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>UVENIR CENTENNIAL EDITION, HANCOCK COUNTY EAGLE" ' 3S
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parents and her sister,
Hancock Avenue.
Pioneer Grocery Business
JNES BOURGEOIS '4 <i -ZIN6ARLINC
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Bourgeois, wife of Jos-tarling, is a native of County, and a member the large, old, establishes of Bay St Louis and her father ’was. the late Tin Bourgeois of Wave-ter mother the late Mary ffee Bourgeois of New
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elwe years prior to her isition she was employed at? Extension Depart-iom office was at. that 16 Courthouse. In 1650, volunteer members of ive Service Board, Mr. Sr., Mr. EM. Arceneaux, Irl Laurent Dickson, en-s. Zingarling to handle gement of this impor-
3.	She has been on the > ever since, and has the work so efficiently yen consider a change ite a calamity.
spoken, sweet' natured >man, Agnes is always
ready to respond to calls for civic and community workers, and, in addition to the demands made on her time away from the office by such calls, she is amoag the most loyal church workers in the parish.	’	£
She and her husband make their home in Bay St. Louis, but also have a farm near Bayou LaCroix. It is in this area, that Mrs. Zin; garling, a devout Roman Catho-
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lie, works hardest for her church.
Although she and her husband have no chilfren of their own, the1 children of this area know M!rs. Zingarling well and love her dearly, and she takes a personal interest helping them- and guiding them in the ways of their religion, and has made it possible for the less fortunate ones to enjoy the pure pleasure offered through the Church.
The Vf. 1* Bourgeois Grocery, which was located directly opposite the Hancock Bank on the Beach, was a structure 30-60 feet in dimension and the entire basement was used for the storage of heavy staples and reserve stock,
■3 Mr. Bourgeois had an enormous trade, not only at Bay St. Louis and Waveland, but through, the country. ,.r. Considerable shipment was done along the L * N all the . way from Lakeshore to Mississippi-City. For the convenience of his local trade, he, operated a number of delivery wagons. He had the reputation of carrying the most complete line of fancy groceries in this section. < In addition to which, he also handled a large stock of notions, shoes,' hardware,, feed stuffs, paints and received fresh Fox River Creamery But' ter daily. "Mr. Bourgeois was boro and reared in Hancock County and was prominently identified with commercial affairs. In later years his Grocery was located where the, Hancock Insurance Business is carried on.
Mr. Bourgeois served the City of Bay St Louis for a number jOf years as Commissioner. Having passed on January 6, 1957.
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