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About Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1962)
rge HA EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD, Friday. Sept. 21, 1962 Floridians Worried About Tourist Business Area Calm By DOUGALD E. FERGUSON Of the Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Life goes on at its normal pace In this resort area where sleep ing sickness has taken more than a dozen lives since July 21. But there is concern among city officials and business people. They wonder how pub licity about the epidemic will affect their winter tourist busi ness. There is no panic in the streets. Businessmen are not closing their shops or retrenching. Hotel owners are not turning their mortgages back to the banks. There has been no mass exo dus of people. Officials point out that less than five-tenths of one per cent Crew Cuts and Kilts Sailors 'Belong,' Says Scot DUNOON, Scotland Wl "Look at that," said the mayor of this Scottish town, "did you ever see a kilt-wearer with a crew cut before?" Hugh Christie pointed to three American boys, decked out in kilts, each with an un mistakable crew cut. Dunoon is the biggest town near the U. S. Navy's nuclear submarine base, Holy Loch. Over 600 wives and chil dren of sailors serving on the depot ship Proteus now live near here. Last week, officials re corded the 100th marriag be tween an American sailor and a Scottish bride. SHRUBS CAMELLIAS Japonlca SASANQUA CAMELLIAS Winter Blooming... ARALIAS for shade JUNIPER Many varieties 1 ,75 to RAPHIOLEPIS Springtime PVRACANTHA with berries 1.75 to NANDINA Heavenly bamboo 1.75 to CEANOTHUS GLORIOSUS 95 C to HEATHER MUGHO PINE 2.50 lo VIBURNUM DAVIDI 2.00 lo DAPHNE ODOR A 2.50 lo OREGON GRAPE 2.00 MEXICAN ORANGE AZALEAS Many varieties THOUSANDS OF PLANTS TO CHOOSE FROM READY FOR PLANTING NOW CHECK OUR NEW LOW QUANTITY PRICES 160 OAKWAY RD. Arrott Kerry St. Bridge Near Freeway Overpass of the 400,000 people in Pinellas County have come down with the illness. A tiny minority, but Charles Wentz was one of these. It was Friday afternoon when the 54-year-old sales engineer started feeling sick to his stomach. His temperature rose to 103 '-j. His head ached. He saw double. At times, he was deliri ous. A doctor treated him for an intestinal virus. Then Wentz' mind went blank. His wife took him to the hospital. A spinal tap and blood tests were taken. Wentz lay in a coma. Encephalitis, said the doctors. They explained to Mrs. Wentz that her husband's brain and nervous system were inflamed by the virus. Dunoon, in fact, is running out of unmarried girls. When the Proteus is re placed next year by the Hun ley, there's going to be a real crisis in the lives of unmar ried sailors. "I was considerably worried when the Americans first came," said town Councillor Catherine M a c P h a i 1. "We didn't know what was going to happen, but I must say, everything is fine. "These men, the Americans and their families, why they're part of our community. They really seem to belong here." The Proteus .commander, Capt. Raymond Debois, of Naugatuck, Conn., said 200 2.75 2.75 2.50 6.00 2.50 6.00 6.00 2.25 1.50 ( 6.00 5.00 7.50 4.50 -1.75 2.50 u uu PLANSCAPER SERVICE Let lis help you plan your planting with our Free "l'lanscapcr" Serv ice, then do it yourself or lot our experienced landscape department do it (or you. Plant now pay later. Open your Reed & Cross charge account now. Despite Sleeping Sickness Wentz remained unconscious for five days. Today, 25 pounds lighter, he is recuperating. Doctors say he will be able to return to work in about two months. Wentz had a severe case. Some shake it off without even going to a doctor. A lot of mystery surrounds sleeping sickness, the layman's term for encephalitis. There are three types pre dominant in the United States: Eastern Equine, Western Equine and the St. Louis variety. The St. Louis type, the strain prev alent here, is considered benign and seldom fatal. Yet, 10 per cent of the patients here have died. . Doctors blame the high death rate on the large number of elderly persons living in this men have requested transfers to the Hunley so they can re main in Scotland. "Every man's case will be considered individually," said the American officer, "and we'll do what we can to help." Many of the Americans based here with their families can claim connections with certain of the Scottish clans but not all of them. So, to push the sales of kilts, a local tailor has de vised a Proteus kilt. It contains green for the sea, blue for the navy, and gold for well, probably all that money the Americans have brought into this corner of Scotland. BULBS Over 100 varieties of the best in imported and do mestic bulbs. CROCUS 3 Dozen 1.00 HYACINTHS 1.95 Dozen TULIPS RED EMPEROR Red 20 lor 1.95 MIXED TULIPS 20 lor 79 c NAMED COLORS 12 for 79 c eaa...a.aa.aa.e.aaaBa. DAFFODILS KING ALFREDS Yellow 40 for 1,95 MIXED 5 lbs. 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An emergency federal health laboratory has been set up to study mosquitoes and birds to determine which species are the prime carriers and reservoirs of the virus. Businessmen say it is too early to determine the financial impact of the epidemic on the county s economy. This is a slack time of year for tourists, the main source of income. The summer season ended Labor Day and the winter season docsn t open until late November. Taylor Carr, manager of the Gulf Winds Apartments and DESTRUCTION DERBY SUN. SEPT. 23 EUGENE SPEEDWAY On West 11th LILLY'S LANDSCAPE LAWN NIX Your lawn can be beautiful and long lasting when you use "climate-controlled" seed that bears the seal of ap proval of the Lawn Institute granted only to reputable firms. Ill 7 Qfl (covers U Lbs. '3U 2,000 sq. ft.) 25 1 7 Cfl (covers l.JU J.OOO sq.ft.) Lbs. Free Use of Spreaders and Rollers Village on St. Petersburg Beach, said his business is off about 20 per cent for this period. But Carr, president of the beach chamber of commerce, said: "I don't think the pub licity about encephalitis will have too much effect on the winter tourist business. The sit uation looks much better than it did a couple of weeks ago." But Ben Holtzinger, manager of the Wilshire Motel, says "I can't help but believe that people making plans for the next several months might tend to shy away from Pinellas County and the west coast of Florida because of publicity 1 6e l l ' FLANNEL SHIRTS Long sleeve, safety colored, flannel shirts. Make these a must on your list. Red and yel low. Sizes S, M, L, XL. 1.98 BUY NOW AND SAVE! about encephalitis. Last year at this time my 33 units were about one-fourth filled. I'm empty today." Doc Webb, owner of Webb's City, an establishment almost as famous as St. Petersburg's sun shine, said his business was up $100,000 last month over August of last year. "I'm in the process of a $1 million expansion and remodel ing program," he said. 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