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¶1M?,4t', t;.G <br /> W.tc'.E? dam.' they t3eard of Coauissiomera for Leo County desires <br /> to rrc-w its =,onor and respect to one who hat served. hie county <br /> with fidelity and ability ter malty years. - <br /> 4-!{I4. RUEFORP,, i i IT ki:Sf1LVED DY Thf BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> FOP LEE Ct')tlt3 T'Y : <br /> Section 1 . 'frier Board of Commissioners takes this no thc,d <br /> of expressing appreciation: for the life , service, and memory <br /> of the honorable Joel Themes Lsdwall, and extends its deepest <br /> sympathy to the thee-tiers of iris family in the great loss sustained <br /> by hi * passing. <br /> Section 2 . ^.toast the editorial honoring the memory of Joel <br /> Thomas Ledvell be spread upon the minutes as a. part of this <br /> resolution. <br /> $.ectiota 3. The Clerk of this t3oartl is hereby directed to <br /> prepare and deliver to the family of the honorable Joel Thomas <br /> :,edwaell n cc y of taiga f escluticr:. <br /> '1ectiox 4. That thtn Revolution shall hareems a part of the <br /> public records of this 'Board. ,. <br /> 1N )tItOBIAL HONORIG TliE MVMORY OF <br /> 3OkL TttQt4AS LEDvans.; gY NIg3 ton 5ynD <br /> s UIPhIb WED IN TIM SANFORD DAILY I EP. LD <br /> tIgDYilsDRY i:CTGt4 P 12, 1966 <br /> HE WAS 14IS Ot4+.e MAU2 <br /> In an era of conformists, the late J . T. Ledwell, Lee <br /> County Commissioner , remained staunchly an individualist, if ever <br /> the hackneyed phrase, °rugged issdividualiam, " fitted anyone, it <br /> was this man who spent 26 years of his life either as a Seaford <br /> Alderman or a Loco Commissioner. <br /> Ledwell died with his hooter en, almost literally. via defeat <br /> at the polls in the loot Democratic primary hit hard the veteran <br /> commissioner, Sven Kis titterest, critics ttlteve that the large <br /> nUiber of candidates the Democrats fielded end Ledweil ' s advanced <br /> • age combiners to defeat him. <br /> Certainly. a study of his position vr. currant issues does <br /> set indicates any departure from the hard coetesn cease and general <br /> good grasp of local governmental affairs which Ledeuoll possessed <br /> to a merhad degree. ..st late as the last commission gating, LeeC - <br /> well urged that both school hoards should get together to determine <br /> school helloing needs, approved the rescinding of the school bond <br /> iaeee end indicated be. would support the proposed 20 per cant levy for <br /> the county schools. liis was a voice listed often for more cooper- <br /> ation between city and county arid for the aeventlort of duplication <br /> of government functions and services. <br /> Often irascible, possessed of a hot. temper, Ledwell also was <br /> ore quick to crack at joke. A crusty exterior hid as kind heart . ”e. <br /> rude up his own mind on all issues. If his public imago has been <br /> associated with sharp verbal exchanges, even a fist fight or two, <br /> it should not dinish some facts : Ledwell bed been elected to public <br /> office- in city or county for a quarter of a century; be knee' and <br /> uadar,atb d local government in a manner rot,' die. He was the first <br /> +o advocate rural fire tiverrtments. t, worked out a plan to secure <br /> land donated by W. 0 . 'Wilkins for a health center. <br /> But it was the courthouse and ite grounds that claimed his <br /> major interest. to was instrumental in adding the wing to the <br />