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MISSISSIPPI Application for Deep South Award Mary Pumilia Public Relations Award
Fav-,JI/=veland Garder Club
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2 00 TREES FOR OUR NATION'S 2 00th BIRTHDAY
The 19’75_19?6 Bicentennial Program of the B^y-W^velnnd harden Club wa? a roadside improvement and tree-planting project with the over-all thQme "200 trees for our nation's 200th birthday". This commu.n ‘ ty-w ide ht'op^" was desi.gn°d to try to replace pome of the many tr^oo which were de-stro%red v,,r the 1 Q6° hurricane, "Camille".
Special emphasis was given to U.S.Highway 90* "our front door to the world", involving 5 miles of double lanes through ^ay St. T.-ouis and Waveland., This is the beginning o-** the scenic drive of the r r ssi ss i npi On!-*’ Coast and we did our best to ^ake it truly beau+iful fcr our Bicentennial Celebrate op and hope it will become more beautiful ip future.
Mo t i va trees such as Magnolia, live oak, pine, pear, crepe myrtle, etc. have been r»l«nted along with shrubs and ^lowers in the median and a 1 ong Service	lar>°° . Sr>ec ial 3+tpn + i On	>~r>«	hpafi xr* ven to	"he^utv «t)0+c "	3 t
the We To’t>arV°rf- snrf at in+ersee+i 'vns, fl11 t^is	haheen den® wi+h
th° help and approva l of the ”iss i ss i pri state Hi^hw** 'r’erartinen4'.
Joining with us in the planting of "200 trees for our nation's 200th birthday" were the govern ing bod i°s of T*ay St, T-oui s, Waveland and R«pr ock County, civi° and servi ce or par i 7.« t i ons , v^uth groups and interested individuals. A complete li«*t of all those who helped finance this nroject is given on the	next r^ce.
^he ck-of f for the program	be pan in Februorv	1.Q7 *5 with	an	Arbor Day
ceremony ^eld in conjunction wit’’' the observance the garden club's ?5th Anniversary. The 91* Fa«t--nrp5idents were honored and +he club
p-ave 2 it	large	Magnolia trees in	fr	honor, pppr’esentati’ros fr nrn	si]
risrti <? i	t i.np1-	groups were pres°nt	ar/	pea 11 v hel	to rriake ’ + a
conrnumitv-wide ceremony!
rnhn 1.976 Bi centenni al Program also he pan with a. February Arbor Da y ceremony held, at the Wave land Hospita lity Station. At thi.s tire, the garden c1 uh distributed 100 near trees,	of which 60 would	go	on h i p-hwav.
>/e are proud to report that,	due to our	special	Bicentennial	Roadside
Improvement Program, the Bay-Waveland Sprden C?uv acco^ni.ished its goal 0^ "200 trees for our nation's 200th birthday".
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u.	Capr’eri club plans	1«.	197*- of
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6.	Totter to bus inesse-a	22.	4 HiDpr'_^rviBn“t
7.	Chamber of commerce	2U.	"Beauty snots"
P.	Work to begin	2*.	Oleanders R- perennials
10.	pprtn ’ t from ^ i rrhW° V	?*.	"Share in the care ...
n.	Arbor Dav treo planted		of Cod's p’i^+f?”
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