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At organization meetings held during April and May of 1975 in the Library of St. Stanislaus Brother Pierre led discussions and the group adopted the following projects for the Bicentennial Year:
1.	An endeavor to make the 3icentennial a county-wide personal involvement celebration including all citizens regardless of age, color or creed.
2.	To publicize activities through local news and radio media that the public might be kept fully informed.
3.	To end.orse and promote worthwhile activities and encourage civic pride, better education, a spirit of unity among coastal cbmmunities, promote patriotism, sponsor City-County Public Library activities, encourage unity and harmony among religious groups, and. bring the Hancock County Community together for planned festive occasions.
It	was	further	decided arid agreed upon activities would
be	carried out on a	strictly volunteer basis with no fund-
raising activities other than one major project, that of a gift of a Display Case to be selected by the City-County Public Library Board and/or their appointee and placed at this Board's disposal. That the said Library Board be considered a permanent committee to determine what articles should be used on a rotation plan	in	the	display	case and for what period of time.
In	Hay	of 1975	John 2. McKenna was unanimously appointed
by the Hancock County Bay-',7aveland Commission to serve as its chairman for the duration of the Bicentennial Year. IlcKenna add.ed the following representatives to his roster and announced ' that all interested persons would be welcome to attend open meetings; Henry Otis, Coordinator Courtyard Improvements;
Fred Logan, Coordinate Hancock County Rotary
Club Activities & Waveland Affairs
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