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Che Rotary Club, and asked chat they donate tree* for Arbor Day. He aIso obtained
donations o£ trees from several local insurance agencies.
The campaign closed with a ceremony held in the City Hall to honor the "Home of the Week" award winners and to present them with certificates of appreciation. This "Home of the Week" program had been previously begun by the committee and is a continuing one. A home is selected each week which represents all the attributes we are attempting to promote. We rotate our selections among the four geographical sections of the city, striving to select the more moderate homes which are owner-maintained. A picture of the home is published in the Echo along with the owner's name and address and a decorative plaque is placed in the yard for the week. This program continues to be one of our most successful - whole neighborhoods have improved as a result of having a winner. On returning to pick up the plaque at the end of the week - the improvement in the whole block is usually visible and sometimes dramatic.
Letters of thank you were written by the committee to all participants. The Spring Pilgrimage sponsored by the Bay - Waveland Garden Club followed on March 16th. Six homes and gardens were open to visitors from many other cities and states. The Garden Club also worked throughout the year on their Beautification Program. They supervised the rebuilding and restoration of the old Taylor School, a one room school house which is now being used as a Civic Center and meeting place by the people of Bay Saint Louis as well as the Garden Club. They landscaped the City - County Library and supervised the landscaping of City Hall.
They sponsored three Junior Garden Clubs; The Busy Bees on the Elementary level at Our Lady of the Gulf School, The Tiger Lillies at the Senior High, and The Marigolds at the Junior High. These young people in turn conducted active programs throughout the year.
A Clean-Up meeting was held in May by the Committee and all the past Home of the Week winners and all persons interested in the Clean-Up and Beautification Program were invited. A list of suggestions for Clean-Up workers was handed out and a most productive meeting was held. A list of names of future neighborhood leaders was obtained and the participants returned home with a renewed determination to clean up the city and keep it clean.
A further Clean-Up was held in July by the local National Guard unit, which set aside one week-end and collected two hundred loads of trash.
One of the contributing factors in the upgrading of the community has been
the aid given by Operation-Upturn. Operation-Upturn is the local name of a pro-Ik