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GOLDEN JUBILEE EDITION} THE SEA COAST ECHO.
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:rved public for
YEARS; SUCCESSFUL PRACTICING ATT’Y.
house a news*_______,jer and printing
plant. But heirs owning the property did not want to sell. The next choice was a lot now occupied by the postoffice. But the price was thought to be prohibitive. This was owned by the late Gilmore Fayard.
And the choice came back to the beach front and it was no mistake to build it there. For the beach front always holds value and seems desir-___	able for business.
W	'	/	1	But this particular section was
y	•	rsS	diill and no one ever came to that
locality. The late Street Commis-j sioner Leopold Bangard said at {he | time, people coming up Main street j to the beach did not even turn their head in this direction.
; This was to be corrected. The Echo Bldg. completed^ the owner proceeded to build thelfirst moving picture house in Bay St. Louis, on the beach side, opposite the Echo Bldg. It was leased to the late W. A. Sigerson who owned and operated the first movie theater in Bay St. Louis. He later sold it to the Octave Fayard family. IThe building was enlarged and made to meet the demands of increasing success. Until mng served the public in various ;one night it was destroyed b fire
city,	principally	as	county sup-	frQm unknown cause. $3500 went
endent	of	education,	W. W.	up in smoke
{still, is now a successful prac
LATE HEAD OF .HE FAMOUS BROWN’S
prominently were the fc-. E. dry goods store, which remained
\MMCVADn o.w/AV on1 nu^nber of years.- R- L- Breath all VINEYARD, H WAY 90j occupied the place. For the pm
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I occupied by the Ashtoh grocery stop
.. I and an addition was added theret
| some two years ago to accommodat
increasing business. ^
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Offices on the second floor hav been occupied by various profession al men. Walter J. Gex, Sr., oci-u pied a suite and for a number c years remained therein. His earlie successes were directed from his 10 cation in the Echo Bldg. Attorre Emile J. Gex was also located in th building with law offices, and th late ft. R. Perkins and associates oc cupied an entire suite of several of fices for many years, the busincs known as-the ImperialNaval Store Company. The company remain* j there until he passed away and w» finally dissolved.
' Dr. Roger de Montluzin, fame | physician and surgeon, native soi | and who acquired his major sueces
ALBERT C. BROWN
Brown’s Vineyard,** located some Similes out on Highway 90 from Bay St. Louis is synonymous with the Bay. One can hardly think of Bay St.
| in New Orleans, in later years als had offices in The Echo Bldg., an-many came from far and near t consult and to be healed. Dr. de Montluzin was one of the more pro minent tenants of that time. Dr. d Montluzin is well and affectionate! remembered although it has bee many years since he passed away. Dr. James A. Evans temporaril
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’ attorney in the civil courts, not procure insurance protection. So Louis of other days without think-tted to the Bar in October, 1908. i y-,e pUblisher-owner decided to build: mg of Brown’s Vineyard. It was the served Hancock county as sup- a commercial building (the present) ' one great family resort of other	...
?ndent of education from 1900 to,ancj Messrs Ames and Gaspard then j days. Mr. Fred W. Brown and his I occupied offices in the Echo Bldg two terms, and served the un-, built the first A. & G. Theater. ■ wife, natives of Germany, came out j and Kotz Allen was an occupnr. ed t»im of the late Hon. E. H. "p^e	Bldg.	has	always	been	'	from New Orleans in 1864. They orig- I f°r Quite a while, until he purchase
nann. as chancery and circuit | p0pU]ar. The location.-, is central inally purchased 40 acres of govern-i present premises wherein he i as well as clerk Board of Sup-, and has proven one of the best local ment-owned land under the home- I located.
)i s, fiom August 15 to January, investments.	i	stead act. They added thereto andj The chief tenant, however, on th
The corner (store) section of the ^ planted the entire place with the j second_	floor	has	been	the	Bell	Tel
npleting the term as clerk of i	building was vacant. Jos. O. Mauf- j vine producing the luscious scup- | ephona	Telegraph	Company,	occupy
s. he immediately resumed his	fray, who was then manager for the ! pernong.
ice of law und served as attor- jos F cazeneuve store was to take Mr. Brown, Sr., made the wine, or the Board of Supervisors this section, well stipulated, and pro- ■ while Mrs. Brown the home-made 1912 to 1913.	vided, however, if he did not pur- bread, and they served both on the
specializes in chancery practice,	chase Mr. Cazeneuve’s business, place, at so much for wi ne. The
and matters and has been unu- which he subsequently did and his bread was free. The wine was desuccessful in cases appealed business has continued at the same licious, the more you drank the more the lower courts to the Supreme stand ever since in what was origi- you wanted, and it was so with the
bread. But prohibition brought this to a cldse and also to an end one of Bay St. Louis’ best drawing cards to visitors.
But the place, in all its beauty, an orchard second to none, still exists and many visit there from time to time. It is a great place, a show orchard to visitors.
Herewith we present a reproduction of a portrait of the son, Albert C.
Brown, the younger of the children, who chose to remain at liome and continue the traditions of the vineyard. Who chose to follow in the footsteps of his industrious and frugal parents.
He died March, 1936, aged 64 years, survived by his widow, the former Miss Bessie McGuire, of New Orleans. To this union an only son was born, Albert C. Jr., who died
of the State.	nally the Dunbar store building, orig-
Stockstill has been prominently ; inally constructed by Frank B. Dun-fiod with the civic, social and > bar, who was then heavily interested mic life of Hancock county for' jn the organization of the then Han-ast half century, a careful and : cock County Bank. He built this isful worker in whatever en- j brick building following the con-r he Undertakes.	I struction of the Hancock County
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planned to locate it opposite j The Echo Bldg. store section re-ourthouse since it was to be | mained empty for a while when the '.ice building as well as one to I Merchants Bank wa§^organized and
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ing part of the space for a while am later tths entire second floor, whicl serves their increasing business ad mirably. Like with all other tenants, the relations with the Cumberland Company and later the Bel Company have been most cordial Some ten years ago, when the^otfm-pany leased the entire second flooi they renovated and revamped that entire portion of the building—to mee their own special requirements at« cost of some $10,000. Edw. Osbourn was the contractor for thi work. The interior of the build in; is renovated from time to time am both in and outside it is kept spi and span, never allowed to fall if the slightest condition of deteri&p tion. It is a monument to the vif of those who made it possible anc| earnest of the confidence in the ci' future.
The Sea Coast Echo newspa^e and its owner are very proud of thi building. It is quite a contributici to the city’s growth and up-buildinj and aside from its intrinsic valui as such is highly prized.
It has housed, it seems, successe.
at the age of 10 years, and would be after success j 33 years old just now—if he were j Thus with the Echo Bldg. and th« | living. An only brother, William j new movie theater, and later th< i Brown, residing in New York, also I bank, the section of the city becam< i survives. Mrs. Brown, Sr., died not j popular, frequented by more peopl | so many years ago at the age of 83 j and gradually as the years rolled bj ! years. Mr. Brown died long before I the trend of business moved north-
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thorized Agents for
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STERLING*.
that, 77 years old. The subject of this sketch was live, progressive and passed away all too early. He was a man of progressive ideas and of doing.
For over a period of twenty-five years he was secrtary-treasurer of I the Federal Land Bank, located at j of New Orleans, proving a vast benefit . to farmers of Hancock county.
ward—in the direction of the Echc Bldg.
Building of the bi-county auto bridge in this direction made fast the trend and this section from the railroad crossing to the auto bridge crossing now carries about the. bulk business. However, there ore three business sections in Bay St. Louis, but this one from nothing has become the most outstanding. This section houses both banks, courthouse, postoffice, a movie theatej
leased this section. The bank remained in tlie Echo Bldg., for near-1 ly four years, when it finally moved j (one of the three of the present day)
! into its own and present building, j Hence, real estate values have This section was followed then by j more than trebled and the city con-various tenants, among the number | tinues to grow.
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