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VOLUME 9 NUMBER 49 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY DECEMBER 4, 1969

ZONING BOARDREJECTS BUILDING HEIGHT LEVEL

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The Lee County Zoning Board has rejected a proposal by residentsof Sanibel andCaptivalslands which would restrict the height of buildingsin the county to 35 feet. The proposal was objected to by more than 60area Realtors and was defeated by a board vote of four to three.

Malcolm Beattie, representing the Sanibel-Captiva ImprovementAssociation said that County Commissioners seemed to be in favor ofsome type of legislation when they attended a community meeting on San-ibel last March. About 200 residents signed a petition favoring the heightlimitations at that time.

"We have at present a height limitation in the county since buildingsare restricted to be no taller than others on the street they abut " Beat-tie said. "We feel there is still plenty of room for normal types of con-struction in the county without stacking everything up. This proposal ispermissive legislation which will give us some control over our sur-roundings."

The "H Zoning," proposes that all county land zones may be placedin height classifications by three methods. The methods would be- 1for 15 per cent of the registered freeholders in any precinct to petitionfor including the precinct; 2. for 25 percent of the property owners liv-ing in the precinct to petition, or3. for any individual property owner ina multiple family zone to petition for including his property. Zoning

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board member Dr. John Atkinson asked Art Knudsen, attorney for somerealtors, why so many are opposed to the proposal when it just givesthe officials another tool with which to work.

Knudsen said his clients are well aware of the good intentions of theZoning Board and County Commissioners, but this could be a potentiallydangerous tool. Even If 15 per cent of the freeholders in a precinct didpetition the board, I believe it would still be illegal since state statuteswhich established zoning say you are not permitted to have an i nne rclassification of zoning. This means you could not have this height class-ification in one precinct and not in another or in just part of one pre-cinct. The enabling legislation says you must do your zoning on a countywide level," he said.

Realtor James S. Fortiner called the height restriction arbitary andhazardous. Carl Aud added that such legislation would entail confiscatingprivate property and the restricting of private building and, if approved,would set the county back 25 years in construction.

J. Foster Pate, developer of Fort Myers Villas and head of VillasRealty which is sales agent for a large condominium complex underconstruction on Sanibel, praised the intent of the proposed height legis-lation but condemned the methods outlined to make it work. He suggestedmore work be done on the proposal and then;, if acceptables his firmmight support the plan.

Dr. Atkinson asked Pate if he thought the zoning board should goahead and approve the proposal and let the commissioners worry aboutthe details.

"No I don't think this would be proper," Pate said. "The Commiss-ioners place a lot of value on the recommendations of this board. It isup to you to hear all the testimony from all those concerned so that yourrecommendation can be received in the proper light."

Paul Stahlin, manager of South Seas Plantation resort at the northend of Captiva Island, said he feels the proposal needs more study andperhaps some alternative ought to be included.

It is feared by some that South Seas Plantation could develop a massof high-rises like the ones on the East Coast.

"At present my firm has no plans to develop high rise buildings onCaptiva but with present tax costs we might have to go to something ofthis type," stated Stahlin.

Two others opposed to the height restriction bill were Ross Mayerof Sanibel and Gerald Gould, president of Lehigh Acres DevelopmentCorp.

Some in favor of passing the proposal were Dr. Atkinson from FortMyers Beach, Robert Haynie and Chet Mathis. Chairman William Klinebroke the tie by voting to deny the petition. Kline and Smith are Real-tors. The zoning cases will be reviewed by County Commissioners onJan. 6 when the final decisions will be made by them.

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WHO'S WHO AMD WHY

ROBIN and GENE CARRfromJacksonville are visiting Robin'sparents, the PHILIP HUNTERS ofPirate- Playhouse. Robin is thespeech therapist at the Universityof Jacksonville, Gene is majoringin business administration. Theywill be remembered as playersin Aaron Slick last season. Theywere married in the Pirate Play-house.

Mr. & Mrs. JOSEPH LUSTIGof Janesville, Wise, have arrivedat Sea Horse for the winter. Thisis their 12th year.

We have two names of ourwonderful young people to add toour list of last week: TIM GAULTis another scholar at the Univer-sity of Florida, Gainesville. Alsoamong the top scholars is MissLUCIA FISHBURNE attendingCypress Lake J r . High. We onthe Island are very proud of ouryoung citizens.

Mr. and Mrs. J . WALTERMOORE from Haysville, N.C.,Mr. & Mrs. ROBERT ANDREWSfrom Decatur, Ga. and her sisterand family, Mr. & Mrs. J . LO-VICE SMITH and son MICHAELof Anniston, Ala. are staying atthe White Caps Motel. They aredelighted with the Islands, beach-es , shells, birds, but most of allthe friendly natives.

Mr. & Mrs. RALPH MILLERof Lakeland College, Sheboygen,Wise, are visiting Mr. & Mrs.ARTHUR PERRY and family attheir Gulf home on Sanibel.

Staying at the Island Inn areMr. & Mrs. Howard Datwyler,Mr. fe Mrs. Fred Ewald, Mr. &Mrs, Harold Oliphent, Mr. & Mrs.Rolland Tochteale, and Mrs. SallyCisar, all of New Port Richey,Fla. Mr. Edward Biggins of Holi-day, Fla,,, Dr. & Mrs. John Slaterof Gainesville, one of the direct-ors of the Island Inn, Mr. &Mrs.William Maguire of Largo, Fla.,Mr, & Mrs. William Kimball, NewPort Richey, president of the Is-land Inn Company, Mr. & Mrs.Russell Laudenslager of Allen-town, Pa., Mr. k Mrs. Mortony . White also of Allentown, Pa.Lt. David Ellis of Dallas, Tex.,Mr, & Mrs. Porter Ellis of Dal-las, Texas, Mr. & Mrs. J. P.Woodall of Atlanta, Ga., Mr. &Mrs. Joseph Schwartz of WillowGrove, Pa., Mr, & Mrs. JohnRze-pko of Hollywood, Fla., Dr. andMrs. Kenneth Haptrin, Mr. Ray-mond Deyo of New York City,Mr. & Mrs. C. Deyo, of Dunedin,Fla., Mr. & Mrs. Russell Deyoof New York City, N.Y., Mrs.J. F . Johnson of Chicago, 111.,and Mrs. Gertrude Huckleberryof Gatlandburg, Tenn.

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BOB LINGIS of Chicago has <£=•been the house guest of ROBERTHOUSTON at the Carlos CardezaHouse in Sanibel Isles. Bob'sbeen coming here for 10 yearsand hates to think of leaving.

Mr. & Mrs. LINCOLN DON-ALSON and her sister, M r s .GERALD HOGAN, are at theirbeach cottage for the season.

Mr. & Mrs. NORMAN CLEM-ENTS and the FRED REEDS fromRochester, N.Y. are at the Per i -winkle Trailer Park enjoying thelovely weather.

CLARENCE and JOHN AIT-KEN and little daughter SUSIEFROM Montreal, Canada, l i k etheir home on wheels in Peri-winkle Park and the bonus ofsunshine and shells.

Mr. & Mrs. G. T. HILL anddaughter ANNE from Barn well,S.C. are here for the third timethis year. In April they broughttheir son; they're really catchingfish and finding lovely shells.

Mrs. FLORENCE MARTIN,owner of one of the oldest homeson Sanibel, had an accident inPecos, Tex. and is in ReevesCounty H o s p i t a l . Her manyfriends will be glad to know she'simproving and looking forward toher return to the Islands.

Enjoying Thanksgiving at thehome of Captain and Mrs. BEL-TON JOHNSON on Captiva Islandwere their daughters, JANETTEKIDD, and DAMERIS with twins,RACHELLE and JERI.fromPun-ta Gorda, as well as Mr. John-son's sister, ELIZABETH SIL-COX from Venice, Fla., and herchildren and grandchildren, Mr.& Mrs. BILL RABY along withJOYCE, JEAN, LYNN, DEBBIE,CHARLES and CHRIS. A l s o ,daughter DEVOLA and her hus-band, LARRY GILL AM, who isback from Vietnam. They stoppedoff for Ye Goode Olde Turkey tohold them over till they got toC alifornia where he will be sta-tioned. They had their children,LAURA, BETH and DON withthem. The Johnsons had a realThanksgiving blessing.

Back on Sanibel e n j o y i n gthemselves are Mr. & Mrs. C.W. WEBB from Atlanta, Gao Mr.& Mrs. SMITH are here fromLakeland and Mr. & Mrs. DON-ALD HUGHES and children, JOHNand STEPHANIE from Miami.Also Mr. & Mrs. L. W. WHITEfrom Lakeland; all are having aball fishing (and catching themtoo) also shelling and envying thelocal residents.

TOM and EDITH BRADLEYare back at Periwinkle in theirtrailer to enjoy the lovely sceneryand friends.

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THE COLONY GUESTS

Mr. & Mrs. J. Norman Millerof Merchantville, N.J. vacation-ing at their cottage "Sea Oats'1in The Colony, celebrated their40th Wedding Anniversary onSunday, Nov. 23 with a dinnerparty.

Those attending were Mr. &Mrs. Frank E. Price andMr. andMrs. Harry B. Lewis of Sanibel,and Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Jo Hin-ners of Hackensack, N.JC

The Colony has the followingguests enjoying a vacation: Mr.Thomas Hinners and Mr. AlanZuck of Hackensack, NOJO, this isMr. Zuck's first shelling trip andhe was the lucky finder of a goldenolive; Mr. & Mrs. H. Russell ofWestfield, NJ . ; Dr. Henry Tem-pleton Smith of New York, N.Y.;Dr. & Mrs. Charles Fields ofHopkins, Minn.; the William Boy-kas family of Coopersburg, Pa.;Mr. & Mrs. Goodrich Lowry ofWayzata, Minn.; and Dr. & Mrs.Warren Morris of Toledo, Ohio.

We hear Little Laurie of Hur-ricane House was thrilled to deathwhen she heard Hurrican Lauriewas coming,, "Goodness," shesaid. "They named her a f t e rme!"

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Mr. and Mrs. Donald Modallfrom Zionsville, 111. have beencoming to the Islands for manyyears. Now that Mr. Modall hasslowed down a bit, they are hereto stay in their new home on An-chors Way.

Robert Do Houston of Chicago,111. is putting the final touches tothe "Summer Fishing House"(What a house!) that he and R. EoRusch are having built in ShellHarbor. Houston went to schoolon the Island as a young boy, thento Chicago where he made hisfortune in Insurance. Now he'sback to enjoy many years of r e -laxation.

Zeek and Fran Shaver are atTwin Palms Cottages on Captivawaiting for the home they pur-chased on San Carlos Bay. Theyare from Lexington, Ky. Zeek wasthe Dean at the University of Ken-tucky, and has now retired after40 years in the field of education.Only illness could make him dothat* Last February they camehere to recouperate and fell inlove with Captiva, so they stayed.They have a farm in Kentuckythat has been In the family 122years. They have three childrenand one grandchild. (Guess whogets spoiled?) They both lovefishing and shelling. Welcome tothe Islands, folks!

WHO'S WHO &HD WHYThanksgiving cheer in the way

of warm sunshine and s m i l e scame to the Surf rider. Mr. andMrs. DAVID KEMPSTON and theboys are not new here. They arerelaxing in the sun and swim-ming in the pool, shelling andcollecting m a r j n e specimens.Mr. & Mrs. HAROLD BLACK-WELL of Roswell, Ga. are allfor R&Re Harold is soaking upthe sun and Mrs. B. is gettingin some rest before the Christ-mas rush and doing some sketch-ing. She is the Postmistress backhome. The FRED SNYDERS ofOak Ridge, Tenn. are enjoying theholidays with their three childrenwho love that warm pool. TheDAVE JORGENSONS and theirthree little ones are making themost of this nice weather for theydo not expect to find it so nicewhen they get back to Jersey. Dr.& Mrs. LYNN are down for a bitof rest and Mrs. Lynn expects todo some shelling. Col. & Mrs.RICHARD WILSON, with two finelooking teenagers, are also rest-ing and shelling, while the youngones are sailing. Mr. and Mrs.ERNEST WALKER from WinterHaven are enjoying the sun andswimming. The ART BIRDS andtheir daughter slipped over fromthe East Coast for the Holidaysas did Mr. & Mrs. WM. STEW-ART of Madeira Beach.

Back again for their annualwinter stay at Sanibel Cottagesare Lt. Col. and Mrs. EARL H.CHRISTIAN from Athens, Vt.Joining the Christian family thisweek is their daughter, son-in-law8 and grandson. Mr. and Mrs.ALFRED MORUZZI are just backfrom Japan where they have beenfor three years. It's Mr. & Mrs.Moruzzi's first trip to the cot-tages.

Mr. & Mrs. ALBERT STEF-FEN of Vincennes, Ind. and Mr.& Mrs. JAMES NORTON fromAnn Arbor, Mich, are enjoyingtheir first trip to the Islands.Mr. & Mrs. HOLMES of PompanoBeach, Fla., and their son a r ewelcoming the CLARK family whohave joined them for s e v e r a ldays. The Clarks live in Tampa,Fla. Miss C. JOHNSON and afriend from Clearwater are en-joying their first trip on the Is -land. Other guests include Mrs.D. Mo FACHERT and Mrs. HAZ-ARD of Sussex, N.J., Mr. &Mrs.JOHN NELSON and family ofUn-stella, Fla., Miss YVONNE RICEand her mother from Miami" andMr. & Mrs. NICK SALVATELLIof Ft. Lauderdale. At long lastMr. C. WIGGEN has caught 5snook and luck should hold outfor many more catches this win-ter. Col. Christian caught hisfirst snook of the season. Also,many thanks to PAUL and JUNELIGHTNER on the beautiful shelltable they brought as a gift.

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Mr. & Mrs. PETER JACOB-SAHN and little son, NICKY ofChicago and New York, formerlyfrom Germany are staying at theTexan House on Jamaica Drivefor a much needed vacation. Mr.Jacobsahn is a writer for Ency-clopedia Britanica. They woulddearly love to call Sanibel home.

Scotty, at Scotty's Pub, is theproud possessor of an antiquepiano, which, he explained to acustomer the other day arrivedon these shores shortly after theMayflower. (Perhaps it floatedover on a raft??) Anyhow, Scottywent on to narrate the musicalinstrument's travels — all upand down the eastern shores ofthe United States and finally land-ed it where "I could pick up fora song — naturally." Oooooh,Scotty!

SHELL HARBOR INN GUESTS

Shell Harbor Inn had as theirguests these past few weeks Mr.& Mrs. Lee Mathews of Indiana-polis, Ind. and Mr. & Mrs. Ray-mond Poland of Rantoul, 111. who,after 12 years of fishing, shellingand just plain having fun happen-ed upon some junonias early onemorning while strolling on thebeach.

Mr. & Mrs. Horace Corbettof Wilmington, N.C. had a won-derful visit. Mrs. Corbett was sotaken with shelling, and her col-lection grew so large, we werewondering if Mr. Corbett leftearly on Commercial Air Linesso that Mrs. C. could use theprivate plane to get all her good-ies home.

Also visiting Shell Harbor Innat this time are the R. E. Adamsand their daughter Emily of Oak-ridge, Tenn. The Adams familyhas taken up shelling as a hobbyand Emily started the collectionoff in high gear when she broughtin a beautiful golden olive.

Here from Ft. Lauderdale,Kay Taylor, Evelyn Caldwell andPriscilla Lewis were all smilesafter their trip to the mud flatswhere they found pink edged angelwings. Also Mrs. Blakely andMrs. Seller returning for moreof our Sanibel magic, are en-joying collecting driftwood andshells to add interest to the beau-tiful art work they do.

Welcomed home for the Holi-days are Pam and Gary Holtz-man, Pam is a student at Flag-ler college in Bolles School inJacksonville,

Mr. & Mrs. G. Karwick ofNew Hyde Park, N.Y. are havinga wonderful time. Both have theirparents with them. All of theirneighbors back home will be en-vious of their lovely suntans.

Mr, & Mrs. Ulrich Boehnkeof Tallmadee, QD have found San-

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ibei so relaxing and beautiful,they decided to purchase someland. If there were a contest forc atching and eating fish, Mr. Boc-hr.ke would no doubt be the win-ner.

Kim Townley of Cleveland,Ohio is now the owner of a beau-tiful scotch bonnet she picked upat Bowman's Beach.

Mr. & Mrs. John Ferres,havedecided, after traveling southernFlorida down to Key West, "thereis no place like this" and havereturned to spend the rest of theirvacation here.

Other guests at Shell Harborthis past week were Dr. Jo E.Winker and family of WinterPark, Fla. Mr. Frank Doroshen-ko and family of Warren, Mich.All had such a good time, theysay they will come again,

FORT MYERSSYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Several community culturalassets will be called upon Sat-urday night, Dec. 6, when theFort Myers Symphony Orchestrapresents a complete performanceof Beethoven's magnificent NinthSymphony, under the direction ofConductor Arlo Deibler.

The concert will be playedin the auditorium of the F o r tMyers Senior High School, start-ing at 8 p.m.

In addition to supporting theSymphony Chorus of 80 voices^the "orchestra will provide thebasics for three highly regardedlocal soloists — Virginia Burr,soprano; Dorothy Heddon, alto;and Dr. David Robinson, tenor.The choral group will be directedby Mark Culligan.

The concert is p a r t cl thesymphony's series, but individual •tickets may be purchased at thedoor or by telephoning the FortM y e r s Symphony Orchestrawhich is listed in the telephonedirectory. Adults tickets are $2,students' are $1. Children under12 are admitted without charge.

REQUESTS DREDGING

Channel dredging in Pine Is -land Sound off the tip of CaptivaIsland, south of Redfish Pass,was requested by South S e a sPlantation. Duane Hall spoke forC aptiva Island Co. in the dredgeand fill authorization request.Commissioners declared t h e yhad no objection to the request,depending on the results of a bio-logical survey and applicationthrough State agencies. The r e -quest must then be resubmittedto the Commission.

William Mellow, chairman ofthe Legislative and Hearing Com-mittee of the Lee County Conser-vation Association Inc. said con-servationists did not object to asingle channel to a person's prop-erty, if an ecological s u r v e yshowed the route would cause noundue damage.

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A FOUNDER-OF SANIBELby F.Jinorc Mayer Dormer

DAISY AILSA MAYERMar. 10, 1880 - Nov. 18, 1969

My mother, Daisy M a y e r ,first came to Sanibel in 1919 withher husband, Jo Ross Mayer, fourof her children and a maid namedElsie. Fleeing from the severelycold winters of Erie, Pa., thefamily had tried Miami. But itreally wasn't their kind of placeand one very bad night spent in ahotel room battling mosquitoscompletely soured them on theEast Coast and propelled themon to Sanibel.

Willis Bancroft had told themthey would like it. He, himself,spent every winter he c o u l dcamping there on the beach called"The Rocks" •-- a piece of prop-erty he was later to own withMessrs. Veenschoten and Nick.So the family arrived for Christ-mas after taking a train to PuntaGorda, and a steamer from thereto Sanibel debarking at Bailey'sdock. They stayed at Sawyer's,now The Beach House, and it waslove at first sight for all of them.

Almost every winter afterthat found some or all of us onSanibel and except for the earlytrips, we came by touring carsomehow surviving the gruelingseven day trip over terrible roadsincluding the red mud mires ofGeorgia. With mountains of lug-gage and, now, five children wehuddled under blankets and oftenwatched anxiously for the nextgas station.

When we reached the Floridaline, it was cause for celebrationand the ritual was always t h esame: cold or warm, we mustshed our coats and take a deepbreath of fresh air. Then, oftenas not, we had to scramble intothem again!

Leaving Florida was differ-ent. Laden with shells, coconutsand a new cat, we also had theusual bag of oranges. One year,we were stopped and told that

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because of the fruit fly quaran-tine, we could not take our or-anges across the state line. Myfather argued but to no avail.We might pass but not the oran-ges. To my father, "Thou shaltnot waste" was the 11th com-mandment so after some thought,he returned to the car and got allfive children out, then, lining usup on a bench behind the inspect-or's house, he handed each one anorange and said just one word:"Eat!"

We sat there until they wereall gone; then practically wad-dling, we got back into the carand went on our way —with fath-er looking rather smug. He hadkilled two birds with one stone —no waste — and no one could facefood for the rest of the dayl

In 1924, Ross Mayer decidedto build a residence on the landhe had bought on San Carlos Bay.He hired Isaiah Gavin and hissons to help clear the narrowridge of underbrush and togetherthey worked with shovel andwheelbarrow to fill the l o w ,swampy places behind it with sandand shell from the beach. Event-ually, clearing and filling wascompleted and we awaited thearrival of the pre-cut house froma northern firm.

Capt. LeonCrumpler remem-bers what happened next: therewas a rough sea the day it arrivedand some of the cargo went over=board. Our house had to be r e -trieved by bits and pieces as itfloated on the water, and theMayer children spent severaldays matching up the bundles thathad broken apart. Father finallywas satisfied that all of it wasthere, but Mother never would

admit this, and maintained everafter that it "wasn't r i g h t . "Something must have been for itwas a sturdy house and even nowis our refuge during hurricanes.

Our uncle, Martin M a y e r ,built his house at that time, nextto ours and each residence had asmall servant's cottage in therear . We shared a bath house, a

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dock, an artesian well and anelectric plant that never workedright,, The older children of bothfamilies were tutored by M i s sLettie or Miss Cordie -Nutt andthe younger ones attended t h eSanibel School that is now ThePirate Playhouse.

My father died in 1931 aftera long illness and the followingyears were hard for Daisy Mayer,but it was characteristic of herthat with children to raise anddebts to pay, she was still able,in the midst of a terrible depress-ion, somehow, to carry on. Shekept both houses for a while butin the late thirties she sold theErie residence and returned toSanibel, finding the house in greatdisrepair. With a combination ofresourcefulness and guile, sheset about "fixing" things w i t hbutcher knife and screw driver,often in front of some man whowould in horror, take h e r"tools" from her hands and fixit himeself, his way. She had agood head for business and need-ed it now for although there waslittle in the family coffers, shesomehow found the money to ed-ucate us. I was to have FairfaxHall because my sisters had andall of us were sent to college, twogoing on to graduate.

Sometime, during World WarII, Mother made Sanibel her legalresidence and from that time on,she really didn't want to leaveeven in summer. She worked forthe Community Church; she or-ganized an Audubon chapter; sheserved on endless committees forthe Community Ass'n. and shell

fairs. Her life was full with usefulwork, friends, entertaining andlong, thoughtful hours of fishingon her dock. She was completelycontent; yet, as the grandchildrencame along, she would travel farto help with them, and she rockedeach of the 16 to the same oldlullaby. By the time she died, shealso had to great-grandchildren.But old age finally caught up withher when she was 85. No longerable to drive, sometimes Hell-bent for leather, around the I s -land in her big Cadillac, she r e -luctantly surrendered the keys.After that, her health steadilydeclined and at 89 she died. Butleft behind, was a vivid and glor-ious memory and e v e n at thattime, wnen sorrowing family andfriends talked of her, inevitablywe smiled and even laughed, r e -membering her spunk, her gen-erosity, her wonderfully sharpwit. How like her — when shewent — to leave us so much toenjoy!

A THANK YOU MESSAGE

I wish to express my mostsincere thanks to all of my friendswho were so kind in remember-ing me with their flowers, cardsand little notes of encourage-ment during my recent illness.Also Dr. Heinkle and Dr. Scottand the nurses on the 5th floorof the Lee Memorial Hospitalwho gave me such wonderfulcare.

God bless each and everyoneof you.

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A MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE

Philip Hunter who authoredfifteen years of Radio Scrips forthe Port of New York Authoritywith Ms "Let's go with the Hun-te r s" over station WOR, NewYork, has turned his writing bentthis season to a one act play, "AMan Around the House."

This delightful little spoof on

the current TV westerns will beperformed on the program "Pot-pourri" at the Pirate Playhouse.

The cast consists of ElainePatton, Ruth Hunter and the auth-or. Mr. Hunter wrote "TheManly Art" for Jack Dempsey, aplay with music about a ladyprize fight manager. It playedthree weeks at the Hunters Town-dock Theater on Manhasset Bay,considered one of the country'smost beautiful harbors, at PortWashington, N.Y. Philip Hunteralso wrote the book "Come BackOn Tuesday" based on his wife'snovel of the same title publishedby Scribners of New York.

"Come Back On. Tuesday"was successfully presented atFordham University with an or-chestra playing tunes composedby Jimmy Livingston. "ManAbout The House" will premiereat the Pirate Playhouse, Dec. 21.Curtain 8:15. Box Office GR 2-3943.

CONSERVATION THEME OFLEAGUE HOLIDAY MEETING

Put a ring around Dec. 9 whenthe League of Women Voters ofLee County invites you to theirholiday meeting at KoreschanState Park, Estero, Fla. Regis-tration will be at 11 a.m. and aguided tour through the Botan-ical Gardens will begin at 11:30.Luncheon will be served in Chick-ee (Indian Hut) at 12:300 At 2 ptm.Hende Feichtl, visitor from Ba-varia, Germany will present amusical program.

DON'T MISS THE CONSERVATION MEETING!

The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation will hold its f i r s tannual meeting in the Sanibel Community House at 8 p.m., Wednesday,December 10.

Besides election of a new Board of Directors and reports on Found-ation activities the program will include a showing of the color film ofthe loggerhead turtle made by Charles LeBuff in his summer's work forCaretta Research.

The principal speaker will be Joe Browder of National Audubon whoheaded the battle over the proposed Jetport near the Everglades. He willgive the latest news about this fight.

All members are welcome and urged to attend. Non-members maysign up for membership at the meeting if they wish to attend.

CHRISTMAS IS COMING — TRA LA TRA LA

And with the yule-tide season, comes our Christmas edition of theISLANDER, in glowing green and red (as well as living black and white.)

Anyhow, we will be picking up COLOR ads for the Islander Christmasedition this week (December 4 & 6) and any organizations on the Islandswho have written material for the color section (or sections) can get itto us through December 9. No material will be accepted for the colorpages past that date. .

The black and white section will run on the same deadline as the re -cent Thanksgiving issue we will pick up final black and white adver-tising and news copy for the Christmas edition (which will come out onWednesday, December 24) on the preceeding THURSDAY, December 18.And if this confuses you all, imagine how we feel! Season's greetings,all!

NYLON BAGS TO PROTECT CAPTIVA

An experimental project to protect the frequently washed out roadedging the Gulf of Mexico on Captiva willfeature large sand filled nylonbags, said Lee County Public Works Director James DeLozierlast

The County has sought bids for furnishing the nylon bags, each abouteight feet long and 3.5 feet wide. The bags will be filled with sand andplaced along a 1,500 foot shore line drive. They will act as massiveboulders uniformly stacked, along the erosion-prone beach, which willgive sand dumped over the bags a toehold on the coast, DeLozier said.

The Florida Board of Conservation has indicated a willingness topermit the experiment, he said. Bids will be received until 10 a.mo onDec. 10 at the office of the County Commissioners.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Griffing Bancroft, Clarence R. Conklin, Hal H. Harrison,Mario Hutton, Charles LeBuff, Jr., Thomas Mitchell, Tom Wood

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"PHOTO-VERSE" HERE TO STAYAn interview by Kathy Bunnell

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with elephant's memories may recall that three years agowe published an interview with Mario Hutton under an almost identicaltitle. Only difference, was a question mark at the end. The implied doubtcan now be dismissed. The omens, unanimously, point to the fact thatall over Florida "Photo-verse" is fast becoming a household word, asMario keeps shooting wildlife pictures, composing rhymed commentar-ies, and showing the finished product before a growing number of Audu-bon and other audiences. We thought it might be interesting to find outwhat new presentations are in store for the coming season of our localAudubon, and Mario was quite happy to tell us about the latest featureshe has completed during last spring and summer. "April to October,"he told us, "have become my productive months, because during thewinter season appearances in sundry places, attending to Audubon act-ivities and escorting visiting groups around the islands allow me littletime for creative work. This year I tackled a list of 14 new subjects,and can report with a measure of satisfaction that 12 of them have beencompleted, and I have already begun to show some of them.

' One of the challenges I found most intriguing came from the ideaof employing the unusual color combinations offered by Infrared AeroFilm for artistic purposes. This film was first developed by Kodak forthe use of U. S. Armed Forces during World War II, to detect camou-flaged enemy positions and units.

"At the present time it is widely employed for medical purposes, forstudy of plant diseases and evaluation of heat waves.

"I have attempted to apply its startling and sometimes weird colordistortions to a lyrical fantasy entitled 'Our Roseate Realm,' that I pre-sented for the first time to the Pelican Island Audubon at Vero BeachNov. 22.

"To judge from the audience reaction, I have hit on something pleas-ing and exciting. On Sanibel I will show this feature on Jan. 22 at theopening night of the Third Annual Conference of the Sanibel-CaptivaConservation Foundation. It is the least I can do to express my admir-ation for the superlative Job this organization is doing to protect ourIslands' unique natural heritage.

Another rather, ambitious effort that I have called True - or False,'includes 145 slides chosen from about 900 shots taken to complete acomposition pairing off pictures of realbirds with man-made reproduct-ions of the same species. The premiere will be at Sarasota on Dec. 10,

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and on the Islands probably on the occasion of a benefit I will give forthe Captiva Public Library on Jan. 16.

"I am also eager to test the public's response to what I expect tobecome my most controversial endeavor to date. Titled 'Duty beforeBeauty' this is a two part eulogy of the sanitary role played by our tur-key and black vultures. Far from finding these birds 'repulsive/ I main-tain they deserve full recognition for their unflinching dedication to thecause of a cleaner world, and also for the aerial beauty of their flyingstyle.

"For those more inclined to thrill to the vocal prowess of song birds,I have composed 'The Nightingale,' a somewhat romantic and nostalgictribute to this feathered Caruso, that used to enthrall me in the remotedays of my European youth.

"And than I also have ready 'The Yucca Parade,' a rollicking nose-gay to the explosion of candid flowers blossoming on our islands inspringtime.

"Being a firm believer in the importance of abundantly seasoningall programs with a goodly dose of humor. I have devoted plenty of timeand film to preparing features written and photographed in a lightervein. The subjects range from a take-off titled'Not too Cereus,' depict-ing the one-night stand of this spectacular flower, to a piece called'Alligator Crunch,' which is a blow-by-blow description of a 'gatorstalking and devouring a catfish. Also, I spent many hours in a blind,collecting material on the antics of a covey of black-necked stilts, then,packaging the 44 best shots in a sequence under the title 'Rambling onStilts.'

"No less than 36 reporductions of photos of driftwood dog silhouetteswent into a fast moving spoof named 'Dogs without Bark.'

"Another tongue-in-cheek medley of animal and insect pictures willbe shown as the 'Plaint of the Tree Frog.'

"Finally, to reward the faithful who will attend on Feb. 20, my fourthshowing of 'Recapturing Captiva' on that captivating island, I have addeda twenty-fifth episode, in the form of an epilogue titled 'Postscript,1970.' And that, concluded Mario with a smile, should prove beyonddoubt that I am not one hundred per cent retired — or retiring."

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