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chased the house from Mr. and I resided there for approximately Mrs. Thomas O'Quinn, who had I ten years. 12 Oc ClarfonLcDgcr Jackson daily news SECTION A Sunday, June 10, 1973 Old Jefferson County "5WLV -nr'mi onie To Be Restored 9 jjt 5f 'F' ir 1 riftfls if? 1 Will. time a bodyguard for La.

Governor Huey P. Long. Dr. Coleman practiced medicine both in Rodney and near his home, Wyolah. This was during the days of yellow fever and there are written accounts of his life saving efforts during those epidemics.

Dr. Coleman was a close friend of Thomas Affleck, early horticulturist of Mississippi, who lived in the neighborhood and it is said that a journal was published at Wyolah in connection with Affleck's findings. Wyolah has 100 pecan trees planted around the house. There are also fine examples of Maryland Holly, enormous japonica, crepe myrtle and wisteria which bordered a driveway to the house, and adjoining the Shields home nearby was outlined with these specimens. An old gas light stands on the back porch and is still extant.

Underneath the house are bins for storing vegetables. Garner and Dr. Hawkins pur large open fireplace with cranes on both sides, used for pie-paring food in early days. Also still standing are a carriage house, three original barns and a row of quarters for workers on the plantation. One of these small dewllings had been remo-deled and lived in until recently.

There is also an original hayrack, pegged together. A stairs leads off of the back porch, commonly called a sneak stair where servants could rush to answer a bell, from above. Dr. Francis B. Coleman, who is credited with building Wyolah and was its first owner, was married twice, once to a Miss Hinds and once to a Miss Wood.

N'atchez descendants of the latter marriage include local attorney Brent Forman and Stephen Forman, both of Natchez and Mrs. Judge Ernest Bradford Stewart of Jackson. Another descendant of Dr. Coleman was former Sheriff Elliott Coleman of St. Joseph Tensas Parish, La.

who was at one hi By JEAXERETTE HARLOW NATCHEZ Dr. Harold Hawkins and Hal Garner, who formerly owned Brandon Hall, home of early Mississippi Governor, Gerard Chittoque Brandon on the Natchez Trace and the Wigwam, interesting and historic Natchez town house have purchased Wyolah, built in the mid 1830's in Jefferson County and expect to restore it to its original condition. In addition to the two local houses Garner Dr. Hawkins owned and which were in a measure restored by the two, Dr. Hawkins also owned and restored Chan-tilly in Natchitoches at the time it was on the historic tour of that Louisiana city.

Both Dr. Hawkins and Garner, an interior decorator, have a genuine appreciation for the fine architecture of earlier days and a real desire to make their oown contributions to the preservation of this construction. After selling Brandon Hall about two years ago, Dr. Hawkins and Garner purchased and restored a smaller house of recent construction but found it too small for their needs and to accommodate their collections of fine antiques and period furniture. Wyolah, built in the mid 1830's has many sophisticated features for a house in this re- WYOLAH IN JEFFERSON COUNTY To Be Restored To 183l)'s Charm mu Bitt PETS RARE MEDICAL BIRD Doc's Often Patients Go Ape SALE STARTS MONDAY.

ENDS SATURDAY. 6 BIG DAYS. es by the polar route. They get cold and damp. "Regulation of importers is lax.

There should be a law against bringing exotic animals into the country. "Too many die because of human ignorance and neglect." He says importers and owners usually don't even know what to feed the animals. "They'll give a big cat hamburger or chicken livers," he says. "A cat can't survive on raw meat alone. It needs food for balanced diet." II abetter I way to DeparbnwtfSiorta Monkeys fed only bananas develop malnutrition and die.

Sometimes, the veterinarian admits, he wants to jump on a mote area. It has six square I columns and two porches, one up and one down stairs which extend across the entire lront of i the house. Identical doorways trimmed with dentiled molding which is also used to trim the rest of the house. and that's probably what has kept him unscarred. cats and monkeys don't let me get close to them.

Their owner usually handles the animal and I tranquilize it before examination and treatment. "Monkeys, especially, are one-person animals. They can die of loneliness if the owner goes away on vacation. "People don't think about things like that when they buy an exotic animal. They want to By VICTORIA BILLINGS Copley News Service LOS ANGELES The instant some of his patients spot Dr.

Walter Rosskopf, they go berserk. "Sometimes they jump around so much I can't get them out of the car," he says. "I have to peer through the window and prescribe medication." A mild-mannered man in his early 30s, Rosskopf doesn't look lite the type to excite anybody. He doesn't even have long hair. But, then, some of his Your one-stop for values.

MfHf Hrfgi )r neglectful owner. "I hate to see animals mistreated." he says. "But I try to educate the owner instead of insulting him. I hope it will do some good." Rosskopf says falconers are among the most conscientious Doors inside the house are false grained and there are marbellized lines along the base boards and along the stairway. Panels under the doors and win dows are panelled snd resemble parade with an ocelot on a leash or watch a boa constrictor keepers of wild animals.

He owns no exotics himself, gib doors. Plastering on the outside the house is made of very fine sand, with ox hair intermingled and this plaster on the main patients are very excitable. Rosskopf, a veterinarian at Lawndale Pet Hospital, in suburban Torrance, specializes in treating exotic animals. house is in very good condition. Attached to the main house is a commissary and on the left of slither across the living room.

"The animal is power and status until thev get bored with it." Naturally, the owners can't send the animal back to Africa. "A lot of toothless cats wind up in zoos." says Rosskopf. Others die even before their novelty wears off. They aren't immune to disease, and they suffer from the shook and stress of being shipped into Los Angel just a dog and a couple of goldfish. His favorite animal story is about a constipated goose tha? wound up in Rosskopf's office.

Xrays showed why. The goose had gobbled a bag of nuts and bolts. "I told the owner I could operate and save the goose for $40. "Instead, it was so close to Thanksgiving, the guy said he preffered to eat it." the residence is an apothecary building where Dr. Frank B.

Coleman prepared many of the medicines which were Described for his patients. interesting dependency to the main house is a brick kitchen, which has a very He sees ocelots, iguanas, boa constrictors, monkeys, ana cockatiels. His more pedestrian patients include pigeons, rats and spiders. They account for a third of the hospital's ases and come from 20 pet facilities, including ones In Los Angeles. Los Angeles' exotic pet population has grown by leaps and bounds.

But, says Rosskopf, few veter inarians have the training and nn wmm MM OPEN TIL 8 P.M.MON FRIDAY TIL 6 P.M. SATURDAY Holds over twice as much as a 1952 2-door refrigerator but costs about $99 less today! desire to treat unusual animals. Some don't want to get near an exotic with a ten-foot pole. Veterinarians who do usually work for zoos. Rosskopf, who specialized in zoo medicine at the University of California at Irvine's School of Veterinary Medicine is one of the those rare medical birds available to treat animals owned by importers and private people.

"You have to be a little academic to go in for exotics," he says. "But it sure beats the typical dog and cat practice for excitement." SNAKE DENTIST He's pulled an infected tooth from a poisonous snake, treated a Galapagos tortoise for a gunshot wound and helped a monkey who caught tuberculosis from its owner. He amputated the talon from a golden eagle with chronic bumblefoot. Now he's working on fitting the bird with an artificial limb. His day is bristling with surprises.

Charlie, an iguana, may ride in on his mistress' shoulder for a checkup. Or the veterinarian may see a rodent who does a disappearing act for a magician. Rosskopf calls it the One morning Rosskopf came in early and found every animal In 1952 8.7cu.ft.NH-8J SOLD FOR ABOUT WHEN BETTER DEALS ARE MADE COWBOY MALONEY MAKES THEM 20.8 CU. ft. HjOy IP I fio-Frost 2-DOOP General Electric Refrigerator- ON THE SPOT 3 FINANCING Today (o) YbS Model TBF-21DPHL SfJ sport and knit shirts even tank tops! 4f in the place was on the loose.

"Birds were flying around," he recalls. "A cat was sitting on a cabinet. He found the culprit who had opened all the cages. A monkey toying with an open latch was just too clever to be innocent. Rosskopf says he has no way of estimating the number of wild and exotic animals who live in local backyards or BUY NOW AND SAV Compare! I Your chance to give Dad a itA truly impressive gift! When you jlJ Nk, 1 see the selection and the qual- V1V l' A Iiiy, you 11 want to snap up a tT-aaisr'y'' dozen for gifts, for yourself! 1 Value 1952 TODAY Model Model tor value nh sj tbf 210 Capacity 8.7 20.8 Freezer itu 52 243 c.

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"People get a pet like that when it's small and cuddly. Nobody stops to think it won't be cuddly when it grows up." "One woman I knew had her nose ripped off bv a pet raccoon. Another had her lip torn by a fox." CAUTIOUS PRACTICE Rawing, Saturdav, July 7th. Void 3- Z.KiBL'2.,ir-J i rm wee 1 11 1 tZZrfuiwn LARGEST 1313 HARDING STREET i i Bty iin u- PHONE 948-5600 TTT'TT Jackson Mall Woodrow Wilson Avenue at Bailey Ave. Jackson, Mississippi I I unlive STORE WxiinLiZZ-im.

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