Randolph Ryan Recalls A Tale From Long Ago
Randolph Ryan recalls a frontier encounter between a bear and an Indian witnessed by John Ryan Sr. in a Virginia Irish settler's valley home near Apple Grove and Newsome Sinks. The bear, prized for meat and oil, was killed by the Indian, then the Indian carried the prize away. Ryan later relocated the bear to his house and faced gossip from nearby settlers.
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Randolph Ryan
John Ryan Sr
Virginia
Apple Grove
Newsome Sinks
Ryan
Annie Ryan
Bowling
Blue Spring Church
Dedicated school crossing patrolwomen kept on blue
Eleven part time policewomen patrol Decatur schools five days weekly guiding children safely across busy crossings. Started in 1955 to relieve regular officers, they earn about 60 dollars monthly yet value their work as kids and moms alike praise them. Chief Self notes no child has died at a crossing since the program began.
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Lady Peace
Decatur
Special Policewomen
Self
Calvin Blizzard
Gordon Bibb School
Chief Self
Space Age Florida City Has Problems
Cocoa Beach in Brevard County grows from a beach town into a space age boomtown with Space Center activity. new offices, motels, and high rises arrive as 1000 residents lure tourists, workers, and submariners while schools and hospitals strain to expand. The Gemini launch from Cape Kennedy and Houston’s NASA presence shape a restless community of names like Tomorrowland and Koo-Koo Beach.
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John Barbour
Cocoa Beach
Fla
Florida
America
The
Space Agency
Cape Kennedy
Houston
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Tomorrowland
Koo-Koo Beach
Disneyland East
Greenwich Village South
Jewel
Platinum Coast
World
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Jim
Randolph
Cephas
Sarah Ryan
ORG
Florida City
Kat-Tank-Erous
Morgan County Humane Society
Kat
Daw Taylor
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