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RONICLE
August 29, 1979
t truly enjoyed life
Mayor Traub were hosts to numerous visitors at the ribbon cutting ceremony. (Captain Traub was Warren Traub?s father.)
Devoted to community service, interested in furthering the community, C. C. was a charter member of the Bay-Waveland Rotary Club, founded in the mid-20?s.
As all these statistics show, he was very active in his community and in the business world. Other statistics show that C. C. was not all business but that he enjoyed life as well.
He was a charter member of the Pass Christian Isles Golf Club, where he enjoyed the game of golf; a charter member of the Bay-Waveland Yacht Club after it reorganized into its present location, where he enjoyed boating; and active at the fairgrounds, where he enjoyed the horses? running.
He was laid to rest August 21, 1979.
So much for statistics.
According to friends who remember him well, C. C. McDonald,
Sr., was much more of a man than statistics show.
Among the comments gathered about him are these: C. C. was a dear, sweet person. He had a natural friendliness and was . kind to everyone. He always had time for people. He was quite a fellow.
Katrina and C. C" McDonald reared four sons - Dave, C. C.Jr.,? Fred and James, all residents today, with their own families, of Bay St. Louis.
As brought out in one of the current TV commercials, there is always one house in a neighborhood which is the center of activities for all the children. The home of Katrina and C. C. was always the center for the active, growing group cf children who were pals of their sons. One man today recalls spending numerous times at C. C.?s home participating in such activities as track events, football, sailing. He recalls it as a ?behive of activity".
It has been said that ^children never seemed to ?get on the nerves? of the McDonalds - that they felt ?the more the
" merrier? - that they urged the youngsters to ?come on and participate". C.C., Sr. encouraged everyone. He was a strong supporter of young people.
With the lumber yard, he could build facilities that other families couldn't always provide - and he did so for all the youngsters, not just his own.
C.C., Sr. was a strong supporter of young people even after his own boys were grown. One man said, ?His support of young people may have helped to keep his boys in the community. It is rare that so many members of one family remain in a community of this size. So many young people find work in a larger community once they are grown. But C. C., Sr. was a family leader his sons respected, setting ah example for them, and continuing to set an example for his grandchildren."
Very active in the Methodist Church, C. C., Sr. was an extemely strong supporter of Sunday ScH-
ool,	feeling not only that young people need Sunday School but that this organization (of any denomination) plays an important part in keeping a family together.
Mr. C. C., Sr. will be missed but not forgotten. A person of such strong influence on community life, a
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