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VOLUME 6 NUMBER 11 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MARCH 17, 1966

CAPTSVA CIVIC ASSOCIATION

TO Mi l?

The Captiva Civic Association will hold their general meeting Tues-day, March 22, at 8 p.m., at the Captiva Community Center. Guestspeakers, P. A. Geraci, County Commissioner; and F. J. DeLozier,County Engineer, will discuss the islanderosion problem. All are invited.

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paoto courtesy ofSANfBEL-CAPTlVA REAL ESTATE

James S. Pickens & Claire T» Walter, RealtorsPhone: GReenieaf 2-4011

AUDUBON SOCIETY

TO HOLD FIELD TRIPThe last field trip of the season sponsored by the Sanibel-Captiva^

Audubon Society will take place on Saturday, March 19. The itinerarywill include a tour of the Pinecrest Loop, in Monroe County, wherewildlife will be observed, and participants will also see what in the twen-ties was a booming city, but today is only a ghost town. Also to be visitedis the Six Mile Bird Observation Tower in the Everglades NationalPark. Rare tree snails, alligators, deer and rare Florida birds are a-mong the fauna that should be encountered. Charles LeBuff will lead thetour, which will be an all day trip. It will start at 7 a. m. at the SanibelLighthouse. For further information and reservations Jean LeBuff, FieldTrip Chairman, should be contacted at Nature Inc. (GR 2-5531)

Another program of the Audubon Society will be held at Sanibel Com-munity House on Thursday, March 17, at &:30 p.m. The film 'WildRivers* will be shown.

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We urge you to join the Episcopal Church Women's"Eight Lovely Homes" Tour on Thursday, March 17

2 Established 1961Duff Brown, Owner and Publisher

Editors Virginia and Duff BrownProduction: Carolyn Lowry, Lou Rice, Susan

Theisen and Becki Glover •Sanibel Reporter Dorothy StaffordCaptiva Reporter Mrgaret DunhamFOR SANIBEL NEWS:Write Dorthy Stafford, Sanibel Island, or callGR 2-5731

ISLANDER OFFICE:140 Demar Road, Fort Myers Beach, or callMO 4-6792.

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On-Island $3.00 yearlyOff-Island or Split $3.50 yearlySecond class postage paid at Fort Myers Beach,Florida 33931.

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GR 2-4961BETTY CLEMENTS, who is now living in

California, sends word that she would love tohear from her Island friends. Her address is;7017 N. Encinita Ave,, San Gabriel, Calif.,c/o Marvin J. Tolley.

FROM

OUR PAPERBACK

DEPARTMENT

Up The Down Stair CaseThe Green BeretsDylan Thomas In AmericaC all It SleepThe VikingsThe Penguin EncyclopediaDie BlechtrommelLe rendez-\7ous de SenlisLa Dorotea

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ST. MICHAEL'SAND ALL ANGELS

EPISCOPAL CHURCHThr Rev. T.A. Madden, Vicar

SUNDAYHoly Communion.... .7:30 a.m.1st and 3rd Sun. . . . . .9:30 a.m.Morning Worship2nd, 4th, 5th Sun. . . . . 9:30 a.m.WEDNESDAYHoly Communion.... .9:00 a.m.

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CATHOLIC CHURCHFather MIGUEL M. GONI

HOLY MASS:Sundays .11:30 a.m.Thursdays 7:30 p.m.Holy Days . 5:30 p.m.CONFESSIONSundays before Mass

* * * * * *SANIBEL COMMUNITY

CHURCHThe Rev. TAD ALLEN, Pastor

Morning Worship. . .11:00 a.m.Sunday School. . . . . .9:30 a.m.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCHThe Rev. W.A. McCain, Pastor

SUNDAYSunday School. . . . . .10:00 a.m.Morning Worship. . .11:00 a.m.Young People's Hour. ,6:30 p.m.Evening Worship. . . .7:30 p.m.WEDNESDAYPrayer Meeting & Bible Study

.7:30 p.m.* * * * * *

CAPTIVA CHAPEL by the SEADr. GUTHRIE SPEERS

Sunday Worship. . .11:00 a.m.V¥ed., Bible class. .10:30 a.m.

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CHRISTIAN SCIENCESunday. . . . . . . . . . . . .11 a.m.at Dorothy Brummond's home,Gulf Drive, Sanibel Island, Fla.

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MRS. McTHING

Mrs. McThing is back againon Sanibel Island. This delight-ful play by Mary Chase whichhas met with such tremendoussuccess comes back to the Pi-rate Playhouse for two moreperformances. D i r e c t e d byPhilip Hunter who plays DirtyJoe, the cast of seventeen re -mains the same: Alice Aleck,Curtis Nave , Norman Cham-bers, Robert Dormer, ElainePatton, Priscilla Murphy, JoP i c kens , Mary Gault, SusanHoltz, James Pickens, WilliamM a c i n t o s h , Larry Amon,Miriam Shriner, Joe Gault ,Karen Booth and Ruth Hunter.

Tickets are on sale for bothperformances to be given onSat., March 19, and Sat.,March26, at 8:15 p.m. at SanibelIsland's charming new ArenaTheater, The Pirate Playhouseon Periwinkle Way. Box Of-fice, phone Greenleaf 2-3943.

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for everyone to read

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For a real variety

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Prices range from

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Gifts of Aloe -Creme cosmetics, cameras,woodcarvings, c a n d l e s , caramics, babyclothes, toys, shellcraft, greeting cards,Hummels, jewelry, Terry Togs and so on.

NOTE: We only have one $12,000 gift.That's a 100* Gulf front lot on Captiva.It 's a beauty and we'll even gift wrap itfor you. We would consider a trade forSaitibel lots.

OPEN 9 -5 CLOSED SUNDAY

SEBRING RACE NEAR

The 1966 twelve hour race at Sebring is justa few short days away, March 26. This year theFords of Shelby-American and Holman and Moodyare after last year's winning Chaparrals ofTexans Jim Hall and Hap Sharp. The automatictransmission, Chevy powered "Chaps" will alsohave a hard time staying ahead of the ItalianFer rar i factory entered cars around the fiveand two tenth mile airport and road course.

Starting at 18 a.m. and not stopping for anyreason, be it rain, cold, sleet, hail, etc, (unlikemost American races), the winning car willprobably travel further than the 1019 miles drivenlast year. The drivers, coming from all over theworld Italy, Canada, England, Ireland, Finland,Belgium, Peru, Germany, and all over the UnitedStates are some of the top men (and women)ever to get behind the wheel of an automobile.

Members of the staff of your paper will beon hand at the race, camping out on what isknown as the 'ESSES" so if anyone wants tostop by and see us, look for the big "U-Haul"trailer with the red and white parachute on it.Come on up and have a ball. Advance ticketsand information can be obtained by writing to"Ticket Office, 12 Hours of Sebring, Sehring,Florida 33870."

BAREFOOT GIRL

The roar of the crowd takesa little while (about half a book)but the smell of the grease-paint is embodied on the veryfirst page of Ruth Hunter'sBAREFOOT GIRL ON BROAD-WAY.

The story of Mrs. Hunter'screation of the original EllieMay in the scandalous-for-its-time TOBACCO ROAD by Ers -kine Caudwell, is realistic, a-musing, sad and a book to beread by theater buffs as wellas by anyone who would likea fascinating back-stage peekat the petty jealousies, the fear-ed heartbreak, the goodness andthe badness of a hit Broadwayplay and the people who createdit.

TOBACCO ROAD wasn ' tgiven a chance (and receivedcruel reviews) when it opened inDecember, 1933 . Audienceswere scanty and the cast justhoped to be able to hold outtill Christmas. Through a com-bination of events, includingword-of-mouth discussion of theplay, a favorable review in theTribune and a praising storyin the News, Tobacco Road wenton to play 2,013 performances(almost as many as LIFE WITHFATHER) and Ruth played EllieMay for five of those years.

Her book is on a par withher performance. Many peoplesaw her "horsing around" onstage more than once; manypeople will also want to readher book more than once.

WALTER E. STRONG

WALTER EDGAR STRONG,61, died Sunday. He and hiswife were owners of the WhiteCaps Motel on Gulf Drive. Hewas originally a native of Ston-ington, IU., and came to theIslands from Detroit, Michiganabout 10 years ago.

He Is survived by his wife,SYLVIA STRONG, four brothersand five sisters.

Services were held yester-day, March 16, and EnglehardtFuneral Home handled the ar-rangements.

FOR SERVICE DELUXE

ASK FO R

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Maitre - DSOUTH SEAS PLANTATION

Cocktail Lounge12 noon-II p.m.

Dining RoomLUNCHEON 12:30-2 :30DINNER 6:30-9:00

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WEST PALM BEACH VISITS ISLANDS

Members of the Young Women's ChristianAssocian of West Palm Beach visited Sanibeland Captiva on two guided tours, one lastmonth and one early this month. The firstgroup numbered 86 and the second about thesame.

The first tour spent the day shelling andriding through the Ding Darling Sanctuary withtime out for lunch at Coconut Grove. Thesecond group came over March 3 and a high-light of the trip was a visit to the Shell Fair,along with shelling and the Sanctuary trip.

BIG ONES STILL PREVAIL AT SOUTH SEAS

Catching the big ones is no problem forMargaret Upshaw, who is an ardent fisherwomenand knows most of the tricks of surf fishing.

Margaret is a resident of Sanibel and likes tospend her free time angling for the various speciesof fish that are caught around Redfish Pass . Thefine catch displayed here is a Redfish tat tippedthe scales about 11 pounds. Using a favorite baitfor the area, shrimp, she brought this one in on10 pound test line.

She was fishing from the dock at South SeasPlantation where many fish of equal, or larger,size have been brought in this season. This onewas hooked on the afternoon of March 11,

20 Minutes South at Naples

Tfe® Naples ShowplaceMidway 2-4053

GardardensA thrrty-acre tropical paradise where birds roam freeiy againstthe magnificent backdrop of rare plants, trees and orchids.Largest collection of rare, free-roaming waterftwf in thiscountry as well as native birds in their natural habitat Open8 A.M ts 6 P.M. Bring your camera,

FEATURING THE ORIGINAL

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200,000 people enjoyed the traveling troupe at tbsNew York World's Fair. Millions have seen it on TV.

See the original 30-mJnute shaw ftere.

Shaws 10 A.M. to 5 P,M.

Come and have lunch at thePavilion before or after the show

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Every Thursday12:30-1:30

SEAFOOD BUFFETevery Friday 6.-30-S p.m.

reservations appreciated O R 2-3ie i

500,000 mail boxes irr Amer-ica are your partners in thefight against cancer.

A contribution addressed to"Cancer," c/o your local postoffice will help guardyour family, yourself andyour community.

Next time you see amail box, "put'erthere,partner!"... as generous-ly as you can. .FIGHT CANCER with aCHECKUP and a CHECK

American Cancer Society

UNO. ASS IF1EDS

FOR SALE:Natural Island fill dirt for saleat prices that can't be beatlGood for growing things on theIslands - packs hard, too, fordriveways and bleaches white.Let us quote you. Our truckswi l l not damage your yard.D ragline and tractor work. Oys-ter shell delivered and spread.SANIBEL MARINA, an Islandenterprise tor the Islands.

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LA HACIENDA:Enid P. Donahue. Lodgings,dayweek or month. Housekeeping,by week or month. SHELL SHOPand display open Wed. to Sat.,10 to 5, or phone, GR 2-3381.Shells, house, shop, lots forsale.

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ELIMINATE COMPETITION:BUY a motelf Loot over thisexcellent, prime quality motelinvestment on the ideal end ofSanibel. Buildings in first classcondition, reasonable t e r m s .Call for a p p o i n t m e n t . GR2-4875.

* * * * * *APRONS - in colorful shell

or sea horse prints. Great forgifts or as practical, personalsouvenirs. $4,00 prepaid, satis-faction guaranteed. Send print

selection, payment and mailingaddress to Helen Yast, 703 N.Marion, Oak Park, Illinois.

LOST:Pedemeter between Gulf BreezeCottages and the Steam Boat.Finder please call Gulf BreezeCottages, GR 2-3361.

END GIFT FRUSTRATIONSIf you look up at the stars and have a wonderful feeling

If your heart delights at the antics of a mockingbirdIf a little toad winks as you pass by (or you wish be would),., then,

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OPEN 9-6

BAREFOOT GIRL ON BROADWAY"by ruth hunter & carl sandburg

. . . a fascinating back - stage peek . . . "says the Islander

Now playing_ 3943 "Loud Red Patrick'

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ART OAUE8Yof The Seahorse Shop

ShowLEVY

SanibeiStarting March 27 to April- 9

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GUIDES-licensed byU.S.C.G.

FISHING a LIVE SHELLING TRIPS

BOATS

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RENT or SALE

LIVE SHRIMP

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All of Artie Diehl's friends will be glad to know thathe is now working out of Betty's of Sanibei

He assures you ofTOP QUALITY

Complete Marine Maintenance and RepairPick-up and Delivery on Sanibei and Captiva

Ask at the Chamber of Commerce or Your Motel Manager

PHONE BETTY - GR 2 - 2701

YOUR ARE

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4th ANNUAL

demand Jewelry Showing

T O D A Y and F R I D A Y - M A R C H 1-7&.18

Gemstones - Thousands and Thousands of CaratsJEWELRY - THE LATEST - THE FINEST

RINGS - AND RINGS - AND RINGSA Special offering of Antique Jewelry and Repair

WE WILU HAVE A LOVELY ROSE

FOR EVERY LADY ATTENDING

TREASURE!Samfaet htand, Florida

SAGA OF AN ECCENTRICAND A PERILOUS SEA

We have adventure right hereon our doorstep. First for thechief actor, Barclay K. Read,Barclay, age sixty plus, has acharming cottage of his owndesign on Gulf Drive. He is aman of strong convictions, andathletic interests. He has far-out views on matters of diet;likes to be alone on occasion1

or much of the time; is a judoand karate expert (has a judomat outside his cottage and asundeck on his roof); goes onrigorous skindiving and shark-ing expeditions with friends onthe island who are hardy andadventurous enough to stand thestrain. Bark swims three milesevery day in the gulf and won-ders if he's maybe slipping abit when he comes in afterwardready to sit down and rest aminute or two.

Not long ago, Bark went ona ten-day windjammer cruise inthe Caribbean. The Polynesiawas and is her name. He hada marvelous time. Not so mostof the others. After the firsttwo days the sea got so roughthey never again took theirclothes off to go to bed; shavedin old coffee water (said Bark,"Why bother?!"). To make mat-ters worse, the engine went outfor a couple of days and theydrifted. The crew were a one-time lot, young and inexperi-enced. One hapless passengerhad his wife along and at adramatic point, sure the shipwas foundering, and both unableto swim, they went to the bowwith a length of stout ropeand tied themselves to go downt o g e t h e r . Fortunately, theydidn't jump prematurely, for ofcourse the sturdy schoonermade it back to port well,almost back—the passengerswere discharged somewhere inthe Bahamas, short of their des-tination by an Island or two,to get home at their own expense.

Before this trying trip wasover they ran out of food andwater and the ship's sails weretorn to ribbons from the rainand wind. You may know thatthe Polynesia is advertised as"one of the largest and finestsailing vessels in commissiontoday." She has proved her sea-worthiness and speed on manytransatlantic passages, and be-cause of her weight and stabil-ity is very comfortable at sea.She sails twice monthly for theBahamas, the year round, sodon't let this experience for onlythe stout-hearted stop you.

By the way, we almost for-got our hero, Bark, in the vio-lence of the storm. When hegot back, he Immediately plung-ed into his three-mile swim andis reported to have sat com-fortably resting afterward for atleast five minutes Instead of hiscustomary two or three. The factis, he enjoyed the hair-raisingexperience, says he learned alot of sea-lore and wouldn'thave missed it. What kind ofmilk do you suppose he wasnurtured on? Tiger's?

FINE STATIONERY In Gift Boxes

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Progress ReportTo Island Water Associa-tion, Inc.

Gentlemen:

Work has proceeded satis-factorily during February onall phases of the work. With37 1/2% of the contract timeelapsed, the completed workamounts to 35.2%, leaving itless than 3% behind schedule.We expect by the end of themonth of March that the workwill be substantially ahead ofschedule at the halfway point.

Pipe line installation hasproceeded rapidly and majorefforts are being devoted to in-stallation of pipe at the vicinityof Sanibei Road and Ta rponBay Road, and to the section ofC aptiva Road which is to be re-paved during March. The sub-aqueous pipe installation hasproceeded smoothly with ap-proximately 23% of the sub-aqueous crossing in place, andno difficulties are forecast forthe completion of the work.

Construction work at thesubstations has p r o c e e d e dsmoothly with work underwayon reservoirs at both the San-ibei booster station and San-ibei Main station. All of thepump buildings are structur-ally complete as of the end ofFebruary, and finish work willbe withheld until the latter partof the contract in order not tomar it during the installationof mechanical equipment.

Sincerely yours,

W. F. Bishop

Bennett, Bishop &Passalacqua1282 N. Palm AvenueSarasota, FloridaMarch 9,1966

. THE ISLANDER3-17-66

WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR

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For aii edu^aiiorr in naiurai history

NATURE, INC

j Not necessarily a mouse chasing atiger (tho that might help) but your

I guests, your shell finds and your tripsj also make news. Drop a note or callDorothy Stafford (GR 2-5731) or our!

I office (MO 4-6792, no charge for such jIcalls) at Fort Myers Beach anytimeluntil 4:30 P .

The Island StoreCAPTIVA

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RESORT MOTELSanifaef

Reynolds Craft Shop?5 Main Road, near Casa Ybel Road

Flor ida Min ia tures & R a r e Shells

SHELL BOXES - FRAMES - TABLES

Shellcraft Supplies and FindingsCeramics-Leather & Misc. Items

The Handmade Gift is the Thoughtful Gin.

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SHELL COLLECTIONREVAMPED

Rehabilitation of Island InnShell Collection—It was Mr.

Bryan Kane's idea and he sup-plies this background: The Is-land Inn belonged to MissC h a r l o t t a Matthews someyears ago. Eventually she soldit to the Island Inn Associationwhose hundred or so membershave as far as possible triedto preserve the old traditions.After the sale, Charlotta do-nated to the Inn her shell col-lection, a large cabinet of fiveshelves of Sanibel shells plusforeign ones given to her byher guests at the Inn and byher friends. As shells in thisold collection faded and peopleleft their own small collec-tions behind instead of takingthem home,itgraduallybe-came the product of the guestsas well. Recently, Associationmembers noticed it had be-come crowded and neglectedlooking; Bryan suggested re-working it and buying addi-tional cabinets, and the planproceeded swiftly from thatpoint on. The lounge was soona-bustle with guests cleaningthe old shells, bringing fromtheir own collections, substi-tutes for worn ones and arran-ging them all in the new totalof three cabinets. Elise {Mrs.Richard) Fuller, Mrs. RalphShaw, Jr., and Mrs. GordonHughes were in charge of" ar-rangement. Bryan was direct-ing operations. And Charlotta?She's not out of the picture byany means. She came overfrom Fort Myers, as she doesfrom time to time , to join inthe jubilation over the finishedjob.

WINS FIRST PRIZE

Ethel Reynolds, of Rey-nolds' Crafts Shop, wonafirstprize in the artistic divisionat the Shell Fair for her pineneedle tray displaying her col-lection of valuable F l o r d i aminiatures.To make an attrac-t ive natural setting for her

a r t i s t i c arrangement, sheused the long needles from aNorth Florida pine bound withraffia. E the l does the col-lecting for their shop, husbandDeilmar does the cleaning, i-deittifying ana studying. Etheland Deilmar do not confinetheir interests to F l o r d i abeach shells; they also buydredged and foreign s h e l l s .They sell shell supplies andceramics, another of Ethel's

hobbies. She makes and firesthem in her kiln. They havehad their shop (withthree Sia-mese cat mascots) since 1962,

L. G.RHODESPlumbing

SANIBEL

NEW CONSTRUCTION

REMODELING

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Coptiva island, FloridaOn the Gulf of Mexico

Our Dining Room is Open Daily

Dinner —6:30 to 8:00

Breakfast—7:30 to 9:30 • Luncheon—12:30 to 2:00

• Sunday Night Buffet—6:30 .to 8:00

Reservations RequestedBut Not Required Phone GK 2-3911

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WHO'S WHO

Miss Dorothy Herbison andMiss Ruth Giddirigs, of Chicago,Illinois, have returned" to theNorth after spending 10 days atShalimar. Dorothy and Ruth arefriends of Betty Sears and Eve-lyn Pearson of the NutmegHouse, and members of Sani-bel's 'LaCostalslandColony'—a group of islanders and friendswho have purchased property onour sister island to the North.

Prise ilia Murphy r e p o r t stwo sales this week, both ofhomes. Mr. and Mrs, Ralph L.Torreyson, of Washington,D, C,, purchased Margo Red-inger's home in Sanibel Estatesand Mr. and Mrs. Hal Harrisonof Cheswiek, Pennsy lvan ia ,purchased Mr. August J. Hes-sler's canal-front house inCastaways Estates.

Back at Sanibel Cottages fortheir regular winter visit areMr. and Mrs. Tom Ware. Al-though they are Floridians now,living at Harbor Bluffs, theystill have to spend some time onSanibel.

Mrs. Homer Bishop (Jane)and her parents, Dr. and Mrs.C. W.Wycoff are here from Cle-veland till mid-April in BarclayRead's larger house on GulfDrive. They adopted Sanibel 32years ago, have come to thesame spot every year . Dr. Wy-coff is a pediatrician, now re-tired. Jane began her yearly vis-its a bit later in 1942. Now along- experienced fisherman,she has become a resource per-son for the novices v/anting ad-vice on choice catching spots,cleaning and filleting. Lately thefishing news has not matched theshelling; Jane says the yield hasbeen slim from both canal andgulf—the patient are pulling in afew mangrove snappers andsome trout.

The next regular meeting ofthe Sanibel-Capriva Shell Clubwill be at the Captlva Commun-ity House on Saturday, March 19,at 8 p. m., instead of March 21as scheduled. Dan Steger willcover the highlights of deep-seadredging and will have his ownshallow water dredge with himfor members to see.

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Mrs. L. Edward Knapp, ofFrenchtown, N. J., is visitingher daughter, Mary Holts, onSanibel for a few weeks.

Mrs. Ray Warren I rvin ,Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and herfriend Mrs. L. B. Kellog of ElPaso, Texas , are spending amonth at Sandpiper Apartments.

Mr. and Mrs. C h a r l e s G,Patterson of Lynchburg, Vir-ginia, island property owners,are visiting Captiva, staying atthe C aptiva Beach Motel.

'Suffer l i t t l e children tocome unto me', might be carvedabove the doors of all the hos-pitals built to take care of sickchildren. Tom. Nix has a parti-cular one in mind and there'sno doubt he too has some of thecompassion of those words. It'sa 'little thing* but it's big. Tombuilt the cabinets for the SundaySchool of the Sanibel CommunityChurch. When time to pay came,he declined the money, finallysuggested it be donated to theAmerican Legion Children'sHospital in St. Petersburg, or-iginally built for crippled child-ren, this hospital is open now toany sick child, whether or nothis parents are associated withthe Legion. Bravo, Tom, we ad-mire you.

Bowling: Those Island boys,Ed, Gogo, and Doc, went to theBig City to compete in the South-west Florida Bowling Tourna-ment. As of Sunday's standing,they were in the prize money bycoming in sixth in the team e-vent. Doc and Ed also got on theboard for twelfth place in thedoubles. The boys came up with"these scores forDot t i ' s : EdLegel 174, 238, 229; Gogo Goge-lin 187, 158,184; Doc Bryant 207,190, 202. Ably assisting to makea five-man team were Bob Mac-Leod 224, 218, and Ernie Hof-mann 187, 211.

Results of this week's Lea-gue; two games won, two gameslost to keep the same standing.

Mr. and Mrs. J.Sanford Otisarrived March 12, from Liber-tyville, Illinois for a stay untilafter Easter. This is their thirdyear at Snook ApartmentsJheirdaughter, Larney, now attendingschool in Massachusetts, willjoin them later.

ON THE SICK LIST

P eggy Maloney is confined toher home, but hopes to be outsoon.

Elsie Malone is on the mend.Mary Nix pulled through

Shell Fair before a cold laidher low.

Dottie has been .in bed forover a week. She HOPES she'sfeeling better so do we.

CLS BAND BOOSTERS

The CLS Band Boosters willparticipate in the McGregorBlvd. Shopping Plaza side walkbazaar, on Saturday, March 26,from 9 a.m. until—? The boothwill feature home baked goodsand white elephants. All dona-tions will be accepted and great-ly appreciated at the booth,There is still a large existingdebt on the present uniforms,and with the addition of the Sr,year in September, and newseventh graders coming in,more uniforms will have to beordered. So, come and donateand stay to buy!

We worry about rising taxestoday and sometimes forget thatpeople have always worriedabout taxes. The Rev. SydneySmith was a clergyman of theChurch of England, who diedin 1845. He was the founder ofthe Edinburgh Review ana1 wasfamous as a wit and causticcritic. The following excerptfrom his works written nearly150 years ago could easily beapplied to the present time;.

"John Bull can inform Jona-than what are the inevitableconsequences of being fond ofG1 o r y—TAXES! Taxes uponevery article which enters themouth, or covers the back, oris placed under the foot; taxesupon everything which is pleas-ant to see, hear, feel, smell,or taste; taxes upon warmth,light, and locomotion; taxes uponeverything on earth, and thew a t e r s under the ear th ; oneverything that comes from a-broad, or is grown at home;taxes on the raw material.

"Taxes on every fresh valuethat is added to it by the in-dustry of man; taxes on the saucewhich pampers man's appetite,and the drug that restores himto health; on the ermine whichdecorates the judge; and the ropewhich hangs the criminal; on thepoor man's salt, and the richman's spice; on the brass nailsof the coffin, and the ribbonsof the bride; at bed or board,couchant or levant, we mustpay.

"The schoolboy whips histaxed top; the beardless youthmanages his taxed horse, witha taxed bridle, on a taxed road;—and the dying Englishman, pour—ing his medicine, which has paidseven percent, into a spoon,that has paid fifteen per cent,flings himself back on his chintzbed, which has paid twenty-twoper cent, makes his will on aneight pound stamp, and expiresin the arms of an apothecary,who has paid a license of ahundred pounds for the privi-lege of putting him to death.

"His whole property is thenimmediately taxed from two toten percent, Besides the pro-bate, large fees are demandedfor burying him in the chancel;his virtues are handed down toposterity on taxed marble; andhe is then gathered to his Father

to be taxed no more."From Columbia, Knights of

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