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3B NEWS-PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1986 Walter J. Edelblut, the 'Little dies in Fort Myers 30 kW ACRES 5 mciiUMn IIIM! (THE u.msm DELIVERED AND PLANTED MO00 i FIELD GROWN 6' to 16' s6.00 PER FOOT FLORIDA TREE GROWERS 'Cape Largest Growers SHADE TREES JJ P.O. Box 234 Cape Coral, FL 283-1331 Open Mon -Sat COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 2439 McGregor Boulevard CELEBRATE ADVENT NOTICE OF ARCHITECTSENGINEERS INVITATION TO RENDER PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTURALENGINEERING SERVICES FOR DESIGN OF A MULTI-PURPOSE CIVIC CENTER OF APPROXIMATELY SQUARE FEET TO BE BUILT ON A TRACT OF GROUND BOUNDED BY EDWARDS DRIVE, HENDRY BAY STREETS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF FORT MYERS, FLORIDA Pursuant to Chapter 287 Florida Statutes, Consultants Competitive Negotiations Act, the City of Fort Myers desires to engage the professional and technical services of an architecturalengineering firm experienced in the design of public facilities. The firm selected shall prepare preliminary plans with cost estimates for an approximate square foot multi-purpose facility including meeting rooms, kitchen, restrooms, storage, and offices. Then upon approval of the City Council, will prepare all necessary drawings suitable for placing the project to bid; review, evaluate' and recommend bids received by the City and provide standby assistance during construction.

Design should also incorporate a pedestrian plaza immediately adjacent to this facility. Design work will be coordinated with a City Committee. The site may or may not include the southeast corner parcel. The fee for professional service to be rendered will be negotiated with the firm selected and the firm will be required to enter into a formal agreement with the City of Fort Myers. Please submit for consideration material, including a completed S.F.

254, which indicated your experience and interest to: Roger Robinson Chief, Engineering Services P.O. Drawer 22 17 Fort Myers, Florida 33902 on or before December 1 5, 1 986. CITY OF FORT MYERS BY: M.W. MATZ, CITY CLERK HANGING OF THE GREENS" he opened up his own shop, In 1939, business had become so brisk that Edelblut formed his own company, Edelblut Construction. At the outbreak of World War II, Edelblut helped build Page Field and the Buckingham air strip, and bases at Key West, Tampa and Orlando.

He later built one of the first hotels in town, the Victory Court. He Joined the Fort Myers Zoning Board in 1952 as one of the original members and helped write the city's zoning laws. He was also an avid baseball fan, his son said, and watched the Kansas City Royals when they were in town for spring training. "I go to every one of their games here and I have for four years," he told a reporter in 1975. "In fact, I've had the same seat there for six years." Edelblut was 80 when he retired from the zoning board in 1975, leaving his seat "to the younger generation." He had retired from his business 20 years earlier.

He spent his retirement tracing his family history back 300 years to 17th-century Danish royalty. He and his wife, Mary Alma Edelblut, were married 52 years. She died in 1969. He had a statue in her memory built in Italy in 1970, and donated the statue to the Fort Myers Cemetery. Services for Edelblut will be at 2:30 p.m.

Friday at Harvey Funeral Home, 1600 Colonial Fort By JENNIFER J. GRAY News-Press Staff Writer Walter J. Edelblut, the "Little Plumber," died Monday night at 91, according to his son, Richard Edelblut. Edelblut, an original Fort Myers Zoning Board member and contractor, moved to Fort Myers in 1919 to find work as a plumber. He got his unusual nickname not from his 5-feet-8-lnch stance, but from town wags when he made a great success in the Fort Myers plumbing business.

Edelblut liked the nickname, his son said. When Edelblut got his first truck, he thought it would make a catchy slogan and painted "Here comes the little plumber" on the front end, and "There goes the little plumber" on the back. Edelblut was born in Richmond, in 1895. He was graduated from Virginia Mechanical Institute in 1915. He served in the U.S.

Army during World War and came to Fort Myers in 1919 to visit his wife's sister. He never left. "He was an avid Fort Myers man," Richard Edelblut said. "He liked everything about it." Edelblut was hired by Walter Langford to install plumbing fixtures in the bathrooms of his new, lavish home at Fowler and First streets. From there came other jobs, and when he had saved enough money, A Unique Service of Worship Beginning The Celebration of Christmas November 30, 1986 at 6:00 p.m.

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Lee County United Way extends drive to Dec. 10 I mwm mr 1. III 15 Minute Lunch Guarantee 0Y0 mm i mm a iiij A-r $28,500. Last year the division raised $25,400. "United Way is for real," said Dr.

Richard Stewart of the Lee County School District, education division leader. "The challenge is to the community this giving season. I think we have to reach 1 million (dollars) before Christmas or somebody will have to hang their heads." Money collected in the campaign goes to 23 social-service organizations in Lee County to help them operate for the next year, officials said. "In this time of Thanksgiving, I want to personally thank all of you for your help," Winton said. "There's a lot of folks in this community who aren't here today that thank you, too." The organizations that United Way supports in Lee County are Counseling and Treatment, American Red Cross, Big Brothers-Big Sisters, Boy Scouts of America, Boys Club of Lee County, Children's Home Society, Dr.

Ella Piper Center, First Call for Help, Girl Scouts, Guardian Ad Litem, Impact for Developmental Education, Lee Association for Retarded Citizens, Lee County Child Care, Lee County Food Cooperative, Lee Mental Health Center, Legal Aid Society, Medicare Assistance, Salvation Army, Senior Friendship Centers, Serenity House, the Visually Impaired Persons Blind Adjustment Center, YMCA and Youth Shelter of Southwest Florida. By JENNIFER J. GRAY News-Press Staff Writer The United Way of Lee County has extended its 1986 campaign to Dec. 10, officials said at a report meeting Tuesday afternoon. Another report meeting was scheduled for Dec.

10. So far, the campaign has collected more than $800,000 toward its "Thanks a Million" campaign goal of $1,030,000, said executive director Burnette Bloodworth. An exact total was not known Tuesday, she said. At the meeting, campaign chairman Doug Winton encouraged campaign volunteers to keep pressing on in their million-dollar effort, which originally was to end Tuesday. "We sincerely hope we finish this mission and complete our task by Dec.

10," said Doug Winton, campaign chairman. "Let's make Dec. 10 a victory as well as a wrap-up." Three large donations were presented at the meeting: Southland Corp. donated $400, Fort Myers Community Hospital and employees gave $36,000, and Sun Bank gave 1 5,000. "We got a lot of great surprises today," Winton said.

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News-Press (B13) 335 0200 244? Anderson Ave Fori Myers FL 339Q1 39B7 Closings announced The following governmental offices will be closed Thursday and Friday due to the Thanksgiving holidays: City halls in Fort Myers, Naples, Punta Gorda, Cape Coral, Sanlbel, Moore Haven, LaBelle and Everglades City. Courthouses in Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Hendry and Glades counties. Clewiston City Hall will be closed Thursday, but will be open Friday. The U.S. Postal Service will not deliver mail Thursday and offices will be closed that day.

They will open again Friday. The Fort Myers Recreation Center, the Edison Home and the Fort Myers Racquet Club on DeLeon Street will also be closed on Thanksgiving, but will be open Friday. Fort Myers Country Club and Eastwood Golf Course will be open Thanksgiving Day. Armed robber gets cash from service station A Shell gas station at 11999 S. Cleveland Ave.

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