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Keller's Blue Store- see Blue Store
Keller, Aug. - George's prepared cow and cattle Feed! What it is made of! What it is good for! and how to use it!
The advertisement continues for two paragraphs. Aug.
Keller, Blue Store, Bay St. Louis. (SCE 03/18/1893)
Blue Store -The store owned by August Keller at 604 S. Beach was painted blue and was known as the Blue Store. (SCE Jubilee 1942 pg 22).
Blumers, Birdie attended the Atkins candy pull. (Daily Picayune 21 Aug. 1888 pg. 6).
Bo and Dee - Ladies' Auxiliary - Disabled American SPONSORS DANCE - Ladies' Auxiliary of the Disabled American Veterans will sponsor a dance June 26 at 8 p.m. at the Chapter home on Main St.
Donation will be $2.50 per person and music will be provided by Bo and Dee.
Further information may be obtained by calling Janell Necaise at 467-6762. (Coast Buyers Guide - June 23, 1976)
Boarding Houses - See "Hotels"
Boardman, Capt. A.P., Capt. aboard the steamer "CAMELIA" on her maiden voyage. See also entry under Marine File: "CAMELIA" (N.O. Times - Monday, April 16, 1866 p 2 MJS 00228)
Boardman, Capt. and Mrs. from Pearlington, were at the Bay
Sunday. (SCE 10/14/1893)
Boardman, Mr. D. returns home today to Pearlington from Hot Springs. (SCE/10/08/1892)
Boardman, Mr. and Mrs. D., of Pearlington, are at the Bay.
(SCE 6/10/1893)
Boardman, Mrs. D. and son of Pearlington are visiting Mrs.
S. R. Lamkin. (SCE 9/10/1892)
Mrs. D. Boardman and bright little son, Master Willie, will return to their home in Pearlington today, after spending awhile here on a visit to Mrs. S. R. Lamkin. (SCE/10/08/1892)
Boardman, Mrs. D., of Pearlington, is the guest of Mrs.
Lamkin. (SCE 02/04/1893)
Boardman, Mr. and Mrs. D. are down from Pearlington to spend a few days. (SCE 09/23/1893)
Boardman, Mrs. D.A., and charming little ones were down from Pearlington this week on a visit to Mrs. S. R. Lamkin. (SCE 11-4-1893)
Boardman, Ford and. sold steam sawmill to Hursey and Mazily June 18, 1844 (booklet VF Hursey)
Boardman, Capt, John, spent Thursday in our midst, visiting friends and relatives. (SCE 8/20/1892)
Boardman, Capt., went over to New Orleans Monday morning. (SCE 11/19/1892)
Boardman, Miss Katie, a fascinating and beautiful blonde, is at the Bay, and oh, so many hearts have been captured. (SCE 8/20/1892)
Boardman, Miss Katie - The departure tomorrow of Miss Katie Boardman will cause a gloom over a large circle of friends and admirers. (SCE 8/27/1892)
Boardman, Miss Katie returned to New Orleans Sunday evening. (SCE 9/03/1892)
Boardman, Miss K. of New Orleans, visited relatives here on Sunday. (SCE 9/17/1892)
Boardman, Miss Katie, (the fascinating), is here for the summer. (SCE 6/24/1893)
Boardman, Miss Katie, left yesterday afternoon for her home in Alexandria, La. Her absence is much regretted. (SCE 8/5/1893)
Boardman, Patti Seal - Grandmother of W.T. Boardman of Mobile, Ala who said that she told him that the Yankees who came to Pearlington were as a rule courteous and took only what they needed from the people. (PC&C p 32)
Boardman, Capt. R. D., aboard the mail boat " MARGARET", 1905 on the East Pearl River. (Photo in Boat file and Boardman file.)
WPA - 1937 Hancock County Captain Rod Boardman interview Mail carrying by buggy and boar 1870's through 1930's Capt. Rod Boardman, a life long resident of Pearlington was interviewed. Capt. Boardman said the Poitevent & Favre Lumber Co. began operations in Pearlington in 1867.
At that time the mail was carried by horse and buggy from
Bay St. Louis to Pearlington over a dirt road, a distance of more than 20 miles.
In 1879 the Company purchased a small steam boat of rather primitive type to be used for the carrying of mail between English Lookout, a railway station of the L & N R.R. and Gainesville, a town on the Pearl River 20 miles north of Pearlington.
The boat was named the WARMOTH for a Louisiana Governor and Capt. Rod Boardman, then 21 years of age, was put in charge at $1.15 per day. He with one faithful negro fireman left home at 4 a.m., sometimes returning as late as 11 p.m., because the boat made two round trips a day.
When its whistle sounded at its landing places, it was not an uncommon sight to see almost all the population going down to meet the Mail Boat.
As this began to develop into a Passenger and then Freight transportation, larger and better boats were built and the revenue from this reached $100.00 per day.
In 1905 Capt. Boardman became sole owner of the PELICAN for a consideration of $10,000.00 and operated it himself. This boat burned and as business was beginning to decrease he had built in Madisonville a $6,000.00 boat which he named MARGARET for his beautiful young daughter.
With incoming of paved roads, automobiles, freight trucks, etc., freight and passenger patronage decreased until these larger boats became unprofitable and now (1937) mail is carried in a one man motor launch.
Capt. Boardman was born in Pearlington 79 years ago in the house in which he now lives, a low rambling, comfortable house surrounded by beautiful southern oaks. His mother was Martha Seal, sister of Dan Seal, one of the early Representatives to the State Legislature from Hancock County. His father, Daniel Boardman, came from Boston in 1845.
He is 1937 was the only surviving Charter Member of Diamond
Lodge #393 Masonic Order when he was 21.
Boardman, Mrs. Rita L. left on Thursday for a visit to the Crescent City. (SCE 10/29/1892)
Mrs. Rita L. Boardman returned on Monday evening from a visit to the Crescent City. (SCE 11/5/1892)
Boardman, Mrs. Rita L., one of the Bay's most charming and accomplished ladies, visited the Crescent City this week. (SCE, 12/24/1892)
Boardman, Capt. W. T. was son in law of Louis J. Leonard. (SCE Jubilee 1942 pg 2)
William Tyler Boardman ____-1894 married Rita Leonhard 1868-1939 on Oct. 9, 1889. Mr. Boardman died in 1894 and in 1898 Mrs. Boardman married Charles A. Breath, Sr. Her daughter, Ernestine Boardman, 5/13/1893 - 1985 married
J. C. Roland. Both Mrs. Roland and her son, J. C. Roland, Jr. of Metairie, La., were born in the north room of the house at 616 North Beach. (Letter from J. C. Roland, Jr. 2420 Mississippi Ave, Metairie, 70003 7/13/89).
I have a photo copy of an undated newspaper (presumably the Sea Coast Echo) The pretty and country-like home of Capt. and Mrs. W. T. Boardman was the scene of much merriness last Saturday night. The occasion was an informal dance which was well attended and enjoyed by all. Mrs. Boardman was assisted in receiving by Miss Sadler, Miss Gertie Weiss sang several pretty songs and was accompanied by the skillful fingers of Mrs. Boardman on the ivories, and Miss Jeanette Telhiard rendered several instrumental selections. The evening was an all around enjoyable one and reflected well on the hospitality of the host and hostess of the evening.