Saturday, July 6, 2013

We had an interesting meeting of the Joe's Pond Association this morning.  There was very good attendance.  I will have minutes of the meeting posted on the web site soon - I'll post a notice here on the blog as soon as it's ready.

One issue that came up was about the beavers building a dam in the channel and what we might be able to do about it.  I previously posted the number of Scott Ackermann (279-7416) who I believe will be able to advise anyone interested about what is or is not legal.  Scott is a professional trapper who works with local and state authorities on beaver problems in the area.

We are very happy our goose problem seems to be solved, but through no real effort on the part of our goose committee, although we were "at the ready" had the problem developed again this year.  We can only guess, but perhaps the geese remembered they were not tolerated well here last year and opted for a more congenial location to nest and raise their young this year.  We have only one family residing here as far as we can tell, so our Wild Goose Chase has been put on "hold."  We might switch our efforts to the beavers, but they are the problem of individual land owners if they damage their property.

I had an interesting query today: 

MY NAME IS GUY WHITE AND I BELIEVE THAT AN ANCESTOR OF MINE NAMED EITHER ENOCH WHITE OR  HENRY HARVEY ONCE OWNED A SAWMILL ON JOES POND. I HAVE PHOTOS OF THE BURNED OUT REMAINS IN MY POSSESSION BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY DOCUMENTATION ON THIS.

IF ANYONE HAS ANY RECORD OF EITHER A HARVEY OR WHITE HAVING ANY OWNERSHIP OR ANY ASSOCIATION WITH JOE'S POND BACK IN THE MID TO LATE 1800'S, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THEM.

I CAN BE REACHED AT: gcw21938@cfl.rr.com or

GUY C. WHITE 11

9664 SW 92ND PLACE ROAD

OCALA, FLORIDA 34481-7496

352-873-9223

 I'll do some searches to see if I can find anything about this, but if anyone else has this information, contact Mr. White above, and I'd be interested in knowing details, too.  janebrown@joespondvermont.com

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