Friday news

By tk
Friday, March 28, 2003

*Ideas for St Simons Casino abound
*Bridge closing creates longer commutes
-Brunswick News, 3-27-03

*Estimates suggest St. Johns RiverSt. Johns River project could exceed $650 million
-Florida Times Union, 3-28-03

*Officials pronounce surf safe for swimming
*Black College Reunion hits town today
-Daytona News Journal, 3-28-03

*Milton man drowns at Pensacola Beach
-Pensacola Beach News, 3-28-03

*Mosquito Control Asks For Help
*Students Safe and Sober for Spring Break
-Port St Joe Star, 3-27-03

Dear Mac,

Thank you for your swift reply about Graf von Luckener, which was most interesting. Thanks, too, for the link to Bro Moore's article which I read with great interest. It was good of you to take the trouble.

I have long thought that Felix Luckener's life would make a splendid subject for a film - even if one followed the Lowell Thomas version - not least in extolling the virtues inherent in the gentlemanly prosecution of  warfare which is, after all, a most ungentlemanly state of affairs.

A photograph I have of the Count shows him wearing a neck decoration - which appears to be the "Pour le Merite" (the detail is somewhat blurred). Do you know if the Count was awarded that decoration?

Best wishes,
Douglas Haslett

Thanks for the prompt response, Mac my typo error in saying Type 95, of course.

Will follow up your suggestion with the link sent regards and thanks again...

Geoff Chennells