Alphabet File page 56

BOUSLOG, MARTIN PERRY

 

 

 

  Martin Perry Bouslo of Gulfport, is secretary, treasurer and general manager of the Mississippi Abstract, Title and Guaranty Company, the only incorporated concern of the sort in the State and is one of the progressive young business men who are pushing forward the interests of the commonwealth through normal lines of enterprise.  He claims the State of Indiana as the place of his nativity, having been born in Winamac, Pulaski County, May 8, 1879, and being a son of William H. And Mary L. (Bundy) Bouslog, borh of whom were born and reared in Henry county, that State, being representatives of those sterling Virginia and Carolina pioneer families which settled in Indiana in the early years of the nineteenth century.  They removed to Bay St. Louis, Miss, in March 1895, and remained residents of that city until May, 1898, when the family removed to New Orleans, La.  Martin P. Bouslog secured his earlier education in the public schools of Indiana and the cities of Chicago and New Orleans, having graduated from the boys’ high school, New Orleans, as a member of the class of 1898, of which he was president and also class orator for the year, while he is an appreciative member of the alumni association of this excellent school.  He later attended the New Orleans College of Oratory for two terms.  After leaving school he held the position of Stenographer and bookkeeper in a New Orleans lumber export company, and later held a similar position with a large commission house of that city, and in 1900 he located in Bay St. Louis, Miss., engaging in the abstract of title business with an office also at Mississippi City, and later removed to his present home in Gulfport.  The Mississippi Abstract, Title and Guaranty Company was organized by M. P. Bouslog, and incorporated in May, 1904, and the official corps is as follows:  S. E. Travis, of Hattiesburg, president; J. I. Ford, of Scranton, and J. W. Thomas of Gulfport, vice-presidents; and Martin P. Bouslog, secretary, treasurer and general manager, and the board of directors consists of those officers and in addition to them, J. F. Stuard of Gulfport.  Mr. Bouslog has devised a card system of abstract of title indexes and the company has the benefit of this most modern system.  The company has the best of facilities and is building up a large business, doing general abstract work and guaranteeing titles.  The headquarters of the company for Harrison county are in Gulfport, while branch offices are maintained in Hinds, Perry, Greene and Jackson counties.  Mr. Bouslog, havaing entire executive charge of all the business, which is rapidly expanding as there comes a popular knowledge of the facilities and assurances which the concern offers.  Mr. Bouslog is one of the popular young business men of Gulfport, being an active member of the Progressive Business League of the city, and is one of its loyal and enthusiastic citizens, manifesting much interest in local affairs and doing all in his power to promote the welfare of the attractive little city.

 

Bousquet, E. G. r 508 Ioor, Clermont Harbor (Ph 55)

 

Bousquet, Roland Joseph 10-26-1902 baptized at the Pearlington Methodist Episcopal Church (PC&C)

 

Bousquett, Alice 10-24-1906 baptized at the Pearlington Methodist Episcopal Church (PC&C)

 

Bouyatt, Mrs. of New Orleans, is enjoying the summer months here and is occupying one of Mr. Geo. Sick's cottages. (SCE 8/20/1892)

 

Mrs. Bouyatt and family returned to their home in New Orleans on Wednesday after spending the summer in the Sick property (SCE 9/17/1892)

 

Bowden, J. Earle - Noted Mississippi historian M.  James Stevens of Gulfport assumed duties Tuesday as chairman of the Gulf Islands National Seashore (GINS) Advisory Commission.

 

Active in a campaign approved by federal park officials to preserve Civil War - vintage Fort Massachusetts on Ship Island, Stevens replaces Pensacola News Journal editor J.  Earle Bowden as commission director.

 

  Taking office at a Biloxi gathering to familiarize the commission with plans for the development of two park sites, Stevens told the group that he intended to preserve the outdoors, "to make sure that it (unspoiled islands) remains a part of America."

 

  The 66 year-old motel and restaurant owner became head of the advisory panel after a controversy arose last spring over the location of the GINS park headquarters.

 

  Local authorities had believed Ocean Springs was the national park headquarters, while the U.S. Department of the Interior recognized Pensacola, Fla., as the main office for the two state park.  (Photograph of Stevens VF MJS X00088) (Sun Herald 10-6-76)

 

  Laurel Wreath - Harold R. Barber, left, presents the annual Laurel Wreath Award to M. James Stevens, Gulfport Area Chamber of Commerce outgoing president, for his contributions to the Coast area. The award is sponsored by Coast Federal Savings & Loan Association of which Mr. Barber is president.  (Photograph of Stevens and Barber VF MJS IX00414) (Daily Herald 10-10-67)

 

  Gulfport motel and restaurant owner and manager James Stevens was named Monday to the president of the Mississippi Innkeepers Association at the organization's convention at Edgewater Gulf Hotel.

 

  The proprietor of the Confederate Inn succeeds Alvin L. Grubbs, manager of the Jackson Sun 'n Sand, in that capacity.  President Stevens served the group last year as southern area vice president.

 

  Reelected to the central area vice presidency was James Vickers, Jackson, manager of the Sheraton Motor Inn in that city.  Karl Ewald Jr.,, Natchez, succeeds Stevens as the southern vice president; Ewald is manager of the Belmont Motor Inn.

 

  Stanley Childs, Cleveland, owner and manager of the Colonial Motor Inn there, will serve as northern area vice president.

 

  Reelected to the board of directors was Charles Wynn, manager of the Gulf Hills Dude Ranch, Ocean Springs.

 

Stevens is the immediate past president of the Gulfport Chamber of Commerce and is a past president of the Coast Council of Chambers of Commerce.

 

  The new president is also a board member of the Mississippi Restaurant Association and of the Harrison County United Fund.  He is board chairman of the American National Red Cross.

 

  He is chairman of the Gulf Coast Family Counseling Agency and is a past president of the Community Chest of Long Beach, Gulfport, Mississippi City and Handsboro, Inc.

 

He and his wife, Ethel Galaida Stevens, are the parents of two sons, James Chirgwin, San Angelo, Tex., and Robert Henry, Ft. Worth, Texas. (Photograph of Stevens VF MJS IX00415) (Unidentified Newspaper article)

 

Bowen- Joe Fielding, the English light weight, has arrived at the Bay to train so as to be in condition in case the proposed match between himself and Bowen should be agreed upon.. (SCE 11/5/1892)

 

Bowen, called Elder,  Headed the Baptist church in BSL from 1848 to 1855.

 

Bowen, M. L., Mrs., 305 State (Ph 48 thru 50)

 

Bowen, William, Linotype operator for Echo. (SCE Jubilee 1942 page 26).

 

Bowers, Mr. -  Some unknown party stole the bay horse of Mr. Bowers one night this week.  The horse and thief are still at large.  (SCE 8/20/1892)

 

Bowers, Mr. E.J., has gone North on business. (SCE 8/27/1892)

 

Hon. E. H. Ratcliff, a Democrate elector for this district says Free Press, of our sister county, Pearl River and Hon. E. J. Bowers, a Democrate elector for state at large, delivered eloquent and telling addresses to a large audience at the court house Monday morning.  In the evening directly after the adjournment of court, Gen. Thos. S. Ford was  followed by District Attorney J. H. Neville who proved as strong in argument and inimitable in language as ever. Mr. Neville certainly preached the funeral sermon of third partyism in this section.  (SCE/10/22/1892)

 

On Monday next, at the court house, there will be Democratic speaking by leading and prominent Democrats, such as the Hons. James H. Neville, E. J. Bowers, Thomas Ford and others.  Be sure to attend.