SANIBEL-CAPTIVA LA'A ISLANDER photos by huston DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SANIBEL AND' CAPTTVA ISLANDS The Finest shelling Beaches In The Western Hemisphere VOLUME 10 NUMBER 39 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 1970 PIONEER FAMILIES OF THE ISLANDS by elinore dormer Mr, Arthur Gibson is our oldest pioneer resident. He came with his family to Wul- lert in 1900 where they farmed. Most of his life, "Uncle Arthur" was a boatman, working on the steamers that served the islands, first with The Plant Line then Kinzie Brothers, on such well remembered boats as Belle of Myers, Dixie and Gladys. The day he recalls most vividly, however, was Oct. 16, 1910 when he was caught in the fury of a hurricane, one of the ten worst in Florida's history. The weather was threatening but, in the true spirit of "the mail must go through," he set out in the little Belle of Myers to do his job. As the day wore on and weather conditions worsened, Arthur managed to get his craft into a bayou near Wulfert but the high seas and shrieking winds were too much for her and she sank, mail bags and all. Somehow, Arthur man- aged to get himself and all thirteen bags of mail ashore and there he hung his dripping cargo on the mangrove trees to dry. Nearly two days later, when the fury of the storm had abated, he righted the boat, collected the bags and finally got it into Fort Myers. There were complaints, of course, from people who couldn't read the washed out ink continued to page 9 «C£ 1 BUY IT TODAY-- NOT "SOMEDAY" S,S. PIERCE GOURMET FOODS 'ALL YOUR NEEDS FROM FOOD TO FILM" •tt I I Charles Anderson, age 7 and Lolly Anderson, age », oi Miami, t ionaa are anutvn I with snook they recently caught while fishing at Red Fish Pass. Their father, Duane 1 Anderson was their guide. SEVEN SEAS RIFLED The Seven Seas Shop was rifled by what is believed to be a group of professional burglars Wednesday night. The owner, Paul Adams, is vacationing in Canada. Investi- gator Tom Darr said the store had been robbed of at least 14 racks of clothing and much costume jewelry and estimated the loss in all at about $30,000. It is thought that a truck was used in carrying the stock off the island. Investigation of the robbery continues, and the Adams are still being sought to be notified of their loss. Sonibel-Captiva Koran Pvu-ud TREASURE ISLANDS •ISLAND PROPERTIES SINCE 1957" P-ersonalized service R-eliable performance 0 - utstanding offerings G - rowing reputation R-eal relationships E-xpert knowledge S-uperior advice S-atisfied customers SANIBEL-CAPTIVA REAL ESTATE Claire T. Walter, Realtor Thank You "Advice" 472-1733 472-1455 472-2247 OUR FURNITURE SELECTION HAS SOMETHING TO PLEASE EVERYONE'S TASTE SEA HORSE SHOP At the Lighthouse End of Sanibel Daily 9 to 5:30- Sunday 12 to 5:30
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SANIBEL-CAPTIVA
LA'A
ISLANDER
photos by huston
DEVOTED TOTHE INTERESTS
OFSANIBEL
AND'CAPTTVA ISLANDS
The FinestshellingBeaches
In TheWestern
Hemisphere
VOLUME 10 NUMBER 39 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 1970
PIONEER FAMILIES
OF THE ISLANDSby elinore dormer
Mr, Arthur Gibson is our oldest pioneer resident. He came with his family to Wul-lert in 1900 where they farmed. Most of his life, "Uncle Arthur" was a boatman,working on the steamers that served the islands, first with The Plant Line then KinzieBrothers, on such well remembered boats as Belle of Myers, Dixie and Gladys. Theday he recalls most vividly, however, was Oct. 16, 1910 when he was caught in the furyof a hurricane, one of the ten worst in Florida's history. The weather was threateningbut, in the true spirit of "the mail must go through," he set out in the little Belle ofMyers to do his job. As the day wore on and weather conditions worsened, Arthurmanaged to get his craft into a bayou near Wulfert but the high seas and shriekingwinds were too much for her and she sank, mail bags and all. Somehow, Arthur man-aged to get himself and all thirteen bags of mail ashore and there he hung his drippingcargo on the mangrove trees to dry. Nearly two days later, when the fury of the stormhad abated, he righted the boat, collected the bags and finally got it into Fort Myers.There were complaints, of course, from people who couldn't read the washed out ink
continued to page 9
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I Charles Anderson, age 7 and Lolly Anderson, age », oi Miami, t ionaa are anutvnI with snook they recently caught while fishing at Red Fish Pass. Their father, Duane1 Anderson was their guide.
SEVEN SEAS RIFLEDThe Seven Seas Shop was rifled by what is believed to be a group of professional
burglars Wednesday night. The owner, Paul Adams, is vacationing in Canada. Investi-gator Tom Darr said the store had been robbed of at least 14 racks of clothing andmuch costume jewelry and estimated the loss in all at about $30,000. It is thought thata truck was used in carrying the stock off the island.
Investigation of the robbery continues, and the Adams are still being sought to benotified of their loss.
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WHO'S WHOAND WHY
Mrs. JUDITH ANN WYNN and chil-dren, SHANNON, MITCH, and KIMMOODY of Miami and Mrs. SUSANWILLE and daughter ANGELA of Hialeahare visiting KATHY and FREDBUNNEL, parents and grandparents re-spectively of the visitors.
Mrs. HAZEL WHITEHEAD, motherof Mr. DONALD WHITEHEAD, deservesorchids for bird, dog and cat sittingwhile the Whiteheads were on their re-cent European trip. She will be returningshortly to Shawnee, Okla., and she willbe missed.
Seventy-five Independent InsuranceAgents from Lee County had lunch at theSouth Seas Plantation Saturday Sept. 19and discussed insurance problems at abusiness meeting. They were membersof the Lee County Assn. of IndependentInsurance Agents.
JERRY and JUNE MUENCH of Peri-winkle Trailer Park are the proudestof parents of new baby daughter JENNI-FER JANE born at Lee Memorial Hos-pital Sept. 15. Aske.d if he had any othernews, father Jerry said, "No, that's all Ican say right now." Mother and daughterare doing fine at home.
BILL and SHIRLEY GARRETTonSanCarlos Bay Dr. have just returned homeafter a business trip to Pine Bluff, Ark.and Cape Girardeau, Mo. They were ableto combine business with pleasure andvisited some friends and family andgenuinely enjoyed the change of sceneand climate.
Mr. & Mrs. BARRY A. BUMP andson AL, Pan American Airlines pilot,are at the Surf rider on a needed vacationand thoroughly enjoying the quiet andrest. Other guests there are Mr. & Mrs.M. GABEL of Miami and Mr. & Mrs.GEORGE WILDERMAN of Atlanta, Ga.,Mr. & Mrs. VINCENT DeBONISof Brook-lyn, N.Y. and friends, Mr. and M r s .JOSEPH MOODY of Hollywood, Fla. andMrs. K. C. NIEDERMILLER of Light-house Park, Fla., Mr. & Mrs. SAMJOHNSON from Columbus, Ohio and Mr.& Mrs. WILLIAM G.KARFLASof Miami.
Mrs. MARTHA LAUB, who is activein civic organizations and particularlythe Republican Women's Club, in RivieraBeach, is visiting Mr. &Mrs.ROSGAM-BEL of Captiva and enjoying a quietvacation, at the South Seas Plantation.
Sgt. & Mrs. HERB PURDY, Jr. wereGodparents Sunday to LAURA LEE FRI-DAY, new daughter of Mr. & Mrs. RICH-ARD FRIDAY of Fort Myers. After thebaptism at the AH Angels EpiscopalChurch, where Rev. Thomas A. Maddenofficiated, the group were entertained-by the HERB PURDY, SR. at Segunda.Herb Purdy, Jr. had to return to Jackson,S.C. where he is stationed, the next day.
Mr. & Mrs. FRANK POST of CoralSprings are vacationing at the Segunda.They caught a 10 lb. snook and six nicereds fishing oh Tarpon Bay, and willtake back nice memories of the Islands.
Lucky fishermen at the White Capsare Mr. & Mrs. J. H. TRAUB and Mr. &Mrs. M. J. TRAUB, brothers from Unionand Afton, Missouri. They caught a large2-1/2 lb. Pompano on the causeway alongwith some other nice fish. "Itis the firsttime anyone has caught a prompano here"said Mgr. BOWERS. Other guests thereare Mr. & Mrs. H. M. HALL of Dayton,Ohio, Mr. & Mrs. FRED SCHROEDERof Cincinnati, Ohio and Mr. & Mrs.TOM FRAZER of Dunedin.
At the Shalimar for their yearly visitand vacation are Mr. & Mrs. M. N.GROSSEL-ROSSI of New Orleans and Mr.& Mrs. WALTER A. BASHAW of AtlanticHeights, N.J. and daughter and grand-baby, all of whom are enjoying a restfulsojourn before the rigors of winter athome.
Mr. & Mrs. GEORGE WIDICAN ofAkron, Ohio heard from friends aboutSanibel and Captiva so often, they de-cided to vacation at the Surfrider andsee for themselves. "It is all we antici-pated," they said. Vacationing here alsoare Mr. & Mrs. TOM LEVERETT andMr. G. W. AMEL of North Palm Beach,who wanted to get away from the hustleand bustle of the East Coast.
THE COLONY GUESTS
Mr. & Mrs. G. D. Stendahl of Avenel,N.J. have returned once again to TheColony to try their luck in shelling. Mr.& Mrs. Chuck Kubat of Clarendon Hills,111. are back for a month's stay. Alsovisiting is Irene Nachman of Miami, Fla.,Mr. & Mrs. T. Stokes, Ridge Manor,Fla.; Mr. & Mrs. E. Whitehair of MiamiShores, Fla.; Mr,, & Mrs.Eugene Shigleyof McHenry, Ill.jMr.&Mrs.JohnSzcze-panski of Miami; Mr. & Mrs. C. Casonof Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Mr. & Mrs.Robert Rost of Loveland, Ohio; Mr. &Mrs.. A. Fluke of Chattanooga, Term.;Mr. & Mrs. William Crenshaw of At-lanta, Ga.; and Mr. & Mrs. R icha rdSteves of Bethany, Ohio.
NEW RESIDENTS
New permanent residents of the Islandon Lindgren Blvd. in Shell Harbor are theRev. Dr. Frederic C. Wood, Jr. and hisfamily. Dr. Wood is the son of Mr. & Mrs.Frederic Wood of Lighthouse Way.
The Wood family, which includesthree girls, comes to Sanibel fromPoughkeepsie, N.Y., where Dr. Wood hasserved as Associate Professor of Re-ligion and Chaplain at Vassar College.Although he will continue to serve as aconsultant to the college on part-timeleave, he plans to devote more time onSanibel to his writing activities and in-terests. Dr. Wood is the author of twobooks, "Sex And The New Moralty"(19G8) and "Living In The Now" (1970),published by Association Press of NewYork, of numerous articles in profes-sional and other journals. His specialarea of training is the interrelationshipsof psychiatry and religion, in which hereceived the clqctqral degree from UnionTheological Seminar of New York in 1964.
Before coming to Vassar, Dr. Woodserved as a chaplain at Goucher Collegein Baltimore and at Cornell University,and in the parish ministry at St. James'
' Episcopal Church in New York City andat St. Peter's Church of Richmond, Va.
Mrs. Wood, the former Jane LouiseBarber of Baldwin, N.Y., has taken overthe teaching of first and second gradesat the Sanibel Elementary School. Shehas prior teaching experience in schoolsystems in Poughkeepsie and in Marylandand Virginia. She has had special train-ing at the Masters level in reading ed-ucation and remedial reading at ColumbiaUniversity Teachers' College.
VISIT TO LETIZIA'Sby Fran O'Callaghan
We stopped by Letizia's to see the fourbeautiful Siamese kittens for sale. Theywere almost white with black tipped fur,straight tails and very blue eyes. Mr.Letizia said they are perfect Siameseseal point kittens. Their mother Kishuwas keeping a wary eye on us. But thearomas from the kitchen were so en-ticing!
Mr. Letizia specializes only in gour-met dishes, and they are for the con-noisseur. One particular delight isBraciuolini; stuffed round steak withsausage and spices in a tantalizing saucewhich is cooked for six hours.
This is one of the simpler recipes,but the r'sally difficult one to prepare iseggplant Parmesan, which is done inseveral stages and requires three daysin all to bring to perfection. Even spag-hetti is a gourmet dish, as the sauce isspecially prepared and the spaghettiniis the thin kind that is less fattening thanregular spaghetti. Mr. Letizia inheritedthe wonderful Neapolitan recipes he usesfrom his grandparents in Naples, Italy.And all the wines served with the dinnersare imported too. Really quite worthy ofa call for a reservation.
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The EditorTo The Islander:
Exception I must take, of course,to at least some of the remarks in Mr.Cyrus Biscardi's letter in the 8/13/70issue of The Islander.
To begin with, I wonder what Mr.Biscardi uses in place of 'that greenstuff' from the mint, which he com-plains about in his next to the last para-graph. If there is a substitute I wouldcertainly like to know about it.
I also note that Mr. Biscardi is ahome owner on Sanibel. Does he live onthe island year round so that he under-stands the seasonal and eco log ica lchanges which are so peculiar to theseislands as compared to the mainland inthis general area? Golf courses provideabundant oxygenation, provide employ-ment to numbers of people and are thingsof beauty.
In regards to homes, does Mr. Bis-cardi wish to deny others the privilegeof owning homes on the islands? If hewould prevent people from building andmoving into high rises (as we have cometo know them), and also prevent themfrom building homes, where then wouldthe orderly progress which he says hesupports, be in effect?
I think that we have all been the sub-jects of too many quotes from eminentuniversity professors, some of whomhave never seen Sanibel andCaptiva;andof too many figures denoting bacteriacounts in areas which (atleastatpresent)do not concern these islands. I am fullyaware that this situation could changequickly.
In closing I would like to state thatI am the pawn of no developer and as abulldozer owner I feel that the Cater-pillar Tractor Co. has done much to bringmillions of square miles of lands into acondition which people can at least getin to see. It could of course be possiblethat we should halt the federal highwayprogram but at this point it seems tometo be a little late. More people need moreland and houses. Perhaps we should allget behind the pill.
Kindest regards to all island homeowners, residents and visitors.
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GOLF IN THE YEAR 1771: In thefields called the Links, the citizens ofEdinburgh divert themselves at a gamecalled Golf, in which they use a curiouskind of bats tipt with horn, and smallelastic balls of leather, stuffed withfeathers, rather less than tennis balls,but of a much harder consistence. Thisthey strike with such force and dexterity,from one hole to another, that they willfly to an incredible distance. Of thisdiversion the Scotch are so fond that,
wben tne weainer wm permit, you maysee a multitude of all ranks, from thesenior of justice to the lowest trades-man, mingled together in their shirtsfollowing the balls with the utmost eag-erness. Amonst others, I was shown oneparticular set of golfers, the youngestof whom was turned fourscore. Theywere all gentlemen of independent for-tunes, who had amused themselves withthis pastime for the best part of a cen-tury, without ever having felt the leastalarm from sickness or disgust; andthey never went to bed without havingeach the best part of a gallon of claretin his belly.. . . .From Tobias Smollett's Humphrey
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THE ISLAND GARDENER
Citrus trees are loaded with greenfruit and if you have practiced good pro-cedures yourfruitwillbeclean accordingto the Florida Nurserymen and GrowersAssn. (FNGA). Regardless of how carefulyou have been in spring in watering youmay encounter some fruit splittingatthistime of year. This condition is most prev-alent on Valencia oranges. The inside ofthe orange grows more rapidly than theskin does and causes the cracking. At thepresent time mere is no known controlfor this problem.
Limes and lemons are maturing nowand many of you will be using them forbeverages and desserts. You may noticeon the blossom end of limes and lemonsa sunken area about the size of a halfdollar. This area may be light yellow toa dark brown. It is called stylar end rot.It does not impair the edibility of thefruit, but it is rather unsightly. Thereis no known control for this problemeither.
A plant not widely used butwithgreatpotential is the Gerbera daisy. Now isthe time, according to the FNGA, to divideyour Gerberas. If there are signs of rootknot damage you should treat the plantswhen they are set in the ground withnemagon. Gerberas are like strawberryplants. They must notbe placed too deeplyin the soil. If the crown is covered theplant fails to bloom properly.
Tropical sod webworms are in abund-ance now. They feed on the young, tenderblades of grass causing a trashy appear-ance in the lawn and frequently may givethe lawn a brownish cast. Sod webwormscan be controlled with several materials.It is suggested you consult withyour localnurseryman or garden supply store forthe best materials.
The orange dog worm appears on cit-rus at this time of year. It is a brownishblack worm about an inch and a half ortwo inches in length and is often mistakenfor bird droppings on trees. When theworm is disturbed it projects two reddishcolored horns on the front of its head.These emit a very disagreeable odor.The control for these worms is hand pick-ing. Look for the worms late in the eve-ning.
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Hello Folks:Re this and that:One year I took the night classes at New York University Law School in Greenwich
Village. The hours varied — some nights 7 to 10 p.m. and some 8 to 10 p.m. I workedfor a couple of lawyers during the day — doing the dirty work — serving summonses,subpoenas and other processes -- collecting claims and investigating accidents —searching titles — and when not too busy, keeping the library indexed and up to date.
I commuted back and forth from my county seat by train. After classes were overa friend and myself would stop at Child's on 14th Street for pancakes and sausages.Sometimes we took off early and attended a show on Broadway. As a result of all thisI often missed my station on the way home, being sound asleep, and had to take a taxiback home, a distance of five miles.'
Minsky's Burlesque was in top form at that time and I often left work, early in theafternoon, to take in the burlesque. It seems to me that a familiarity with the femininenude is a good thing for the young, unmarried male, It's like everything else — whatyou know doesn't bother you — it's the mysterious and hidden that stirs the senses.I think nudity shows are a good escape valve for the young.
Have you ever noticed that men, as a general rule, especially the married ones,are eager to critize and ridicule the married friend who is haying a successful affair?Jealous, of course. They cover this and justify themselves by engaging in a hypocrisyof condemnation.
I was parking one day in a parking meter zone in my home town. As I was putingthe nickle in the machine, a good friend, one of the respected members of the com-munity, and a government employee, came up to me and said, "What are you puttinga nickle in for? Why don't you use a pair of hand pliers like I do — I'll show you" andwith that he went to an adjoining, unoccupied meter and turned it to its maximum time.All of a sudden I comprehended what the Devil wants.
I have known sound citizens who thought nothing of getting by on a train ride with-out surrendering their ticket or paying — workers who thought nothing of walking outof a plant with anything they could get away with — clerks who had hundreds.of dollarsin postage stamps in their desk drawers at home, and so on, ad infinitum.
You keep this up long enough and it becomes a way of life. It's most vicious aspectis that it destroys your integrity and your pride. The people who do these things justifythemselves in various ways — they are underpaid — must make it up somewhere —won't be missed ~ would be thrown out or wasted anyhow -- it's nothing compared towhat the bosses are getting away with — and so on and so on. The big crook uses thesame methods of justification -- to whom it may concern, please — don't demeanyourselves by descending to their level.
Let's strive to make the highest morality our common denominator.With love,Matt Tanza.
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Thomas and Marilynn Reymont are the proprietors of "The Magnificent Dog"grooming salon and dog specialty shop on Fort Myers Beach. Although their shop hasbeen open only a short time here, they are by no means newcomers to the businesshaving had successful businesses both in Fort Lauderdale and Camp Hill, Pa., wherethey are originally from. Both Tom and Marilynn are graduates of "Docktors Groom-ing School" in Philadelphia. Before coming to the Beach they lived on Florida's eastcoast where Tom worked as a diver for the porpoise show at Ocean World in FortLauderdale.
The Reymont family consists of Tom and Marilynn and their toy poodles Fido andMouse who, as aome of you may have noticed, are colored pink and blue. Since movingto their new apartment, which adjoins their shop at 6080 Estero Blvd., they have ac-quired a new addition: A fine kitten named "Killer" which can be seen perched on Tom'sleft shoulder in the picture.
The Reymonts plans for the future are to build a weekend cottage on Upper CaptivaIsland where they have some land and also to get back to the main interest which issailing; perhaps some day a trip around the world.
Transportation arrangements are planned if enough Island dog owners are interest-ed in the service. Anyone interested should call The Magnificent Dog.
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NO CATCH TO THIS CATCH
Mario Hutton is back from his fifthfishing expedition in two years aboardthe commercial boat Harbor Queen out ofFort Myers Beach. The trip had to becut short because of the unexpected ar-rival of 'Felice' in the Gulf of Mexico,but precisely because of this tropicalstorm the trip turned out to be highlysuccessful.
About 24 hours before the hurricanestruck, Mario and his two professionalcompanions were lucky enough to comeupon large schools of fish indulging inthe "biting frenzies" they go throughbefore violent weather shifts. As a re-sult, about three hours of frantic actionyielded no less than 175 red snappersfrom 4 to 25 pounds, 8 mutton snapperaveraging 20 lbs., over 50 black and redgrouper from 10 to 30 lbs., various othervaluable deep sea fish, not to mentionnumerous hefty amberjacks and severalsharks, two in the 8 foot class. All told,three days of fishing netted over 2600pounds. On the basis of this and previousexperiences aboard the Harbor Queen,Mario is utilizing the best among hund-reds of slides taken, to prepare a "photo-verse" feature that he hopes to show thiswinter in many Florida cities and, ofcourse, on Sanibel and Captiva.
FLORIDA SHERIFFSBOYS RANCH
The Florida Sheriffs Boys Ranch willthrow a party to celebrate its 13thbirth-day on Sunday, October 4, and the publicis invited.
A free barbecue will be served at12:30 p.m., and a special chapel servicewill follow at 1:30 p.m. with State Repre-sentative Ed Blackburn, Jr., of Tampa,as the featured speaker. Blackburn for-merly served as Sheriff of HillsboroughCounty, and was the first ExecutiveDirector of the Boys Ranch.
Visitors will have an opportunity toinspect facilities valued at over $2 mil-lion, including a new 100,000 gallon ele-vated water tank, and a just completed"radio shack" for the amateur radioclub.
Located on the Suwannee River ninemiles north of Live Oak, the Boys Ranchis a home for needy and worthy young-sters. It is sponsored by the FloridaSheriffs Association and supported en-tirely by voluntary contributions.
The Sheriffs Association has alsochartered The Florida Sheriffs GirlsVilla, a similar institution for girls,and is looking for a suitable building site.
REAL ESTATE SALES
Jamestown-Beachview Inc. to KarlS.Klicka, lot, Sanibel Island, $10,000.
Loca Belle Yawn to Dallas J. Steph-ens, lot, Woodrings Point, Sanibel Island,$6,500.
Jamestown-Beachview Inc. to Wil-liam H. Brewer, lot, Shell Harbor, Sani-bel Island, $7,900.
Carlos M. Cardeza to Lewis O. Urn-land, house, The Rocks, Sanibel Island,$32,500.
Arehart, Patterson & Clark HoldingCo., Inc. to Fred W. Miller, apartment,Captain's Walk Condominium, SanibelIsland, $23,000,
Laughrey & Holtz, Milton F. andGretta Stanley to Donald H. and Jean-nette Case, Harbor House Restaurant.
HARBOR HOUSE SOLD
Laughrey & Holtz Island Real Estate,Inc. report the sale of the " H a r b o rHouse" Restaurant, a Sanibel landmark,from Milton and Gretta Stanley to Donaldand Jeannette Case; formerly of Islip,Long Island, New York.
The Case family include sons Donald,Jr. and David, and daughter Deborah. Thesale transaction closed on Sept. 15. TheStanleys plan to move to Hudson, Florida.They had purchased the property in 1963from Gertrude Cole who, with her latehusband, made it well known as "Jack'sPlace." The Cases plan to serve break-fast, lunch and dinner daily except Mon-days, at "Case's Harbor House."
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PIONEER FAMILIESOF THE ISLANDS
on their letters and the service, they said, was terrible!
Mrs. Charlotte Kinzie White knew all about that hurricane. She heard it from bothsides of her family. Her father, Andrew Kinzie with his brother, George, owned andoperated the Kinzie Brothers Steamer Line and, later, the ferries, our lifelines from1904 to 1963. Many of us have nostalgic memories of these boats, especially the Dixie,recalling her distinctive "Hooot!" as she signaled her landing at Bailey's dock. Char-lotte's mother's people were natives of Germany, Bernhard and Clara Eyber who cameto Captiva in 1904. Bernhard was working in a drug store in New York City as an-ac-countant. Dr. Turner, of Fort Myers, bought his medicines there and upon finding theyoung man ailing, one day, prescribed the climate of Captiva. Bernhard, who lovedbooks and nature, was enchanted with life on Buck Key, his grapefruit grove and farm-ing, but to gentle -young Clara, it was a rough life. When she was offered the job, shebecame operator, cook and trouble-shooter for the new hotel, Eyber House, first onCaptiva. It was there she met her most dramatic moment during the hurricane of 1910,when, in her own words, "the waters of the bay and the Gulf met in the middle of ourliving room!"
Mrs. Beulah Brainerd Wiles is the granddaughter of Mrs. Hattie Gore, formerlyBrainerd, who was postmistress for many years on Captiva. The Brainerds came fromCanada in 1896 and farmed on Buck Key. There were two children, Gordon, who was
| to become Beulah's father, and his sister, Ann. Ann was a sweet and lovely child wholoved to watch the sunset over the Gulf. Often, she and her mother would cross toCaptiva by boat and walk through to a little knoll that was Ann's special place. Sheowned just one thing of value, a gold piece given her before she left Canada, and shedecided to use this to buy the small piece of land she so dearly loved. Sadly, she didnot live long to enjoy it for at the age of ten, she died of tetanus and her grave on herland was the beginning of the Captiva Cemetery.
The Nutt sisters, and their mother, well educated and genteel to their finger tips,came to Sanibel from Frankfort, Kentucky, before the turn of the century. Before theCivil War improverished them, Lettie, Cordie and Nanny had lived the life of the south-ern aristocrat. Their plantation home, maintained by a small army of slaves, was theepitome of elegance, where Gen. Robert E. Lee, himself, was frequently entertained.The girls were not permitted to attend an ordinary school but were tutored at home.Cordie briefly attended a finishing school in Baltimore but was withdrawn when the"War Between the States" broke but. The girls read Greek as most of us read Englishand their spoken French was faultless. When her husband died, Mrs. Nutt, accompan-ied by her brother, journeyed to Sanibel to make a new home for herself and her daugh-ters. Each of the ladies homesteaded and their home, The Gables, was both boardinghouse and school and furnished with many lovely tilings from their former home. Nannymarried Mr. Holt but Lettie and Cordie remained spinsters and taught school both onSanibel and in Alva. It was at Alva that Miss Cordie had her run-in with the schoolboard. They insisted on testing her with a history book she knew to be incorrect. Whenshe refused to match her answers with that of the text, she was sacked — for "ignor-ance and incompetence!" Mrs. Florence Martin, cousin to the Nutt sisters, lives in
leir former home.These are our pioneers. We are very proud of them.
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BATTLE OVER MARSHES OF GULF COAST EMERGES
Because the clash between conservationist Jack Rudloe and Finley McMillen loomsin the north pan handle Gulf area, and so resembles some of the controversy in theEverglades, and this area, we quote from some of the feud.
The area is near to Tallahassee and so a problem close at home to our legislators.Loring Lovell, director of Conservation '70 says, "I am afraid the potential for a realproblem is brewing in the Big Bend. This area is richly endowed with beautiful est-uarine and marsh areas, and perhaps is the breeding area for all of Florida's sportsfishing and commercial fishing industries. Anytime you have waterfront property andpeople who are overzealous to develop it, you're in trouble."
So far Big Bend, 90 miles of coast land between the smelly Fenholloway Riverwhich is badly polluted by a cellulose plant, and St. Joseph Bay, where a pulp millpollutes the waters, has been a salt marsh feeding marine life into the surroundingwaters. Fishermen, oystermen, and crabbers fish the waters of St. George Island,and at East Point and Aplachicola and Dog Island. Then south of the little city of Pan-acea is Alligator Point where most of Tallahassee seems to congregate over weekends,armed with fishing rod and beer can in hand. Waterfront lots are selling for $100.00per front foot, and available waterfront is running out fast. Draglines have gone intooperation to throw bay bottom sands on the marshes to make beaches and land fills.
"It's the old Florida rape job. Hurry up and develop it, and sell it to the suckersand leave," said Rudloe. He feels that abundant marine life in the Apalachee Bay areais being killed by turbidity and landfills that will be lost forever. Marine and seashorelife that has suffered so far are: fiddler crabs, beach hoppers, willets and herons,sea urchins and all fishing and shrimping. Marshes provide shelter for the offspringof small fish -which feed bigger fish, and as marsh grasses break down they feed nu-trients into the bays and estuaries which in turn nourish plant life and Simple formsof animal life, and so on in a life cycle, called the ecology of a place.
Finlay McMillan is a realtor selling Florida's last frontier. "All we want is con-trolled growth and progess," he says, noting that "Panacea could be a city of 50,000.That would be quite a livelihood for a lot of people. This area has got to grow." Andwhile Rudloe and realtor McMillan fuss and fume over these arguments, State InteriorResources Director J. V. Sollohum claims that the cross-Florida barge canal still isuseful to open water barges and ought to be allowed to plow up the marshes for thispurpose.
No one, either conservationist or developer, is happy with actions of state officialson disputes over coastal land uses and areas. Rudloe is against dredge and fill permits,and McMillan states, "It is getting tougher to get a dredging permit or an okay to bulk-head your own property or to renourish waterfront property washed away by a storm."And so goes a controversy that we are beginning to feel and understand nearer here athome, as we observe what has happened in the Naples area of development and hashappened in the Miami Beach area and on and on, in all the coastal cities.
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THE ISLAND CHEF
SHRIMP SALAD, SPANISH STYLE
2 cups, plus 6 shrimps, cooked, cleanedand deveined
3 cooked medium potatoes, cubed4 hard cooked eggs, chopped fine1 small sweet onion, finely chopped2 Tbsp. minced parsley1/2 cup chopped pimiento- stuffed olives1 Tbsp. lemon juice1 tsp. salt1/2 tsp. hot pepper sauce1/2 cup mayonnaise1/2 cup dairy sour cream1 Tbsp. wine vinegar•Lettuce6 anchovy fillets6 very thin green pepper ringsPaprika (optional)
Reserve the 6 extra shrimps forgarnish. In wide bowl, combine first 6ingredients. Sprinkle with lemon juiceand toss lightly. In separate bowl, com-bine next 5 ingredients; Beat vigorouslywith rotary beater. Pour over mixture infirst bowl and toss lightly once again tomix well. Divide salad among 6 lettucelined salad plates. Place an anchovyfillet across each serving. Then a greenpepper ring in center. In center of pepperring, place a shrimp. Sprinkle all withpaprika if you wish. Makes a very at-tractive salad.
RED SNAPPER, SPANISH SAUCE
6 red snapper steaks, 6 to 8 oz. each28 oz. can tomatoesSalad oil1 medium-size onion, finely minced1 medium-size clove garlic, very finely
minced1 sweet red pepper, finely minced1 bay leaf1/4 tsp. basil6-oz. can tomato paste1/2 cup dry white wine1/8 tsp. saffronSalt, pepper, celery saltFlour
Drain tomatoes, reserving juice; chopthem coarsely and set aside. In saucepan,heat 2 tablespoons oil. Add onion, garlic,sweet pepper, bay leaf and basil andsaute until onions are tender but notbrown. Add tomatoes, tomato juice, to-mato paste and white wine. Crumblesaffron slightly and add to saucepan. Sim-mer slowly, stirring occasionally, about1/2 hour. Add salt and pepper to taste.Sprinkle fish with salt, pepper and celerysalt. Dip in flour and shake off excess.Heat oil to adepth of 1/4" in large skillet.Saute fish until medium brown on bothsides. Pour hot sauce over fish on ser-ving platter or plates. Serves six.
PERMITS ISSUED
R. 0. Burchard, $13,000 for DerrolJohnson in Tahiti Shores S/D, SanibelIsland.
M. M. Sutton, $12,000 on Sanibe lIsland.
Michigan Construction, $24,000 forThomas J. Walsh in Shell Harbor S/D,Sanibel Island.
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Excellent year 'round fishing. Here isthe home of the sporty tarpon, snook,trout, mackerel, red fish and sheeps-head.
We have information on best shellingtime and where the best shelling is. Alsoinformation on cleaning and displayingshells.
SANIBEL-CAPTIVAREAL ESTATE"Since 1957"
Claire T. Walter, Realtor
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UnclassifiedsFOR SALE:1963 Lincoln, good condition. Phone472-1720.
* * * * * * * *Swiss lady in her 50's (widow), welleducated, would like to find positionas lady of the house, companion, orhostess, on the Island. Write to T. B.Box 58, North Western, N.Y. 13419 orcall Tel. 824-4991,
FOR SALE:Exclusive residential lot on Gulf Dr.,Sanibel. 105 ft. on Gulf by 440 ft. depth.$55,000. Rt. 1, Box 721, Sanibel.
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FOR RENT:3 bedroom, 2 bath, central A/C homeon Captiva facing Roosevelt Pass. Phone472-2272.
WE BUY OLD GOLD AND OLD JEWEL-RY. Friday's House of Treasures.
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FOR RENT:On Gulf front, Sanibel, 3 bedroom, 2that, Beach house, furnished. Oct. 1 toDec. 25 and last two weeks of March.Rt. 1, Box 721, Sanibel, Tel. Fort Myers,936-4830.
ART SUPPLIES:Paints, brushes, etc. A l s o Flex-Bonpaints, designed for tropical weather atLEGAL SUPPLY, S a n i b e l I s l a n d .472-1736.
CONDOMINIUMS FOR RENT
2 bedroom, 2 bath Condominiumsfurnished, overlooking Gulf of Mexico,heated pool, enclosed garage. Specialweekly rates till Dec Sunset South,Rt. 1, Box 241, Sanibel Island, Fla.,33957. Phone 472-1383 or 542-4404.
"AVON CALLING"-On Sanibel callJessie Dugger, 472 - 2247 for' a freehome demonstration. Many new itemsfor the whole family. Start shoppingnow for Christmas!
Motel owners and business people. Youcan now get color post cards and broch-ures. Beautiful full color reproduction,highest quality, low price. Call L a r r yC. Huston, commercial photographer.463-6655.
APPLIANCE REPAIRS:Small appliances, electric stoves, vac-uum cleaners, radios, lamps, e t c .Harry's Appliance Service, P. O. Box 67,Sanibel Island, 472-1765.
FOR SALE:Rattan bar and 2 chairs. $230.00 new,excellent condition, will sacrifice for$95.00. Fresh water fish prints, framedin old pine. Other miscellaneous items.472-2489.
ANNOUNCEMENTGeorge G. Winters D.D.S.
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Prescriptions Filled By Our Registered PharmacistsAre Your Assurance of Accuracy and Satisfaction
OPEN EVERY DAY FROM 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.-TUESDAY & FRIDAY 9-9Pharmacist on duty 9-9 Tuesday & Friday
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It's time to givethe public seryice!WILLIAM H. (BILL) BEVIS . . .i t Will represent the PUBLIC on the Public
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w Endorsed by leading newspapers through-out Florida.
. * Endorsed by Florida VOTERS! (Bill Bevisled his run-off opponent, Wilson Wright,in 58 of Florida's 67 counties - piling up abig lead of over 56,000 votes !)
ON SEPT. 29, VOTE FOR FLORIDA'S NEW GRP. 2
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