The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1921-09-03
K. OF C. OUTING TO BAY ST.
LOUIS SUNDAY GALA EVENT.

The usual Sunday crowd of visi-
tors to our city was augmented last
Sunday by the Knights of Columbus
special train which brought nearly
a thousand Knights and their ladies
for an outing on the sea shore.
The outing was under the auspices
of Council No. TIA of New Orleans,
which, we understand has the largest
membership in the South and in
creasing at an amazing rate.
The special arrived promptly at
$50 A. M, and after getting into a
berth on side-track the vast crowd
walked the short distance to the St.
Stanislaus College, which the good
Brothers of the Sacred Heart had
so generously and Hospitality prof
ferred the use of to the Knights and
there the thong were bade feel per-
fectly at home. The great auditor
ium was turned over to the eager
dancers, who, to the music of a
splendid Jazz band indulged to their
hearts content in dancing all day.
The Sisters of st. Joseph offered
to take care of the ladies, while the
Rev. Father Gmelch, pastor of the
parish of Our Lady of the Gulf,
promised to give the Knights the op-
portunity of hearing Mass. And
many of the ladies of Bay St. Louis
volunteered their services to assist
Mrs. G. Y. Blaize in preparing suffi-
cient refreshments for the Knights
that were without lunches.
Dinner was served by commit
tee of local ladies to those of the ex-
cursionists whom had not provided
themselves with basket lunches-the
proceeds of the luncheon as well as
of the beverages went to the Church
Fund.
Shortly after the noon hour the
sun was hidden behind the massive
structure, shading the beautiful
lawn in front of the college where
hundreds took advantage of the de-
lightful breeze that came in from
the sea and opened their lunch
boxes to jolly good feast.
The great bathing pier was the
goal of many happy swimmers who
disported themselves for hours in
the salty waves.
+ The weather seemed made for the
festive occasion: Weak sun, cumu-
lus clouds, strong East breeze and
high tide.
Bay ST. Louis made decided hit
with every one of the visitors who
voiced their sentiments on all sides
and declared they would not only
return at the earliest opportunity,
but would see to it that numerous
stay-at-home brothers (and slsters)
would be informed of what pleasures
they missed.
In the afternoon a game of base
ball was played in the College Park
between the K. of C's and the Bay
team, the latter winning by score
of 8 to 2-the attendance was bit
poor on account of the dancers who
preferred to cling to the music and
the merry bathers, who were loath
to leave the sea-we presume the
latter felt they could see baseball
game any time at home, but such a
treat as the bathing afforded by the
Bay was too much of a jolly novelty
to pass up lightly.
Mr.. Mccarthy, a member. Of the
days before to make arrangements
Council, had visited the Bay many
for their accommodation.
There was nothing left undone
that could have been added to the
enjoyment on the part of the vlsl-
tors. All committees worked cheer
fully, realizing that it meant much
for Bay St. Louis to have the visit
ing Knights with us and to leave
pleased with their outing. And
many of them did express themsel-
yes as well pleased-better pleased
than they had been on any previous
excursion. So well treated on their
first trip to the Bay, left an impress
sion that their next annual outing
would also be here.
For Bay st. Louis this excursion
was an advertisement which cannot
be overestimated. 1t brought here
many who had never before been in
our seashore city, and many voiced
a desire to live here or to send boy
or girl to the schools.
Bay st. Louis will always have her
doors open to you, Sir Knights, and
we trust that we will soon again
have you as our guests.
The name of our recent Church
Fair-the tsHoo-Boo-Loo" is now
very well known by the "714" boys.
We of Bay st. Louis are very
glad indeed to have had them visit
us, and we hope that, before long,
they will all come back, and II pos
sible, to stay. For We who live here
know that there are very few spots
on Gods earth quite as pleasing as
a permanent place of residence as is