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_ Mtssi^^i^oast^T^uesdajr^Afternoon^Februar^lL1975
Garden club project to spruce up highway
Bay
MARIA WATSON Bay Bureau Chief
between Waveland a.nd ajHstLouis, is in for a sprucing
up tnrougli a beautification project of the Rav-W^vjelanH Harden Club in joint observance of the club's j;5th anniversary and the nation’s Bicentennial.
Mrs. Dan M. Russell Jr., garden
trees in their respective cities.
Mrs. Russell said the project is a continuing one in the garden club’s participation in the Sears-spon-sored HANDS and Environment Improvement Program.
the ctatfTor previous projects “will be put to good use in this countyp-wide beaufitifcation program,”
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club civic development chairman who is heading the project, said 200> native trees, “for our nation's ^uUlli UlfTR'flay," will be planted along the iuerhiw^ for the Waveland Hospitality Center to the Bay St. Louis bridge.
Past presidents of the garden club, who number 24, will be honored with individual magnolia
Mrs. Russell said.
for the project will be George Washington’s birthday, when the garden club observes Arbor E>ay-wilh a tE«| planting ceremony. Ceremony arrangements are under the direction of Mrs. Paul Miller.
“We want it to a community ef-(Contlnued on Page A-2)
Trees to beautify highway
(Continued from Page A-l) fort," Mrs. Russell said, emphasiz-fiig’ the club’s reauesls for busin^ssea -ftttd-private property owners to participate bv pi^ntinyr trees—preferably flowering ones.
-	Wfiile the magnolias honoring each of the former garden club presidents will be planted along theJjigJu^ay—six in Waveland and lfTTh Bay St. Louis—Mrs. Russell said the median will be beautified with flowering trees such as crepe myrtle, pear and red bud.
One of the prime beneficiaries of the project will be the Waveland Hospitality Center, an area where very little landscaping has been done.
The club plans to supplement its larger plantings with beauty spots alonfi- the median wherever possi-
ble, probably utilizing day lilies, flowering shrubs or perennials—plants which require miminal care.
About 20 years ago, the club started 350 oleanders and pvracan-thus in the median, Mrs. Russell. Now, those oleanders have been divided in the Bay St. Louis area and the club is extending the division, hopefully taking some of the plants into Waveland.
The garden club took care of maintenance of the shrubs until the state highway department began assisting, Mrs. Russell said.
Because of safety regulations and the highway department’s jurisdiction over the median, the club is working closely with highway officials on the current project, she added.
The garden club, in the past, has lent some assistance to beautification efforts in the area of the Bay St. Louis bridge, but Mrs. Russell said this has been, primarily, a project of the city of Bay St. Louis. It is one which Mayor Warren Carver has expressed the hope of extending into the next block during this year as apart of Bay St. Louis’ face-lifting for the Bicentennial celebration.
What started out as a garden club anniversary project has become a major effort in local Bicentennial programs, supported by numerous businesses, civic clubs, individuals and public bodies.
The two citvcQ.uncifiT and the Hancock CqunW supervisors have contributed financially to the garden club’s endeavor to make U.S. 90 truly the scenic route to the Gulf Ccj^stT