I had a great day..got to meet Reg in Jeff City and spent a little short time with her.. ...a good visit and we met at a park close to where I was raised and so I was flooded with memories of my childhood...very nice...and I have thought I will get a camera and go take pictures and tell the story ...then maybe someday a grandkid will read it...anyway...I had a great day to drive...it was cloudy but all the traffic was goin' the other way ...then I went tou to indain's house and she gave me the most wonderful spring horse for my grandkids...talk about a hero...granny is one tonight...(((hugs))) special to you tonight indain...love ya.....then I stopped at Bill's and we bitched about the state of things for awhile and then I hit the road for home...I just put on a pot of soup ...yeah...I love my soup..cloudy here..coolin' down ..they are talkin' snow about Wed... ...I had this song on my mind all the way back from Jeff...kinda kicks ass and lets ya know what you are made of... ..love you all and will chat at ya later Cracker

Florence Martus (1868 – 1943), also known as The Waving Girl, took it upon herself to be the unofficial greeter of all ships that entered and left the Port of Savannah. Using handkerchief by day and lanterns by night, not a ship was missed in her 44 years on watch. A statue of Martus has been erected in Morrell Park on the riverfront in Savannah, Georgia.

Many legends exist about this woman including the following:

• The reason she greeted ships was because she fell in love as a young girl with a sailor and she was trying to make sure he would find her when he returned. [1]
• Sailors would bring her gifts [2]
• When the captain of the ship that brought her memorial statue to Savannah arrived, he refused to accept payment because of his fond memories of Martus [3]

While these may be facts there is no strong supporting evidence for any of them.

On September 27, 1943 a Liberty ship was christened in her honor, the SS Florence Martus