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1962 (photo in this book). David Weston built "Sunshine Cottage" next door for his bride, Pauline, and carried her across the threshold on their wedding night. The house had seven rooms, six fireplaces and twelve closets. It remained her home until, at about age ninety, she was relocated. Then came the home of mill supervisor Luther Russ; the Baptist Church (sketch in this book); the home of Dr. J.Q. Fountain, M.D.; of Dr. Calvin Fountain, druggist; the homes of Alva )lonea; the Campbell family; Ralph Howze; Harold Weston;	another Casanova family; John
Howze; Rene Sacerdotte; George Koch; Joe Howze; Deans Store and the Chris Favre home.
The old Koch homestead lay some distance eastward past the crossroad, among very large camellia trees. It was built by Christian Koch, a native of Denmark whose fascinating diary is available in our library. The house was occupied by Nettie Koch until her death at age 94 in 1955. The Koch family cemetery remains today about 100 feet east from the house site.
If you return to the river and once more proceed eastward, along the south (right) side of Main Street were the homes of Coburn Weston, Judge	Freeman Jones, the Marquez
family, Arthur	Marshall, the Jopes family
(in whose home	was the telephone exchange),
the Holleman family, Lamar Otis, John W. Baxter, and the Methodist Church across from the cemetery. Then came the Sidney Otis family (v.p. of the mill), the Methodist Parsonage, home of Alfonse Evans (son of Dr. Thomas Evans of Bay St. Louis), the home of Jim Mitchell, and the silent movie house. Next, the Masonic Hall and recreation hall stood across the street from the Baptist Church. Then came the homes of the Parker


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