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Orlando Evening Star from Orlando, Florida • 21

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lan-Ja Evening Star Society building it took the lives of 19 dogs, three cats and destroyed (9,000 worth of equipment aid drugs. rire Takes Pet Lives COCOA In 1953 when fire destroyed the Humane Sailing With The Maredea In The Denmark Race series is in letter form from But after the fog cleared, Tido Kaminsky to his fami- EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second of a series about the Maredea's race to Denmark last summer. The it has been an unbelievably beautiful, absolutely clear day. Today, a school of HEDGECOCK ly. Monday, November 7, 19C6 improving on all except the big boats.

The Ticonderoga is 21S miles ahead of us. We are now more than one third the distance or 1,300 miles and have 2,600 more to go or at this rate, 13 more days. We have settled down into a regular Kaminsky is the skipper of Homer Denius' yacht pilot whales followed us for about a half an hour. which sails under the Eau They are like big por Gallie Yacht Club burgee. 'I' 'tis poises, but they won't come This story deals with events taken from letters of alongside the boat.

They candied yams and lima beans. Fred cooked for three days and now; Pete Vitale has had it for three days. The food has been terrific. We have eaten 10 loaves of Bermuda bread and started on 40 loaves of Pepperidge, Farm bread, which was flown in from New York the morning of the start. It is packed in sealed square tin cans.

Since the calm yesterday, the breeze built on up to 30 miles per hour and we have been on a spinaker run. Our noon to noon run routine or have all com July 5 and 7. stay behind. LAST NIGHT we had Fourth of July dinner cele SAVINGS ACCOUNTS INSURED TO 515,000 Each Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. ONBOARD THE MARE bration, a can of beer and big thick out of this world steaks with mashed pota DEA We have just this minute passed Point which is 43 degrees north and 49 degrees west.

We I toes, pears and salads. 5 tar We had crazy hats, blow I i "WORKHORSE' er balloons that squeal just like New Year's Eve. must keep south of this imaginary spot because of ice bergs. Now we can take the great circle course to inese were an in an open Rtt-Elect a Full-Time Member to the Board of Public Instruction on the Fourth box" from the Orkney Islands, north was 190 miles and getting better. For seven hours we averaged 9.5 knots.

EACH DAY at 1400, we Mrs. Denius. of Scotland. Successful businessman 25 yeart Then there was lots of A A I I HAVE just finished pletely adjusted to it. It is surprising how fast the time passes.

We have been running with the same spinaker now for 60 hours. The only changes have been in the stay sails and jibbing the spinaker. We haven't worn any foul weather gear for three days. Yesterday, the sun came up at 0340 and set at 1945. In other words it was up 16 hours.

Temperature has gotten down to 50 degrees and the water temperature is 52. It is not bad with the wind from behind but the rain makes it mean. Construction Booming MERRITT ISLAND Cons truction in Brevard County totalled $4,202,267 for the first three weeks in January 1966. cold rain throughout the night. We hope the fine get locations of other boats dinner of baked Danish US-1-NEAR POST OFFICE over the radio.

Today we are much happy because ham with pineapple sauce, we have picked up on the big boats, saving our time, and have stretched out on all the smaller ones. Last night, the weather RE-ELECT WILLIAM D. (BILL) changed. The water EXPERIENCE BOARDS Association! years Board of Public Inttruction Juvenile Court, Brevard Training Center, YMCA, lions Club, Civil-ion-Military Council, Senior Citizens, Fla. Tech.

University. OTHER Preiident Astronaut Trail Association. SPECIALS MY GOAL To assist in developing your child's quality tduco tion program for belter educational opportunities. Have time to strve you as you would like to be served. A Friend of oil Brevard County.

Honest, Dedicotid, Cooperative, Experienced. I HAVE ADVOCATED AND STRONGLY SUPPORTED: ADEOUATE CLASSROOMS AND FACILITIES. OUALITY PERSONNEL EARLYSfLECTION Of SCHOOL SITES FOR MAXIMUM USE AND MINIMUM COST. COOPERATION WITH ALL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE THAN AD VAIORUM. weather lasts for a while.

Have to go on watch now. (The next time he wrote was July 7 at 1500). IT IS A GREY overcast afternoon. The wind is from the southwest at 20 to 25 knots. This is what the weather is supposed to be and what we have been waiting for.

Since writing last Tuesday evening, the water has changed from beautiful blue to dirty gray. temperature went down to 48 degrees and this morning the air temperature was 53 degrees. 4 GUARANTEED TV REPAIR TV RENTALS CALL 267-6098 YEAR-ROUND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL. CLERK-COURT OF RECORD DEMOCRAT Pol. Adv.

Paid by William D. Webb i j. RIDDING TO OBTAIN HIGHEST FINANCIAL RETURN FOR. SCHOOL tOARD FUNDS ON DEPOSIT. i PROFESSIONAL NEGOTIATIONS AGREEMENT.

IMPERIAL TV Sales Service TITUSVILLE 1" 1 msm'w MODERN LIBRARY FACILITIES A EQUIPMENT. VALID SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. i. SAVE! CALL NOW FUEL OIL Fast Radio Dispatched Trucks WE HONOR ALL OIL CO. CREDIT CARDS W.

H. SCOTT OIL CO. Cocoa, Fla. Ph. 636-7041 I PLEDGE TO: I We are really started across the North Atlantic now, leaving Newfoundland and the North American Continent behind.

Flemish Cap is the name of an area of shallow water at the northeast edge of the Grand Banks and we just passed over it. Since 0700 we have averaged nine nautical miles per hour and we are hitting 11 at times now. From noon yesterday, our 24 hour run was 196 miles made good. FROM THE POSITION reports today, we think we are doing pretty good and Continue improving professional salaries, working condition and fringe benefits. Let Provide quality education facilities at minimum cost Support modern Individualized curriculum tor au.

youtn ana oauitt in Brevard County. VOTE: PERCY HEDGECOCK I DEMOCRAT i ty.q a 1 1 djh th. 1 01 mi-' ttm, w. JOHNSON Renew Brevard's DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS with TALLAHASSEE Beth Johnson knows that the job of overcoming growth I '1. to' 1 irasiATiiiiS TO TO problems is always difficult.

But the standstill we have been at for ten years is ridiculous! Brevard has been out of touch with its own state government. Beth Johnson feels it's time to renew diplomatic relations with Tallahassee and start winning some battles for Brevard County. If you believe as Beth does 1 that Brevard's needs have been ignored -help her do something about it with your vote. And encourage all the voters you know to join in Brevard's pull for Beth! I it While serving in the Navy, Roundtree attend- ed school for one semester at each of the follow- ing colleges: (1) University of Georgia at Athens, (2) Louisiana State Normal at Natchitoches, and (3) Lon Morris Junior Col-lege, Jacksonville, Texas. Between World War II and the Korean War, Bill Roundtree1 attended George Washington University at Washington, O.C., majoring in Political Science.

He served two (2) tours of combat duty iR the Korean War. At the end of this conflict, hi resigned his commission in the Regular Navy after more than twelve (1 2) years of continuous active service. He had graduated I from eighteen 118) military schools and received the Air Medal and nine (9) other awards. Bill Roundtree graduated from Loyola Law School and was appointed immediately as q' 1 legal assistant in the office of the Attorney Gen-f eral of California. 1 In returned to his home state of Florida and began the private practice' of law at Cacoa.

He is married to the former Wanda Waggon- er of Jacksonville, Texas. They have three (3) children. The Roundtrees reside at Rockledge. Roundtree has practiced law in Cocoa for the past. nine (9) years.

He is a Director of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers. Roundtree is qualified to practice law before the highest courts of the State of Florida and of the United States. I Roundtree and his wife have served for seren (7) years on the Democratic Executive Commit- tee of Brevard County as precinct committee' man and committeewoman for Roundtree is a former chairman of the Demo-'" cratic Committee. His wife is a former lice- chairman of the Democratic Committee. ')' I Roundtree is presently serving as State Rep- retentative for Brevard County in the Group 2 seat.

I 7 COUNT DOWN () 5 AND PULL! BREVARD NEEDS BETH JOHNSON STATE SENATOR A Paid for By Beth Johnson For Senator Campaign Committee, Simone Cyr, treasurer. DEMOCRAT Bill Roundtre wot born at Waldo in Alachua County, Florida, on July 30, 1921. (ag45) His mother is Nellie Roundtre of Orange Heights, Florida. Bill Roundtree is a graduate of Melrose Florida High School. He enlisted in the U.S.

Navy on April 22, 1941, as an apprentice seaman. He graduated from Aviation Machinist School at Pensacola, Florida, and then served fifteen (15) months in the Pacific during World War II in naval aviation. He was selected for pilot training and graduated from Naval Flight School at Pensacola, Florida. He received his Fighter Pilot training at NAS, Melbourne, Florida. COF.1E NOW, MR.

HIGH, YOU WOULD DO WELL TO GET ON WITH THE REAL ISSUES OF THE CAMPAIGN Democrat or Republican you can VOTE FOR THE MAN WITH A PLAN WILLIAM H. (Bill) C2 skaMssiSl sWeJi I. ,1 XJW Ud IMJUuUu your STATE SENATOR 1 4, A Pa. Pol. Ad.

by Wm. H. Roujdtree.

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