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Bay St. Louis Launching Plans For Celebration
The Bay St. Louis Centennialiwith about 65 representatives
works displays, street dancing, I plus many other diversified types' of entertainment.
Thousands of visitors are anticipated during the celebration, and publicity releases are including the Mississippi Coast with its many attractions, longest man made beach in the world, historical background,	temperate	cli-
mate, and relaxing living, as incentives for people from all parts cf the country to join with Bay St. Louis and the Mississippi Gulf of Coast in this spectacular celebra-
Celebration which	will	be	inaeurat-- l°cal organizations	present, all	efilion of the city s	100 years of	in-
Celebration whjch^wjO	be	magwat^ whom ^	partidpate	jn the	ef. corporation as a	municipality
forts of producing the celebration	--------------------
ed August 4 for a six climaxing August 9, got underway . . . officially this . week when Mayor festivities. John Scafide, general chairman of the Centennial, and Richard Quay, consultant from the J. B. Rogers Co.. Fostoria, Ohio, Centennial promoters, held day and evening sessions with several hundred rep-!
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resentatives who will serve as m0rn til night, volunteer workers for the event.
From 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. Mayor Scafide and Quay met with chairmen of various committees of the Centennial Organization, detailing functions they will perform in behalf of the gala event.
Meetings were held at the Coast Electric Power Association Build- ai ing on Highway 90, with H. Har-.at din Shattuck. the organization’s! be manager, host.	tv
During the week of celebration, \ is
events and activi-j ties will be staged, witli an His-!A torical Pageant of 250 people to j w< be enacted each evening for the en-;cr tertainment of visitors.	j
Scheduled at the peak of thejcc Coast’s summer vacation season,; to the Centennial will feature boating.
The evening session was general bathing, fishing, swimming, fire-iJPi
BANS, LA., TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1958
layor of Bay St. Louis Growing leard for Centennial Fete Aug. 4-9(
(Special to The Times-Picayune)
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. — icturesque Bay St. Louis will elebrate its centennial Aug. 4-9. [istoric pageants and other en-?rtainments are being arrang-d.
Mayor John Scafide, already ealously growing a beard for le celebration, is serving as eneral chairman for the cen-;nnial.
Other male residents also ave enrolled in the “Brother f the Brush," and many wom-n residents are seeking ante-ellum attire to be worn in ad-ance of and during the cele-ration.
About 250 citizens, youngsters
and adults, are studying their roles for a historic pageant.
The pageant, depicting the story of Bay St. Louis, will be •presented nightly on a specially erected 300-foot stage at St. Stanislaus stadium.
Various committees have been organized and are working with Mayor Scafide and representatives of the J. B. Rogers Co. of Fostoria, Ohio, centennial promoters.
Mayor Scafide, noting that the celebration will be held during the peak period of the summer season, said thousands of visitors are expected to be attracted here for the centennial program.