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  Lillian Rudd Davisworth Scrapbook

  After graduating from New Smyrna Senior High School, Lillian Louise Rudd (1925-2018) worked at Camp Murphy, first as a Camp Locator, and then after several promotions, was in charge of writing special orders. Every time a GI was transferred, they needed to have "orders" to take along with them. Camp Murphy was home of the Southern Signal Corps, which trained in radar. She married Roden Percy Davisworth September 13, 1944 in Stuart.
  
  Color photocopy of scrapbook features short memoir of her WWII experiences, including when the Germans torpedoed a ship. Photographs are of herself and friends, including those of Emily Beach, Elsie Wells, Buddy Wells, Wayne Wells, Stuart High Band, Red Fultz and Billy Smith (in sailor uniforms), unidentified soldiers at Camp Murphy, group photo of the Junior Hostesses of the Stuart Servicemen's Club. Also invitations, a note from Donald Anthony Burroughs, newsclippings from the Stuart News and the Camp Murphy Message.
  
  More material from Lillian Louise Rudd Davisworth is available at FSU (finding aid: https://archives.lib.fsu.edu/repositories/10/resources/1680)

  Tags Camp Murphy (Fla.)
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  My Memories of Indiantown by Elsie Savage, c. 1995

  This memoir was written in the 1990s, either by Elsie or dictated by her. It chiefly offers short stories of the lives of the Savage family living in the area, along with the activities of a child growing up in Indiantown, including harvesting guava, gathering firewood, and being dosed with sulphur and molasses. It also offers some record of their amiable interactions with the Seminole people.

  Tags Florida-Indiantown