service of wm gorenflo sr   february 19 1932 the daily herald   closing plans of biloxi hi   may 6 1932 the daily herald   gorenflo dedication   may 25 1932 the daily herald   74 graduates in open air exercises   may 28 1932 the daily herald   biloxi high school valedictorian   may 26 1933 the daily herald   class night celebrated   may 26 1933 the daily herald   graduation tonight   may 26 1933 the daily herald   59 graduate from biloxi hi   may 27 1933 the daily herald   john dacey makes highest biloxi high school record   may 29 1933 the daily herald   dacey wins gorgas contest in state    may 25 1933 the daily herald   biloxi cwa school work starts monday   january 16 1934 the daily herald   class night and reception is held at biloxi high school   may 25 1934 the daily herald   65 biloxians will graduate   may 26 1934 the daily herald     19 the daily herald     19 the daily herald   largest class in history graduate from biloxi hi   may 25 1935 the daily herald     19 the daily herald     19 the daily herald   79 biloxi high graduates   may 29 1937 the daily herald   first in class  john elmer dacey 19161991     may 3 1938 the daily herald   biloxi graduates receive diplomas   may 28 1938 the daily herald   school principal  ethel arguelles  dies   july 28 1938 the daily herald   biloxi high class night   may 31 1939 the daily herald   biloxi high school students speakers at rotary meeting   may 31 1939 19401949 the daily herald   patriotic theme at graduation   may 24 1940 the daily herald   diplomas for 84 biloxi seniors   may 24 1941 the daily herald   seniors biloxi colored school program friday   may 29 1941 the daily herald   ditto gives 84 seniors diplomas   may 29 1941 the daily herald   71 graduate at biloxi 31 in armed forces   may 31 1941 the daily herald   vocational work outlined to lions   september 21 1941 the daily herald   100 bhs seniors graduate in open air excercise   may 28 1943 the daily herald   chicago band accepts challenge biloxi high school   april 19 1946 the daily herald   new  george a wimberly 19201996  band director reports at biloxi   october 22 1946 the daily herald   ditto resigns superintendent biloxi schools   october 30 1946 the daily herald     marion  carpenter named sha band director   october 30 1946 the daily herald   mrs michel gives up principal post   june 5 1947 the daily herald   barrrett officially assumes duties as biloxi high principal   june 9 1947 the daily herald    92 seniors to get diplomas tonight   may 26 1949 the daily herald   know your policeman fireman and teacher  wayne t sandefur     september 14 1949 19501959 the daily herald   seven new teachers elected at biloxi   may 30 1950 the daily herald   leo muller submits resignation as head biloxi junior high   may 31 1950 the daily herald   107 seniors get diplomas at biloxi high school closing program   june 2 1950 the daily herald   name mrs clower acting principal junior hi school   august 15 1950 p 8 the daily herald   award contract for new west end school   june 6 1951 the daily herald   school official  mary l michel 18871952  of biloxi dies in new orleans   february 19 1952 the daily herald   17 graduates from colored high school   june 5 1952 p 6 the daily herald   dr harris cook former biloxi principal dies   june 7 1952 the daily herald   more opportunities will be afforded if new school is built   june 25 1952 p 1 the daily herald   optimists  club  back bond issue for junior hi site   june 25 1952 p 12 the daily herald   dudley andrews valedictorian at bilxi high school   may 13 1953 the daily herald   miss scarborough queen of biloxi high homecoming   october 31 1953 p 7 the daily herald   biloxi school expansion begun by school board   april 26 1955 the daily herald   top honors for biloxi students today   may 11 1955 the daily herald   500000 school construction to start at biloxi   ocotber 8 1958 the daily herald   biloxi school board gets  seashore methodist  assembly land   january 20 1959 the daily herald   awards contract for 1455363 for high school   december 4 1959 the daily herald     19  19601969 the daily herald   students begin first week at new high school   march 4 1961 the daily herald   biloxi school mix plan is submitted   july 15 1964 p 1 the daily herald     justin thomas  meaut retires from schools after 50 years   august 28 1964 p 16 the daily herald   first grade at biloxi integrated   august 31 1964 p 1 the daily herald   new classrooms   february 2 1966 p 11 the daily herald   new addition biloxi high school almost complete   september 1 1964 p 11 the daily herald     19 the timespicayune   bid opening set in school work   april 21 1960  20002009 the sun herald     200 the sun herald     200 the sun herald     200 the sun herald     200 the sun herald     200  20102019 the sun herald     201 the sun herald     201 the sun herald   skelton honored by biloxi schools   october 26 2011 p a8 the sun herald     201 the sun herald     201  biloxi  p ublic schools   1898back bay ward school gorenflo school  located on the west side of main street between bradford street and bayview avenue in august 1893 wf gorenflo was adjudicated two parcels of land on main street by the chancery court of harrison county mississippi the future back bay school site was situated on the tract which was described as 550 feet northsouth on the west side of main street and 76 feet eastwest bounded on the north and west by the estate of f moran on the south by gaspard didier and on the west by main street harco ms minute bk 4 p 529 the land for the back bay school was donated by william f gorenflo 18441932 the building was erected with funds provided by william km dukate 18521916 and donated to the city on september 6 1898 a school in this section of biloxi was desperately needed and sincerely appreciated by the back bay residents  the biloxi daily herald september 7 1898 p 4  in early october 1898 mrs senhora dodd booth was the first teacher assigned to the back bay school the new furniture for the structure had not arrived and old seats were temporarily installed in school the biloxi daily herald october 2 1898 p 8 attendance at the commencement of the school in october 1898 was fortyseven students the biloxi daily herald october 5 1898 p 8  faculty   1910 miss alma ritch began her teaching career in september 1910 at the back bay school she was one of four new instructors in the biloxi school system her salary was 40 per month miss ritch taught first and second grade at this time miss winnie gorenflo was the principal miss ethel dismukes the other instructor taught art the daily herald september 9 1910 p 4  1914 edwin w wetzel  18771953 was awarded the  contract by the city of biloxi to erect a 900 squareft annex  to the  back bay school  an additional teacher for the next term will be added as many pupils were unable to attend the school due to lack of facilities and overcrowding in its two class rooms the daily herald july 28 1914 p 2  1915 in september 1915 faculty consisted of miss katie henley principal and miss alma ritch ione dulion and caroline gilbert the daily herald september 3 1915 p 1  1921 in september 1921 faculty consisted of miss alma ritch principal miss priscilla ritch miss grace hightower miss ione dulion and miss veronica lacaze the daily herald september 12 1921 p 1  1929 sale in august 1929 john j kennedy mayor of biloxi conveyed the school building occupied as a school by the city of biloxi and known as the gorenflo school to rt reverend bishop ro gerow catholic bishop of the diocese of natchez for 250 the sale included all of the fixtures attachments plumbing lighting etc harco ms land deed bk 182 pp 510511 in september 1926 prior to the sale the roman catholic parish of st john s commenced utilizing the building for a parochial school it was staffed by the sisters of mercy from their reynoir street convent this marked the fourth roman catholic school in biloxi as the sacred heart school and academy our mother of sorrows and st michael s had opened previously a fifth st theresa s was to be built shortly  the daily herald august 28 1926 p 2  the city of biloxi sold the back bay ward school to bishop ro gerow bishop of the natchez diocese for 250 in august 1929 in the deed the structure is described as the gorenflo school the sale included all fixtures attachments pluming lighting etc harco ms land deed bk 182 pp 510511 in september 1926 prior to the sale the roman catholic parish of st john s commenced utilizing the building for a parochial school it was staffed by the sisters of mercy from their reynoir street convent this marked the fourth roman catholic school in biloxi as the sacred heart school and academy our mother of sorrows and st michael s had opened previously a fifth st theresa s was to be built shortly  the daily herald august 28 1926 p 2    references  the biloxi daily herald  october 2 1898 p 8 the biloxi daily herald  october 5 1898 p 8 the daily herald  september 9 1910 the daily herald    back bay school building going up   july 28 1914 the daily herald  september 3 1915 the daily herald  september 12 1921 the daily herald   biloxi has new school   august 28 1926  forest park 1898    references  the biloxi herald     1900 the biloxi daily herald     190 the biloxi daily herald     190 the daily herald     1900  howard  primary school   1898    references    the biloxi herald     june 5 1900 the biloxi daily herald     190 the biloxi daily herald     190 the daily herald     19   gorenflo the approximate 65 acres that would become the site of the 1924 gorenflo school on lameuse street was once the john comstock bradford 18551928 homestead he acquired this parcel from his mother burrisa jane elder bradford 18301917 for 200 in february 1898 harco ms land deed bk 37 p 475 in june 1923 jc bradford conveyed his large lameuse street tract to the trustees of the biloxi city schools wf gorenflo 18441932 wj grant 18751932 elbert l dukate susan snell tonsmeire 18791953 and lille bourdon devitt 18841951 for 10000 harco ms land deed bk 138 pp 466467 here in 19231924 a school building designed by architect carl e matthes 18961972 was erected called back bay elementary school its area of educational responsibility included all north of the l n railroad from caillavet to lee street including the east side of caillavet and the west side of lee north of division bounded by caillavet and seal the first school year when classes commenced in early september 1924 the faculty consisted of miss alma ritch principal and 1st grade miss evelyn mcshane 1st grade miss pricilla ritch 2nd and 3rd grades miss lizette mackie 3rd and 4th grades miss irma l harvey 18981965 4th and 5th grades miss veronica lacaze english geography spelling 6th 7th and 8th grades miss inez rich arithmetic history writing 6th 7th and 8th grades the daily herald september 9 1924 p 3  1925 facultymiss alma ritch principal 1st grade evelyn mcshane 1st and 2nd grade prisicilla ritch 2nd and 3rd grades lizette mackie 3rd and 4th grades veronica lacaze penmanship spelling physical education and music for the 6th 7th and 8th grades mrs hh roof arithmetic geography hygiene and civics for the 6th 7th and 8th grades mary will dent english and history for the 6th 7th and 8th grades the daily herald august 31 1925 p 3  1964 as a result of litigation describes as   gilbert r mason v the biloxi municipal school district   a plan was submitted to federal authorities  to desegregate the 1st grade in biloxi public schools for the 19641965 school year 15 biloxi schools were effected  the pupil population in the 19631964 school year was 8169 students with 1255 students being colored the daily herald july 15 1964 p 1  the 1st grade at gorenflo  7  dukate   4  lopez   3 and  jeff davis  2 elementary public schools at biloxi  were integrated on  august 31st  by 16 negro children 12 girls and 4 boys the daily herald august 31 1964 p 1  1974 the  gorenflo publc school on lameuse street caught fire  on april the conflagration originated in the cafeteria and destroyed the cafeteria library auditorium teachers lounge principal s office and four classrooms in the main school building  damages were estimated at 1 million dollars  the daily herald october 9 1975 p c1  1975 repairs to the firedamaged gorenflo school were 40 per cent completed  the 508 students in grades 16 were attending classes in 19 classrooms with 20 teachers the daily herald october 9 1975 p c1  references    beauvoir elementary   references  daily herald     the daily herald     the daily herald     1961 biloxi high school  bids were opened at the auditorium situated in the mary l michel junior high school for the new biloxi high school in early december 1959 the school board awarded the 1455 363 contract for its construction to ge bass and company of jackson mississippi the new high school was one of many building projects in the school board s long range agenda classes commenced at the new biloxi high school on father ryan avenue on march 1 1961 with an attendance of about 930 students new courses will be added in basic electricity automotive mechanics semanship latin iii the daily herald march 4 1943 p 1  references  the daily herald   awards contract for 1455363 for high school   december 4 1959 the daily herald     the daily herald  students begin first week at new high school   march 4 1961  biloxi high school class 1961    our old school now site of the biloxi publix library and civic center   the biloxi high school class of 1961 had the distinction of being the last class to attend the old biloxi high school on east howard avenue and the first to graduate from the new biloxi high school on father ryan neither school exists today in the capacity as a high school the howard avenue campus was demolished and is now the site of the 2011 biloxi public library and community centre the father ryan avenue school converted to a junior high school when the newest biloxi high school opened on popps ferry road in 2003 it may be hard for today s students to grasp that the howard avenue campus was never air conditioned or integrated    mr bhskent friedman and miss mary carolyn bennett  from the daily herald december 22 1960   the daily herald june 3 1961 p 8    classmate and teacher deaths   gerald lynn adams 19432015  age 72 years was born march 23 1943 at pascagoula mississippi to nolan edwards adams 19121982 and alma a saucier 19232016 he passed away on july 8 2015 gerald was preceded in death by his father nolan edward adams survivors include his mother alma a adams a son jarvis adams and 2 siblings kim adams and larry adams mr adams served 4 years in the air force where he was trained as a mechanic he owned and operated his own battery service business and alternator and starter rebuilding service he was of the presbyterian faith and enjoyed listening to higher positive thinking preachers especially robert shular who wrote the book power of positive thinking mr adams enjoyed tending to cats and strays woodworking various pet projects and listening to zippo on a morning radio show he had a special interest in space and he wanted to be an astronomer he was also excited by technology and future tech like robots a graveside service will be thursday july 16 2015 at 900 am in floral hills memorial gardens the sun herald july 15 2015  betty rose allen suarez 19422004  born on september 30 1942 she wedded john roy suarez on march 23 1965 in harrison county mississippi they were the parents of kevin suarez john roy suarez jr michel suarez and angel suarez harco ms mrb 129 p 50 betty rose allen suarez expired at las vegas nevada on december 14 2004 her corporal remains were interred in the southern nevada veterans memorial cemetery  the las vegas reviewjournal december 19 2004 p b6    lee anna allen tesch 19431983  born at biloxi mississippi on september 18 1943 the daughter of overton allen and elizabeth carroll lee anna married reginald gotjen at biloxi on december 17 1961 harco ms mrb 120 p 488 one son mark gotjen married o neal two sons joe o neal and rafe o neal married thomas tesche expired on february 22 1983 at canton connecticut of cancer    faye g babuchna wells freeman  74 of d iberville mississippi went to be with the lord on friday may 4 2018 in ocean springs mississippi mrs freeman was born in biloxi mississippi to the late paul babuchna sr and nettie babuchna she received her associate s degree from perkinston junior college faye was a loving homemaker for many years and later served and retired from the mississippi department of corrections mrs freeman was preceded in death by her parents and her late spouse elmer jimmy or ej wells jr left to honor her memory she is survived by her loving husband emile freeman son randall scott wells daughter cheryl wells alexander stepchildren gia dwight newell and alva foy grandchild ashley sue alexander stepgrandchildren dylan newell nicolaus foy austin foy brother paul babuchna jr and sister ann lee friends may visit at the ocean springs chapel of bradfordo keefe funeral home from 1000 am until 1200 pm on tuesday may 8 2018 a service will follow immediately in the chapel the sun herald may 6 2018  anthony rufinus barhonovich jr  19432016 age 73 of biloxi died saturday april 30 2016 mr barhonovich was a lifelong resident of biloxi he was a veteran of the us navy and retired as a senior chief he also was a civil service worker at the seabee base he is preceded in death by his parents anthony and ruth barhonovich and brother alan barhonovich survivors include his two brothers glen barhonovich and laverl barhonovich several nephews a niece and great nephews a graveside service will be held on friday may 6 2016 at biloxi national cemetery at 1000 am the howard avenue chapel of bradfordo keefe funeral home is in charge of arrangements the sun herald may 3 2016  john t bloodworth john thomas bloodworth was the son of james curtiss bloodworth 19151968 and pearl blair 19211999 he was probably a native of arkansas john was survived by curtis eugene bloodworth 19492016 a brother  stephen steve p bowen 19432005  born october 24 1943 to stephen bowen and violet puzz bowen 19242006 steve lived memphis tennessee and retired to sardis panola county mississippi where he expired on july 25 2005 his mother died here on february 10 2006 her corporal remains were passed through st john s roman catholic church and interred in the rose hill cemetery  the daily herald february 14 2006    hillman q breland  19292005 was born august 31 1929 at mississippi he expired at columbia mississippi on april 26 2005 coach breland came to biloxi central junior high school in the late 1950s and coach football and taught physical education he later became linebacker coach for the biloxi indians and taught driver s training  jerrilyn marie broussard barrett   19432006  born biloxi mississippi the daughter of mr broussard and susan audrey migues broussard moore 19232002 age 63 years died saturday december 9 2006 at methodist hospital in houston texas jerrilyn was an avid bridge player she was a life master with the american contract bridge league acbl mrs barrett is preceded in death by her parents w oland moore 19221994 and sue moore of biloxi mississippi she is survived by husband warren barrett of pearland texas two brothers randy moore of picayune mississipppi and scott moore and his wife carol of san antonio texas a celebration of her life will be held at 100 pm tuesday december 12 2006 in the chapel of southpark funeral home rite of committal will follow in southpark cemetery southpark funeral home and cemetery 1310 north main street pearland texas 77581 2814852711   the sun herald december 11 2006 p a    carol dianne fortenberry bosarge 19432011  born biloxi mississippi on november 24 1943 married ellis bosarge in harrison county mississippi on may 4 1964 carol expired on january 23 2011 at newberry alachua county florida harrison co mississippi circuit court mrb 126 p 570  dean alexis boudreaux  19432018   born biloxi mississippi dean alexis boudreaux ocean springs mississippi age 75 years passed away fri may 18 2018 visit thur may 24 12pm1pm ocean springs chapel of bradford o keefe followed by 130pm graveside biloxi national the sun herald may 22 2018  john d byrd john d johnny byrd  tn  19432020   age 76 of biloxi passed away at his home on february 3 2020 he was preceded in death by his parents edgar and helen byrd and 2 brothers curtis byrd and david byrd he is survived by a daughter tara pease chuck a son jonathan byrd ginger his siblings pat byrd terry laurence byrd marguerite allen scotty and nancy phillips david 4 grandchildren james edgar douglas byrd emma annette byrdbarnes tim helen elizabeth lizi byrd and faith scarlett byrd former spouse dorothy a byrd 2 sistersinlaw lila byrd and susan byrd and numerous nieces nephews other relatives and friendsmr byrd was a lifelong resident of biloxi and was a graduate of biloxi high school usm history and science and a med from william carey university he was a teacher at fernwood middle school st martin middle school and mercy cross catholic high school and served as a guidance counselor at d iberville middle school he was an active member at the episcopal church of the redeemer member and past master of magnolia lodge 120 in biloxi and anne grayson eastern star chapter in biloxi he was an avid reader and had a love and passion for astronomy history and studying the bible he enjoyed sharing these loves with everyone and he never met a strangervisitation will be on friday february 7 2020 from 5 7 pm at the riemann family funeral home 274 beauvoir road biloxi a mass will be celebrated at 10 am on saturday at the episcopal church of the redeemer 1904 popps ferry road biloxi masonic rites will be administered following the service in the church  patricia diane carpenter 19432011  known to all of us as diane she passed at biloxi mississippi on may 4 2011 diane had matriculated to usm after graduation and married a gentleman from new jersey she began raising horses and later became a trainer of thoroughbreds diane ran the sundance stable at churchill downs lexington kentucky from the late 1970s to the late 1980s her ability to train and her alent to evaluate the potential of throughbred colts led to her success in the competitive world of horse racing diane among her many career racing successes had two horses run in the kentucky derby  biloxi indian in 1984 and kingpost in 1988 they finished this classic event 12 th and 14 th respectively diane was elected a beauty in her senior year at bhs in addition she was secretary of student council national honor society member vocal music club member member of the future homemakers club and was cocaptain of the pep squad ray l bellande and jackie tabbmay 2011 the sun herald may 20 2011 p d1  billy welch  image made 1986 and courtesy of jackie tabb  william t bill castanera  19432010 also known as billy welch  born biloxi mississippi on august 28 1943 to theodore b castanera and bessie p welch 19141989 bill expired at the tidelands hospice from cancer at pawleys island south carolina on april 18 2010 married patricia castanera retired to pawleys island from northern virginia veteran of the usaf and father of two daughters candelyn sue c bond and gina marie c mcdaniels  the sun herald april 20 2010 p a    william henry billy creel 19432001   born at biloxi mississippi on may 7 1943 the youngest of the six sons of ja tony creel and gladys ward married leila ellen smith in february 1965 and the father of kena kaye creel kristen creel lauren e creel william h creel ii and jamie keith creel coast tourism leader senior director of operations at the isle of capri at the time of his demise on november 24 2001 burial in the biloxi city cemetery  troy m davis 19432006  born at biloxi mississippi the son of rufus frank davis and eva ladnier davis wells survived by wayne davis and gwen davis guice siblings expired on september 14 2006 at biloxi mississippi corporal remains interred in the d iberville memorial park cemetery d iberville harrison county mississippi  the sun herald september 17 2006 p a12    carolyn m broadus lynch   linda mae broussard gavin 19431999  born at biloxi mississippi on january 30 1943 the daughter of neonce j broussard and nellie j marlborough married and divorced jerry gavin expired at biloxi on january 10 1999  arnell jacobina desilvey knowles 19421986  born at biloxi mississippi on july 1 1942 the daughter of john a desilvey and domena gospodinovich expired at key west florida on november 3 1986 interred in the biloxi city cemetery  claudette m doucet van winkle   don wayne dubaz 19421996  born at biloxi mississippi on september 10 1942 the son of luke j dubaz jr 19222001 and irene theriot 19241984 two children ann dubaz and donald wayne dubaz ii navy veteran and retired from ingalls shipbuilding corp expired from a heart attack on 11161996 remains interred at the biloxi national cemetery  edwin earl duncan jr 19391992  born november 11 1939 the son of edwin duncan 19181986 a native of hendricks county indiana and lorine l duncan ee duncan dr died on january 15 1986 jr expired october 10 1992  mary ann dunn acevedo  19432014 born 1943 at biloxi to otto j dunn  19131981 and mamie holland  19171982 mary ann acevedo age 70 of biloxi passed away on saturday april 5 2014 mary ann was a lifelong resident of the coast she was preceded in death by her parents otto and mamie holland dunn exhusbands howard earl monk sr 19342005 and robert michael acevedo  19321992 and son  pete james acevedo  19632003 m shawn marie glass mary ann was survived by her children  belene anita acevedo m ronald truitt meeks  paul acevedo   robin lynn acevedo  and yvette acevedo m dominick cvitanovich and michael and grandchildren matthew megan lauren and devon and former husband anthony christopher taranto the howard avenue chapel of bradfordo keefe funeral home is in charge of arrangements the sun herald on apr 13 2014 p a13 and april 2 2003 p a8  wayne eleuterius  19432018 was born at biloxi on november 10 1943 he is believed to have expired at shreveport louisiana in the fall of 2018  deanna marie fayard windom  19432008 born 1943 at biloxi mississippi the daughter of marshall fayard 19101957 and helen ibele fayard 19132007 deanna was reared on bradford street between reynoir and church street she married harold a windom of biloxi circa 1962 their children were terri windom flowers celeste windom mcneil harold a windom ii and michael windom deanna expired at biloxi on august 21 2008 her corporal remains were interred in the biloxi cemetery  the sun herald august 23 2008 p a4    gloria ferrill kornman  19422012 was born november 18 1942 at biloxi mississippi to herbert ferrill 19091961 and lucille marie olier ferrill 19161998 following graduation from bhs she married charles edward kornman in harrison county mississippi on october 21 1961 they were the parents of charles e chuck kornman jr paula kornman m bruce jerome rogers and charlene kornman m mr young gloria was preceded in death by her parents and siblings charles herbert ferrill 19341967 m patrica ann barnes glenda ferrill 19361936 and loralye ferrill ladner 19392009 m edward donald w ladner gloria f kornman was survived by her children and a sister janet marie ferrill thiroux m james albert billy thiroux her corporal remains were interred in the family cemetery called almost heaven the sun herald may 15 2012 p a6  john hollister field  19412013 age 72 years of biloxi mississippi passed away sunday march 17 2013 in biloxi john was born march 3 1941 in galveston texas to eugene and kay field he spent his early childhood traveling with his family throughout the u s and europe due to his father s service in the u s air force he graduated from biloxi high school in 1961 and received a bachelor s degree in criminology from the university of louisville he married the love of his life becky and together they raised thier children in their lifelong home on bay vista drive john was a bell south technician in the 1960s he was a lieutenant in the biloxi police department which was the profession he cherished the most he served as an investigator for the district attorney s office in the mid 1980 s alongside his beloved wife becky he owned and operated tri city communications john loved his children grandchildren and pets and enjoyed the time spent with them he cherished the time he spent watching them grow up and playing sports he loved taking long drives along the coast to admire it s beauty as well as fishing and keeping company with his family and friends one of his favorite things was attending biloxi high school football games and cheering for the university of alabama roll tide john was a loving and caring friend to all he met he had soft warm and gentle eyes and an inviting smile for everyone john was preceded in death by his wife of 36 years rebecca becky land field and his parents eugene h and kay field survivors include his son gregory h field daughter tamara mcneil sisters carol beachem gena dougharty and carla marie field five grandchildren justin gunther t j bell justin mcneil zachary mcneil and dylan mcneil and his adored dog qtip a special thank you to his extended family harry and dana moskowitz and their children for all the love and care they provided throughout the years funeral services will be 12 noon thursday march 21 2013 at bradfordo keefe funeral home 2511 pass road in biloxi where friends may visit from 1000 am until service time  atha m foster  19282008 born april 10 1928 at maben mississippi atha matriculated to mississippi state university after serving in the us navy and received a master s degree in education at biloxi high school he taught us history and government for many years mr foster was preceded in death by elizabeth foster atha s corporal remains were interred in the biloxi national cemetery  the sun herald september 28 2008 p a12    lonnie steve gabrich  19402010 born at biloxi mississippi on december 9 1940 the son of alonzo l gabrich 18941948 and vetsie sekul 19152002 alonzo l gabrich was police chief of biloxi when he died in 1948 lonnie was a biloxi police officer from 1967 until 1974 he married lenka alena bakulich in november 1967 and had three children ellen m gabrich zorich alonzo peter gabrich and diana gabrich memorial mass was celebrated for his life on june 14 2010 at the marian chapel of nbvm cathedral in biloxi mississippi  the sun herald june 12 2010 p a10    robert bob o garrison  19282001 born at fort wayne indiana bob garrison played varsity basketball for usm in the 1950s coached basketball and physical education at biloxi high school from the late 1950s until the late 1960s coach garrison died april 15 2001 at raymond mississippi he had married gaynell sumrall 19342003 a native of sumrall mississippi circa 1957 probably interred in the first baptist cemetery in sumrall mississippi with gaynell  the sun herald september 21 2003 p a9    jerry lawrence gavin 19432021   jerry l gavin age 77 died on tuesday april 27 2021 mr gavin was born in biloxi ms on may 10 1943 he attended biloxi schools and grew up on back bay and the point he served in the united states army during the time of the vietnam war and was honorably discharged in 1970 he then began a varied career which included steeplejack work on the greater new orleans bridge and the superdome he also worked with bechtel corporation where he became a foreman in the application of extreme temperature paint systems those projects included mobile oil drilling rigs to be employed in alaskan waters and rocket launch pads at vandenberg air force base in california and cape canaveral in florida his bechtel employment resulted in jobs in the us virgin islands borneo south korea and several sites in the united states he enjoyed traveling and playing golf mr gavin was preceded in death by his parents howard dudie gavin and leila reid gavin hebert and by his wife linda broussard gavin he is survived by siblings donald gavin judy michael gavin demple jeanette gavindelahoussaye jerry carroll hebert millie and sandra hebertlocke casey and many nieces and nephews who dearly loved him as per his request there will be no formal services family will conduct a private celebration of life at a later date bradfordo keefe funeral home biloxi is honored to serve the family of jerry gavin toni darlene ellis glavin 19441970     joe gill 19411976  john paul joe gill 19411976  born december 4 1941 at biloxi mississippi joe was a fabulous football and track and field athlete he played quarterback for biloxi central jr high school and end on the biloxi high school team joe married and divorced barbara costello  they were the parents of three children shea gill shellie gill and cherrie gill joe gill married sandra kaye jones gill english  19412006 while barbara wedded walter nixon jr joe gill expired november 14 1976 his corporal remains were interred in the serenity memorial gardens in pascagoula mississippi  the daily herald november 15 1976 p a2    zenobia nobi gill 19432017  zenobia nobi gill faul  19432017 age 73 went home to her lord and savior on monday january 2 2017 while surrounded by her loved ones near and far at her home in gulfport nobi was born at biloxi on 13 march 1943 she was reared on caillavet street abd attended gorenflo elementary and graduated from biloxi high in 1961 and later moved to gulfport to start a family and raise her three beloved sons she was retired civil service working 30 years at keesler air force base mrs faul was a member of handsboro united methodist church and used her lovely voice to sing god s praises with the choir she held dual memberships with the order of the eastern star ann grayson chapter in biloxi and harmony chapter in gulfport nobi was preceded in death by her father floyd gill her mother zenobia gill her brother arthur gill and four stepbrothers joseph irving vernon and john gill she is survived by three brothers charlie gill jerry gill and russell gill her husband of 51 years carlos faul sr three sons carlos faul jr nancy floyd faul and david faul beth and seven grandchildren ashley mary lexi gregory claire bryan and maggie a celebration of life service will be held at 2 pm sunday february 5th 2017 at first baptist church gulfport in lieu of flowers the family requests memorials made to alzheimer s dementia research  edward e ginger gingerella jr  19432013 age 69 passed away on october 9 2013 in tazewell tennessee ginger was born on october 11 1943 in biloxi mississippi he was a graduate of biloxi high school class of 1961 he served in the united states navy and retired from ingalls shipbuilding ed ginger lived in tazewell tn for several years where he enjoyed fishing hunting gardening and other outdoor activities in the foothills of the cumberland mountains ed ginger was preceded in death by his parents edward e ginge rella sr and bernice burton gingerella and soninlaw ferris j derouen he is survived by his wife wanda yeary gingerella tazewell tn son edward e gingerella iii and wife april gautier ms daughter tammy gingerella derouen broken arrow ok stepson josh nix and wife lydia grabill in and four granddaughters he is also survived by an uncle floyd burton lucedale ms and an old navy buddy jim morris nc due to extended illness the family requests that in lieu of flowers make donations to coffey funeral home to help family with funeral expenses the family will receive friends from 1200 noon until 200 pm sunday october 13 2013 at coffey funeral home chapel with funeral service to follow at 200 pm sunday in the coffey funeral home chapel burial in the yeary family cemetery  francis ray gollott 19421993  born july 10 1942 to luther daniel ld gollott and mary lawrence gollott foster died november 16 1993  dolores ann gonsoulin   ann gryder bryant anderson  19422015 mrs ann annie gryder anderson age 72 of biloxi mississippi passed away on friday february 13 2015 in gulfport mrs anderson was born in biloxi and was a lifelong resident of the coast she was a member of the first presbyterian church of ocean springs she was preceded in death by her parents wc gryder jr and annie jewel brown gryder survivors include her daughter elizabeth ann bryant son william gryder bryant and grandchildren bruce joel sledge gabriel neil bryant william gryder bryant jr christopher harold bryant and jody graveside service will be held at 11am on wednesday february 18 2015 at evergreen cemetery in ocean springs the ocean springs chapel of bradford o keefe funeral home is in charge of arrangements the sun herald february 17 2015 p a4  maynard v hacker ii  19432003 ii was born at biloxi mississippi on august 14 1943 the son of maynard hacker 19191973 from el centro california and gloria ozella lee hacker robertson 19261994 his parents married on october 2 1942 in harrison county mississippi harrison co mississippi circuit court mrb 57 p 352 maynard was an outstanding debater while at bhs and millsaps college he was retired advertising executive at the time of his demise at birmingham alabama on january 20 2003 he attended millsaps college and was a member of the order of demolay maynard was survived by a sister kathryn h stankovic of richmond virginia  the daily herald november 23 1962 p 16 and the sun herald january 25 2003 p a9    ron hargett  19432013  ronald lloyd hargett  19432013 age 69 years passed away at his home in little rock arkansas on june 11 2013 he is predeceased by his parents lloyd and betty hargett and his grandparents ron is survived by his l oving wife belinda massey hargett two daughters tracy alexander randy elise hargett rob teston three grandchildren savanna and india gonzales cruz rigler one sister lynn murden jim cousins jim lumpkin jelaine mickey mangun anthony and tanya nordstrom ron was born in columbus georgia on november 2 1943 graduated from biloxi high school and attended the university of southern mississippi he worked at jones floor covering in pensacola florida living in gulf breeze for 20 years he later retired to little rock arkansas visitation and funeral services will be at word aflame fellowship 7800 interstate 30 little rock arkansas friday june 14 2013 visitation will be 1030 am noon with the celebration of his life immediately following reverends james lumpkin jr and larry webb will officiate interment will be in maumelle arkansas at riverwood memorial gardens in lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to word aflame fellowship arrangements are being made by rollerdrummond funeral home 10900 interstate 30 little rock arkansas 72209  charles thomas harrison sr  19432011 born on october 29 1943 at biloxi mississippi the son of curtis richardson harrison sr 19101978 and blanche fayard harrison 19152000 charles married euple kathleen broom at biloxi on august 19 1964 they were the parents of charlotte harrison newman and charles t harrison jr at biloxi charles t harrison continued in the harrison family traditional business of real estate and commercial and residential leasing and rentals charles expired at biloxi on october 21 2011 he corporal remians were interred in the biloxi city cemetery the sun herald october 23 2011 and october 24 2011 p a6 and harrison co mississippi circuit court mrb 127 p 443  douglas a hebert  19422014 douglas anthony hebert age 72 years passed away wednesday august 13 2014 doug was born in new orleans la on december 20 1942 but was a lifelong resident of biloxi ms growing up on point cadet doug graduated from biloxi high school he served in the us army and served a tour of duty in vietnam doug had a long work history in the shipbuilding industry for several shipyards on the coast he was recently a selfemployed property investor doug loved fishing being outdoors and in recent year walking the ocean springs bridge because he did not want to get old like his friends doug enjoyed spending time with family and especially his two grandsons chris and brennan doug is preceded in death by his mother leona derouen richie his father vallex j hebert sr brother vallex j hebert jr and stepmother leila hebert doug is survived by his wife mary nathalon hebert son chris hebert janna daughter sheila hebert grandsons chris kangas and brennan hebert sisters mary bailey robin and sandra locke brother carroll hebert millie sistersinlaw jeannie doser gene cindy saxton billy dorthy king terry and connie marodis ted and also many nieces nephews and many friends doug never met a stranger and was always caring for others and he will be greatly missed by family and friends he was loved by all visitation will be held on sunday august 17 2014 from 5 to 8 pm a service will be held at 10 am on monday august 18 2014 all at bradfordo keefe funeral home on howard avenue in biloxi interment will follow at biloxi national cemetery in biloxi  reginald reggie m hebert  19432015 mr reginald michael hebert age 71 years of mobile alabama passed away on monday june 8 2015 in mobile mr hebert was a lifelong resident of the coast he was preceded in death by his wife sandra miller hebert parents augusta williams hebert and edwin shine hebert granddaughter amanda stringfellow and sisters carolyn hebert fowlkes and janelle hebert bass survivors include three daughters angela meeker regina nelson and shellie roy son benjamin michael hebert sister brenda hebert elmer brother edwin mark mary jo hebert 4 grandchildren and 5 greatgrandchildren visitation will be on saturday june 13 from 10am until 11am at the ocean springs chapel of bradford o keefe funeral home after the visitation there will be a graveside service in evergreen cemetery the sun herald reginald m hebert june 10 2015  ted louis hebert  19432018 passed away peacefully on friday december 7 2018 t ed was born in biloxi on may 20 1943 to the late louis and bertha hebert he is survived by wife sharon schultz hebert sister charlotte clarke freeman of laguna hills ca brothers harry hebert peggy and mark anthony hebert nephews eric clark and jim clark pam and nieces stephanie hebert spinucci nick and amy hebert leroy andrew the howard avenue chapel of bradfordo keefe funeral home is in charge of arrangements the sun herald december9 2018  robert w hickey 19421991  born at biloxi mississippi on december 28 1942 the son of robert e hickey 19162004 and kathryne jane langenberry 19211997 robert married cheryl hanson 19451997 he expired at biloxi on june 28 1991 she passed on june 15 1997 both were interred at southern memorial park cemetery in biloxi as well as his parents  james c hickson jr 1943  born at biloxi mississippi on january 23 1943  ron hulbert 19432008  born at biloxi mississippi on october 15 1943 died at gulfport mississippi on june 12 2008 the son of billy hulbert and sarah cooper two children sara hulbert of biloxi and chris hulbert of baldwinsville new york  the sun herald june 14 2008 p a8    gaston j bud hungerford  19432016 born biloxi mississippi on march 28 1943 to edward a hungerford and marjorie hungerford toups and died august 17 2016 at biloxi bud was a graduate of biloxi high school and the university of southern mississippi he also served in the us army in addition to his parents bud was preceded in by his sister carolyn burton and niece margaret burton survivors include his brothers edward a deanna hungerford jr charles r dorothy hungerford both of biloxi sisters judy rhodes of biloxi and barbara tony lovretta of bradenton fl and numerous nieces and nephews the family would like to express special thanks to the biloxi va for the ongoing care he received at home and while he was a patient in the hospice unit and to all the staff members a special thanks and appreciation funeral service will be held on monday august 22 2016 at the howard avenue chapel of bradfordo keefe funeral home at 11am family and friends are invited to visit onehour prior interment will follow at biloxi national cemetery the sun herald august 20 2016  jackie hunt jackie fuzzy hunt  19432016 was born july 9 1943 he expired on 26 november 2016 at age 73 years while a resident of irving texas jackie left behind his chef pants and hawaiian shirts on in the comfort of his irving home surrounded by his loved ones in addition to his unique fashion sense he had a love of life fueled by an inexhaustible sense of humor and a giving spirit he reveled in hearing and telling a good story and a good joke he was the master of the dad joke and the occasional prank if there was laughter around he was usually in the middle of it he had a compassion for the less fortunate and he was willing to and on occasion actually did give the shirt off his back to help othershe graduated from delta state university in cleveland mississippi where he played on the football and baseball teams and there he met the love of his life sandra johnson hunt he grew up in biloxi mississippi one of six children of bartlo and mona hunt growing up on the gulf coast gave him a love of fishing and the open water a good celebration and barq s root beer he was the wellrespected owner of hunt consultants a commercial roofing company in the dfw area for many years before his retirement he was a man of strong faith a longtime member of first united methodist church in irving where he served in many leadership roles and continued as part of the wednesday work crew until his declining health prevented his participation he is survived by his wife of 49 years sandra hunt three children scott and wife valerie andy and wife michelle and amy evans and husband adam two granddaughters abby and alex evans brothers william clyde and bartlo hunt and sisters phyllis grant and romona huffstetter and numerous nieces and nephewsthe family requests memorial contributions be donated to michael j fox foundation for parkinson s research services are scheduled  at 11 am thursday  at first united methodist church of irving the sun herald november 2016  joan marie hunt gilbert joan hunt gilbert  january 23 1943 april 30 2019 passed away at home peacefully surrounded by her loved ones joan was a native and lifelong resident of the gulf coast and a member of st mary s catholic church in woolmarket she was previously employed at newberry s department store and bell south as a telephone switchboard operator and dispatcher she enjoyed countless happy times with family and friends on biloxi beach and tchoutacabouffa river joan was an avid bird watcher a hobby that she loved and passed down to younger generations she also enjoyed searching for genealogy and leaves behind priceless pieces of family history joan had a fun loving and an outgoing personality she loved to dance and sing a classic favorite cherry pie was often heard at family gatherings joanie bolonie easily entertained people with her quickwitted oneliners and funny jokes that sparked joy and laughter in those around her she was the life of the party and a true comedian cracking jokes until to the very end joan never met a stranger and anyone she did meet quickly became her friend to know joan was to love her she left a lasting impression joan lived life the way she wanted too and did not make excuses for it her children lovingly called her frank because she often said i did it my way yes she was stubborn but most of all she was loving she above all things valued god family honesty and hard work if you asked joan she would tell you without a doubt her children grandchildren and great granddaughter were her greatest joy in this life she was preceded in death by her parents george francis hunt iii and myrtle olier hunt sister barbara thibodeaux kenny grandson andrew gilbert and greatnephew tristan thibodeaux she is survived by her children kristy gilbert john patterson trudi johnson david george gilbert jenny her grandchildren garrett johnson alex white taylor mcguire chris grant johnson autumn gilbert kannon gilbert wendy  smith  kyle porter greatgranddaughter collins mcguire sister sherilyn saggus gerry and brother george hunt lola she is also survived by countless beloved nieces nephews godchildren friends and extended family that she dearly loved special note of thanks to mom s running buddies jimmy gilbert and sherry ladnier we greatly appreciate your love and commitment to her we couldn t have done it without you the family also would like to express heartfelt gratitude to the entire staff at kareinhome hospice and the singing river hospital sniff unit and rehab for their hard work dedication and kindness she is walking in heaven now may you all be blessed for the care you gave our mom in lieu of flowers the family requests donations in her honor be made to casa of harrison county to advocate for abused and neglected children and gulf coast women s center for nonviolence a private family mass was celebrated may 2 2019 at st mary s catholic church in woolmarket the howard avenue chapel of bradfordo keefe funeral home is in charge of arrangements  robert w jackson robert bobby wayne jackson  19432016 expired 23 november 2016 at ocean springs mississippi bobby married mildred millie ann demourelle a classmate in harrison county mississippi on 21 april 1963 they were the parents of two sons shane jackson and heath jackson bobby grew up on back bay on lameuse street he was a good athlete and was a miler on the bhs track team under coach brown bobby learned the plumbing trade while working with his fatherinlaw he and millie founded guaranted plumbing at ocean springs and lived on jackson avenue after they divorced shane and millie jackson continued in the plumbing business bobby was elected an alderman from ward at ocean springs and served one term  linda louise jermyn gibson braun 19432013   born june 29 1943 in indiana died at biloxi mississippi on october 9 2013 linda married ted william gibson in harrison county mississipii on august 31 1961 she married robert eugene braun b 1943 also in harrison county on june 29 1985 she was a resident of the gulf coast for over 68 years linda was a member of the episcopal church of the redeemer and a former employee of beneficial finance company linda was a member of the thursday card club she was preceded in death by her parents jason t jermyn 19181990 and florence oehms jermyn 19212004 linda is survived by her husband of 28 years bobby braun daughters tammy gary gibson freeman and jill braun curtis beam son trent lene braun sister brenda david szumigala brothers jason zeke jermyn matthew stephenie jermyn and mickey lynn jermyn six grandchildren colt angele beam austin freeman blake freeman sara beam ty braun and alayna braun and one great grandson liam beam mississippi circuit court mrb 119 p 527 and 2nd jd mrb 30 p 4 and the sun herald october 13 2013 p a12  william randy mcelroy 19422021  randy was born at biloxi on november 2 1942 here is william mcelroy s obituary please accept echovita s sincere condolences it is with great sadness that we announce the death of william mcelroy in ocean springs mississippi born in biloxi mississippi who passed away on july 29 2021 at the age of 78 leaving to mourn family and friends leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of william mcelroy to pay them a last tribute you may also light a candle in honor of william mcelroy he was predeceased by his parents james mcelroy and emrick mcelroy he is survived by his wife pam mcelroy of ocean springs his children karen ramsay sonny and david mcelroy heather of ocean springs his siblings mickey mcelroy jane of d iberville and carol ann crowninshield of west columbia sc and his grandchildren leigh beau lacey ducharme and conner mcelroy he is also survived by several nieces nephews and extended family the sun herald  rita johnson miller 19432002  born at hattiesbirg mississippi on march 27 1943 the daughter of laban l miller and frances ruth campbell married joe r miller two daughters lynn m brown and kimberly m wilson she passed on february 15 2002 and was interred in the southern memorial park cemetery at biloxi  the sun herald february 20 2002 p a7  judith nolan sparkman  19442010    judith judy sparkman age 65 died tuesday december 29 2009 at citrus memorial hospital judy was born in miami florida on july 14 1944 to the late earl chester nolan and eula cole cotton nolan judy was a homemaker and volunteered at jesus is ministries in inglis for over 30 years she enjoyed art pencil sketches and oil painting was a member of several local artist s guilds as well as garden and nature clubs her survivors include four sons frank michelle peterlin evansville in john peterlin crystal river fl robert ann marie peterlin sandy ut earl barkley cummingspeterlin heather evansville in and two daughters margaret judith ann peterlin daniel keniery alexandria va and zelda grey ny ny she was preceded in death by one daughter myrtle a celebration of life memorial service will be held at the jesus is ministries 42 daisy street inglis fl on tuesday jan 5 2010 at 1130 am the family requests donations to jesus is ministries inc po box 1110 inglis fl 344491110 in lieu of flowers chas e davis funeral home is in charge of arrangements the citrus county chronicle from dec 30 2009 to jan 5 2010  james wayne kenney  19432018 jimmy wayne kenney age 74 years of gulfport mississippi passed away sunday february 18 2018 in gulfport he was november 20 1943 in biloxi mississippi to edward john and beatrice louise manuel kenney he attended biloxi schools and was manager for the national food store he is preceded in death by his father edward john kenney and his son rickey wayne kenney mr kenney s survivors include his mother beatrice louise kenney and his siblings barbara kaderli linda keith hall john kenney cheryl cr aig andrews and danny cathy kenney funeral services will be held at the pass road chapel of bradfordo keefe funeral home friday february 23 2018 at 200 pm friends may visit from 100 pm until service time interment will follow at biloxi city cemetery  the sun herald february 21 2018    beverly juanita lopez 19432000    joyce e melvin davis 19421992  born at biloxi mississippi on december 31 1942 the daughter of lawrence joseph melvin and ola mae harbison melvin eustache married james harvey davis jr on august 19 1961 made her living as a bank teller four children gina d lehman joyce m davis angela d jimerson and james l davis she expired on february 13 1992 and was interred in the d iberville memorial park  warner olan lanny moore jr 19431991  born at biloxi mississippi to warner olan moore 19221994 and eda mae delacruz 19151999 lanny matriculated to the univesity of southern mississippi where he earned his bs and master s degrees he was awarded his doctorate degree from the university of alabama where he taught in the history department and was in charge of special student services lanny married katherine mitchell and was the father of two sons warner olan moore iii and brendan moore he died at tuscaloosa alabama on july 13 1991 and his corporal remains were interred in the tuscaloosa memorial park cemetery under the auspices of the episcopal church  patricia ann o brien ford 19432004  born at biloxi mississippi on august 20 1943 the daughter of fred damon o brien 18951958 and winnie morris 19001980 the widow of george h arguelles 18961934 pat graduated from mississippi state college for women with a degree in foods and nutrition she made her livelihood as a dietician married william ford they lived in texas after his demise she returned to biloxi in 1986 and volunteered in the history and genealogy section at the biloxi public library her siblings were joseph arguelles jack arguelles ivon arguelles and morris arguelles pat expired at biloxi on december 30 2004 her corporal remains were interred in the biloxi city cemetery  mary joanne olsen ballard 19432000  born at clearwater florida on september 21 1943 the daughter of harold olsen and ethel creel married paul ballard and resided at wiggins expired at biloxi on november 5 2000 buried biloxi national cemetery    linda pevey castelin tate 19432015   age 71 years passed away sunday february 1 2015 in gulfport mississippi she was preceded in death by her husband john tate her mother willie pevey paxton her sister ginger medford and her brother sonny pevey linda is survived by her son and daughterinlaw michael and judy castelin her granddaughter samantha castelin and her nieces kelly edge and dana durham she was the owner of linda s tap lounge in d iberville mississippi for 16 years although she is gone she will forever live on in our hearts she was an inspirational and hard working person she now will be peacefully with her late husband and no longer be suffering from sickness we will always feel her loss deeply within our hearts but we know that we will see her soon in heaven there will be a graveside service on friday february 6 2015 at biloxi national cemetery at 1230pm riemann family funeralhome 11280 three rivers rd gulfport served the family the sun herald february 3 2015 p a  bobby joe penton sr  19412019 age 77 of biloxi mississippi passed away wednesday july 24 2019 in gulfport mr penton was born in biloxi mississippi on december 28 1941 he was a high school graduate and employed in the seafood industry mr penton enjoyed riding his tractor dancing singing riding his dog around in his truck and especially taking care of his family he was preceded in death by his parents eugene and bernice penton his son bobby joe penton jr and his siblings geraldine alexander and felix wilson mr penton s survivors include his wife joann penton his children kim rev joe reynolds and sharon dalton parker his sister catherine ray williams 13 grandchildren 11 greatgrandchildren 1 greatgreatgrandchild and his pet dogs annie lou blue and dee dee visitation will be from 600 pm until 800 pm on sunday july 28 2019 with funeral services at 1000 am on monday july 29 2019 where friends may visit from 900 am until service time all at the howard avenue chapel of bradfordo keefe funeral home interment will follow at coalville cemetery a reception will be held at the penton home immediately following the interment  anthony earl perez jr 19422006  born at biloxi mississippi the son of anthony earl and maggie perez us navy veteran and member of carpenters local 1667 anthony retired from the civil service at kafb he died at biloxi on september 19 2006 corporal remains interred biloxi national cemetery  the sun herald september 21 2006 p a4    everett henry lightning redam jr 19432002  born on june 12 1943 at myrtle beach south carolina to everett h redam and lillian ladnier redam married shirley jean ford b 1938 probably a kansas native and the daughter of burley o ford and leomia ford at biloxi on december 12 1969 harco ms 1 st jd mr bk 2 p 276 everett expired at biloxi mississippi on may 25 2002 he had worked for home auto supply for thirtyfour years and was employed at the grand casino at the time of his demise   his corporal remains were cremated  donna robbins acevedo 19432010  born at biloxi mississippi on july 12 1943 the daughter of william robert willie robbins sr 19141960 and aleta bell robbins melvin 19192005 donna was reared on biloxi s back bay on braun avenue near the bay view housing projects she attended biloxi public schools commencing with gorenflo after graduation she married john jack acevedo on july 14 1961 in harrison county mississippi harco ms mrb 119 p 401 and william r robbins iiijanuary 2011 donna was preceded in death by her parents and brothers william r robbins ii 19421999 and gary w robbins donna and jack were the parents of jonda maria acevedo d april 2018 m frank francis seymour dina kay acevedo m donald ray coblentz and john gary acevedo donna robbins acevedo expired on august 12 2010 her corporal remains were interred in the biloxi city cemetery  the sun herald august 14 2010 p a4 and august 15 2010 p a12    hl hill rouse   hillrie lassette hill rouse  19432018 age 75 years of saucier passed away tuesday november 6 2016 in ocean springs born september 17 1943 in lucedale mr rouse was a lifelong resident of the gulf coast he is preceded in death by his parents roy rouse and gertrude whittington rouse both of lucedale three brothers dean rouse willie jim rouse hilda jo mckerrin karo rouse joann and one sister janie rouse hodges jewell he is survived by his wife debra devine two sons brian rouse tammy of d iberville patrick rouse of new orleans two grandchildren karley jane rouse and cooper brian rouse both of d iberville stepson joseph coffey and stepdaughter amanda coffey service will be held on thursday november 8 2018 at 1130 am at shady grove baptist church in lucedale friends may visit from 1000 am until 1130 am interment will follow in the church cemetery the howard avenue chapel of bradfordo keefe funeral home is in charge of arrangements bradfordo keefe funeral home the sun herald november 6 2018  frank sabbatini  was born at leland mississippi and graduated from mississippi state university in 1957 he was cocaptain of the 1956 msu bulldogs football eleven with ronald bennett also from leland frank played fullback for the bulldogs at 195 pounds and led the squad to a 3213 win over lsu in november 1956 coach sabbatini came to biloxi high school in 1959 to teach physical education he was an outstanding coach and people person the sun herald march 4 1987 p a4  douglas lee ruffin  19432014 born in biloxi mississippi on june 30 1943 to john tilmon ruffin and mary louise ruffin he passed away on friday march 282014 at south central regional medical center in laurel at the age of 70 years doug resided in biloxi for 62 years and moved to rose hill in 2005 he served in the united states army from 1962 to 1965 and was a disabled american veteran doug was an avid hunter a master diver a licensed boat pilot and a master woodworker he also served on the biloxi civil service board for many years many police officers remember him as the official coffee house in the west end of biloxi he will be sorely missed by his family and many friends doug was preceded in death by his parents and a brother in law stephen osborn survivors include two brothers john ruffin linda of van cleve ms and thomas ruffin of rose hill ms two sisters linda monks andy and kay osborn of rose hill ms he is also survived by five nephews and one niece visitation will be at colonial chapel funeral home in bay springs mississippi on monday march 31 2014 from 1100 am to 1230 pm with the funeral service to follow at 1230 in the chapel the burial will be in the veterans memorial cemetery in newton mississippi at 200 pm colonial chapel funeral home of bay springs is in charge of the arrangements the sun herald march 30 2014 p a  noah j saunders 19432007  born biloxi son of carl saunders and ruth mcrae saunders operated saunders machine shop married helen children angela s desporte noah saunders jr donald saunders troy saunders and glen saunders noah died at biloxi on january 31 2007 corporals remains interred biloxi city cemetery  the sun herald february 3 2007 p a10   probably not in graduating class of 1961   harold w schultze  circa 2019 and 1961  harold walter schultze  age 76 passed peacefully in his sleep early in the morning of october 20 2019 he is survived by his wife of 54 years ann and his three children rudd stacy beth ann and robert lucy he took particular joy in his four grandchildren lauren cooper jacob and eliza harold was born on june 13 1943 in dunedin florida and spent his childhood in biloxi mississippi with extended family visits in queens new york he studied at ole miss where he received a bs and master s in microbiology harold began his career teaching microbiology at usm then worked at puckett lab in hattiesburg finally going back to teaching at pearl river community college in his semiretirement he and ann were members of hardy street baptist church harold was an inveterate storyteller and some of his stories were actually factual however he understood to never let something as trivial as the truth stand in way of a great tale having never met a stranger in his entire life he was always eager to talk and listen mainly talk to anyone and everyone and was loved for his ability to break the ice and keep the conversation flowing in any social situation harold was uncannily smart with the ability to have deep conversations on virtually any topic he was skilled in comic timing and could get away with saying things no one else could or should a renaissance man at heart harold enjoyed hunting and fishing reading painting cooking woodworking writing and general mischief making his family would like to thank the kind staff at asbury hospice house who provided not only tender care to harold but also were wonderful with his family through his final days there will be a visitation for harold on thursday october 24 2019 from 57pm at hulettwinstead funeral home with a graveside service in ripley tennessee on saturday at 11am memorials may be made to st jude s children hospital or presbyterian christian school dad will be remembered and loved by all  joseph j simonich 19431993  born at biloxi mississippi on april 7 1943 to joseph anthony simonich  1907111965  and audrey sterne simonich  1917111988  one child shelly s walters expired at pensacola florida on april 16 1993  zan l skelton  19282012 native of shubata clarke county mississippi and former bhs english teacher and author expired on may 15th mr skelton taught at bhs from 1953 until his retirement in 1986 zan l skelton was a true gentleman and excellent instructor in the elish language and its literature the sun herald may 20 2012 p a13  george william skrmetta 19432015   services for george w skrmetta will take place on wednesday december 30 2015 at 200 pm at webb funeral home in meridian with visitation at 100 pm mr skrmetta 72 died on december 25 2015 at anderson rmc surrounded by his family he is survived by a daughter georgia skrmetta storey and her husband david of ocean springs ms a son ronald william skrmetta of meridian two grandchildren matthew byrne storey and rachel abigail storey and his brother ronald skrmetta along with many loving and supportive inlaws nieces and nephews he was preceded in death by his wife brenda reece skrmetta his parents mike and florice skrmetta and a brother larry skrmetta  ronald h simnicht   dr ronald h simnicht  19432019 was born in wisconsin the son of millard h simnicht 19121972 and florence hubbard simnicht 19131993 the family came to biloxi in the late 1950s from amite louisiana where ron s father a retired high school band director and music teahcer had a tung oil orchard in 1959 he bought the deluxe motel on west beach in biloxi ron was an alumus of usm and the loyola school of dentistry nola he served in the us army from 19671969 and achieved the rank of captain he married twice betty jeanne pomierski and and charlene moberg children stephanie noreen simnicht ronald simnicht  dr earl e skinner jr  19241974 was a native of pearl river county mississippi he served bhs as it principal from 1960 until mr skinner went to usm and eaned a doctorate degree he expired in septemberl 1974 at tylertown mississippi the daily herald seeptember 11 1974 p 2  tj smith  19332010 coach tj smith came to the biloxi public school system in 1956 and spent 19 years as social studies teacher driver s education teacher guidance counselor football and tennis coach and principal from 19691975 he went to jefferson davis jr college and retired in 1998 as dean of business services tj smith was married to scottie sue smith 19341984 and brenda nell linthicum  charles sherrell mickey stanley 1942 2020    mickey age 78 passed away december 20 2020 he was known to family and friends was born september 26 1942 to n b and ruth stanley he was a 1961 graduate of biloxi high school after graduation mickey enlisted in the united states army where he attended helicopter flight school and received numerous awards including the distinguished flying cross as well as the silver star for his service in vietnam and also achieved the rank as captain mickey later continued his helicopter flight training with the army national guard before retiring from service as a lt colonel mickey was also a charter boat captaindeckhand for the family owned charter boat becuna as well as the owner of biloxi bonding company mickey was preceded in death by his parents he is survived by his wife terry miller stanley his children yvette grayson and ross stanley grandchildren lauren matthew and erin greatgrandchildren london benjamin riley and nathan sister sandra rick gunter and brother danny bj stanley many nieces nephews and former wife anne visitation will be 9am and services will begin 10am monday december 28 2020 at marshall life center 810 division st biloxi ms visit  wwwmarshallfhcom  for his complete obituary  eugene paul stanley  19432013 eugene called gene and ep was born april 24 1943 to james henry stanley and thelma ruth barnes he died on march 1 2012 at ocean springs mississippi gene graduated from usm in business and worked for 41 years as ingall s shipbuilding he was survived by sarah hearndon stanley his wife children elizabeth s beavers aimee s risser rocky drewry and russell drewery memorial services were held march 6 2013 at st john s episcopal church in ocean springs funera arrangements by holderwells funeral home  syble faye theriot mcgowan  19432018 syble age 75 passed away in wiggins on sunday october 28 2018 she was born in tylertown mississippi on march 2 1943 to robert lee theriot 19312017 and myrtle theriot 19252008 she spent 45 years in the banking business and was a past matron of long beach chapter of eastern star mcgowan is preceded in death by her parents robert and myrtle theriot son robert crosby and grandson ryan boyd survivors include her husband george o mcgowan children anthony d crosby jennifer longwell mike jeff and misty mcgowan grandchildren lauren boyd fred of california and courtney longwell the o neal road chapel of bradford o keefe funeral home is in charge of arrangements  louise tauzin davis  19442003 born at biloxi mississippi in 1944 to murphy a tauzin and cecile hebert married richard m rick davis three children rick davis ii charlotte d hayes and christine davis died in gulfport from cancer on july 15 2003 buried at biloxi national cemetery on july 16 2003  the sun herald july 16 2003 p a6    sherry june tiblier helveston  19432014 age 71 of biloxi died friday july 11 2014 she was a graduate of biloxi high school who enjoyed yard sales and was an avid saints fan she was a wonderful wife mother grandmother and great grandmother her family was her life and she enjoyed spending time with them she is preceded in death by her parents junnie tiblier and ivy bosarge tiblier sherry is survived by her loving husband of 52 years lloyd helveston sr sons lloyd deanna helveston jr and junnie sandi helveston daughters vicky joey taranto melinda hunter sharonda jerry ledet and sharae vince fowler brothers gordon mark tiblier sister sandra fallo grandchildren lloyd helveston iii tori john hattula taryn helveston junnie helveston jr jordan helveston joseph taranto christy taranto rachael taranto alexandria hunter olivia hunter elliott hunter jared ledet brett ledet vince fowler and one great grandchild elijah frazier burial will be held at 2 pm on tuesday july 15 2014 at sacred heart catholic church interment will follow in bosarge cemetery all under the direction of southern mississippi funeral services of ocean springs the sun herald july 2014 p a  janet beverly wade starns  19432015 age 72 years died december 25 in weatherford texasafter a three year battle with cancer beverly donated her remains to unt health science center there was no funeral or memorial service at her request she was a member of north side baptist church beverly was born august 19 1943 in biloxi mississippi to albert blanchard and hilda caroline johanson wade and a graduate of biloxi high school she was predeceased by her parents two brothers anthony albert wade and mark joel wade sr and sister blanche sabinus wade she is survived by husband frank of the home sister mava jean malone and husband tom of diamondhead mississippi three children by marriage daughter kelly lyann strange and husband robert of melbourne florida daughter lesley elise singleton of rio rancho new mexico and son brock jamison starns of albuquerque new mexico ten grandchildren seven greatgrandchildren and several nephews nieces and cousins the sun herald january 5 2016  bobby clifford taylor  19422017 age 74 years of biloxi mississippi passed away on wednesday february 1 2017 in biloxi mississippi mr taylor was born in jackson mississippi on may 13 1942 he was a longtime biloxi insurance executive and majority owner of taylorcarraway insurance southern marketing services and american benefit administrators of biloxi mississippi with offices in baton rouge la jackson ms brentwood tn and gulf breeze fl all specializing in group medical and dental products mr taylor was an active member of first assembly church in gulfport ms he was preceded in death by his parents john e taylor and ora hutchins taylor and his sister merry d taylor all of biloxi mr taylor s survivors include his children terence terry cristine taylor of biloxi and michelle andy haggenmacher of baton rouge la his grandchildren tristen hoover carly taylor matthew taylor and jacob taylor his sisters libby buddy gunn and johnnie jeff bodouin and his brothers charles alice taylor and john melanie taylor visitation will be from 1230 pm until 130 pm followed by a 130 pm funeral service on saturday february 4 2017 at the howard avenue chapel of bradfordo keefe funeral home interment will follow at southern memorial park   the sun herald february 3 2017    helen f thomas wood  19422000 born at biloxi mississippi on december 13 1942 the daughter of edward h thomas and fay g manuel made her livelihood as a nurse no children expired september 9 2000 buried at biloxi city cemetery  robert l bobby thompson jr  19432008 born at biloxi mississippi the son of robert l thompson and bobby expired at biloxi on may 21 2008 he was survived by barbara t starr a sister and ronnie thompson brother bobbywas a lifelong resident of biloxi a former biloxi firefighter and an instructor for a local gaming school he was a member of bpoe 606 in biloxi and was elk of the year in 19911992 celebration of his life was held at the biloxi elks lodge on june 19 2008  the sun herald june 1 2008 p a12    sherry a wallis sullivan  19421998 born at biloxi mississippi on december 26 1942 the daughter of willie august wallis and irwine fayard wallis married nathan sullivan iii two children jeff sullivan and dr patricia s davis made her livelihood as a cardiac nurse expired at biloxi on july 25 1998  adrian michael weill  19431976 born at biloxi mississippi on june 30 1943 the son of adrian weill 19031971 and jeanette dees weill 19162002 three sisters jacqueline w glascow bernstein jolene weill manuel and donna weill minton died at biloxi on april 17 1976 corporal remains interred at southern memorial park in biloxi  wd willie wiles  19231998 born september 23 1923 at kosciusko mississippi the son of dee wiles and inez caldwell  wd   wiles    was named coach of the biloxi high football team in february 1955  coach wiles was a 1951 graduate of usm having played guard at hinds junior college he began his coaching career in 1951 at corinth high school under coach harold wesson wiles had married virginia sue thompson of jackson mississippi and came to biloxi in 1952 to instruct offensive and defensive linemen when coach cg walsh was head coach he expired at thibodeaux louisiana on february 9 1998 the daily herald february 22 1955 p 14  michael n zalocusky  19432015  michael n zalocusky  19432015 col usaf retired of belleville illinois age 72 born on november 22 1943 in ponce puerto rico passed away peacefully monday november 23 2015 surrounded by his family at belleville memorial hospital in belleville illinois michael devoted 26 years to the united states air force then dedicated the next 22 years to owning and managing allegra print and imaging in fairview heights and in o fallon illinois he was a member of the fairview heights and o fallon rotary clubs and chambers of commerce he was a member of st nicholas catholic church in o fallon he will be greatly missed by all who knew him he was preceded in death by his parents michael f and aurelia nee vasquez zalocusky and his grandparents walter and sophia zalocusky and manuel and benigna nee pizarro vasquez surviving is his wife christine nee knauer zalocusky his children erin r zalocusky and dr kelly a zalocusky his sister janet m raymond jung nieces and nephews dr stephanie simonson nicholas knauer kathleen o brien daniel knauer and padraic o brien michael was additionally a sonin law brotherinlaw and cousin he was always greatly appreciative to the knauer jung winzen and becker families for sharing their energies love and laughter with him over the years memorial donations are suggested to the lewy body dementia association  wwwlbdaorg  heartland hospice memorial fund heartlandhospicefundorg or to belleville memorial hospital belleville illinois memories and expressions of condolences may be offered at  wwwlakeviewfuneralhmcom  memorial visitation friends may call from 48 pm thursday december 3 2015 at lake view funeral home fairview heights illinois a catholic mass followed by a luncheon in the church s basement will be held at 1000 friday december 4th 2015 at st simon the apostle catholic church 11019 mueller road saint louis missouri 63123 inurnment to follow the luncheon at jefferson barracks national cemetery jefferson barracks missouri  references  the daily herald   biloxian will be in debate in iowa   november 1962 p 16 the las vegas reviewjournal   betty rose allen suarez december 19 2004 p b6 the sun herald   adrian michael weill april 18 1976 p a2 the sun herald   biloxian michael weill found dead outside apartments april 18 1976 p a2 the sun herald   john joe paul gill november 15 1976 p a2 the sun herald   mrs lee anna allen tesch february 23 1983 p a2 the sun herald   robert w hickey june 30 1991 p a2 the sun herald   dr warner oland moore july 14 1991 p a2 the sun herald   ms joyce elzada davis february 15 1992 p a2 the sun herald   joseph john simonich april 23 1993 p a2 the sun herald   ray gollott november 18 1993 p a2 the sun herald   don wayne dubaz november 19 1996 p c2 the sun herald   wd wiles february 11 1998 p a9 the sun herald   sherry sullivan july 28 1998 p a7 the sun herald   linda b gavin january 11 1999 p a9 the sun herald   helen t wood september 11 2000 p a5 the sun herald   mary jo olsen ballard november 7 2000 p a7 the sun herald   bob garrison one of coast s top basketball coaches dies april 18 2001 p a7 the sun herald   william h creel november 25 2001 p a10 the sun herald   coast mourns mr tourism november 25 2001 p a1 and a6 the sun herald   rita miller february 20 2002 p a7 the sun herald   ester shutt may 12 2002 p a8 the sun herald   everett h redam jr may 28 2002 p a5 the sun herald   maynard hacker january 25 2003 the sun herald   louise tauzin davis july 16 2003 p a6 the sun herald   gaynell sumrall garrison september 21 2003 p a9 the sun herald   patricia ann o brien ford january 5 2005 p a9 the sun herald   violet p bowen february 14 2006 the sun herald   troy m davis september 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(86, 'en', 'node_search', ' casinos gambling liquor and vice casinos gambling liquor and vice ray wed 6092010 1615  biloxi s gaming and casino history   time line   1899 marshal mosley and officer mckinley captured 10 white crap shooters  at point cadet yesterday they pleaded guilty in court and were fined 5 and court costs marshall mosely had started to break up gambling in biloxi without regards to who indulges in it  stir clear of alluring cards and fascinating bones if you do not want to appear in city court  the biloxi daily herald january 17 1899 p 8  the gulf view park  was active with  horse racing  as the steeds of am dulion felix borries john and william kennedy bud holliman joe aiken and mr henley competed the biloxi herald november 10 1899 p 8  1909 prohibition began in mississippi on january 1st the daily herald 1909 p and the sun herald october 2 2011 p a1  1914 police chief staehling issued instructions to his patrolmen  rm randolpn zudie hightower nee julius sablich and nat bolton  to arrest proprietors of liquor joints and bootleggers  public and private houses were also banned of alcohol staehling said there will be no favoritiism played hunt was arrested on main street with more than 300 quarts of beer and some whiskey he was fined 50 by police judge zt champlin  sheriff jc elmer related that as many as 60 blind tigers and bootleggers in the area  the daily herald july 22 1914 p 1  1917 biloxi seafood packers complain of booze joints  the daily herald january 4 1917 p 1  vester wentzell  owner of the gray goose on east beach  was arrested by chief randolph and officer bellande on april 20th they discovered that wentzell had seventeen half pints of whiskey in a basket on the wharf at his place of business judge elmer fined mr wentzell 100 and court costs  the daily herald april 21 1917 p 3  1919 prohibition was instituted with ratification of the  eighteenth amendment to the united states constitution  on january 16 1919 which prohibited the manufacture sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors within the importation thereof into or the exportation thereof from the united states congress passed the  volstead act  on october 28 1919 to enforce the law but most large cities were uninterested in enforcing the legislation leaving an understaffed federal service to go after bootleggers although alcohol consumption did decline there was a dramatic rise in organized crime in the larger cities which now had a cash crop that was in high demand in february 1917  police chief rm randolph and officer peter bellande destroyed six cases of confiscated whiskey valued at 75 by pouring the liquor into the gutter the daily herald february 24 1917 p 3  1923 countywide law and order mass meeting called  the daily herald april 20 1923 p 1  1925 on the eve of july 5 1925 the isle of caprice resort opened for business  fun seeking tourists departed for the resort from landings at the biloxi yacht club white house riviera pavilion and wachenfeld s pier the silver moon   commanded by ed l moran 18881951 the brother of ap fred moran 18971967 of ocean springs  jolly jack charles redding  and margaret  provided transportation in the new pavilion music was made by the buena vista orchestra  the daily herald july 6 1925 p 3    1926 the us coast guard patrol boat 250 seized a large cache of illegal liquor  from the schooner wanderer about 70 miles south of nola on the mississippi river  510 sacks of assorted liquors   90 cases of gordon s gin  and 110 gallons of alcohol were taken from the vessel the daily herald august 26 1926 p 1  1928 deputy sheriffs destroyed five slot machines at biloxi operating in the d aquin drugstore palace poolroom oasis soft drink stand and the hamburger king  judge george h murphy assessed fines of 25 and declared that slot macines in harrison county must go   the daily herald february 18 1928 p 1 and february 21 1928 p 1  1930 the  mercedes williams  a biloxi launch was captured near galveston texas in april 1930 by the uscg and charged with engaging in illicit trade and failing to heave to when challenged after 14 shots were fired  the vessel was built biloxi by ed lebatard and was licensed at gulfport in september 1928 in the name of dejean packing company the  mercedes williams  was found  stranded on a reef in galveston bay circa 1929 with liquor valued at 75000 in her hold  the vessel was sold by the federal government on december 23 1929 the daily herald april 21 1930 p 2  1932 us coast guard 301  a patrol boat from the biloxi base seized the freda  an auxulliary schooner owned by the bernard taltavull of the biloxi canning company off pass christian in late january the boat had a cargo of contraband liquor valued at more than 60000 arrested were captain robert mcdonald and benny frenefi of pass christian roy sconyern of hugo oklahoma albert boudreaux martin ross and james freche of biloxi henry latimer gulfport and arthur birou of nola the vessel had alleged been on an oystering trip to the pass christian reefs the us coast guard had recently captured alena  a rum lugger of nola with 900 cases of alcohol and liquer and grant r kidston aboard melvina seized the blanche   marie with 1600 sacks of liquor the daily herald january 28 1932 p 1  1933 prohibition became increasingly unpopular during the  great depression  as the repeal movement led by conservative democrats and catholics emphasized that repeal would generate enormous sums of much needed tax revenue and weaken the base of organized crime the  repeal of prohibition  in the united states was accomplished with the passage of the  twentyfirst amendment  to the united states constitution on december 5 1933 by its terms states were allowed to set their own laws for the control of alcohol the organized prohibition movement was dead nationwide but survived for a while in a few southern and border states 1935 raids on slot machine operators in early may netted biloxi citizens over 700 in fines  among the largest fine payers were martin s beer parlor 3750 union beer parlor 30 palace cafe 2750 joe randazzo 1750 martino s smoker 1500 and the hamburger king 1500 the daily herald may 9 1935 p 1 and may 10 1935 p 5  city raids on slot machines netted the biloxi treasury 83750 as city judge gb cousins fined a large number of businessmen for operating slots on their premises the daily herald july 18 1935 p 2  1938 governor hugh white outlaws slot and pinball machinees  in mississippi effected march 25th the daily herald february 26 1938 p 1  1940 slot machines not to be taxed by mississippi because they are illegal the daily herald april 16 1940 p 1  claude v bilbo jackson county ms state representative proposed that mississippi legalize the sale of alcohol  it was estimated that 3200000 in tax revenues could be collected during the next biennium if the measure passed the daily herald april 22 1940 p 1  1941 in midjune 1941  sheriff raliegh c edwins  18971960 and twelve deputies seized a large quantity of bonded whiskey and high volume alcoholic wine from an unidentified location on east howard avenue in biloxi  grover graham sr 18931964 was arrested in the raid which also uncovered slot machines dice tables and poker chips it appeared that gambling was in progress at the time of the breakin as money and other evidence were found on the premises  the daily herald june 16 1941 p 1   in late june 1941 at biloxi s justice court  peter martin  proprietor of the broadwater beach hotel  was fined 75 for possession of a dice table roulette wheel and faro layout and 150 for having six slot machines   tony fallo of the plaza club was fined 50 for operating a dice table and roulette wheel   mike emile of the plaza club was fined 225 for operating nine slot machines  the daily herald june 25 1941 p 3  1942   1943 the biloxi protestant pastors association endorsed a resolution to petition the mayor and city officials of biloxi to enforce laws within the city in reference to slot machines and liquor  the daily herald october 5 1943 p 1  1945 the embassy club  formerly the  henry piaggio  18741921 home at gulfport was acquired by anthony ingassia jr john l cox and james f porter of gulfport and  renamed the merry mansion  they planned to open in june the daily herald may 25 1945 p 9  joseph mattina and joseph ewing of the  biloxi police seized 30 slot machines  after  r hart chinn signed an affidavit against the owners and managers  of venues with gambling devices among them were park hotel bar cottage inn marietta cafe avelez hotel sports center and the brass rail the daily herald june 9 1945 p 3 in august  luther maples   18901971   district attorney ordered slot machines be removed  from commercial premises by late september the gaming machines were coming back to their former haunts slot machines were still rare to find in local grocery stores and restaurants the daily herald september 21 1945 p 5  1950 slot machines began to disappear in biloxi as judge norman quave renewed his demand for their exit from the city he had strong support from the biloxi protestant ministerial association headed by reverend douglass carroll of the 1st assembly of god  reverend gc hodge  1st baptist church of biloxi and reverend maynard miller  1st presbyterian church of biloxi  stephen l guice  attorney represented the protestant church leadership the daily herald january 9 1950 p 1 and march 30 1950 p 1  1951 two biloxi ministers the reverend douglass carroll of the central assembly of god and the reverend thomas albert carruth of the 1st methodist church testified before the kefauver crime commission at nola in late january 1951 that slot machines were so pervasive at biloxi that for each thirtyfive residents there was one slot machine   they also related that black jack dice and other gamblig activities were flourishing the ministers also said that the average age of soldiers at keesler field is nineteen an age at which they have not matured to avoid places of iniquity  the timespicayune january 27 1951 p 8  senator lester c hunt  18921954 dwyo  precided over a senate armed services committee hearing held at biloxi on october 22nd the senate investgators were researching gambling and its effects in the vicinity of military bases  biloxians and others who were subpoenaed and called to testify before the committee were mayor r hart chinn   aj creel  city commissioner  earl f wetzel  police chief  louis rosett i police captain  laz quave  sheriff  luther maples  district attorney  major general james f powell  commander keesler field  cp galle   griffin mceachern and pete leonetti  pinball machine operators  john bertucci   ec tonsmeire  bank president  val c redding  manager of the greyhound bus station  major charles r alexander  air police and  jp coleman  da state of mississippi  mayor r hart chinn and s heriff laz quave testified that they intended to enforce mississippi s antigambling laws and remove all slot machines indefinitely  the timespicayune october 19 1951 p 1 and october 23 1951 p 1  major general james f powell announced that coast gambling was off limits to kafb personnel   the gulf coast times december 6 1951 p 1    1952 in early march a delegation consisting of senator howard mcdonnell   ernest desporte   albert sidney johnson   william dukate   frank p corso   daniel guice   lynden bowring  and william e beasley went before state legislators to advocate and lobby for the local option liquor bill   the daily herald march 6 1952 p 1 the report on the biloxi gambling hearings  was released the daily herald april 15 1952 p 1  42 slot machines seized last winter were ordered destroyed by deputy us marshall jw daniels jr the machines were wasted at the i shemper company junk yard on back bay slot machines were valued between 250 and 350 the daily herald june 25 1952 p 1  1953   1954 broadwater beach hotel forced to cease gaming  on premises by hancock bank seaview inc owned the resort at this time  the daily herald february 19 1954 p 1    1955 the timespicayune    guardsmen hit coast taverns    january 1 1955 the mississippi national guard  chiefly made up of personel from jackson and hattiesburg  raided seven night clubs and hotels on the coast on september 7th  establishments hit were paradise point broadwater beach hotel the pines and ray s drivein both located in hancock county 5 o clock club shangri la and fairchild s the raid resulted in arrests and gaming equipment burned and liquor destroyed only the broadwater beach hotel was absent of illegal parapharnalia the daily herald september 8 1955 p 1  1956   1957   1958   1959   1960   1961 in december eleven business establishments in harrison county alleged to harbor gaming paraphernalia were recognized and action to close them was sought by joe t patterson attorney general these businesses were believed to be the running such illicit activities as dice tables roulette wheels black jack tables and slot machines  friendship house of je meyers mary meyers and jack dennis  fiesta club   trader john s   sea n sirloin restaurant  and the  cabana beach motel of jake mladinich sr jake mladinich jr and john mladinich  gay paree of guy uchell sam uchell et al  chez joey of ronnie eleuterius and mike illich possibly gillich  bennie french s at henderson point on us highway 90 of bennie french sr  shangrila of hershel dyer on us highway 90  ace of clubs of jewel garriga mrs ace garriga  key club of john romeo on us highway 90 west  eight day lounge of richard head on pat harrison avenue  beverly lounge of charles conway on old highway 49 north gulfport  hihat club of george andrews the daily herald december 1 1961 section iii p 21  1962 in midjune  governor ross r barnett  18981987  authorized a raid by the mississippi national guard  commanded by william p wilson state adjutant general  on three biloxi night spots on west beach   the gay paree owned and operated by bernard a blaize b 1911  the key club owned by john romeo 19312011 romeo and jack ns dennis b 1901 a patron also arrested and the spot james l porter b 1902 owner mr porter pleaded guilty to possession of gambling equipment and intoxicating liquor he was fined 138 but 7500 of his gambling devices and paraphernalia were destroyed and 3000 of liquor roger k d angelo 19311999 an employee was also arrested  the national guard raiders consisted of three teams of six men each they destroyed dice tables roulette wheels blackjack and poker games slot machines and liquor valued at 25000  harrison county sheriff curtis o dedeaux stated that this action was taken by governor barnett for the publicity the daily herald june 14 1962 p 1 june 15 1962 p 1 and november 6 1962 p 1  1963 irs agents destroyed fifteen pinball machines that had been confiscated on april 4 1963 the machines were valued at 10000 special agent john e montgomery related that these were some of the fortyeight machines that had been confiscated because the owners fail to pay annual federal tax of 250 per machine of the fifteen pin ball machines that were smashed and burned three were tken from the pink poodle owned by jj viator jr six came from sooky s lounge owned by sebastian a sooky acevedo 19151988 one came from kandy news and the property of united novelty five were taken from the archery arcade owned by aj lund the remainder of the pinball machines came from cecil s restaurant airmen news mickey s billiard center greyhound bus station geno s cafe star news and tobacco joe s elbow room and roy s news and tobacco store  the irs estimated that there were between 500 and 1000 pinball machines in harrison county  the daily herald november 2 1963 p 14  1964 the red carpet  a casinostyle  gambling venue situated in a former residence on the north side of us highway no 90 on biloxi s west beach strip  was declared offlimits for military personnel  buddy s ranch house on pass road and the b b blue room were included in the order the daily herald december 9 1964 p 1  1965 in late october  joseph asa garriga  19031973  testified as one of seven witnesses for the prosecution in federal court in a case that charged curtis o dedeaux  former harrison county mississippi sheriff with accepting graft from bar operators income tax evasion and giving false information to the irs in the years 19601962  joseph asa garriga stated that he and his brother edward garriga had opened the silver dollar lounge in december 1959 and that he ran a bar and brothel until 1962 when he was convicted of the breaking the white slavery traffice law and sentenced to the penitentiary garriga alleged that sheriff dedeaux had taken protection money from him to operate slot machines prostitution and illegal alcohol etc the daily herald october 27 1965 p 1 and p 30  1966 prohibition was abolished in mississippi  the last state in the union to formally finalize this punitive law prohibing the sale of alcohol and other spiritous beverages  1967 on december 16 1967 harry bennett  19021967  biloxi gambler and bookmaker was murdered gang land style outside of his apartment  harold donald diddlemeyer 19432007 an escapee from the mississippi state penetentiary was accused of his murder and in 1969 asked the court to take a lie detector test to prove his innocence of this crime the daily herald december 16 1967 p 1 and april 1 1969 p 2  1969 crooked dice sent to harrison county the daily herald march 5 1969 p 1  government rests case in gambling trial against marvin t stark 19111984 and norwood hedge 19061999 the daily herald march 6 1969 p 1    1973 the timespicayune   biloxi strip clubs licenses are withheld   august 2 1973   1975 biloxi police raided three night clu bs on march 1st and arrested 18 persons on 45 counts of bdrinking lester thompson police chief related that the raids were held after the mississippi alcohol beverage commission disclosed t hat their state crime lab had determined that the dream room golden nugget and the show club were selling alcoholic beverages the show club had lost its beer license last year during a campaign against the alleged bdrinking establishments the daily herald march 3 1975 p a2    1980   the europa star  a gaming vessel operated in federal waters and was moored at biloxi in the late 1980s at the point cadet marina  image by ray l bellande the europa star  a 167foot cruise ship that features dining entertainment and gambling  commenced operating from the point cadet marina on december 20th under protection of a court order  the sun herald november 14 1987 p 1 and february 20 1988 p 3  1988 in february  noel j jimmy skrmetta  19362004  announced plans to operate a gaming vessel in federal waters from his pier seafood restaurant on biloxi s waterfront opposite the buena vista hotel the la cruise began gaming cruises from his wharf later the sun herald february 20 1988 p 3  1990 state of mississippi passed the mississippi gaming control act of 1990 setting the stage for riverboat casino gaming on march 4 1990 the la cruise of dewayne williams moored at biloxi and the southern elegance  based in gulfport were allowed to sail into international waters to gamble and serve alcohol the sun herald march 3 1990 p a1  floating casino bill passes in mississippi legislatures the sun herald march 18 1990 p a1 the harrison county board of supervisors accepted a petition of 2036 registered voters to allow dockside gaming in harrison county an election date of december 4 1990 was tentatively set the sun herald october 17 1990 p a1  1991   the la cruise gaming vessel on july 1st  south sea cruises inc h dwayne williams president acquired a 40year waterbottom lease from the state of mississippi south of the buena vista hotel  harrison co mississippi 2nd jd chancery court land deed bk 244 p 549 see also buena vista and j puckett company to south sea cruises inc harrison co mississippi 2nd jd chancery court land deed bk 244 p 112 and bk 225 p 178  dwayne williams owner of the la cruise gambling ship in biloxi  aspired to place the first riverboat casino in natchez mississippi t he adamsnatchez riverboat company published its intent to apply for a state gaming license last week the sun herald july 28 1991 p b1  1992 the biloxi belle casino  owned by mississippi riverboat amusement corporation announced plans for a dockside gaming vessel at biloxi to open in late summer of early fall  operators touted that the enterprise would create 700 new jobs with a yearly payroll of 13 million  the sub herald may 19 1992 p a1  mavar inc situated at 1140 beach boulevard in biloxi leased their land in block 1 of the summerville addition subdivision to grand casino of mississippi inc  a minnesota corporation located at plymouth minnesota the 99year lease began in june 1992 harrison co mississippi 2nd jd land deed bk 251 p 588 on august 1st  dockside gambling commenced at biloxi when two riverboat casinos from iowa  the  diamond lady  and the  emerald lady  opened for business as the isle of capri casino  the biloxid iberville press july 22 1992 p 1 and the sun herald july 29 2007 p g1  1993 in january the  mississippi secretary of state signed a 15 year lease commencing august 1 1993 and ending july 31 2008 with grand casino of mississippi  the annual rental for the 222475 squarefeet of water bottoms was 405000 harrison co mississippi 2nd jd land deed bk 251 p 616  1994   1995   1996   1997   1998   casino gambling in america origins trends and impacts was published by  cognizant communication corporation new york it was edited by klaus j meyerarndt and rudi hartman of mississippi state university and the university of colorado respectively  1999 the beau rivage casino opened  at midnight on march 15 1999 the sun herald march 15 1999 p a1 on october 14th  beau rivage resorts inc acquired the 1st baptist church of biloxi sanctuary and lot on west howard avenue  tc waller was chairman of the 1st baptist church deacons at this time harrison co mississippi chancery court 2nd jd land deed bk 347 p 6  2000   2002 ralph l engelstad  19302002 from the sun herald january 3 1999 p c7  ralph l engelstad  19302002 expired at his las vegas home on november 26 2002 after batting lung cancer he was born january 28 1930 and reared in thief river falls minnesota ralph graduated from the university of north dakota in 1954 where he was a talented hockey goalie engelstad moved to las vegas in 1959 using the profits from his construction company and real estate investments to buy a strip motel on the site of what is now the imperial palace engelstad built and opened the new property in 1979 and the property now has 2700 hotel rooms and 2600 employees the secondlargest sole proprietorship hotel in the world engelstad opened an imperial palace resort in biloxi mississippi in 1997 and along with sahara owner bill bennett developed and sold the las vegas motor speedway mr engelstad was highly regarded as both a generous philanthropist and lightning rod for controversy a local resident of las vegas since 1959 he earned numerous awards for giving millions of dollars to various charitable causes however his alleged interest in nazi memorabilia and support of an athletic program whose name some deemed offensive to american indians helped make engelstad infamous as well following a 20month battle with lung cancer gaming executive ralph engelstad died november 26 2002 at his las vegas home the las vegas reviewjournal november 28 2002 p 1a and december 4 2002    2004 hard rock casino began construction in 2004  2005 hurricane katrina hit the mississippi gulf coast on august 30 2005   2006   2007 hard rock casino reopened in july   2008   2009   2010   2011 margaritaville casino and restaurantjimmy buffet and tom brosig put their margaritaville casino on fast track meeting with biloxi planning commission city council and mississippi gaming commission planned for february  the sun herald january 6 2011 p a1 and january 13 2011 p a1   planning commission unanimously votes in favor of margaritaville casino   the sun herald february 42011 p6a   the   53 million palace casino expansion was dedicated  on november 11th with mayor aj holloway cutting the ceremonial ribbon keith crosby is the general manager of the casino  the sun herald november 12 2011 p c6    2012 hard rock casino announced in midjanuary that it may build a 12story addition to their hotel tower the addition would add 154 hotel rooms construction started in late october on the 12story 325 million hotel with a completion planned for december 31 2013 the sun herald january 19 2012 p a2 and october 24 2012 p b6 the week of march 5th brought exciting casino industry news to the mississippi coast as  golden nugget announced that they were acquiring the isle casino biloxi  margaritaville casino held a job fair that attracted about 2000 individuals hoping for the 1000 positions that they were seeking to fill before their may 2012 grand opening the cancan casino later known as land holdings i llc was promised by the city of d iberville that 24m in tax increment bonds would be issued for infrastruture to assit their locating on biloxi s bay bay in addition rotate black officals announced a new casino for gulfport the sun herald march 11 2012 p a1 in early april  full house resorts announced that it would buy the silver slipper casino in hancock county mississippi for 70m the sun herald april 4 2012 p b6 in april the mississippi satte legislature approved the sale of beer with an alcohol content of 8 by weight governor phil bryant signed the measure which went into effect on july 1 2012 the sun herald april 10 2012 the mississippi gaming commission on september 20th approved the sale of the silver slipper casino in hancock county to full house resorts  the sun herald september 21 2012 p a5  2013 on june 21st  the golden nugget casino formerly the isle casino and isle of capri casino celebrated its grand opening of the completion of its 100 million dollar first improvement stage  the sun herald june 16 2013 p a1 and june 22 2013 p a1  casino magic property being cleaned caesars entertainment has dropped its lease on the casino magic property and crews are cleaning out the tower tyrone gollott  one of the owners of the property said they hope to lease it for a hotel or possibly sell it the sun herald july 242013 p5a  casino magic  owned by caesars entertainment  dropped its lease on the casino magic property on point cadet a local contractor was issured a permit to basically gut the building owners gollott family hopes lease the property for a hotel or sell it the sun herald july 24 2013 p a5  silver slipper  the first land based casino built in south mississippi seven years ago in november 2006 announced that it is planning to erect a 140room hotel to cost 175 million dollars acquired by full house resorts in october 2012 the sun herald august 9 2013 p a1 new rules deadline spurring casino action requirements for size amenities begin january 1 2014  regulations starting jan 1 will require new casinos to have at least 300 hotel rooms with a threestar rating a 40000 squarefoot or larger casino a restaurant that can seat 200 people a fine dining restaurant with seating for 75 people parking for 500 cars the mississippi gaming commission can relax some of these regulations if the developer builds superior amenities or supports an amenity in the community the sun herald september 82013 pa1  new hard rock casino biloxi hotel reaches new heights new 12 story hotel tower will expand the resort by 154 rooms 14 of them luxury suites for a total of 479 rooms the sun herald september 272013 p6d the developers of oyster bay casino say they will renew lease for fountain beach cityowned back bay land the sun herald october 42013 p2a  2014  casino  scarlet pearl  misses deadline   the sun herald april 1 2014 p a1  rotate black casino misses its deadline  the sun herald april 2 2014 p a1  rotate black wants 20day extension to complete financing and pay creditors to build hemingway resort and casino the sun herald april 32014 p1a warner gaming and hospitality selected to head management team for the 200 million biloxi board walk casino  the sun herald march 2014 and april 2 2014 p a3  diamondhead casino gets new chairman of the board  ted arneault former mtr gaming group chairman he will replace longtime diamondhead casino chairman deborah vitale  who is stepping down the sun herald april 3 2014 p1a images made november 13 2014 the  scarlet pearl casino in d iberville broke ground on july 13th  roy anderson corporation is erecting the 250 million structure on central avenue east of i110 the sun herald july 15 2014 p a1  margaritaville on point cadet closed it doors on september 15 2014  the sun herald september 16 2014 p a1 and september 17 2014 p a1  2015 the scarlet pearl casino opened its doors on december 2015  2020 dakia entertainment hospitality and broadwater development signed a formal letter agreement to develop a 12 billion casino music themedresort on the former broadwater hotel property on biloxi s west beach dakia will manage the resort as a joint venture with the universal music group  the sun herald june 18 2020 p a1  biloxi casino history general the sun herald s hips new house rules gamble first drink later march 3 1990 p a1the sun herald  are they barges or buildings june 27 1999 p a1 the sun herald   top ten largest jackpots august 7 2011 p a1 2012 the sun herald   casinos raise questions on offshore drilling february 10 2012 p a1 the sun herald   harbor town casino up for approval april 19 2012 p a1 the sun herald   gaming panel says bring back bigger plan for harbor town and rotate black for casino april 20 2012 p a1 the sun herald   editorialgulfport harbor deserves a casino worthy of location april 22 2012 p c2 the sun herald   caesars writes off unfinished casino may 3 2012 p b6 the sun herald  casino rotate black could be back on the table today august 16 2012 p a5 the sun herald   an end to coast s lawless atmosphere september 16 2012 p a1  2013 the sun herald   new casinos should grow not dilute market   january 27 2013 p b8 the sun herald   rotate black misses deadline on casino   april 23 2013 p a1 the sun herald   casino magic property being cleaned   july 24 2013 p a5 the sun herald   silver slipper casino hotel on the way   august 9 2013 p a1 the sun herald   island view expanding to beach   august 15 2013 p a1 the sun herald   judge dismisses 75 million dollar casino lawsuit  alcohol poisoning alleged at ip casino august 15 2013 p a1  the sun herald   island view doubles down with move across us 90  sun herald editorial opinion    august 16 2013 p c2 the sun herald   casinos ready to expand with road extension in east biloxi   august 21 2013 p a1 the sun herald    2014 the sun herald   coast casinos raising the stakes with new hotels amenities   january 2 2014 p a1 the sun herald   back bay casino appeal dismissed   february 27 2014 p a11 the sun herald   biloxi casinos adding green space parking   march 20 2014 p a11 the sun herald   casino  scarlet pearl  misses deadline   april 1 2014 p a1 the sun herald     gulfport will seek new developer for harbor casino   april 2 2014 p a1  the sun herald   bet doesn t pay off margaritaville closed   september 16 2014 p a1 the sun herald   wasting away   september 17 2014 p a1  beau rivage   prebeau rivage  left corner buena vista beach club pier restaurant baricev s and la cruise gaming vessel to federal waters center right corner biloxi small craft harbor  central beach biloxi   references  the sun herald   beau rivage traffic will be burdonsome police say   march 14 1999 p a2 the sun herald   a little vegas for the south march 14 1999 p a1 the sun herald   beau rivage opens in style march 15 1999 p a1 the sun herald   beau rivage blends intimacy commotion   march 15 1999 p a6 the sun herald   beau rivage courts vips march 16 1999 p a1 the sun herald   making cultural history or just another casino march 17 1999 p a6 the sun herald   beau rivage hires veterans through boots to business   september 6 2013 p a2 the sun herald      the sun herald      the sun herald   lines around the block 15th anniversary   march 20 2014 p a1 the sun herald      biloxi belle biloxi belle central beach katrina damaged image by ray l bellande made august 1993 original at bpl archives the  biloxi belle casino  owned by mississippi riverboat amusement corporation announced plans for a dockside  gaming vessel at biloxi to open in late summer of early fall  operators touted that the enterprise would  create 700 new jobs with a yearly payroll of 13 million  the sub herald may 19 1992 p a1 the  biloxi belle casino planned to build 800 parking spaces on the 55 acre site of the former buena vista hotel  the sun herald october 27 1993 p d5  references    the sun herald   last days of the buena vista   october 27 1993  the sun herald      biloxi boardwalk casino   references  the sun herald     the sun herald   biloxi boardwalk casino other development moving forward   april 2 2014 p a3 the sun herald     the sun herald      land holdings i llc formerly cancan casino  references  the sun herald    the sun herald   council oks up to 24m for cancan costs march 7 2012 p a11 the sun herald   longawaited casino nears for d iberville march 15 2012 p a1 the sun herald   what happened to mingling the new casino with d iberville s french market march 25 2012 p b3  grand casino   mavar inc  situated at 1140 beach boulevard in biloxi  leased their land in block 1 of the summerville addition subdivision to grand casino of mississippi inc   a minnesota corporation located at plymouth minnesota the 99year lease began in june 1992 harrison co mississippi 2nd jd land deed bk 251 p 588 in january the mississippi secretary of state signed a 15 year lease commencing august 1 1993 and ending july 31 2008 with grand casino of mississippi  the annual rental for the 222475 squarefeet of water bottoms was 405000 harrison co mississippi 2nd jd land deed bk 251 p 616  katrina   margaritaville2006 demolition2014 marchapril 2014   references  the sun herald    the sun herald    the sun herald      the sun herald    hard rock casino roy anderson iii whose company twice built the hard rock hotel casino transferred his stock in the casino the sun herald march 26 2013 p a9 references the sun herald the sun herald hard rock stock changes hand march 26 2013  the sun herald    the sun herald    the sun herald   hard rock may expand   january 19 2012 p a2 the sun herald    imperial palace bayview avenueback bay gaming era in august 1992 when the isle of capri opened for business on point cadet dockside gaming proved an immediate success other casino operators became interested in commencing operations on the biloxi peninsula the old biloxi canning company site was zoned for gaming by the biloxi city council on february 22 1993 when the entire back bay area composing waterfront district ii was zoned  imperial palaceralph englestad in march 1993 peoples bank of biloxi conveyed to the mississippi gaming corporation a delaware corporation a 1839 tract northwest of the old canning company tract harco ms land deed bk 53 p 378379 this was the beginning of land acquisition by a group to be called imperial palace of mississippi mississippi gaming corporation to ralph engelstad harco ms land deed bk 270 p 6921839 acres m l morris j smith to ralph englestad harco ms land deed bk 272 p 51 described as 985 feet x 197 feet see also harco ms land deed bk 272 p 106 durward dunn sold the old biloxi canning company site to imperial palace of mississippi inc on october 27 1994 harco ms land deed bk 277 pp 213214  demolition and site construction in 1994 after the removal of the remaining structures of the biloxi canning company construction began slowly on the site the general contractor was  the casino barge the imperial palace casino barge a threestory structure arrived at biloxi on august 19 1995 from morgan city louisiana construction was completed at a site near the head of oak street and moved to casino site in 1996 the imperial palace casino opened for business on december 30 1997  the biloxid iberville press february 25 1998 p 7  the hotel the imperial palace hotel construction commenced in early 1996 completion was planned for july 1997 but didn t open for business until february 6 1998  the biloxid iberville press february 25 1998   see englestad v mayor holloway controversies over upper stories of hotel references  the biloxid iberville press  imperial palace set opening july 1st december 11 1996 p 1 the biloxid iberville press  imperial palace biloxi hotel opened february 25 1998  the sun herald  casinos on the way to back bay february 23 1993 p 1 the sun herald   imperial palace chief all business december 14 1997 the sun herald  june 2011 p a1 the sun herald   boyd gaming ip execs meet junne 18 2011 p a4 the sun herald   another highquality marquee name has been added to coast gaming june 19 2011 p b8 the sun herald   ip casino now a boyd gaming property october 4 2011 p a1  the sun herald   ip casino wins award for philanthropy november 4 2011 p a2  isle of caprithe islegolden nugget the islegolden nugget during its makeover and renovation  image made midjune 2013 on june 21st  the golden nugget casino formerly the isle and isle of capri celebrated its grand opening of the completion of its 100 million dollar first improvement stage  the sun herald june 22 2013 p a1  references  the sun herald     20 the sun herald     20 the sun herald   golden nugget plans 150 m renovation of isle   march 6 2012 the sun herald   golden nugget will celebrate grand opening friday   june 16 2013 p a1 the sun herald   casino history still being made   june 21 2013 p c2 the sun herald   party opens golden nugget   june 22 2013 p a1  the sun herald   phase two brings fun to casino   september 6 2013 p d8 the sun herald     2013  lady luck casino row point cadet  references  the sun herald  proposed casino causes furor january 10 1993 p c1 the sun herald      the sun herald    the sun herald      the sun herald    margaritaville point cadetbiloxi bay  margaritaville casino construction lr mage made june 20 2011 and october 24 2011     margaritaville casino construction lr all images made december 1 2011 december 17 2011 march 1 2012 road into casinomarch 12 2012   land the margaritaville casino and restaurant is located on point cadet and the bay of biloxi in block 21 and block 25 of the summerville subdivision in november 2006 t mothers development companines llc a mississippi limited liability company acquired 446 acres in parts of block 21 and block 25summerville subdivision from ershigs inc for 27 million ershigs inc is located in pawnee county oklahoma  margaritaville casino and restaurant jimmy buffet and tom brosig put their margaritaville casino on fast track meeting with biloxi planning commission city council and mississippi gaming commission planned for february  the sun herald january 6 2011 p a1 and january 13 2011 p a1    approval the biloxi city council approved the margaritaville casino and restaurant at its meeting in midfebruary casino representative michael cavanaugh local attorney related that margaritaville planned a new year s eve 2011 opening the next step before construction could commence was approval by the state gaming commission which was slated for april 7 2011  the sun herald february 15 2011 and march 31 2011  at biloxi on april 7 2011 the mississippi gaming commission approved a gaming license for margaritaville casino and restaurant phase i of the project will consist of a 20000 squarefoot casino a margaritaville restaurant and lounge a store events center and marina the roy anderson corporation will begin soil testing at the construction site off 5 th street on point cadet in midapril  the sun herald april 8 2011 p a1 and april 9 2011 p a1     magaritaville casino and restaurant  september 24 2011  margaritaville on point cadet closed it doors on september 15 2014  the sun herald september 16 2014 p a1 and september 17 2014 p a1  references  the biloxid iberville press   the biloxid iberville press   gulf coast business  shark sighting september 2011 the sun herald   biloxi casino project on fast track january 6 2011 the sun herald   new margaritaville in the works january 13 2011 the sun herald   biloxi council ok s margaritaville plans february 15 2011 the sun herald   margaritaville goes to gaming commission on april 7 march 31 2011 the sun herald   margaritaville could be back on fast track april 1 2011 p a6 the sun herald   buffett cruises on back home april 8 2011 p a1 the sun herald   street to margaritaville   june 22 2011 p b8 the sun herald  road to margaritaville needed opening day september 21 2011 p a12 the sun herald    margaritaville s first party a topping out   2012 p a10 the sun herald    at the casinomargartitaville to open in may  january 24 2012  the sun herald    at the casinomargartitaville biloxi names department directors    januar 24 2012 the sun herald   margaritaville gm in magazine s 25 to watch   february 1 2012 the sun herald   margaritaville casino ready to hire 1000   march 1 2012 p b1 the sun herald   looking for jobs in margaritaville   march 6 2012 p a1 the sun herald   nearl 1500 apply for margaritaville jobs   march 13 2012 p a11 the sun herald   margaritaville casino closing in on ribboncutting   may 3 2012 p a1  the sun herald   casino s biloxi beauty still in hospital   august14 2012 pa2  the sun herald   casinos ready to expand with road extension in east biloxi   august 21 2013 p a1  the sun herald   stuck with margaritaville s tab   july 29 2014 p a2 the sun herald   bet doesn t pay off maargaritaville closed   september 16 2014 p a1 the sun herald   wasting away   september 17 2014 p a1  oyster bay casino d iberville references  the sun herald   d iberville to lease land for new casino   april 4 2012 p a7 the sun herald   oyster bay casino new design revealed   april 6 2012 p d6  palace casino  from 1st street view north1998  point cadetbiloxi bay  the palace casino opened in january 1997 damaged by katrina and reopened december 30 2005  20102011 addition closed on may 31 st for two weeks for upgrades and will be the first smokefree casino in mississippi when it reopens following the second phase of it 50 million dollar expansion on june 14 th three new restaurants will open directly onto casino floor and smokers may use the new 1 million smoking lounge  the sun herald june 1 2011 p a1    references  the sun herald   commission aiming for casinos that create jobs expand the local market april 9 2011 p a1 the sun herald   palace closes for upgrades will soon limit smoking june 1 2011 the sun herald   palace will reopen this morning june 14 2011 the sun herald   at the casinos insert palace casino reopens today june 14 2011 the sun herald   palace casino reopens june 15 2011 the sun herald   palace casino expansion nearing completion   october 16 2011 p c10 the sun herald   mission accomplished   november 12 2011 p c6 the sun herald    the sun herald    the sun herald    the sun herald      the sun herald    the sun herald    the sun herald    the sun herald    the sun herald    the sun herald    the sun herald    the sun herald    the sun herald    scarlet pearl d iberville images made november 13 2014  2014 the  scarlet pearl casino in d iberville broke ground on july 13th  roy anderson corporation is erecting the 250 million structure on central avenue east of i110 the sun herald july 15 2014 p a1  references  the sun herald d iberville getting its scarlet pearl july 15 2014 p a1  silver slipper casino hancock county mississippi  references  the sun herald   full house resorts to buy silver slipper for 70m april 4 2012 p b6 the sun herald   silver slipper finanacing secured my 3 2012 p b6 the sun herald   silver slipper casino hotel on the way augsut 9 2013 p a1  choctaw casino jackson county mississippi land 100 acres situated in section 18 t7sr7w jackson county business the choctaw nation owns several businesses in jackson county mississippi  1992 deal compact between governor kirk fordice and chief phillip martin 19262010 that allows the choctaw nation to operate las vegasstyle casinos on reservation lands near philadelphia mississippi the choctaws pay 250000 annually to the state for promoting their silver star and golden moon casinos the tribe is also exempt from a 12 percent tax on gross gaming revenues  the sun herald june 11 2005 p a1    jackson county plan federal process requires five steps for an indian gaming project to come to fruition indian land must be placed in trust for the purposes of gaming environmental impact study approval of mississippi s governor interior department provides a legal review of the project bureau of indian affairs regional director will prepare a finding of fact brief that will be submitted to the department of interior s office of indian gaming management chief phillip martin leader and spokesman of the mississippi band of choctaw indians predicted that the process will take a minimum of five years  the sun herald june 19 2006 p a4    trust land conversion on november 15 2005 the choctaw nation submitted an application to convert fortyacres of trust land in jackson county mississippi into a casino site at biloxi the mashantucket pequot tribal nation is planning a 12 billion casino resort near biloxi as a private sector operation mashantucket pequot owns foxwoods resort casino at connecticut  the sun herald september 11 2006 p b2    tribal casino bill loses in midseptember 2006 the us house of representatives failed to pass an initiative by the republican party to deny indian tribes the right to build casinos off their reservation lands the vote was 247171 to pass but the measure failed since a two thirds majority vote was required to pass the legislation  the sun herald september 14 2006 p d8    2006 casino hearing on october 18 th the bureau of indian affairs planned to convene its first public hearing on the mississippi band of choctaw proposed casino on mississippi highway 57 the meeting was booked for the civic center in ocean springs mississippi and was the incipient action in the preparation of an environmental impact statement for the casino hotel and retail center planned for the site  the sun herald october 6 2006 p a2   although first american printing and direct mail a mississippi band of choctaws owned business had paid a deposit for the civic center in early august to reserve space for a public hearing for september 20 th a week before the rescheduled bureau of indian affairs midoctober hearing members of the ocean springs board of aldermen and john mckay jackson county district five board of supervisor whose district the proposed choctaw casino would open complained that their first notice of the meeting was when they had read it in the sun herald the sun herald   october 13  2006  p a13   prior to the first public hearing by the bureau of indian affairs chief phillip martin announced that his mississippi band of choctaws plan to build a 375 million casino resort in jackson county mississippi the casino proposal would be for 2230 slot machines 70 gaming tables and 15 poker tables the hotel would have 1100 rooms this new announcement is exponential compared to the choctaw s first proposal which was to only install bingobased slot machines in its existing factory building on the mississippi highway 57 site which is within the jurisdiction of the city of ocean springs the mississippi band of choctaws own and operate the silver star and golden moon casinos at their philadelphia mississippi reservation  the ocean springs record october 19 2006 p a1 and the sun herald october 18 2006 p a1   at the ocean springs civic center on the evening of october 18 th the proposed jackson county choctaw indian casino hearing was well attended especially by followers the baptist church the audience size was estimated at 350 people after opening remarks by representatives of the bureau of indian affairs environmental consultants and the mississippi band of choctaws the remainder of the session consisted of threeminute talks from people wishing to address the casino issue from the floor the overwhelming consensus from the people in attendance was that casino gaming is undesirable in jackson county mississippi  the sun herald october 19 2006 p a1 and ray l bellande an attendee    coast businesses for fair play in early october the public was informed that coast businesses for fair play a new pac a local politicalaction committee was being formed to be antagonistic towards the proposed jackson county choctaw casino in their first public comment coast businesses for fair play opined that the public had not been notified of the first public hearing by the department of the interior the bureau of indian affairs and the governor s office which opposes the indian casino  the sun herald october 7 2006 p a1   in february 2007 coast businesses for fair play filed litigation against the us department of the interior alleging that the federal agency had not complied with their request for the release of public documents concerning the proposed choctaw casino in jackson county interior through their legal representative retorted that that coast businesses for fair play has not used all of the resources available to them under the freedom of information act and that the us district court for the southern district of mississippi has no jurisdiction in this matter  the sun herald february 16 2007 p a5    sun herald s editorial opinions  on october 15 2006 the sun herald s editorial staff were very negative on the idea of the mississippi band of choctaws proposal to open a casino resort in jackson county  the sun herald october 15 2006 p b6   in march 2007 after mayor connie moran announced her conditional support of the proposed choctaw casino on mississippi highway 57 at ocean springs  the sun herald opined that   see the sun herald march 28 2007 p b4    biloxi investment delays  in late october 2006 harrah s entertainment announced that it was putting a moratorium on its proposed 1 billion dollar plans for expanding its gaming operations at biloxi among the reasons cited for their suspension of activity in the biloxi market were high cost of construction market volatility and the proposed mississippi band of choctaw s casino for neighboring jackson county the threat of an untaxed indian casino with its excellent location on us interstate 10 at ocean springs which would permit it to be first gaming site to available for the lucrative alabamaflorida trade has created an angst among casino operators to the west in harrison and hancock counties although haley barbour governor of mississippi has repeatedly announced to the public and bureau of indian affairs that he opposes the choctaw casino at ocean springs chief phillip martin leader of the mississippi band of choctaws is moving forward with an environmental impact study and desires a nonbinding referendum on the issue during the 2008 presidential election casino executives believe that this issue must be resolved now and that delay will curtail future investment and growth in the gaming and tourist markets along the mississippi gulf coast  the sun herald october 27 2006 p c12    governor haley barbour in november 2006 the biloxi city council passed a resolution requesting republican governor haley barbour to take  all measures within his power to oppose and prohibit   the mississippi band of choctaw indians to put a casino in jackson county the council asked the governor to  act quickly to end this threat to the economic recovery to the mississippi gulf coast  governor barber opposes the indian casino and has notified the bureau of indian affairs of his dissatisfaction despite the governor s negative position to the choctaw casino proposal the bureau of indian affairs has allow the mississippi band of choctaws to pursue and environmental impact statement  the sun herald december 6 2006 p a7    lawyer hired the biloxi city council higher michael cavanaugh a biloxi attorney to fight the choctaw casino project for jackson county mr cavanaugh will assist the biloxi casino market which is united to oppose the aspirations of the mississippi band of choctaws in neighboring jackson county cavanaugh s remuneration a monthly retainer will range between 1500 and 18000  the sun herald december 6 2006 p a7    2007 bible thumpers and casino crusaders more opposition to the proposed choctaw casino at ocean springs surfaced on january 22 2007 when jackson county united for families jcuf a group of pastors and coast businesses for fair play cbfp an association supported by biloxi casinos met to discuss means to negate the choctaw s plans for a local casino in defending the meeting the reverend carl king chairman of the jackson county united for families stated that his group was not an ally of cbfp but was wagging war against the native americans to protect the quality of life and moral values of the community one result of this conference was that the religious leaders may ask the jackson county board of supervisors to hold a nonbinding referendum on the public s desire to have a casino in jackson county at an earlier date than that proposed by the mississippi band of choctaws which was recommended for the 2008 presidential elections  the sun herald january 23 2007 p a5   a meeting of jcuf and two jackson county supervisors on january 31 2007 to request that a nonbinding referendum on the proposed choctaw casino in western jackson county be held this election year rather than 2008 resulted in the supervisors declaring that they were unknowledgeable about this particular election process shortly thereafter the mississippi attorney general s office released a statement which related that   a local government may conduct a nonbinding referendum pursuant to its home rule authority  tishomingo county mississippi in 2001 held a nonbinding referendum when the jena band of choctaw indians wanted to build a casino in this northeast mississippi county it was defeated by local voters 55 percent to 45 percent and consequently the jena band of choctaw indians ceased their pursuit of a local casino   the sun herald february 1 2007 p a   february 2 2007 p a7 and february 3 2007 p a3    vote decision jcuf met again with the jackson county board of supervisors and the county leaders decided to seek approval from the state legislature before holding a referendum on the proposed choctaw casino on ms highway 57 danny guice rocean springs offered to introduce the proposal for legislative action on a nonbinding casino vote to coincide with state and county elections to be held in november 2007 the ministerial group had hope for a quicker decision as they believe that the anticasino sentiment is stronger now than it will be in the future as they believe that chief martin of the mississippi band of choctaws will propagandize the benefits of the casino to the local populace  the sun herald february 16 2007 p a5 and the ocean springs record february 15 2007 p a1  on february 20 2007 the jackson county board of supervisors formally submitted to the legislature their request to have the legislature pass local and private legislation granting the citizens of the county the right to hold a nonbinding referendum on the proposed choctaw casino at ocean springs supervisors expected to hear from the legislature on the matter within two weeks  the sun herald february 21 2007 p a4   by midmarch 2007 jcuf leaders began to show frustration with the jackson county board of supervisors for their slow response to the pastor s demands for a november 2007 referendum the holy men felt that a november 2008 vote as suggested by chief phillip martin would give the choctaws more time to influence the outcome of the election chief martin is convinced in order for the mississippi band of choctaws to have a casino in jackson county the local populous must approve a nonbinding referendum to show the governor and secretary of the interior that casino gaming is desirable in the county  the sun herald march 17 2007 p a15    attorney general s opinion  on march 8 2007 the office of the attorney general of mississippi released its opinion concerning the nonbinding referendum on the proposed choctaw casino at jackson county in essence the opinion stated that the proposed vote  would be a proper subject of a nonbinding referendum   as long as the county determines the use of county funds to have the vote   is in the county s best interest   the opinion further noted that federal government does not ask for local approval when determining if tribal gaming is being considered also the county may take private donations to underwrite an election cost and the board of supervisors do not have to wait until 2008 to have this election  the sun herald march 9 2007 p a2   several members of the jackson county board of supervisors opined that the attorney general s opinion on the choctaw casino referendum might not be binding since the board of supervisors did not request it the request was made by representative danny guice rocean springs john mckay representing jackson county district 5 said   an attorney general s opinion has got to be specific to the entity requesting it danny guice got an attorney general s opinion if he has an opinion and holds an election he s free and clear it won t cost him a dime if the choctaw s challenge it in court if on the other hand the board of supervisors decides to do it we have not been given that green light if the choctaws overturn it we each are individually liable that s why you have to have an attorney general s opinion specific to you the sun herald march 17 2007 p a15   on march 23 2007 the jackson county board of supervisors asked the attorney general s office to expedite an opinion on whether the board of supervisors can propose a nonbinding referendum on the proposed mississippi band of choctaw s casino at ocean springs the supervisors anticipated having an answer to their request by april 2 nd   the sun herald march 25 2007 p a2    political opinions in early june john windsor a democratic party candidate for secretary of state for mississippi expressed his opposition to the mississippi band of choctaws proposed casino at ocean springs he cited the favorable tax situation for the native americans the expansion of inland gaming beyond the intent of the state legislature and the negative precedent of allowing tribal casinos to be build indiscriminately in the state as salient reasons for his opposition  the sun herald june 9 2007 p a6    choctaw elections in early june 2007 the mississippi band of choctaws held its election for a new chief chief phillip martin b 1927 the incumbent who has been the choctaw tribal leader for twenty eight years lost the first primary to beasley denson b 1950 who campaigned for change denson outpolled chief martin 1403 votes to 1347 votes opponents to the proposed choctaw casino in jackson county mississippi fear that if chief martin is unseated that his promise to abide by the results of the proposed nonbinding referendum which will poll the sentiment of the residents of jackson county as to their desire for the choctaw casino will be voided by the new chief  the sun herald june 14 2007 p a1   following the june 2007 primary election chief martin accused beasley denson of receiving support from protagonists the gulf coast casino lobby of his proposed jackson county casino a letter mailed to tribal voters was the vehicle of chief martin s allegation against mr beasley chief martin further added that a choctaw coast casino could generate 200 million in its first five years of operation to be spent on housing increased distribution payments and more jobs beasley denson rejected chief martin s allegation and criticized his for unilateral decision to erect the choctaw coast casino as he believed that the mississippi band of choctaws should have been polled on this critical issue after several attempts to unseat chief martin as tribal leader mr denson achieved his first success in the june 2007 primary his success was attributed to his door to door campaign to discover the salient issues to the voter the issue of a new chief for the choctaw tribe will be settled on july 3 rd   the sun herald june 21 20007 p a3    denson wins early returns from the july 3 rd election for chief of the mississippi band of choctaws demonstrated beasley denson the challenger leading 1528 votes to 1369 for chief philip martin counting of absentee ballots had chief martin with 94 votes and denson with only 39 on july 6 th chief martin the incumbent conceded the election to beasley denson unofficial returns had chief martin trailing his opponent by 211 votesdenson 1697 and martin 1486 he had until july 8 th to challenge the election results beasley denson is expected to be sworn in as tribal chief on july10th he would become the third elected tribal chief since the 1830 treaty of dancing rabbit creek  the sun herald july 5 2007 p a1 and july 7 2007 p a7    chief denson pursues jackson county casino chiefelect beasley densonwas sworn into office at the silver star casino and convention center near philadelphia neshoba county mississippi one of chief denson s first statements following his election as leader of the mississippi band of choctaws was to declare that outcome of the nonbinding referendum to be held in jackson county in early november 2007 as regards the construction of a choctaw casino in the county would be disregarded he said that the choctaw people have decided to build a casino on ms highway 57  the sun herald july 11 2007 p a1   in midjuly franklin leach district 4 supervisor sent a letter to chief denson to request a public hearing on the proposed jackson county casino mr leach expressed his desire that the choctaw leadership respect the results of the november nonbinding referendum proposed by former chief philip martin franklin leach is listening to his constituents as there is a high degree of certitude that they oppose a casino of any kind in jackson county he wishes that chief denson will development the mississippi band of choctaw lands on mississippi highway 57 in a manner that will please and appease the citizen s who live and work here it is generally held that department of the interior the ultimate deciding entity for the proposed casino will listen to the opinion of elected officials and not the results of the november 2007 nonbinding referendum the religious community opines that the local politicians will abide by the wishes of their electorate  the sun herald july12 2007 p a7    pascagoula powwow on august 28 2007 miko beasley denson miko is the choctaw word for chief met with mayor connie moran of ocean springs mayor xavier bishop of moss point gautier city councilman jeff wilson and a group of jackson county businessmen in pascagoula the choctaw group asked that the details of the powwow be kept confidential the community leaders were exposed to some of the casino plans and illustrations were presented miko denson and staff spoke of the choctaw printing plant and injection molding company that they operate on their ms highway no 57 property and how the revenues from these businesses contribute to the quality of life in jackson county they also spoke of their casino could benefit the county the jackson county coalition admonished the mississippi band of choctaws that if they are not more specific with their casino plans and more convincing about how gaming will better the lives of the counties voters their quest to win the november 6 th nonbinding referendum on gaming will be a total failure  the sun herald september 5 2007 p a1 and a7    pascagoula powwow ii melissa mullinax political advisor to chief beasley denson announced in midseptember 2007 that she had contacted tim broussard with the jackson county board of supervisors in regards to a future meeting the mississippi band of choctaws are poised to present their plans to build a 375 million casino to the board of supervisors at their public meeting in the near future the meeting time with the jackson county board of supervisors was set for september 27 th district 5 supervisor john mckay related that in order for the mississippi band of choctaws to convince the electorate in jackson county to favor a casino they must sell the people and provide them with adequate information to make a decision on their proposed gaming project mckay said that unless more information is coming forth the voters that participate in the november nonbinding referendum  will vote it down big time but they ll probably do that anyway   the sun herald september 14 2007 p a2 september 18 2007 p a3    public presentation on september 26 th beasley denson tribal leader of the mississippi band of choctaws and former resident of pascagoula addressed the ocean springs rotary club at its noon luncheon here the mississippi band of choctaws 375 million casino resort proposal for east ocean springs was unveiled to the public for the first time in addition to a casino the choctaw proposal includes a hotel movie theatre convention center 27hole golf course and retail shops and boutiques denson related to the onehundred plus audience that after 3800 construction workers complete their task that 2800 permanent positions will be created at the choctaw casino which will create 33 million dollars in state payroll taxes he also pledged that impact fees for roads fire and police protection and schools will be paid to local governments chief denson was assisted in the casino resort development presentation by john hendrix director of economic development for the choctaw nation   the sun herald september 27 2007 p a1 and a5    the ante meeting with the jackson county board of supervisors at pascagoula mississippi on september on september 27 2007 chief beasley denson offered 4 of the gross revenues from their proposed mississippi highway no 57 casino resort to the citizens of jackson county denson related that he expected that the casino would generate about 7 million for the county and local governments these funds could provide the money for roads and services that would be needed to support the increase in traffic and population caused by the growth and development from casino gaming within the county chief denson also told the supervisors that it is the casino operators in harrison and hancock county that are opposed to the choctaw casino and that future employment and revenues for the county are in jeopardy as well as the possibility that tax burdens could be lowered by the additional revenue generated from the choctaw casino resort  the sun herald september 28 2007 p a1    the aint s as the november nonbinding referendum approached several public came out against the choctaw casino resort at ocean springs in early october  the sun herald lashed out at chief beasley denson  the vote election held on november 6 2007  2011   2008 moratorium rescinded in june 2011 larry echo hawk assistant secretary for the bureau indian affairs rescinded the 2008 moratorium issued during the bush presidential administration which blocked an attempt by the mississippi band of choctaw indians to open a casino on their lands in jackson county mississippi mr hawk stated  the 2008 guidance memorandum was unnecessary and was issued without the benefit of tribal consultation we will proceed to process offreservation gaming applications in a transparent manner consistent with exisiting law    2011 elections on june 14 2011 the mississippi band of choctaw indians held an election for their new chief miko nine candiates ran for the tribe s leadership and a runoff between beasley denson incumbent and phyllis j anderson will be held in july 2011 mingo denson polled 1598 votes and pj anderson garnered 872 the sun herald june 18 2011 p a3 in early september 2011 phyliss j anderson b 1961 defeated beasley denson b 1950 to become the first woman elected as chief of the mississippi band of choctaws on july 15 2011 ms anderson defeated miko beasley denson and shirley berg garnering 55 of the vote in a runoff she had been named the winner but the results were declared void forcing the september 6 2011 election phyllis anderson was sworn in as chief of the mississippi band of choctaws on october 5 2011 the sun herald september 8 2011 p a8 and october 6 2011 p a5  center pointe nondenominational church pastor ted pagel trying to get the church building ready for an october 2 2011 worship service the sun herald september 21 2011 p a2 references  the bay press the bay press   choctaw casino gets a nogo at jackson county public hearing october 27 2006 p 1 the bay press   what now views on rebuilding the coast november 3 2006 p 3 the bay press   choctaw indian gaming hot topic october 5 2007 p 5 the mississippi press the mississippi press   jackson county pastors to consider casino concerns june 27 2006 p 1a the mississippi press   pastors put new spin on casino protest october 8 2006 p 1a the mississippi press   choctaws give details on 375 mm casino october 17 2006 p 1a the mississippi press   will vote on casino count october 17 2006 p 1a the mississippi press   casino opposition october 19 2006 p 1a the mississippi press   casino rejected november 7 2007 p 1a the mississippi press   choctaw casino action delayed november 14 2007 p 1a the ocean springs record the ocean springs record   good ole boys mississippi band of choctaws has arrived july 10 1997 p 4 the ocean springs record   choctaws may build but no casinos january 23 2003 p a1 the ocean springs record   choctaws eye ms highway 57 for casino may 11 2006 p a1 the ocean springs record   tribe officials agree casino vote a must may 18 2006 p a1 the ocean springs record   choctaws outline plans for os land october 19 p a1 the ocean springs record   local residents voice opposition to choctaws october 26 2006 p a1 the ocean springs record   county to ask legislature for casino vote february 15 2007 p a1 the ocean springs record   aldermen united in opposing jc casino march 22 2007 p a1 the ocean springs record   ag says nonbinding casino vote ok to go march 29 2007 p a1 the ocean springs record   choctaw indian casino hot topic october 4 2007 p a1 the ocean springs record   sign wars november 1 2007 p a1 the ocean springs record   voters say no to casino yes to byrd brodnax november 8 2007 p a1 the sun herald the sun herald   choctaw casino tax exempt may 18 2006 p a1 the sun herald   choctaw casino debated may 19 2006 p a1 the sun herald   choctaws should not use their tribal status to circumvent gaming laws in south mississippi may 21 2006 p b10 the sun herald   jackson county show us the dough june 1 2006 p f1 the sun herald   to the people of jackson county ms june 1 2006 p f4 the sun herald   92 deal may dictate choctaws coast plan june 11 2006 p a1 the sun herald   doing business in jackson county june 11 2006 p a1 the sun herald   choctaw plan faces long list of hurdles june 19 2006 the sun herald   ministers oppose casinos june 29 2006 p a2 the sun herald   choctaws deny donating to alabama governor race june 30 2006 p a2 the sun herald   other voices choctaws should adhere to same rules as all other state casinos reprinted from the clarionledger  jackson mississippi september 11 2006 p b2 the sun herald   tribal casino bill defeated september 14 2006 p d8 the sun herald   bureau to hold hearing on casino october 6 2006 p a2 the sun herald   choctaw hearing notice disputed october 7 2006 p a1 the sun herald   county raps choctaws on hearing october 13 2006 p a13 the sun herald   choctaws should abandon effort to place a casino in jackson county october 15 2006 b6 the sun herald   what is the law october 15 2006 b6 the sun herald   unfair competition creates uncertainty october 15 2006 b6 the sun herald   choctaw casino hearing tonight october 18 2006 a1 the sun herald   choctaw s hear casino opposition october 19 2006 p a1 the sun herald   the sooner the better october 24 2006 p b8 the sun herald   choctaw issue delays investment october 27 2006 p c12 the sun herald   lawyer hired to fight choctaws december 6 2006 p a7 2007 the sun herald   pastor group plans to oppose choctaw casino january 23 2007 p a5 the sun herald   officials gambling foes meet february 1 2007 p a the sun herald   county can hold election on tribal casino february 2 2007 p a7 the sun herald   officials gambling foes meet february 1 2007 p a the sun herald   vote on choctaw casino up in air february 3 2007 p a3 the sun herald   casino vote may be pursued february 4 2007 p a2 the sun herald   pastors relent on prompt gambling vote february 16 2007 p a5 the sun herald   casino group sues over records requests february 16 2007 p a5 the sun herald   county officially requests ok for casino vote february 21 2007 p a4 the sun herald   casino vote gets the green light march 9 2007 p a2 the sun herald   casino foes will push proposal in april march 17 2007 p a15 the sun herald   expedited ag opinion sought march 25 2007 p a2 the sun herald   a mayor is obligated to weigh all economic options march 25 2007 p b11 the sun herald   choctaw chief facing increased criticism march 26 2007 p a7 the sun herald   in a word ag says yes march 28 2007 p a8 the sun herald   officials in biloxi and ocean springs are sending out dangerous signals march 28 2007 p b4 the sun herald   jackson county will vote on tribal casino april 3 2007 p a2 the sun herald   a mayor is obligated to know the facts on tribal gaming april 4 2007 p b3 the sun herald   tribe is steadfast about casino project april 7 2007 p a2 the sun herald   choctaws provide some community support april 23 2007 p a1 the sun herald   offreservation casino rules may shift may 8 2007 p a1 the sun herald   candidate blasts tribal casino plan june 9 2007 p a6 the sun herald   choctaw s long reign over june 14 2007 p a1 the sun herald   chief martin casino foes backing my opponent june 21 2007 p a3 the sun herald   choctaws elect chief today july 3 2007 p a8 the sun herald   denson may be new chief july 5 2007 p a1 the sun herald   choctaws may not pursue casino july 6 2007 p a1 the sun herald   chief martin concedes july 7 2007 p a7 the sun herald   new chief vote won t affect plan july 11 2007 p a1 the sun herald   denson casino up to choctaws july 12 2007 p a7 the sun herald   students hear choctaw gaming chair july 25 2007 p a6 the sun herald   chief official meet on casino september 5 2007 p a1 the sun herald   choctaw chief supervisors to meet september 14 2007 p a2 the sun herald   supervisors to hear choctaws on sept 27 september 18 2007 p a3 the sun herald   choctaws present casino plan september 27 2007 p a1 the sun herald   choctaws offer share of profits september 28 2007 p a1 the sun herald   choctaw chief does not trust voters of jackson county so why should they trust him october 3 2007 p c4 the sun herald   board votes against casino october 4 2007 p a6 the sun herald   choctaw web site quotes disputed october 13 2007 p a1 the sun herald   ads promoting choctaw casino are offensive october 24 2007 p c4 the sun herald   choctaw casino vote like tivoli proposal divides us october 31 2007 p b10 the sun herald   retired general major general paul harvey wooed to lead tribal casino resort october 31 2007 p b10 the sun herald   choctaws press ahead on casino november 8 2007 p a10 the sun herald   antigaming resolution shelved by board november 14 2007 p a5 the sun herald   supervisors take stand against casino november 27 2007 p a6 2008 the sun herald   bureau rejects choctaws  january 8 2007 p a1 the sun herald   opportunities still abound for choctaws january 10 2008 p c2 the sun herald   opportunities still abound for choctaws january 10 2008 p c2 the sun herald   indian casinos warned february 28 2008 p d8 the sun herald   choctaws eye new ventures may 10 2008 p a1 2010 the gazette   martin s legacy s one of choctaw selfdetermination february 3 2010 p 5 mississippi history news letter   longtime choctaw chief vol 52 no 3march 2010 the sun herald   former choctaw chief hailed a great leader february 5 2010 p  the sun herald   martin s legacy as choctaw chief has been long and legendary february 2010 p  the sun herald   nearly 1000 attend exchief s funeral february 2010 p  the sun herald   february 2010 p 2011 the sun herald   luck could change for choctaw casino in jackson county june 18 2011 p a1 the sun herald   choctaw chief race goes to runoff election february 18 2011 p a3 the sun herald   choctaws dream is jackson county s nightmare june 21 2011 p a13 the sun herald   anderson 1st woman to win choctaw chief election september 8 2011 p a8 the sun herald   church will open on choctaw indian land september 21 2011 p a2 the sun herald   anderson takes oath as choctaws chief october 6 2011 p a5 the sun herald   choctaws ink 78m debt deal with trustmark   march 1 2012 p c6 the sun herald   choctaw casino in jackson couty still off the radar   july 6 2012 p a5  the sun herald   indian tribes opeing casinos far from home   july 6 2012 pa1  the sun herald   9159 views  ', 0);
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(87, 'en', 'node_search', ' movie theatres movie theatres ray wed 6092010 1615 biloxi theatres time line   1907 the  nickelodeon  an electric theater was located on lameuse street across from suter suter the nickelodeon occupied the space of a recently closed movie house operated by robert montamat the building was being remodeled and opened shortly under the management of  wh fudge  mr fudge had formerly been assistant manager of forest park the amusement venue in west biloxi  forest park  had balloon ascensions a high dive and other exciting attractions for its summer patrons  the biloxi herald september 27 1907 p 2    1908 the  palace of pleasure  opened in dukate s theatre on february 17 1908  moving picture show of biloxi as up to date as up to date as any in the country      1909 the  airdome  an open air movie and vaudeville venue opened april 19 1909 on the lazaro lopez property west of the tp dulion mercantile company it was owned by the vaudette amusement company a partnership of julius m lopez and frederick p abbley 18811941 mr abbley was an experienced theatre owner as he was operating the vaudette theatre at biloxi and scranton pascagoula he had recently sold his vaudette theatre in ocean springs to r anderson dancer 18781915 mr danser vended his vaudette movie house on washington avenue to ew illing 18701947 in september 1909 and went to lumberton mississippi with william willie engbarth 18821957 to open a movie house apparently things did not work as  the ocean springs news  reported that ra dancer sold his movie house and returned to ocean springs in december 1909 with charles engbarth 18851962 mr dancer married carrie engbarth 18891967 in november 1911  the daily herald april 3 1909 p 1 april 20 1909 p 2    december 1 1911 p 4 and the ocean springs news september 11 1909 november 13 1909 november 20 1909 and december 25 1909  the airdome lot was bounded by fayard street on the west howard avenue on the south and reynoir street on the east it was fenced and had one hundred twentyfive benches capable of seating eight people and two hundredfifty chairs giving it a seating capacity of 1250 people there was a stage and picture machine box probably the projector harry haise 18541954 did the carpentry work to erect the airdome the newly formed daily herald band under the direction of professor joseph dowling performed on opening day fred p abbley was the manager  the daily herald april 13 1909 and april 20 1909 p 2  the sky dome opened in july 1909 the daily herald july 1909 p  1910 the  bijou theatre  opened for business on west howard avenue on november 5 1910 the movie house was one hundred twentyfour feet long and twenty feet wide  st stephens  was the general manager  the daily herald november 5 1910 p    1911 the vaudette theatre now occupied by uncle fred s is being demolished to erect a twostory brick structure for joseph lawrence and charles redding on the corner of howard avenue and delauney tj rosell drew the architectural plans  the daily herald july 18 1911 p 8    1912 jd tam of lima ohio opened an air dome theatre on the corner of lameuse street and jackson in early may 1912  in october mr tam held a benefit for biloxi s charity hospital at the theatre the facility had an elevated floor stage and seating capacity estimated at 800 people the daily herald april 22 1912 p 8 and october 13 1912 p 8  1913 in january 1913  jh king  and  cb king  of mobile proprietors of the  crown theatre  there acquired the theatrical business interest of  st stephens  at biloxi at this time mr stephens operated the  bijou theatre  and the  air dome   the daily herald january 11 1913 p 1   in early march january 1913  charles king and joseph king of the bijou theatre began remodeling the airdome for the summer season the popular venue will be doubled in size with extensive improvents a new viewing screen will be ready for opening night  the daily herald march 4 1913 p 8    1914 the  crown theatre  formerly the  bijou theatre  opened in january 1914  the daily herald january 16 1914 p 2    1919 in october 1919  victor howard  a prominent motion picture proprietor of new orleans acquired the  crown theatre  and  big airdome  movie houses at biloxi from the  king brothers  of mobile cb king was the manager of the biloxi theaters for king brothers  the daily herald october 24 1919 p 1    1920 ao bourdon   18681959 manager of the  gulf coast amusement company  kept the crown and gaiety open during the recent strike  the daily herald february 20 1920 p 6    1924 the  strand theatre  was built in the lopez building on west howard avenue in the winter of 1923 it opened in early january 1924 with a feature picture comedy and high class vaudeville act and orchestra it was a modern theater with seating capacity of six hundred fifty its interior featured a modern finish with lighting appropriate for projection and illumination of the building the strand also was equipped with a modern projector  the daily herald january 4 1924 p 1   antitrust litigation filed in new orleans against the  saenger amusement company  and others was dismissed in early january since the saenger amusement company did not sell commodities it was not in violation of the louisiana state antitrust statue  the daily herald january 10 1924 p 1    1926   1927 the remodeling and redecorating at  saenger s gaeity theatre  is almost finished the improvements consisted of the following the facade of the theatre was remodeled and winging doors added a terrace was built across the front of the theater decorated with artificial roses the interior of the gaiety theatre was painted buff and green with paneled trimmings six hundred latest veneered theatre chairs replaced older seating new organ put in with new music rolls capable of playing seventeen pieces continuously four double and two single exists created for additional safety and ten new wall fans and two ceiling fans added to the interior the new gaiety opened for business in midapril with its same policies and no new admission charge for additional safety a security guard was put on night duty in the movie house  the daily herald april 12 1927 p 2    tom bautovich   19081990 native of new orleans and  new organist at the strand theatre  is becoming popular with his audiences tom is a graduate of the new orleans conservatory of music and played in the top theaters in nola before coming to biloxi he was a also daily broadcaster over wsmb in the crescent city   the daily herald october 11 1927 p 2    1928 martin j salvant 18691946 native of nola and manager of the  biloxi gaiety theatre  has been transferred to the anderson theatre at gulfport from where he come to biloxi over a year ago  the daily herald january 10 1928 p 2    1929 work was commenced to remodel the strand theatre into a modern store building in the spring of 1929 a ziegenfelder gulfport contractor was hired to conert the former movie house into a buildign with three store grant s drug store was to occupy one of the spaces the work was expected to take 60 days the daily herald march 20 1929 p 2  1936 saenger  officials said that the  buck theatre  formerly the  gaiety theatre  corner of lameuse street and jackson street will open soon the new theater has undergone extensive refurbishment and now has the capacity for over four hundred patrons the balcony for colored people had nearly one hundred seats modern western electric sound equipment and temlock wallboard for better insulation and acoustic properties has also been added to the structure  the daily herald december 17 1936 p 1    1940 odeus meyers  18841968 and  calus c meyers  19091999 his son operators of meyers grocery at 447 east division street announced that they were going to build a 600seat movie theater on the southeast corner of lameuse and division streets jack fayard biloxi architect was hired to draw building plans for the 11000 meyers woodframed movie house it was to be 40 feet by 110 feet and fireproof approximately 400seats were for white patrons and 200seats for colored viewers the colored entrance and lobby was on division street and their seating area was the balcony the white clientele entered from lameuse street and were seated in the main auditorium the meyers family had arrived in biloxi from erath louisiana about 1929  the daily herald february 10 1940 p 1    1941 the  harlem theatre  a  movie house for blacks  located on main street near division street  opened on july 5th   henry meyers  19142004  owner and manager  of the 40 feet by 105 feet steelframed building with a 525 person seating capacity and costing 15000 the daily herald july 4 1941 p 7  harlem theatre  negro main at division street children 10 cent adults 15 cent at all times open at 5 pm  1942   1946 the bay view theatre opened on november 30 1946 with caesar and cleopatra an english produced film starring vivian leigh 19131967 and claude rains 18891967 at the time this production was touted as the most expensive ever made costing over 6 million the building was designed by collins collins and its erection was supervised by sam starks and cost over 60000 the theatre area was 50 feet by 100 feet with a seating capacity of almost seven hundred persons the viewing screen was plastic and the sound system built by rca a brinkert movie projector was utilized the bayview theatre was cooled and heated with a 40ton air conditioning unit and a riznor heating system respectively  the daily herald november 28 1946 p 1    1947 the star theatre operated by henry meyers  19142004 of biloxi opened in north biloxi opened in january mr meyers also ran the meyers theatre on lameuse street and the harlem on main street the star theate had 400 seats in the 3000 sq ft building owned by madeline quave she had previously had a dance hall here and a silent motion picture house the biloxi area now had seven theatres saenger roxy bay view buck harlem and meyers the daily herald january 18 1947 p 4  1948 the  new 60000 gulf coast drivein theatre located 12 mike west of the biloxi veterans administration center opened on may 18th   chester a knight proprietor  who is from bogalusa louisiana was pleased with the opening night attendance the daily herald may 19 1948 p 1  ernest e summerlin   19211998 recent us coast guard serviceman is clearing lot in the 1600 block of east howard avenue  to erect a new movie theatre  the 28foot by 80foot wood frame building with celotex interior will cost 18000 and seat 300 people his brother robert summerlin will assist in the construction the daily herald may 24 1948 p 6  1949 the beach drivein corporation was incorporated in mississippi in late september 1949 by ernest v landaiche 18951966 and joy n houck 19011999 of new orleans and douglas i smith 19011979 of biloxi harrison co mississippi chattel deed bk 458 p 471  1950 the new 125000 beach drivein theatre located on west beach boulevard near pat harriosn now veterans boulevard will open in april the daily herald march 22 1950 p 10  ernest e summerlin   19211998 recent us coast guard serviceman is clearing lot in the 1600 block of east howard avenue  to erect a new movie theatre  the 28foot by 80foot wood frame building with celotex interior will cost 18000 and seat 300 people his brother robert summerlin will assist in the construction the toy theatre opened at 1634 east howard avenue on 14 september 1950 with lawrence melvin a partner in the business the daily herald may 11 1948 may 24 1948 june 2 1948 september 14 1950 and seeptember 16 1950  references  journals the biloxi daily herald   city news   september 27 1907 the biloxi daily herald   new moving picture show   february 13 1908 the biloxi daily herald   another picture show   february 17 1908 the biloxi daily herald   moving pictures in biloxi   september 25 1908  the daily herald the daily herald   bijou theatre will open tonight   november 5 1910 the daily herald   new building for redding and lawrence   july 18 1911 the daily herald    dancerengbarth   december 1 1911 p 4 the daily herald    biloxi   march 4 1913 p 8 the daily herald      jd tam  will open picture show   april 22 1912 p 8 the daily herald   the new gaiety theatre   may 7 1912 the daily herald   popular young biloxian weds   september 14 1912 the daily herald   the new dixie theater   september 26 1912  the daily herald   tam has leased firemen s hall   october 1 1912 the daily herald      jd tam  benefit show for hospital  october 13 1912 p 8 the daily herald   new curtain at the bijou theatre   december 2 1912 p 8 the daily herald   mobilians buy biloxi theaters from stephens   january 11 1913 the daily herald   gaiety open air theatre open thursday   may 13 1913 the daily herald   jh king buys out two picture shows   july 24 1913 the daily herald   contest closes at the big airdome   august 7 1913 the daily herald   kings will open new theater in biloxi tomorrow   january 14 1914 the daily herald   crown theater opening triumph   january 16 1914 the daily herald   biloxi team is again victorius   july 20 1914 the daily herald   biloxi theatres changes hands   october 24 1919 19201929 the daily herald   both theatres  crown and gaiety  in biloxi operataed during strike   february 20 1920 the daily herald   open theater tomorrow   january 4 1924 the daily herald   court rules saenger company is not a trust   january 10 1924 the daily herald   fire loss is 75000 in early blaze   may 23 1926 the daily herald   biloxi business houses burned   may 29 1926 the daily herald   new gaiety to open monday   april 12 1927 the daily herald   tom bautovich   organist     october 11 1927 the daily herald   salvant transferred   january 10 1928 the daily herald   break ground for new saenger house   july 14 1928 the daily herald   saenger has new manager   martin j salvent     december 31 1929  19301939 the daily herald   buck theatre to open saturday   december 17 1936  19401949 the daily herald   new theatre   meyers  announced for biloxi   february 10 1940 the daily herald   starting work on new theatre   ee summerlin     may 24 1948  19501950 the daily herald   new drivein  beach drivein  to open at biloxi    march 22 1950  19801999 the daily herald centennial edition   films at saenger kept coastians in the darkness   october 7 1984 the daily herald centennial edition   gem of the coast polished   october 7 1984  the ocean springs news the ocean springs news    local news   september 11 1909 the ocean springs news    local news   november 13 1909 the ocean springs news    local news   november 20 1909 the ocean springs news   local news   december 25 1909  biloxi theatres   airdome the  airdome  an open air movie and vaudeville venue opened april 19 1909 on the lazaro lopez property west of the tp dulion mercantile company it was owned by the vaudette amusement company a partnership of julius m lopez and frederick p abbley 18811941 mr abbley was an experienced theatre owner as he was operating the vaudette theatre at biloxi and scranton pascagoula he had recently sold his vaudette theatre in ocean springs to r anderson dancer 18781915 mr danser vended his vaudette movie house on washington avenue to ew illing 18701947 in september 1909 and went to lumberton mississippi with william willie engbarth 18821957 to open a movie house apparently things did not work as  the ocean springs news reported that ra dancer sold his movie house and returned to ocean springs in december 1909 with charles engbarth 18851962 mr dancer married carrie engbarth 18891967 in november 1911  the daily herald april 3 1909 p 1 april 20 1909 p 2    december 1 1911 p 4 and the ocean springs news september 11 1909 november 13 1909 november 20 1909 and december 25 1909    abbley dancer abbley dancer was partnership composed of frederick p abbley 18821941 and r anderson dancer 18781915 frederick p fred abbley 18821941 was born in north biloxi the son of captain fritz abbley 18461905 a swiss immigrant and margaret harvey 18471886 the youngest daughter of french immigrant sailor pierre harvey 18101883 and zeline moran 18111883 in march 1905 fred abbley married viola caillavet 18841968 the daughter of francis arbeau caillavet 18561909 and marie dodart 18581942 they were the parents of three children francis abbley 19051905 eunice a brocato 19081996 and bernice a emile b 1909 in 1909 fred abbley was the manager of an  en plein air  movie theater the airdome the airdome was situated at 413 renoir street and occupied a large lot which extended to fayard street with a frontage on west howard avenue in late august 1909 mr abbley was brought to the court of judge elmer and adjudicated innocent of violating a city ordinance for showing a movie on sunday another trial was held in september in the court of judge zt champlin abbley pleaded guilty and was fined 10 and court costs which judge champlin suspended the people of biloxi were generally apathetic to the socalled blue laws  the biloxi daily herald august 30 1909 p 4 and september 10 1909 pp 12  mr abbley s associate r anderson dancer 18781915 was born at buenavista chickasaw county mississippi the son of john w dancer and carolina e bean he arrived at biloxi circa 1900 and was the brother of jessie dancer cousins 18741957 the spouse of joseph h cousins 18741917 mr dancer worked for lopez dukate at the rigolets in 1904 in november 1911 r anderson dancer married carrie engbarth 18891967 a native of rodney jefferson county mississippi and the daughter of emile engbarth 1855ca 1905 and magalene jeanette arndt 18561938 at the time the engbarth family resided on porter street in ocean springs dr chipman of the pascagoula episcopal church officiated  the daily herald   december 1 1911 p 4 and the ocean springs news    april 15 1915 p 1  circa 1909 mr dancer had come to ocean springs and opened a movie theater on washington avenue called the vaudette he sold it to ew illing 18701947 in september 1909 in november 1909 mr dancer went to lumberton mississippi with willie engbarth 18821957 his future brotherinlaw to open a movie house apparently things did not work as  the ocean springs news  reported that ra dancer sold his movie house and returned to ocean springs in december 1909 with charles engbarth 18931967 after their marriage carrie and anderson dancer ran a store at ocean springs probably on the southeast corner of porter and washington mr dancer expired on april 9 1915 he was buried in the evergreen cemetery ocean springs carrie e dancer remarried fred meyers and was residing at pass christian mississippi in 1962 she was at ocean springs in 1967 no further information abbley and dancer paid 3000 rent each month to charles redding the airdome lot was bounded by fayard street on the west howard avenue on the south and reynoir street on the east it was fenced and had one hundred twentyfive benches capable of seating eight people and two hundredfifty chairs giving it a seating capacity of 1250 people there was a stage and picture machine box probably the projector harry haise 18541954 did the carpentry work to erect the airdome the newly formed daily herald band under the direction of professor joseph dowling performed on opening day fred p abbley was the manager  the daily herald april 13 1909 and april 20 1909 p 2    charles king and joseph king in early march january 1913  charles king and joseph king of the bijou theatre began remodeling the airdome  for the summer season the popular venue will be doubled in size with extensive improvents a new viewing screen will be ready for opening night  the daily herald march 4 1913 p 8    references  the biloxi herald   city news   september 27 1907 the biloxi herald   new moving picture show   february 13 1908 the biloxi herald   another picture show   february 17 1908 the daily herald   biloxi   march 4 1913  avenue theatre the avenue theatre was situated on the south side of west howard avenue on a small lot 53 feet by 125 feet owned by uriah s joachim in may 1948 mr joachim leased his building at 322 west howard avenue to odeus meyers 18841968 who had launched the meyers theatre on the se c of lameuse and division streets in may 1940 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 310 p 550  b d theatres b d theatres was chartered in october 1960 by claude s bourgeois 19291985 of biloxi and edgar g doerr 19111983 mr doerr was domiciled at new orleans harrison co mississippi chattel deed bk 263 p 132 in november 1964 b d theatres transferred their sublease and assignment from henry meyers to biloxi theatres inc this conveyance was approved by us joachim in december 1964 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 310 p 550 bk 556 p 68 and p 70  biloxi theatres inc references     bay view theatre 101 west bay view the tract of land that the bay view theatre was erected was acquired by terrance smith 18551924 an irish immigrant stevedore and resident of nola from ec joullian and charles redding in february 1921 for 8000 the smith parcel consisted of about 45 acres and was described as two hundredeighty feet on back bay and running south eight hundred fifty feet on the west side of lameuse street harrison co mississippi land deed bk 130 p 348 in october 1881 terrance smith had married sallie o harris 18621885 they had at least one son william smith 18831900 at nola mr smith remarried to katherine douglas 18691937 in february 1895 from this marriage at least two children were born in the crescent city probably on soniat street joseph smith 18971968 and douglas i smith 19011979 when terrance smith conveyed this late to his spouse in june 1924 it was described as having 280 feet on back bay and running south on the west side of lameuse street for 730 feet harrison co mississippi land deed bk 141 p 614 and 1900 orleans parish federal census t623575 p 23b ed 128 shortly after the demise of terrance smith katherine douglas smith sold the land to douglas i smith her son in january 1925 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 152 p 350 and bk 160 p 231  douglas i smith there is a high degree of certitudethatdouglas ignatius smith 19011979 while visiting biloxi with his parents met vera moran 19011979 the daughter of francis moran 18531935 and elizabeth vanderpool 18691940 they married at biloxi in october 1920 by 1930 douglas i smith was managing a restaurant and had his growing family domiciled on lameuse street the smith children were douglas i smith jr b 1921 patrick smith b 1923 gerard smith b 1924 m dolores kneale theresa e smith b 1925 m leon l tootle 19191988 and terrence smith 192720011930 harrison county mississippi federal census r 1146 p 22a ed 6  opened in 1946 the bay view theatre opened on november 30 1946 with caesar and cleopatra an english produced film starring vivian leigh 19131967 and claude rains 18891967 at the time this production was touted as the most expensive ever made costing over 6 million the building was designed by collins collins and its erection was supervised by sam starks and cost over 60000 the theatre area was 50 feet by 100 feet with a seating capacity of almost seven hundred persons the viewing screen was plastic and the sound system built by rca a brinkert movie projector was utilized the bayview theatre was cooled and heated with a 40ton air conditioning unit and a riznor heating system respectively  the daily herald november 28 1946 p 1  in addition the structure housed kay s flower shop bay apparel and bay drugs operated by alfred j claiborne 18951946 mr claiborne had been with katz besthoff drug stores in the crescent city gerard smith son of douglas i smith was the manager of the movie house  the daily herald november 28 1946 p 1    early management jack cameron was an early manager of the bay view theatre jack lived in biloxi as a child and later was stationed at keesler field during wwii he returned to biloxi after the war from bartow in central florida to manage the biloxi movie house jack left the bay view in november 1950 to open a grill and soda shop on porter avenue north of the biloxi lighthouse the restaurant had been carron s and he took a lease from the home milk products company to initiate this enterprise  the daily herald november 18 1950 p 3    whiz quiz probably to generate additional attendance in the theatre the bay view in late august 1948 commenced its whiz quiz program jack clark wlox crooner was the emcee and he was assited by lewis and sally nesman of portraits of sound a recording studio with a roving microphone they asked the audience questions which if answered correctly could lead to a jackpot of prizes  the daily herald august 18 1948 p 3    beach drivein corporation the beach drivein corporation was incorporated in mississippi in september 1949 by ernest v landaiche 18951966 and joy n houck 19011999 of new orleans and douglas i smith 19011979 of biloxi harrison co mississippi chattel deed bk 458 p 471  ernest v landaiche  ernest valence landaiche 18951966 was born in st john the baptist parish louisiana on september 20 1895 his father passed when he was young and in 1910 he was domiciled at memphis tennessee with charles b buddecke 18721910 his stepfather and head conductor of the local street railway and lena l buddecke 18721910 his mother when he registered for the wwi draft in 1917 ernest v landaiche was employed as a booking clerk with southern delta pictures in new orleans during the great war he trained at pensacola florida with the us army aviation corps circa 1924 he married stella paletou 19012004 of nola and fathered three daughters gloria landaiche 19272000 m leon dawkins bultman janet landaiche b 1928 m leon f cambon 19282000 and joyce landaiche b 1930 m walter f gagnet jr in 1930 ev landaiche was the assistant manager of a movie theater in the crescent city and residing with his family and inlaws gaston lanata and marie lanata on north galvez street 1910 shelby co tennessee federal census t6241520 p 1b ed 209 and 1930 orleans parish louisiana federal census r803 p 11a ed 74 and the times picayune august 23 1917 p 3    joy theatres by 1942 mr landaiche was transferred from nola to dallas texas as the branch manager for the exchange of 20 th century fox he had been the manager of 20 th century fox at new orleans by the late 1940s mr landaiche had returned to the crescent city and had become associated with joy newton houck 19011999 a native of southwestern arkansas mr houck was raised on a farm in the buena vista township of columbia county arkansas he entered the movie business after 1920 and was very successful especially in new orleans arena by 1940 his joy theatres inc had forty movie houses operating in louisiana mississippi arkansas and georgia in the late 1940s and early 1950s mr houck began distributing and producing motion pictures with howco production company a partnership with j francis white owner of consolidated theaters operator of thirtyone movie houses in virginia north carolina and south carolina howco produced many blevel westerns starring lash larue 19211996 a native of gretna louisiana some of howcos other early releases were  kentucky rifle  1954  jail bait  1954  mesa of lost women  1956  the times picayune august 12 1942 sec i p 6  1920 columbia co arkansas federal censust62559 p 11b ed 74 heffernan 2004 p 73 joy n houck jr 19422003 son of john n houck a native of new orleans became an actor screen writer and bmovie director his best known works are  night of bloody horror 1969 women and bloody terror 1969 and creature from black lake 1976  the junior houck also acted in tight rope and the big easy among others in 1965 landaiche and houck built the 500000 westgate drivein theater on veterans and david drive in metairie louisiana  bay view bowling alley operated by the beach drivein theatre corporation this entity had been incorporated in mississippi in september 1949 by ernest v landaiche joy n houck of new orleans and douglas i smith of biloxi in december 1959 mr landaiche and sullivan installed eight brunswick bowling lanes harrison co mississippi land deed bk 458 p 471  opening the bayview lanes an eightlane facility opened on january 19 1960 with terry marlow as manager robert marlow her spouse was employed as a brunswick automatic pinsetter technician at keesler afb the lanes were dedicated on january 30 and january 31 1960 the jax beer bowling team from nola made an appearance during this commencement celebration mr landaiche already had plans to add eight additional lanes to bayview lanes he was also planning a 24lane bowling center on west beach boulevard in front of his beach drivein theater  the daily herald january 19 1960 p6 and january 28 1960 p 27    conflagration and destruction december 1962after the fire  courtesy of betty bellandetoland november 2011  bayview lanes  formerly the  bayview theatre building  was destroyed in a great conflagration on november 29th loss to structure and equipment was estimated at 450000  douglas i smith  19011979 opened a theatre flower shop and drug store here in 1946 in 1959 the  building was remodeled into a 20lane bowling alley  when owned by ernest v landaiche 18951966 the daily herald november 30 1962 p 1  leckich fayard in december 1968 the beach drivein theatres corporation stella p landaiche 19012004 president conveyed the bayview theatre lot 142 feet on the nw c of bayview and lameuse and south 197 feet on the west side of lameuse to smith street and west to pinsley 142 feet and north 197 feet to bayview avenue to robert a fayard joseph h leckich and james wayne leckich harrison co mississippi 2 nd jd land deed bk 1 p 339  ra seafood co inc in may 1994 ra fayard seafood co inc made a ten year lease with an option agreement commencing on june 15 1994 with mississippii gaming lp and the bayview yacht club inc their sole general partner for three parcels of land on the nw c of bayview avenue and lameuse street harrison co mississippi 2 nd jd land deed bk 273 p 21  boomtown casino parking lot   references  books kevin heffernan  ghouls gimmicks and gold horror films and the american movie business 19531968  duke university press durham north carolina2004  chancery court harrison co mississippi 2 nd jd chancery court cause no p1064b   estate of robert a fayard ii  april 1988 harrison co mississippi 2 nd jd chancery court cause no p1064b  estate of joan e fayard  december 1988  journals the daily herald   bayview theatre at biloxi will open saturday   november 28 1946 the daily herald   whiz quiz program   august 18 1948 the daily herald   cameron opens new grill   november 18 1950 the daily herald   mrs marlow is bowling manager  january 19 1960 the daily herald   bayview bowling lanes in biloxi have opening saturday and sunday   january 28 1960   the daily herald   flames destroy bayview bowling lanes at biloxi   november 30 1962 the times picayune   news of photoplay  august 23 1917 the times picayune   joy s theatres inc  advertisement     december 15 1940 the times picayune   change made along film row   august 12 1942 the times picayune     august 12 1942 the times picayune   society   august 23 1947 the times picayune   society   august 25 1954 the times picayune   amusements   april 28 1955 the times picayune   movie premiere set   december 18 1956 the times picayune   several stables arrive for fair grounds season   october 22 1957 the times picayune   500000 movie drivein ready  january 19 1965 the times picayune   deaths   january 3 1966 the times picayune   opening movies for joy s panorama ii   august 17 1967 the times picayune     19 the times picayune     19 the times picayune     19  beach drivein theatre beach drivein corporation the beach drivein corporation was incorporated in mississippi in late september 1949 by ernest v landaiche 18951966 and joy n houck 19011999 of new orleans and douglas i smith 19011979 of biloxi harrison co mississippi chattel deed bk 458 p 471   bijou the bijou theatre opened for business on west howard avenue on november 5 1910 the movie house was one hundred twentyfour feet long and twenty feet wide  st stephens was the general manager and emma bolton the cashier and a antoine the doorman the deciding vote of the imp independent moving pictures company film company was the initial reel shown at the bijou theatre imp was founded by carl laemmle 18671939 a german immigrant and movie industry pioneer imp became universal studios and relocated from nyc in 1910 to los angeles and had its studio in hollywood on sunset boulevard  the daily herald november 5 1910  the castleden curtain company installed a pictorial advertising curtain in the bijou theatre in late november 1912 the center portion of the curtain had an ocean view with advertisements of biloxi s leading merchants in variegated colors and scrolled spaces framing the curtain the effect was that of a finely framed picture that might hang in an art gallery mr stephens was lauded for his appropriate addition of the curtain to his little theatre  the daily herald december 2 1912 p 8    refrences  the daily herald   bijou theatre will open tonight   november 5 1910  the daily herald      the daily herald   new curtain at the bijou theatre   december 2 1912 the daily herald      the daily herald      don drivein west beachbiloxi the don drivein was located in lot 52 of the la frederick survey on west beach at biloxi mississippi in 1964 wg solomon proprietor of the sunny south theatres inc of mccomb mississippi may have been the original operator of this outdoor venue in 1969 don b stafford president of dixie theatres corporation of nola became involved no further information  references   dukate s theatre   references    the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald       fad    buck theatre 1942   past time open air theatregaiety theatrebuck theatre 301 lameuse street located on a lot with a fortyeight foot front on the northwest corner of lameuse street and ninetyone feet on the north side of jackson street owned by the louis holley family from 1914 to 1961 in january 1879 louis holley 18411892 married louisa hahn 18471927 the daughter of john hahn 18061847 and elizabeth hahn 18121904 german immigrants who owned the magnolia hotel on front street at biloxi louis and louisa h holley were the parents of geneva holley 18791960 anson holley 18821967 m mary liliana caillavet 18831967 louis c holley 18841973 m mary agregaard 18931981 john benjamin holley 18861925 sarah louisa holley 18891931 and florence may holley 18921953 in midmay 1914 louis holley manager announced that he would soon commence an open air theatre on the site formerly called the gaiety theatre on may 27 1914 louis holley opened the past time open air theatre on lameuse and jackson streets his first movies were pierre of the north the golden path from the selig company and quarantined of the edison company pathe s weekly news was also shown  the daily herald  may 16 1914 p 2 and may 27 1914 p 2   the remodeling and redecorating at saenger s gaeity theatre is almost finished the improvements consisted of the following the facade of the theatre was remodeled and winging doors added a terrace was built across the front of the theater decorated with artificial roses the interior of the gaiety theatre was painted buff and green with paneled trimmings six hundred latest veneered theatre chairs replaced older seating new organ put in with new music rolls capable of playing seventeen pieces continuously four double and two single exists created for additional safety and ten new wall fans and two ceiling fans added to the interior the new gaiety opened for business in midapril with its same policies and no new admission charge for additional safety a security guard was put on night duty in the movie house  the daily herald april 12 1927 p 2   martin j salvant 18691946 native of nola and manager of the biloxi gaiety theatre  has been transferred to the anderson theatre at gulfport from where he come to biloxi over a year ago  the daily herald january 10 1928 p 2    buck theatre and 1936 lease in october 1936 louis holley anson holley geneva holley and florence holley leased to nl carter of the vicksburg amusement enterprise corporation of nola in december 1936  saenger theatre officials said that the buck theatre  formerly the gaiety theatre  corner of lameuse street and jackson street will open soon the new theater has undergone extensive refurbishment and now has the capacity for over four hundred patrons the balcony for colored people had nearly one hundred seats modern western electric sound equipment and temlock wallboard for better insulation and acoustic properties has also been added to the structure ao bourdon was the manager of the buck theatre harrison co mississippi land deed bk 212 p 272 and the daily herald december 17 1936 p 1    1942 in early august the paramountrichardstheatres corporation feted a retirement party at the triangle fishing and eating club for ao bourdon  manager of the buck theatre the daily herald august 3 1942 p 5  people s bank in january 1961 anson holley sr conveyed the lot to f walker tucei for 21000 mr tucei an employee of the people s bank sold it to his bank also in january 1961 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 474 p 284 and p 287  1966 the buck theatre laughran building and collins building burned on mardi gras eve february 22 1966 while the mardi gras parade was in progress firemen from four other cities and kafb fought the conflagration and two biloxi firemen guy green and george emile suffered smoke inhalation while battling the burning buildings damages were estimated to be as much as 50000 the daily herald february 23 1961 p 2  refrences  harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 42125   the estate of geneva holley  december 1960 the biloxi herald      the biloxi daily herald   mrs elizabeth hahn   october 5 1904 the daily herald      the daily herald   new moving picture theatre to open   may 16 1914 the daily herald   past time open air theatre opens tonight   may 27 1914 the daily herald   bourdon in new orleans   august 1 1919 the daily herald   biloxi thestres farewell party for ao bourdon   august 3 1942 the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald       jewel theatorium    meyers theatre 740 lameuse street in february 1940 odeus meyers 18841968 and calus canute cc meyers 19091999 his son operators of meyers grocery at 447 east division street announced that they were going to build a 600seat movie theater on the southeast corner of lameuse and division streets jack fayard biloxi architect was hired to draw building plans for the 11000 meyers woodframed movie house it was to be 40 feet by 110 feet and fireproof approximately 400seats were for white patrons and 200seats for colored viewers the colored entrance and lobby was on division street and their seating area was the balcony the white clientele entered from lameuse street and were seated in the main auditorium the meyers family had arrived in biloxi from erath louisiana about 1929  the daily herald february 10 1940 p 1  land for the new meyers was acquired in june 1938 theatre by odeus c meyers for 1000 from ruth elder collins 18991931 and hazel elder van court the heirs of lee elder 18641931 this 602 foot by 300 foot site had been in the elder family since 1914 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 220 p 598 and bk 108 p 108 the meyers family had arrived in biloxi from erath louisiana about 1926 odeus meyers had married elvena viator at delcambre louisiana in october 1905 their children were calus c meyers 19091999 albert j meyers 19111958 henry meyers 19142004 m eula marie meyers ena meyers krause 19201983 and ella meyers fayard  the building the meyers theatre was erected in the spring of 1940  opening night the meyers theatre opened on the evening of may 17 1940 with alias the deacon starring bob burns calus c meyers and ht fayard of picayune were the managers of the new movie house  management in october 1942 frank adorno collector for the o keefe burial association was named manager of the meyers theatre the daily herald october 6 1942 p 7 in may 1943 ben richards a former employee of the bradford funeral parlors was named manager of the meyers theatre the daily herald may 31 1943 p 8  sale  in january 1961 odeus meyers and calus c meyers conveyed the meyers theatre to b d theatres inc for 60000 b d theatres was chartered in october 1960 by claude s bourgeois 19291985 of biloxi and edgar g doerr 19111983 mr doerr was domiciled at new orleans harrison co mississippi land deed bk 220 p 598 and harrison co mississippi chattel deed bk 263 p 132 in june 1976 henry meyers 19142004 ena meyers krause 19201983 and ella meyers fayard 18981988 to calus c meyers calus c meyers to lloyd t moon and barbara caillavet moon in june 1984 lot 602 feet by 170 feet harrison co mississippi 2 nd jd district land deed bk 66 p 316 and bk 146 p 39  references  the daily herald   new theatre  meyers  announced for biloxi   february 10 1940 the daily herald   may 15 set for opening of new theatre at biloxi   april 26 1940 the daily herald   theatre opening set for tonight   may 17 1940 the daily herald   advertisements   may 17 1940 the daily herald     frank  manager meyer theatre   october 6 1942 the daily herald     ben  richards meyer theater manager   may 31 1943 the daily herald   odeus meyers   june 6 1968 the sun herald   mr henry meyers   april 1 2004 the sun herald      the sun herald      the sun herald       palace of pleasure1908 pictorium      roxy theatre 1430 east howard avenue   1942roxy theatre  east howard avenue eastern section of city children 10 cent adults 20 cent at all times open at 130 pm judy broussard comfirmed that the roxy was owned by joe and katina smolicich it was later taken over by their son vincent nicknamed viccy edmond said the 1949 city directory shows citanovich as the owner i only remember the smolocichs judy thinks that katina was a citanovich before marriage the roxy was first owned by frances cvitanich 1949 city directory when i was at st michaels school in the 1950s sharon smolicich was in my class and her parents owned it then  joseph smolcich  joseph smolcich 18931967 married frances cvitanovich 19011979 both born on the dalmatian coast of croatia children matilda smolcich b 1920 joseph a smolcich 19222010 m anna kopszywa 19272010 vincent smolcich 19251981 anthony smolcich matilda smolcich barry melrita smolcich raesner steve smolcich sam smolcich 19342006 the smolcich family started the biloxi seafood company the roxy theatre at 1430 east howard avenue the roxy restaurant and owned much rental property on point cadet in east biloxi the sun herald october 12 2010 p a4  1960s fire the roxy theatre on east howard avenue which had been closed for nearly eight years burned on january 3 1965 a residence and trailer in the rear of the movie house were also destroyed resulting in total losses of about 26000 mrs francis smolich was the owner the daily herald january 4 1965 p 1  references  the daily herald   sunday fire destroys theatre   january 4 1965 p 1 the sun herald   anna kopszywa smolcich   february 13 2010 p a4 the sun herald   joseph smokey joe smolcich   october 11 2010 p a6 the sun herald   smolcich lived as mr biloxi   october 12 2010 p a4  saenger theatre norita lopez yerger inherited the large lopez lot on the northeast corner of howard avenue and reynoir street in march 1928 she and rucks yerger jr her spouse granted a thirty years lease to harrison co mississippi land deed bk 20 p 459  julian h saenger julian henri saenger 18731932 was born in norfolk virginia to rabbi israel saenger 18411900 an 1866 immigrant from germany and mrs saenger d pre1900 also a german immigrant julian graduated from johns hopkins university at baltimore maryland after completing their pharmacy school before 1900 the saenger family relocated from macon georgia to shreveport louisiana where he was a retail pharmacist and proprietor of the saenger drug company with abe d saenger 18761932 his brother 1900 caddo parish louisiana federal census t623560 p 4b ed 40 in 1911 julian h saenger joined with levi maurice ash 18801971 who had married florence saenger ash 18861932 his sister and abe d saenger his brother to organized the saenger amusement company they opened their first movie house in shreveport also in 1911 in 1917 the company had built the strand theatre at new orleans and in november 1926 with their two hundred movies houses in fifty southern cities in eleven southern states and central america and cuba saenger theatres inc was integrated into publix theaters corporation the premier american movie house proprietor whose crown jewel was the seven million dollar paramont theater on broadway the two and onehalf million dollar saenger theatre opened in the crescent city on february 4 1927 it was designed by emile weil julian h saenger married marjorie kent weston at gretna louisiana in december 1930 they were domiciled at 831 bourbon street julian was stricken by a heart attack on february 6 1932 he expired in an ambulance rushing him to a new orleans hospital  the times picayune december 20 1930 p 20 and february 6 1932 p 1    references  the biloxi daily herald   of religious interest   september 12 1900 the biloxi daily herald   jewish new year   december 21 1903 the biloxi daily herald   shebuoth   may 19 1904 the biloxi daily herald   personal   may 23 1907 the biloxi daily herald the biloxi daily herald the daily herald   jewish passover   april 16 1910 the daily herald   jewish new year will be ushered in this evening   october 1 1913 the daily herald   stone county   october 13 1916 the daily herald   jewish services at the elks club by rabbi moses   july 20 1918 the daily herald   25 jewish sailors dr moses guests   september 7 1918 the daily herald   collecting for jewish relief   september 25 1918 the daily herald   dr and mrs moses return to biloxi   september 25 1918 the daily herald   jewish welfare board may send man home   january 6 1919 the daily herald   moses elected rabbi   february 10 1919 the daily herald the daily herald   bay st louis postmaster visits biloxi   march 29 1920 the daily herald          the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the timespicayune   new saenger theater is vast beyond belief and incredibly beautiful   february 5 1927 the timespicayune   theater is seen as realization of years of work   february 5 1927 the timespicayune   society   december 20 1930 the timespicayune   julian h saenger stricken dies on way to hospital   february 7 1932   strand theatre norita lopez yerger had inherited the large lopez lot on the northeast corner of howard avenue and reynoir street in january 1925 she made a five year lease with julian h saenger 18731932 of the gulf coast amusement company to rent the building formerly housing the l lopez company store at 418 howard avenue as the strand theatre  the rent was 250 per month on may 22 1926 a fire on the adjacent property did some damage to the strand theatre and the movie house was shut down for repairs by the lessor the lease was renegotiated after the fire and compromised and the lessee agreed to a monthly rental rate of 325 each month until january 31 1930 then it would be increased to 425 per month harrison co mississippi land deed bk 162 p 232 the strand theatre was built in lopez building on west howard avenue in the winter of 1923 opened in early january 1924 with a feature picture comedy and high class vaudeville act and orchestra modern theater with seating capacity of six hundred fifty interior modern finish with lighting appropriate for projection and illumination of the building modern projector  the daily herald january 4 1924 p 1   antitrust litigation filed in new orleans against the saenger amusement company and others was dismissed in early january since the saenger amusement company did not sell commodities it was not in violation of the louisiana state antitrust statue  the daily herald january 10 1924 p 1    tom bautovich   19081990 native of new orleans and new organist at the strand theatre  is becoming popular with his audiences tom is a graduate of the new orleans conservatory of music and played in the top theaters in nola before coming to biloxi he was a also daily broadcaster over wsmb in the crescent city   the daily herald october 11 1927 p 2   work was commenced to remodel the strand theatre into a modern store building in the spring of 1929 a ziegenfelder gulfport contractor was hired to conert the former movie house into a buildign with three store grant s drug store was to occupy one of the spaces the work was expected to take 60 days the daily herald march 20 1929 p 2   1907  the  nickelodeon  an electric theater was located on lameuse street across from suter suter the nickelodeon occupied the space of a recently closed movie house operated by robert montamat the building was being remodeled and opened shortly under the management of wh fudge  mr fudge had formerly been assistant manager of forest park the amusement venue in west biloxi  forest park had balloon ascensions a high dive and other exciting attractions for its summer patrons  the biloxi herald september 27 1907 p 2  1908  the  palace of pleasure opened in dukate s theatre on february 17 1908   moving picture show of biloxi as up to date as up to date as any in the country      1909 the airdome  an open air movie and vaudeville venue opened april 19 1909 on the lazaro lopez property west of the tp dulion mercantile company it was owned by the vaudette amusement company a partnership of julius m lopez and frederick p abbley 18811941 mr abbley was an experienced theatre owner as he was operating the vaudette theatre at biloxi and scranton pascagoula he had recently sold his vaudette theatre in ocean springs to r anderson dancer 18781915 mr danser vended his vaudette movie house on washington avenue to ew illing 18701947 in september 1909 and went to lumberton mississippi with william willie engbarth 18821957 to open a movie house apparently things did not work as the ocean springs news reported that ra dancer sold his movie house and returned to ocean springs in december 1909 with charles engbarth 18851962 mr dancer married carrie engbarth 18891967 in november 1911  the daily herald april 3 1909 p 1 april 20 1909 p 2  december 1 1911 p 4 and the ocean springs news september 11 1909 november 13 1909 november 20 1909 and december 25 1909  the airdome lot was bounded by fayard street on the west howard avenue on the south and reynoir street on the east it was fenced and had one hundred twentyfive benches capable of seating eight people and two hundredfifty chairs giving it a seating capacity of 1250 people there was a stage and picture machine box probably the projector harry haise 18541954 did the carpentry work to erect the airdome the newly formed daily herald band under the direction of professor joseph dowling performed on opening day fred p abbley was the manager  the daily herald april 13 1909 and april 20 1909 p 2  1910 the bijou theatre opened for business on west howard avenue on november 5 1910 the movie house was one hundred twentyfour feet long and twenty feet wide  st stephens was the general manager  the daily herald november 5 1910 p  1911 the vaudette theatre now occupied by uncle fred s is being demolished to erect a twostory brick structure for joseph lawrence and charles redding on the corner of howard avenue and delauney tj rosell drew the architectural plans  the daily herald july 18 1911 p 8  1913 in january 1913  jh king and cb king of mobile proprietors of the crown theatre there acquired the theatrical business interest of st stephens at biloxi at this time mr stephens operated the bijou theatre and the air dome   the daily herald january 11 1913 p 1    1914 the crown theatre  formerly the bijou theatre  opened in january 1914  the daily herald january 16 1914 p 2  1919  in october 1919  victor howard  a prominent motion picture proprietor of new orleans acquired the crown theatre and big airdome movie houses at biloxi from the king brothers of mobile cb king was the manager of the biloxi theaters for king brothers  the daily herald october 24 1919 p 1    1920 ao bourdon  manager of the gulf coast amusement company  kept the crown and gaiety open during the recent strike  the daily herald february 20 1920 p 6  1924 the strand theatre was built in the lopez building on west howard avenue in the winter of 1923 it opened in early january 1924 with a feature picture comedy and high class vaudeville act and orchestra it was a modern theater with seating capacity of six hundred fifty its interior featured a modern finish with lighting appropriate for projection and illumination of the building the strand also was equipped with a modern projector  the daily herald january 4 1924 p 1  antitrust litigation filed in new orleans against the saenger amusement company and others was dismissed in early january since the saenger amusement company did not sell commodities it was not in violation of the louisiana state antitrust statue  the daily herald january 10 1924 p 1  1926   1927 the remodeling and redecorating at saenger s gaeity theatre is almost finished the improvements consisted of the following the facade of the theatre was remodeled and winging doors added a terrace was built across the front of the theater decorated with artificial roses the interior of the gaiety theatre was painted buff and green with paneled trimmings six hundred latest veneered theatre chairs replaced older seating new organ put in with new music rolls capable of playing seventeen pieces continuously four double and two single exists created for additional safety and ten new wall fans and two ceiling fans added to the interior the new gaiety opened for business in midapril with its same policies and no new admission charge for additional safety a security guard was put on night duty in the movie house  the daily herald april 12 1927 p 2  tom bautovich  19081990 native of new orleans and new organist at the strand theatre  is becoming popular with his audiences tom is a graduate of the new orleans conservatory of music and played in the top theaters in nola before coming to biloxi he was a also daily broadcaster over wsmb in the crescent city   the daily herald october 11 1927 p 2    1928  martin j salvant 18691946 native of nola and manager of the biloxi gaiety theatre  has been transferred to the anderson theatre at gulfport from where he come to biloxi over a year ago  the daily herald january 10 1928 p 2  will probably let contract for new saenger theatre in june  the daily herald may 16 1928 p 2    1936 saenger officials said that the buck theatre  formerly the gaiety theatre  corner of lameuse street and jackson street will open soon the new theater has undergone extensive refurbishment and now has the capacity for over four hundred patrons the balcony for colored people had nearly one hundred seats modern western electric sound equipment and temlock wallboard for better insulation and acoustic properties has also been added to the structure  the daily herald december 17 1936 p 1    1940  odeus meyers  18841968 and calus c meyers  19091999 his son operators of meyers grocery at 447 east division street announced that they were going to build a 600seat movie theater on the southeast corner of lameuse and division streets jack fayard biloxi architect was hired to draw building plans for the 11000 meyers woodframed movie house it was to be 40 feet by 110 feet and fireproof approximately 400seats were for white patrons and 200seats for colored viewers the colored entrance and lobby was on division street and their seating area was the balcony the white clientele entered from lameuse street and were seated in the main auditorium the meyers family had arrived in biloxi from erath louisiana about 1929  the daily herald february 10 1940 p 1    1942   references    journals the biloxi herald   city news   september 27 1907 the biloxi herald   new moving picture show   february 13 1908 the biloxi herald   another picture show   february 17 1908 the biloxi herald   moving pictures in biloxi   september 25 1908  the daily herald the daily herald   bijou theatre will open tonight   november 5 1910 the daily herald   new building for redding and lawrence   july 18 1911 the daily herald    dancerengbarth   december 1 1911 p 4 the daily herald   the new gaiety theatre   may 7 1912 the daily herald   popular young biloxian weds   september 14 1912 the daily herald   the new dixie theater   september 26 1912  the daily herald   tam has leased firemen s hall   october 1 1912 the daily herald   new curtain at the bijou theatre   december 2 1912 p 8 the daily herald   mobilians buy biloxi theaters from stephens   january 11 1913 the daily herald   gaiety open air theatre open thursday   may 13 1913 the daily herald   jh king buys out two picture shows   july 24 1913 the daily herald   contest closes at the big airdome   august 7 1913 the daily herald   kings will open new theater in biloxi tomorrow   january 14 1914 the daily herald   crown theater opening triumph   january 16 1914 the daily herald   biloxi team is again victorius   july 20 1914 the daily herald   biloxi theatres changes hands   october 24 1919  19201929 the daily herald   both theatres  crown and gaiety  in biloxi operataed during strike   february 20 1920 the daily herald   open theater tomorrow   january 4 1924 the daily herald   court rules saenger company is not a trust   january 10 1924 the daily herald   fire loss is 75000 in early blaze   may 23 1926 the daily herald   biloxi business houses burned   may 29 1926 the daily herald   new gaiety to open monday   april 12 1927 the daily herald   tom bautovich  organist     october 11 1927 the daily herald   salvant transferred   january 10 1928 the daily herald   break ground for new saenger house   july 14 1928 the daily herald   saenger has new manager  martin j salvent     december 31 1929  19301939 the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald   buck theatre to open saturday   december 17 1936  19401949 the daily herald   new theatre  meyers  announced for biloxi   february 10 1940  19801999 the daily herald centennial edition   films at saenger kept coastians in the darkness   october 7 1984 the daily herald centennial edition   gem of the coast polished   october 7 1984  the ocean springs news the ocean springs news    local news   september 11 1909 the ocean springs news    local news   november 13 1909 the ocean springs news    local news  november 20 1909 the ocean springs news   local news   december 25 1909   1744 views  ', 0);
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