 20th century 1951 2000  20th century 1951 2000 osarep mon 12312012 1410  1951 work started at 800 am on january 3rd by the mcwilliams dredging company   nola  on the west side of pass christian mississippi building a sand beach at the rate of 500 feet per day  the daily herald january 3 1951 p 1 biloxi s newly elected city officials  mayor r hart chinn  18881972 and commissioners ja tony creel  19011992 and  r gordon dacey  18961953  were sworn in by judge lawrence c corban  19001989    the following appointments were made  jacob d guice  19152009 city attorney  john m sekul  19111984 city judge who succeeded joseph d stennis  19001958  earl f wetzel  19101962 police chief  and henry w cook jr  19131951 assistant police chief the daily herald january 1 1951 p 1 and p 2      ferson optical company was chartered in harrison co mississippi on january 6th by fred b ferson mary swan and peter lenart jr  harrison co mississippi chattel deed bk 126 p 380      charles h sentell  18841951 former biloxi fire chief expired on january 25th the daily herald january 26 1951 p 12 the west end pharmacy opened in the new brick building of nick eliopolos on the nwc of porter and cemetery street irish hill drive owned by raymond bass the pharmacy is managed by ned fremin who was pharmacist at the avenue pharmacy for 13 years the new building is 26 feet wide by 58 feet deep and made from yellow tile and brick the daily herald january 23 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 years  an age at which  they have not matured to avoid places of iniquity  the timespicayune january 27 1951 p 8  henry a janin  181951 former ford automobile dealer plumber and electrician expired on february 8th     the buena vista laundry burned on march 13th  the 50000 conflagration saw anthony bernard  19081951  a volunteer fireman from the central fire station loose his life boarding the fire engine the daily herald january 7 1952 p 8 the new and modern bf goodrich store on east howard avenue opened in early march the daily herald march 2 1951      louis j braun  18901951  former biloxi mayor and entrepreneur  died on march 19th the daily herald march 19 1951 p 1      lorenzo n dantzler iii   18981951  south mississippi timber and lumberman died at tampa florida in late may  he had lived at tampa since 1923 the daily herald may 30 1951 p 1     the biloxi optimist club was chartered on june 2nd in the hurricane room of the buena vista hotel harold w falter pres j floyd bradford and frank e pringle vice presidents james c duke sgt atarms and alfred g howell sec treas board of governors dr george l percy william miller lt bill lehman daniel guice james quint and clark corley the daily herald june 5 1951 p 1 in early june the usaf took a lease on the gulf coast military academy consisting of 35acres and eleven buildings the usaf planned to host its tecnical training air force  tectaf school here the daily herald june 6 1951 p 1 by july there had been 187 cases of polio reported in mississippi as compared to 80 cases in 1951 hinds warren yazoo humphries and washington counties reported the majority of polio attacks the daily herald july 9 1952 p 1  peter f martin   18831951 native of castleberry alabama who developed the broadwater beach hotel in 1939 died at biloxi on july 25th the daily herald july 25 1951 p 1        camp graveline at fontainebleau opened on july 2 1951  through the efforts of father herbert mullin and father geoffrey o connell operated by missionaries of the most holy trinity from alabama the gulf coast times june 7 1951 p 1 june 28 1951 p 1 and august 2 1951 p 1  robert i ingalls founder of ingalls shipbuilding  died on july 12th the gulf coast times july 12 1951 p 1  clinton c blackwell and 19091983  cosman eisendrath  19061985  became managing coeditors of the daily herald in early october blackwell joined the local journal in 1928 and eisendrath in march 1925 the daily herald october 5 1951 p 1 the people s bank planned to enlarge its space by spending 30000 to remodel and move into the quarters of the mississippi power company the bank had moved here 1924 and the electricity company will relocate to 524 lameuse street the daily herald october 10 1951 p 1  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      robert walter schultz  19311951 native of new britain connecticut and recently discharged from the military  drowned in biloxi bay on november 29th  when his automobile plunged through the draw on the bridge to ocean springs the daily herald november 29 1951 p 1 the  6200000 wherry housing project for kafb  named for senator rep kenneth s wherry 18921951 of nebraska and consisting of family 1 2 and 3 bedroom units was completed in midnovember wilkinsonsnowdenmcgeheeconstruction company of memphis built the units as part of the 36675000 kafb expansion which included barracks dining hall academic buildings and a motor pool the daily herald november 14 1951 p 1 and november 29 1951 p 1     a new arkansastile  ushaped building  173 feet by 92 feet  designed by john t collins  and associates of biloxi was contracted to currie and corley of raleigh mississippi for the  st martin   school  in jackson county the 64000 stucture was erected to supplement the exisiting building the daily herald november 27 1951 p 3      major general james f powell  18931983  announced that coast gambling was off limits  to kafb personnel the gulf coast times december 6 1951 p 1  postmaster elvas v shove  18991987 related that effective december 1st due to the increase in population in rural route 3 of west biloxi it  would brought into the city delivery system and two mail carriers would service the area stamps and money orders would not be sold by the carriers and had to be purchased at the post office the daily herald december 1 1951 p 1      henry w cook jr  19131951  assistant police chief  died on december 17th from injuries acquired in an automobile accident in late november 1951 near sulphur louisiana  john chester manduffie  19141951 and  freida mae jacobs  19291951  were killed in the accident  which hw cook jr survivied until december the daily herald november 28 1951 p 1 and december 18 1951 p 1      dorothy dix  18611951 nom de plume of elizabeth meriwether gilmer and nationally  syndicated columnist  died at nola on december 16th the daily herald december 17 1951 p 1     the  clara foutain     owned by carey galle and  warren galle  owned by cecil galle both sank in the chandeleur islands in middecember victims of a strong nortwesterer the water pump on the  clara fountain  which was manned by  carey galle   and  cecil galle   broke and the  warren galle  with  moze hebert  and  nickie hebert  aboard went to her aid when both vessels got caught in a winter storm and sank in shallow water the fishermen were rescued by the  nike  a uscg cutter the daily herald december 17 1951 p 1      albert b austin  18761951 native of paris illinois  biloxi entrepreneur banker and realtor  expired at his home in ocean springs on december 14th the gulf coast times december 20 1951 p 1      general james f powell  18931983  was named biloxi s outstanding citizen by the lion s club the daily herald january 1 1952 p 1  1952 the new bay view homes addition  another project of the biloxi housing authority   opened on january 1st when the john babuchna  19091973 family moved into their new quarters the addition consisted of six twostory brick apartment buildings the  310000 low rent public housing project was designed and engineered by landry matthes and john t collins  local architects  stanley w newman company of mobile alabama was the general contractor rents ranged from 11 to 34 per month the daily herald january 5 1952 p 1  john edward eddie mcdonnell  19121986 was sworn in as sheriff of harrison county mississippi in early january with dewey lawrence  beat 1 supervisor  frank tater hightower  coroner and ranger  albert demoran  constable beat 1 the daily herald january 7 1952 p 1 the new medical arts building at 1145 west howard avenue built by sydney manuel designed by john collins and owned by gordon dacey had two tenantsthe pharmacy of george pitalo and the children s clinic of dr fj vlazny and dr rd hawkins  the daily herald january 16 1952 p 6      mary l meaut michel  18871952  assistant principal of biloxi high school expired  at nola on february 17th the daily herald february 19 1952 p 1  mary ethel dismukes  18701952  biloxi public school and private art teacher  expired on february 18th  the daily herald february 18 1952 p 4    charles h hegwood 19142001  succeeded ted hoffa as football coach at notre dame high school 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  betty hebert was selected as shrimp queen  for the blessing of the fleet federal judge sidney mize ordered the destruction of 42 slot machines seized in february  the daily herald june 19 1952 p 1      florence crofton duncan   18711952 native of nola  spanish american war veteran nurse  and longtime biloxi nurse and volunteer died in late june  the daily herald june 20 1952 p 3   the mullinkille company of chillocothe ohio arrived in biloxi and will remain for two months gathering data for the new biloxi city directory  the office was situated at 913 east howard avenue and 6 local people were hired to assist the three company employees the daily herald june 21 1952 p 3        olivia h sones bolton   18681952 wife of  dr walter t bolton  18591923   died on  june 24th     gulf refining company and melben oil were drilling at 7400 feet at mississippi s first offshore exploratory well  the wildcat was situated in grand island pass off point clear in hancock county mississippi the daily herald july 28 1952 p 1  fenton hunt kimbrough  18741952 native of stanton tennessee and long time biloxi druggist   expired  on october 1st he retired from business in 1940 when partnered with mr quint mr kimbrough resided on east beach and at cedar lake he was biloxi s outstanding citizen in 1942 fh kimbrough s first wife rae bonsted 18791922 died at biloxi in april 1922 he married ruth pulliam 18921965 in june 1926 she expired in october 1965 the daily herald october 1 1952 p 1 april 20 1922 p 1 and october 4 1965 p 2  mississippi produced 43600 tons of tung nuts valued at 2834000 a record harvest the daily herald september 5 1952 p 17 in early october a  usaf t7 twinengine transport aircraft crashed upon take off from kafb  the plane landed in back bay 500 feet south of brodie point three servicemen died in the accident the daily herald october 10 1952 p 1 a new   30000 fire station for biloxi s west end on jeff davis avenue and the l n rr was proposed from the 999000 bond issue passed by biloxi denizens in october the daily herald december 24 1952 p 10  eh tardy was  given the vfw award for his outstanding service to veterans  the daily herald january 1 1957 p 1  mrs dora f gilly  was named  biloxi s outstanding citizen  by the lion s club      1953 in early march the dredge  natchez  owned by mcwilliams dredging co of nola  commenced dredging sand for biloxi s beach  as part of the 45 million dollar 28mile long manmade beach hyped as the world s largest manmade beach the daily herald march 7 1953 the  popp s ferry bridge  formally opened in april the gulf coast times april 16 1953 p1 the first little league games were played at the lee street fields at biloxi on may 8th   reverend edward a demiller  18891959 threw out the first baseball to initiate play there were two leaguesthe shrimp league and the oyster league  in the shrimp league wadlington appliance beat the exchange club 94 shorty s shell defeated sumrall s service 144 two oyster league games were also played southern shell beat mavar packing 54 and dejean s packing company beat the cruso canning company  james d hadaway of the biloxi recreation department oversaw organization of the little league at biloxi the daily herald april 14 1953 p 12 may 8 1953 p 26 and may 9 1953 p 14      olivia mavar  sliman b 1935 reigned as  queen of the blessing of the fleet   neva jane langley  b 1933  miss america 1952  made an apparance at the event the gulf coast times may 14 1953 p1 and the daily herald may 11 1953 p 1  dudley joseph andrews and bonnie jean elliott were respectively valedictorian and salutatorian of the class of 1953 bhs  pat pierce  student body president was class orator the daily herald may 13 1953 p 11  laz quave  19101986 former police chief and harrison county sheriff defeated r hart chinn  incumbent mayor for the office of mayor of biloxi  carl short jr  and aj tony creel were elected city commissioners the timespicayune may 20 1953 p 14      douglas t watson  18841953 former biloxi insurance agent and yachting enthusiasts expired at nola in midmay the daily herald may 18 1953 p 15 a new   albatross  uf1g aircraft for the biloxi coast guard air detachment was being flown from the grumman air craft factory at long island new york to biloxi the daily herald july 9 1953 p 8 the lyman c bradford veterans of foreign wars  vfw planned to dedicate their new building at 212214 lameuse street in late july  the twostory structure had southern life insurance company and barton pile wermuth on the first floor while the vfw occupied the second floor the daily herald july 9 1953 p 8  wc mcelroy  opened his  mcelroy nash company  at 510 caillavet street in late july in an adrian weill built building of 1800 squareft mr mcelroy was the  only nash auto dealer  between nola and mobile he hired robert mohler as his sales manager the daily herald july 29 1953 p 6 at the 1953 slavonian benevolent bazaar  miss elmerita mihojevich was crowned miss jugoslavia by clare sekul hornsby  miss hillbilly of mississippi was barbara mae knebel and her tiara was placed by mrs hank williams  billie jean jones b 1933 the daily herald august 3 1953 p 6      notre dame high school  opened in september in its new 220000 building with 40000 residence for it brother s faculty brother rex csc was principal the daily herald september 1 1953 p 1 the irish hill postal station opened on bailey street and west howard avenue on 6 october 1953  it was a yellowbrick structure of 2040 sq ft erected by collins building services and leased to the usps for ten years the daily herald october 3 1953 p 1 and october 6 1953 p 7  the sunkist country club  formally opened in late october  william e beasley  18811963 and ashton c barrett  19011990 were the motivators and founders of this private golf club the daily herald october 27 1953 p 1  zona w carter  18791953 wellknown biloxi boat builder and designer  expired on november 20th the daily herald november 20 1953 p 7  john f eistetter  18821953 former biloxi councilman masonry and building contractor  died on november 27th he was survived by mary chinn eistetter  18911958 and two children the daily herald novemebr 28 1953 p 7  dewey lawrence was  given the vfw award for his outstanding service to veterans  the daily herald january 1 1957 p 1  cosman h eisendrath  19061985    was named  biloxi s outstanding citizen  by the lion s club      1954 grego anticich  18861954  was killed in an automobile accident west of bay st louis he was the owner of the anticich packing company the daily herald february 10 1954 p 1  harry e haise  18541954 native of clinton illinois and longtime  biloxi building contractor  expired on february 10th see also the daily herald august 3 1950 p 2 the litigation united states v gulf coast shrimpers and oystermen s association  began at biloxi on february 10th the association and four officers were on trial for alleged violation of the sherman act conspiring to fix prices in restraint of trade the trial ended in a mistrial on february 18th the daily herald february 10 1954 p 1 and february 19 1954 p 1  tommy munro   19312009 son of mrs john c munro was featured in the february 1954 issue of saturday evening post  about his driving skills and awards won in state and national truck driving competition since he first competed in 1948 and two second place national awards since that time the daily herald february 16 1954 p 21 in march with the retirement of william knox   herman creel  19081976  was named assistant fire chief  the daily herald march 2 1954 p 6 in april 1954  mayor laz quave and the city of biloxi sold harrison county a small tract of land fronting bayview avenue the county built a health center here in 1954 it was designed by architect john t collins the harco health center closed circa 1995 and moved to a new building on railroad street this structure was torn down in 2000 a new structure was erected here in harco ms land deed bk 383 p 190  marshall l slow michel  18861954 former biloxi city commissioner  died at nola on may 15 1954 he had retired for his civic duties in 1948  margaret v pringle  m walter w flowers jr represented biloxi in the  state miss hospitality pageant  held in late june the daily herald june 13 1955 p 1  gordon a dacey  19181954 former two term 19481956  city commissioner  died july 16th at his home 312 kensington drive the daily herald july 17 1954 p 1      in late july  miss kay freeman  was crowned biloxi s shrimp queen at the 10th annual shrimp festival her royal court consisited of  olivia sekul   judy kay sekul   patsy cerenich  and genevieve cecelia skrmetta  creel the daily herald july 31 1954 p 1  brigadier general martin f haas  19021990 retired from the us army after thirty years service general haas was welldecorated for his military career which took him to the canal zone hawaii and europe among his foreign honors was the croix de guerre with palm france and the order of the british empire the daily herald august 7 1954    clark brothers construction company  of jackson mississippi were  awarded the 863535 contract to build the multilane strip of us highway no 90 from the biloxi lighthouse to myrtle street  at point cadet the project consisted of four 12foot lanes and two auxiliary lanes 10 12 feet wide with sidewalks and a 13foot neutral median ground the daily herald august 11 1954 p 1 and november 10 1954 p 1  calvin e dees  18771954 native of grand bay alabama and retired wiggins merchant died on august 24th  he was elected to the senate to represent harrison county in 1940 served two terms in the state house and was elected stone county district 1 supervisor the daily herald august 24 1954 p 1  jeremiah j ben o keefe   ii  18951954 native of ocean springs mississippi and owner of the o keefe funeral parlors died on november 19th      john jack c munro  18941954 president of  munro paint oil company  passed on november 28th he was a native of  woodstock ontario canada  jack and his family were residents of biloxi since 1941 coming from atlanta after living at nola and st louis mr munro was survivied by spouse   lucille f munro  18991979 and sons  owen b munro  19211980  donald c munro  19242000 m deveaux walker baxter 19222009 and john tommy    thomas munro  19312009 m elizabeth falls burial at southern memorial park the daily herald november 29 1954 p 1 a 6 hour old baby boy was left in the hallway of the biloxi hospital on november 28th an onduty nurse cut the child s umbilical cord the daily herald november 29 1954 p 1  kay freeman  queen of the 1954 blessing of the fleet  also presided over the 15th annual   shrimp bowl which was played on december 3rd  judy sekul and olivia sekul were maids the daily herald november 30 1954 p 2 the dedication of the us highway no 90 fourlane road spanning harrison county was held on december 2nd  the roadway left the biloxi lighthouse in the median harrison county became mississippi s only county with a fourlane road running completely through it entirely the daily herald decemebr 2 1955 p 1  jacob guice was  given the vfw award for his outstanding service to veterans  the daily herald january 1 1957 p 1  kline coquet  19111969 was named  biloxi s outstanding citizen  by the lion s club  1955 in midjanuary  american legion charles l baudry post no 33 held a kickoff fund raiser for its new 25000 legion building   dr george l percy was post commander the daily herald january 12 1955 p 10 the east harrison county lions club was chartered in midjanuary by 25 biloxians led by col ev hughes tony rosetti walker tucei louis gutierrez frank desporte joseph killebrew james o donnell curtis fairley col ok cannon and lawrence semski the daily herald january 13 1955 p 8    captain larney b summerlin  18971955  drowned off biloxi  on january 11th when the katherine w  carrying about 400 barrels of oyster capsized in the biloxi channel  maynard hall  b 1929 his soninlaw escaped the capsized vessel captain summerlin worked for the weems brothers cannery on oak street and back bay the daily herald january 12 1955 p 1     in april the grove club on west beach was destroyed by fire  owners  louis uchello  19091996 and guy uchello  18951962  valued the 1940 structure and a 1946 addition at 75000  they averred that 10000 was left in the safe the daily herald april 11 1955 p 1 the biloxi school board planned expansions of the elementary schools  the daily herald april 26 1955 p 1 the first bank of biloxi became the first national bank of biloxi in late april it opened on march 1 1893 on lameuse and jackson street and in 1896 erected a new building on lameuse and howard avenue  edward craft tonsmeire jr  19111972 and albert lynd gottsche  19011974 were president and vicepresident of the bank at this time the daily herald may 2 1955 p 1 the central assembly of god opened its doors to worshipers on may 1st the reverend douglass carroll ministered to his congregation the daily herald may 2 1955 p 15 on may 4th the reverend gc hodge resigned his ministry from the 1st baptist church  he came to biloxi in 1931 the daily herald may 5 1955 p 1 class of 1955 bhs graduates   carolyn bolton  valedictorian  jean andrews  salutatorian and arthur richards  class orator were honored the daily herald may 11 1955 p 17 the  biloxi school board announced  that for the 19551956 public school session teachers with aa certificates would start at 2600 annually while those with an a certificate or less would be remunerated 2000 annually the daily herald may 17 1955 p 1 the new beach boulevard  us highway no 90  improvements from gill avenue to couevas street  by clark brothers opened in midjune  work proceeded eastward towards main street the daily herald june 9 1955 p 16  kay freeman  b 1936 represented biloxi in the state miss hospitality pageant held in late june the daily herald june 13 1955 p 1     bsa camp tiak  near wiggins  was dedicated on june 12th lo crosby of picayune led the efforts to build the 200000 facility the daily herald june 13 1955 p 1    elvis presley   19351977 sun records recording artist and louisiana hayride particpant  appeared at the improved slavonian lodge on june 26 1955  louis tremmel son had recently installed an air conditioning system making  the lodge the only air conditioned auditorium on the coast  improvements to the structure exceeded 30000 the daily herald june 22 1955 p 7 june 23 1955 p 6 june 25 1955  catherine ann baricev  b 1937 daughter of mr and mrs anthony m baricev was crowned biloxi s shrimp queen for the 11th annual celebration in late july  patsy ann thorton was runnerup the timespicayune july 31 1955 p 28  our lady of fatima in west biloxi had its first mass offered on september 11th  monsignor geoffrey t o connell  19001976 was the celebrant jp starks was the buildings contractor and a formal dedication by bishop ro gerow was planned at a future date the daily herald september 8 1955 p 10        nativity bvm started the construction  of a 200000  elementary school  on september 22nd  james starks was general contractor the daily herald september 22 1955 p 8 the  buena vista hotel planned a 400000 development  on the south side of us highway 90 the daily herald december 22 1955 p 1      earl moore was  given the vfw award for his outstanding service to veterans  the daily herald january 1 1957 p 1  dr dl hollis  18931975    was named  biloxi s outstanding citizen  by the lion s club      1956 in late january the kafb mess hall and the tropic club on biloxi s west beach were consumed by fire  the daily herald january 1956 p the mississippi national guard raided the fiesta club  west of biloxi s city limits destroying gaming devices and alcoholic beverages the daily herald may 1956 p  albert baldwin wood  18791956 501 east beach biloxi resident and superintendent of the sewerage and water board for the city of nola from 1939 until 1956 died on his beloved nydia  a sailing sloop in the biloxi channel on may 10th the nydia was enshrined at the tulane center at nola in july 1975 the times picayune may 11 1956 p 1 and july 6 1975 p 72  luka kuljis  18851965 and marjorie dukate  b 1935 daughter of mr and mrs william kennedy dukate  reined as biloxi s shrimp king and shrimp queen respectively in late july in late september  marjorie dukate and mary jane mcallister shrimp queen runnerup visited chicago for several days with mr and mrs joseph baricev mr and mrs john mavar jr and anthony v ragusin secretary of the biloxi chamber of commerce the timespicayune july 29 1956 p 46 and september 25 1956 p 7  the broadwater beach hotel was sold in august by seaview inc tw richardson president  and darby sere 18991967 stockholder from new orleans to a syndicate consisting of phillip j liuzza of pass christian and james j culotta a hotel resident for 550000 the hostelry occupies 275 acres with 1 756foot front on the mississippi sound the daily herald august 20 1956 p 1  hurrican flossy was a tropical disturbance that moved northward crossing guatemala from the eastern pacific ocean into the northwest caribbean sea between september 20 and september 21 it became a tropical cyclone soon after emerging into the caribbean and moved across the yucatan peninsula as a tropical depression before becoming a tropical storm in the gulf of mexico on september 22 and a hurricane on september 23 it turned sharply eastnortheast across the mouth of the mississippi river on september 24 as a minor hurricane  the storm continued eastnortheast and made landfall in florida east of pensacola biloxi had heavy rain and winds to 66 mph only nuisance damage was seen ie downed trees tv antennas electrical wires and some crop damage  the daily herald september 1956 p 1 the folkes building on the se c of west howard and reynoir had its second floor destroyed by fire in early november damage to the structure was estiamted at 90000 the daily herald november 1956 p 1    republican dwight ike david eisenhower  18901969  was elected to his 2nd term as president of the united states on november   2004 biloxians voted for adlai e stevenson  19001965 the democratic nominee while 1525 cast ballots for president eisenhower  the daily herald november 1956 p 1 manager jimmie love of the hotel buena vista was issued a building permit for a new 370000 deluxe 84room motel to be located on the beach opposite the hotel general contractor was ge bass and company of jackson compton s electric company was awarded the electrical contract and davis plumbing of jackson the mechanical work project architects were biggs weir and chandler of jackson mississippi the daily herald november 9 1956 p 1  the barthessentell fire station no 5  a 25000 structure situated on father ryan avenue  was dedicated on december 18th  it was named in honor of frederick auguste barthes  18641948 and charles henry sentell  18841951 former biloxi fire chiefs the daily herald december 17 1956 p 21 and december 19 1956 p 1 j ohn t collins  biloxi architect was given the vfw award for his outstanding service to veterans  the daily herald january 1 1957 p 1  frank p corso  18981986 native of trapani italy and biloxi businessman since 1924 was named  biloxi s outstanding citizen  by the lion s club the daily herald january 1 1957 p 1  1957 gollott sons transfer and storage  at 1255 caillavet street was chartered in late march by houston c gollott 19111988 ida quave gollott thomas a gollott gary f gollott and tyrone j gollott harrison co mississippi chancery court charter bk 182 p 398 the irish hill postal substation on pass christian road was enlarged by 1200 squarefeet collins building services contractor the daily herald january 3 1957 p 8  mardi grasmarch 5 1957 roy p bellande  king d iberville and carolyn bolton  queen ixolib ruled the city on mardi gras day the daily herald march 5 1957 p 1 in early may  paul s bradford  18941983 and ruth gates bradford 18991986  sold the bradford   funeral home  with all property ambulances etc located on east howard avenue to jeremiah o jerry keefe iii b 1923 for 150000 the new organization became the bradfordo keefe funeral service  harrison co land deed bk 422 pp 317326  david rosemblum  19121975 native of mchenry mississippi and biloxigulfport merchant expired on may 21st he owned  david s department store rosenblum s department store  and  kean s  in biloxi and  kean s  in gulfport  the daily herald may 2 1957 p 1    captain martin fountain and regina meadows of gulfport were king and queen respectively of the biloxi shrimp festival in early june  elizabeth ann corso  joachim of biloxi was alternate the timespicayune may 30 1957 and june 9 1957 section v p 22 in early july  governor jp coleman dedicated the new 14 million dollar mississippi power company electrical generating plant  later named plant watson for aj watson jr who became company president in 1958  on lorraine road at gulfport construction began in 1955 the daily herald july 8 1957 p 1 montana cowboy  dale morris escaped from the harrison county jail on june 6th while awaiting his 4th trial for the murder of charles flink 19161955 at bay st louis in 1955 aden s bellew preston bellew thomas bellew and ruth johnson were alleged accomplises in morris escape the timespicayune september 24 1957 p 1  dr rudolph matas  18601957 native of bonnet carre st charles parish louisiana and pioneer vascular surgeon  expired at touro infirmary at new orleans on september 23rd the timespicayune september 24 1957 p 1  arthur e scruggs  18971957 native of tate county mississippi educator and former bhs principal and biloxi school superintendent since 1946  died on october 8th both public and parochial schools in biloxi closed a half day on october 10 1957 the day of mr scruggs internment at the national cemetery in biloxi the daily herald october 9 1957 p 1  captain jp marchant  18691957 the first veteran to be admitted as a patient to the biloxi va center  died on november 28 1957 at the biloxi va hospital the daily herald november 28 1957 p 2  dr bz welch  was named  biloxi s outstanding citizen  by the lion s club      1958 in april the  buena vista hotel formally opened its new 84unit motel on fouracres fronting the gulf  across us 90 from the hotel and convention center down south mayjune 1958 p 25    mcdonnell park and playground on crawford street was dedicated in early may by mayor laz quave   howard mcdonnell  19091992 biloxi attorney  turned on the lights and donal snyder gave a brief history of the park  ray buttefield acted as master of ceremonies the daily herald may 3 1958 p 3 the  fishermen and allied workers union went on strike  against dejean packing company the disagreement was over trash fish the daily herald may 3 1958 p 12 in early may  nancy carol ray  m williard m newman  kathleen scholtes  m lawrence cosper and david gatto were honored as valedictorian salutatorian and class orator of the 1958 bhs graduating class the daily herald may 7 1958 p 14    in early may  governor jp coleman 19141991 signed three bills for economic development on the coast  one bill provided for the creation of a county development commission to promote a proposed seaway between biloxi bay and bay st louis  another was to allow bonds to be issued for the construction of the new us highway 90 bridge across biloxi bay and the third allowed gasoline tax refund dollars to pay for the seaway and us 90 bridge projects  the daily herald may 7 1958 p 1    donal m snyder  b 1924 track coach and physical education director at biloxi high school replaced james hadaway as director of the biloxi recreation department in early august  the daily herald august 10 1958 p 18    dedication of the beth israel community center on the corner of camellia and southern avenue in the greater biloxi subdivision occurred on august 31 1958 it was the first jewish synagogue and community cente r on the mississippi gulf coast officers of the congregation were abraham h silver 19191997 president rubin goldin 18931989 vp gerald piltz treasurer and bernard horn sec trustees were george altbach 19021986 james rosenblum zondel katz and earl friedman 19081966   the daily herald august 30 1958 p 8    judge dan m russell  18711958 native of smith county mississippi and chancellor of the 8th judicial district died in late august  the daily herald august 31 1958 p 1    mary ann mobley  of brandon named 1959 miss america she visited biloxi and other coast cities on october 7th  the daily herald october 8 1958 p 1   the  biloxi school board awarded a 437370 contract  to wm craig of gulfport to build the beauvoir elementary school on pass road  the daily herald october 8 1958 p 1    matthew b pop lytle  18631958 native of higginsville illinois and a  reporter and member of the editorial staff of the daily herald   rom 1911 to his retirement on may 3 1940 died on november 25th he made his home in gulfport  the daily herald november 26 1958 p 1   on december 8th the  gulf coast shrimpers oystermens association sold the former kennedy hotel    building  on reynoir and railroad streets to steve anthony braun and edward r buster braun for 42000 george williams was president of the organization with jb ferrill howard galle and albert fountain jr and board members harrison co mississippi land deed bk 443 p 212  frotscher r steckler  19081971 was  named biloxi s outstanding citizen  of 1958 by the lions club the daily herald january 1 1959 p 1  1959   lynda lee mead  of natchez named 1960 miss america  joe worlick brown  18971959 native of young county texas died at nola on february 15th he was a successful oil man and realtor in north and south louisiana joe was the owner of the broadwater beach hotel at biloxi and possessed a fine racing stable at the fair grounds at nola the corporal remains of joe and dorothy dorsett brown   18961989 his spouse were placed in the lake lawn park mausoleum at new orleans to rest eternally  sue s pharmacy at 460 reynoir street closed on march 1st  reba mcfarland the owner acquired the business in 1939 when flossie ford and sam feinberg were the pharmacists the daily herald february 25 1959 p 8  dr gilbert mason  19282006 was  arrested on may 14th when he attempted to integrate the beach  at biloxi with a small group of protestors  the sun herald april 27 2009 p a1   in late may   the sunnsand motel and restaurant were sold by alexander e bailey  builder and native of pennsylvania  to re dumas milner of jackson mississippi milner owned the king edwards hotel in jackson and beaumont texas the daily herald may 30 1959 p 1  john r guilhot  18771959 a native of france and the popular   hermit of deer island   expired in the latimer community jackson county mississippi on may 27th  the daily herald may 28 1959       in late may   the sunnsand motel and restaurant were sold by alexander h bailey  builder and native of pennsylvania   to re dumas milner   19171992  of jackson mississippi milner owned the king edwards hotel in jackson  and beaumont texas at this time the property had 125units and an oak leaf shaped swimming pool the daily herald may 30 1959 p 1  emery farish sadler  18991959  pontiac dealer at biloxi  was killed in an automobile accident on may 31st on the kiln road near bay st louis mississippi mr sadler began his association with pontiac at biloxi in 1938  but the depression saw him close the dealership in 1939 he reopened in 1945 at 227 couevas street and in 1947 moved the business to 319 main street in late 1950 the business relocated to east beach boulevard opposite the riviera hotel at lameuse street and east beach the daily herald december 9 1950 p 6 and the times picayune may 30 1959 p 56      amos ross and deanna gill  later mrs glenn williams ruled the blessing of the fleet  the daily herald june 3 1960 p 1  i daniel gehr  18951959 native of alexandria louisiana tulane graduate and  biloxi architectcontractor expired on july 22nd  the daily herald july 22 1959 p 2      brice building company of nola was awarded a 299575 contract to erect a negro high school at biloxi  after id gehr 18951959 project architect died  john t collins took his place and also supervised the unfinished portion of the addition to the west end elementary school  another i daniel gehr project the daily herald july 25 1959 p 1      edward albert demiller   18891959 native of mobile alabama and rector of the episcopal church of the redeemer for thirtyeight years  died at biloxi on august 9th  lillian harrison fletcher   18921978 his spouse expired in february 1978  the daily herald august 10 1959 p 1   the d iberville lions club went on record as favoring the incorporation of d iberville as a separate city  joe poulos was appointed a general chairman to investigate the matter a gift for the newly organized lions club of vancleave was approved the daily herald august 20 1959 p 8  joyce halat  m ronald franklin was queen of the 1959 mississippi deep sea fishing rodeo  the daily herald august 24 1959 p 1  curtis o dedeaux  b 1921 gulfport meatpacker  was elected sheriff of harrison county in late august the daily herald august 26 1959 p 1 the forrest avenue baptist church  a southern baptist church  celebrated its fourth anniversary on august 23rd the reverend david j williams led the 161 congreants  the daily herald august 25 1959 p 6 in late august  curtis o dedeaux  b 1921 gulfport meat packer was elected sheriff of harrison county edging former sheriff eddie mcdonnell  19121986 of biloxi the daily herald august 26 1959 p 1     in august  the a p grocery market on west howard was destroyed in a large conflagration  the frame building had been built by sam mitchell in 1945 and remodeled in 1950  it was valued at 100000  fire chief walter clark reported that all biloxi fire units and the lemoyne volunteer fire company extinguished the blazing building in fortyfive minutes the daily herald august 1959 p 1 lr  john t collins  architect contractor  postmaster shove  and construction supervisor the us post office opened for business in the new federal building on main street on november 9th postmaster ev shove noted that there were about 700 box holders at this time the daily herald november 6 1959 p 10      billy blankenship  b 1942 stage name billy blank   released a new recording by big r records  the daily herald december 1 1959 p 10      ge bass and company  jackson mississippi was awarded the 1455 363 contract to build a new public high school on father ryan in west biloxi  the daily herald december 4 1959 p 1    yankee stadium  lr west side stands and east side stands image made by ray l bellande in january 2010 the new biloxi municipal stadium  called yankee stadium for frank yankee barhanovich  on lee street was formally dedicated on december 4th with the 20th annual shrimp bowl game claude monk simon of nola described it as  one of the finest i ve seen in the deep south    biloxi defeated de la salle of nola 2012  the daily herald december 5 1959 p 8 and p 16    frank yankee barhanovich   19151987    was named biloxi s outstanding citizen for 1959 by the biloxi lion s club the daily herald january 1 1960 p 1  1960     jack nelson   19292009 notre dame of biloxi graduate and former daily herald reporter was named a 1960  pulitzer prize winner in journalism for his reporting on the condition of mental institutions in georgia while employed by the atlanta constitution  judge sidney c mize and a twentythree person federal grand jury met at biloxi in early january to determine whether an investigation into the murder of mack charles parker  19361959 a negro man from lumberton mississippi who was murdered on april 25 1959 in pearl river county mississippi by a mob  was warranted mr parker was alleged to have beaten and raped a pregnant white woman near lumberton mississippi the timespicayune january 5 1960 p 1 in early january  edward a buster braun   19061990 one of the proprietors of  the new park hotel  at 444 reynoir street was having the old hotel demolished for salvage the daily herald january 8 1960 p 17      ernest v landaiche  18951966 proprietor of bayview lanes  on lameuse and bayview avenue opened his new bowling alley on january 19 1960 it was formally dedicated january 3031st the daily herald january 19 1960 p 6 and january 28 1960 p 27    walter l nixon  18951960 native of nola and former harrison county beat i supervisor  died in february the daily herald february 16 1960 p 1  jb michael company planned to start construction of the new 6 million biloxiocean springs bridge in sixty days the biloxi concrete casting company on clay point was ready to commence casting for the new span in early march the daily herald march 11 1960 p 1      frank warnock  principal of bhs since 1958  announced his resignation in early march to go to vicksburg the daily herald march 15 1960 p 1      jo collins  general contractor  planned to have biloxi city hall ready for occupancy by april 2nd the 40000 refurbishment of the former post office building on lameuse and jackson cost about 40000 the daily herald march 15 1960 p 1 a 50000  covered walkway across us highway no 90 at the sunnsand motel was planned by re dumas milner president of milner enterprises  the two curving sections of the arch which will rise 80feet above the roadway will be of precast concrete the arch will connect the new development on the north side of the highway with the present facility on the south side  general contractor will be the ge bass company completion is anticipated by june 1st the daily herald april 18 1960 p 1  earl skinner  principal of picayune high school  was named bhs principal to replace frank warnock who took a position at greenville mississippi the timespicayune april 21 1960 section iv p 10  john s mavar sr and emily germanis  ruled  the blessing of the fleet  the daily herald june 3 1960 p 1 the merger of the bradford funeral and o keefe funeral services was to be completed by july  the company now called bradfordo keefe funeral homes was situated at the former bradford funeral parlor on east howard avenue where improvements and additional parking had been acquired on the north side of the street the o keefe funeral parlor on west howard avenue was demolished and a goodyear service center was built on its former location the daily herald june 17 1960 p 2  major general john s hardy  19132012 native of logansport louisiana was named the 16th commander of kafb  the daily herald july 1 1960 p 1  eugene p wilkes  18851980 was named the mississippi coast outstanding citizen for 1960 and was crowned king neptune i at the gulfport deep sea fishing rodeo  news commentator and radio personality  paul harvey  19182009 presented mr wilkes with the trophy the daily herald july 1 1960 p 1  fred b rounsaville  19111996 and wife nora rushing rounsaville 19131991 a nurse  founded the biloxi funeral chapel at 1077 west howard avenue in july  mr rounsaville was formerly a funeral director and embalmer for bradfordo keefe funeral home  he was a graduate of the school of mortuary science at st louis the daily herald july 16 1960 p 6  john s mavar sr  18801960 native of molat croatia and former oysterman and founder of mavar fish and oyster company with john s mavar jr 19071973 in 1927 died on august 13th he was king of the biloxi shrimp festival and blessing of the fleet in june 1960 the daily herald august 15 1960 p 2  julia cook guice  19282013 was appointed in september by dewey lawrence of the harrison county board of supervisors to the position of director of the harrison county civil defense council  mrs guice had served as biloxi s director of plans and training for the biloxi civil defense unit since 1957 the daily herald september 17 1960 p 1 the new 6500 sqft  goodyear store building at 601 west howard avenue opened in late october  in addition to selling new tire the enterprise did front end alighnments and wheel balancing as well as replacing mufflers and tail pipes general electric appliances were sold the daily herald november 2 1960 p 12  gulf towers  the daily herald november 5 1960 p 1  gulf towers  a tenstory a 2 million apartment building at 824 central beach boulevard was ready to break ground barlow and plunkett designed the structure for gulf towers inc lead by charles crisler jr  jackson attorney and jerry j o keefe  biloxi businessman howie construction of jackson was the contractor the daily herald november 5 1960 p 1 rear admiral ernest lee jahncke  18771960 expired at his pass christian residence on november 16th admiral jahncke was an 1899 engineering graduate of tulane university asst secretary of the navy 19291933 1915 king of rex boston club commodore of the southern yacht club  special representative of the bureau of ships gulf area during wwii and owned a summer home on east beach at biloxi from 19241932  ernest l jahncke had married c ora van voorhis stanton  18851970 in 1907 their daughter  cora coco jahncke seemann  19151996 was queen of carnival in 1936  the timespicayune november 17 1960 p 2      gycelle tynes  19101997  resigned as biloxi school superintendent on june 30th he died at clarksdale mississippi on november 12 1997  replaced by rd brown  the daily herald december 4 1959 p 1 in september  rd brown  superintendent of the biloxi public schools announced that 7376 students were enrolled in biloxi city schools  bhs had 941 students at this time the daily herald september 14 1960 p 2  john t collins  19041985 biloxi architect and builder    was named outstanding citizen of biloxi  by the lions club the daily herald january 2 1961 p 1  1961 walter h skeet hunt  18871961 wellknown biloxian died on january 13th mr hunt assisted in organizing the biloxi mardi gras 1908 worked at washington dc in several positions in the us senate and was the annual parade chairman for the biloxi mardi gras for most of his life the daily herald january 13 1961 p 1  dedication of the new  first church of the nazarene took place in midjanuary this church was organized at biloxi in july 1944 by the rev ej miller  the daily herald january 19 1961 p 19 the new biloxi high school commenced classes on march 1st the daily herald march 4 1961 p 2 on march 4th  a petition to incorporate west biloxi beach  a new proposed municipality between the western city limits of biloxi then near rodenburg avenue to debuys road then the eastern boundary of the unincorporated area of mississippi city was filed in harrison county mississippi chancery court at gulfport the petition was signed by 700800 voters in the area and asked the court to designate a mayor and seven aldermen as follows  clifford t switzer mayor james e meyers adrian weill william t brady pearl m walters john w akinson john r evans and alfred h kruse  mayor laz quave and the city of biloxi opposed the incorporation and filed a counter suit in the chancery court the daily herald march 4 1961 p 1 and march 10 1961 p 1 in march  contracts of over 2 million were awarded to erect the new howard memorial hospit al  on back bay construction is expected to require 600 calendar days the daily herald march 10 1961 p 1  shell oil company in its quest to locate hydrocarbons in the mississippi sound was making seismograph studies using marine seismic methods over water bottoms that it had leased from the state  an inspector with the mississippi marine conservation was aboard the shooting boat to monitor the dynamite shots and make sure that oyster reefs were not threaten by the explosions create form the seismic surveys the daily herald april 20 1961 p 24      the southern outboard championship held on back bay on june 10th down south mayjune 1961 p 8 in early july  chris taranto  pitching ace of notre dame high school  baseball team  signed a professional baseball contract with the new houston colts 45s of the national league  the colt 45s became the houston astros in 1965 in the 1961 baseball season chris won fifteen games and lost only one  he threw nine no hit games  two one hit games four two hit games and one three hit game in his three years on the mound for notre dame  taranto won 26 games and lost 2  he struck out 235 of 435 batters that he faced in 112 innings walked 81 and gave up 13 runs the daily herald july 3 1961 p 11      the ramsay springs hotel was razed in july  the clarionledger july 16 1961      charles dejean  18791961 founder and former president of dejean packing company  expired in midoctober the daily herald october 20 1961 p 2      ev shove  18991987  biloxi s us postmaster since 1945 and postal employee since june 1929  retired on november 1st  the daily herald september 21 1961 p 1 and november 1961  george c quint was named outstanding citizen of biloxi  by the lions club the daily herald january 2 1962 p 1  1962   nasa began acquiring the 13000acre site for a static rocket test stand located in coastal hancock and pearl river county missisippi  another 125000aces would be bought as a buffer zone for the facility the timespicayune mach 16 1962 p 2 former biloxian  brigadier   general thomas jackson grayson  18971962 son of george w grayson and mamie pol grayson died on april 6 1962 while a first lieutenant with the us army 28th infantry regiment 1st division aef grayson was awarded the  distinguished service cross for extraordinary heroism in action near exermont france october 2 3 1918  his innterment was in arlington national cemetery general grayson was former adjutant general of mississippi head of the mississippi state draft board and the husband of elizabeth dantzler 19011946  edward dewey lawrence sr  18981962 harrison county district 1 supervisor  died in biloxi on april 25th the daily herald april 25 1962 p 1  biloxi and ocean springs were to get direct long distance dialing in august  the daily herald may 4 1962 p 1  william j collins sr  18871962 native of nola and associated with collins brothers construction company for many years expired in midjune among some of their erections in biloxi were hotel biloxi gorenflo school howard no 2 school barq s building and the new biloxi hospital once situated on east beach drive between main and bellman streets the daily herald june 19 1962 p 1    janice murray was named biloxi s miss hospitality in late june the daily herald june 25 1962 p 1    direct dialing telephone service in the biloxiocean springs area began on august 12th  the daily herald may 4 1962 p 1 and july 31 1962 p 1     the new popps ferry shopping center located on pass road will be finished about midseptember according to wa alexander owner of picayune mississippi the center will house west brothers delchamps morgan lindsey calvert drugs buddie s barber shop and french coin laundry  mcclendon building service of gulfport contracted the 12 million dollar project which has over 60000 squarefeet of floor space parking for over 300 automobiles the daily herald september 4 1962 p 8    police chief earl wetzell  19101962 expired on september 20 1962  bernard l knost  18961962 prominent pass christian building contractor yachtsman and founder of the knost cup  an annual regatta for coast women expired on september 30th the daily herald october 2 1962 p 2  governor ross barnett broke ground at the port of gulfport for a 2 million dollar banana terminal  the daily herald october 22 1962 p 1  jacob d jackie jack covacevich  18751962 native of pass christian and former biloxi councilman and reknown ship carpenter and boat designer expired on october 28th some of the biloxi schooners built by mr covacevich were  he gumbel   i heidenheim   mary margaret  and artemise c  he built the fast power boat  belle l  for julius m lopez the daily herald october 29 1962 p 2  bayview lanesdecember 1962  images courtesy of betty bellandetoland november 2011    bayview lanes  formerly the bayview theatre building  nw c corner of lameuse street and bayview avenue 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 an 8lane bowling alley  and opened in january 1960 when owned by ernest v landaiche 18951966 the bowling alley was later expanded to 20 lanes the daily herald january 19 1960 p 6 january 28 1960 p 27 and november 30 1962 p 1 the biloxi housing authority lead by victor pringle et al contracted for 900395 with algernon blair inc of montgomery alabama to build additions to the east end home and bayou auguste homes  biloxi public housing projects the new construction was designed by john t collins and leonard a collins the daily herald november 30 1962 p 1 the indians of bhs won the big eight championship in the shrimp bowl on november 30th  they defeated vicksburg 2613 in yankee stadium and ended the footbal season with a 1001 record   arthur gill  19452004 and wallace chip barnes were named outstanding lineman and offensive back respectively  coach wd willie wiles  19231998  was named coach of the year and arthur gill   chuck wilkes   elbert troney   bill hodges  and troy craft  graduating seniors were awarded football scholarships to usm hattiesburg mississippi the daily herald december 1 1962 p 16 december 10 1962 p 23 and december 13 1962 p 34    the bungalow at 613 central beach boulevard was incorporated in early december by sam mitchell  19031984  and mae pringle mitchell  the daily herald may 4 1962 p 1 and december 12 1962  mary mills  native of gulfport and outstanding golfer was named the first rookie of the year by the lpga the daily herald december 12 1962 p 26  mayor danny d guice was named outstanding citizen of biloxi  by the lions club  the daily herald january 1 1963 p1 and the sun herald february 11 2010 p a5    1963 john t collins planned to erect a 63000 building at 912 west howard avenue for universal cit credit corporation jo collins contractor would build the structure designed by leonard collins and john t collinbs the daily herald january 8 1963 p 8 the  25 million dollar biloxi memorial hospital on back bay  dedicated on march 16th  the ocean springs news march 21 1963 p 3 and the daily herald march 19 1963 p 1 and march 21 1963  charles w devault was promoted to assistant postmaster of biloxi on april 13 1963 he had come to the coast in october 1941 from camp shelby when he was transfrred to keesler field as a dispatch clerk with the us post office mr devault was a native of okolona mississsippi the daily herald april 131963 p 1 and october 8 1941 p 8  james r mcelroy  18871963 native of laudedale mississippi and resident of biloxi since 1898 expired on july 9 1963 he owned and operated the biloxi machine and foundry company and mcelroy s machine shop  the daily herald july 9 1963 p 2 the old span of the 1930 biloxiocean springs bridge was removed on august 19th  placed on barges and towed to the escatawpa river it will replace a span on the bridge that joins moss point and escatawpa in jackson county mississippi  gordon walker of pascagoula was the contractor the daily herald august 19 1963 p 2 the bryan motel  on biloxi s west beach owned since may 1949 by selma l bryan and  edna a bryan his spouse was sold to james j curro and associates of nola in early november there were 48brick units a large olympic size pool and a restaurant situated on the south side of us highway 90 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 321 p 288 and the daily herald november 7 1963 p 6  louis j rosetti  19151971 was appointed chief of police by the biloxi city commissioners in middecember 1963 he had served as acting police chief for about a year f p vincent was appointed to chief of detectives and leslie montgomery was chosen as assistant chief of detectives chief rosetti has served on the bpd for 21 years working his way through the ranks a native of biloxi louis j rosetti resides at 202 rose street the daily herald december 19 1963 p 1 in late december  matthew p lyons  19181999 was named biloxi s outstanding citizen for 1963 by the lions club the daily herald january 6 1964 p 1  marcel j mickey bellande   19091982   was named biloxi s man of the year  by the junior chamber of commerce the ocean springs news january 31 1964 p 1  1964 john edward eddie mcdonnell  19121986 was sworn in as sheriff of harrison county mississippi on january 6th the daily herald january 6 1964 p 1 the poll tax was repealed on january 23rd by the 24th amendment to the us constitution  queen ixolib marie elizabeth betty perusse  m charles e bundy of gulfport and king d iberville alphonse babin rule mardi gras  chester a delacruz  181964 former mayor and seafood packer  expired at biloxi on march 8 1964 the daily herald march 9 1964 p 1  mary alma ritch  18901964 long time gorenflo elementary school principal and teacher died on april 14th the daily herald april 14 1964  george misko   18781971  1903 croatian immigrant  from brac and  longtime biloxi fisherman was king of the shrimp festival  the daily herald april 22 1971 p 2 on may 2nd at san francisco  captain john e dacey  19161991 usn took command of the uss chicago  a guided missile cruiser captain dacey expired on may 2 1991 the ocean springs news april 23 1964 p 3    marcel j mickey bellande  19091982  became the first golfer to win all three mississippi state golf title s  state open  1955  state seniors  1962 and state amateur  1964 which he won at the edgewater park course in his native biloxi in june 1964 the clarion ledger june 15 1964 p 4    father kenneth lewis harris  19121964 native of biloxi and a  roman catholic priest since may 16 1940  died at n ew orleans on june 22nd the daily herald june 22 1964 p 1  general romulus wright puryear 19111984   in july 1964   general romulus wright puryear 19111984  native of hartsville tennessee arrived at keesler afb to take command the general came from raf station northolt  england where he commanded the 3rd us air force general puryear replaced colonel kenneth a cavanah who had arrived at the biloxi base in early july 1964 from chanute afb illinois general puryear retired from the usaf on august 1 1967  the daily herald july 1 1964 p 1 and july 1964 p 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 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  may darnell eleuterius  19461964 of biloxi and joseph l zahra  19431964 usaf serviceman from livonia michigan  were shot and killed at ocean springs mississippi on july 6th the daily herald july 7 1964 p 1 and july 8 1964 p 2        the new l n depot a metal building  120 feet by 32 feet situated just west of the 60 year old wooden depot  was schedule to be completed in early august  it was erected by the marion brick tile and cement company the old structure was to be dismantled the daily herald july 9 1964 p 5 the city of biloxi proposed to annex an area west of debuys road the daily herald july 18 1964 p 1  construction commenced on the mgccc jefferson davis campus at gulfport  holiday inn  owned by gulfshore inc asssociates was commenced in august  sherwood ray bailey   19211989 lumberyard proprietor and home builder who came to gulfport on the mississippi gulf coast in 1951 was president of the company  wob construction company of memphis was named general contractor the daily herald august 12 1964 p 1  dr gilbert r mason  19282006 was fined 300 and sentenced 10 days by city judge john sekul for the alleged assault and battery of william h batia b 1947 a minor  the incident took place in the howard memorial hospital cafeteria batia testified that he accidently spilled hot coffee on the back of dr mason which led to an altercation and conflict concerning verbal exchange between the two before blows occurred  dr mason appealed the verdice to the county court which met in september the daily herald august 18 1964 p 1  mrs joe w brown nee dorothy dorsett  18961989   had her new 100000 56foot long luxury yacht brought down the mississippi river to her new 35 million broadwater marina in late august  the vessel was built by roamer yachts of the chriscraft corporation at holland michigan the daily herald august 25 1964 p 21 the new st michael s catholic church was dedicated by bishop ro gerow of the natchezjackson diocese on august 25th  the 500000 10300 squareft structure was designed by james t canizaro architect and erected by mcclendon building services of gulfport  construction commenced in october 1962 father herbert mullin was the pastor the daily herald august 24 1964 p 16 and august 26 1964 p 1 construction began in august on the  418000 hickory hill cc and golf course at gautier  earl stone designed the 7100 yards championship links the ocean springs news august 27 1964  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 first day of integration of the biloxi public schools were reported by  superintendent rd brown as  no incidents during the first day of school   the daily herald augsut 31 1964 p 1 and september 1 1964 p8  new fire station the  new 54000 east end fire station was dedicated on september 12th  completing the first phase of  mayor guice s 4point modernization program  the wl easterling company of ocean springs erected the 3984 squareft structure on the site of the old fire station the building was designed by hf fountain jr associates the daily herald september 3 1964 p 5 september 11 1964 p 9 and september 14 1964 p 1 the  pat harrison avenue  veterans blvd  branch building of the gulf national bank was dedicated on september 12th  laz quave beat no 1 supervisor cut the ribbon the daily herald september 10 1964 p 5 and september 14 1964 p 10 the new biloxi hospital convalescent facility on east beach and located in the old biloxi hospital was scheduled to open in october  the 150000 remodeling and furnishing began in late march mrs celia vaughan was the director under the supervision of s earl grimes administrator of the howard memorial hospital the daily herald september 17 1964 p 1 in late august  biloxi s annexation proposal to annex lands from its city limits west to debuys road was approved by the harrison county chancery court the city had adopted an ordinance on may 5 1962 to proceed with this process  final decree of the chancery court was issued in late september  the daily herald september 1 1964 p 1 and september 25 1964 p 1 on october 13th  jo wilkes reicker  19111977 was named publisher of the daily herald succeeding eugene p wilkes 18851980 her father who remained editor the ocean springs news october 8 1964 p 4  mary mahoney s old french house restaurant and slave quarter lounge opened in the 1850s restored daniel goss house the ocean springs news october 8 1964 p 4  mary marinovich was chosen shrimp bowl for the 25th annual football contest  the daily herald december 5 1964 p3  plans for the harrison county 2nd judicial district  courthouse designed by john t collins and leonard a collins of collins baricev and collins were submitted the daily herald december 5 1964 p 1  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  beat 1 harrison county voters approved an initiative to create the 2nd judicial district at biloxi by 3164 for and 813 against  over 3300 registered voters had signed the petition to put the issue to a referendum the daily herald december 9 1964 p 1 in december the old crystal ice company plant on the nw c of lameuse street and railroad street now esters boulevard was destroyed by fire  damage to the approximately sixty year old structure 280 feet by 90 feet was estimated at 182000 and was fought for 32 hours by biloxi and other local firemen the daily herald december 10 1964 p 1 and december 11 1964 p 2      emile j fallo   jr  was  named biloxi s outstanding citizen  of 1964 by the lions club the daily herald december 24 1964 p 1      the folkes building on the se c of west howard avenue and reynoir street was destroyed by fire on christmas eve  fire chief frank gabrich related that the loss was about 230000 and affected the following biloxi businesses kent s men store earl friedman royal credit jewelers and acme photo william t dunn the daily herald december 26 1964 p 1 in late december  fred haise  b 1933 1959 oklahoma university aeronautical engineering graduate and 1951 bhs graduate  completed the aerospace research pilot school  at edwards afb california the daily herald december 28 1964 p 12  1965  on new years day  dr carl deforest  18871968 was the first tenant to move into the new seashore manor a 1 12 million dollar apartment buiding situated on the methodist seashore assembly camp ground also  josie featherstone leggett  18761968 age 88 years and widow of the reverend james thomas leggett   18651949 moved from jackson mississippi into the new building the daily herald january 5 1965 p 9  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 c smolich 19011979 was the owner the daily herald january 4 1965 p 1   on january 19th  city hall was ransacked and 5000 in cash and 90000 in checks were stolen from the vault the morning advocate baton rouge january 20 1965 p 4a in february  jack nelson   19292009 notre dame of biloxi graduate was named southern bureau chief for the los angeles times   jack had been with the atlanta constitution since 1952 and had been awarded a pulitzer prize in journalism in 1960 and a nieman fellowship to study political science at harvard university  the daily herald february 12 1965 p 1  luka kuljis  18851965 a 1904 croatian immigrant from milna brac expired on march 1st  luka was biloxi 1st shrimp king  1956 2nd president of 1st federal savings loan a fisherman grocerman marine oil dealer and trawl and net maker he lived at 1502 east beach the daily herald march 2 1965 p 2  queen ixolib linda dorothy ingrassia  b 1943 m john calvin mozingo ii of gulfport and a senior at ole miss and king d iberville tm dorsett  b 1915 native of texas city texas and manager of construction and marina at broadwater beach hotel ruled the mardi gras on march 2nd the daily herald march 2 1965 p 1 and march 3 1965 p 1 the wreckage of a single engine aircraft was found on the south side of cat island on july 9th by the sailor bob  a fishing boat our of houma louisiana richard b rinehart of rome georgia and berny whitman of mobile were killed in the crash which occurred on 4 july 1964 the daily herald july 10 1965 p 1  dorothy dorsett brown  widow of joe w brown and proprietor of the broadwater beach hotel  sold her 400acre race track at las vegas for 150 million dollars to marvin kratter representing investors from new york the ocean springs news august 12 1965 p 3  rd brown biloxi school superintendent  announced that this year s public school enrollment reached a record enrollment of 9043 students the daily herald september 8 1965 p 1  john a swanzy  18811965 who served the city of biloxi for thirty seven years as street commissioner and public works commissioner  expired in early september  the daily herald september 8 1965 p 2  the l n edgewater park station was dismantled       captain jimmy skrmetta of the new pan american clipper particpated with captain felix dalgo and five seaman in the sealift of about 1500 cuban efugees from the port of camarloca cuba to florida the daily herald november 13 1965 p 2  mosline savarro  18991967 was  named biloxi s outstanding citizen  of 1968 by the lions club the daily herald december 1965 p 1      1966 a sixtyfoot section of the popps ferry bridge was taken out on february 10th when struck by a barge towed by the tug  black jack  wr fairchild construction company of hattiesburg mississipi was low bidder at 49823 to perform emergency repairs to the span  the daily herald february 11 1966 p 1 and february 22 1966 p 8    garner hugh tullis  18931966 native of st joseph louisiana and insurance and brokerage executive of nola  expired on february 18th aboard windjammer ii in the gulf of mexico off the coast of appalachicola florida from an apparent heart attack the times picayune february 19 1966 p 1 and february 19 1966 p 6      jo ellen kalif james e alexander  md and  jo ellen kalif   ruled mardi gras on february 22nd  the ocean springs news february 24 1966 p 1   the buck theatre   collins and laughran buildings on lameuse street burned on mardi gras eve during the parade the daily herald february 23 1966 p 2  george bernard wink  18881966 native of nola and biloxi resident since 1906 expired on march 17th mr wink was a former barbershop operator beat 1 justice of the peace and deputy clerk and deputy tax collector for the city of biloxi george b wink had married marguerite stanovich  18941983 in 1912 and they were the parents of  marguerite wink  19132000 m sherwood l sl fayard 19081986  georgette wink  19141978 m lester j thompson sr 19102002  doris wink  19202007 m eugene a peresich and  bernard bernie wink  19251992 m raymond v bass 19202002 the daily herald march 18 1966 p 2 the new  sister of mercy convent was dedicated on may 8th  the daily herald may 6 1966 p 1 the fifth floor of the buena vista hotel s east wing caught fire at 545 pmon july 20th  125 rooms were burned resulting in damages estimated at 150000 all 360 rooms of the luxury hotel were in use as the alabama farm bureau federation was holding its annual meeting local fireman extinguished the blaze in about three hours the buena vista reopened for business on july 21st the timespicayune july 21 1966 p 1 the first legal liquor shipment in mississippi from state warehouses controlled by the alcohol beverage control division occurred on july 21st the broadwater beach hotel at biloxi was the first venue to be approved to sell spiritous beverages in mississippi in 58 years the daily herald july 22 1966 p 1  professor charles d carnavale  18921966 native of naples italy and   renown music teacher and band director  who came to biloxi in  1925 and formed the biloxi boys band in 1926  died on october 23rd cd carnavale assembled the biloxi high school band and taught in the public school system until 1939 when he went into the music business with marion prof carpenter  the daily herald october 24 1966 p 2      julian k cook  19081994 was hired as biloxi s first fulltime city gardener in december the ocean springs news december 27 1966 p 1  jeremiah j o keefe iii  b 1923 was named outstanding citizen of biloxi by the lions club  the daily herald december 28 1966 p 1 and the sun herald february 11 2010 p a5    fred w haise jr  b 1934 bhs graduate and former marine aviator and nasa test pilot  was among nineteen men chosen to report to the nasa manned space center in texas to begin further training for the apollo astronaut program  the daily herald april 4 1966 p 1    the popps ferry bridge which was taken out on february 10th  when it was hit by a tow barge was struck again on april 14th when the tug  ed colle  towing three pulp wood barges rammed into it the span was scheduled to reopen to road traffic in two weeks before the latest collision  the daily herald april 15 1966 p 1    1967   dr william cecil guyton  of ocean springs and  lydia mary salloum  werby of gulfport ruled mardi gras at biloxi in february the daily herald february 9 1967 p 1  dr riley wilson burnett  18911973 native of ackerman mississippi expired in july the  new orleans saints played their first nfl on september 17th  in tulane s sugar bowl stadium against the los angeles rams losing 2713  the daily herald september 18 1967   on december 16 1967 harry bennett  19021967 native of opelousas louisiana and biloxi gambler was murdered gang land style outside of his apartment at 4900 southern avenue in west biloxi 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 the 2nd judicial harrison county courthouse which was commenced in 1967 was completed in 1968  john t collins and leonard a collins designed the twostory masonry structure which was built on the ne c of washington and lameuse street by brice building company inc of nola  laz quave represented beat i during the erection of the new courthouse on december 20 1967  southern bell telephone and telegraph company formed south central bell telephone company to operate in five of its nine states alabama kentucky louisiana mississippi and tennessee    leo kempton crapo  19281975  was named outstanding citizen of biloxi  by the lions club the daily herald january 2 1968 p 1 and march 3 1975 p 1  1968  in late february  charles c moschella   19292006 president of oakwoods apartments inc gulfport announced that a  64unit twostory apartment complex called chateau versailles would be erected on the from 500feet of the former edgar monroe tract on biloxi s west beach  the project consisted of eight buildings a social and laudry building and two swimming pools mr moschella was the general contractor working from plans drawn by  biloxi architects john t collins and leonard a collins  the daily herald february 19 1968 p 13  the a p super market on west beach boulevard in biloxi burned in an early morning fire on february 1st damage was estimated at 100000 the daily herald february 1968 and february 24 1968 p 1   the  2nd february a p super market conflagration in biloxi occurred on february 23rd  when the a p on west howard avenue burned in a flash fire battalion chief frank hecht noted that fire trucks had difficulties getting to the blaze due to heavy smoke which dimenished visibility  sam mitchell owned the building that had been erected in 1948   sic   the structure had been heavily damaged by fire in 1958   sic     merchistonhall galleries a furniture store east of the a p store and owned by leo crapo  received about 2000 in damages when large windows and doors shattered due to the extreme heat emanating from the fire the daily herald february 24 1968 p 1 and the daily herald august 26 1959 p 1  donald w cumbest  of pascagoula and  sandra hatten  of gulfport ruled mardi gras at biloxi on february 27th the daily herald february 27 1968 p 1 the popp s ferry bridge was damaged on april 10th the blessing of the fleet was held on june 2nd   peter l semski  18891981 was king and kay deloney was queen the reverend morgan kavanagh of st michael s catholic church was assisted by the reverend kevin bambrick to bless the biloxi shrimp fleet the daily herald june 3 1968 p 1 the 1st national bank of biloxi and the 1st national bank of hattiesburg merged in august to create a 60 million dollar bank  edward craft tonsmeire jr  19111972 was chairman of the board and albert lynd gottsche   19011974 president of the 1st bank of biloxi at this time  mr gottsche had been elected cashier of the bank in june 1941  the daily herald august 21 1968 p 1 and june 30 1941 p 7    the new 500000 36000 squarefoot harrison county 2nd judicial court house was scheduled to open august 31st the daily herald june 1 1968 p 1  senator robert f kennedy  19251968 dmass former us attorney general and us presidential candidate was assassinated at los angeles on june 6th by sirhan bishara sirhan  dr gilbert r mason  19282006 biloxi physician and elected caucus member from the 5th congressional district was the first negro chosen to represent mississippi at a national democratic party convention  the 1968 convention was held at chicago the daily herald june 11 1968 p 1  walter l nixon jr  b 1929 biloxi attorney since 1952  was confirmed by the us senate in midjune as a federal judge  he was the youngest of the four hundred federal judges in america the daily herald june 13 1968 p 1 the intial site work and dredging to build the new 130 million west bank shipyard for ingalls at pascagoula  mississippi commenced in june the daily herald june 14 1968 p 1  hud approved an advanced planning grant of 237223 for the 6698000 million biloxi downtown revitalization project the daily herald june 14 1968 p 1 the new west biloxi public library on pass christian road was nearing completion  jo collins was the general contractor for the structure designed as a 10000 volume library the daily herald june 17 1968 p 6  dr benton z welch  18781968 native of covington county mississippi expired at howard memorial hospital on july 19th  ella grace jordan welch  18781974 his spouse expired on august 27 1974 also at howard memorial the daily herald july 20 1968 p 1 and august 28 1974 p 2 the old coca cola bottling plant  also known as the hypo company and situated on division street near caillavet street  was demolished in december  the daily herald december 11 1968 p 1  laz quave  19101985 was  named biloxi s outstanding citizen  of 1968 by the lions club the daily herald december 18 1968 p 1  1969 john p mcdermott jr  19291982 native of mobile alabama  was reappointed to a fiveyear term as administrator of the howard memorial hospital  prior to his becoming howard memorial hospital s administrator circa 1966 mr mcdermott had served the biloxi public schools as their business manager his wife martha peresich was a biloxi native the daily herald february 14 1969 p 1  general dwight d eisenhower  18901969 former twoterm american president expired on march 28th at walter reed medical center in washington dc in april  mississippi power company announced plans to double the capacity of its jack watson plant north of handsboro with a 628 million building program  a 500000 kw steamelectric generation unit will be completed by the spring of 1973 and a 33 million 40000 kw combination turbine generator would be in operation by 1970 new transmission lines were also being erected the daily herald april 14 1969 p 1    percy edward hatch  19081969 native of scott co mississippi and a methodist pastor and mathematices teacher  died on april 17th he was pastor of the epsworth methodist church at biloxi but lived and taught in long beach mississippi the daily herald april 18th 1969 p 2 in april a  1 million ramada inn was planned for west beach on the grounds of the old bryan motel which was recently demolished  the daily herald april 18 1969 p 1     in april  consolidated construction company was awarded the 104370 contract to erect the west biloxi postal station a 6300 squareft single story building at 124 fernwood road the usps leased the builing for ten years  the daily herald april 18 1969 p 15    lt general james h doolittle  18961993  led 38 of the 53 survivors of the april 18 1942 raid on tokyo  japan at its annual reunion held april 17april 19 1969 at the edgewater gulf hotel  by april 2011 only five men of the doolittle s raiders were extant for its 69th reunion held in nebraska  the daily herald april 18 1969 p 1     in april  clarence day of the day companies sold the trade winds  formerly tivoli hotel  to rolane inc of atlanta georgia  at this time the building had 104 rooms and apartments and its 16 room motel which was built about ten years past  the daily herald april 19 1969 p 1    mayor daniel guice and laz quave  beat 1 supervisor signed contracts for the 1159831 biloxi small craft harbor and marina l a construction company and wr fairchild construction company were to commence work in forty five days and complete the project in 390 days  the daily herald april 29 1969 p 1    jo collins was the low base bidder to erect the 289 395 sacred heart catholic church in north biloxi father francis farrell was pastor and hf fountain jr associates were architects the daily herald april 30 1969 p 1    daniel dicks guice won the democratic nomination for biloxi mayor over richard creel and ernest melvin  wk bill dukate former city commissioner dropped out of the mayor s race in  april  peter parker  19081985 and dominic a fallo  19111996 won the city commissioners democratic nominations  the daily herald april 17 1969 p 23 may 14 1969 p 1 and may 21 1969 p 1  dr percy p haslitt  18801969 expired at biloxi on may 19th he was a native of marshall illinois and first came to biloxi in 1935 with the va in march 1951 retired from federal service he opened an office in ocean springs on washington avenue martha gagen 18831943 his first wife also from marshall illinois died at nola on february 5 1943 the daily herald february 5 1943 p 5 and may 20 1969 p 2    dr braxton bragg o mara  18961969 native of holmesville pike co mississippi and pediatrician and internist expired at biloxi on may 24th lydia b bragg 19061991 his spouse died on january 31 1991 the daily herald may 24 1969 p 2  major general james c mcgehee and major general thomas e moore  with the retirement of  major general james c mcgehee  19101979 after 35 years in the usaf he was replaced on august 1 1969 by  major general thomas e moore   19122007 general moore came to kafb form the alaskan air command the ocean springs record july 24 1969 p 10 the merger of the first national bank of biloxi and the first national bank of hattiesburg became effective on 1 september a lynn gottsche was president of the biloxi banch and paul w mcmillan of the hattiesburg bank shareholder and comptroller of the currency approval had been completed by midjuly the new bank  first mississippi national bank  had assets of 70 million dollars the daily herald august 21 1968 p 1 february 12 1969 p 1 and july 18 1969 p 1  hurricane camille made an unforgettable visit to the mississippi gulf coast  on august 17th     in october 1969 a joe moran  19151999  oil painting of biloxi shrip trawlers was presented to spiro t agnew  vice president of the united states for his assistance following hurricane camille of august 1969 the ocean springs record october 23 1969 p 10  john p mcdermott jr was named outstanding citizen of biloxi  by the lions club the daily herald january 2 1961 p 1  1970   astronaut fred w haise   fred w haise  b 1933 biloxi native  was lunar module pilot on the illfated apollo xiii moon mission which ran from april 11 to april 17 fred   would have been the sixth man to walk on the moon if the mission had not been aborted due to mechanical issues  major eugene a hiller  18981970 native of calhoun county mississippi and retired va director expired on january 24th major hiller attened mississippi state college and served in wwi he was survived by lottie webb hiller his wife eugene webb hiller his son  major hiller joined the biloxi va in 1936 as assistant director and retired from his post on january 1 1968  the daily herald january 25 1970 p a2 and the mobile press register january 28 1968 p c3  mayor daniel d guice plans north biloxi annexation  the ocean springs record august 3 1970 p 1 the new  daily herald 18 million printing plant and building on debuys road was dedicated  in early december the  wilkes family had sold the daily newspaper to the state record company in 1968  the daily herald december 12 1970 p a1        walter f fountain  19202003  was named outstanding citizen of biloxi  by the lions club the daily herald january 2 19 p 1  1971 adrian weill  19031971 native of osthaffen alsacelorraine expired at biloxi on february 21st he came to america in 1920 and located to lutcher louisiana mr weill arrived in biloxi circa 1930 and made his fortune in real estate and property development he built biloxi s first shopping center weill s shopping center  on west beach boulevard  jeanette dees weill  19162002 his wife died on april 16 2002 the daily herald february 22 1971 p 1 and the sun herald april 21 2002 p a8    lyman bradford post 2434 vfw awarded a construction contract to h gordon myrick of gulfport to erect its new hall in east biloxi the 110000 structure was situated between holley street and the trade winds hotel on east beach hf buddy fountain jr associates designed the 6500 squareft facility the daily herald may 20 1971 section 4p 3  frotscher richard steckler  19081971 native of nola  expired at biloxi in august  he worked with his father at the steckler seed company and came to biloxi in 1929 as a horticulturist and landscape architect steckler joined the biloxi va circa 1936 and was head gardener retiring about 1961  he was biloxi s 1958 most outstanding citizen frotscher had married doris m trochesset 19112004 in february 1933 and they had five children   the daily herald january 1 1959 p 1 and august 1971 p 2      the uso was dedicated on september 13th  it occupied the former dantzler house on west beach near the biloxi lighthouse the daily herald september 12 1971 p a7    the gulf hills hotel near ocean springs burned to the ground on christmas morning   reverend david c ehrenfeld  was  named biloxi s outstanding citizen  of 1964 by the lions club the daily herald 1971 p 1      1972 the gulf coast research lab at ocean springs opened its environmental education center in a metal building at point cadet the ocean springs record march 16 1972 p 1 in april  mayor daniel d guice announced his candidacy for representative to congress from mississippi s 5th congressional district the ocean springs record april 13 1972 p 1  antonio tony mihojevich   19021982 and  linda kennedy  ruled the blessing of the fleet the daily herald june 24 1973 p 1 the 1885 ship island lighthouse caught fire on june 27th  the 73foot wooden tower was consumed by the conflagration leaving only the concrete foundation the daily herald june 28 1972 p 2  carl e matthes  18961972 native of chicago and renown biloxi architect expired on august 28th his most significant works were  hotel buena vista  tivoli hotel trade winds  biloxi city hospital   mary l michel junior high school   the 1961 biloxi high school  and the first united methodist church of biloxi  the daily herald august 29 1972 p 2  priscilla ritch  18931972 long time gorenflo elementary school teacher expired on october 18th the daily herald october 19 1972 the  accomo hotel and restauant  formerly the  paradise gardens  at 744 main street  was gutted by fire  on november 22 1972  a postww ii negro night club and   was once the venue for entertainers such as  antoine fats domino  19282017  guitar slim  eddie jones 19261959  chuck willis  19281958 and  johnny otis   19212012 damage to the structure was estimated at 30000 it was owned by joseph t hathorn and william e jones the fire was discovered while bfd firemen were fighting another blaze at the auction city furniture building 445 east division fire chief frank gabrich estimated that wm krohn and ronnie krohn owners loss at 5000 to their 10000 structure the daily herald november 22 1972 p 2 in december the  avelez hotel on west howard avenue was being demolished  by the harris wrecking company the company was paid 25000 to accomplish the task in one month the daily herald december 1 1972  glenn lyle swetman  19011994 was  named outstanding citizen of biloxi  by the lions club the daily herald january 2 1973 p 1      1973 john s mavar jr  19071973  biloxi canner  civic leader and stalwart knight of columbus died at new orleans on january 14th the daily herald january 15 1973 p 2  merritt brunies  18951973 a member of the original new orleans five jazz band died on february 5th his corporal remians were interred in the lafayette no 1 cemetery at new orleans the daily herald february 61973 p 2 the biloxi city council adopted a new and amended comprehensive zoning ordinance in early march  the comprehensive zoning law of 1966ordinance no 1083 was amended the daily herald march 7 1973 p 1  governor william bill waller  b 1926  signed the coastal wetlands protection act into law in march it was authored by gerald h blessey  harrison county representative to the house the daily herald march 23 1973 p 1  caillavet street from west howard avenue to beach boulevard was opened on may 2nd  mrs anita caillavet wetzel  18861975 represent the caillavet family at the ribbon cutting ceremony the daily herald may 2 1973 p 2    professor marion l carpenter  19171983 was named biloxi s musician of the year  others winner of this award had been johnny bertucci charles carnovale merritt brunies raymond egers vernon williams frank marchioni and earl blessey sr  the daily herald may 2 1973 p 32  howard memorial hospital s cardiomedical staff were the first to implant pacemakers  in harrison county the daily herald may 12 1973 p 2  william v joyce jr  19111973 biloxi merchant and deputy circuit clerk 2nd jd harrison county mississippi died at biloxi on june 23rd at biloxi mr joyce graduated from bhs in 1929 he attended the university of alabama where he played football and ran track the daily herald june 24 1973 p a2  lynn pitalo and laz quave  from the daily herald june 24 1973 p 1  laz quave  19101985 veteran politician and lynn pitalo  daughter of george pitalo and hazel marie langlinais ruled the blessing of the fleet on june 24th the daily herald june 24 1973 p 1  miss sue collins   18941973 native of nola and former  nursing supervisor at the biloxi hospital  19331940 and graduate of hotel dieu hospital 1919 and charity hospital 1935 at nola   expired in early september  the daily herald september 29 1973 p 2          construction began on october 12th at the 126 million  biloxi hilton hotel by john c yemelos president of yemco inc down south vol 23 no 6 p 13 there were a number of ufo sighting as biloxi and ocean springs throughout the month of october  the sun herald october 17 1973 p a2    mississippi coast coliseum  image made october 2011  f yankee barhanovich and hf fountain jr  related that site clearing for the mississippi coast coliseum would begin within 30 to 45 days  fifteen of the sixteen tracts for the project had been acquired  the sun herald  october 17 1973 p a2 the lyman c bradford post 2434 vfw post building at 844 east howard avenue was dedicated on october   20th  the old building on fred haise boulevard  church street had been damaged in hurricane camille h gordon myrick inc of gulfport were general contractors who erected the structure from plans by hf fountain jr  biloxi architect the sun herald october 21 1973 p a12    dr harry johnson schmidt sr  19051997    was named  biloxi s outstanding citizen  by the lion s club  1974   john r blossman 19432009  john r blossman  19432009 king d iberville and  laurie james turnbough  queen ixolib ruled the gulf coast carnival association mardi gras at biloxi on february 26 1974 the theme was the 250 anniversary of the biloxi bay colony the ocean springs record february 28 1974 p 1  ronnie pierotich was named president of the biloxi port commission in march 1974 replacing sam mavar 19121993 mr pierotich was appointed to the commission in 1969 by governor john bell williams 19181983 the biloxi small craft harbor was dedicated in late march 1974   the times pic ayune march 20 1974 p 7    in early april the friendship fountain was dedicated at the international plaza which was named that day by o keefe for the former us coast gurad base on the site various dignities attended the ceremony including mayor o keefe mrs bill waller jeanjacques peyronnet general consul of france and major general brian m shotts commander kafb the daily herald april 7 1974 p a2   in april the city of biloxi hired albert walter hagan an engineer who came here from galveston texas he was the first city engineer in the history of the city and was paid 16 600 annually  walter resigned his position on july 31 1975 the daily herald july 9 1975 the blessing of the fleet was held in early june with reverend john p robinson of st michael s blessing over two hundred boats  leo eleuterius sr  19071981 was the shrimp king and rachel gabrich  m chevis roy hatten iii    was his queen the times picayune june 3 1974 p 40  biloxi elks lodge no 606 sold their lot and building on lameuse street to the city of biloxi for 252000  biloxi planned to use the property as a cultural center the daily herald october 3 1974 on december 2nd  art weinberger  18961974  biloxi merchant and  the proprietor of art s levis  on howard avenue was distracted by john willie durengo reddix b 1954 in order that larry catfish jones b 1954 reddix s companion on that day could sneak up behind mr weinberger and  kill him with repeated blows from a wrench  reddix and jones then took money and clothes from the store and fled larry jones was convicted of murder and is serving a life sentence in parchman prison the daily herald december 3 1974 pa 2 and december 4 1974 p a2  reverend wc wyatt  was named  biloxi s outstanding citizen  by the lion s club      1975   metropolitan bank new bank metropolitan bank designed by guild grace of gulfport planned for biloxi the ocean springs record january 9 1975 p 5  louise josephine mallard  19001975 artist thespian school teacher and bon vivant expired at biloxi in late january the daily herald january 29 1975 p a2 in early february   marcel j mickey bellande  19091982 was inducted into the mississippi sports hall of fame at jackson mississippi bellande excelled in football baseball and golf his  selection was based on his outstanding record in national regional and local golf tournaments  mickey was the  first golfer to win all three state titlesopen  1950  amateur  1964 and seniors  1964 1965 1967 1968 1969 and 1973 the sun herald february 9 1975 p b6  leo kempton crapo  19281975 native of new bedford massachusetts and proprietor of merchiston hall  a biloxi furniture and home decorating center  died  at biloxi on sunday march 2 1975  leo was named biloxi s outstanding citizen in 1967 and lauded for his active community leadership and unselfish devotion to many civic organizations and programs he was active in the biloxi chamber of commerce mississippi coast transportation authority the boy scouts of america biloxi planning commission united way air force association and president of the parish council at nativity bvm catholic church in addition leo was in 1966 the third recipient of the laurel wreath award given by coast federal savings to the outstanding citizen of the coast the daily herald march 3 1975 p 1 in early march the city of biloxi placed the red caboose  situated on jackson street on its pad the caboose was acquired from ruth j mcfalls of ocean springs in december 1974 for 3850 it was utilized by senior citizens as a retail outlet for ceramics and other handicrafts the daily herald march 6 1975 p 2 in march  harry reeks  19201982  ocean springs sculptor  and mayor jerry o keefe b 1923  presented his proposal for the golden fisherman   a welded 12 foot bronze statue to be electroplated with 14 carat gold to the biloxi planning commission and urban renewal commission the project was expected to cost between 30000 and 35000  reeks was commissioned to create the golden fisherman in midapril for 34000 the sundial was to be replaced by the golden fisherman the daily herald march 21 1975 p a2 and april 18 1975  shrimp queen tonya gollott and king mike kulivan   six of 12 vietnamese refugees who made their home on the mississippi coast came to biloxi in late may from the eglin afb refugee center   vincent and margaret sherry sponsored the families and gave the vinh family temporary shelter in ther home the former south vietnamese airforce officers and pilots and families were  nguien quan vinh  tuyet his spouse and 18month old daughter van anh and hoang thanh nha  yen his wife and 7year old daughter nhi others expected to arrive were phan huu minh and his family the daily herald may 28 1975 p 1  tonya gollott  and  a mike kulivan   19212003 ruled the june shrimp festial at biloxi the daily herald june 1975 p  william c cruso  18921975 biloxi canner native of nola and resident of biloxi since 1904 died on may 30 1975 he was preceded in death by his spouse  lillie toche  18961968 who died on november 30 1968 the daily herald november 30 1968 p 2 and june 1 1975 p a2  william patrick kennedy iii  19261975 son of wp kennedy jr and beatrice hardisty kennedy expired at biloxi on june 20th mr kennedy became president of kennedy marine engine company at biloxi in 1967 he was a graduate of biloxi schools and attended marion institute alabama the merchant marine academy king s point new york and general motors institute detroit michigan and was active in the seafood and boat building industries at biloxi  mr kennedy was a member of the byc and served as commodore in 1961 the daily herald june 22 1975 p a2  althea harkness peresich  18971975 widow of eugene a peresich sr 18951960 expired at biloxi on august 9th mrs peresich had been chosen biloxi s outstanding mother of the year was a charter member of the fortnightly club and had been active in the biloxi elks pats for several years she helped organize and operate the women s uso at biloxi during ww ii in addition mrs peresich had been the owner of the watson insurance agency and eugene perersich and sons inc southland studios and a major owner of the biloxi building association the daily herald august 10 1975 p a2  melvin george ness  18971975 native of kenyon minnesota who came to mississippi in 1925 to establish a milk and ice cream business  died at biloxi veterans administration hospital on october 8th internment was in southern memorial park the daily herald october 8 1975 p a2  coach tranny lee tl gaddy  18941975 native of itawamba county mississippi who joined biloxi high school as  head football coach and athletic director in 1926  was honored ap ril 18 1975 with a coach tl gaddy day and appointed honorary mayor of biloxi for the day  a resolution paying tribute to coach gaddy was made part of the city records and a copy placed in the biloxi high school trophy case during his years as head coach at biloxi until 1931 he brought big 8 championship sic and other honors to the school coach gaddy died at jackson mississippi on october 12 1975 he was enshrined in the mississippi sports hall of fame and museum in 1965 the daily herald october 13 1975 p a2 in early may 1979  descendants of biloxi seafood pioneers  lopez maycock and gorenflo unveiled a marker on bayview avenue at the head of reynoir street commemorating the 1881 founding of the lopez elmer company  the ceremony was a part of the biloxi heritage week celebrations of may 612 1979  the daily herald  may 15 1979 p b1    dr daniel lester hollis  18931975 native of sulligent alabama expired on april 19th  dr hollis was a physician and surgeon former canal zone health officer long time bhs football team physician former president of the biloxi school board member biloxi lions club 1955 citizen of the year former president and secretary of the biloxi hospital staff and a member and leader of many more civic and professional associations the daily herald april 20 1975 p a2  william c cruso  18921975 nola native and biloxi pioneer seafood packer expired at biloxi  in late may the daily herald june 1 1975 p a2    us interstate i110 back bay bridge between d iberville and biloxi opened  on june 22nd the daily herald june 26 1975 p 1  gerald h blessey  assistant to mayor jeremiah j jerry o keefe iii and counsel for federal grant programs resigned in september the daily herald september 18 1975 the biloxi city council  approved the contract for the sale of the biloxi city jail to the harrison county board of supervisors   the city will pay 3 per day to the county to house and feed its prisoners in the contract the daily herald october 2 1975 p b1  turnbull associates of san francisco architects for the proposed biloxi librarycultural center  began receiving bids on the project they ranged from 1265000 to 1686000 holiday inn construction division of memphis tennessee was the low bidder at 1265000  the daily herald october 2 1975 p b1 in early november  black students at biloxi high school demonstrated against school grooming policies  the activists demanded that the biloxi school system adopt a policy that would allow black students to plait thier hair into corn rows  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    in december  the caboose  a gift from ocean springs  was located in the magnolia mall  a pedestrian shopping district in downtown biloxi  senior citizens used the sturcture to vend their handicraftsneedle work ceramics metal sculptures etc the daily herald august 11 1976  austin h moritz  19171991    was named  biloxi s outstanding citizen  by the lion s club  1976   theo savoy  19031983 was biloxi s shrimp king  he died at biloxi in september 1983 the sun herald may 23 1976 p a1  a 244 bed acute care center the gulf coast hospital  which became known as the gulf coast medical center  at 180 debuys road in biloxi opened in may 1976  monsignor jeffrey t o connell  19001976 founder of notre dame high school and longtime priest at nativity bvm expired on may 9 1976 his internment was in dublin ireland the mississippi supreme court upheld the 1974 ruling by harrison county chancery court that denied the annexation attempt of north biloxi by biloxi the sun herald may 25 1976 p a1  police chief lester j thompson  19412010 submitted his resignation in june for medical reason mayor o keefe named edward l ryan acting police chief effective 5 july the daily herald june 12 1976 p 1  bishop richard o gerow  18951976 native of mobile and retired catholic bishop of natchez from 1924 to 1966 died at jackson mississippi in december  jefferson bank  newly chartered jefferson bank acquired lot on howard avenue between fayard and reynoir street from the biloxi development commission for about 50000 the daily herald august 9 1976 p a10  albert mangin sr  18921983 was named  biloxi s outstanding citizen  by the lion s club  1977  in march 1977 the  golden fisherman of ocean springs sculptor harry reeks  19201982 was positioned on the south side of howard avenue near the biloxi regional medical center  it was relocated to the point cadet plaza in late september 1998 shortly before hurricane georges struck the region the city of biloxi has plans to reerect the statue at a location not yet determined  the sun herald february 18 2006 p a9    betty sekul   spouse of dr w steve sekul was  named biloxi s mother of the year by the lions club  tony rosetti present her the award at its 23rd annual venue the sun herald may 8 1977 p a2  bishop howze  b 1923 the roman catholic diocese of biloxi was established on march 1 1977  when it was split from the roman catholic diocese of jackson in ceremonies at nativity bvm cathedral june 6th 1977  joseph lawson howze  d d was installed as first bishop of the biloxi diocese in 1977  save the fort inc was lauded for its preservation efforts  at the 11th annual military history conference held at fort monroe virginia m james stevens of biloxi was president of the organization the daily herald may 4 1977 p 2  elvis aron presley  19351977  the king and the most widely recognized entertainer of the 20th century  expired at memphis tennessee on august 16th the committee appointed by the biloxi city council in april to study the mayorcouncil form of municipal governcy voted 11 to 4 in favor of this rule bay st louis mississippi adopted this systerm in 1977 and it has been in place at jackson and greenwood mississippi the south mississippi sun september 21 1977 p a1  raymond matthew ray thompson  18981977 native of lee township fayette county ohio expired at gulfport mississippi on christmas day  in 1940 mr thompson with ellen ursula sue thompson his spouse came south probably from youngstown ohio where he was the proprietor of an advertising agency they resided initially at new orleans where he began to write about history and travel in the early 1950s they relocated to biloxi mississippi where ray wrote for down south  a regional magazine in march 1956 he began a long running weekly series of journal articles  know your coast and know your state  which were published in the daily herald   the jackson daily news  and the clarionledger  ray m thompson also authored  new orleans from a to z  the land of lafitte the pirate and the confederate shrine beauvoir  the last home of jefferson davis  1957 in 1962 he was editor of the jefferson parish louisiana yearly review  from biographical information provided by yvonne arnold of the mccain archives university of southern mississippi  john pettus was named  biloxi s outstanding citizen  by the lion s club  1978 lillian harrison flectcher demiller  18921978 spouse of rev ea demiller b 1889 expired in biloxi in february  lewis geebe g moore  19001978 native of rankin county mississippi and proprietor of moore seafood  expired on july 26th the daily herald july 27 1978 p a2     the rc haynie jr   a menhaden fishing vessel owned by zapata haynie of houston texas sank three miles south of ship island on august 7th one crewman died in the accident the daily herald august 9 1978 p 1     the mississippi supreme court upheld an august 12 1977 chancery court ruling allowing the city of biloxi to annex land in north biloxi  the decision excluded the pine crest and cedar lake subdivisions the annexed area had a population of about 5100 people in about eight sqaure miles the daily herald august 9 1978 p 1    on august 10th  philip levine  president of the local union international association of fire fighters  led a walkout during a meeting with mayor jeremiah j o keefe iii to protest the o keefe decision not to allow a federal mediator to ameliorate differences between the city of biloxi and the union  biloxi policeman in attendance supported the firemen and walked out of the meeting with them the daily herald august 10 1978 p 1    the city of biloxi received a 2 million federal grant  the daily herald october 5 1978 p 1  william r billy lyons  named  biloxi s outstanding citizen  by the lion s club       1979 jc penny opened its 80 664 squareft store  in the edgewater mall on january 24th mayor jeremiah j o keefe iii cut the ribbon the ocean springs record january 25 1979 p 1 the  popps ferry bridge and causeway estimated to cost 52 million was five months behind schedule  l aconstruction of hattiesburg mississippi was the contractor the daily herald february 6 1979 p 1    cheryl prewitt  of ackerman named 1980 miss america on october 181979 the biloxi development commission urbam renewal agenc y city of biloxi mississippi conveyed a quitclaim deed to the united postal service for a large lot on main street between jackson and water streets harrison co mississipp 2nd jd chancery court land deed bk 96 p 259 matre pitalo  18981981 was named  biloxi s outstanding citizen  by the lion s club  1980   james c corso  19351990    and lisa ann lewis  m gw mcallister biloxians  ruled the mardi gras of the gulf coast carnival association the daily herald february 19 1980 p 1   the harrison county chancery court ruled that biloxi s attempt to annex the fernwood area was void because they did have the permission of the mgccc the sun herald august 11 1980 p a2  bruce c stewart  was named  biloxi s outstanding citizen  by the lion s club     1981 from data gathered in the 1980 federal census  the population of biloxi was estimated to be 49311 people making it the second largest city in mississippi meridian with 46311 and hattiesburg with 40829 people followed all were well behind the capital of jackson with 202 895 individuals the daily herald april 24 1981 p b1 state representative  gerald h blessey  b 1942 was elected mayor of biloxi on june 23rd defeating frank barhanovich  b 1943 and garnering 65 of the approximately 7700 ballots cast elected with blessey as councilmen were laz quave 19101985 michael esters lewis langlinais mary carpenter roy mattina wc mcmanus and margaret s sherry d 1987 the daily herald june 24 1981 p 1 and sec ii p b1 the  1928 biloxi hotel was converted to the 36 million chateau le grand  a condominium complex at 1304 west beach boulevard dedication took place on december 7 1981 the gulf coast times december 7 1981 p 1 and the ocean springs record december 10 1981 p 3  dr william pontius of ocean springs  was elected chief of staff of the biloxi regional medical center in december the ocean springs record december 10 1981 p 3  lloyd moon and lj blue caillavet  were named  biloxi s outstanding citizens  by the lion s club  1982 dudley charles andrews  18961982 proprietor of the biloxi lumber company extraordinary human being and excellent craftsman  died on january 21st   marcel j mickey bellande  19091982 expired on march 5th bellande was a partner in the bellande beverage company and a star athelete at bhs and springhill college  where he played football and baseball he played minor league baseball in the cleveland indians farm system but excelled in golf in his later sporting career  bellande was the first mississippian to win all three state titlesopen  1950  amateur  1964  and seniors  1964 1965 1967 1968 1969 and 1973 he was inducted into the mississippi sports hall of fame in february 1975  the sun herald february 9 1975 p b6 and march 5 1982    in late may interested and enthusiastic biloxians met at the east end fire station to consider organizing a biloxi seafood museum among those present were jerry bodin mayor gerald henry blessey anthony v ragusin houston gollott larry dubaz margaret sherry and tommy gollott  the biloxi press june 2 1982 p 1  wallace chapman  19031982 former mississippi power company local manager and former byc commodore expired on september 1st the daily herald september 2 1982 p a2  william connell gryder jr  19001982 mississippi coast shoe merchant expired on august 12th   etv presented a program on the works of eunice lyle dusti swetman bonge   19031993 biloxi artist on september 30 1982 the ocean springs record october 6 1982 p 24 in the early morning of november 8th 28 people died and more than 30 injured in a fire in the harrison county jail on delauney street and mcelroy street in biloxi  robert eugene pates  b 1951 was charged with 28 counts of capital murder when he was named the alleged conspirator of the conflagration pates was sent ot parchman immediatley the daily herald november 8 1982 p a1 and november 9 1982 p a2 the newly chartered biloxi seafood museum incorporated elected officers in early december at the biloxi community center  jerry bodin was elected president  duane diaz  vicepresident  walter fountain  secretary and chevis swetman  treasurer board members elected were carroll kovacevich charles weems billy gollott thomas schultz jr steve marinovich gerald cochran mike chance joe moran della mccaughn cheroe arceneaux rosa martin and charles bassettthe biloxi press december 8 1982 p 1  nina m schwartzman  19161999    was named  biloxi s outstanding citizen  by the lion s club  1983   alan bond of the royal perth yacht club defeated liberty at newport rhode island to become the first challenger in 132 years to win the america s cup   haroll d castle  of ocean springs and  melissa jaynell schloegel  marion of gulfport ruled the 57th biloxi mardi gras the ocean springs record february 17 1983 p 1  estelle fortner wilkes  19111983 native of gulfport and former owner of the daily herald  expired on march 1st the daily herald march 2 1983 p 2    george l sumrall  19081983 service station operator and biloxi sports booster died on march 3rd the daily herald march 4 1983 p a2  sheriff howard leroy hobbs  19342008 was arrested on june 16 1983 with david j venus iii chief deputy sheriff craig monroe dj venus iv george mims venus bill carroll jim blackwell john higgins and wayne ford phillip baugh was arrested on 20 july in connection with this case which involved cocaine conspiracy  the daily herald july 28 1983 p a2 july 29 1983 and august 3 1983      professor marion carpenter  19171983 popular bhs band leader  expired in march he came to the biloxi central high school as band director in the early 1940s from the georgia teachers college at statesboro georgia professor carpenter resigned his position at biloxi school in may 1945 and was hired by the  sacred heart academy of biloxi to organized an allgirl marching band  in october 1946  george a wimberly  19201996 replaced marion carpenter as the bhs band director in october 1946 the daily herald october 22 1946 p 4 and october 30 1946 p 4  arthur godfrey  19041983 long time radio entertainer expired on march 16th  john bell williams  19181983  governor of mississippi from 19681972  expired at brandon mississippi on march 25th    michael l esters   michael l esters   19521983  biloxi s first black councilman   was killed on march 24th in a traincar collision he was elected to represent ward ii in 1981 the daily herald march 24 1983 p 1 and march 25 1983 p 2  the new headquarters at the gulf islands national seashore at ocean springs was named for us congressman william m colmer who was instrumental in the 1971 creation of this federal nature preserve the building was dedicated on april 1st the daily herald march 21 1983 p 2  vincent vici joseph rosetti  19081983  proprietor of rosetti s restaurant and lounge  a legendary biloxi cafe established in 1933 by jake p rosetti 18841959 his 1903 croatian immigrant father died on may 18th in his native biloxi  vici was elected president of the gulf coast chapter of the mississippi restaurant association in september 1964 the daily herald september 9 1964 p 1 and may 19 1983 p a2  ernest melvin  was named  biloxi s outstanding citizen  by the lion s club  1984 the daily herald began celebrating it centennial anniversary in january  the journal was founded on october 4 1884 by george washington wilkes and mb richmond gulf publishing company  a subsidiary of the state record company of columbia south carolina  acquired the newspaper in july 1968  the daily herald january 1 1984 p a1      clark d shaughnessy jr was elected commodore of the byc with dr richard schmidt vicecommodore and william pittman rearcommodore the board consisted of dallas burns clinton bolton w gray slay patricia howell eddie migues and harold catchot the daily herald january 3 1984 p a9     the reverend louis peyton sr  native of grand bay alabama died on march 27 1984 he was associate minister of the first faith missionary baptist church and had been ordained in january 1965 brother peyton was honored as biloxi s outstanding citizen in 1972 and 1973  a eastern part of washington street was named in his honor in 19 the daily herald march 29 1984 p a2  the jl scott marine education center and aquarium  on point cadet was dedicated on june 20th  it was named for jl jake scott  19152001 a educator and founder of the gulf coast research laboratory at ocean springs  mr scott died at jackson mississippi on april 25 2001 the ocean springs record june 14 1984 p 5 and biloxid iberville press april 25 2001 p a7  albert j misko   19152006 and  jennifer gollott were king and queen of the blessing of the fleet  on june 3rd the daily herald june 2 1984 p a1 june 3 1984 p a1 and june 4 1984 p a1 june 16th was joseph c canizaro day in biloxi mr canizaro was honored for his success as a developer at nola some of his accomplishments were lykes center canal place texaco center crowne plaza hotel xerox center owner of the nola breakers a professional football team before 2008 canizaro would develop the tradition a retirement resort community in harrison couny mississippi he generously donated land from tradition for two educational institutions st patrick catholic high school an amalgamation of st john s of gulfport and mercy cross formerly notre dame of biloxi and william carey college which moved from its location on the seashore at gulfport following hurricane katrina in 2005  major general romulus w puryear  19111984 native of hartsville tennessee west point graduate wwii combat veteran and former commander kafb 19641967 expired on june 16th  alice denning puryear  19142010 his spouse and native of gallatin tennessee passed on may 8 2010 at ocean springs mississippi their corporal remains were interred in the arlington national cemetery the sun herald june 18 1984 p a2 and may 13 2010 p a5  sam s mitchell  19031984  biloxi entrepreneur and native of hancock county mississippi  died at biloxi in midjune mr mitchell and spouse  mae pringle mitchell  owned the bungalow inc  and mitchell associates inc  the daily herald june 18 1984 p a2      major general romulus wright puryear  19111984 native of hartsville tennessee and  former commander of kafb   july 1964 to his retirement in july 1967 and one of the  founders of metropolitan national bank   expired at ocean springs  in midjune his corporal remains were  interred at arlington national cemetery  in virginia  alice denning puryear  19142010 his spouse  died on may 8 2010  at ocean springs the daily herald june 18 1984 p a2 and the ocean springs record july 27 1967 p 1  thomas tommy gollott  was named  biloxi s outstanding citizen  by the lion s club  1985 elmer williams  18981985 one of the  founders of the dejean packing company  expired on january 29 1985 the ocean springs record january 31 1985 p 6 on may 5th  76 inc  joseph r thornton iii and shirley m thornton leased 1500 east beach drive to the factory restaurant  the rent was 1500 per month the thorntons acquired the 90foot lot on east beach drive from the peoples bank in may 1976 harrison co mississiippi 2nd jd land deed bk 170 p 446 and bk 65 p 599  oduse dago trahan  19122012 was biloxi s shrimp king former governor paul b johnson jr 19161985 expired at hattiesburg on october 14th     john t collins  19041985 biloxi architect expired on halloween the sun herald november 1 1985 p a2      mary antonia cvitanovich mahoney  19241985  biloxi s renown restaurateur  expired on december 29th  robert francis mahoney  19232005 her spouse died on august 24 2005 the sun herald december 30 1985 p 1  laz quave  19101985 former harrison county sheriff biloxi mayor and ward i city councilman  died on december 20th   sl fayard was named  biloxi s outstanding citizen  by the lion s club      1986 the  seafood industry museum opened at point cadet in march  destroyed by katrina on august 29 2005 the ocean springs record march 20 1986 p 16  john edward eddie mcdonnell  19121986 former two term 19521956 and 19641968  sheriff of harrison county   humanitarian  and  one of the last of the great politicians of the mississippi gulf coast   died on june 13th at his home on the tchoutacabouffa river the sun herald june 14 1986 p a1 and june 15 1986 p a2 on 1 september  tommy moffet  b 1950 became biloxi s first africanamerican chief of police replacing george w saxon  19272018 who became public safety director the sun herald august 14m 1986 p a1  frank l gabrich  19131986  retired biloxi fire chief  19611974 died on august 20th the sun herald august 21 1986 p  two biloxi firemen carl ohr jr  19521986 and edwin kurt jacquet  19561986  died while fighting an apartment house fire in biloxi on october 20th the old frame house had been divided into seven apartments with ten residentsall escaped injury the timespicayune october 21 1986 p 1      joseph j duffie jr  19271994 was named  biloxi s outstanding citizen  by the lion s club  1987 cf gollott  19111987 seafood packer and dixieland jazz musician  expired on january 19th  the sun herald january 21 1987 p a4  frank yankee j barhanovich  19151987 died on april 7th unarguably one of biloxi s greatest ambassadors and promoters mr barhanovich won many honors and awards for his untiring efforts for his fellow croatians the catholic church and knights of columbus biloxi athletics especially the shrimp bowl and yankee stadium and many social and philanthropic groups including the lions club chamber of commerce biloxi doll and toy fund girl scouts and many more biloxi s attempt to annex d iberville and its 14000 denizens and 18 squaremiles was denied by judge jason floyd who cited flaws in biloxi s annexation ordinance that could not be corrected by amendants the sun herald may 22 1987 p a1  captain breezy  tony  gruich  19181996 was named shrimp king     vincent j sherry  19291987 harrison county circuit judge and  margaret j smith sherry   19291987 his spouse and former biloxi councilman  were murdered on september 14th the sun herald september 9 2007 p a1      sheriff larkin smith  19441989 was reelected sheriff of harrison on november 3rd  he garnered 75 of the approximately 24000 votes cast beating democrat candidate perry ladner the sun herald november 4 1987 p c1  federal judge walter l nixon  b 1928 was removed from office by the us senate on november 3 1987 after he was impeached by the us house of representative  the sun herald march 28 1990 p c1  europa star at biloxi  image by ray l bellandeca 1988 the europa star  a 167foot cruise ship that features dining entertainment and gambling  commenced operating from point cadet marina on december 20th under a court order  the sun herald november 14 1987 p 1 and february 20 1988 p 3  olon ray  was named  biloxi s outstanding citizen  by the lion s club  1988    skeet the public life of walter henry hunt  by murella hebert powell was published in 1988 by phyllis hunt graham and shaughnessy print co of biloxi  the city of d iberville was incorporated  on february 10 1988  ray boise butterefield  19231988 native of macomb illinois and radio announcer when wlox when on the air on may 28 1948 and instrumental in the acquistion of a license for wlox broadcasting company which began tv broadcasting at biloxi in 1962  died on may 25th at birmingham alabama  the sun herald may 27 1988 p a3  sagasta sang langlinais  19112001 native of new iberia louisiana reigned over the 60th annual biloxi blessing of the fleet the sun herald may 29 1988 p a1 the i110 connector from us highway 90 to interstate highway 10 was opened in february the sun herald february 20 1988 p a3      ernest charles melvin  19191988 three term beat 1 board of supervisor 19721984 expired on july 21st the sun herald july 23 1988 p a4  margaret s speir  18951988 retired dukate elementary principal and long time biloxi school educator died on july 21st the sun herald july 23 1988 p a4  dick e wilson  was named outstanding citizen of biloxi by the lions club  the sun herald february 11 2010 p a5    biloxi s first buddhist pagoda opened on december 11 1988 when monk chon thich greeted fifty people at 1100 east howard avenue the hattiesburg american december 13 1988 p 3  1989   helen werby and tommy munro ruled a cold fat tuesday in early february  keely rochelle dinero was queen venus viii of the krewe of neptune  the sun herald february 8 1989 p a1  judge lawrence c corban  19001989 native of fayette mississippi and  former os city attorney from 19531959  circuit court judge 19391953 jackson county chancery court judge 19591975 and outstanding coast citizen and mason  expired on april 3rd        kat bergeron was named biloxi s historian of the year  bergeron teaches mississippi folklore and history at the elder hostel program in biloxi she is a gulfport east high school graduate and matriculated to marshall university in west virgiina to study journalism  kat is the author of gulf coast chronicles for the sun herald she was named gulfport jaycees media person of the year in 1989 and received the gulf publishing s eugene p wilkes award the sun herald may 19 1989 p b1  mayor jerry lawrence and his five councilmen  thomas j moore jr linda davis aj penrow les barnett jr and oliver diaz sr  the first city government of d iberville mississippi was sworn into office on july 1 1989 the biloxi iberville press july 14 1989 p 1  larkin i smith  19441989 former gulfport police chief and harrison county mississippi sheriff and current us representative 5th mississippi congressional district  was killed in perry county mississippi on august 13th when his airplane crashed  gary eugene gene taylor  b 1953 of bay st louis won his seat in a special election and assumed was sworn into larkin i smith s vacated congressional seat in october 1989      dorothy dorsett brown  18961989 died at nola on october 14th she was a native of texas city texas and the spouse of affluent oilman and sportsman  joe w brown  189719 the browns were the owners of the broadwater beach hotel  clare sekul hornsby  was named  biloxi s outstanding citizen  by the lion s club  1990 james c corso  19351990 biloxi businessman and former king d iberville of mardi gras expired on february 19th   the population of biloxi in 1990 was 46319  34547 white and 8625 black the sun herald march 9 2001 p a10  sie j simon  19101990 biloxi businessman whose sie s place on the nw c of division and reynoir streets was the venue of many outstanding musicians and singers from 1950 to 1971  died on march 18th  sie had such country stars as hank williams ray price johnny horton lefty frizell ernest tubb jerry lee lewis billy walker elvis a presley and darla woods play his club mrs simon  edna terry  19121992 passed in december 1992 the sun herald march 19 1990 p c1  the trial of gerald h blessey and michael cavanaugh  biloxi lawyers and business partners from 19791983 accused of conspiring to extort 25 per cent of the bond fee paid to page mannino peresich the biloxi law firm hired by blessey for the city of biloxi s legal business when he was mayor took place in march the prosecution avered that page mannino peresich which were paid 28 million during blessey s term as mayor 19811989 feared that it would lose the city s business if mr cavanaugh were not paid the government siad that cavanaugh did no work for the 134267 he is alleged to have extorted from the law firm the sun herald march 20 1990 p a1  m james stevens  19091990 was born july 6 1909 at elizabeth new jersey he settled on the coast in 1948 and owned the confederate inn and restaurant at gulfport mr stevens became a great mississippi gulf coast historian and amassed a large archives of documents pertaining to mississippi gulf coast chronology which are now known collectively as the m james stevens collection he expired at san antonio texas on june 4 1990  in march 1990  m james stevens became the first to be awarded the dunbar rowland award by the mdah at its annual meeting in jackson mississippi  william t holland  biloxi wooden boat buildre was recognized for his preservation crafstmanship construction when build the glen swetman  a biloxi schooner replication  charles l sullivan  history professor at mgcccperkinston was recognized for the magnolia series a series of publications and vidotapes which commenced in 1988  sullivan would be awarded the dunbar rowland prize in march 2010  the sun herald march 22 1990 p b1 and the sun herald june 12 1990 p c1 former governor  19561960  james p coleman  19141991 native of ackerman choctaw county mississippi died on september 28th    brig general martin f haas   19021990 biloxi native and 1924 graduate of west point died at biloxi on october 13 1990 his corporal remains were interred in the arlington national cemetery at arlington virginia the sun herald october 16 1990 p c2     fiddlin peter lepre  18991990 long time resident of d iberville and wellknown musician  expired on october 15th at biloxi the sun herald october 16 1990 p c2    dr eldon l bolton  19101990 was born january 11 1910 at biloxi and died here on december 25th  he practiced family medicine at biloxi for fiftysix years following his father dr walter t bolton 18591923 also a along time biloxi physician the sun herald december 26 1990  joseph jj wittmann  19111990  harrison county sheriff  19561960 and mayor of pass christian  19681974  died on december 3rd at pass christian the sun herald december 5 1990 p c2      chevis swetman  was named  biloxi s outstanding citizen  by the lion s club  1991  russell rusty c david  was named  biloxi s outstanding citizen  by the lion s club  captain lewis voorhies  captain hooks  langlinais  19162007 served as shrimp king for the 1991 shrimp festival the sun herald may 25 1991 p a2  buena vista fire1991 on june 25th the  buena vista hotel was severely damaged by fire  and steve moore biloxi fire chief estimated that the fire resulted resulted in damages of hundreds of thousands of dollars  and a total loss  it was leased to the sea air and space museum headed by anthony mattina a biloxi councilman the structure was owned by south sea cruises inc dewayne williams president the sun herald june 26 1991 p a1  1992   barney m giles  19221992 texas native and biloxi restaurateur  died on january 11 1992 barney came to biloxi in 1948 and ran barney s drive in and the shipinshore  the sun herald january 13 1992 p a2    howard mcdonnell  19091992  biloxi attorney and former state senator and floater representative  expired on february 19th   monsignor eamon joseph mullen   19181992 native of county sligo ireland who was ordained a catholic priest at st patrick s college carlow ireland in june 1942  expired at jackson mississippi on march 19th  the sun herald march 22 1992 p a2   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  leroy duval  19432014 was named shrimp king   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    bill holmes was named  biloxi s outstanding citizen  by the lion s club  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  lyle morse page  19322011 ruled the mardi gras as king d iberville    hugo l rungo  19091993 founder of hugo s the coast first pizza parlor situated on division street and porter avenue expired on the 9th hugo l rungo jr 19332008 died at spring hill flordia in early april 2008 the sun herald april 19 2008 p a12  edmond boudreaux jr  was named biloxi historian of the year  the mississippi press may 20 1993 the  fisherman s hangout a landmark pool hall and tavern  that operated on back bay since 1948 by lionel nellie creel b 1918 closed in may the sun herald may 23 1993 p e1  jack charles jessup  19161993 an affiliate of the fellowship revival association and pioneer radio minister with offices at 2327 25th street gulfport mississippi and a sound studio in his home at biloxi from which he recorded tapes for his religious radio programs which were broadcast from del rio texas on radio station xerk and radio station xeg at monterrey california  died at gulfport on july 10th  the sun herald  july 11 1993 p a2 the  buena vista hotel was planned to be demolished in november for 800 parking  places for the biloxi belle casino the biloxi belle casino aspired to build threestory casino to open in the summer of 1994 the sun herald october 27 1993 p d5  eunice lyle dusti swetman bonge   19031993 biloxi artist and widow of archie bonge expired on november 23rd the sun herald december 2 1993 was named  biloxi s outstanding citizen  by the lion s club      1994   joe scholtes  courtesy of lawrence cosper soninlaw  leo j joe scholtes  19171994 biloxi local historian   author   photographer  and excursion boat owner   sailfish  died on january 13th the sun herald january 16 1994 p a2    lorie blossman and frank d bertucci  ruled the gulf coast carnival association at biloxi the ocean springs record february 24 1994 p 10 the popp s ferry public library was renamed the margaret sherry memorial library by the biloxi city council in an early march meeting the sun herald march 2 1994 p c2  glen lyle swetman  19011994 long time biloxi banker expired on april 30th authored biloxia banker s day book  1994 with glenn swetman his son the sun herald may 1 1994 p a1  cosmos broadcasting of greenville south carolina signed a letter of intentto acquire love broadcasting company the owner of wloxtv 13  an abc affiliate james s love iii and his two sisters were the major share holders in the local tv station the sun herald september 2 1994 p 1      1995 susan sue tonsmeire  19091995 long time biloxi educator expired on march 8th  tommy munro  19312009 was named biloxi s outstanding citizen by the lion s club   1996   shannon suarez  former us marine and biloxi native  was inducted into the louisiana high school atheletic s coaches hall of fame on january 24th  he coached 17 years at sulphur high school sulphur louisiana compiling a record of 144474 prior to his career at sulphur he coached the ocean springs greyhounds winning 29111 from 19591962  the sun herald january 17 1996 p a1 and  the ocean springs record december 14 1995 p 15    chester l delacruz  19111996 native of violet louisiana and former manager of the southern shell fish co  expired on july 6th the sun herald july 81996 p c2  louis c uchello  19091996 a native of gretna louisiana the son of italian immigrant farmers who moved to the coast more than 60 years ago and became a selfmade businessman died in late july mr uchello first opened the grove nightclub at the corner of debuys road and us 90 and later opened the harbor light restaurant  which was destroyed by hurricane camille  he built the sun tan motel  still in operation today on us 90 the sun herald july 28 1996  albert e bessey  18951996   mr biloxi tennis   expired on september 16 1996 at 101 years of age  liz corso joachim  spouse of john jack schappert joachim jr was named outstanding citizen of biloxi by the lions club  the sun herald january 15 1997 p c1 and february 11 2010 p a5      1997   anthony w tony jack covacevich  19071997 long time  biloxi ship carpenter  expired on february 3rd his last wooden boat was the new florida girl built before and after camille in 1969 the sun herald february 1997 p    randi carolyn peresich  queen ixolib and kind d iberville  alben n al hopkins  ruled the mgcca mardi gras season parades rolled on mardi gras day february 20th  the sun herald february 20 1996 p a1    anthony v tony ragusin  19021997 mr biloxi expired at biloxi on march 3rd longtime promoter of biloxi tourism history and photography the sun herald march 4 1997 p c2  billy joe clegg  19281997 native of oklahoma and biloxi resident died on may 1st mr clegg a baptist minister had been a candidate for president of the united states seven times commencing in 1972 when he lost to richard m nixon during his 1996 primary campaign for the most prestigious office in the world mr clegg s name was only ballots in new hampshire and mississippi  the sun herald february 21 1996 p a2    dr harry johnson schmidt  19051997 native of ocean springs and long time biloxi physician expired on august 31st was named  biloxi s outstanding citizen  by the lion s club      1998   charles r bob stein  19201998 native of west virginia and founder of the north biloxian 1973 and biloxid iberville press 1975 expired on january 1st the sun herald january 3 1998 p b2    louis voyle carron  19101998 wellknown biloxi musician and band leader  died on february 15th mr carron was employed with frank p corso as a salesman for 43 years the sun herald febraury 16 1998 p a9    wd willie wiles  19231998 was born september 23 1923 at kosciusko mississippi the son of dee wiles and inez caldwell coach wiles graduated from mississippi southern college he was head football coach at biloxi high school from 19571967 wd wiles expired at thibodeaux louisiana on february 9 1998 the sun herald february 11 1998 p a9  gus stevens  19111998 native of chester pennsylvania and long time biloxi restaurateur and night club proprietor expired at gulfport on march 10th the sun herald march 13 1998 p a7  iberville statue dedication beach boulevard in september  lr mayor aj holloway and mary ott tremmel davidson artist image made september 4 1998 by ray l bellande  annette saxon o keefe  19241998 wife of jj o keefe iii b 1923 native of augusta georgia an outstanding pianist and 1942 valedictorian and honor graduate of oshs  mother of thirteen children civic leader supporter of the arts and philanthropist died on may 16 1998 the sun herald may 18 1998 p a7 and the history of jackson co mississippi 1989 pp 303  brother jerome lepre  19271998 gulf coast genealogist author and historian expired at nola on september 19 1998 he was named a fullbright scholar in may 1968 to the univeristy of sophia at tokyo japan the daily herald may 13 1968 p 5      1999  the 30 story 650 million  beau rivage casino opened  at midnight on march 15 1999 the sun herald march 15 1999 p a1  sherwood r woody bailey jr and allison pemberton ruled the hibernia marching society st patrick s day parade which ws planned for march 13th rained cancelled the event and it was postponed the sun herald march 7 1999 p e1 and march 14 1999 p a1  construction of biloxi s 9 million threestory 66000 sqft public safety center commenced on july 24th the facility on porter avenue was designed by fountain lamas and built by wg yates sons construction company the structure was erected to house police and fire departments and municipal court the sun herald july 22 1999 was named  biloxi s outstanding citizen  by the lion s club  2000   the population of biloxi in 2000 was 50644  36177 white and 9643 black the sun herald march 9 2001 p a10  archbishop eugene a marino  19342000 a biloxi native and america s first roman catholic black archbishop  expired at new rochelle new york on november 11th he was selected by pope john paul ii on march 15 1988 for this position and installed at atlanta georgia on may 5 1988 the sun herald april 30 1988 p a7 and november 14 2000 p a1 and p a5  f walker tucei  19182000 retired executive vicepresident and fiftythree year employee of people s bank expired on november 22 2000 the sun herald november 24 2000 p a5  laurence m oden  19182000 classical musician and composer died at gulfport mississippi on december 9th his best known works are parnell marie laveau and ellegy in gray   the sun herald december 11 2000   was named  biloxi s outstanding citizen  by the lion s club 7625 views  