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HO'RATION WESTON - PRESIDENT OF HIS OWN LUMBER COMPANY WITH NATIONAL
AND INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS, PR ESP DENT FOR MANY YEARS OF COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVI SORS, PRESIDENT OF LAMAR LIFE INSURANCE OOMPANY OF JACKSON AND OF HANCOCK BANK, AND RESPONSIBLE FOR MUCM'OF TM'E PROGRESS OF THIS COUNTY.
WALTER GEX, SRo - ATTOFNEY AND BANKER KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE STATE;
ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS OF THE MERCHANTS BANK.
GB5RGE PITCHER - SALES REPRESENTATIVE AND PUBLIC-MINDED CITIZEN;
ARDENT BOOSTER, IN HIS EXTENSIVE TRAVELS, OF THIS SECTION AS THE BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD TO LIVEl MRS. ABIGAIL BOURGEOIS - A WOMAN OF BOUNDLESS ENERGY AND COMPASSION,
WHO DEVOTED HER TIME TO THE NEEDY WHENEVER OCCASION AROSE. SHE WAS AWARDED ROTARY CLUB SILVER (UP FOR HER CHARITABLE WORKS, STARTED THE FIRST CANCER DRIVE HERE, COOKED THE MEALS FOR THE FIRST HOSPITAL IN HER OWN KITCHEN, FED TRAMPS BY THE HUNDREDS DURING DEPRESSION DAYS, AND DID OTHER DEEDS OF TRUE GOOINESS TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION MERE.
MARSHALL BALLARD - FDR MANY YEARS EDITOR OF THE NEW ORLEANS TIMES-
PICAYUNE. HIS HOME WAS IN BAY ST. LOWS WD HIS CIV PC EFFORTS DID MUCH TO IMPROVE THE TOWN .