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,	THE	FIRST	50	YEARS
of
BAY-WAVELAND GARDEN CLUB
^ The Bay-Waveland Garden Club emerged in the deMontluzin drug store with discussions of how the towns of Bay St. Louis and Waveland could beautify and promote private and commercial gardens to attract more people to this part of the Coast.
Since flowers, beauty, and gardens are considered the domain of the fair sex, these men persuaded their wives to organize a club for this purpose.
On Tuesday, September 27, 1938, at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Weston, 702 S. Beach Blvd, Bay St. Louis, with Mrs. Leo W. Seal presiding and the following charter members present1 the first garden club of Hancock County was founded, to be named the BAY-WAVELAND GARDEN CLUB i2"
Mrs.	Max Kohler	Miss	Louise Crawford
Mrs.	Alice	Buckley	Miss	May Edwards
Mrs.	Harry	Glover, Sr.	Miss	Elsa Sporl
Mrs.	Edouard Carrere	Miss	Hilda Sporl
Mrs.	George Rea	Mrs.	Walter Gex,	Jr.
Mrs.	Minna	Briggs	Mrs.	Eugene Mogabgab
Mrs.	Charles Moreau	Mrs.	Gus Terry
Mrs.	A. P. Smith 3	Miss	Margaret Green
Mrs. James A. Evans
A nominating committee of Mrs. Edward Carrere, Mrs. James A.
Evans and Mrs. Gus Terry, nominated the following women who were the
first officers of the Clubi
President	Mrs.	George Rea
Vice-President	Mrs.	Alice Buckley
Treasurer	Mrs.	Leo Seal	,
Secretary	Mrs.	Eugene Mogabgab	•
Mrs. Leo Seal, Mrs. Elizabeth Weston and Mrs. Gus Terry were appointed to draw up the By-Laws in accordance with the provisions of the State Garden £lub.^
A program committee(consisting of Mrs. A. P. Smith, Mrs. Minna Briggs, Mrs Weston and)Miss Louise Crawford was appointed.6
Since Rotary Club of Bay St. Louis had sponsored the Bay-Wave-land Garden Club into the State Garden Club, it was hoped that the men would become members and the meetings were set for the 2nd tuesdays of the month at 8 P.M.. Without the membership of the men developing, the meetings were changed June 13, 1938 to tuesday mornings.* In 1961
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