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VOLUME 6 NUMBER 49 PUBLISHED EVERY,THURSDAY DECEMBER 8, 1966

PUBLIC LIBRARY MOVE COMPLETED

All physical evidence of the Sanibel Public Library was removedfrom its former location in Town Square in a single afternoon. Whathad been considered a two-day job was completed in four hours onSaturday, November 26. More than twenty friends of the library broughttheir station wagons and cars to help with the move. Special thanksare due Jerry Martin and his helper for trucking the heavier filesand pieces of furniture.

Settling into the new quarters in the Sanibel-Captiva Real Estatekbuilding took longer than the dismantling and moving. Stacks had tobe assembled and fastened to the walls before books could be takenout of cartons. This work was completed for an opening on Thursday,December 1. As before, regular library hours will be from 10 a.m. tonoon on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

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DECEMBER 15The Island Water System, with the last of its approximately 475

connections finished December 2, will beformally dedicated this comingThursday, December 15, at 10 a.m. at the main station on State Road867 next to the telephone building. Refreshments will be served and thepublic is not only invited, it is urged to attend.

John Kontinos, president of the Association, said that a numberof dignitaries from the Washington and local political scene had beeninvited, but at press time, acceptances had not yet been completed.

After the dedication, Kontinos and the other Board of Directorsmembers, Ed Konrad, Paul Stahlin, Francis Bailey and Joe Green,with administrator Pat Murphy and assistant administrator Bob Ay~cock, and any visiting dedicators, will adjourn to South Seas Plantationfor lunch.

The Island Water Association first started with a public meetingin September of 1964. At that time, and during subsequent meetings,it was decided to apply for a Farmer's Home Administration guaran-teed loan of $800,000 which was granted. Bids were let and construc-tion started November, 1965, and were completed when the last con-nection was made December 2, 1966. {The first connection, by the way,was the Kontinos' Coconut Grove Restaurant—on October 6, 1966,"which had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that I'm president"quickly added Mr. Kontinos and the last was the new Jolly RogerMotel on Sanibel.)

The basic connection fee is $183, and the monthly water rates*are $9 for the .first 7,000 gallons. "There are very few places and/orhomes on the islands which have not subscribed," said Mr. Kontino^.

The $800,000 loan will be paid back by the proceeds above oper-ating costs. It's a 40 year.loan.

AUDUBON SOCIETY MEETS TONIGHTThe Sanibel-Captiva Audubon Society will hold its second meeting

of the season at 8:30 p.m., Thursday (tonight) at the Sanibel CommunityHouse.

A film entitled "Song of Thy Works" will be shown. This motionpicture is recommended by the National Audubon Society as descrip-tive in highly informative fashion of nature's wonders.

Members and all interested persons are cordially invited to attend.

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MARY K. CUNNINGHAM

Mrs. Mary Katherine Cun-ningham of Captiva Island died,apparently of a heart attack,Thursday, December I.She was68 and had been a residentof Captiva for abouE 11 years.

She is survived by her s is-ter, Mrs. S.T. Mellinger ofSpringfield, Illinois, and sev-eral neices and nephews.

Very active in civic affairs,Mrs. Cunningham was a mem-ber of the Captiva Chapel bythe Sea, the Community Asso-ciation, the Board of Directorsof the Chamber of Commerce,and many shell clubs throughoutthe country.

She gave generously of hertime, work and money to manyorganizations and individuals.Her little red shop on CaptivaIsland was a mecca for manyvisitors, shellers and friends(the first two soon becomingfriends after a visit or so)ever since she established it.

Mrs. Cunningham was foundin her bedroom at her homeThursday afternoon by twofriends who became concernedwhen she did not answer theircalls when they entered theshop. Deputy Sheriff DaveWooster of Sanibel answeredthe emergency call, and LeoEnglehardt Funeral Home tookcare of further arrangements,until Mrs. Cunningham's sisterarrived late Monday afternoon.

Mrs. Mellinger, who hadbeen delayed by an automobileaccident in Georgia on her wayto the Islands, (no one washurt) had not completed thefuneral arrangements Monday.

The funeral arrangementswere further delayed when thekey for Mrs. Cunningham'ssafety deposit box in Fort Myerscould not be located.

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Mr. and Mrs. RICHARDMORGAN of Washington Depot,Conn., arrived on the Islandsa few weeks ago to help Mrs.FRANCES BAILEY at the RedPelican. They'll be here for theseason, and are living in Mrs.Bailey's studio on Gulf Drive.

Dr. GREGORY FLORES ofMid-Island Cottages, CaptivaIsland, has been commissioneda member of the Captiva I s -land Fire Control Board by Sec-retary of State Tom Adams.

The Sanibel Disposal Ser-vice, Inc., was granted a char-ter this week by Tom Adams.Incorporators are Harry C.White, James T. Cowart andEdell White, all of Fort MyersBeach.

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MARY PARKER of Coral-viUe, Iowa, who visited theHawaiian I s l a n d s recently,wrote her parents, Mr, and Mrs.WILLIS COMBS, as follows:

"The beaches are eitherblack or white—the white onesare few and far between asthese are formed from coralreefs; the black ones morenumerous as these are formedof lava. Most of the black beach-es are not good for swimming,at least not for the inexper-ienced as the bottom is veryrough and the currents swirlaround the deposits of lava.

"The black sand beach ofcourse is the exception. Herethe lava has been reduced tosand size and the beach Islovely. I brought back a lotof this sand as most of theyoungsters I know wanted alittle of this sand.

"The shelling is almost non-existent—at least on the beach-es I visited.

" T h e vegetation is v e r ylush. Anything and everythinggrows here. Because the I s -lands are so young geologicallymost of the plants have beenintroduced from nearly all overthe world. Much of the vegeta-tion reminds me of Sanibel—the palms, mango, papaya, cof-fee, crotons, pointsettias, hi-biscus, Australian pine.

"I like the beach at Sanibelmuch better than the one atWaikiki."

Mary was representing theIowa Geological Survey at Na-tional meetings of the AmericanGeological Society at San Fran-cisco, followed by a geologicalfield survey of the HawaiianIslands. She and her teenagedaughter, BARBARA, will beon Sanibel for the Christmasholidays.

Sanibel Island, Florida

STEPHEN MUENCH, whograduated with honors as adistinguished student from theOfficers' Training Schoo l ,Lackland Air Force Base, theday after Thanksgiving, and hiswife, LYNDA, are spending atwo week leave on the Islandswith his parents, AL and BETTYMUENCH of Periwinkle TrailerPark.

2/Lt, Muench had been as-signed to report to Moody AirForce Base in Valdosta, Geor-gia, for pilot training after hisleave. Steve and Lynda will bespending the Christmas holi-days with her parents, Mr. andMrs. A.V. RUNSEY of Fayett-ville, New York.

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Mr. and Mrs. HERBERTLEWIS fly in from Saint Paulthis Sunday to take up winterresidence in Moonshell Cottageon Gulf Drive, Sanibel. EMMYLU is busting with ideas gath-ered on her trip to Japan inOctober, for the gardens andlandscaping around Moonshell.

Dr. and Mrs. ALBERTSTEFFEN of Vincennes, Indi-ana, and Chateaux-sur-Mer,Sanibel, found a beautiful Gold-en Olive and a Murex Recur-verostis (Rybidus) while theywere shelling last week. HOW-ARD and MIM SCHRINER alsoreported finds: a Golden Olivefor Howard and Mim finallyl a n d e d t h a t Junonia she'swanted.

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CHAMBER DRIVESUCCESSFUL

Substantial gains in mem-bership were announced lastweek by the Sanibel-CaptivaIslands Chamber of Commerce.Last summer a drive, initiatedby Lew Funk, Andy Mellodyand the late Mary Cunningham,has resulted in the addition nfeleven new regular members,10 new associate members andthree new honorary members,plus the reinstatement of twoformer regular members. Notonly did the very successfuldrive provide a wider supportfor Chamber activities but theincome gave a blood transfusionincome "gave a blood trans-fusion of almost $1,400" tothe Chamber treasury, accord-ing to James Jack, Treasurer.

DEMOCRATS MEET TONIGHT

Board members and chair-man of the Membership andVoters Education and Registra-tion committees of the Sanibel-Captiva Democratic Club willmeet Thursday (tonight) at 8:00at the office of Priscilla Murphyto discuss future activities. Anymember of the Democratic C lubis welcome to attend.

REAL ESTATE NEWS

SANIBEL CAPTIVA REALESTATE reports the sale of alot in Palm Lake S/D to Mr.and Mrs. WARREN SMITH ofAmityville, Long Island, NewYork.

NEW TIDE CHARTS

Priscilla Murphy announcesher new tide charts for all of1967 are now available. Stopin and pick one up, or if you'renot on the Island, just writeher for the 1967 tides. Priscillaadvises there are a few smallprinter errors about shells, andthese will be corrected whenit's time for another printing.

CHAMBER PRETTIED

Please note that the groundsof the Chamber of Commercebuilding have been cleaned up,with new plantings added.Thanks to BENNETT BUR-GOON, FRANK PRICE and ROEBRIDGER, all of the Colony,ROY CALDWELL of PeriwinkleTrailer Park, NORM CHAM-BERS (who was in charge ofthe job for the Board of Direc-tors of the Chamber) and theMUENCH old faithful tractor.

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1967 SANIBEL SHELL FAIR

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CATEGORIES

DIVISION A

Self collected Sanibel-CaptivaElementary Schopi Students.

Self collected Sanibel-CaptivaHigh School Students.

III Self collected Sanibel-CaptivaAdult Beginner-less than 2 yrs

IV Self collected Sanibel-CaptivaAdult Experienced-more than2 y r s .

V Self collected Sanibel-Captivaminiature and/or juvenileshells (not to exceed 1 inchin size),

VI Self collected Sanibel-Captivabeautiful (no labeling).

Beautiful-beautiful shells orbeautiful arrangement (anysource), (no labeling)

VIII Miniature and/or juvenileshells (any source)1 inch or under.

Giant shells (any source)exceptionally large shells,any species.

One Area (any source) shellsfrom one locality, state or

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country.

XI World Wide collection (anysource).

XII One Family or Sub Familyfanv source).

XIII One Genus or Sub Genus (anysource).

'XIX Sea Life Other Than Shells-marineplants and/or animals.

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XVIII

One Species-to show color, formor growth series (any source).

Educational-primarily to teach(any source).

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Trays and arrangements primarilyfor use on tables.

Flowers-singly or in containers.

Pictures-open.

Pictures-glass enclosed.

Gift items and jewelry.

DIVISION C - Commercial -Marine fossil shells (any source).

Geodes, agatized coral (any source)

Unusual specimens, freaks, albinos(any source).

AWARDS

Shell Dealers

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Artistic

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first, second, third and honorable mention in all categories .

Sanibel Community Association trophies will be awarded each firstprizewinner in categories I, II, III, IV and V - Division A.

Shell of Show awards to one self-collected and one any source shellconsidered by the judges to be particularly outstanding.

RULES

1. Neither the shell exhibit chairman nor any member of said chairman's family mayexhibit competitively in any category.

2. Exhibits must be the property of the exhibitor or exhibitors.

3. Entry blanks must be in the hands of the exhibit chairman not later than Monday noon,February 27th. Later entries will be accepted on a space available basis. No entrymay be changed from the category shown on the "entry blank.

4. Entries will be accepted on March 1st from 9 A, M. to 2 P. M. Entries may not beremoved from display until 5 P. M., March 4th.

5. An exhibitor may enter as many categories as desired, but must have a separate dis-play for each category entered.

6. The name of the exhibitor may not be shown on any case until after the judging.

7. Labeling may prove an asset except in categories VI and VII in Division A.

8. No exhibit, having previously won a Sanibel Community Association trophy will beeligible to win a trophy again in less than 3 years . . Any collection having previouslywon a 1st in Sanibel Shell Fair competition must have 50% new shells to be eligiblefor entry again.

9. During the judging the Sanibel Community House will be closed except for judges, clerks,(

exhibit chairman, Shell Fair Chairman and those members of the Board of Directors of !

the Sanibel Community Association who will serve as observers. The decisions of thejudges will be final.

Name; Local Address:

Local Phone: Permanent Address:

DIVISION CATEGORY NUMBER OF BOXES SIZE OF EXHIBIT

I have examined the rules governing the 1967 Sanibel Shell Fair entries and agree to abide by them.

Date:'Signature(s) of Exhibitor(s)

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REPEAT VISITORSREMINISCE

The people who "dig" thetrue charms of Sanibel-Captivausually are repeat visitors, andas soon as they become old-timers, they like to reminisce.

Mr. and Mrs. RalnerEsslenof New York City, who are backfor a ten-day stay at theWoosters' Beach View Cot-tages, recall how they camehere first by the "Rebel" ferryboat in 1960, soon after hurri-cane Donna.

But what left a more lastingimpression on Mr. Esslen thanthe windstorm damage was thethen only telephone on Sanibel,located in a booth close to theferry slip. Instead of intelligiblewords it transmitted whatsounded like garbled messagesfrom Mars, much to the dis-tress of Mr. Esslen's homeoffice, a large advertisingagency, which unsuccessfullytried to get across what it con-sidered to be an important pieceof news. To Mr. Esslen thisrepresented truly "getting awayfrom it all ."

Walking along the beach be-fore having settled, theEsslenscame upon a cottage which theyparticularly liked, A ten-yearold girl showed them round,and when the Esslens wanted torent it, she quoted terms andclosed the deal. It was LindaWooster, whose parents wereout, but who for a long timeproudly remembered her firstrental of one of the two onlycottages the Woosters had builtby that time. Dave Wooster wasthen the first and only TV pro-fessional ever to have settledon Sanibel-Captiva, and like anemergency doctor, he had todedicate much of his time tofollowing summons from allover the Islands to look at TVsets ailing from many years ofexposure to humidity and saltair.

Today, Mr. Esslen remarkswith a slight touch of nostal-gia, things at the Woosters,like everything else on the i s -land, have grown—the numberof rental units (now 16), thepalm trees, the children and theTV repair business.

The Esslens, like most new-comers, started out as amateurshell collectors, walking alongthe beach with the typical shel-ter's stoop. Mrs. Esslen wasmuch encouraged when shefound a yellow pecten during thefirst few days. With some con-fidential advice from MaryCunningham, the Esslens be-came expert conchologists inthe course of their third visitto the islands, even digging forlive angel wings in the rightplaces.

When Mrs. Francis Baileyat the Red Pelican started rent-ing canoes, t h e i r interestswidened. Paddling a boat on thesloughs and bayous of the I s -lands, the Esslens have becomebird and alligator watchers.Their prize sight, Mrs. Esslensays, were two frigate b i rds—their red throat patches in fullcolor—perched among a con-gregation of pelicans on one ofthe Wulfert Keys. Mrs. Esslen,who lived in Kenya for twoyears, says the mangroves andmudbanks remind her of Africa.Mr. Esslen feels transportedback to the canals of Thailand,a country where he "had sownsome wild oats in his youth,"he says.

Canoeing has even maderookie fishermen of the Ess -lens, who love to eat freshfish, but who, until this year,were convinced that thecheapest way of getting a good

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Philip Hunter, actor-producer of the Pirate Playhouse, SanibelIsland, will be seen on the screen in the role of Judge JubilationBeale in a new country music musical, "Cotton Picken ChickenPickers," which will be released by Southeastern Pictures, HollywoodCalifornia, in April. '

Not that we believe in plugs or anything (perish the very thought!)but can you guess who is doing what with what where? And if thatisn't enough to confuse you, we give up.

L I V E S H E L L S

Can you recognize the syphon hole of an Angel Wing?The keyhole of the Sunray and Docinia? Do you know howto spot the signs of a Cone or a Lady's Ear?HOW? O N - - -

BOB'S SHELLINGWhen you return from this shelling trip you will know

why Sanibel and Captiva are so well known for the varietyof fine specimen shells.

An EducationIn Shelling

For reservationsCall -GR 2-3053Bob SabatinoTHE SHELLING GUIDE

REMEMBERING from p. 6red snapper for their cookingpots was to buy it at Dewey'sMarina.

What brings the Esslensback to Sanibel year after year?"It's the simplicity of life,"says Mrs. Esslen. "You arecloser to nature than you canbe almost anywhere else in theUnited States. You step out ofyour cottage, and nothingseparates you from the sea,the sand, the shells—no bill-boards, no boardwalks, thebirds are still more numerousthan the people. Many places youcan only reach by non-motorized boat still look likethe seventh day of the Creation.And, of course, the Woosters.Not just because their cabinsare so neat and nicely done thatthey feel like home; but youcan't come back repeatedlywithout becoming friends withDave and Marge."

Like all repeat visitors, theEsslens are boosters of the Is-lands. Last Monday, theirfriends, Mr. and Mrs. Chris-topher Ledermann, arrived atthe Woosters for their firstvisit. Mr. Ledermann, the di-rector of the German-AmericanChamber of Commerce in NewYork, is an ardent fisherman.

FASHION TAN* helps you attain a richglowing tan while moisturizing andshielding your skin. Soothes, smoothsand beautifies as it helps you tan.

AFTER TAN* enhances and accentu-ates your fashionable tan, keeps skinlooking youthfully lustrous and excit-ingly alive.

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SHOPSanlbel Island, Florida

Use our FREE GIFT WRAPPINGWE MAIL around the World

GIFT CERTIFICATES . . . For your convenience

Open Seven Da$s a Week & MON., WED. & JFRI. EveningsA few of the many volunteer workers who helped move the SanlbolPublic Library into its new home in the Sanibel-Captiva Real hstatebuilding.

ORDER YOUR

SCOTCH PINE NOW CANADIAN SPRUCE

FOR O N Y O U R TREE INDOOR & OUTDOOR LIGHTS, TINSEL, DECORATIONS

F O R U N D E R Y O U R TREE TOYS & GIFTS - EVERYTHING TO MAKE THEM PRETTY

F O R M A I L I N G WRAPPING PAPER, TWINE, SCOTCH TAPE

DON'T FORGET TO ORDER YOUR TURKEY, CAPON ETC.

BAILEY'S GENERAL STOREWESTERN UNION

SANIBEL PACKING COMPANYWINE & COLD BEER BOTTLED WATER

WE ARE OPEN 52 WEEK3 A YEAR TO SERVE YOU *