 pierre bellande 18711933  pierre bellande 18711933 osarep tue 3232010 1842 peter bellande   pierre bellande  18711933 was known as peter he was born on april 4 1871 at north biloxi peter married alice caillavet 18721955 a biloxi girl who was born april 7 1872 her parents were raymond j caillavet 18381898 a carpenter and celina joucheray 18411903 of new orleans  baseball and fishing in the spring of 1892  the biloxi herald  announced that the tp dulion baseball club had organized and that peter bellande was their first baseman peter must have passed his athletic ability to his sons as several were excellent athletes  the biloxi herald   april 9 1892 p 4 by midjune 1892 a new baseball club was organized called the   biloxi blues   as the officers of the club wkm dukate 18521916 lazaro lopez 18501903 and theodore p dulion were among the most affluent biloxians of this era the choice of peter bellande and his brother august to the squad is most impressive three of their cousins emile harvey b 1870 louis harvey 18741913 and francis harvey 18741913 were also selected to play for manager ed suter 18661943 older brother joseph a bellande 18681961 was elected an honorary member of the team  the biloxi herald june 18 1892 p 4   another avocation of peter which was certainly in the family genes and passed to his sons was fishing this   believe it or not   fish tale was printed in the  the biloxi herald  of may 26 1894   fishing in the ponds on the l n railroad near the bridge has proven successful lately peter bellande and joseph clark caught nearly 600 green trout   bass   in 3 hours the other day   peter bellande domicile circa 1890 detail lr alice c bellande holding faye roy p bellande 837 lameuse streetsurvived hurricane katrina of august 2006  below in january 1994   marriage and family peter bellande and alice caillavet exchanged wedding vows in biloxi on august 19 1894 they settled at 837 lameuse street in biloxi on land that antoine bellande had purchased in 1880 and conveyed to marie harvey bellande in december 1885 all of their children were born in this house which is extant and occupied by an hebert family today  alice caillavet bellande  18721955 peter was a bartender and later a policeman as a member of the biloxi police force he served as a patrolman sanitary inspector night clerk and desk sergeant in january 1917 officer bellande s hours were changed from 9 am to 9 pm to 12 noon to 12 midnight by richard m randolph chief of police his bicycle was also stolen from howard avenue  the daily herald january 21 1917 p 1   contraband alcohol continued to be smuggled and sold in harrison county and the popp s ferry area appears to be a preferred destination for these illicit activities in march 1917 police chief richard m randolph and officer peter bellande 18711933 seized a wagon loaded with eight casks of cook s beer and a gallon of wine and arrested frances barthes 18881942 it was presumed by local law enforcement officials that a schooner had transported the liquor to biloxi from new orleans and that it was being transported to popp s ferry for retail sale judge fw elmer jr fined mr barthes 100 and court cost  the daily herald march 13 1917 p 3   mayor edward glennan 18541933 started his final year as mayor of biloxi with turmoil in the police department in january 1918 when it was time to reappoint patrolmen walter h skeet hunt 18871961 1 st ward alderman opposed that frank j zudie hightower 18901976  peter bellande  18711933 and john w mabry 18731940 continue with the force the board of aldermen appointed joseph mattina 18891969 a barber willie ryan 18761958 biloxi yacht club keeper and martin green jr 18751951 a boat dealer to replace the three men none of the city council s new policemen had any law enforcement experience and they had to be trained by chief randolph chief randolph further stated that he was greatly surprised and  was unwilling to part with officer bellande  he declares that officer  peter bellande has always proven himself a  very efficient police officer  officer bellande also has a large number of friends in the city administration as well as among citizens who are nor connected with the city  the daily herald january 3 1918 p   1 when john j kennedy replaced edward glennan in january 1919 as biloxi s new mayor he attempted to have peter bellande hired back on the biloxi police force he was opposed by commissioners walter h hunt and marshall l michel and officer bellande was not rehired at this time  the daily herald january 8 1919 p 1   by 1926 peter bellande was desk sergeant for the biloxi force in november 1926 he two two weeks vacationand expected to log in some fishing time at this time  the daily herald  related that   mr bellande is a fisherman of skill and repute and there is no greater recreative sport for the tired office man that a hook and line bait and the pleasures of anticipation the police office may expect a new man when he returns   the daily herald january 21 1917 p 1 and november 19 1926 p 2   once peter bellande decided to enter politics and ran for the office of constable but lost his family felt the loss was the result of peter s honesty this uprightness was noted in  the daily herald  of december 24 1917 on page one titled   officer bellande has no favorites   peter bellande arrested his oldest son roy bellande for riding his bicycle without a light officer bellande also arrested arbeau caillavet 18811946 his wife s first cousin for possessing liquor at caillavet s white kitchen on lameuse street mr caillavet was fined 100 by judge zt champlin in the fall of 1916 for transporting the contraband liquor in a suitcase one of peter s grandsons mickey j bellande b 1944 was elected a city councilman in biloxi in july 1989 and july 1993 representing ward 7  the daily herald november 2 1916 p 3   peter and alice reared a family of seven children on lameuse street they were roy p bellande 18951964 louise faith faye b davidson 18981974 aristide c bellande 19011976 elliott a bellande 19041977 ruth b ragusin 19061993 marcel j bellande 19091982 and alton l bellande 19121970 in the spring of 1933 peter bellande suffered a heart attack and died 7 months later on december 8 1933 alice caillavet bellande lived into very old age and passed on july 10 1955 at mobile alabama the day she was buried a violent thunderstorm struck biloxi and our neighbor on lameuse street mrs tom williams slipped on her porch and broke her leg 166 views  