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4.	Spring Flower Showi The club’s first flower show was Nov. 11, 1939 at the old Post Office Building! Mrs. J. A. Evans, chairman. There were 20 classes of exhibits and 6 classes of arrangements. "Anything	/
not mentioned in this list that you would like to exhibit, bring it along’.' 19^0 the club was represented at the Iris festival in Shreveport, La. by Miss Lucy Weston.5919^7 the first Camellia Show received a National Award. ^
For a hurried spectrum of the basic purpose of the Garden Club -the growing of flowers and shrubs in personal settings, the Spring Flower Show is the test of that basic. From the 20 classes of flower exhibits in l939^1to 60 classes of today, it is evident that interest in horticulture has zoomed even,including the giving out of gourd seed for planting for birds - 1983. And the results of all this interest, growing, classes, Gulf Coast and State seminars over the 50 years, we have won 80 first prizes, 23 second prizes, and 97 other prizes and honors for horticulture, publicity, scrap and year books, clean-ups, and improvements. Plant exchanges at regular meetings, and, sales of plants have succored the activities of the club.
Examples of this beautification energy are* 1960-the project of landscaping the approach to Highway 90 Bridge at BSL under the supervision of the State Highway Department, 280 oleander trees, 140 pyra-
canthia, 3k long leaf pine, 9 magnolias and 10 nandina were planted with
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200 lbs of red clover seed.. 1963-the Roadside Park east of Pearlington
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plantings were given a markeri 197^- 200 trees along Highways 10 and 607
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at the Hospitality Center, also 24 magnolias in the Waveland area. 1974-5-the Miss. Bi-Centenial, "Avenues of Magnolias", 1200 trees were planted on 27 higheays in Miss including Interstate # 10.^ 1976-the wild-
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flower garden at Buccaneer Park» 1963-13 the "Hands"( Homes and Neighborhood Development Service) sponsored by Sears Foundation was the prize-
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In addition to the continuing annual projects are the monthly projects! floral arrangements at both libraries, the Garden-of-the-Month at both cities including both homes and commercial places (1985)* and maintaining planters at the tax assessor's office, BSL,^
But the project with the most "heart" was the organization of the Youth Group in 1964, Mrs. Rene deMontluzin, with 31 girls/ Followed by the Junior Hi gardeners, the Merry Golds 1 the 0LG Busy Bees and Lazy ) Daisies, the Sunshine Gardeners, and the St. Joseph's Academy, Red Birds.