News-Press from Fort Myers, Florida • Page 25

i. jii mm i iiimbi FORTMYERS NEWS-PRESS SEC. SUNDAY, MAKCH 22, 1964 PAGE 1 F3i 1 rN a ba- LsiElls 4i lyj la cfj "yr By JEWELL DEAX Gulf frontage at Fort Myers Beach hit $400 per foot in the sale last week by Lettye Talbot of two side by side 100-foot lots for $80,000. It was the largest transaction in a $1,184,335 week for Lee County realty with house sales indicating a lively spring market In a $64,000 deal a 140-foot wide back of Bonita Beach was sold by i Jean F. and Carmen E.

Reahard to Dale M. Stahlman for $30,000. strip running from Cleveland Avenue to Grand was put together as the site for a Lamplighter It lies in two government lots. liam R. Ullrich, Lehigh residence, Glen View Homes to Rob-.

ert G. MacLeod. Ibis Street home at Beach, $13,500, and MacLeod to Edwin F. Davidson, same property, M. J.

Ballantine to Frank J. Corcoran, home, 1503 Cafeteria. Three women, Jane G. according to Fidelity Florida Real Lowman, 50 per cent, and Sally ty of Bonita Springs which nego A fcJ' -S tiated the deal. Plans for the land B.

Rudy and Eleanor L. Stansbury, each 25 per cent, purchased the Gardenia land. They paid Carl J. Michael 1 Povia-Ballantine Corp, to Har $56,000 and Richard H. (Dick) old Gates and Emory Johnson each a new home in Glen- were not announced.

Brokers' Closings Other brokers reported these closings: Lessie K. Smawley Mrs. Lucille H. Beggs to Albert J. Schlau.

Pritchett Jr. $8,000 for a small portion. dale subdivision at Sub This land is just south of the urban Corp. to William H. DeWa- Fort Myers Shrine Club.

The cafe ters, Tropic Isles residence, parcel on Bokeelia's Bocilla Is teria would have large off-street land, $3,000. Priscilla Murphy Monroe parking areas with entrances 400; Troy Futch to Francis Dryden, house in Fort Myers Villas, $11,300. Jeffcott to Mrs. Margaret Carna- on both Cleveland and Grand. Seek Annexation Three purchasers have petition han, lot in Sanibel Isles, $6,500.

Architects' sketch of Jewish community center which eventually will serve this area has Temple Beth-El sanctuary as focal structure, large education quadrangle and across from it congregation's social hall. All three buildings vary in design as planned by McBryde li Friwell with white masonry construction throughout. Furnished House -Marvin R. Austin to Robert S. Motley, furnished house, Seventh ed the city to annex the strip to Jewell Real Estate Arthur Hawkins to Louis Viau, three-bedroom house in Fort Myers give it sewage service.

Mrs. Ag Way, North Fort Myers, H. A. Carrell to Raymond C. Put- Building Permit for Beach's Shell Mound Park, man, house in Bonita Springs, Plans for New Beth El Temple Almost Complete Lee Ledford Realty William nes Rhodes, who with Archie Ford owns the Edison Cafeteria here and a Lamplighter Cafeteria in Naples, said a lease on a cafeteria on the Cleveland Avenue site was under negotiation.

It would Abbe to Richard Martin, house on George E. Strayer to Harry Cates, furnished Evans Avenue house, Thomas W. Weber to LeRoy Bovik, two Cape Coral lots, Quality Imperial River, Amelia Abriel to Lester Rochrig, cottage in Bonita Springs, $5,500. seat slightly more than the Edi Taken Out for Port San Carlos First Condominium Apartment House Inc. to Buster Jones, resi son and the first Lamplighter and Douglass-Chambers Mrs.

Os- be strictly a cafeteria. The Edi dence, 2981 Market St, Jack Raitt to William W. Rich. cie Kramer to John Newton, lot Plans for the new Temple Beth-El center are about complete and the opening of construction bids is due in early April. The congregation purchased a site of approximately six acres at the northeast corner of Winkler Road and Cypress Lake son Cafeteri has a Lamplighter on Altamont Avenue, Clifton Sapp to Ethel Stewmon Restaurant and Lounge as part Russell Park property, E.

G. Little to Arthur E. Gilbert, tract including sold old Seaboard Railroad right of way. Sec. 27, Drive after selling its outgrown of its facilities.

The Talbot property was adja house and garage apartment at 2775 Michigan $17,500, in The first condominium apartment building at Port San Carlos, now under construction, will cost $166,000, according to the building permit taken at the County temple on Grand Avenue at Lin cent to the Rancho del Mar at the cooperation with Bennett Realty. Twp. 43, Rge. 27. St Jude Beach and formerly was part of Building Zoning Department Leonard Santini's holdings.

Bennett Realty John Vona to John W. Bay, residents at 2462 Cortez $8,700, in coopera the past week. It was the largest Harold Jorgenson purchased start in a $568,400 week for the county and $55,500 in Fort Myers. riesia tsuiming co. began a $10,000 home for the market at Rainbow Curve on McGregor tion with Douglass-Chambers.

Lehigh Deeds Ample storage rooms and full air-conditioning are to be provided. The education building will provide a study for the spiritual leader, library, toilet rooms and the classrooms. When developed into a full community center there will be a playground and swimming pool. Sewer and water lines will come from the Boulevard Utilities Corp. plants which are in the hart.

Temple Beth-El will be one of the outstanding religious centers in the area from an architectural viewpoint Its sanctuary roof will have an unusual effect, being built of long precast concrete slabs in what architects call folded plate design. The sanctuary will havel one of the 100-foot parcels and has architect Joseph E. Blacker working on plans and specifica Residential construction had a responsibility and made sure they met it." The temple membership has been active in promoting better interfaith relationships. Approximately 60 children attend its educational classes conducted by Dr. Liberies and five teachers.

A location in the Cypress Lake Drive section was chosen, for the temple as one that would provide accessibility to residents of Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Lehigh Acres, I Boulevard and Rutenberg Homes big week with 34 permits in the Harbors to G. W. Hopkins, five lots, R. W. Wolfe to S.

S. MacAn-drew, parcel in Sec. 36, Twp. 43, Rge. 25, P.

Frank Smith to Charles Richardson, three Cape Coral lots, J. A. Brashier Sr. to Carrol Shands, 175 feet on Magnolia Street, Wallace Stalnaker to E. C.

Ralston, three five-acre tracts in Sun tions for a 20-unit motel and home. Lehigh Acres deeded five new houses and lots to 254 buyers for a $304,235 total. Homes went will put one up for L. Jeffrey Cook in Natoma Park for county and two in the city. Lehigh Acres provided 17 with a It is understood construction will start as soon as plans can be to Floyd P.

Piper, Wil 000. total of $161,000. liam J. Killeen, Nat Lo Commercial permits included completed. Motel Planned i area.

gan-Smith, Harry J. Foltz, $11,000 for a seawall around the Others in county: A. Shaffer, Dos Rios, Carl Evans, Piney Acres, $8,000. Roy Moore, Three Denver, business fill in the river at the site of Coast Acres, and George Corliss, 170. men joined in the other purchase.

Sunset Towers, the 10-story con Bonita Springs and Fort Myers Boca Grande, Theodore R. Bowen, Estero Boulevard at Harold Scott Building Corp. to Fred G. Demos and Morton A. Deeds filed at the courthouse graceful outside tapered pilasters adding to its appearance of strength and massiveness.

An adjacent education building the two connected by a large covered patio switches in outside appearance to plain and solid walls as a contrast. 1 Frizzell said the initial construction cost is estimated at around $75,000. The land was bought for approximately 525,000. The group that organized Tem They reportedly plan to construct Beach. dominium apartment structure at Billy's Creek.

Egbert Smith, pur a motel within two years. Dr. Beach, A. B. Carlyle, Goldberg, each a condominium chaser of the old Ford agency Sun Coast Estates, $7,000, and Fred Snider of Ray Houser Ihc, handled the sale.

The organiza apartment at Kings Point, estate of John B. Hadden to Jean were in the following sales: Joseph V. LaMantia to H. L. 36, Twp.

44, Rge. 23, Amadee Sirard to Robert C. Am-ann, house in Waterway Estates, Branch of Schopf Roy Richardson, Bonita Farms, $8,000. tion recently sold for Santini bus ple Beth-El came together in 1950 with only six members. By 1954 it had grown to 14 and a decision Present construction will include! iness frontage on San Carlos Mills, three lots at Beach, Mid-State Homes to M.

L. Wells, house on Watts Road, and Cape, Coral had one permit, a Carl M. and Robert J. building at. 2070 Main took a permit to remodel more of it at $5,000.

Smith's travel agency and car rental service are located in the three-story building. Starts In City I city's residential starts $17,000 home to be erected by Boulevard to Vincent Castagna for $19,600. Marine Opening Schopf Marine, operating since 1957 at the north end of the Edi was made to build the sanctuary on Grand Avenue. In those early years the religious services were Suburban Corp. to Lorraine Lee, Lopez to Carl S.

Rider, property in the Beach's Estero Park, Michigan Homes. Acreage on the Imperial River Lehigh Permits 000, with Rider transferring prop conducted by laymen. two Tropic Isles lots, $6,200. Smaller deeds dropped to 98 but totaled $112,000. Many were lots in Cape Coral.

Lehigh's permits were for erty in Glenview at $8,500 as part went to W. G. Pearce, 1529 Poin, James J. Yeska, Harold C. Sper- of purchase price; ciana $14,000, and Joseph son bridge, is opening a branch in a new commercial building in Cape Coral, owner William Schopf Two Appointments Are Announced the sanctuary and a L-shaped portion of the school building.

When the temple membership grows and justifies, two more wings, will be added to the education structure to make it into a quadrangle with large central The sanctuary, according to William Frizzell of McBryde Frizzell, the architects, will be divided into the worship section and a social hall originally. When growth is sufficient this building Cyril A. Plas to Harry F. En- F. Pitts Construction Chula t-ventuauy the growth permitted retention of a spiritual leader or rabbi who remained two years.

In 1963 Dr. Joseph Liberies was induced to become lich, and Edwardo Larrolde, $10,000 each; Dorothy Kirkendall, gel, home in Waterway Estates, Vista Manor, $12,000. Ethel Adolfo Schrader and Roy Whea- Harden will spend $4,000 on an Alpha Buckner to Lovel V. Hitzing, house on Vine Street Two appointments to the Nel said yesterday. It will be managed by Bert Mills.

According to Schopf, the store will feature Lyncraft boats, Evin- ton, each Henry D. Fin- addition at 1803 Broadway. spiritual leader and the growth has been fast under him. son Construction, Richmond in North Fort Myers, berg, Ruth C. Cook, John W.

Grace, Joseph E. Trainor, Walter The membership now totals 74 Homes building organization were announced yesterday by Conference Consultants Inc. to Morton A. Goldberg, trustee, 120 Dryden Builders placed three more homes under construction in Billy's Creek Estates, each with a $9,000 permit Suburban rude motors and Seminole trailers. It will carry a full line of ma Richard E.

Nelson, president. acres in Sec. 35, Twp. 44, Rge. 25, Maslowski and John W.

Funk, $9,000 apiece; Robert H. Hahs, $12,000, and Paul A. Elwardt, $11,000. The Lehigh Building Jess Wilson of Sarasota was Park has the costliest house, $20, An active Ladies Auxiliary has been very helpful. A member said yesterday Temple Beth-El has never operated at a loss as "its membership assumed their J.

Foster Pate Associates to Bernard C. Barnes, parcel in rine equipment. The branch's location is on Cape Coral Parkway, across from Cape Coral Shopping Plaza. named to the top job Manager Pine Island Area Gets Sarasota Firm For Water Planning A Sarasota engineering firm has been chosen to plan a water system for the Pine Island area, President Harry Byrd Kline of the Greater Pine Island Chamber of Commerce announced yesterday. The firm of Bennett, Passalaqua specializes in wa- -ter systems, he said.

Pat Hockrein, chairman of the 300. for Lorraine Lee and one Development Co. started three to for the Suburban Corp. at $13,000 of Home Construction. Wilson was formerly estimator, expedi The Villas area, William C.

Wenzel to Daniel E. Krummel, Fort Myers Villas had three, Roy taling $30,000. The Port San Carlos condomin will become only a sanctuary aM a social hall will be. built co necting on its side opposite the school facilities. The social hall will have its own individuality with a flat roof with raised central section, giving a two-level appearance.

Frizzell said the bema altar, pulpit and choir section of the sanctuary will face the east onto ter and supervisor for the Rich house in Lehigh Acres, For Reading Room Harding, $13,000, Billy Jim Love, $12,000, and James A. Myers, mond Construction Corp. of Gulf American Land Corp. to Har ium will contain 20 units. It is Sarasota.

Previously, he served reportedly sold out and sales $11,000. old N. Phillips of Winter Park, Apt 201 in Newport Manors con as head of building, zoning, have passed on to other buildings which will be built in a complex plumbing and electrical inspec dominium, $16,000. tion for Sarasota County. Wilson Residence Deed facing a small lake created by Memorial Fund Set To Honor Librarian Michigan Opens plans to move his family to Lee Contractors to Wilmer water system committee for the damming Muloch Creek.

1 County from Sarasota as soon as chamber, said there is tremend White, residence in Bowling A $5,000 permit was taken by a wide landscaped parking area. A circular drive will reach the front of the sanctuary from which the family, except the driver, can leave the car. The social hall school is out Green, Glenn A. Karr to ous interest and support for the the Florida Power Light Co. for an addition to its switching John (Jack) Esler, 4340 Lagg project throughout the area.

George W. Curtice residence Fourth Display Model in Naples The committee will meet with at 1303 Morningside will have a kitchen adjacent. Avenue, Fort Myers, was named expediter coordinator. Esler station in connecion with the big power generating plant at Orange estate of Lucy I. McLeod to Homes Missions Commission, C.

B. Williams, supervisor for the Farmers Home Administra-. tion, and an FHA engineer April River and the Palm Beach High was formerly chief engineer for Fuller Industries and, prior to (Newi-PrMt lureoul that, with Maule Industries in Westminster Presbytery, furnished house at 703 Taylor Lane, Lehigh Acres, The St James Civic Associa NAPLES A fourth display model, the Berkshire, has been 14 to plan further steps to get the project under way, Kline tion moved into construction of Miami for seven years. Nelson plans to start two Rich opened for inspection by Michi 2nd Fertilizer Mixing Plant Is Announced James E. Hunter to Harry R.

gan Homes in The Moorings, ac mond models and a duplicate of Olinger, home in Tanglewood, said. The group will meet with a representative of the engineering firm Tuesday to plan preli its civic center with a $9,000 permit for a CBS structure. The permit listed 0. G. Wilson Sons cording to Fred Pauly, sales the Formica New York World's Fair House in the Yacht Club manager.

Contractors to Eugene H. Dettman, Bowling Green residence, minary studies. r.s contractor. The Sinclair Re The Berkshire, furnished by Bennett, Bishop Passalaqua fining Co. will make alterations Robb Stucky, is a two-bedroom Colony section of 'The Colonys' immediately.

One or two models also will be started in the East Clarence R. Frazer to Mrs. have engineered more than 50 costing $7,000 to its filling sta i Alma E. Petry, Lehigh home, water systems in Florida, in- tion on Palm Beach Boulevard plan with two baths, separate dinette and dining areas, enclosed Lake section. 800; Raymond A.

Bruneel to Wil- eluding the one at Tropic Isles. at Rice Street. garage and screened porch. It offers 1,428 square feet in living area, 2,132 square feet in all. Work Starts on Home for Metropolitan Life A centralized kitchen with serving bar and sliding" windows to the screened porch, is built 00 yi around the Tappan 400 oven and range with built-in hood and fan The Berkshire's bedrooms are 11 by 13 feet, 8 inches and 12 by 16 feet, 4 inches and the living room is 15 feet, 8 inches by 17 A second fertilizer mixing plant was announced for Fort Myers yesterday by Fort Myers Fertilizer Chemical president and general manager G.

W. Gos-din. This plant would be located on Hardee Street almost within a stone's throw of one announced recently by the Producers Fertilizer Co. An investigation is under way to determine if the Producers plant will be offensive as to air pollution with dust and fumes. Producers' owners Ken Williams and R.

Earle Lucas held a ground-breaking ceremony and said they would start construction as soon as a permit is issued. They have made no formal application for a permit. R. D. Taylor, supervisor of the County Building and Zoning Department, visit-1 ed a Producers plant in Palmetto, i Although he found no serious objections he said he is asking the Lee County Health Department feet, 6 inches.

For an appealing functional MtrcpohUft lift treatment, Michigan placed a decorative solar screen wall across the front of the living room's sliding glass doors. The design permits light to enter and allows one to see outside al though outsiders cannot view the II interior. In addition to the hip-roof ele vation used in this model, Mich Sketch of how memorial library room will look from Inside. Tim rini-nlho Chimin Tlf nni-i 1 I igan offers another; hip-roof de i to contribute during sign- without the solar screen treatment and a gable roof ele homeroom periods. to make a study.

Commiltee at Fort Myers Junior Gosdin said he had planned to vation with covered entry. The Student Council homeroom re April 1 but has- 1 2 2' April start building Berkshire is priced at $16,250 in the Naples area. unci! icauiug imjm iu uunur uie school's librarian who died Feb. 1L Miss Sharpe came to Fort run into a two-week dday in platting railroad sidings for the plant. He said it would produce fertil Pauly said that since the open Wide expanse of glass and solar screen will add to attractiveness of front of Metropolitan Insurance Co.

district office, shown in architect's sketch. ing of Michigan Homes in The Myers, Junior High as librarian Moorings less than a year ago, the firm has built houses on Work was begun last week on) the new Fort Myers home of the ago. The owner's Peacock Con- owners lots throughout the Maples area. Besides six current Metropolitan Life Insurance struction Co. is the contractor on models and variations, Michigan the first of a number of building.

tive one-story shop and office The structure's 4,000 square structures expected to be built feet of floor will provide a large presentatives will collect the money, turning it in at the office. Contributions from outside the school may be sent to the school office marked for the Dorothy Sharpe Memorial Fund. Checks should be payable to the school but marked for the fund. Members of the committee said yesterday they had been pleased with a favorable response so far. Committee mem-j bers are Mrs.

Elizabeth Pope, I chairman; Mrs. Ann DeMasters, Mrs. Rae Harris, Mrs. Carol Thompson, Miss Shirley M. Smith, Al Howard and Ronald Frieden.

The committee thanked Jack Alms of the Industrial engages in custom design and construction. The company also the title of Metropolitan insurance consultant manager, said the staff includes 22 persons at present The district office was set up only two and a half years ago, a split-off from an office 140 miles away in Lakeland. Two agency managers work under Hutchinson, Kenneth V. Johnson and James Cossairt. The dis has models on display in Cape on the north side of West First lobby, eight private offices, an Street against a background of agent auxiliary work area con-high-rise luxury apartment build-, ference room, clerk's office and Coral and Tanglewood in the izer formulas fitting needs of farmers, ranchers and grove owners of the Lee County area.

He said the companv will offer technical services in both fertilizer and pesticide fields. Gosdin started his fertilizer career about 15 years ago -here representing Armour Agricultural Chemical Co. He became assistant manager and then manager for Armour in Florida, resigning Feb. 15 as the company's manager in Davenport. Gosdin said his family will move to Fort Myers from Winter Park as soon as the children complete the school year.

The plant's location will be on the Hardee front of the Gulf Iron Works. when the school opened in 1955 and served until her illness and death. Plans call' for the reading room to be built directly behind the library, taking the place of an existing patio. Outside walls will be constructed mainly of jalousie or awning windows for light and cheer. A vinyl carpet will add beauty and comfort One end of the room will be furnished with a conference table and chairs for small committee meetings of pupils or teachers.

The week, starting tomorrow, has been designated for a drive for funds. Students will be ask- Fort Myers area. cal real estate people, choosing to have local interests build and own the structure so that if there are any benefits they go to the community." Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Hendry and Glades Counties are covered by Metropolitan agents working out of the office here. It is expected the new building can be occu-v pied in 90-120 days. Hutchinson said Virginia Avenue is to be extended north of First Street and it will provide access to ample, parking space back of the new building.

ings. With land, building and fur trict headquarters has outgrown nishings the Metropolitan facility CAR BAN DROPPED TOKYO Foreign automobiles leased offices on the third floor will cost approximately $100,000. It is being built by Cassius L. of the First National Bank build are being sold in Japan again this lounge. Construction will be brick veneer on cement block.

Frederick J. Miller is the architect and D. E. Britt Associates handled the engineering. Both are of Miami.

Lebon E. Hutchinson, head of the company's operations In five Southwest Florida counties with year, ending a 10-year exclusion Peacock and will be leased to ing. "Metropolitan never builds its Ails Department- for darwingjdue to high tariffs. Japan's auto the insurance company the first own offices," said Hutchinson. "It plans for the memorial reading! industry has grown fast and the room.

(tariff has been cut in this nation to pass the $100 billion mark in assets a few months does not want to compete with lo.