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VOLUME 10 NUMBER 34 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AUGUST 20, 1970

OUR ENDANGERED ALLIGATORS

Greetings fellow friends of the alligator. One of the benefits that one can expect intalking about alligators is that this is one endangered species that everyone knows. Iwould imagine that, even in this audience, only a minority are familiar with the DuskySeaside Sparrow or the Red Cockaded Woodpecker or have seen a wild Florida panther.If for any reason there is anyone here who has not seen a wild gator, there should besome at Sanibel River only a short distance from here.

I would like to describe the American Alligator Council and some matters that havecome before this group. The AAC first met in Winter Park on Sept. 6, 1968 and sub-sequent meetings have taken place at Silver Springs, Everglades City and New Orleans,

a spring meeting is being planned for Okeefenokee Swamp. The members of theinclude such notables as Chairman Dr. Huey B. Long, Dr. F. Wayne King, Dr.

James A. Peters, Dr. Archie F. Carr, Ross Allen, Richard A. Stokes, Senator WarrenHenderson, Wildlife Officers and Biologists, and members of the Florida Audubon So-city's Alligator Protection Committee. Committees have been formed on legislation,education, research and awards.

On the happier side I would like to report that the AAC's first award will be givenon Jan. 31 at the Florida Audubon Society Convention at Cocoa Beach. George Laycock,a distinguished conservation writer, will be presented an award for his superb article"The Gator Killers,'' which appeared in the September-October 1968 issue of AudubonMagazine. -

The AAC has entertained some vigorous discussions and some disagreements attimes on the best methods of carrying out our objective of "restoring the alligator toa balanced population as an observable part of the natural environment." These have

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ranged from facing up to the "inevitability" of extinction (which none of the memberswould accept), to abolishing the market for all crocodilian goods (which the majorityapproves of.)

In Louisiana Ted Joanen (1) has reported on nesting ecology studies from 1965through 1968 at Rockefeller Refuge. This refuge encompasses some 85,000 acres ofcoastal marshalnd, 75% of whichis dominated by wire grass (Spartina patens) commun-ity. 266 nests, mostly composed of wire grass, were studied during this period withthe following results quoted: 68.3% hatched successfully (the female returned and re-leased young from the nest); 7.3% were partially infertile (some fertile eggs but femaledid not return to release young); 5.8% were infertile (eggs but no embryonic develop-ment); 18.6% destroyed by predators or lost due to high water. Incomplete nests (with-out eggs) were not included in these figures. Joanen reports:

"Hatching success was determined from 154 nests followed throughout the incu-bation periods of 1967 and 1968. Hatching success was found to be 58.2% for the twoyear average."

Joanen further states: "As the incubation period progressed, rainfall increasedand at the termination of the nesting season water was as high as two to four inchesover the marsh floor." He also notes that the average nest height was 23.7 inches fromthe marsh floor and that the bottom of the egg cavity was 13.7 inches from the top. Thuseven with four inches of water over the marsh floor, the average egg cavity would stiirbe six inches above water.

From personal communications with Joanen and from his report I believe that theseconditions would approximate as close to perfectly natural conditions that one couldhope to study at present.

It is interesting to compare these data with those recorded by Michael J. Fogarty ofthe Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission during 1368 and 1969 in the Ever-glades Wildlife Management area, Broward County, Fla.(2).This area is approximate-ly 719,000 acres in size and is apart of the Central and Southern Florida flood Control—project called Conservation Areas 2 and 3. . --«*...-...

The Everglades nests were about the same size as those in Louisiana and also werelargely constructed of the most common plant material — in this case, sawgrass(C tadium jamaicensis). Again most nests were placed on the marsh floor. In May andJune of 1968, when nest building would be at its peak, the water was two to six inchesdeep. "During June, the water rose and was 23 inches deep by early July to a peak of28 inches around July 8. The water level fell to 20 inches in late July, to 19 inches inearly August, and down to 13 inches in late August." (2).

Twenty'nests were noted in the 1968 season containing a total of 435 eggs. How-ever, only 41 young were accounted for, producing a hatching success of 9.4%. "Onenest of 44 eggs produced 31 young or 75% of the total." (2). Two nests were destroyedby hogs, exotics which have been released in the area for hunting.

In 1969, 14 nests were noted in the same area, only two of which produced young.These two had contained a total of 83 eggs and it might be possible that all hatchedsince no evidence of unhatched eggs were found, although it is rare for 100% hatchingsuccess to take place. Of the other nests five contained no eggs, five were drowned,and a predator had destroyed another (pers, comm.)

Although it is important to get water to the Everglades National Park via the Con-servation Areas I feel that it is also important to realize that these high water levelsare having an adverse effect on Everglades Alligators. Indeed, it has been said thatcurrent management practices seem to be ideal for eliminating alligators as breedinganimals from the Everglades. -

Members of the AAC have been most active in promoting the federal endangeredspecies bill, now signed into law by the President, and in the passage of the New YorkCity bill prohibiting the sale of alligator products, now signed by Mayor John Lindsay,effective July 1, 1970.

We have been encouraging important state legislation, especially in Florida, andhope that other states where alligators are found will introduce similar legislation.Florida bills introduced by Sen. Warren S. Henderson and Rep. Bill Fulford this yearinclude mandatory jail sentences for convicted poachers, use of lights and certainotiier equipment as evidence of intent to poach, rewards given for evidence leading toconviction and arrest of poachers, and prohibiting sale of alligator merchandise in

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The WALTHER'S oldest granddaugh-ter, DEBBIE ROXY, 10 1/2, has spentthe past week with them at CasaLaguna.Sunday, her parents, GRETCHEN andRAY ROXY and her three sisters, C HER-IE, JILL, and HEATHER came overto the island to celebrate Heather's firstbirthday.

Miss JILL BEAN, daughter of Dr. &Mrs. TED BEAN of Valpariso, Indianaand Sanibel, is spending the last part ofher summer vacation as a house guest ofAdmiral and Mrs. CARLOS CARDEZAin Sanibel Isles.

Mr. and Mrs. E. A. UHL of SkiffPlace have just retumed-from visitingtheir family in Indianapolis and Fish-creek, Ind. They passed through thestates of Wisconsin, Kentucky, and Ohio.

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Mr. & Mrs. ROBERT DENNIS of Mil-ford, Conn, are staying at High TideCottages again. Mr. Dennis caught aneighteen pound snook right in front ofHigh Tide amongst the swimmers.

Honeymooning on Sanibel Island areMr. & Mrs. GERARD H. HYDE. Gerryand Carol Ann were married August 1,and are from London, Ontario^Canada.

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Mr. & Mrs. J. C. Pugsley and theirtwo sons are here from Daleville, Ind.

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Dr. & Mrs. Blair Protzman and theirfour children are staying at Blind Passfor a week.

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Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Tryling and theirtwo sons are here from Cincinnati, Ohio.They are collecting shells and othermarine life. The boys belong to a swimclub and they have been working out inthe Surfrider's pool.

Dr. & Mrs. McFadden came fromMatlin, Fla. for peace and quiet.

Mr. & Mrs. D. Grayton and theirthree children, all from Montvale, N.J.are enjoying the sunshine.

Mr. & Mrs. E. F. Baynum from Hia-leah and their daughter, Joanne fromNew Jersey are on Sanibel for a visit.

Also here from Hialeah are Mr. &Mrs. William McNamara and t h e i rdaughters.

Tommy Warren is visiting from Pom-pano Beach.

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ALASKA BYCAMPER, RAIL & BOATMAUDE & FLOYD SNOOKThese excerps are from letters writ-

ten the fifth, sixth and- seventh week oftheir trip: Haines, Alaska, July 3rd.

"We are up at 3:30 a.m. to be at thedock by 4:00 a.m. as they require us tobe there ready to be in line an hour anda half before embarking time. It is cold;35 degrees and still raining. We are nowat the dock in line and Maude is fixingour breakfast in the camper while we waitfor the appointed time to sail. Even thoughthe sky is overcast it is good daylight andI am outside watching for bald eaglesthat are so numerous in these parts. Theynest up against the mountains right hereat the dock in the middle of the city. Notlong ago they took the bounty off of theseeagles and are now protecting them. Theyare poor fisherers but good robbers ofthe fishermen's nets when they get a goodcatch of fish. One of the fishermen toldme that he had as many as a dozen baldeagles sitting around in the trees wherehe was taking fish out of his nets and ifhe ever let one slip and fall into the waterthe eagles get it before he can as theireyes are so sharp that they can see if hemakes the least slip. He says they candive down at the speed of 80 miles anhour and can pick up a salmon that weighs15-18 pounds and be off with it in a wink.The f i s h e r m e n don't like the ba ldeagles."

Whitehorse, Alaska, July 6th."Monday morning, July 6, and we

are starting on our sixth week fromhome. We are today in Whitehorse, Alas-ka, in the Yukon, the territory that somany stories have been written about byJack London, Rex Beech, etc. Here, wehad a little shopping to do as my pajamasare not quite heavy enough for these 35degree nights camping out. We also hadto get our headlights on the truck coveredwith plastic bubbles that will keep therocks from the highway from disruptingour lighting system. We also had a screenput over the radiator as these rocksthrown from the passing car tires will hityou like buckshot from a shot gun whenthe fast cars go by throwing pebbles andsometimes good sized rocks from theirsingle and dual wheels. Believe it or notwe saw a Kentucky Fried Chicken placehere so as it was about one in the after-noon we decided to go there and havelunch instead of cooking ourselves, as wewere ready to get on the highway to Daw-son — $3.50 each. All around Whitehorsethe road is under construction and theyhave just spread rocks for about twentymiles in each direction, South and North,and they sure don't cull them either.Some of these are as big as your headso travel should be very slow and carefulbut some of these jockers are running50 and 60 miles an hour, thus all thebroken windshields, headlights and win-dows on campers and trailers.

"Friday night we went to a play puton by the local order of Eagles: "TheDays of 98." This is all local talent andvery good. Admission, $1.50 for charity.Maude won the most money for the even-ing and they presented her with a bronzestatue of the '98 pioneer. (Roulette)

"Here at Skagway, a narrow gaugerailroad was built in just two short yearsall the way to Whitehorse. How they didit, I don't know as we took this train to-day, Saturday, July 4 and rode with ourvehicle 110.7 miles. It must have takena train load of dynamite to blast out therock to make a road bed. This trainclimbs from sea level to a heighth of3,000 feet in 20 miles and I would saythat is a good pull for any train. Thescenery was just beautiful and the weath-er cooperated to the fullest. There wereso many beautiful sights of eater fallscoming down the mountains from themelting snow and glaciers that I wouldhate to say how many we saw. We wouldlook out the window and see the engineand the whole train most any time thatwe wanted to, it was so crooked, twistingand turning a road. It was most unbe-lievable to look down and see the track

below where we had just traveled over.Our speed was hardly 10 miles per hourwith two Diesel engines pulling us. Wecould see the trail of the '98ers as it isworn in the rocks very clearly all theway to Lake Bennett. Here we had lunch:boiled potatoes, boiled cabbage, cut cornand moose roast It was just 2:30 p.m.and we had been out of Skagway for fourhours and traveled the great distance of40 miles."

July 9: "We have fifty miles to go toTetlin Jet. where we will hit good road.This morning we got to see some of thePtarmigan birds that are the AlaskaState bird. We saw a whole covey of themin the road. They are a snow white in thewinter time but change color to brown inthe summer. Their feet look white stilland buck skin up their legs about halfwaythen a row of fur before the feathersstart. They look about the size of a fryerand very good eating, I am told. This is avery high mountain road and I will be gladto get down to a level spot again. Youcan look down most any time for a thous-and feet from this narrow slippery rockfilled road. All along the sides of theroad are the native wild flowers that arevery pretty; the fire weed which is verybrilliant red purple, wild roses, Lupinand many that we do not know the namesof. Bluebells and forget-me-nots a r eplentiful. Forget-me-nots are the Stateflower. Here we are at Tetlin Jet. over6,000 miles from Sanibel and still count-ing. We now have come to a small placecalled "Delta Jet;" where we will stayfor the night. We found a nice campground with full facilities: water, elect-ricity, showers, laundry and car wash,and do we need a car wash as our camperis covered with clay and mud — top andbottom. Don't let anyone say that a Flor-ida Cracker doesn't need Long Johns inAlaska in the summertime. Bought Maudesome fur lined boots."

Portage: Here at Portage is where wetake the train (camper on train) to go toWhittier to take the ferry boat to Cor-dova, Sitka, Kodiak, etc., as there is noroad to Whittier. At Portage we turnedoff the main road and went five milesinto the Chugach National Park to seethe Portage Glacier. This glacier in re-treating has left a lake 200 feet deepand the ice bergs falling off it that weighmany thousand tons were all floatingaround in the lake. This was one of ourbrightest days and wonderful for camerawork. It was brilliant blue white like adiamond."

July 20: "Camping at Silver Lodge onthe Anchor River (looking for salmonrun). The same old story. No salmon,but many people were there camped intrailers and campers that have been com-ing for four years running, all the wayfrom Ohio and Michigan, they come justto fish for these silver salmon. Theydon't look for them to run until Aug. 4-8,but they were there early to get a camp-ing space. I'm still trying to get whereI can catch a salmon."

Floyd and Maude's letters are at theSanibel-Captiva Chamber of CommerceOffice on the Sanibel Causeway, if anyonecares to read them in their entirety. Theyare very interesting.

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LIGHTNING HITS TREE

A bolt of lightning struck an Aus-tralian pine at the old Ferry Landinglast Friday night at about 7:30 p.m. Theflames then traveled across the grassabout a hundred feet and ignited severalpalm trees.

Duane White of Casa Blanca Apart-ments called the fire department andJerry Muench and Jack Remus were theonly members of the Volunteer FireDepartment to answer as the others areon vacation. Al Muench was the first toarrive at the scene while his son, Jerrywent to the station to get Engine No. 1.With the help of Larry Bruno and hisson, Mark they put the fire out in justa couple minutes.

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Letter To The EditorTo The Islander:

The following letter was sent to theIslander for publication.Sanibel-Captiva Conservation

Foundation, Inc.Sanibel, FloridaDear Conservationists:

It is with pleasure that I inform youthat the Sanibel-Captiva ConservationFoundation, Inc. has been named to re-ceive the Governor's Award for the Con-servation Organization of the Year. Thisaward will be presented at the AwardsBanquet to be held in Miami Beach, Fla.at the Marco Polo Hotel, Sept. 26, 1970.The Banquet will start at 6:30 p.m. Pleaseadvise us who will be accepting the awardat the presentation.

Two tickets will be held for the re-cipient at the Florida Wildlife Feder-ation registration table. It i s not neces-sary to register, but we would like forthe tickets to be picked up before 5:00p.m. We can make reservations at theMarco Polo if you wish.

I would like to personally take thisopportunity to congratulate the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation, Inc. onbeing accorded this honor, and assureyou it was well earned.

/ s / Don SouthwellProgram Chairman

To The Islander:Since there is still so far as we know,

an inexplicable hesitancy in establishingproper zoning laws to protect Sanibel andCaptiva from high risers, unabatedbull-dozing, general destruction of the natur-al environment and widespread pollutionof land and sea, perhaps some undilutedbasic facts might move our elected auth-orities to constructive action.

We're making a cesspool of the sea.That's the title of a major article in

the latest edition of National WildlifeMagazine. The author is Senator Gay-lord Nelson of Wisconsin, originator ofEarth Day.

Fact: From the glamorous high-risers of Miami Beach tons of raw un-treated sewage are presently being pipedinto the Atlantic 7,000 feet from shore.How would you like that in Sanibel'sback yard?

Fact: Fish caught near New YorkCity's sewage sludge dumping groundhave been found with filter cigarettebutts, bandages and bubble gum in theirstomachs. And this dumping ground iseight to ten miles out in the Atlantic.How would you like to eat fish like this,caught off Sanibel?

Fact: People living in their water-front homes' on Galveston Bay near theGulf of Mexico have from time to-timebeen driven away by the stench of thous-ands of decaying fish killed by pollution.Do you really think it would be any dif-ferent on Sanibel?

Fact: In the Panacea, Florida areaon the Gulf Coast, crab fisherman havecome up with one tenth of the catch offive years ago — while real estate andland developers fill in and destroy hun-dreds of acres of fertile marsh areas.Unless the Zoning Commission acts now,will there by any shellfish anymore onSanibel and Captiva?

What are we waiting for? Hasn't itbeen fact for some time that there mustbe a halt to dredging and filling and pol-luting of priceless wetlands and thecarving up of sea front in the name of"progress?"

Succinctly put by Senator Nelson:"The greatest losers of all will be the

people of America and the world." Thatincludes the people of Sanibel, visitorsand residents. Make no mistake, it canand i s happening here.

Today, right this minute, the Boardof County Commissioners can act decis-ively to protect our unique islands. Todaythey can join with Maryland, Massachu-setts and the San Francisco Bay area,among others, in taking positive.stepstoward out-lawing the "right to destroy"that has in effect been claimedbyprivateinterests.

Only then can they say: "We're notmaking a cesspool of the sea." Only thencan they know they have done their partin helping preserve another natural re-source for themselves and for gener-ations to come.

/ s / Cyrus BiscardiRoslyn Heights, L.L, N.Y.

To The Islander:This is an unsolicited word of com-

mendation and encouragement for theIslander's coverage of the seeminglyendless fight to salvage and preservethese tiny remnants of a vanishing sub-tropical paradise.

The serpent in this Eden is progressin its most noxious aspect — that of"developing" the commercial possibil-ities of a tract of land to the limit ofprofitability, packing in people, struct-ures, vehicles and supporting facilitiesto the point of suffocation. The developerthen decamps with Us illgotten gains, insearch of new worlds to conquer. Leavinga human ant hill to struggle with in-evitable problems of pollution, waste dis-posal, water supply, traffic, taxes, etc.,ad infinitum.

There is no malice at work here, onlyshortsighted greed and contemptforbothnature and posterity.

When I first voyaged to Florida, in1928, the heavy hand of the Philistinewas already mauling and marring theEast Coast. The Gulf Coast, I thoughtnaively, would be forever a friendlyhaven of sun, sand and sea. Years laterI discovered Sanibel, and from then onvacationed no where else, collecting a fewshells, sitting in the sun, walking theendless, empty beaches, watching andphotographing the exotic flora and fauna.Some day I hope to live here, quietly,having served my time in the rat race.

But the bulldozers came, and the chainsaws and the dredges. And I saw whathappened to the Pinellas Peninsula— nowa wall-to-wall "fun factory" — and toMarco and Anna Maria Islands, and manymore. Will Sanibel be spared this sadfate? I'm no longer sure, and each yearI come back to this lovely green isle inan emerald sea with greater misgivings.

Meanwhile, I follow events throughyour paper, noting the fine work of theConservation Foundation, the CommunityAssociation, the committee for CitizenAction Against Pollution, and interestedfriends of the islands, far and near. Maynone grow weary in this good work — oryou in reporting it.

/ s / Morton L. BachmanClifton Heights, Pa.

To The Islander:I ran across the enclosed items in

a 1966 Islander. The humorous item bythe late Tad Allen is worth re-running.The "Neighborly Sanctuary" coveredby your reporter in the same issue nowincludes four of our neighbors, and in-

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eludes some 20 acres. The list of plantsnow numbers 85, and since the item waspublished over 1,000 persons have takenthe conducted tour and signed the regis-ter.

We appreciate all the Islander hasdone in the interest of conservation.

/ s /Wi l l i s CombsSanibel

The following article was printed inthe January 20, 1966 issue of the Island-er:

NEIGHBORLY SANCTUARY

Most everyone has sen the DingDarling Sanctuary, but perhaps noteveryone knows that two Sanibel familieshave registered their adjoining acres asa wildlife sanctuary and that soon an-other neighbor will join them. Willis andOpal Combs and the Suiter family startedit, and the Kuder family will make thethird.

Willis and opal are doing somethingfor people as well as for the birds. Hehas created a botany trail through hisjungle and says there are over 300 dif-ferent plants native to Sanibel; 64 ofthem can be seen along his trail. Eachplant i s tagged with a number and Opalhas prepared a printed list of commonand botanical names to match the tags.Willis says the large sea-grape on thetrail must have been growing there atleast a hundred years to reach the sizeit now i s . This trail is not just for bot-anists, although a large number of botanystudents have walked it. It is for youngand old; it is for you and me.

LETTER FROM PRISCILLA

Wed., July 1, 1970.Almost to Southampton, should be

there by midnight tonite, disembark 7:00a.m. Am going to look around the townand not bother to go to London as I haveseen all that is on the planned tour.

These people, English, New Zealandand Aussies are the eatingest people Ihave ever seen, they have tea before theyget up — that is toast, marmalade andtea, breakfast about an hour later, thenat 10, tea; they have tea orboullion, thenlunch, tea, dinner, snacks atnidnight, andif they go to the cinema in the meantimethey all bring in hands full of sweetsand fruit. If they are to watch a show orfashion show, you would think that therewas going to be a droughth (how do youspell it) anyway, they drink and eat atleast 12 hours a day and most of themare thin?????

The fashion show was smashing (asthe passengers say). An elderly lady ex-hibited herself thru black lace skin tightsuit and a leopard skin coat and shoes,needless to say she got the whistles —the boys. Those who modeled were realcute; that is some of them, it was a goodshow and we all enjoyed it.

The night before, Michael, the direct-or, gave a really good show — about 30kids dancing and with only 3 days to whipit in shape. He did a good job.

Tomorrow almost everyone gets off.We will have all new people onboard; hopethey are as nice as the ones who will getoff — sorry to see them go.

I overslept this morning and missedbreakfast; 11:30, second time I have doneit. Am to get weighed at the doctor'soffice, wonder if I gained, if I have you'llhear me wail all the way from here.

Hope you are all well and enjoying thesummer weather. It is cold here, and will

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be for another two days. They tell me itwill warm up when we leave England.

Love to you all./ s / Priscilla

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A Surrey With The Fringe On Top:Three young men bent on an adventure,set sail in a battered old sailing sicand after being lost at sea for sevemonths, they saw some small islands wthe distance and headed in their direct-ion.

Badly in need of food and water theysteered their sloop to the nearest island.When they landed their ship on the sand,several natives came down to investigate.Small statured pigmies with sunburned,dark skin and long hair reaching theirshoulders. One of the sailors using pid-gin English asked what these people werecalled. One of the natives replied: "Weare Furries." One of the sailors inquiredwho the native was with a syringe stuckin his long hair. The native replied."He's a Fury with a syring on top."Ouch!

Lady-like: An attractive woman mot-orist living on the outskirts of a city hadbeen warned by police officers that shewould have to slow down her speed. Shepaid little attention to these warniiSo, one morning several motorcycledwere sent out to arrest her for s p e e c h .The cops were hiding behind billboardsand behind bushes — when wowie! Hereshe came at top speed. Seeing the copsfollowing her in her rear-view mirror,she quickly turned into a gasoline sta-tion, and slamming on her brakes shehurried to the Ladies Rest Room. Thecops were waiting for her, their legsstraddling their motorcycles. Finally shecame out, slowly pulling on her gloves,and with a lighted cigarette between herlips. Seeing the motorcycle cops waitingfor her, she remarked: "I'll bet you copsthought I'd never make it!"

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1 pint commercial sour cream11-1/2 oz. envelope spaghetti sauce mix7 1/2 oz. clams, minced

Combine all ingredients in a smallbowl and blend well. Cover and chill 1hour. Serve as a dip with potato clor crackers. Makes 2 cups.

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14 ft. $295 - 16 ft. $395

EVERYTHING FOR THE FISHERMAN* BOATS * MOTORS * BAIT * TACKLE * ICE

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8-20-70 ISLANDER

Tween Waters Inn Famous Saturday Buffetfeaturing

Prime Rib of Beef-Lobster NewburgFresh Shrimp Cocktail

Homemade Salads & Desserts$4,50-$2.50 for children

Tuesday Through Sunday Specials IncludeSteak & Lobster Tails . 16 oz. N.Y. Sirloin Steak . Chop Suey

$5.25 $6.25 $2.50

Fresh Florida Sea Trout . Veal Parmagania$3.00 "•" $3.25

homemade salads every night at our salad bar- child's special dinner every night $1.50

Closed on Monday-Qpen 3 Meals A Day-Tuesday thru Sunday

Captiva Island, Florida

New Telephone Number472-1737

OUR ENDANGERED ALLIGATORSContinued from front page

Florida.These were actually the result of the AAC's legislative committee, which consid-

ered some 20 possible measures, and the intent of these four has been endorsed byour Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Florida Audubon Society, and others.

If time permitted, I would like to discuss some problems that I can foresee arisingfrom the new, widely publicized regulation permitting alligator farming, and also alaw passed by our legislature in 1969 prohibiting use of the words "alligator" and"gator" in connection with non-alligator materials or live animals. The first, if notcarefully investigated, may permit "farms" to act as legal outlets of poached hides,

the second has not been enforced although the law was supposed to take effect on1,1970.will be most happy to discuss these matters with individuals who are interested

in alligator protection. In the meantime, please do all you can to talk up the alligatoras a good fellow. Let us not console ourselves that extinction of endangered wildlifeis inevitable.

(Above is speech delivered by William M. Partington, Florida Audubon Society atthe Third Annual Islands Conservation Conference, Sanibel, Fla., Jan. 22, 1970, spon-sored by the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation.)

FUNDS NEEDEDTO FURNISH LEE COUNTY

CHILDREN'S HOMENina Hines, chairman of W o m e n ' s

Division of the Fort Myers-Lee CountyChamber of Commerce, Inc., announcedthat women from the Women's Division

would contact clubs and organizationsthroughout Lee County to help raise fundsto furnish the Lee County Children'sHome.

The special committee set up to workup the details for contacting all organ-izations in Lee County includes RaymaPage, Chairman, Becky Becker, andAnnie Lee Talley.

The committee will act as a "Clear-ing House" for soliciting donations ofmoney from civic organizations and fromindividuals.

Kenneth Daniels, Chairman of theCounty Commission, said that he wasvery pleased to hear that the Women'sDivision would assume the responsi-bility for this community effort and thathe already has receivedindicationsfromseveral organizations that they would bewilling to make cash donations towardfurnishing the Children's Home.

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ANNOUNCEMENTGeorge G. Winters D.D.S.

announces the opening of his officein the Central Business District

at the corner of Tarpon Bay & Island Inn Roads

Real OstateROUGH GULF LOTS

North of Red Fish Pass - For Rugged Souls

•::- SALES -::-COTTAGES -::-RENTALS

^ft / William C. Shannon, Broker'"' Captiva Island, Florida 33924

Zella Mae Shannon472-1149

SUNSET SOUTH GARDEN APARTMENT CONDOMINIUM

These are spacious 2 bedroom 2 bath-room apartments with just 4 units to abuilding. Our master plan of only 14buildings will limit occupancy to a selectfew. Club House, heated pool, and sev-eral buildings now completed. AdjoiningGolf Course now under construction. Themagnificent beach on the Gulf of Mexicois already there.

Priced from $37,950Write for brochure or call 472-1383, evenings 542-4404

In Ft. Myers Coll "936-8531 • 936-5653

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BLACK PEARLShell Craft & Gift Studio

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MISS WAY - MR. MORTON WED

In a double ring ceremony, M i s sVictoria Wayr&ecame the bride of JamesWinfield Morton, Saturday, August 15 at2 p.m. in St. Michael's All Angels Epis-copal Church. Father Thomas Maddenperformed the ceremony. The churchwas decorated with a large bouquet ofsmall and large daisies in mixed colors.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. &Mrs. William A. Way of Sanibel, ownersof Sanibel Marina. Mr. Morton is theson of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Jay Mortonof 110 Washington St., Glenview, 111.

Given in marriage by her father, thebride wore a white floor length gown oforganza with a high lace collar and laceembroidered waist. Her full b i s h o psleeves were cuffed with matching laceand petite bows. The gathered skirt fea-tured lace and ribbon trim and her chapellength train flowed from the back waist.Her shoulder length veil was crownedwith white satin flowers. She carried acascade of gypsophylis and vanda or-chids.

Maid of honor was Diane Fitzjeroldof Tampa, Fla., a former roommate ofthe bride. Robert J. Morton Jr . was hisbrother's best man.UsherawereJerauldWay, brother of the bride and DonaldMorton, brother of the groom.

Following the wedding a reception,given by the bride's parents, was heldat the South Seas Plantation in the Pres-ident's Room. Wreathes of greenery,daisies and carnations in shades ofyellow decorated the room. The bride'stable was centered with a four tieredwedding cake. Assisting with the hos-pitalities were Timmy Gault and DebbyMcQuade. Mrs. Judy Wu kept the bride'sbook.

For a surprise wedding trip to Ja-maica Mrs. Morton wore a tangerinesleeveless suit with white accessories.After Aug. 23, the newlyweds will resideat 825 Prince St., Pine Castle, Fla. whereMr. Morton, a graduate of the Universityof South Florida and a chemistry major,will be teaching at the Pine Castle Mid-dle School. Mrs. Morton, a senior at theUniversity of South Florida, will be com-pleting her final year.

THE ISLAND GARDENERAugust is an excellent time to apply

the last feeding for you azaleas and ca-mellias. This will finish off the plant asfar as bud development goes accordingto the Florida Nurserymen and GrowersAssiuCFNGA).

Low pressure areas create heavyrains which in turn leach out much ofthe fertilizer in the soil. The FNGAsuggests that you apply a good organicfertilizer to prevent complete deletionof nutrients in the soil. An all-organicfertilizer such as sludge or seed mealswill be quite acceptable. If you don'tprefer to use this type of material it issuggested that you use a commercialfertilizer with at least 60% organic ni-trogen.

There is still time to air layer manyof the homeground ornamentals. Copperleaf, crotons, rubber trees, and hibiscuswill form roots before the cold seasondescends on Florida. Air layered plantssould be.placed in pots in order thatthey may adapt themselves to a soilcondition. If the air layered plant isplaced directly in the ground close at-tention should be paid to watering andprotection. A light shade placed over arecently air layered plant will give itsome protection from the hot fall sun.Remember the root system is very lim-ited. If you would like more informationon how to air layer a plant consult withyour local nurseryman or your Agricul-tural Extension Service.

JIM'S SHELL SHOPLighthouse End of Sanibel

Large quantity of local,foreign and specimen shellsshell artOPEN ALL SUMMER

Open: 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.7 Days A Week 472-1366

Corner of Tarpon Bay Roadand Sanibel Blvd.

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SAN CARLOS REALTYRobert L.Dormer

REG. REAL ESTATE BROKER

Town SquareSanibel Island, Florida 33957

CONDOMINIUMS from $15,950.00also

Gulf Frontage, Bay, Canal & Road FrontageResidences, Acerage, Rentals and Income Property

New Listings on UPPER ISLANDS

Office 472 -1011 Home 472 -1664

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Change For The BetterIN YOUR SCHOOL SYSTEM?

Do you want on the School Board a man who for 16 years nasbeen a Lee County Businessman and taxpayer? Then VOTE FOR

Do you want a trained econo-mist who is better prepared byeducation and professional ex-perience to deal with theSchool Board budget? ELECTMORRIS BISHOP.

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If you. the parents and taxpayers of Lee County, want aCHANGE FOR THE BETTER, then vote Tuesday, Sept. 8. h. theDemocratic Primary for . . .

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The SANIBUCAPTIVA ISLANDSCHAMBER SF COMMERCE. INC.

PAID UP MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCEAUGUST 24th, 197O

CONSTRUCTIONHires ConstructionR.C. Industries

GROCERIES & MERCHANDISEBailey's General Store

GIFT SHOPS, SHELLS, CLOTHES, CRAFTSBlack PearlDottie's Island BoutiqueFriday's House of TreasuresGlory of The SeaMacintosh Book ShopThe Red PelicanSanibel Seashell IndustriesSea Horse ShopThe Shell NetElsie Malone's Shell Shop

MISCELLANEOUSIsland Shopping CenterIsland HuxterDewey Miller's MarinaSanibel Beauty SalonW.H. Snyder, AttorneyFrank Vellake, ArchitectHines Service StationStandard Gas StationMalacological Research ExpeditionsPeriwinkle Trailer ParkCastaway's Marina

RESTAURANTSCasaYbelCoconut GroveIsland InnLetiziasLighthouse Restaurant & LoungeSnack ShackYe Scottish PubWebb's Castaways RestaurantWebb's Golden Sands Restaurant

HOTELS, MOTELS, COTTAGESBeachcomber MotelBeachview CottagesBlind Pass CottagesBlue DolphinBlue Heron

By the Sea MotelCaribe AdventureCasa Blanca ApartmentsCasa Laguna ApartmentsCasa TurquesaCasa YbelChalet EastThe ColonyDriftwood ApartmentsDunromin CottagesGallery MotelGolden Shell ApartmentsGulf Breeze CottagesHigh Tide CottagesHurricane HouseIdle Tide CottagesIsland InnJolly Roger MotelKapitz CottageKona Kai MotelLakeside in the RocksMel lody ApartmentsTwo Lambs """Leverett'sMitchell's CastawaysMitchell's Sand CastlesPalm View CottagesPeriwinkle ApartmentsPort au call ApartmentsThe ReefSand Dollar ApartmentsSandpiper ApartmentsSanibel CottagesSanibel ShoresSanibel Siesta CottagesSea Horse Bay CottagesSea Horse Gulf CottagesSegunda ApartmentsShalimar CottagesShell Harbor InnShell BasketSnook ApartmentsSong of the SeaSteves CottageSurf 'N SandThe SurfriderTrade Winds ApartmentsVilla Capri Motel & CottagesWestwindsWhitecaps MotelWhite HeronWit's End

REAL ESTATEJamestown - Beachview, Inc.Lake Murex and Palm Ridge SubdivisionRoss Mayer RealtyMichigan Sales & DevelopmentPriscilla MurphySan Carlos RealtySanibel-Captiva Real EstateSanibel Properties, Inc.Sunset South Condominium Apts.Tradewinds Development CorporationLaughrey & Holtz Real Estate

HOUSESC.M. CardezaF.M. Culpepper

CAPTIVA ISLAND

MOTELS, COTTAGES, ETCBlank's CottagesHayford HomesMid-Island CottagesShannon's Cottages'Tween Waters InnTwin Palm CottagesVrooman Cottage

RESTAURANTSTween Waters Inn

GIFT SHOPS, SHELLS, ETCMcCaul's Gift Shop

ASSOCIATE MEMBERSRoy BazireFort Myers Insurance AgencyFirst National BankHamilton Lumber CompanyLee County BankLee County Electrical CooperativePrather's LaundryPunta Gprda Isles, Inc.United Telephone CompnayEli Witt Cigar Company

ISLANDER 8-20-70

GULF FRONT HOMESITEBeautiful location in a fine residentialarea. Owner offers very good price andterms.

SMALL MOTELIdeal for husband and wife team. Fullparticulars upon request.

LOVELY DUPLEXClose to beach. Quality construction.Furnished. Excellent location. We havethe key.

HOMESITE WITHWALKING EASEMENT TO GULF

We have several. Opportune time. topurchase. Good prices and terms. Askus for complete information.

GULF FRONT ON CAPTIVAA homesite with a "million dollar*'view. Below market price. Particularsupon request.

LIVE ON THE WATERResidential building sites on the Bay.Beautiful view. Seller wants offers.

CONDOMINIUMSUnits consists of one or two bedrooms.Prices from $15,950.

LOVELY HOME ON CANALExtremely well furnished. Owner wishesto sell at once. Let us show you this one.

BUSINESS SPACES FOR RENTin the new 9 unit SANIBEL CENTERBUILDING. To be finished in October.Be in business for a few dollars perday. Details upon request.

WEST END OF SANIBELA motel - condominium building site. Anexcellent investment property. Inves-tigate this offering.

PH.LAUGH REY £ HOLTZ

ISLAND RIAL ESTATE, INC

"VISIT OUR OFFICE ON PERIWINKLE WAYACROSS FROM THE

GOLDEN SANDS RESTAURANT"472-1123472-2440472-1846

Registered Real Estate Broker

BLACK PEARL CRAFT SHOP

The Bettyes, Betty Puff and Bette O'Rorke, originally from Fort Wayne, Indiana,worked as Real Estate Broker and Home Designer as partners in Indiana for 8 yearsprior to coming to Sanibel. They moved to the Islands in 1962 and purchased the SuvaTrader which they renamed the B-Hive.

In 1965, Arthur and Molly Orloff bought the B-Hive and the Bettyes, not wanting toleave the Islands, opened a small gift shop in the building adjacent to the Bake Shop.After a year in that location, they designed and built the present Black Pearl and dis-covered that "Crafts" were the thing!

Now after four years in their present location, the shop is literally "crammed"with craft supplies and ideas, especially those pertinent to using shells found on San-bel-Captiva beaches.

Craft classes are held several times a week during the winter season, when suchcrafts as Decoupage, Dip Glaze, Resin and of course the many phases of Shellcraftare taught.

The gift section in the Black Pearl is devoted to handcrafted merchandise featur-ing artists, some known and some new to the field, from all over the United States aswell as Sanibel and Captiva. Many of the items in the Shop are made by the Bettyesthemselves — Betty Puff's bud and shell sketches are available in mini-prints andstationary. All of the jewelry is made in their studio and many interesting facets ofResin-Craft utilizing shells are on display.

The following "bit of wisdom" written by St. Frances of Assisi i s one of the Bettyesfavorites and they have found that operating a craft shop takes all three types!

"He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and Mshead is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is anartist."

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Located on Main Road, 3 Miles North of Captiva Bridge closed mondays

antique bottles16th, 17th & 18th Century

fresh

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De way's MarinaSanibel Island, Florida 33957

boats-bait-tackleGAS 472-1115 DOCKAGE

Let's talk shop for a change. Almost everyone has been seriously worried about a'recession or a depression. Now it seems to be letting up. I don't think we'll ever haveanother depression like the one of the late twenties and the thirties. There is a newconcept of finance, a new morality, and a new know-how. One thing, however, I dislike(and fear) intensely is the rising interest rate. To get back to my main theme, I'll giveyou one example of what went wrong.

The guaranteed mortgage certificate was one of the gimmicks that helped bring onthe depression. The top interest rate in every big financial area was six per centumper annum. Almost every financial institution was in the mortgage business. The Titleand Trust Companies loaned funds on mortgages at 6%. The interest was payable semi-annually and in some cases, quarter annually. There was very little amortization re-quired, if any, and where there was it was only a token amortization to be paid on an-nual or semi-annual interest days.

The Title and Trust Companies issued guaranteed mortgage certificates againstthese mortgages and by law were compelled to keep the securities in escrow. Thesecertificates paid a guaranteed five and one-half per centum per annum. For the otherone-half of one percent the companies serviced the mortgages, collected the interestand principal, were supposed to check on tax payments, inspect the property from timeto time and make sure the insurance was in order. The competition for mortgagesbecame frantic. The companies were paying brokers as much as 5% for bringing in amortgage. The result was the realty market became over inflated. Carelessness creptin as to checking the status of taxes and insurance and over production of both homesand commercial improvements resulted.

There was one part of the trust agreement as to the guaranteed mortgage certifi-cates that investors paid very little attention to. This was the right reserved in thecompanies to substitute securities. Under the law, of course, securities of equal valuehad to be substituted. A mortgage of, say, 10M substituted for a mortgage of 10M wasO.K.

When the showdown came investors found practically worthless securities sub-stituted for sound mortgages. (This didn't happen in the case of every company — andin some Cases the company had no such thing as a sound mortgage.)

I believe this loose, disorganized, inefficient, and, in many cases, immoral prac-tice, was one of the factors that triggered the depression.

The days of this kind of chicanery are over. We may have inflation today — butnot destruction.

It's true our economy is not perfect but the system is improving all the time. I ad-mire the brains that are directing and controlling it.

Great lessons have been learned throughout World War n — the Koren conflict andthe Vietnam thing. In spite of the fact that untold billions have been wasted and washeddown the drain and thousands of lives sacrificed we are still the world's safest, health-iest, richest and most powerful nation.

I am glad Congress kept us out of Cambodia. I am glad we are curtailing our Viet-

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Join Us At Our Sunday Punch Bowl

SUPERB SUNDAY BUFFET -12 to 3Reservations Suggested and Appreciated 472-1551

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"Luncheon"11 AM-2PM

"Dinner"5 PM-12PM

. MAIN DINING ROOM OPEN — — — —

COCKTAIL LOUNGE

11:00AM - 2:OOPM 6> 5:OOPM - ??

ClosedMonday

SANIBEL BENDER8 Steamed Shrimp - 8 Fried Shrimp

Our Famous Cocktail Sauce'

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FOR RENT:3 bedroom, 2 bath, central A/C homeon Captiva facing Roosevelt Pass. Phone472-2272.

11FOR SALE:Adorable Seal Point Siamese kittens.Top stock, beautifully marked. CallLet-izias 472-2177.

CONDOMINIUMS FOR RENT

2 bedroom, 2 b a t h Condominiumsfurnished, overlooking Gulf of Mexico,heated pool, enclosed garage. Specialweekly rates till Dec. Sunset South,Rt, 1, Box 241, Sanibel Island, Fla.,33957. Phone 472-1383 or 542-4404.

Electric Stove RepairWashers - Dryers

RefrigerationAir Conditioning

HeatingRITE - TEMP SERVICE

463-9556

WE BUY OLD GOLD AND OLD JEWEL-RY. Friday's House of Treasures.

APPLIANCE REPAIRS:Small appliances, electric stoves, vac-uum cleaners, radios, lamps, e t c .Harry's Appliance Service, P. 0 . Box 67,Sanibel Island. 472-1765,

SARLO, ARIENSLAWNMOWERSAND McCULLOCH CHAIN SAWS

Factory AgentsSales-Service-Parts, New &Used

Lighthouse End

SANIBEL MARINASanibel, Florida

472-2133

HELP WANTED:Front desk clerk-cashier, experiencepreferred but not necessary. C a l lCharles Witt, 472-1551.

ART SUPPLIES:Paints, brushes, etc. A l s o Flex-Bonpaints, designed for tropical weather atLEGAL SUPPLY, Sanibel Island.472-1736.

CUSTODIAN WANTED:4 hours, 5 days a week. Contact DouglasSantini, Sanibel Elementary School.

gleet WILLIAM H. (BILL)

BEVISPUB. SERV. COMM.

pd. pol. adv. G. Carefoot, Traas.

•IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT"

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UNIQUE COMMUNITY

SANIBEL-CAPTIVA REAL ESTATE"Since 1957"

Claire T. Walter, Realtor

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Fort Myers Beach, Florida 33931

7days a weekby Sen. ELMER O. FRIDAYIT'S ABOUT 4:30 in the afternoon. The doorbell rings. Apoliceman says, "I'm sorry, ma'am. We've got youryoungster on possession of marijuana."

Under our laws, your child is now a criminal. At age12, he or she might be imprisoned with drunkards or sexperverts, thieves or murderers, until the case comes totrial or the child is allowed out in your custody.

WHAT'S ALMOST WORSE, even. the very young. face this prospectwith very little chance of rehabili-tation. And the real criminal - thedope pusher - very often gets offtoo lightly.

I sponsored a bill, in this year'sSenate Session, that could resolvethe problem: an unlawful drugpeddler could be fined up to$100,000 and imprisoned for life;and the Court would have au-thority to use discretion in reha-bilitating Ms victims.

14 years of fighting pushersand helping children have taughtme much.

Paid for by Friends of Friday for Attorney GeneralP. O. Box 1000, Fort Myers, Florida 33902

AS ATTORNEY GENERAL, I wouldput into effect a sensible 3-pointprogram in Florida: 1 — Help lawenforcement personnel everywherein the State, on all levels, stopunlawful selling of drugs andnarcotics.

2 — Institute a massive pro-gram of education to inform allpeople on the true nature ofdrugs, how to prevent their abuse,and how to restore their victimsto a healthful, useful life.

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