Alphabet File page 392
West, Mr. Ben, of Newport, Ky., who has been at the Bay some time surveying for the insurance companies, has managed to get into the good graces of the people and will leave for the Pass, Biloxi, Mississippi City and Scranton, with the good wishes of all with whom he has been associated. (SCE 8/26/1893)
West, Mr. Ben, was at the Bay again Sunday. What is the attraction? (SCE 9/3/1893)
West, Gary Michael m Dawsey, Sallie E. 2-10-1990 (PC&C)
West, Littleberry Sr. Son of William West. Married 1. Tabitha. 2. Eleanor Langton. (Connects with Robert Carter). Both Carter and West owned property that is now NASA. Son-in-law was John M. Mitchell. Will in HC Court House. Any additional information notify Miss Rubie M. Harris, ******* , Metairie, La. Ph. ******* (1990).
West, Mr. W.D. spent a part of the week here in the interest of the Western Union Telegraph Company. (SCE 10/14/1893)
Westcoat, Mr. and Mrs. T., gave on Wednesday a picnic to Cat Island that was hugely enjoyed by all who attended. (SCE 9/3/1893)
Western Auto Associate Store, 105 S. Beach (Ph 48 thru 50) 201 N. Bch. (Ph 55)
Western Auto - 113 South Beach. Advertisement. L. H. McCormick, owner. (SCE Jubilee 1942 pg 8).
Western Union Telegraph- see: storms disk (SCE 10/7/1893)
Western Union Telegraph Co., Ulman Av. (Ph 48-49), 100 N Bch. (Ph 50) 202 N. Bch. (Ph 55)
West, Mr. W.D. spent a part of the week here in the interest of the Western Union Telegraph Company. (SCE 10/14/1893)
Westfeldt, George Mrs., 596 Waveland Beach, Waveland (Ph 48 thru 50, 55)
Weston, Bettie m Otis, Lamar 7-9-1914 (PC&C)
Weston, Miss Caro - Miss Caro Weston was the Girl Scount leader (in Logtown) for a period of time. (From a paper written by Mildred Otis Fountain. Copy in HCHS VF Otis)
Weston, Mr. Cony of Logtown, spent Sunday in the Bay (SCE 8/13/1892)
Weston, Dorothy L. m Robinson, Herbert H. 11-30-1926 (PC&C)
Weston, E. M. Mrs., 702 S. Beach (Ph 48 thru 68)
Weston, Mrs. Elizabeth photo with Friends of the Library (SCE 5/28/19778)
Weston, H., Lumber Company
The H. Weston Lumber Company's largest tug boat was the "EDGAR" which was sixty-five feet in length, with a beam of fifteen feet and a draft of nine feet. This tug was almost continuously in operation.
On June 20, 1922, the largest tow of lumber that was ever taken out of Logtown was nine barges containing a little over a million feet of lumber. This tow was handled by one tug boat, the "EDGAR", and was taken to Gulfport. From there it was shipped to Buenos Aires, Argentina on the "S S CALEANO" a 2,153 ton vessel.
The Weston Lumber Company also owned the tug boats "MARY" and "SARAH". The "MARY" was sixty feet in length, with a beam of fourteen feet and draft of eight feet; the "SARAH" had a capacity of 75,000 feet of lumber.
The lumber company began its operation with four two masted schooners transporting lumber to New Orleans and Gulfport. The largest, "LOIS" had a capacity of 40,000 cords of wood. These schooners were used to transport lumber before the Civil War, and for a considerable length of time after.
Later the company used steamboats, with the engine, pilot house and living quarters built as far to the stern as possible. This gave the boat 30 or 40 feet of deck space for loading lumber, as well as the hole. Today the accepted term, hold, is used for storage within a ship.
In looking for a more economical way of handling lumber, the tug boats with barges were purchased or built. The barges were named for the months of the year. The first one, named the "JUNE", had a capacity of 210,000 feet of lumber. In those days, barges were towed behind the tug, while today, barges are placed ahead of the boat and pushed. The lumber was shipped out of Gulfport or taken to New Orleans to be shipped to foreign countries.
One of the 1930 editions of THE LUMBER TRADE JOURNAL had a lengthy article about Logtown and the Weston Lumber Company:
"The production of lumber has been continuous and its distribution has been very wide. Lumber has been shipped around Cape Horn to Guayaquil and Punta Arenas, Argentina, to both East and West Africa, and to various European countries bordering on the Atlantic and Mediterranean. One shipment went by rail to San Francisco thence by water to Korea. In fact, the product of the Logtown Mills has been shipped to nearly every country in the world that imports lumber. The history of the operation is very interesting"
(This is from an article written by Mildred Otis Fountain. A copy is in the HCHS VF Weston).
Weston, Horatio
LOW-DOWN ON LOGTOWN
"I'm no writer, but I can tell you something about it." explained Haratio Weston when asked about Logtown in its hey-day. Haratio was born in Logtown in 1908 and has the vantage point of being a descendant of the founder of H. Weston Lumber Company. The family kept letters, scrapbooks, photo albums, and collected books on lumbering and travel in the Longleaf Pine Belt. In an interview we poured over some of these documents and Haratio Weston made comments ....sometimes comical ...and sometimes serious, but always interesting. Here's what he said;
CHILDHOOD MEMORIES
"Our public school in Logtown went through the twelfth grade. There were only four teachers. I don't know how in the world they did it. And the building had only four rooms! A bell was erected on a post and somebody rang it when it was time for school dismissal. Boys used to slip out and tie a sweet potato to the end of the bell rope then a hog would come along and eat the sweet potato, pulling on the rope and the bell would ring as early classes dismissed. Sure we brought our lunches, walked to school, and when necessary the girls went to the privy and the boys just out in the bushes. Later on a sort of sanitary disposal was installed."
SWEET DREAMS
"For entertainment," Weston remembered, "we used to come to Bay St. Louis to the Airdome to watch moving pictures. There was and airdome built out over the water and people sat on bleachers out in the open. The management furnished an insect repellent called Sweet Dreams - and it smelled like sweet dreams - nothing else quite like it. If it rained the patrons went inside the building, the camera was reversed and the show went on. Admission for school children was a nickel and candy was given away on Wednesdays and Saturdays."
THE SEA WALL
"In about 1914 a sea wall was built along Bay St. Louis beach front. It was a vertical wall and constructed to pre-vent erosion and storm damage. Later on they started pumping sand behind the seawall to strengthen it and before they finished there was the storm of 1915. I was about seven years old and remember vividly my father brought me to see the effects of the storm. None of the buildings were destroyed in the area where sand had been pumped behind the wall, but the unfilled end had been destroyed. The dredge from which the sand was being pumped was lost to the storm and I believe the men aboard were drowned."