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Story a 1 Photographs by
SHANNON JENKINS
(Top) Julie Martin in front of her Bay St. Louis house — the Old Spanish Customs Home.
(Above) Martin may use the third story as her home office. (Right) The great room of the home features original exposed Cypress beams and handmade brick floors.
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Its owner, home, which ] Registry of Historic Places, ii been restoring this living mu* Martin, however, was not g she found this historic dwelli from 1787 to 1790.
.She was living in Houst returned home for a class ret paper back with her and sp estate ad.
“God said, ‘This is your he ignore it and set the ad asic voice kept at me and I couldn Martin gave in and called She thought a simple call won head, but it continued — “Thi Finally, Martin set up ai home.
“I took one step inside, and be in this house and be in Ba;
Martin fell in love. The 1 brick throughout, including 1 thick brick walls provided a s nal Cypress beams lay expose stairs and the master bedrooi
1953—DA Holleman calls i establishments along Hanco
TEN YEARS AGO
June 20. 1993 - A senior Congressional staffer will visit Mississippi	Army
Ammunition	Plant
Thursday, June 24, to discuss a new initiative that will federal funding to encourage the use of the idle capacity at ammunition plants. Ran Fishblein, a professional staff member of the U.S. Senate Approiations Committee, will participate in a scheduled “town hall” meeting scheduled for 1:30 p.m. at Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant, building 9313, Stennis Space Center.
-Representatives from Chemtex, a Texas corporation based in Dallas, will be
present at the June 24 meeting at Stennis Space Center on the Armament Retooling Manufacturing Support initiative. Chemtex plans to produce 2 million pounds per-year of sodium oxide, a substance used in the production of bags for the automobile industry, at the Mississippi	Army
Ammunition Plant.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
June 19, 1983 - Bay St. Louis native Leo Seal Junior was named King Neptune 35th at the annual kick-off of the Mississippi Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo last week. Seal's father was named King Neptune II, some 33-years-ago, and this is the first time for a father and son
to lead the state’s official fishing rodeo.
The rodeo held at the Gulfport Small Craft Harbor, is recognized as the World’s largest fishing rodeo.
The rodeo will be held July, 1-4.
-Members of the revived Hancock County Animal Control Commission plan to meet with the animal wardens of Bay St. Louis and Waveland to arrange a maintenance schedule for the soon to be opened Waveland Animal Shelter. The facility is designed to serve those


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