The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1922-08-12

Discussed-Receptio ought TO
Make Lasting Impression on Wis
itors.
Mayor r. W. Webb is in receipt OF
a communication from z. A. tennl-
more, general secretary of the MO
bile Chamber of Commerce, SEATING
that the officers of the Mobile Cram
her of Commerce and all the civic
clubs of that city will make an auto
mobile tour from Mobile to Bay St
Louis in the interest of the early
completion of the Old Spanish Trall
between Mobile and New Orleans.
The points to be visited include
Pascagoula, Ocean Springs, Biloxi
Gulfport, Pass Christian and Bay st.
Louis.
The party will represent Mobile
Chamber of Commerce, Mobile Coun-
tv Automobile Club, Rotary Club OF
Mobile. Kiwanis Club of Mobile, OPP
timist Club of Mobile, Civilian Club
of Mobile.
This trip was arranged by the Mo-
bile Chamber of Commerce, and, as
The Echo understands, is to further
nromote, stimulate and correlate the
continued community interest and ac-
tivity necessary to insure early COM
pletion of the Old Spanish Trail, so
auspiciously begun at the Four-State
Highway Conference held at Mobile
March 2O-21, 1922.
Each organization participating Is
to be represented by car to be oc-
cupied by the president and officers
of the organization. Each car Will
carry the organization symbol or BAN
ner.
Mobilians, while representing the
several bodies named, hope to meet
many Mississippians who are not con-
nected with such organizations, as
well as those who are so affiliated.
Leaving the Battle House at
o'clock Tuesday morning, the motor
cade will arrive at Pascagoula at 10
a. m. (which hour their meeting with
the people of that city will begin.
They will leave Pascagoula at 1880
a. M, arrive at Ocean Springs at
1880, and will have dinner lmmedl-
ately on arrival there. The Ocean
Springs meeting will begin at 80
p. M, and departure will be taken
for Biloxi at p. m. They will arrive
at Biloxi at 3 80 and will meet there
at p. m.
Leaving Biloxi at 6 o'clock in the
afternoon, the party will proceed to
Gulfport, reaching Mississippi's sea-
port at I and meeting at p. m, at
a place to be designated by the high
way enthusiasts of that city They
will remain there for the night, stop
ping at the Great Southern Hotel.
The second day of the trip, We'd
nesday, August %, will begin with
an early breakfast at the Great
Southern and departure from Gulf
port at 7 a. m., with scheduled ar
rival at Pass Christian on hour later,
whence they will take the s o'clock
ferry to Bay st. Louis, where meet
ing will be held at 8 o'clock.
Leaving Bay st. Louis by the II
o'clock ferry, the Mobilians will re-
turn to Pass Christian for dinner at
1890 and a meeting with the citizens
at l 80, at the conclusion of which
the return homewards will begin by
the most direct and expeditions route,
which will bring the party back IN
time for supper at their homes.
The New Orleans Association of
Commerce has been invited to send
out a similar touring party to meet
the Mobilians at some point along
the line, probably on this side OF the
Bay st. Louis ferry.
Urgent need for the completion OF
the trail between Mobile and New
Orleans is said to be one of the main
objects and purposes of the trip.