The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1922-05-20
THE MOST UNIQUE CLUB IN
AMERICA is PROMISED.
Yacht Club Combining Social and
Features of a Full Pledged Ath-
letic Organization-Pers of
Executive Force and of Special
Committees for This Evening.

The doors of the Bay-Waveland
Yacht and Athletic Club, of Bay st.
Louis, will be formally opened to-
night and the club launched upon its
active career as a going concern.
This event will be marked with re-
ception and dance given at the beau
tifuI and spacious new club building,
corner Front and Washington streets,
and so auspicious an occasion will be
marked by gathering of large and
representative body of ladies and
gentlemen not only from Bay ST.
Louis and Waveland, but from New
Orleans and from along the Gulf
Coast.
The local community is on tip-toe
of anticipation, and from the nature
of arrangements for the event no one
needs to be disappointed. The en-
trance is by membership card and
special cards for guests, after the
names of the latter have been sent
in and passed on by special COM
mittee for the purpose. There will
be no promiscuous guests. However,
the number of attendants for tonight
is large.
A special augmented band will dis
course the numbers for the dance.
and souvenir programs have been
prepared for the ladies. Refresh
ments will be served throughout the
evening with the compliments Of the
club. No children will be admitted
tonight. The Echo has been request
ed to incidentally mention this as
matter of information. Juvenile
members and their guests from Is
years up are welcomed.
The matter of dress has caused
some comment in some quarters, but
this subject is optional. There was
onlv a request made that the gentle
men who would might wear a uni
form attire.
Members of the committees for to-
night are as follows:
Reception Committee - Ada m
Lorch, chairman; Edwin Briggs, Ar
thur J. O'Keefe, Frank L. Green, Leo
w. Seal, A Battistella, Valentine
Dell, Cartwright Eustis, George H.
Edwards, Alex F. Fournier, H. A.
Ferrandou, James Geary, DR.. A. P.
Smith, Walter J. Gex, E. J. Gex, w.
R. Irby, Gus B. Baldwin, Robert P.
Hyams, DR., H. S. Lewis, Donald Mar
shall, Jos. o. Mauffray, Lamar Otis,
c. A. Sporl, Julius H. Saenger, H. S
Weston.
Floor Committees. L. Engman,
chairman; NJ. E. Ansley, Alfred w.
Chapman, C. C. Mcdonald, Harry S.
Saucier, Chas, A. Breath, L. Franz,
E. E. Lucas, Harold B. Weston, Rob-
ert L. Genin, George Planchet.
Executive officers of the Bay-Wave-
land Yacht and Athletic Club are:
E. J. Leonhard, commodore; Edgar
NJ. Rea, vice commodore; E. V. Rich
ards, Jr., rear commodore; Bernard
C. Shields, first vice president; Emile
J. Lacoste, second vice president; P.
v. Lacoste, treasurer; R. W. Webb,
secretary; H. S. Renshaw, chairman
house committee; C.sS. Matthews,
chairman athletic committee; George
R. Rea, chairman finance committee
Rev. H. Perry, chairman golf COM
mittee; L. H. Burns, chairman yacht
ing committee; John Osoinach, chair
man membership committee; Chas. &.
Moreau, chairman publicity commit
tee. DR.. C. L. Horton is fleet sur
geon, and Mr.. George ]. Toca is the
active assistant secretary.
Swat the fly, but don't forget the
knocker.