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. For. a long period of time Mv. Moreau has been connected with the management of the local homestead association, as its president for many years, having served on its board. This activity is indicative of his abiding faith , in the land values of Hancock County. He has invested extensively in realty, seeing despite the market values which fluctuate a permanent intrinsic value in tho land itself. He advocates personal ownership of homes, and is enthusiastic over the growing tendency in
bis own city toward such goals.
far. Moreau is essentially an organizer and has participated in the formation of many of the local organizations, and has held office in most of the worthwhile civic groups of the city. He was president of the Bay St. Louis Fire Company No. 1 for some years and financed through public subscription the building of the fine fire hall which was later de -stroyed by fire, and which preceded by many years the city owned fire Station.
He was organizer and charter member of the Bay St. Louis Rotary Club, and served as its president for three consecutive years, an unusual honor accorded to him by his fellow Rotarians because of his excellent, contribution to its progress. On many occasions he has represented that body at state, district and international conventions.
Keenly aware of the value to his community of a Chamber of Com*. merce, he assisted with its formulation and has served on its board of directors, and at present is the president of the Bay St. Louis Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Moreau is an advocate of entertainment for the whole community and in this particular relationship was responsible for the operation of the first motion picture house in the city. This interest in pictures has grown with the years and today Mr. Moreau is one of the best informed men of things relating to the popular entertainment of the day.
Among the organizations of which he was charter member and strong supporter were the Commercial Club that flourished for some years, the Bay-Waveland Yacht Club, and the local chapter of the Knights of Columbus. As a member of the King?s Daughters Chapter he has contributed materially to the progress of the local King?s Daughters Hospital, and his wife, Mrs. Moreau serves that body as a member of the board of directors, only one of her many charitable interests.
Always interested in educational institutions, Mr. Moreau has rendered valuable service to the local schools, both public and parochial. Appointed a member of the Board of ^Trustees of the Bay St. Louis City schools under the John K. Edwards administration, he served for a number of years as president of the board. During his tenure of office the school became a twelve-grade in-stitution in order to meet the state requirements for the approved list, in order to have the gradutes prepared to enter college directly from the local high school. The City of Bay St. Louis has no citizen who is a better ?fan? of the local schools than is this newspaperman, a fact which he proved substantially when he was one of the first in the state to open the columns of his paper, to school news, prepared and submitted by the local schools. Not only did the city school take advantage of this opportunity to present its messages t<v the public through print, but the two parochial schools, likewise used The. Echo, until now those institutions, St; Stanislaus College and St. Joseph?s-Academy, as well as the Bay St. Louis High School have their own school papers?papers which had their beginnings in the school page in The Echo.
Never tempted by the call of politics jfor his personal ambition, yet Mr. Moreau has been definitely interested in local, state and national political field all his life. This interest has taken the form of working behind ^h,e lines for advancement of his friends to the posts of duty where they may best serve their community?s needs. Named by various governors as a member of the Board of Election Commissioners of Hancock County, he resigned in 1916 because of his many duties. However he has been for many years a member of the City Democratic Executive Commit-?.?"'Tee' aria"is now chairmarrdf'that body; an office that has been his during much of his public life.
For 50 years Mr. Moreau has been a member of the Mississippi Press Association, and seldom misses the sessions of the annual convention where he is greeted by the newspaper of the state as ?Charlie,? a title that he likes above that of any other which members cf his profession could bestew upon him. Also he is a member of the National Press Association.
Mr. Moreau is a native of New Orleans, La., where he attended parochial and public schools completing his education at St. Mary?s. Due to his frail health, his family moved with him to Bay St. Louis in 1889, and since that time this has been his home.