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Storm Capsizes Boat Near St Cloud, Three Survive By FRANK ANDERSON finlintl tKII Three Osceola County men survived a harrowing experience Sunday when their outboard motor craft capsized in Hast Lake Tohopckaliga and dumped them in the rough water during a severe storm which struck the area about 4:30 p.m. Thomas Wells, 2(1, Quality Cun Motel; Gary Hefner, 27, MU Sumner Kissimnu'i'; and Walter I ee Medlin, 2(i, Box Ml, Kissimmee, set out in the boat at p.m. from St. Clmid boat basin. 'I hey left their car and boat trailer in the parking lot at the laket'iont.

AN HOUR later, to Wells, the waves in the middle of the lake were running about five to si feet high, after the storm struck. I ben the boat, a sportcrafl runabout, turned over. Using ski belts, life preserver cushions anil gasoline tanks, the men roped themselves together and clung to the boat for about an hour and a half. They expected, said Wells, that would see their car and luKit trailer parked on the lake-front ami would set out to rescue them, WHF.N NO one was apparently heading their way, they decided about li p.m. to swim toward the boat basin.

It wasn't until 1 a.m. that they landed safely on thy shoreline near the St. Cloud water treatment plant, a mile west of the boat bilal basin. They walked from that point east to the marina. "We were completely exhausted and tired," they said.

CITY FOLICI-: were notified. Wells said they notified police and fire department units they had seen unother boat in the lake in trouble when their own craft capsized. On hearing this, the St. Cloud Safety Department rescue boat set out at 1:30 a.m. to search the lake for the missing boat, but it could not be found.

In the rescue boat were officers Vincent Dizzinl and Charles Jen- kins, with Deputy Marvin Spangler, of the Osceola County Sheriff's Department. I LJ jr- ft fJ 1 74 'U Busy Si. Cloud J-H Leader In Maryland Devra Heller, 17, St. Cloud, is attending a national citizenship short course this week in Chevy Chase, sponsored by the National 4-H Club Foundation. Local sponsors, who are paying for her plane flight expenses and other costs, are the Citizens State Bank of St.

Cloud and the Kissimmee Rotary Club. THIS IS one of the many 4-H meetings that Miss Heller has attended during the summer. "There has been very few inactive days," she said. In early June, after school closed, she attended an expanded nutrition camp established by the U.S. Deparfment of Agriculture at Doe Lake in Ocala Nationnl Forest.

"The objective," she explained, "was to help underprivileged children help themselves." MISS HELLER is chairman of District 7, 4-H Clubs, a six-county district including Osceola, Seminole, Orange, Volusia, Lake and Brevard counties. She is also a member of the executive board of 1VT TTXXCT IS JL. v. AN IOITION OF THE (drlattiiii nittucl Tuesday, July 1 1, 1970 I II Softball Benef it Set Friday Gate proceeds from a softball game Friday at Kissimmee will benefit handicapped children attending the local care and play nursery. The game, starting 7:30 p.m.

at Oak Street Park, will feature W. G. Boyd Real Estate versus McNamara Pontiac of Orlando. i fi i i Will 'X ---J 1 KISSIMMEE HOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE Blaze leveled residence at 403 S. Clyde Ave.

Ml liestroys vissimmee Homes At 6:51 a.m., firemen were called to 919 Main where a hot water heater went out of order and smoke erupted in. a photographic laboratory owned by Jack McColIum. In the third call for the busy firemen, at 10:40 a.m., a frame residence at 403 S. Clyde occupied bv Mrs. Albert Miller and owned by H.

C. Poff, was destroyed with an estimated $4,000 damage. Mrs. Miller, who was suffering from illness at the time, was taken to Osceola Medical Center for treatment where she was listed in fair condition. WAYNE BOYER AND Would like to cycle St.

Cloud 180-Mile By FRANK ANDERSON Sentinel Stall Wayne Boyer, St. Cloud resident, is a bicycling enthusiast. Many Osceola County resi-' dents see him daily peddling between St. Cloud and Kissimmee. In fact, he often makes the trip between the two cities twice daily.

BOYER CLAIMS "the best way to see the country is to cycle." As evidence of his enthusiasm for this mode of travel, he made a 190-mile trip last week from St. Cloud to Naples on his 10-speed Schwinn cycle. He pedaled 80 miles the first day to Wauchula; 70 the-second day to Fort Myers; and 40 miles the third day to Naples. HE STAYED in motels overnight, and stopped for meals in restaurants along the way. In the motels, Boyer said he took his bike into the rooms with him and "gave it a rest, too." After a rest in Naples, he made the return trip to Kissimmee by train, putting the cycle into the baggage car.

THE ST. CLOUD man said, The Kissimmee fire department was kept busy Sunday answering three calls within a period of eight hours. The first came at 3:17 a.m. when officers in a city police car noticed a frame building at 703 Main which had been partially demolished by a wrecking crew the previous day, going up in smoke. It was owned by Jack Robertson of Kissimmee.

IT WAS completely leveled. An investigation is under way to determine the cause of the blaze. A house next door at 11 E. Park owned by Thomas Miller, had $200 damage from blistered paint. 6 4.

i (t1 "4, v4 's news Briefs Admission is $1 for adults and 25 cents for children. The event is sponsored by the Delta Alpha Sorority of Kissimmee. Free X-Rays Thursday Osceola County residents who are at least 18 can receive free chest X-rays Thursday in St. Cloud. The Mobile X-ray unit will be located at St.

Cloud Health 1322 10th from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and at 1301 Kansas Hwy 441 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The program, paid for through sale of Christmas Seals, is sponsored by the Central Florida Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association, Inc.

Outboard Loaned The 1 St. Cloud Public Safety Department has loaned an 85-horsepower Mercury outboard motor to the Kissimmee Police Department. Recently the Mercury Corp. donated a new 135 horsepower engine to the City of St. Cloud for use on the public safety department's rescue boat.

The new engine replaces the 85-horsepower unit. School Board To Meet Osceola County school board will meet 9 a.m. today in the school board offices at 401 N. Church Kissimmee. Orlandoan On Probation For 20 Years An 18-year-old former Orlandoan was put on probation for 20 years Monday by Circuit Court Judge George Adams.

Ronald K. Crowe, charged with manslaughter, had been scheduled to stand trial for murder. He agreed to plead guilty to the lesser charge shortly before his trial was scheduled to start last December. Unfavorable business practices can be more effectively curtailed by Ormtyc County following a new "six-step" policy for dealing with problem companies" the Orlando Area Chamber of Commerce Better Business Bureau said Monday. Harry A.

Ferran, committee chairman and Duke Mills, better business department manager, listed these steps: Personal visits to a firm after excessive complaints; letters to the firm; notification of the chamber board of directors; letters to radio, television and newspaper management documenting the complaints; letters to the city attorney, and referral to the county solicitor's office for possible prosecution. HIS 10-SPEED BICYCLE to Michigan with someone an Takes ike Trip "It's a great way to sight-see. You see all the flowers. When the dogs chase me, I change gears, and speed away from them. "I usually average about 15 miles an houivln fact, if I can find anyone interested in going with me, I'd like to cycle to Michigan," he said.

Boyer was a pianist with traveling bands throughout the country in his early days after leaving Marshall, in 1925. He came to Florida in 1945 and operated the Sunset Dude Ranch near St. Cloud for five years. Since then he has been in real estate sales. He has brought his weight down 29 to 30 pounds since he started his new hobby.

"You know, it's the best thing in the world for your health," he said. "It's highly recommended by Dr. Paul Dudley White, who was the personal physician to Pr esident Eisenhower." Boyer is a familiar sight as he peddles along, with a bright red flag on top of his rear wheel as a signal to motorists to "stay clear'. approved a committee recommendation that the consulting engineers for. both cities, Smith and Gillespie of.

Jacksonville, be empowered to proceed with setting up specifications for construction of the tieline that would increase it from 25 kilovolts to 69. The committee is also working on' proposals for construction of a new generating station that would be operated by both cities. while armed, possession of freshly killed deer and resisting arrest, without violence. Arrest warrants were sworn out by! K. E.

Burney for violations that took place last Wcdnes-; day at Three Lakes Ranch. i fft's-nb? V7 DEVRA HELLER Busy 4-H leader the state 4-H Club council. The second camp Miss Heller attended during the summer was at Camp Cloverleaf, Lake Placid. This also was known as an expanded nutrition camp, sponsored by the USDA. "It was a large camp with 130 girls," she said.

DURING THE third week, she attended a county 4-H Camp again at Doe Lake. This was for girls from Osceola, Hardee and DeSota counties. She was named "best girl counselor." Following this, the St. Cloud girl spent a weekend at an orientation meeting for 4-H executive board members at Orange Springs, Fla. She then left Gainesville to confer with the associate state 4-H leadership, associated with the University of Florida.

From Gainesville she went to a 4-day leadership camp at Madison, where she served in an advisory capacity. Among the responsibilities at Madison, she arranged for meditation sessions, campfire assemblies, and vesper meetings. FOLLOWING THE Chevy Chase-Washington assembly, Miss Heller will return to St. Cloud until Aug. 12 when she will leave to preside over a district 7 citizenship day session in Lake County.

In September she will start her senior year at St. Cloud High School. She is planning to major in elementary education when she goes to college. Her brother, Devo, who will be a junior at Florida Technological University in the fall, is now at Disneyland in California this summer, with the Disney Training Course. This is his second year at the big entertainment complex.

Musical Set At Lake Wales LAKE WALES Janie Osborn and Mark Haas will present the two-character Broadway musical "I Do, 1 Do" in Lake Wales High School auditorium Aug. 14 and 15. The presentation, which featured Mary Martin and Robert Preston In a three-year Broadway run, is being sponsored by Lake Wales drama s.udcnts. Parn McNabb will be the piano accompanist and Mrs. Linda Cloud will direct.

JUST BEFORE RAINS CAME Cindy and i'cherr Haight enjoy music Joint Power Tieline Group Plans Meeting vn7 -1 to 'The This is ih'rd in a row'' that we've been stopped by rain during the past fr.v weeks." The concert was sponsored by the Cloud Chamber of Commerce and the Golden Age Club. Dob Fisk, president of the chamber, lind Mrs. L. C. Weiss, president oT the Golden Agers, had just brought a huge cake and other refreshments to the park grounds to present to the he.nd.

However, at that point, the Lit the area and the bandsmen headed back to Melbourne. The Citizens of St. Cloud, on the Cher hand, returned to their homes, ('amp and disappointed at the outcome of what started out as a concert given by an excellent band. 'C'T-'r sty -W Another meeting of an interim administrative committee, composed of representatives from St. Cloud and Kissimmee, will meet at 7:30 p.m.

tomorrow at Quality Court Restaurant. The committee is serving as a liaison unit in study of plans for a larger electric power tieline between the two communities. THE ST. CLOUD city council and Kissimme city commission recently Some 209 St. a-ea residcirs assembled on the lawn of the bandshcll at Veterans Memorial Park Sunday afternoon to hear a concert by the Melbourne Municipal Band.

Mos' of the group had brought their lawn chairs. They watched expectantly as the members of the (i0-piece band filed on stage and tuned up their instruments. DIRECTOR A. V. Cotterton raised his baton and the concert started with a couple of John Phillip Sousa and Johnny Mercer selections, followed by "Sweet Georgia Brown." At that point the ruins came and there was a m.i scaitcring for shelter.

Later Cotterton said, "I think I'm going to change the name of this Game Law Violations Charged Two Fort Pierce. men were freed under $2,500 bonds each after they were arrested for alleged violations of state game laws in Osceola County. Edgar Peterson and Edgar Holmes were charged with entering ranch lands to commil an offense.