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Editor's note - Pearlington Pearls is being written by Mrs. Harry Wilson as a service for west county readers. News items for inclusion may be given to her directly at 533-77S0.
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Our teenagers are still collecting funds for Howard Dawsey. Diane Pullman,-Kathy and Marietta Wyman, Dottle Mitchell, Kathy Necaise and the Dean girls, Sharen and Karen, have spearheaded drives at school and ball games. All the kids have done a wonderful job!
Our talented redhead Mrs. Arlie R. Strain is the new faculty member of C.B. Murphy school. Pretty, perky Mary, the mother of six, Is also a registered nurse and an accomplished musician/ -	«,	.	;■
The season's first daffodils harbingers of spring, I carried to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Garcia who have been on the sick list They are truly beautiful people.
Mrs. Ann Holbert was maid of honor and Mrs. Fred B. Cole was mistress of ceremony at the annual Disabled American Yeterans carnival ball Saturday in Biloxi. ,	’>■ • ;
Ronald Cuevas is back home after a tour of duty in Korea. He Is now employed by Xerox Corp.
Our friendly town philosopher, Jim Kelly, has graciously consented to keep us posted on “fish news” tand offer an occasional "gem” for your meditation. -	'	'
The face of Jim’s Bayou is changing these days, as the county port and harbor project gets underway. We recently watched as a snowy egret, mar-
shalled by a breeze that at first only vaguely penetrated Hie coarse grass perched atop an old automobile, dumped as part of the retaining wall of the canal. The bird observed industrial progress from approximately the same location as did Claiborne, 100 years ago. He completely Ignored our intrusion as if to say he was under the aegis of Mulatto Bayou. B augurs well!	,
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^ " Rev. Bernard McDonald speaks often and lovingly of his foster son, Sp. 4 Joseph Jer- ; ni^an. Joe, a 1966 graduate of Bay High Is serving with the-25th Infantry Combat Tracker Team In Vietnam. He is at the present time, in Saigon. "His letters are documentaries of our time and Father's concern and pride, in Joe, bare testimony to the ancient observation, The most beautiful thing In the world, Is to watch a boy go down the path after you’ve shown him the way'