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Landon, Chairman; John Lewis, Secretary; Robert Taylor, Treasurer; and Mac Canaga, Harold Cook, Kirkland Rheams, Kenneth Teague, and John McPhail.
Near the end of the year, Hurricane Betsy struck the Mississippi Gulf Coast. It was the night of September 9-10th. The storm's 110 mile-per-hour shrieking winds punished structures, roads and grounds, damaging many homes in the area. However, not as severely as in New Orleans where 81 persons were killed and the damage was in the millions.
The church's historian for this year, Mrs. W.F. Phillips, thereafter wrote:	"Much damage
caused. Homes damaged and many swept away. There was no damage to the church property. The members helped the less fortunate in many ways; i.e.. by giving clothing, bedding, groceries, etc. The church set up an emergency fund of $200.00 to help any of our members in need. Fund used very little as members self-sustaining."
However, one of those suffering a great deal of damage during Betsy was Max Dossett and his lovely wife Faye. They had purchased a lot and constructed a beautiful home on a bayou, with swimming pool, located at 151 Hillcrest Road in Pass Christian. Their spacious and beautiful home was built more than 30 inches above the required elevation, so it was considered especially "safe."
For that reason, five neighbors joined the Dossetts at their home to "ride out" Hurricane Betsy. Unfortunately, the water just kept rising, and soon it had inundated the house. Max and his party desperately got in a boat, which had previously been pulled for safekeeping on its trailer into the carport, and they weathered the temainder of the storm there --in that boat in the carport!
The water did not rise sufficiently to make them leave the carport, by inches, but it did virtually destroy the inside of their beautiful home. "It was just like a washing machine," Max later described it to the author. "Everything was simply churned, like in one. For instance, the freezer had gone through a wall. It was awful."
Yet the Dossetts rebuilt, as did most of those who suffered losses in this hurricane. Little did