Volunteer Firemen Refuse Pay for Equipment Upgrade
The Ocean City-Wright Volunteer Fire Department, largely unpaid, declined a 10 per man stipend to fund debts and buy new gear. Chief Maurice Sansom, the force's only full time employee, lives at the station with his wife, while 26 volunteers contribute without pay, aided by a Ladies Auxiliary that raises funds and supports calls and disasters. The department operates from its 1966 station with a pumper, two tankers, and a chief’s truck stocked with essential gear. reporting emergencies is 242-3232.
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Ocean City-Wight Volunteer Fire Department
Fire Control District
Ocean City-Wright
Maurice ‘Mo’ Sansom
Rick Rowell Sansom
England
Ocean City
Fort Walter Beach
Fire Department
Niceville
Rowell
State Fire College
Ocala
Ocean City-Wright Fire Department
Mooney and
Racetrack Roads
Fort Walton Beach
Wright
Fort Walton
Ocean City-Wright Department
Ocean City- Wright
Florida counties gain federal food aid expansion plan
Nineteen Florida counties now designated as low per capita income areas receive federal food assistance. Thirteen counties will begin issuing federally donated foods in July and the program previously aided 136,888 unemployed or low income people in 28 counties with an average food value of 4.75 dollars per person. Community costs for storage and distribution run one to two cents daily per person.
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Jacksonville
Florida
Columbia
DeSoto
Glades
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Calhoun
Franklin
Gilchrist
Hamilton
Holmes
Jackson
Jeferson
Levy
Liberty
Madson
Sumter
Suwannee
Wakulla
Walton
Washington
E. Lee McCubbin
Florida Department of Public Welfare
Consumer and Marketing Service
State Department of Public Welfare
Board of County Commissioners
Odd Ball Marriage and Weekend Dull Moments
A Dear Abby column collage covers an 18 year old marrying a four time divorced man with six children supported by three wives, a widow seeking more husband time who golf Sundays, and safety concerns about unsent mail samples. Abby urges counseling and caution, urges reading audience to write Abby.
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Abby
Cough Shup
Hayward, Cal
Horoscope roundup for Tuesday readers
Jeane Dixon’s Tuesday forecast highlights a pioneering year ahead for some signs with delayed outcomes to year end. Aries through Pisces are listed with advice on career, love, study, health, and finances, noting moves, new opportunities, and the need for steady routines.
Olio Across and Down Word Puzzle Clues Solved
A compact grid of Across and Down clues lists definitions for a word puzzle. Entries cover varied topics from fruits to legal terms, with standard crossword style asks like mischievous hints and mythical names.
Local Firms Chartered in Fort Walton Beach Area
Secretary of State Tom Adams announces chartering of three Fort Walton Beach corporations. McNeal Electric Co. lists C Paul McNeal Wallace P Pilkilton and Ann K McNeal as founders for electrical heating and air equipment service. Technical Services Lab Inc incorporates Patricia K Beidler Betty Jean Williamson Mary H Crawford and Reitz K Junter. Black Angus Restaurant Inc operates at Highway 98 with Johnson and partners.
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Tom Adams
McNeal Electric Co
Bea Pky
C Paul McNeal
Wallace P Pilkilton
Ann K. McNeal
Fort Walton Beach
Technical Services Lab, Inc
N. Egha Pky
Patricia K. Beidler
Betty Jean Williamson
Mary H. Crawford
Reitz K. Junter
Black Angus Restaurant, Inc
Highway 98
David T. Johnson, Sr
David K. Johnson
Vernon E. Johnson
Shalimar
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