News-Press from Fort Myers, Florida • Page 37

Fort Myers (Fla.) News-Press, Sunday, Jan. 23, 1966 11-C fort Myers Beach Sands I -L Art Association Members Enjoy Burning the Mortgage xo s'M I Fir TOP SOIL PULVERIZED MUCK Lawn Green Top Soil Company WYandorte 5-5355 and a proud aunt, A. J. Bassett, looking on. Connie will spend personality of this gal makes her an ever-welcome guest.

She will deliver ordered merchandise next Tuesday. There was quite a waiting line By MARIANNE ROBERTS I It was a big day for members of the Fort Myers Beach Art Association Wednesday. Association members burned the mortgage on their recently purchased lots. The lots, located on the corner of Donora and Shell Bound Boulevards are identified by a sfcn, painted and erected by Ed Harrington Mira Sakrison, who won the honor of burning the mortgage at a drawing at the recent Art Evening, set fire to the papers with a flame from a handsome table lighter, donated by Mar- several days on the Beach with her mother, but Roy will have to return Sunday to Odessa. at the table where aluminum materials were being distributed.

Dot Gibbs, Fran Brown and Jean Lea were kept busy filling Shrimp Training Night Special! Personal Development orders and giving instruction. Many were working with pine Program Slated Selected applicants may take needles, knitting, ceramics and 7 other interesting crafts. Three Gass, new members were welcomed as were many guests. six weeks of training under a U.S. Department of Labor Florida Shrimp Association program to Next Tuesday, last Tuesday of train trawler crewmen.

Manager the month, is potluck day. Low calorie liquids and foods are the main meals for most of the gals for several days before this Joe Tooke of the Florida State Employment Service will take applications for the six-week training program. event. There are always so Special 8-wk. Course Starts Jan.

24th $25 Incls. Textbook OPEN TO BUSINESS WOMEN COLLEGE GIRLS HOUSEWIVES many delicious dishes to choose from that resistance is low. All interested women are invited to bring a covered dish and join it Rev. and Mrs. Melvin Elliott and Mrs.

Thomas Simpson. Rev. Elliott is a former pastor of Chapel by the Sea. Mrs. Simpson is the wife of the late Rev.

Simpson, who was also a pastor at one time of Chapel by the Sea. Mrs. Churchill reports that Rev. Elliott, who had been sick for some time, is now on the mend. Expected home this weekend for a short visit is Larry Lea, who will be dividing his time between the home of his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. E. A. Lea of San Carlos Drive and his brother and sister-in-law, Dr. and Mrs.

Ronald Lea. Larry is stationed with the Navy at Charleston, S.C. ALL PERSONS who handle accomodations of any type on the Beach are invited to attend a meeting at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Red Coconut Trailer Park Recreation Hall. Purpose is to discuss mutual problems and the possibility of cooperating more on placement of visitors in accomodations.

Those selected will go to Tampa for on-the-boat training including deep sea trips. Members of the shrimp association will screen the local applicants. David S. Miller, owner of the shrimp boat Harbour Lights and a member of the association, department gals Tuesday at 9 Mri. Sua Kitchant Instructor PROBLEMS OF A DEFENSE SECRETARY This study of Sec.

of Defense Robert McNamara was made as he appeared before Senate committee on financing the conflict in Viet Nam. He urged the Foreign Relations Committee and the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, to approve an additional $12.76 billion for carrying on the war in Southeast Asia. (AP Wlrephoto) a.m. at the club building on Sterling Street or later if you like. said all members here intend to cooperate in the program by hir DON'T FORGET THE chick en dinner being sponsored by ing one trained man per boat.

the women of the Methodist The Tampa training program will run three classes of 10 men Church Thursday. The supper will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. each through a course including navigation, seamanship, tackle at the church on School Street. Donation is $1.25 for adults and XrW SHOE REPAIRS handling and construction, assembly and repair of trawl nets. In 75 cents for children and may cluded are two sea trips of about be obtained from Mrs.

E. M. LEARN: Poise Grooming Wardrobe Makeup Hair Care ENROLLMENT LIMITED REGISTER NOWI FORT MYERS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS 1334 Hendry St. ED 5-7701 (Above Shoe Fair Old Lee Co. Bank Bldg.) Jackson of 286 Ohio St.

Get your SHOES REPAIRED WHILE YOU WAIT or SHOP Textan Moccasins Complete Line of Dr. Scholl's Foot Needs eight weeks each. The first class will start Mon day, the second Feb. 7 and the THERE'LL BE ALL sorts of tickets in advance since admission is by ticket only. Proceeds will go toward the church building fund.

attractive features at the annual third Feb. 21. After the first six weeks, the trainees will go to sea. Beach Free Public Library auction, scheduled for Feb. 5.

at LYNN C. PEAL will again be The lighter was engraved with the words, "Mortgage Burning Party, Fort Myers Beach Art Association, January 1966." Connie Brigham, who handled the sale and donated her real estate commission, held the mortgage for Mira as 50 members looked on. The mortgage was retired within three months of the closing of the sale. David V. Stahl, president, reported that a committee, headed by Leona Sherwood and including Connie Brig-ham and Everett Waid, are working on plans for the building.

IT'S THAT TIME of year again when Beachites are turning to thoughts of the Island Shrimp Festival to be held toward the end of February. The Chamber of Commerce has begun the mighty task of preparing the Island Shrimp Festival Program. The committee, headed by Dr. Fred Snider, are hard at work. The program will be handled the same as last year, and will include a number of interesting articles on island life and organizations.

THERE'S STILL TIME to get tickets for the Woman's Club Hawaiian luau brunch to be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at the club building. See Harriett Smalley or stop by the Islander Store and get one. Donation is $2. Cards will be played following the luau.

DR. AND MRS. I. Otman Firing of Evanston, 111., arrived Wednesday at the William Weit home on Estero Boulevard for an extended visit. Dr.

Firing is a Methodist Minister and past president of Kendall College in Evanston, 111. This is the Firings first visit to the Beach in four years. Visitors at the home of Mrs. Catherine Yates Pickering on Estero Boulevard are Mrs. Pickering's grandson, Lt.

Frederick Scott Avery and his wife. They arrived this weekend and will be staying a week. Lt. Avery is being transferred from Quanti-co Marine Base in Virginia to Pensacola Air Station. MRS.

GERTRUDE Churchill returned to the Beach Wednesday from Clearwater, where she was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. T. V. Nichols, former Beach residents.

Mrs. Churchill and Mrs. Nichols went over to Lakeland to the Presbyterian Home to vis the library, beginning at 10 a.m Included will be a jewelry, cloth ing, extra book and white ele' phant sales. the director of the Beach School Parent Teachers Association Varietv Show to be held Feb. PLAZA SHOE REPAIR SHOP BOULEVARD PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER To clean leather belts, wash with a cloth dipped in mild soap suds.

Rinse with cloth rung out in clear water. Dry well; rub lightly with wax polish. 23, 24 and 25. during the Island Shrimp Festival. Mrs.

Kjell Pe An important and bustling spot also on that date will be the annual bake sale on the front porch of the library. Committee members will be Mrs. Granville tersen, show chairman, report ed at Tuesday's PTA meeting that there will be more skits this vear and that the show has K. Lester, chairman, and Mes-dames Frank E. K.

Davis, El a far larger cast than last year. Tickets are available, donation of $1, from Beach School chil mer Becker, C. K. Shogren, Catherine Gourlay and James McGhee. dren or Mrs.

Les Ahrenholz. Named to the nominating com mittee were Mrs. Peter McCagg, Mrs. Donn V. Kavanaugh ana Committee members would be most happy to receive some baked goodies, so why not bake up your favorite recipe for the sale.

And, of course, everyone's Mrs. Mary Kelly. The Cypress If- Lake Senior Stage Band, under the direction of Clark Gandy, invited to drop by the day of entertained. the sale. Incidentally if it should rain (which is a most nasty thought for that day) the bake sale will be moved inside and THE BOOK REVIEW depart will still be held, although ev ment of the Beach Woman's Club will meet Tuesday at 9:45 a.m.

at the home of Mrs. Earl Ransom on Sabal Drive. Mrs. erything else would have to be cancelled. R.

S. Kir'by will be the reviewer. All interested persons are in IN A ROLL CALL of visitors vited to attend. CONNIE AND ROY Amos arrived Saturday for a special oc and new members at the Woman's Clu'b Arts and Crafts Department Tuesday, almost all of the deep freeze states were represented Welcome to Fort casion. Today their young son, Myers Beach, gals.

Eighty-five Roy Andrew, will be baptised at St. Raphael's Episcopal enjoyed the talk by Eileen Han Church, with a proud grand dran and display of articles of mother, Mrs. Mildred tsassett, liquid embroidery. The pleasing first Time in fort Myers! THOMPSON ALASKA SHOW presents ii ll Island Adventures plus ALASKA BIG GAME HUNTING Two Full Hours of Entertainment for the Entire Family! Filmed in Color! mm, sstm IT'S WORTH LEAVING HIM IN BLACK AND WHITE FOR A FEW MORE WEEKS. BY THEN, WE HOPE TO HAVE CAUGHT UP ON OUR COLOR ORDERS.

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