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Florida Today from Cocoa, Florida • Page 3B

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Cocoa, Florida
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Deaths a later date in the Bronx, N. Y. Mr. Bell, a retired repairman and resident of Brevard two years, died Sunday in for Melbourne. Survivors include a son, Edward Bell of Reading, three daughters, Eleanor Fox of Phoenix, Frances many of Hermosa Beach, and Mary G.

of Satellite Beach; one brother, Thomas Bell, of Ithica, N.Y.; three sisters, Amelia Boldini of Melbourne, Caroline Cuminelli, Vera Marchese both of Detroit, nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Davis Funeral Home of Melbourne is in charge of local arrangements. ELIZABETH MERRITT Graveside services were held Tuesday at Florida Memorial Gardens for Mrs. Elizabeth Gail Merritt, 34, 991 Demaret Rockledge. Mrs.

Merritt, a resident of Brevard, died Sunday at Wuesthoff Memorial Hospital, Rockledge. Survivors include her husLeonard W. Merritt, Rockledge; mother, Mrs. Frances Blevin Taccoa, daughter, Darsey Lynn Merritt, Rockledge; four sons, Richard Wheeler, Michael Wheeler, Glen Wheeler and Chris Wheeler, all of Miami; five brothers and two sisters living out, of state. Wylie-Baxley-Brevard Funeral Home, Rockledge, was in charge of arrangements.

The family requests that in lieu of flowers donations be made to Country Acres, Titusville. EMMA SWEET Funeral services are scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Mathews Missionary RAYMOND GEHRSITZ A requiem mond mass for RayFrederick Gehrsitz, 57 of 309 Gemini Satellite Beach, is scheduled for 10 a.m. today at the Capehart Chapel.

Mr. Gehrsitz died Saturday at Patrick AFB Hospital. An 18-year resident of Brevard, he was a retired staff master sergeant iN the Air Force and was employed at Port Malabar Country Club. served 33 years in the He military and was a veteran of World War 11, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Survivors include his wife, Genevieve L.

Gehrsitz of Satellite Beach, a Joseph J. Gehrsitz of Lakeland, a daughter, Angela M. Gehrsitz of Minot AFB, N.D., two brothers, Joseph J. Gehrsitz of Elmhurst, N.Y., Richard N. Gehrsitz of Satellite Beach and two sisters both living out of state.

Davis Funeral Home of Melbourne is in charge of lo- arrangements. HAROLD LARSON Services for Harold Arthur Larson, 88 of 352 Royal Palm Melbourne, were held Tuesday at the Davis Funeral Chapel in Melbourne. Mr. Larson, a retired tool and die maker and resident of Brevard for 20 years, died Sunday in Melbourne. Survivors include his wife, Hertha Larson of Melbourne, three sons, Bertil A.

Larson of Newington, Harold N. Larson of Satellite Beach, Carl A. Larson of Newark, N.Y., five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. MICHAEL BELL Services for Michael A. Bell, 89 of 350 Greenway Satellite Beach, will be held at Baptist Church, Wabasso, for Mrs.

Emma Sweet, 73, Wabasso. Mrs. Sweet, a housewife, died Sunday at Indian River Memorial Hospital, Vero Beach. Survivors include her husband, Dock Sweet, Wabasso; two daughters, Mrs. Cora Lee Williams, Wolcott, N.Y., and Mrs.

Patsy Gest, Cocoa; 'three stepdaughters living out of state; four sisters, Mrs. Doshia McNeal, Panama City, Mrs. Alberta Singleton, Chattahochee, Mrs. Josephine Brown, Cocoa, and Mrs. Ester Hunt, Winter Haven; three brothers, Westley Bradley, Palatka, the Rev.

C.B. Bradley, Bonifay, and Elder Timothy Bradley Wabasso; four grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and three great children. Stone Funeral Home, Cocoa, is in charge of arrangements. VIOLA COOPER Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, Titusville, for Mrs.

Viola Cooper, 56, 1109 Third Titusville. Mrs. Cooper, a housewife, died Sunday at Jess Parrish Memorial Hospital, Titusville. Survivors include her husband, Lonzie Cooper, Titusville; four daughters, Mrs. Annie Pearl Graham, Mrs.

Bertha Mae Henley and Mrs. Louisa Hawkins, Titusville, and Mrs. Jennie Lee Deriso, Desota, two sons, Willie Cooper Cordele, and Johnny Lee Cooper, Titusville; one sister living out of state; 17 grandchildren and two great Friends may call Saturday after 11 a.m. at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church. EARLY SANTA SAVERS! LIMITED TIME ONLY HURRY IN WHILE THEY LAST POLYESTER POLYESTER DOUBLE KNIT DOUBLE KNIT LEISURE SUITS SPORTS COATS SIZES TO 46 SOLID COLOR BLAZERS LT.

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Pre-School PE Next? By HOWARD WOLINSKY TODAY Staff Writer The Brevard County Child Care Association is exploring the possibility of 'establishing what may be the first physical education program in the country for pre-school children. "The philosophy behind the program is that children need to. have their muscles developed if they are to be successful in learning," said Barbara Moore, association direc- tor. "They need this development even to learn to read and write." Mrs. Moore said a meeting between officials from her or-.

ganization, Brevard Community College, the Brevard County School System and the Movement Education Program in Ocilla, has been scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Monroe Community Education Center, 705 Avocado Cocoa. She said it will be determined at the meeting which of the local, agencies are eligible to apply for federal funds un- In the program, each said. association director Voter List Cut by 20 Percent Brevard's voter registration list was sliced 20 percent in a purge just completed, county elections officials said Tuesday. Some 23,507 names were cut from a list of 118,044 voters during the purge begun Oct.

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11, 12, 13, ONLYI. 12-10 Gilfilen said the building, which may be constructed on the west end of the would be completed by November 1977. He said the number of health program students would be increased from the current 275 to about 370 by BARBARA MOORE BARBARA MOORE parties and independents fell 1,245 to 5,149. Many of those dropped from the rolls moved out of the county, officials said. The Postal Service returned as undeliverable notification cards for 13,828 voters.

Another 9,679 voters received notices but did not respond, officials said. Of the 35,611 voters mailed cards, some 12,104 were retained on the registration lists. The building would contain about 40,000 square feet of classroom space, he said. He said this represents a significant increase in the existing classroom space, but was unable to cite figures. "This building will be a sizeable addition to our campus," he said.

Trooper Returns To Work der Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. And she said that she did not know how much it would cost to bring the program to the 500 children below school age served by her association. Mrs. Moore said the education program, which started in 1971, has concentrated on aiding primary school children and has not reached into preschool programs. She said there are no programs at all in Florida.

child's physical condition and needs would be assessed and a physical education program for each child would be formulated. Mrs. Moore said a special effort would be made to help handicapped children. Child care teachers would direct the daily physical education activities. "There would be a lot of climbing equipment to help the children develop.

This program is- designed so that all, children are successful," she those who neither voted nor contacted Baccus' office during the last two years. It was part of a regular statewide purge of the rolls. The three major registration groupings suffered losses from the purge at about the same rates. The number of Democrats fell 13,557 to 976; Republicans 8,705 to 414, and members of other Florida Highway Patrol trooper Robert Rennie, Jr. returns to work today, days after killing former county official Frank Booth Jr.

Rennie testified at a coroner's inquest in last Thursday that he shot Booth when he believed the 50-yearold official was reaching into his coat for a gun. "My family and I would like to see this thing put behind us," Rennie, 25, said Tuesday. The coroner's jury deliberated seven minutes last Thursday before determining that the 14-month FHP veteran had been justified in shooting Booth. An FHP dispatcher had mistakely informed Rennie that a tag on Booth's car was stolen as Booth sat in his auto alongside the Beeline Expressway in Orange County Nov. 29..

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