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Weston Hotel and Gulf View Haven Bay St. Louis Rotary meeting place for many years.
Again the club acted as sponsor for a fundraising show given by Gulf Park for the benefit of the night school, now six years old.
In 1936 - During the depression years of the thirties the club membership dwindled until in 1936 there were only three active members left... Norton Haas, Sr., Rene de Montluzin, and Jesse Gray. In order to maintain the charter, they called on the District Governor for help in revitalizing the organization. He came himself to Bay St. Louis, was able to recruit about eighteen new and former members, and suggested changing the time, day, and place of the weekly meetings. From then on the club began to grow again and has never had serious membership difficulties since.
In 1937 - One of the most important moves ever made by this club was undertaken ... a drive to obtain natural gas for Bay St. Louis.
In 1938 - In September the city signed a contract with United Gas for this service. The Rotary Club for more than a year had pushed in many ways toward this end.
Also in this year the club sponsored the organization of the Bay-Waveland Garden Club.
1941-1945 - During the years of World War II the club continued to meet and support civic endeavors but undertook no major new projects. Of particular delight during one of these winters was the presence at their meetings of Paul Harris, founder of Rotary. Paul was a guest at Hotel Reed for one winter and was so pleased with local hospitality that he came back for several brief visits in other years.
In 1949 - The club presented a wheel chair to one of its charter members and its first secretary, Arthur J. Scafide, who had suffered a stroke of paralysis.
In December a Christmas gift of $100 was sent to the Tri-State Association for Cripples in Memphis.
In 1952 - The club presented a new resuscitatior to the King’s Daughters Hospital in Bay St. Louis.
I’rcxcnt meeting place of Bay St. Louis Rotary
Since 1952 some of the club's special projects have included:
(1)	Contributions to the Bay Youth Center, the Red Cross, Boys’ State, Girls’ State, the local library, St. Michael’s Farm for Boys, Hancock County Asso ciation for Retarded Children, the Lipton Races at the Bay-Waveland Yacht Club, Red Cross Swimming Program, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, rebuilding of the city pier. Children’s International Summer Village, Hancock County Head Start program, and Coast Crime Commission.
(2)	Sponsorship (with prize money) of competitive field events at the Hancock County Fair.
(3)	In 1973 the club sponsored Miss Rebecca Aguzin for a Rotary International scholarship. Miss Aguzin was selected as a winner and is at the present writing spending a year of graduate study in England.
(4)	The club has worked jointly with the law enforcement agencies of Hancock County to deter burglaries by urging residents to mark their valuables with the Social Security number of the head of the household.
(5)	Sponsorship of Rotary Team in Babe Ruth Baseball League (13-15 yrs. age group)
On the receiving end for a change, after Hurricane Camille struck the Gulf Coast in 1969, twenty-one Rotarians who had lost homes or businesses received gifts ranging from $500 to $800, the money having
Junior Babe Ruth League Team sponsored by the Rotary Club.