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By PAT WILSON
I have long since discovered -* that the best way to see all the ' neighbors is to take my , little girl, Elizabeth, better known as ‘Peg,’ and go for a walk along U.S, 90, We must somewhat resemble a circus parade, for whither gcest Peg, her de-; voted collie P.-iss follcvs. ! Pr.ss is foilowac by the bl.vck tom cat My Sin and the trucu -lent Siamese Swa-t brings up the rear. In our travels this much we saw Eldridgs Yarborough working - retired after 50 years with the Louisville and Nashville railroad.
Things seem to be buzzing at the Continental Development office, after the quiet oi the winter.
Miss Elaine Kelly is the new surgical technician at Hancock General Hospital. She graduated from Bay High inl966 and completed her training a t Charity Hospital in New Orleans.
We said a reluctant farewell . to Mrs. Joyce Penning and daughter, Heidi Wlthie, who are returning to California. Mrs. Penning is a former NASA employee.
Another accolade to C, A. Russ, for his appointment of Roy Baxter to the planning com -mission. He couldn't have
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chosen a more capable man. The beautiful Baxter home and the excellent planning of the marina are proof that Roy has a natural talent fcr building better mousetraps,!
We were privileged to •iev; some of the photographs at the Louisiana Professional Photographers convention l:iNew Orleans and they were absolutely magnificient,
•	People tn Pearlingtcn are talking about the Methodist revival, the generosity and good work of the Diamond Club, the muddy Mulatto Bayou, county	1
advertising through the Cham-	J
ber of Commerce, the burning	j
of 8,439 forest acres In Hancock County during February,	,
the Belle Isle salt mine tragedy	*
and the poignant, madonna-like portrait of a miner's wife and child by G, A, Arnold in Saturday's Times-Picayune,
you read "The 3attle for Eatter Schooling” in the March issue of Parents' magazine? Don’t forget the Edge-waier Plaza Art Exhibit, April 1 to 13, open to local artists.
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By PAT WILSON
Tommv Wh‘tf> son of Mr, and Mrs, William White, will leave March 2", for the U,S. Army, His - older brother Second Mate BUI White is expected home March 21 from Vietnam.
V>e enjoyedabrief visitfrom my brother, S.F.C. Fred B. Cole, jr., of Fort Campbell, Ky. Fred a veteran of both Korea and Vietnam, wears two bronze stars, his master parachutist wings, glider pilot wings and scores of ribbons that I’m ashamed to say I can’t identify. He is recovering nicely from a second heart attack. Praise be
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borough, v-no celebrated ineir 27th wedding anniversary on 5 Washington’s birthday and to Mr. and Mrs, Jim Kelly who were married 41 years ago on Mardi Gras day,
;	_ Mrs. J.R, Toomer advises
! that plans are underway for rhe , Methodist Revival, March 10 to 1". Rev. Wiii£arr. M. Fsr.nir. be the guest speaker, Egv. Pare? Hatch, paster of Pear-iingtcn Methodist Church, invites ail to attend. Refreshments will be served in the - t new Fellowship Hall.
j People in Pearlington are
-	i talking about Gov, John Bell
Williams’ education bill, the . ...j gala dinner held for Congress-i man Colmer in Biloxi, the gor-_ i geous Mardi Gras weather when practically everybody went to the big city, the crisp, attractive beige and brown uniforms of our deputies, conditions ai
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election, Bay 3i. Lotds clean up campaign and shouldn't we? fi seems we have a proclivity _ toward procrastination, Southern Eye Bank publicity - t donated my eyes years ago, why don’t you?
People are talking about the closing of the Head Start School, the poor taste displayed in The New Messiah, Lyndon, performed recently .night on Hollywood Palace, American History month and the magnificent moss draped oaks that shaded the 1	graves of such figures as Gen.
i	iVUicerscn in the old Gainesville
Cemetery - The Indian Mound
S.L Jackson's Landing and the marvelous old houses, Poite-vint, Koch, Otis and Claiborne,
. we’ve lost the last few years.
Mrs. Lucille Witter and children of Pea-acoia, Florida ■ spent the week end with her ; parents, Mr, and Mrs. Charles j Murphy,
' Prayers are asked for those or. the sick list which Include Mrs, R, j. Duhon, Mrs, Jarr.^s Doyle, Mr, C.B. Murphy, Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, Mrs. Vivian Fryatt, Mrs, Eldridge Yarborough and especially Mrs. Louis Turner. The heart-felt sympathy of the entire community goes to Mrs. Turner, whose husband is still missing from a tufbeat in the Missis-sicol River.