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Mamoo:
He was president, of it.
Alice: Yes. But it was his bank.
Mamoo:	Well it was his bank, alright.
Mamoo:	He was king of Carnival.
Alice: One of the first.
Mamoo:	One of the first kings of the carnival.
in the St. d drive up the horse and buggy and
Alice:	Also, he must have had a great deal of interest
Charles Hotel because when we went up to the bank, we with Grandpapa and Martin would take over drive us over to the St. Charles Hotel and we would go into the kitchen of the St. Charles Hotel upstairs. Do you remember that?
Mamoo: Yah, sure.
Alice: There were huge tables laid out with nothing but beautiful petite froid all over the place. We'd take any cake we wanted anything we wanted and Martin would load up on the most choice little club steaks because he was going to take them and cook them on the Semper on the way over to the Lodge.
Mamoo:	You	see every Saturday, Granppapa's schedule pretty much
was, he'd go uptown and go to the bank and go to the hardware and do whatever he had business he had to do. Then Martin and me would pick up the food at the St. Charles Hotel and bring it over to the West End where the boat was. Semper Edem, which was also a boat that he owned and the point was, they would take the boat and go to Baldwin Lodge to spend the weekend there and frequently we'd go with him on those trips. He had, not only owned his home on Esplande, he also owned the hardware store and the bank and he
It was a coal burning yacht.
owned	the	boat
Alice:	It	was
Mamoo:	On	whic
care	of	the
at during	the week you see and	so guests	all the
time would be invited to	come and spend the weekend at	Baldwin
Lodge. Now,	he not only	owned Baldwin Lodge,	but he also owned
another house	called Sea Glen which was on,
Alice: on the river, Pearl River.
Mamoo:	Pearl	River,	yah.
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