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Avert Panic
While telephone and power lines were snarled across the roads, streets and highways men worked with deliberate speed in opening passage ways — their trucks displaying the sign “AVERT Panic”. Good Advice. The people responded with calm. There was acceptance of the situation and words of praise and appreciation for all who rendered assistance.
Motels Go All Out With crippled facilities the motels spared destruction waved aside their own losses to provide hospitality and comfort. Bill Hamzy, Manager of the Ramada Inn, together with Lou Boudreaux and his good wife, Jo, worked round-the clock in setting up free food, free lodging, a first aid station, an injection center for typhoid, tetanus, etc. Hundreds of people lined up for vaccinations thus staving off a threatened epiderpic. Volunteer workers cooked, cleaned, cheered the needy and performed a multitude of selfless services. Small children were even given “reward’’ candies to compensate for in jectior. discomforts! Finally, help came in way of water supplies, donated foods, etc. The Samada Inn, Disaster Headquarters, provided meeting places for city fathers and steering committees who worked at thi arduous task of guiding the destiny of a stunned and crip-pledcommunity. The Driftwood Inn valiantly housed power line crets from Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi. They warm-hea’tedly accepted families, dogs, cats, and salvaged materials ancgladly allowed use of their swimming pool as a public bath faclity.
F riends Beat a Path . Zig-Zagging across the county, coming to a screaming halt awashed out bridges and uncleared roads, came friends from A)bama and elsewhere ladened with food, water, transistor ra-d)s, coffee makers, camp equipment and canned foods. All con-tibuted the moral building boost needed to give Cami 11 e Gushed the will to survive -- they brought HOPE.
Supplies Still Needed Despite the caravans of comfort and generous contributions iftny needed supplies are dwindling or non-existent. Among the tings most needed are brooms, mops, rakes, shovels, hoes, jirbage pails, household cleaners and scouring pads, and sil-;r polish, heavy cord for clothes lines, large plastic garbage . tgs, slack line, insect repellents, work pants, women’s blue ans, tennis shoes, work boots, disinfectants like lysol and pine I, ready-to-eat canned foods, pencils and note paper, and foot iwder and corn plasters.
I	Dangerous	Water Contamination
I Septic tanks are reportedly boiling up in the vicinity of iaveland, Clermont Harbor, Ansley, etc., and while in many aces there has been a restoration or water supplies people e warned that this water is polluted and not to be used for inking purposes. Throughout the entire area people areurg-not to drink or cook with water until it has passed the health spection.
Profiteers — Prolific Some instances have been reported of stores hiking the ices on necessary items despite the order to hold the price those prices of the Saturday prior to Camille. In one instance -------------------------'---A nc'ri a loaf ReDorts are that
MERCHANTS BANK & TRUST CO. AND THE LAW OFFICES OF GEX, GEX, AND PHILLIPS STANDS EM TACT AS HURRICANE CAMILLE WIPPED OUT THE BUSINESS SECTION OF BAY ST. LOUIS.
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VIEW LOOKING SOUTH FROM DOWNTOWN BAY ST. LOUIS TOWARDS ST. STANISLAUS COLLEGE.
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