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Terry Firsching Box 667
Cloudcroft, NM 88317
January 31, 1995
Mr. Charles Gray
Hancock County Historical Society Box 312
Bay St. Louis, MS 39520 Dear_Mr. Gray:
It was a pleasure talking to you last week and I look forward to sharing information about Bay St. Louis.
My father is nearly 8 9jiCji.rs_oX- age and now resides in a retirement center in 7Uamog^frdo, New Mexico, >16 mi If;, fi'um ?t-own?of C1 o ud c ro-f~t 7 ~?i?v i s i t lrj in near 1 y?e-v-e r-y--da-y- and *H~nd- hi ii?nri-mi?und memory?a-s?sharp?Dmitry?as evo-r^bofore-.
All of my life 1 have heard stories about the Bay from my
grandparents, i*y?f-a-fc+Ki-t-,?a+uJ_his twn h rr>thr> r g
r??-oi~ding- tho-s-o va-Luablo pecol-lgc 11 ons?h-a-s?escaped us
now-.---M-y- farther and?i?a ihj -my?Pa mi-1 y '-s?elosest?1 i nk-s?to7
Uios-e?s-imp lcn?pre?~c 1 ui t runic chi-yc and we wisli to commit Dad's recollections to paper. t-t?i ^ i mp^xJLan t t o _ine?-?4+a>t
Ale__sefia-y-a4-e?faet?f-rom ? legend tmd?i?wit~l t-ry to be nbye-irU^c4-y
sure of authnn t i r i t y in mv f.o rrespr>n'lon?'? with ynn
My grandfather, George C. Firsching, was born in Cincinnati, and went to Baltimore sometime before the turn of the century, ^gr -s p i:.u i Lit'?Lu_CuLa during tire- Span-i-sk American-War w ti i i!tTiurn* i o J	grandmotho r, and secured a position with a
Mr. Torsch, who was in the seafood canning industry^ i?have-
^e^rrnjmtfe-lre?to?discover whether or ne-t M-e^_____'l!nrsch-Ls?c-omp-any
o-d ?!Peo?tte"Tntrs~tr-h-3Vt? .Uiuuglit- n- g-r o aT==ri~c a 1 of niy^ji V'inil fitlinr hr '~Tm~r He sent (&vapapkf')iilifi to Bay St. Louis to run a similar operation there. 1?cte- ne-t know ^h-othcr?frl^cy bui^iit?J_Lug ?n,i)r StT?Louia .ftJ^sfe^>tL-*4'ia-t ?time o t*-wlietrhci?it wa-s-~
?i-ft- cxir.t.enee-. That must have been around 1907 bceauco
lay f a 111 en?WttS?mm-ynw i? nf n	mnvpil	frnm	Bn	1	ti	liiO	pp-.
4J-?<-iTmpj my?g r a n d 1: at hen?LUmmuLcd between tho -t*o?nrwns~b? fore