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MUSIC BY GULFPORT MUNICIPAL BAnD 2:00 P.M. to 2:30 P.M. ARRIVAL OF COAST MOTORCADE 2:30 P.M. SEATING OF GUESTS INVOCATION Rev. Charles R. Johnson, Rector, Christ Episcopal Church Bay St. Louis, Miss. ADVANCING OF COLORS Clement R. Bontemps Post American Legion NATIONAL ANTHEM Gulfport Municipal Band ADDRESS OF WELCOME Dan M. Russell, Jr., Bay St. Louis, Master of Ceremonies DEDICA TION—SPEAKERS Hon. Carroll M. Gartin, Lt. Governor of Mississippi Hon. John D. Smith, Commissioner Highway Department Jackson, Miss. MERGING OF WATERS CEREMONY Merging of waters of Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Mississippi River, the father of waters, and the Gulf of Mexico, by Mr. Edward Ball, Edgewater Park, Miss., Pres. Atlantic-Gulf-Pacific Safeway Association, assisted by the Coast Miss Hospitalities: Miss Harriet Davis - - Pascagoula, Miss. M iss Dona Eglin - - Ocean Springs, Miss. Miss Sandra Lee ... Biloxi, Miss. Miss Billie Joyce Rhodes - - Gulfport, Miss. PRESENTATION OF HISTORICAL MARKER Presentation of Marker to City of Bay St. Louis by Mrs. Eugene Mogabgab of the Bay-Waveland Garden Club Acceptance of Historical Marker by Hon. John A. Scafide, Mayor of Bay St. Louis, Miss. Recognition of Dean McLemore, Mississippi Southern College and Prof. T. J. Broadus of Pass Christian, Miss. Unveiling of Marker by Miss Irma Joan Lee, Miss Hospitality of Bay St. Louis CUTTING OF RIBBON Highway Commissioner John D. Smith Miss Hospitality of Mississippi, Miss Edna Khayat of Moss Point Miss Mississippi, Miss Suzanne Dugger of Picayune RETIRING OF COLORS Clement R. Bontemps Post American Legion BENEDICTION Monsg. Andrew J. Gmelch, of Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church MOTORCADE ACROSS BRIDGE AND RETURN *3nvitation: 5:00 P.M. COCKTAILS AT HOTEL REED Courtesy of Merritt-Chapman & Scott of New York 6:00 P.M. BUFFET SUPPER AT HOTEL REED Mississippi Coast Council Chambers of Commerce
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