Welcome to Destin and Fall Visitor Season Notes
Destin area enjoys pleasant weather as summer visitors depart and fall and winter guests arrive. Local residents plan trips before winter work, while friends and family send prayers for those ill, celebrate anniversaries, birthdays, and new business openings, and welcome new community members including Mrs. Leah Mittler and Emily Whayne’s birthday celebration.
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Destin
Margaret Holmes
Knoxville
Smokey Mountains
North Carolina
Leah Mittler
Mittler
Capt
Bob Mittler
Herb and
Marylin Kisslin
Mars Avenue
Emily Whayne
Emily
Sherry Davis
Athletic Alley
McClenny
Ms. Davis
Betty Marler
Fair guests and performers to grace Emerald Coast event
Dignitaries and visitors will attend the fair with Rigdon to announce the guest list later. Entertainment features Nashville acts Tennessee Boys and Way Cross Express along with Thrashers Brothers. New Orleans and gospel choirs from Union Baptist Church join Highlanders as improvements include a larger arts and crafts building and beef barn. Discount nights will honor families students and active military while senior citizens age 65 or older receive benefits.
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Rigdon
Tennessee Boys of
Nashville
Way Cross Express
Thrashers Brothers
Union Baptist Church
DeFuniak Springs
Florida Emerald Coast
Fair Week Free Admission Reminder
Continued from Page 1B Ridgon advises readers to check calendars for fair week noting free admission each day of the fair. The item highlights daily access without charge and urges timely planning for attendees.
UWF softball team ranks 11th in NAIA season
UWF women’s softball finishes 11th in the NAIA. Ellenburg praises the university’s sports complex as second to none and notes good coaching staff. He says funding relies on student fees and booster clubs with alumni support. John Jarvis confirms plans for about 3 million dollars this year.
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UWF
NAI
Ellenburg
John Jarvis
UWF plans new dorms theater and study hall on campus
At the main campus a new dorm area a lodge for alumni and a 24 hour study hall are slated under a Three Year Priority Schedule for 1986 89 headlining a $9 million 500 seat theater and Fine Arts Center. Fort Walton Beach center will receive remodeling funded by a building lease of $2 per year.
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UWF
Jarvis
Fort Walton Beach
Schedule for Oct 1 2 3 4 at fair with bands and free gates
Gates open 4 p.m. nightly with various acts. Wednesday Oct 1 offers a school discount and arm band ride ticket. Thursday Oct 2 and Friday Oct 3 feature country acts and military night with free admission for active duty. Saturday Oct 4 includes senior citizens free gate admission each night.
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Robinson
Midway
Rosie O'Grady
Carol Robinson
County Line Gang
the Chapel Choir
The
Thrasher Brothers
Robinson's Racing Pigs
Southland Stringband
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dot Jones
Gene Mets
Mets
Humana Hospital
Donna Hairs
Walnut Street
Shalimar
Phillip
Martha Ward
Main Street
Sidney Menough
Church of the Nazerine
Conqueres
J.A. Ward
3Rd Avenue, Destin
Westminister Presbyterian Church
Frank M. Baker Jr
Briarwood Presbyterian Church
Birmingham
Leslie Whayne
Crestview
Audrey Berry
Berry
Hank Berry
Cindy Laird
Jimmy Shirah Sr
Granny Speegle
Alabama
Granny
Rt. 1
Box
Jongs
Emerald Coast
Wade
Uwf-Fwb
Ivory
la Gear
Sandestin
Tennessee River Boys
Siemens
Reagan
Neil Dawkins
All Florida Hearing Aid Center
Town & Country Plaza
Pensacola
Toorida
Bacon Road
Mary Esther
Kraftmaid
Otnar Oe
Pet Linn
Prestige Kitchens
Green Acres Rd
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