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offer to create a bronze statue in ' onor of Louis IX, Cn. jer, King of France, for whom the Bay of St. Louis was named, will be a gift^to the citizens of Bay St. Louis' and in reality to the estate of Mississippi and the nation.
?We are fortunate, indeed,-as an historia^ocie^ to have recogniz^ifthecyliportance and valu^ of thi? work,,?-? said Odile QSrter-spf the Hancock7 Count$^Hist8rical Society./
^.ules ^?nd regulation? for 9&ctin#"a public morjtiment,
set out by the Mississippi ^^Ar^sCommission, include:
?In,order ty/be erected, it must^e placed on permanent public property.
2. ?To receive public grants and matching funds, the art commission and various foundations who fund these projects, must not grant money to organizations and historic societies.?
1 I have dreamed of doing this for many years, but you must know that it was not my original idea. The originator of this idea, was Miss Inez Labat of Bay St. Louis. She was my old teacher and life time friend,? Dr. Barthe noted.
In 1978, Harry Ward, art professor of University of Southern Mississippi, son of Mrs. Juanita Stechmann, when talking to Dr. Barthe at an art exhibit said he was from Bay St. Louis, and drove Barthe? to the Bay.
It was then that Dr. Barthe renewed his commitment to make the monument here, Ms. Carter added.
Hancock Library Trustee Fran Trombley with ?Eternal Love?
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Susan Englert, 4, of Bay St. Louis at Guenard fountain
loe Pilet and Pritn?a Wusnack appraise unnamed Guenard work?
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