THE TAMPA TRIBUNE, Friday, August 9, 1985 17-B You name it and it's probably on a map of Florida By DIANA SMITH Associated Press TALLAHASSEE Some people have said there is no Panacea, but they've never driven 30 miles south of Tallahassee where U.S. 98 runs smack dab through the town. Then again, there are probably some who never heard of Two Egg, Red Head, Howey-in-the-Hills, Sumatra or Gross. Florida has a lot of oddly named towns. Many are just wide spots in the road boasting a store or two.
Most people never find them until they take a wrong turn somewhere. Others are prosperous communities. Some have interesting stories about the origin of the names; in other cases nobody really knows why towns ended up with names like Sawdust, Corkscrew and Picnic. There are several stories about News Of Record Applications For Marriage Licenses Raymond Paul Baker, 32, Plant City, and Pat sey Ann Grahm, 38, Dover. Stephen Dwight Juanete, 25, Tampa, and Linda Arlene Troxel, 28, Tampa.
Donald Brent Hammond, 24, Tampa, and Tina Marie Drake, 23, Tampa. Arthur Lee Brinson, 48, Tampa, and Jessie Mae Baisden, 46, Tampa. Jittree Komgase, 35, New Port Richey, and Pamela Lynne Leski, 34, New Port Richey. James Edwin Bailey, 40, Tampa, and Joyce Ann Richardson, 40, Indiana. Rahan Roy Reed, 21, Tampa, and Mary Jean Kelly, 22, Tampa.
Roger Allen Anderson, 33, Tampa, and Karen Marie Hall, 28, Boston. Robert William Rice, 37, Tampa, and Sue Ellen Southern, 30, Tampa. Theodore Hugh Millard II, 19, Tampa, and San dra Mary Mahosky, 18, Tampa. Robert Sears Cole, 24, St. Petersburg, and Gull lermina Hernandez, 38, Mexico.
Hashem Mohamed Althor, 23, Tampa, and Heidi Briggs, 22, Tampa. Kanwal Jeet Singh, 28, Tampa, and Rebecca Marie Sample, 30, Tampa. Chester Brian Butler, 23, Tampa, and Paula Nellie Albury, 20, Tampa. James Rowland Comfort 22, Tampa, and Tammy Jo Goben, 20, Tampa, Brett Robert Anderson, 24, Orlando, and Cath erine Emily Abel, 21, Tampa. Charles Alverez, 78, Brandon, and Edna LouIse Drews, 79, Brandon.
Richard Earl Lindsay, 20, Tampa, and CatherIne Jo Webb, 22, Tampa. Robert Ken Everett, 29, Land O' Lakes, and Marilynn Hamilton, 28, Land O' Lakes. Michael John Glammarco, 23, Tampa, and Debra Lee Lewis, 24, Tampa. Clarence Thomas 28, Tampa, and Joyce Loretta Johnson, 28, Tampa. Joshua Gregory Gonzalez, 18, Tampa, and Connie Mae Smith, 18, Thonotosassa.
William Charles Carlin, 22, Tampa, and Betty Two Egg, which lies northeast of Marianna, but it's best not to claim that you know the most accurate version. "People get into terrible fights about it," confided Carey Lawrence, who operates Two Egg's one and only business, a combination grocery store and gas station. Some time ago, a newspaper quoted her husband Carey on a disputed version of the story. A former Two Egg resident was incensed and stomped off to tell the newspaper the "real story" about the town's name. "It came out the next day that we were a bunch of liars over here.
My husband told me, 'From now on, you're going to do the said Carey Lawrence. She does but uses her husband's first name when talking for attribution. She said the most reasonable version concerns a man who suppos- Ann: Siebenaler, 28, Tampa. Jesus Jose Acosta, 36, Tampa, and Nancy Lu Meyer, 33, Tampa. Michael Arnold Demo, 31, Tampa, and Antol nette Lee Misiak, 24, Tampa.
Robert Deral Bradley Jr. 25, South Carolina, and Sharon Anne Stage, 25, Tampa. Anthony Michael Laella, 26, Tampa, and Kath leen Ann Haurlbert, 24, Tampa. Eric Erasmo Muller, 27, Tampa, and Patricia Kim Bett, 26, Tampa. John Armando, Chavez, 20, Tampa, and Jo Ann Marie Notaro, 20, Tampa.
Frank Ferrante-Gennaro, 24, Tampa, and Mary Lou Troupa, 30, Tampa. Omar de Jesus Morales, 34, Tampa, and Maria Vilma Ayala, 27, Tampa. Patrick Michael Manning, 33, Brandon, and Le ticia Oimeda, 30, Brandon. William Frances Moss, 41, Tampa, and Clara June Christenson, 36, Tampa. Roy Allen Bryan, 39, Tampa, and Norma Eliza beth Maples, 30, Tampa.
Orval Lewis Clements, 18, Gibsonton, and Cathy Marie Beasley, 16, Gibsonton. Raul Gonzalez, 19, Tampa, and Elizabeth Ramos, 18, Tampa. John Francis Romero, 23, Tampa, and Diana Lynn Elswick, 20, Tampa. Robert Ervin White, 30, Tampa, and Debra Kay Williamson, 21, Tampa. Richard Raymond Kinsey, 52, Tampa, and Jane Louse Chastain, 33, Tampa.
Wayne Kelly Harrell, 22, Tampa, and Mary Elizabeth Buntin, 22, Tampa. John Paul Snakovsky, 21, Tampa, and Jaqueline Michele Suarez, 21, Tampa. Rafael Felix, 26, Tampa, and Vickie Ann Grogan, 22, Tampa. John William Mitchell, 34, Tampa, and Sally Gayle Davidson, 33, Tampa. Wesley Harold Starr, 32, Tampa, and Pamela Jean Hadd, 29, Tampa.
Allan Patrick Murphy, 41, Tampa, and Debo rah, Lynn Robertson, 32, Gibsonton. Willy Metayer, 23, Tampa, and Lisa Jenell Black, 21, Tampa, Steven Cornell Adams, 22, MacDill Air Force Base, and Vanessa Perette Forte, 23, Tampa. Timothy Gary McMurtry, 22, Tampa, and Linda Mae Zutell, 22, Tampa. Tiny towns with colorful names like Two Egg, Yeehaw Junction and Sweet Gum Head dot the state, giving visitors and residents something to talk even argue about. edly fathered 57 children.
This was in the early 1900s. As each child reached a certain age, the man gave each one a chicken, and the children traded in the eggs for goods at a country store. They usually had two eggs each time. Delivery truck drivers started calling the place "two-egg crossing." The name eventually became just "Two Egg." "It used to be called Allison," Lawrence said. She said no county records reflect when the town John Stephen Myers, 31, Tampa, and Paula Joann Cowand, 23.
Salvatore Anthony Italiano, 42, Tampa, and Patricia Martha Dominguez, 41, Tampa. Larry Mark Barrington, 30, Tampa, and Jamie Louise Wiseman, 36, Tampa. Christopher Owen Holmes, 24, Tampa, and Katherine Ella Smith, 23, Seminole. Michael Gregory Savage, 32, Tampa, and Charlette Marie Struble, 30, Tampa. Richard Kyle Hutchison, 23, Boca Raton, and Tammy Leigh Newton, 18, Tampa.
Donald Phillips, 43, Tampa, and Linda Lou Sayre, 39, Tampa. George Elmer Mitchell, 31, Tampa, and Mary Ann Coburn, 23, Tampa. David Irving Jensen, 47, Tampa, and Mellssa Ann Snead, 29, Tampa, Edward Warren James Ill, 18, Brandon, and Melissa Kaye Tapley, 18, Tampa. Michael Todd Douglas, 24, Lakeland, and Phyllis Jelane Reed, 22, Brandon. James Stephen Wester, 21, Dover, and Vir.
ginia Foley, 18, Brandon. Todd Edward Fulford, 21, Tampa, and Leah Ann Taylor, 21, Tampa. John Edward Smeltzer, 25, Tampa, and Deborah Joyce Page, 30, Tampa. Robert Solla, 18, Tampa, and Janet Leigh Bent: ley, 15, Tampa. Eddy Merino, 18, Tampa, and Marisol Crespo, 15, Tampa.
Willie Carl Cohen 25, Plant City, and Louise Mays, 19, Plant City, Michael Alan Spencer, 19, Lithia, and Pamela Jean Metayer, 17, Plant City. Glenn Robert DuBray, 47, Gibsonton, and Betty Anne Williamson, 49, Gibsonton. Alcides Martinez, 19, Plant City, and Cella Natal, 36, Plant City. John Elmer Alvey, 29, Seffner, and Patricia Ann Mathis, 28, Seffner. Dwight Thomas Webb 36, Dover, and Susan Jean Layton, 27, Brandon.
William Michael Parrish, 22, Riverview, and Diane Marie Drury, 18, Brandon. Lee Edward Adams, 22, Settner, and Patricia Ann Wilbur, 18, Brandon. Dean Matthew Nederveld, 21, Lakeland, and Sarah Lou Carlton, 18, Plant City. John Edward Grady 50, St. Petersburg, and changed names.
Two Egg, which must regularly replace i its town sign because it is frequently stolen by passing motorists, has received visitors from all over the world, and Lawrence can prove it with signatures from her guest book bearing the names of people from Saudi Arabia, Australia and Alaska. "You wonder how they ended up in Two Egg," she said. Gross is another story. Nobody wanted to talk about Gross on the Susan Cecil Fernon, 42, Tampa. Eugene Thomas Lasker, 47, Tampa, and Linda Carole Walraven, 27, Tampa.
Mark Eugene Remaley, 23, Tampa, and Donna Marie Phillips, 22, Tampa. Bernard Edward Christmyer 45, Tampa, and Mary Jo Haas, 29, Tampa. Cross Collins, 75, Lutz, and Mary E. Kirby, 69, Lutz. Douglas Carleton Crawtord, 23, Tampa, and Elizabeth Diane Stewart, 23, Tampa.
Andy Jack Brannen, 35, Tampa, and Vickie Rae Brannen, 33, Tampa. Timothy Scott Engilsh, 21, Pontiac, and Crystal Lane Bradford, 19, Pontiac. Jerry Michael Wickham, 39, Tampa, and Syl via May Norris, 39, Tampa. Edward Charles Hogan, 27, Tampa, and Wacharin Hogan, 32, Zephyrhills. Thomas John Shields, 33, Tampa, and Robin Elizabeth Deen, 31, Tampa, John Joesph Hughes, 53, Tampa, and Clarice Irene Thomas, 40, Tampa.
Arthur Lee Doison, 32, Tampa, and Lynette Chris Altieri, 22, Tampa. James Raymond Geiger, 38, Brandon, and Barbra Marie Low, 43, Brandon. Richard Wayne Darden, 33, Tampa, and Creasy Jo West, 27, Tampa. Lonnie David Crawford, 35, Tampa, and Yo landa Renita Gaines, 24, Tampa. William Alan Scott, 25, Tampa, and Melinda Luanna Krewson, 18, Tampa.
Russell Aubrey Tomlinson 41, Brandon, and Sandra Sue Parker, 43, Tampa. Robert Allan LaFollette, 52, Tampa, and Marie Elizabeth LaFollette, 57, Tampa. Daniel Eugene Meeks, 25, Tampa, and Rachel Renee Boyer, 20, Tampa, Randall Scott Moblitt, 36, Tampa, and Beverly Renee Smith, 24, Tampa. Kenneth Marlow Vance, 29, Riverview, and Diane Marie Doner, 28, Tampa. Michael Jay Ellason, 20, Tampa, and Mary, Katherine Holt.
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Even residents have forsaken the town. "There is nothing in Gross. There is no population there," said a sheriff's office spokesman who requested anonymity. "You might be able to find a hitchhiker or two. Good luck." Some towns in Florida may have unusual names, but you can draw conclusions about how they got them.
Examples include Doctor Phillips, Intercession City, Fort Lonesome, Yeehaw Junction, Nixon and usually warm Frostproof, which froze earlier this year in a bitter cold front. And Florida has its share of towns named, with a variation or two, after larger counterparts like Bagdad, Cairo, Switzerland, Geneva, Jefry Scott Johnson, 23, Land O' Lakes, and Carrie Lynn Rodgers, 21, Land O' Lakes. Thomas Anthony Downs, 24, Brandon, and Joann Marie McElory, 28, Brandon. Dana Lamar Bartly, 22, Tampa, and Angela Marguerite Wilson, 29, Tampa. Nikolas Zervas, 27, Astoria, N.Y., and Kelly Rose Spicola, 24, Astoria.
Mark Wallace Holden, 29, Land O' Lakes, and Lark Bliss Tracy, 25, Land O' Lakes. Luis Colon, 38, Hartford, and Johana Yvette Hernandez, 27, Hartford. James Albert Baltimore, 50, Tampa, and Gretchen Suzane Yingst, 47, Tampa. Mark William Thompson, 25, Tampa, and Carol Lynn Smith, 21, Tampa. David Alan Berch, 28, Tampa, and Patricia Marie Stone, 29, Tampa.
Melvin Douglas Suggs, 40, Tampa, and Jo Ann Lyons, 39, Valrico. Manuel Pena, 32, Tampa, and Carmen Evarista Calzilla, 21, Tampa. Gary Wayne Lawrence, 27, Tampa, and El leen Joyce Barry, 20, Tampa. Joseph Anthony Nauman, 28, Tampa, and Patricia Ellen Peterman, 31, Tampa, Alfred Allen Mellott, 23, Tampa, and Patrela Ann Weston, 16, Tampa. Warren Harold Butler 38, St.
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July 16. Lori Ann and David Bertuccelli, (Alica Marie); Judith Marie and Timothy Lee Culpepper, (Amanda Leigh); Rebbeca and Angelo Lopresto, (Angelo Joseph). July 18 Teresa Dianne and Floyd N. Wood, (Tabitha Priscilla); Teresa and Patrick Murphy, (Jo seph Michael); Patricia and Duke Driggers, (Dana Lynnette). July 19 Barbra and Paul Ahiers, (Jacob Lisbon and Oxford.
A lot of cities drew their names from the Indians, like Sopchoppy, as in the Sopchoppy River. Sopchoppy is supposed to mean "black or darl water," which the river certainly is. So did some national and state parks and wildlife refuges, which re main relatively undiscovered, per haps because no one could pro nounce the names. In one 50-mile area of West Cen tral Florida are the following: Chas sahowitzka National Wildlife Ref uge, the Withlacoochee State Fores and Chinsegut National Wildlife Ref uge. A small area of the Panhandle has a corner on towns named after heads Mossy Head, Owl's Head and Sweet Gum Head while the peninsula favors outer space Venus, Old Venus, Neptune Beach, Jupiter and Satellite Beach.
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