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MUSIC BY GULFPORT MUNICIPAL BAnD 2:00 P.M. to 2:30 P.M.
ARRIVAL OF COAST MOTORCADE 2:30 P.M.
SEATING OF GUESTS
INVOCATION
Rev. Charles R. Johnson, Rector, Christ Episcopal Church Bay St. Louis, Miss.
ADVANCING OF COLORS
Clement R. Bontemps Post American Legion
NATIONAL ANTHEM Gulfport Municipal Band
ADDRESS OF WELCOME Dan M. Russell, Jr., Bay St. Louis, Master of Ceremonies
DEDICA TION—SPEAKERS
Hon. Carroll M. Gartin, Lt. Governor of Mississippi
Hon. John D. Smith, Commissioner Highway Department Jackson, Miss.
MERGING OF WATERS CEREMONY
Merging of waters of Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Mississippi River, the father of waters, and the Gulf of Mexico, by Mr. Edward Ball, Edgewater Park, Miss., Pres. Atlantic-Gulf-Pacific Safeway Association, assisted by the Coast Miss Hospitalities:
Miss Harriet Davis -	-	Pascagoula,	Miss.
M iss Dona Eglin -	-	Ocean	Springs,	Miss.
Miss Sandra Lee ... Biloxi, Miss.
Miss Billie Joyce Rhodes -	-	Gulfport,	Miss.
PRESENTATION OF HISTORICAL MARKER
Presentation of Marker to City of Bay St. Louis by Mrs. Eugene Mogabgab of the Bay-Waveland Garden Club
Acceptance of Historical Marker by Hon. John A. Scafide, Mayor of Bay St. Louis, Miss.
Recognition of Dean McLemore, Mississippi Southern College and Prof. T. J. Broadus of Pass Christian, Miss.
Unveiling of Marker by Miss Irma Joan Lee,
Miss Hospitality of Bay St. Louis
CUTTING OF RIBBON Highway Commissioner John D. Smith Miss Hospitality of Mississippi, Miss Edna Khayat of Moss Point Miss Mississippi, Miss Suzanne Dugger of Picayune
RETIRING OF COLORS
Clement R. Bontemps Post American Legion
BENEDICTION
Monsg. Andrew J. Gmelch, of Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church
MOTORCADE ACROSS BRIDGE AND RETURN
*3nvitation:
5:00 P.M.
COCKTAILS AT HOTEL REED Courtesy of Merritt-Chapman & Scott of New York
6:00 P.M.
BUFFET SUPPER AT HOTEL REED Mississippi Coast Council Chambers of Commerce


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