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6D Sun-Sentinel, Monday, December 7, 1987 But Knott's stories never run short on sparks of humor about the wealthy. "During wartime, when gasoline i- -tV was rationed, ladies in evening fin ery and gentleman in dinner jack ets were seen pedaling bicycles with as much dignity as they could Memf iittLMuim muster on their way to Bradley's," he writes of The Beach Club. Well before Flagler rode his rail road into town, Knott's own ances tors were active in Florida. imagine the possibilities His grandfather fought in the Seminole Indian War in 1836. Knott's father, William Valentine Knott, was the first state auditor, state treasurer, state comptroller and the Democratic nominee for governor in 1916.

Born in Tallahassee, Knott received undergraduate and law de mmi'wmosa HISTORY next year. On the appointed day and hour, according to Knott, the owner arrived and immediately asked: "Is dinner ready?" And it was, steaming hot. Knott's tale is called, "Right on Time." "The man was William M. Wood, president of American Woolen Mills," said Knott, sitting in his Palm Beach law office, cluttered with dusty boxes, piles and shelves of historical books and documents. About a year after that hot meal, Wood shot himself to death in Day-tona Beach.

Later, Robert Young moved into the mansion, known as The Towers. It was in the house that Young also killed himself with a gun. Young's widow, Anita, demolished the home and built a new one, called Montsorrel, meaning "mountain of sorrow" in French. The house sold for a record $18 million last year. Over the years, Knott's treasure trove of history was fed largely by conversations with witnesses that he took pains to record.

In the case of the late Marjorie Merriweather Post, however, Knott depended on firsthand observations. "I was there a great deal in the 1960s and 1970s," said Knott, who attended Post's parties at Mar-A-Lago, the 110-room mansion now owned by real estate czar Donald Trump. Knott professes unabashed admiration for the one-time leading lady of Palm Beach high society and for Col. E.R. Bradley, a shrewd Irishman who ran The Beach Club gambling casino for nearly 50 years until he died in 1948.

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Kilpatrick, who wrote The American South: Towns and Cities, met Knott while researching a chapter on the resort island. "Judge Knott says that although Palm Beach may well represent the great concentration of wealth anywhere, the era of conspicuous high life is largely gone," Kilpatrick writes in the forward. In Palm Beach Revisited, which Knott has published himself using a Jupiter printer, the retired judge takes obvious pleasure in chronicling the life, times and quirks of the very rich. In one story, Knott tells of a mysterious man who approached architect Addison Mizner about 60 years ago. While asking Mizner to find him land and build him a house in Palm Beach, the man issued this order: furnish the house completely, hire six servants, stock the home with food and liquor and have a hot dinner ready at a specified time the da, then practiced law in Jacksonville.

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The number of passing third-graders has increased 7 percentage points in reading, from 92 percent last year to 99 percent this year; 6 points in math, 89 to 95. "That is significant," said Principal Jamasena Marshall. "I'm excited about it." In contrast, third-graders at Roosevelt Elementary School in SCORES West Palm Beach dropped the most of any elementary school in the district. The number of passing third-graders has decreased 12 percentage points in reading, from 96 percent last year to 84 percent this year, 16 points in writing, 95 to 79; and 13 points in math, 95 to 82. Roosevelt Principal Geneva Price could not be reached for comment.

Meanwhile, eighth-graders at Palm Beach Public School dropped the most of any middle school in the district. The number of passing eighth-graders has decreased 9 percentage points in reading, from 97 percent last year to 88 percent this year, 4 points in writing, 95 to 91; and 7 points in math, 90 to 83. "The only thing I can tell you, off the top of my head, is that our enrollment has increased, because of boundary changes," said Principal Lucy Leach. "We went from under 300 students to over 500 in two years. But the impact was really felt this year.

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It surprised the Highland faculty, said Assistant Principal Louise McLester. "We've always done well in those areas," she said. McLester attributed the drop to an increase in enrollment and a change in racial balance. "The neighborhood has undergone big changes," she said. "A large proportion of our students are Haitian and Spanish minorities.

Test scores are affected by that." Fran Gill, the district's south area superintendent, agreed. "Lower scores don't necessarily mean a school isn't doing just as good a job or better," she said. West Palm Beach 2331 Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard 689-2400 Pompano Beach 5070 North Federal Highway 421-5300 The seasons DEATH NOTICES DEATHS Molly O'Day, 64, singer, banjo player The Associated Press HUNTINGTON, W.Va. Country singer and banjo picker Molly O'Day, whose mournful mountain blues style is credited with influencing the sound of modern country music, has died of cancer. She was 64.

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Mass of christian burial will be celebrated Monday (today) 2 PM at Saint Vincent Catholic Church, followed by entombment in Queen of Heaven Mausoleum. Arrangements by the KRAEER CORAL SPRINGS FUNERAL HOME, 753-8960. Annunziato, Madeline Bach, Leo Q. BidweH. Robert Lee Bohine, Albert F.

CempbeH, Fred Fields, Me D. Gertie, Edward C. Kahn, Sybil MergoHs, Harry Maneo, Charles Joseph 8crmarz, Ousts Anton BuHrasn, Eugenia tes4ksf, Helen E. SCHWARZ Gustav of Boca Raton died Saturday. Arrangements by the KRAEER BOCA RATON FUNERAL HOME, 395-1800.

services will be held 3 PM Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church of Fort Lauderdale, with Doctor Richard M. Cromie officiating. Family suggest contributions to the American Diabetes Association, 239 Commerial Blvd, Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, FL 33308. Funeral arrangements entrusted to JORDAN FANNIN GUARDIAN CHAPELS. BOHINC Albert 69 of Tamarac passed away Saturday.

Came here 13 years ago from Cleveland, OH. Survived by his wife, Dorothy; two daughters, Mrs. Rosemarie Rein of Madison, OH and Mrs. Patricia Piunno of Cleveland, OH; four grandchildren; three brothers and two sisters. Services Tuesday 1 PM at the MASON CHAPEL, officiating Reverend Joseph Kiser of All Saints Lutheran Church.

Arrangements by MASON FUNERAL HOME, Tamarac. Zarkse, Angelina SULUVAN of Pompano Beach died Saturday. Arrangements by the KRAEER POMPANO BEACH FUNERAL HOME, 941-4111. ANNUNZIATO of Margate died Saturday. Mrs.

Annunziaio came to this area 20 years ago from Queens, NY. She is survived by her daughters, Fay Rosa of Margate, Lucille Kuhlsen of Margate; son, Peter Annunziaio of Queens, NY; three grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren; sisier, Mary Cataneo of Margate; brother, Frank Raz-zano of Staten Island, NY. Mass of christian burial will be celebrated Monday (today) 2:30 PM at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Cnurch, followed by interment In Queen of Heaven Cemetery. Arrangements by the KRAEER MARGATE FUNERAL HOME, 972-7340. WALKER Helen 73 of Davie passed away Sunday.

She is survived by her husband, John; daughters, Dorothy Duff and Ann Keeny; six grandchildren and five great grandchildren. The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 10:30 AM until the funeral mass. Mass of christian burial will be held 12:30 PM at Saint Gregory Catholic Church. Interment will follow Queen of Heaven Cemetery. Arrangements by T.M.

RALPH PLANTATION FUNERAL HOME. 1 y-' nlnij-iiii nTtfTirh 'IT Jw ffl irrtfurtii li if" CAMPBELL of Pompano Beach died Sunday. Arrangements by the KRAEER POMPANO BEACH FUNERAL HOME, 941-4111. FIELDS Ida passed a ay Saturday, December 5, 198. Arrangements by DIRECT CREMATION SERVICE.

Fort Lauderdale. FL 563-6558. GATT1E Edward 76 of Tamarac passed away December 6, 1987. A resident of South Florida since 1978 from Saddiebrook, NJ. Survived by wife, Marion; sons, Edward W.

and Kenneth sister, Selma Strauch of Wayne, NJ; and five grandchildren. Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday 2-4 PM. Funeral services will be conducted at 4 PM in the Jennings Chapel with Pastor Janet Horman of Aldersgate Methodist Church. In lieu of flowers memorials gifts to Aldersgate Methodist Church would be appreciated. Arrangements under the direction of JENNINGS FUNERAL HOME, 3904 Commercial Blvd, 731-4321.

What a good buy: The FWchfMm Hrv The Florsheim ZARKAS 65 passed away December 5, 1987. She was a member of the Margate V.F.W. Post 10163 Auxiliary. Survived by husband, William Zarkas of North Lauderdale; one daughter, Carol Ann Pad-fico of North Lauderdale; two brothers, Dominic and Nat Catalano both of NY; two sisters, Josephine Pa-tracuolio of MA and Catherine Singleton of NY; and two grandchildren. Visatation 7-8 PM Tuesday and funeral services 10 AM Wednesday at FOREST LAWN FUNERAL HOME NORTH, 200 Copans Rd, Pompano Beach, 523-6700.

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Friends may call Tuesday 7-9 PM at the KALIS FUNERAL HOME, 2505 Dixie Hwy. in Wilton Manors. Palm Beach County Baehrel, Eleanor 70, 1114 Lake Terrace, Boynton Beach, died on Saturday. Scobee-Combs Funeral Home, Boynton Beach. Bloodgood, John 66, 277 Bea-verdam Court, Royal Palm Beach, died on Sunday, services in New York.

Tillman Funeral Home, West Palm Beach. Brady, Lillian 87, Delray Beach, died on Friday, Services on Monday. Robert J. Babione Funeral Home, Boca Raton. Buccini, Louis 78, 414 Sixth Ave.

Lake Worth, died on Sunday. E. Earl Smith and Son Funeral Home, East Chapel, Lake Worth. Kleiman, Samson, 72, 10-C Stratford Drive, Boynton Beach, died on Saturday. Services in New Jersey.

Scobee-Combs Funeral Home Boynton Beach. Lambert, George, 86, 30 S. Lake Worth, died on Saturday. Services on Wednesday in Massachusetts. E.

Earl Smith And Son Funeral Home, East Chapel, Lake Worth. Makela, Lauri Harold, 69, West Palm Beach, died on Sunday, services pending. Quattlebaum-Holle-man-Burse Funeral Home West Palm Beach. Schwartz, Gustav, Boca Raton, died on Saturday, services on Tuesday. R.

Jay Kraeer Funeral Home Boca Raton. Sherwood, Mabel 85, Lake Worth, died on Sunday, services pending. Dorsey Funeral Home Lake Worth. Strogis, Kellie 18, Gainesville, died on Friday, services on Wednesday. Robert J.

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MEMORIAM JOHN F. RACK January 28, 1964 December 7, 1986 John, We miss you. we love you, and it's not the same without you. Love, Mike, Debbie, MicheUe, and Michael MARQOLIS 80 of Boca Raton, FL passed away December 6, 1987. Beloved father of, Myrna Gross; devoted grandfather of, Sam and Snaari; dear brother of, Lena Knapp and Gertrude Perseiey.

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Love Always, husband Ben and mother. Anna well of Boca Raton, FL; MAZZEO Charles of Coral Springs died Friday. Mr. Mazzeo came to this area eight years ago from Long Island, NY. He is survived by his daughter, Joyce Mazzeo of Staten Island, NY; sons, Charles Mazzeo of Staten Island, NY and moiner, Margaret Bidwell; brother, James Bidwell; and istnr Uarihi -n Sons, Alan, Kenny and Indianapolis, IN.

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