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Jr. Food Stores

In Bay County, we call just about every gas station or convenience store the “Junior Store” here’s why…

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Massalina Bayou

The year was 1836 and Jose Massalina, a Spanish merchant marine jumped ship at Port St. Joe, made his way to Panama City, and set up shop as a boat builder on what was simply known at the time as The Bayou…

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Lieutenant Edwin Gorbet

On Sept 28th, 1953 Edwin Gorbet, a 22-year-old pilot stationed at Tyndall Airforce Base, took off for a mid-day test-flight in his F86-D Sabre jet. He did not realize that it would be his last, nor that he would save an entire school of children…

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