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Night Spot CD Field Post
By RICHARD GLACZIER ?
Daily Herald Staff Writer Employes of the only night club left standing and in operation on Biloxi’s beach-front “Strip” stayed at their place of employment during Hurricane Camille because they wanted to keep their jobs.
But then, after the storm, the six weary people served hot meals to rescue workers and were rewarded by being designated a Civil Defense field post.
Meanwhile, the owner of Ceaser’s Palace, Dr. John F. Russell, worked for over three days without sleep as he cared for wounded or others with medical needs during and after the storm.
Dr. Russell, a special officer with the Gulfport police department and medical liaison for Harrison County Civil Defense, reported for duty at the police station at noon on that fateful Sunday and did not return to his home until the following Wednesday afternoon.
! His club, located some distance back from the beach and above the high-water line of jthe storm, was saved from
I	extensive wind and rain da-jmage when the six persons j held pieces of the club’s canopy over doors and windows at the front of the building for about three hours.
Staying in the club that night was Jimmy James, entertainer; Mike Fedele, manager; Bubba Burdine, bartender; his wife Shirley, food waitress; Linda DeLaney, cocktail waitress; and Jan Malone, a friend.
Dr. Russell, who did not even hear of the episode until this week, recounted how wind blew the metal canopy down from in front of the club. After
the wind blew out the front window, knocking Mr. and Mrs. Burdine against a wall 15 feet away, parts of the canopy were retrieved and used as a barrier, held over the doors and windows by arms and legs of the six occupants.
James later told Dr. Russell the most harrowing aspect of the ordeal was seeing everything else going down around them and feeling the club itself would collapse like other structures in the vicinity.
Burdine informed his employer, when asked why he stayed, “I only stayed to keep my job.”
A portable power generator obtained prior to the storm was brought into use when regular power went out to keep meat and other food fresh within the club.
During the following morning, Fedele and the others cooked and served hot meals to Civil Defense and other emergency personnel.	______________