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GOLDEN JUBILEE EDITION, THE SEA COAST ECHO.
1SOINACH WAS 1ANT, STUDENT CHOLARLY MAN
II. A. TERRE, A NAME OUTSTANDING.
THE BIGNESS OF HORATIO S. WESTON.
PROSPECTIVE POTENTIAL CITIZENS FOR,i-THE NEXT FIFTY YEARS. .
JOHN OSOJNAeH
One of the best known and oldest fims during the past half century was that of H. A. Perre, ?Crescent Bakery,? situated on Main street, where
?	the Jacobi bakery is located today.
*	H. A. Perre?s business was started j by his father in 1871 and continued,
I until 1928, when the surviving bro-.
' ther of H. A. Perre, Mr .Emile (Boy)'
Perre retired from business and the firm went out of existence. This edition would not be complete without mentioning the name of this bakery firm, that served Ihe public for so ; 1 on); n period.	j
\ Mr. Nypolite A. Perre, better ; known as Mr. ?Polite,' was known for his personal delivery trip to Wave-land every morning, never missing a day for over a jhalf century. lie: wns the mail man, messenger anti general delivery man for his custo-, ;mcrs?from Waveland to the Bay j I village and back. No man was more 1 accommodating and had more friends Tie will ever be remembered fondly land gratefully by those he served and those who otherwise knew him. Mr. 'Boy? Perre resides in this city, Prs has a largo and fine family?all
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Record of the past fifty would be far from complete withdut /cedit i0 tiir name of Perr?'that has a picture and sketch of .John OsoN. been usefully, constructively and in-nach, who was one of the forcmost\}clil>ly connected with Bay St. Louis.
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business and social life of the com-!anci at 0ne time was a member of munity. He was practically connect- the City Council, and also served on ed with every enterprise and public jthe Board of City School Trustees, endeavor for the most good for the^ jje was a patron of the theater, a majority.	music lover and all that pertains to
Born December 12, 1865. this fore-'the cultural side of life. It was he most citizen passed away on Janu- some years ago who made it possible ary 1, 1939, aged 74 years. He was for the course of Bay St. Louis Ly-associated with August Kellar?s Blue ceum programs, making up the de-Store w^/ young man and later ficits at the end of each season, join-establish.^^^ '-v Mercantile Com- ? ed by two associates, pany, which nfc s 'Med for many Mrs. P. E. Porter of this city and years until succeedea by his son, ( Mrs. A. G. Anderson of Santa Mon-Henry W. Osoinach. A few years' ica, Oal., are surviving daughters, prior to his passing, he retired from and Messrs. Clarence W. Osoinach business and spent the balance of his inf New Orleans, A. J. Osoinach of years in travel and reading. For a Memphis, and 1!. W. Osoinach of Bay number of years he was president of Si. Louis are surviving sons. His tho Merchants Bank & Trust Com-, widow, Mrs. Lou Meek Osoinach re-pany and also vice president of the! sides in Bay St. Ixiuis. A daughter, Copies Building & Loan Association,1 Mrs. Ethel Ballard, recently deceased
The fine business sense and bigness of the late Horatio S. Weston, of Logtown, president of the H. Wes-1 ton Lumber Company, and president Board of Supervisors of Hancock* county ior many years and up to the( time of his passing, is- well illustrat- i ed by many incidents.
It was some years ago the pub- \ lisher received a telephone call from ihe courthouse that the Board of Supervisors was in session and that he was wanted to appear before that body instanter.
Apprehensive that something had gone wrong, there was some hesitancy about complying with whal ap- > pea red a demand. But since a demand is a command, the publisher hastened and appeared before that executive hoard of the county.
?How much is a whole page in i your paper?? asked Mr. Weston in his well known decisive and definite manner.
?One hundred dollars, sir," said' the publisher, somewhat relieved but yet not certain what it was all about.
?That seems rather a lot of money,? replied Mr. Weston. ?Young man. why do you charge so much ? for one page??
"The reason for that, Mr. Weston,1 is that when you buy one page you are practically using two for it becomes necessary to add another sheet jto the paper. The other side is blank and we have to fill it with reading matter.	i
?Well, if that is the case, and the board I know understand it, we?ll jtake the two pages." And the. [price for two pages was paid. Two ^inside pages were ? used as what is Jtermed a middle double page spread, (and the county used it to apprise i|the people of what the board was do-ijing and planning and a full and concise financial statement appeared.
II Mr. Weston, was a big man in !rnore sense than one. He was never ? Small or petty about business. And j fhat is one of the reasons of the big j jjuccess he achieved in public and private life as well.
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GIIEGOKY, nP.UCIC AND JEFF, SONS OF MR. AND MRS. A. G. FA VUE.
HOTEL OF OTHER DAYS; DESTROYED BY FIRE
This hotel was first known (fifty years ago) as Crescent Hotel owned and operated by Capt. John V. ToulnV\ Later it became Hotel Pickwick, renovated, as shown above, and ownc:i by John Shansy. Purchased later by H. S. Weston, it was destroyed by fire. Mr. Weston rebuilt it on the present site, ((foot of bridge) known as Hotel Weston. At his death it was sold and at present is known as Hotel Kecd. The picture above was an old landmark. It was located on the site of that section now traversed by Court street, on the railway and beach.
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