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Inglis generously “Stuffed the Bus” at Squawk Box
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Food Ranch of school supplies for less fortunate stu- night from Mannfialerted to the action and stood in theofcourthouse The county clerk,to let
Saturday
got wind of the effort by the Mann-led west side and decided to move all the papers that
eld to Inverness under the cloak
darkness.
A.S.
Zimmerman, was
doorway refusing
The yearly program collects donations
the east lawyers and the movers pass. Priest ordered the movers to put Zimmerman on top
dents. According to Yankeetown School teacher Melody Carson, people stopped by the
of a desk on one of the already loaded wagons and they drove to the location of the tem-
parking lot from 10:00 a.m. through 6:00 p.m. to donate school supplies generously enough
porary courthouse in Inverness with Zimmerman atop the desk. By 8AM the next morning
to fill-to-capacity an eight foot-long table, plus cash donations totaling $278. If you missed
the courthouse was moved. By the time Mann’s lawyer returned later that day with the
the event and would like to donate, you can drop off supplies or monetary donations at the
injunction it was too late.
Yankeetown School office. Appreciation goes out to all who donated and/or helped with
I heard tales of the “the night they stole the courthouse” many times growing up
the event and to Food Ranch manager Doug Johnston for providing water and promoting
in Inverness. As a youngster, I was introduced to the county rivalry very early.
community-beneficial events.
Inverness Little League was two teams in those days, the Red Sox and Blue Sox. The
west side had a Crystal River team and a team from Homosassa. Every two weeks or so
my team, the Red Sox, would play Crystal River: We would rotate venues. I remember
Ernie Woods from Crystal River because he was the inventor of bona fide “trash talking”.
Everybody liked Ernie and he was a pretty good ball player but, he could talk smack like
nobody we had ever seen.
On one occasion we traveled to Homosassa. We had all heard stories of what a
wild place Homosassa was. Early in the game one of the Homosassa boys hit a hard ground
ball that bounced underneath my glove and hit me in the unmentionables. I was really
hurting. Coach Eddie McIntire helped me to the bench and a Homosassa player turned on
a spigot and brought me a cup of water. In those days the water in Homosassa had high
sulfur content. I had never tasted water before that tasted like rotten eggs so the water com-
pounded my misery.
When I got home that evening my Mother asked me how the game went. “We
won Mom, but those west side boys tried to kill me twice, but I made it out alive”, I said.
Portions of this Squawk Box from the book "Back Home" a history of Citrus
County by Hampton Dunn.
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Mary Nicholson (left), of Inglis, Levy County school bus driver, and Doug Johnston (right),
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bus that was parked in the Food Ranch parking lot on Saturday. The first day of school for
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