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J iAugust, 1958
SOUVENIR CENTENNIAL EDITION, HANCOCK COUNTY EAGLE
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WHITFIELD, A CREDIT TO COUNTY
Twenty years ago, a young native of Logtown envisioned the potentials to be derived from tim-ber in Hancock County.
The land was impoverished as fir as the timber barons of the early part of the century were concerned. They had taken their waalth and moved on. The great mills which once flourished in Hancock County had been stilled years. There was unemploy-among a people whose only
twining had been connected with saw mill industry. The find vas poor and barren. Or so jftowght the majority.
Whtifield, however, was not this opinion. He felt Han-County still had much to And that giving should from timber. To him, tim-and Hancock County were lymous.
Most of the virgin stands were ae. ruthlessly cut and careless-fc trampled; reforestation had not practiced . . . fires had creat-awre devastation . . . yet in le of all this, Sam Whitfield, 1938 became one of the first 3Srip«rood Dealers of Hancock He has remained the only through the years.
Harried to the former Miss Ada tfvkterman of Vicksburg, the couple originally made their home to Logtown. In 1943 they moved to Bay St Louis, with their only IN. Bill. They now have a sec-«ad son, Bob.
Through the years Whitfield purchased land and planted trees, to ten years it has been estimated lv State Forestry men that Whit-flrld is responsible for the plant-tog of more than two and a half flrfUion pine trees in this county, «■ better than 2500 acres of land.
He was the first man of the Monty to institute mechanical planting of trees,' and will do custom planting for a normal fee, *tfBcient only to defray expenses, far persons who wish to plant
trees.
It was estimated by Area Forester, Marion Parker, who works closely with Whitfield, that better than fifty miles of fire lanes. have been built by Whitfield as prevention against forest fires.
Pulpwood is the largest economy of Hancock County, and through his leadership, Whitfield makes possible employment for some 150 residents, providing income for 70 to 75 families of the county.
Whitfield holds life membership in the Mississippi Forestry Association; is a member of the American Pulpwood Association; a member of the Mississippi Tree Farm System; and of the Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association.
Feeling it is essential for the growth and development of this industry to educate as many as possible to a knowledge of the potentials it offers, Whitfield has in his employment a graduate Forester, Omer Haas, whose position is to give advice (free of charge) on management and good forestry practices to those persons who are interested in the fundamentals of this business. Haas, who has been with Whitfield for the last two years was preceded by several others of his profession.
For a number of years Sam Whitfield has quietly sponsored a number of youths of Hancock County in attending the Forestry Conservation School at Roosevelt State Park. This annual summer school teaches young men the proper management of forest lands.
Whitfield, still a young man, is realizing the dream of his- youth. Hancock County once again an undulant bower of deep green . . tall pine trees majestically swaying with the winds, verdant and magnificently beautiful; all this and heaven too . . as this man with his dreams is the first to restore to Hancock County the wealth
JOE E. LOIACANO IS SUCCESS IN BUSINESS
Joe E. Loiacano, who operates the A and J Food Store on Main and St. Frances Streets, must believe that “Good Friday” is his good luck day because it was on Good Friday, 1934, that he started in business for hmself. He purchased the business located at the comer of Necaise and St. John St. from his father, the late Anthony Loiacano, for the sum of $250.00.
In 1936 he married the former Doris Osbourne, and later that same year he moved his business to the corner of Necaise and Easterbrook Street.. In 1942 he opened the A. & J. Food Store, on Main Street, where he is located at the presept time.
He is the father of five children, Anthony, now in College. J. E. who attends Stanislaus, Jimmy, Pamela and Dale.
which was once here . . . wealth from the trees . . . wealth once garnered with careless abandon by the few, with desolation left in its wake for the many when the gigantic saw mills of past decades were closed down leaving only rusty equipment as mute testimony of by-gone days of humming glory.
In addition to the pulpwood industry, hardwood is again being cut and shipped out of Hancock County. This is another phase of the Whitfield enterprises, as his is the only business in the county at this time privileged to load and ship hardwood.
Hancock County owes Sam Whitfield a debt of gratitude. He alone is responsible for a return of prosperity for timber growers.
41,092 cords of pulpwood were cut and shipped from Hancock County in 1957, the output for 1967 is figured to be doubled that amount. Doubling the output, means doubling labor, and doubling the number of families who, will be supported by this industry.
FATHER AND SON MAYORS
JOHN V.. TOULME
Seldom does a City or a family have the distinction of having both father and son serve as mayors of that ciiy. Bay St. Louis and the Toulme family have had that honor.
Captain John V. Toulme, who was also proprietor of the Crescent Hotel, of past years, served several terms as Mayor of the City of Bay St. Louis, in its “baby” years as an incorporated City.
ROBERT W. TOULME
Later, his son, Hon. Robert W. Toulme, also served the City a*-Mayor for several terms.
The Toulme family owned considerable land hereabouts, mark of which was donated to different organizations. The land occupied by Cedar Rest Cemetery, the Methodist Chuch, Toulme Street, and the Bay High School were aR donated for the betterment «( the City.
BUFKIN'S NATIONALLY KNOWN RCA DEALER
RCa Victor, the largest manufacturer of electronic products for home, industry, and national defense, announces the manufacture of their ten millionth televisr ion receiver. This- represents approximately one out of every four television sets in operation in the United States today.
Radio Corporation of America is the world’s leader in the manufacture of television receivers, and the major manufacturer of color television. Having pioneered the color, television industry, RCA salutes the dealers who have worked long and hard in the cause of color, and particularly Bufkin Radio and TV, of Bay St. Louis, nationally recognized as one of the
greatest color TV dealers in the nation. Bufkin, acknowledging color TV as not only the greatest consumer value of the year*; but as the greatest advance in the television field since its inception RCA and Bufkin Radio and TV now offer to the consumer with every television set sold Free service for ninety days. This money-saving factor is revolutionary i* the industry. And on the fast-moving color TV sets, Bufkin, with the cooperation of Radio Corporation of America, can now offer free replacements -parts o*. all color sets for one full year This program started with the “Centennial Sale” at Bufkintf, beginning July 28-29.
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