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been sent as hurricane relief funds from sympathetic Rotary Clubs throughout the United States.
Throughout the years since its organization the club has recognized the importance of social events and informative programs, and many of both have been outstanding and greatly enjoyed. Among the former have been ladies’ nights, minstrels, banquets, boys' nights, swimming races, yacht races, and even a putt-putt golf tournament! In the late 1920’s several of the ladies’ nights were held in Clermont Harbor at a resort hotel called Harbor Inn. One of the most memorable of such events was hosted in 1927 by Brother Peter of St. Stanislaus, who entertained the Rotarians and their Rotary-Annes at a still-talked-of Christmas gourmet dinner in the school dining hall.
In 1938 a swimming race was held, sponsored by the Rotary Club under the auspices of the Southern A.A.U. About twenty swimmers entered the two-mile race across the Bay, and thanks to the cooperation of local fishermen, each competitor was accompanied by a skiff in case of trouble. C. A. Breath, Sr. was host on
his yacht to the race officials. All twenty participants completed the seim and were presented medals. Also in the late 30’s the president and vice-president of every Rotary Club on the coast participated in a sailboat race at Pass Christian. These two representatives of each club, accompanied by one expert sailor for each boat, used fish class sloops and raced for the honor of his club. Joe Scharff and Rene de Montluzin represented the Bay club, and sailing through a squally afternoon and roughseas, they came in third!
Meeting places through the years have changed for a number of reasons. The club first met at Hotel Weston (now Gulfview Haven), then briefly at the Oriole Tea Room located in the old de Montluzin family home on North Beach. Later it met in the dining-room of The Answer, a boarding house on Union Street, and then returned to Hotel Weston, which was later called Hotel Reed and then, when it became a nursing home, Gulfview Haven. Presently it is meeting at Scafide’s Wheel Inn restaurant on Highway 90.
1975 Bay St. Louis Rotary Membership.