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J4ancoclt C^ounlij _ Uiitoricuf Society, ~9nc. POST OFFICE BOX 1340
BAY ST. LOUIS. MISSISSIPPI 39520
NEWSPAPERS OF PAST OBTAINED	FROM	1942	GOLDEN	JUBILEE	EDITION	SEA	COAST	ECHO
GAINESVILLE STAR 1866 FIRST PAPER PUBLISHED IN HANCOCK CO. HAND PRESS BAY ST.LOUIS GAZETTE 1868 FRANK HEIDERHOFF OWNER/EDITOR
SEA COAST REPUBLICAN 1872 ALSO BEARS NAME OF F.HEIDERHOFF WHO WAS NOT A NAN OP FAMILY AND LEFT NO DESCENDENTS TO KEEP FILES OF OLD PAPERS. IT WAS SOLD TO COL. BEN LANE POSEY 1883 AND LATER SOLD TO E.J. BOWERS.
BAY ST. LOUIS HERALD 1876 OWNED AND EDITED BY DAN B. SEAL SEA COAST GAZETTE 1880 OWNED AND EDITED BY E.P.ODOM SEA COAST ADVERTISOR GEIGER & WHITFIELD PROPRIATORS
1887 A.R. HART PURCHASED PAPER AND CHANGED NAME TO GULF COAST PROGRESS AND EDITED IT UNTIL 1929.
SEA COAST ECHO JANUARY 1892 HISSED ONLY ONE WEEK IN FIRST 50 YEARS. CHARLES MOREAU WAS OWNER/EDITOR FOR FIFTY YEARS. FIRST NEWSPAPER IN MISSISSIPPI TO OWN ITS OWN BUILDING. HIS DAUGHTER DIED IN 1918 FLU EPIDEMIC.SUBSCRIPTION RATE IN MAY 1911 WAS $1.50.
TRIVIA
A & G THEATER FIRST BUILT ON BEACH SIDE OF STREET BY MESSRS. AMES & GASPARD. OPENED DOORS APRIL 5, 1915. BRICK BUILDING FORMALLY OPENED SATURDAY APRIL 16, 1927.
IN 1911 THE BAY PICTORIUM ADVERTISEMENT DESCRIBED IT AS A FIRST CLASS ELECTRIC THEATRE WITH ADMISSION OF A NICKLE BUT ON VAUDEVILLE NIGHTS ADMISSION OF A DIME.
MISSISSIPPI BECAME 20th STATE IN THE UNION ON DECEMBER 10, 1817 WHILE JAMES MONROE WAS PRESIDENT.
THE MISSISSIPPI HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S ANNUAL MEETING WILL BE HELD JOINTLY WITH THE LOUISIANA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL MEETING IN NEW ORLEANS MARCH 12 - 14. HEADQUARTERS HOTEL IS THE HOLIDAY INN CROWNE PLAZA NEAR THE RIVERWALK COMPLEX. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT ELBERT R. HILLIARD, BOX 571, JACKSON, 39205 OR <601) 359-1424
REMINDER MEMBERSHIP DUES FOR 1987 PENDING. NEW CARDS HAVE BEEN MADE. SINGLE $6 COUPLE 510 PLEASE SEE MRS. HELENA PRICE FOR PAYMENT.