Alphabet File page 351

Stanton, Wm. r 140 Coleman Ave., Waveland (Ph 55)

 

Stanton, William G., 303 Ulman Av. (Ph 48)

 

Staples, Capt., (First name unknown) Captain aboard the JOSEPHINE when she foundered off Ship Island in 1881.  See entry under Boat File: JOSEPHINE

 

Star Drug Store.  Thomas L. Evans, druggist.  Front St. near Union.  (1896 V5).

 

Star Drug Store.  Front Street on corner of Union (in building constructed by Planchet but occupied by Mr. Evans 5 years.  (ATG pBSL-9, interior photo)

 

Star Theatre.  600 S. Beach  (Ph 55, 1968 )

 

Starita, B., 130 Carroll Av. (Ph 48 thru 50)

 

Starita's City Service Station, 200 Ulman Av. (Ph 48 thru 50)

 

Starr, W.R.

 

August 8 1918 the Board reconvened.  present were mayor R.W.  Webb, alderman W.R. Starr, Louis Schwall (?), ______Ladner, secretary.  Absent R. S. Blaize, L. C Carver, _____Jones, city marshall. The board accepted the building and grounds of the Firemans Hall on Second and Ulman Streets and authorized  the city attorney to fix the necessary papers for a fee of $30.  (VF)

 

Statsworth, Frank, colored cook aboard the shipwrecked fishing boat CLARENCE BARKLEY.  See entry under Boat file: GREGORIO

 

Staub, Russell, r Kiln (Ph 48 thru 50)

 

Stauffer, Margaret Nelson, 79, Cremated 10 Jul 1985 (CEC)

 

Stechmann, Theo. G., 127 Bay View Ct. (Ph 48 thru 50, 55)

 

Steeds, Mr. and Mrs.

 

(In Logtown) "There was a hotel, called the Park View, managed by Mr. and Mrs. Steeds, and later by Mrs. Frank Mitchell..."  (From a paper by Mildred Otis Fountain.  Copy in the HCHS VF Otis)

 

Steel House - See "Perkins, Gertrude" letter from sister Mary Perkins Re: Hurricane 1947

 

Steffee, Harry T., 111 Julia (Ph 48-49),

 

Steffee, Marion H. Mrs. (Ph 50)

 

Steger, Evans r 272 Sears Ave., Waveland (Ph 55)

 

Stein Andrew M. r 102 Hancock (Ph 55)

 

Stein, E. r 2nd, Waveland (Ph 48 thru 50, 55)

 

Steinhilber, Miss- Mr. Balluster, of New Orleans, paid a visit this week to his niece, Miss Steinhilber.  (SCE 9/03/1892)

 

Misses Mary Steinhiller and Katie Enwright, after spending the summer in Waveland, have returned to New Orleans. (SCE/10/08/1892)

 

Steinmayer, Dorothy Gibbs, 81, Metairie Cem 27 May 1979 (CEC)

 

Steinmayer, R. A. r 123 Nicholson, Waveland (Ph 55)

 

Stelz, Geo. F. r 357 Jeff Davis, Waveland (Ph 55)

 

Stentz, Lena- The charming and beautiful Misses Lena Stentz, Julia Shoffer, and Theresa Englander, of New Orleans were the guests of Miss Mamie Baron on Wednesday. (SCE 8/20/1892)

 

Stephens, D. L. r 408 St. John (Ph 55)

 

Stephens, Mr. James T., is spending a vacation at the Bay and is the guest of the popular Bird Cage Cottage. (SCE 8/6/1892)

 

Stern, Percival - Bay Citrus Proving a Point - Percival Stern, whose twelve-acre home and property (known as Bay Citrus Grove) are located facing the beach at 370 Beach Boulevard in Waveland, is proving that the Coast can again grow oranges, lemons and grapefruit as it did over a half century ago when practically every home had its orange trees.

 

  Mr. Stern, now in his late seventies, came to the Coast on the present Waveland property about 1944 and, although a complete amateur at citrus fruit raising, planted 26 orange and grapefruit trees for private enjoyment and consumption in 1948.

 

  However, he became keenly interested in his trees and began studying the great amount of literature that is available on the planting and care of citrus fruits.  His most important discovery was that the proper and prompt use of smudge fires protected his fruit whenever the weather bureau warned of an approaching freeze.  Actually however, it was necessary to take these precautions only 7 nights in the last ten years, five of them occurring during the last two years.

 

  In 1953 Mr. Stern decided to enlarge his few trees to grove capacity and with the help of both the Louisiana and Mississippi Agricultural Extension services and the cooperation of Hancock County agent, Howard Simmons, in 1954 he proceeded to plant 1,600 trees, including oranges, lemons, satsumas, kumquats, persimmons and grapefruit, both pink and white.

 

  Bay Citrus Grove is an experimental project, a labor of love, to prove that with the proper fertilization, spraying against blight and insects, irrigation and protection against the sudden but short freezes the Coast has been experiencing the last two years, citrus fruit can be profitably raised.  The best indication of the success of his experiment is that during the four most recent freezes, one of which went as low as 16 degrees, Mr. Stern lost only twelve trees out of his entire 1,600.

 

  Mr. Stern fertilized three times a  year because of the sandy nature of the soil.  From the one artesian well on the property he irrigates his entire grove with twenty-four lines.  By irrigating three rows at a time the entire grove can be irrigated in four days. Mr. Stern says that when the water hits the trees in dry weather you can almost see the fruit growing.

 

In November the wood piles are placed in preparation about every fifty feet along the rows so they can be promptly set afire when the temperature warning comes from the weather bureau.  These wood piles are augmented with old tires because the heavy smoke is as much protection as the heat.

 

  Between the rows of trees winter cover is planted and ploughed under in the Spring to add nitrogen to the soil. Even the wood ashes are scattered over the grove to provide potash.

 

  Last summer from his trees Mr. Stern gave away or sold over 600 crates of splendid fruit.  He could have disposed of three times that amount at $8 per crate for shipment as Christmas Gifts to the eastern section of the United States.  He sold many crates in 1957 to local and nearly supermarkets.  Bay Citrus Grove, however, is not a commercial project.

 

  Both Mr. Stern and the Hancock County agent working closely with him are interested in bringing back to the Coast the tasty, healthy citrus fruits that were once its crowning glory, and are willing and ready to pass on to others the vital information these last four years have revealed.  Last year at least a hundred people visited Bay Citrus Grove and went home to plant and properly protect their own trees. (Sun Herald  7-29-1958)

 

Stern, Percival, 370 Beach Blvd., Waveland (Ph 48 thru 50, 55)

 

Stevens, Mr. Charles a popular young gentleman from Chicago, Ill., is the guest of the Tidwell family.  (SCE, 1-28-1893)

 

Stevens, Mr. Charles, of Chicago, is spending the winter at Mrs.  Tidwell's in Waveland. (SCE 1/28/1893)

 

Stevens, M. James - Noted Mississippi historian M.  James Stevens of Gulfport assumed duties Tuesday as chairman of the Gulf Islands National Seashore (GINS) Advisory Commission.

 

  Active in a campaign approved by federal park officials to preserve Civil War - vintage Fort Massachusetts on Ship Island, Stevens replaces Pensacola News Journal editor J. Earle Bowden as commission director.

 

  Taking office at a Biloxi gathering to familiarize the commission with plans for the development of two park sites, Stevens told the group that he intended to preserve the outdoors, "to make sure that it (unspoiled islands) remains a part of America."

 

  The 66 year-old motel and restaurant owner became head of the advisory panel after a controversy arose last spring over the location of the GINS park headquarters.

 

  Local authorities had believed Ocean Springs was the national park headquarters, while the U.S. Department of the Interior recognized Pensacola, Fla., as the main office for the two state park.  (Photograph of Stevens VF MJS X00088) (Sun Herald 10-6-76)