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of^'A Negro sculptor who set al-?.ents have earned him lnterna-f tlonal acclaim In bis field re-V celved the top accolade from his home town of Bay St. Louis, / MlBBlsslppl, Tuesday afternoon ^ when Mayor JohA A, Scafide ; presented him a key to the {city In recognition of his ac-1 complishments.
Sculptor-p a 1 n t e r-author Richmond Barthe, who has lived in Jamalce since 1947, told a f throng of white and Negro ad-
-	mlrers assembled for the occasion In the parlor o f St. Augustine's Seminary that his visit this year to the United . States was a "sentimental journey" and his gleanings from it would take a good 50 years to transpose into art.
This Is his first visit to Bay St. Louis in 10 yearB and
?	it fellows the arrival in early
summer of his gift to his native city of a, piece of his work. He felt that his hometown should have a sample of his sculpture and when he learned that Mrs. Thelma Heller, daughter of Mrs. Katherine Wilson, librarian at Clry-County Meirorial Library, waaJlvlng in Jamaica also he chose her as his subject for a permanent gift to the city.
Mrs. R. A. Steinmayer, chairman of the library board, expressed appreciation of that Institution for his gift at the Tuesday ceremony.
Dr. Barthe left Jamaica on May 22 with a goal of returning Aug. 1 but unlike his many travels he planned to see old friends across the nation, rather than remaining In New York City or continuing to Europe on various commissions. He
planned to return Aug. 1 but so many old friends prevailed on him to stay a day or so , more that Us present Itinerary calls for Separture from New Orleans by plane next Wednesday.
The visit has been filled with remembrances of the past. He went to Detroit, Mich., to see his father's sister whom he had not visited since 1926. He saw other old friends or relatives in New York City and Its environs, Boston, Washington, Philadelphia and Chicago, etc.
The artist was Introduced by Rev. John Gasper, rector of the seminary. Master of I ceremonies was Powell Glass,
| jr., president of the Hancock 1 County Chamber of Commerce.
Plans for the afternoon were initiated by Mrs. Wilson and
the library board to afford iocal people an opportunity to meet Dr. Barthe and bear him explain some of his works, photographs of which were on display.
This artist expressed profound appreciation for the occasion and spoke of his philosophy of applied religion, citing the Biblical phrases of "ask and ye shall receive. . .as a man tHnheth, so is be? as his basis of living. He told the group be wished his mother, who died in 1948, and Miss Josle Welch, who used to run, a shop on the beach _ .could have shared the occasion.
He left Wednesday to spend a few days with old friends In Mobile and will return Monday for another visit with his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Ebuglas Williams
BARTHE GETS KEY TO CITY FROM MAYOR ? * '