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THE SEA COAST ECHO-SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1983-3B
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SIXTY TWO-YEARS-AGO—The late Msgr. A. J. Gmelch, front row center, former pastor of Our Lady of Hie Gulf Catholic Church in Bay St. Louis, gathers in front of the church April 24, 1921 with his team of fund raising parishoners who solicited some $30,000 to furnish the interior of the ediface which was erected in 1908 on the same site as an original structure destroyed by fire Nov. 16, 1907. Sole survivor among this group is Charles A. Bandaret, 92, of Bay St. Louis, top row, second from right. Others are, front from left, Ernest J. Leonard, Mrs. Kate Conner, Mrs. G. Y. Blaize, Mrs. Marshall Ballard, Father Gmelch, Miss Elsie Spor’l, Miss Pearl Fahev, Mrs. Claude Monti, Joseph O. Mauffray and Joseph L. Favre; second row from left,
Leonard Franz, Andrew Scafidi, C. G. Moreau, Dr. A. A. Kergosien, John Buehler, Alvin Weinberg, A. D. Benvenutti, E. J. Arceneaux, August Schiro and Gaspar Maurigi; third row from left, C. A. Fricke,. Albert Twickler, J. V. Bontemps, Sam Piazza^ Arthur Loiacano, George Scheib, Asa Fayard, Henry Fayard and Anthony Loiacano; and fourth row from left, Harry C. Glover, Frank Green, George Hoffman, E. J. Giering, A. R. Hart, Harry S. Saucier, S. L. Toquet, S. L. Green, Bandaret and A. Batistella. (Photo courtesy oI Mrs. O W. Delph of Bay St. Louis)