Summer 2010 - Flagler Beach Historical Museum

Flagler Beach Historical Museum
207 South Central Ave., P. O. Box 2136, Flagler Beach, FL 32136
Seasonal Hours: Mon - Sat 10am - 4pm (386) 517-2025
“From the Stone Age to the Space Age”
Volume 10 - Edition 2
Summer 2010
flaglerbeachmuseum .com
What’s New at the Museum? Celebrating 10 Years!
Museum’s 10th Anniversary birthday cake from
the “Beach Birthday Bash” April 3. More on p.2.
Celebrate the Decade!
Ten years have flown by since the Museum’s
humble Friday morning beginnings in the City
Commission Chambers through settling into the
site we call home today. Thank you everyone
who contributed to this success.
All through this Anniversary Year watch for
sales, specials & celebrations. On page 8, we start
with a list of DEDICATED DECADE DONORS:
founding members who have remained with us
from the very beginning. If you don’t see your
name there but want to, call to find out if you
missed a year or two of membership. With a check
for the difference to celebrate our Anniversary,
your name can still be added to the next list.
You can also help by encouraging new
members at this time when our economy is
still so challenging. Which of your friends and
neighbors might become Museum fans. Bring
them in, share your newsletter (we can send one
via USPS or email!) or give a gift membership.
(Coupon on page 5.)
Now you can even “FRIEND” the Museum
and spread the word to all of your FACEBOOK
fans. Check out our page for recorded guest
testimonials. Then send them to the website at
www.flaglerbeachmuseum.com. While online check out our new page and photo show at
www.360PalmCoast.com. This is the year for
friends to join with 10th Anniversary New Member
Specials of just $10 Individual or 10% off other
member levels for the first year. As always, there
will be a token of our appreciation for you both!
For more info, call Teri at 386-439-6262
Museum President Catherine Wilson(L) and
OceanShore Graphics sign creator Steve
Mazzeo(R) debut the new Museum & Chamber
Visitor Center Welcome sign. More on p.3.
The Museum: Cool
Place to Spend Fab 4th
Weekend on Sat. July 3rd!
Even though the Flagler Beach parade
and fireworks will be Saturday, July 3rd
this year, we still look forward to all of the
traditional Fab 4th fun plus some new entertainment for 2010. (Poster at right available
at Museum or call 386-437-0106 for info.)
Since the Museum opened, we have
spent many Independence Days baking
under the summer sun as we encouraged
passersby to become members. This year
will be the same as we set up our tent directly in front of the Museum with patriotic
gifts for young and old alike who sign up
for a membership.
As an added bonus, the Museum will be
open offering a comfortable air-conditioned
place to cool off and see what displays are
new. Even if you are fresh off the beach
and too sandy to enter, stop by our tables
out front and let us water mist you! Bring
your change and loose ones because donations to “Get Cool at the Museum” will
be accepted.
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gala 2010:
save the date
saturday
sept. 11th
Beach
Thank you
to all !
Birthday
BasH&
Presenting sponsors
News-JournalOnline.com
Easter Weekend Festival
Shepard, Smith & Cassady, PA
celebrate good
times sponsors
birthday candle sponsor
The Chi-Dog
Birthday Present DONORS
John Feind, jane Mealy,
Memory Lane, & Publix
fireworks
THANKS Santore & Sons and FLAGLER BEACH cra
Flagler Beach Celebrates 85th Birthday & Museum’s 10th Anniversary
Sunshine, blue skies, light breezes. How fitting that the description
for days like April 3rd is “A Chamber of Commerce Day” -- because
the “Weather Coordinator” for our 85th Birthday Bash was none other
than Flagler Beach Chamber Chair Kim Carney!
An estimated 10,000 people celebrated the weekend which
kicked off with Friday night’s Luau and Mini-Sailboat Regatta. Saturday began with the Flagler Beach Chamber’s 19th Annual Easter
Egg Hunt complemented this year by bounce house games, facepainting by Maya Kraemer, and the City’s Wacky Olympics. Kim
Carney thanked her Chamber Board, Rotary volunteers, John &
Bea Patterson, and Chamber Vice-Chair John Rogell.
Inside City Hall, local authors informally answered questions
and signed books for fans of their work. We thank the authors whose
books are currently on sale at the Museum:
Ann Creal Taylor: “Tales of Florida Crackers,” “Mosquito
Country,” and “The Squiggles.”
Catherine Wilson: “A New Beginning.”
Art Dycke: “Images of America: Palm Coast.”
Bill Ryan: “The Search for Old Kings Road,” “I Am Grey
Eyes,” and his most recent “Osceola: His Capture
and Seminole Legends.”
Frank Gromling: “Frank’s Whales” and his latest book that
celebrates sea turtles, our coast, and the patrol volunteers that
conserve and protect the turtles: “Tracks in the Sand” written with
Mike Cavaliere.
Outside, a historic “Then & Now” display dotted Central
Avenue. Created by Joy McGrew and Joseph Pozzuoli, panels
featuring Museum photos of early Flagler Beach were strategically
placed near today’s same buildings or lots.
Local merchants displayed their wares at tables along the
newly renovated Central Avenue. They were interspersed on the
promenade among the always popular antique cars and revitalized
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‘Vettes. Wandering the avenue amongst the locals were visiting
artists starting a week-long plein-air competition sponsored by the
Gallery of Local Art (GOLA).
Refreshments and sustenance available throughout the day
included our “Taste of the Beach” featuring fantastic food from local
favorites: BeachHouse Beanery, Blue, Flagler Fish Company, Flagler
Pier Restaurant, Giuseppe’s, Joseph’s, Rocky’s, Snack Jacks, and
the Waffle Cone. Thank them for us by checking out their websites,
and/or visiting them soon for a meal or a treat. (More information
on opposite page.)
Following our “Taste,” student Taylor Tofal unfurled flags from
around the world and provided samples of food from 20 nations.
Taylor thanks her friends, mom Donna Tofal’s Rotary Club, and other
volunteers who prepared and served the treats to raise money for
World Hunger organizations. For “down home” appetites, Tom Gillin’s
great grillers Mike & Dave sizzled up yummy burgers and BBQ.
A power snafu delayed the day’s live music, but that allowed the
crowd to check out our downtown shops and earn a chance at prizes
in the Pardon Our Dust Scavenger Hunt which Carol Fisher from the
BeachHouse Beanery organized with her business colleagues.
Mid-afternoon, emcee Ron Aiken welcomed Dona DeMeglio’s
Sea Goddess Belly Dancers, singer Robyn Hunter, and musician
Jimmy Mason. (Check out lessons at Jimmy’s new music shop
across the street from the Museum.) Their entertaining performances
were followed by the pooch-popular Pet Parade. In this contest to
benefit the Humane Society, coordinated by Bahama Mama’s Rene
Worthington and friends, cameras clicked constantly capturing the
contestant pets decked out in their Easter “finest.”
Next up were the two ribbon-cuttings. Dignitaries gathered to
cheer the long-awaited end of construction and celebrate the new
look of South Central Avenue as Mayor Alice Baker cut the yellow
caution tape “ribbon.”
Then everyone strolled along the new street to the Museum
where our Founder & President Catherine Wilson was waiting.
Assisted by Flagler Beach Chamber Past President Lea Stokes
and current Chamber Chair Kim Carney, she snipped the sash to
unveil the Museum & Visitor Center Welcome Sign. Four years in the
making, the attractive and colorful new sign was created by Steve
Mazzeo of Oceanshore Graphics. (See photo on page 1.) It was
installed by our wonderful city staff after co-funding by the Flagler
Beach Chamber and the city’s CRA.
Our mayor and commissioners then rolled up their sleeves to
help cut, serve, and sample yummy ice cream and cake! For providing last minute utensils and extra plates, we thank Beth Mount at
Publix and Nancy at the Waffle Cone.
As the day turned to dusk, “American Idol-Flagler Beach Style”
entertained the crowd. A steady stream of vehicles traversed the
bridge into town and the extra parking provided by the Cinellis and
the Forehands was really appreciated. Others we thank for keeping
the day safe, clean, and fun, are our police department and firefighters, H.J. Eberhardinger and his assistant, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Caryn
& Don Miller, and Libby & Jim Kania.
Working behind the scenes to prepare for the event, we owe
thanks to nearly every department in the city from the Clerk’s Office
to Maintenance to Engineering. Staff, equipment, or donations also
came from our neighbor cities, the county, the schools, and Flagler
Volunteer Services.
Printing and/or storage were provided by Pegasus Books,
Eagles Nest Storage, Memory Lane, and Re-Max. Special thanks to
Birthday Committee Planning Members: Caryn Miller, Teri Pruden,
Kim Carney, & Tom Gillin, who were aided by Rene Worthington,
Taylor Tofal, Zoee Forehand, Cindy Dalecki, & Joy McGrew.
Major thanks to the event sponsors listed on the opposite page. Visit
flaglerbeachmuseum.com for links to their websites.
As everyone knows the crowning glory of the gorgeous day
and balmy evening were the colorful fireworks that decorated the
night sky and were mirrored in the ocean below. Thanks to the city’s
CRA and Fireworks by Santore for the most wonderful pyrotechnics
display ever!
It seems that someone is always forgotten at “thank you time”
and it often is the person or business or group who most deserve
recognition. If that “someone” is you or someone you know, please
remind me at 439-6262 or teri@visitmemorylane.com. We look forward to giving you a “shout out” in the next newsletter. Meantime,
many thanks to these Museum Volunteer Friends for their time and
energy on April 3rd.
Pat & Dan Cody
LJ & Dick Dunham
Mary Ann Clark
Catherine Wilson
Rob Creal
Dave Carner
Bev Zemlock
Shirlee Lepson
Fran DiMattina
Pat MacAllister
Taylor Tofal
Ed Moore
Bil Grady
Shirley Putnam
Lorraine Ruhl
Carol &
Uwe Schneider
Valerie Maddox
Lea Stokes
Jennifer Soukup
Cindy Miller
Linda Jones
Kathy Feind
Shelley Chapman
Alex Hausburg
Dan Bayerl
Steve Kayworth
Bill Lepson
Jim Carney
If you missed the Beach Birthday Bash or want
to relive it, visit the Museum where you can watch a
DVD of the day recorded by our friend Tom Hanson
at TV199! Or watch via the Internet anytime. Go to
www.pcma-tv199.org, click on Video on Demand,
then Flagler Beach Events.
The Museum thanks these fantastic restaurants from TASTE OF THE BEACH 2010 !
On April 3, 2010, these restaurants helped raise money and celebrate the Flagler Beach Museum’s 10th Anniversary. Thank
them in person with a stop at their establishment and don’t forget to check out their links at flaglerbeachmuseum.com
Blue: Award-Winning “Dining with a View”
at the Historic Topaz Hotel - 1224 S. A1A
12 short blocks south of the Flagler Pier
386-439-4322
Flagler Fish Company: Fresh Fish Market & Restaurant
“Food To Knock Your Flops Off!”
180 South Daytona Ave. / flaglerfishcompany.com
386-439-0000
Joseph’s Italian Bistro & Pizzeria
308 South A1A Near the Pier
(386) 693-4926
The Waffle Cone Old Fashioned Ice Cream Parlor
102 S. 4th St. 1/2 block from the ocean & pier
Noon-9:30 Daily www.thewafflecone.com
High Tides @ Snack Jack
“Surfside Eats & Drinks”
2805 S.Oceanshore Blvd. / (386) 439-3344
www.snackjacks.com
The Pier Restaurant (386) 439-3891
Located at the Flagler Beach Pier, of course: 215 SA1A.
Giuseppe’s NY Pizza & Italian Restaurant
301 Moody Boulevard / 386-439-5404
The BeachHouse Beanery
(386) 338-2484 / 202 S.Central Ave.
1 block west of Flagler Beach Pier / Open Daily
www.BeachHouseBeanery.com
Rocky’s Pizzeria Restaurant
105 North A1A / 386-439-6545
For info on participating in future Taste of the
Beach events, contact us @ (386) 439-6262.
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Community pride, history, and education go hand-in-hand at the Flagler Beach Historical Museum.
Now celebrating our 10th Anniversary, the Museum is visited by over four hundred visitors each
month. Your membership will help us grow and continue with many exciting projects including:
* Building On-Line History Research Center
* Expanded Hours of Operation / Quarterly Newsletter
* Student Field Trips - Junior Historian Program
* Oral History Program Training - High School Students
* Oral History Program Archive - Videotaping Flagler County Elders
* Partnership Program (Other Civic and Historic Organizations)
* Downtown Historic District Identification & Walking Tours
* Outdoor Family Movie Nights, First Fridays, Fabulous Fourth of July, Gala Fundraiser, Annual Author’s Day, Historic Anniversaries, Holiday at the Beach, and more...
Special Thanks To This Year’s Premiere ($50 plus) Members…
Silver & Gold
Michael & Rebecca Becker
Hallie Bradley
In Loving Memory of Delores Kuhnlein
Gerald Upson Family
City of Flagler Beach
Coquina Real Estate & Construction
Flagler Beach Pharmacy
Helm Financial Services
J.D.L. Associates - Jeralyn Lowe
RBC Bank
Patron
Atack, Sharon
Babbitt Miller, Brenda
Boylan, Michael & Susan
Caldwell, Wayne & Martha
Creal, Robert
Deal, Don & Terri
DiFrancesco, Lida
Gardner, Jay & Lisa
Hammond, Kim
Hunter, Robert & Jean
Kerns, Jay &
Rodriguez, Gustavo
Bronze
Baxter, Doug & Tracy
Bayerl, Dan & Pruden, Teri
Carmel, Phyllis
Delisi, Donald & Adele
Delisi, Thomas
Elliott, Carol
Feind, John & Catherine
Keyt, Charlotte
Putnam, Shirley
Ruzecki, Mary Ann
Schneider, Uwe & Carol
Taylor, Anne Creal
Wilson, Catherine
Memory Lane
Preferred Management Services
In Loving Memory of Raymond R. Pruden
Rotary of Flagler Beach
Sonny’s BBQ
The Museum now offers Premiere Member links from our Website
to yours! Call Teri Pruden at 439-6262 for more information.
Trivett, Danny
MacAllister, Patricia
Wilson, G. Matthew
Miller, Cindy
Beach House Beanery
Miller, Karen L.
Blue Restaurant
Moretti, Karen & Don
Craig Flagler Palms Funeral
Page, Bruce & Irene
Home & Memorial Gardens
Price, Rosmarie & Richard
Dennis K. Bayer, Esq.
Reeves, Cheri & Dixon
Rohrabaugh, Paul & Beverly Down By The Sea
Shuman, Patricia & William Flagler Animal Hospital
Flagler County Chamber
Sinclair, Alan & Patti
Flagler County Corvette Club
Sloan, Jeanne
Flagler Fish Company
Tomlinson, Kathleen
HAVE YOUR NEWSLETTERS E-MAILED...
You can now receive your newsletter electronically. Save trees and save the
Museum printing/mailing expenses. If you would like your quarterly newsletter
emailed to you, contact Teri at (386) 439-6262 or teri@visitmemorylane.com
2010 OFFICERS
President: Catherine Wilson
1st Vice President: Robert R. Creal
2nd Vice President: Shirley Putnam
Secretary: G. Matthew Wilson
Treasurer: Patricia MacAllister
City Liaison: Jane Mealy
Museum Director: Teri Pruden
Board meetings are open to our members
and the public. We meet most months on
second Tuesdays at the Flagler Beach Fire
Hall. Call Teri at 439-6262 for directions and
to confirm when the next meeting will be.
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Flagler Woman’s Club
Guiseppe’s
High Tides @Snack Jack
Intellaeon Corporation
Joseph’s Italian Bistro
Marina Bay Condominium
Nature Scapes
Pier Restaurant
Rocky’s Pizzeria
Strickland Sod Farm, Inc.
Tee Times USA
The Village Shops
Timothy J Conner, Atty.
Waffle Cone Ice Cream Parlor
Your Town Map Company
Your Name Here! 
2010 DIRECTORS
Phyllis Carmel
Cindy Dalecki
Don Deal
Kathy Feind
Charles Helm
Ed Moore
Rosmarie Price
Mary Ann Ruzecki
Lea Stokes
Thank You March - May New & Renewing Members!
*A very special
Welcome to our
Newest Museum
Members!
Individual
Baker, Alice
Barker,Fannie Buckles
Cate, Jane B.
Durrance, Patsy
Dzimian, Ardis C.
Fucci, Ernie
Hunter, Howard
Lemasters, Shelby D.
Marquis, Diane
Perry, Sadie J.
Ruhl, Lorraine
Wadsworth, Sonia
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Small Business
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Duggins, Michael & Gail
Gardner, Joseph & Jo Ann
Grigas, Robert
Hadeed, Al & Maureen
Hull, Richard D.
Jones, Linda
Kormanyos, Connie & Ed
Lawrence, Donna
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Van Der Vlugt, Carole & Jerry
Walsh, David
Webster, Shannon & Daniel
Wiles, Doug & Doris
Atlantic Mobile RV Service
Bellevue Florists & Gifts
Cooksey & Associates
Dennis K. Bayer, Esq.
Flagler Realty
Golden Lion Cafe
Local Color Consulting
Seaside Shoppe
Patron
Babbitt Miller, Brenda
Caldwell, Wayne & Martha
Deal, Don & Terri
Hammond, Kim
Hunter, Robert & Jean
Moretti, Karen & Don
Reeves, Cheri & Dixon
Rohrabaugh, Paul & Beverly
Shuman, Patricia & William
Sinclair, Alan & Patti
Wilson, Matthew G.
BeachHouse Beanery
Blue Restaurant
Flagler Animal Hospital
Flagler County Chamber
Flagler Fish Company
Guiseppe’s Italian Restaurant
High Tides @ Snack Jack
Intellaeon Corporation
Joseph’s Italian Bistro & Pizzeria
Marina Bay Condominium Assoc.
Pier Restaurant
Rocky’s Pizzeria Restaurant
Tee Times USA
Waffle Cone Ice Cream Parlor
Bronze
Carmel, Phyllis
Keyt, Charlotte
Putnam, Shirley
Schneider, Uwe & Carol
Wilson, Catherine P.
Preferred Management Services, Inc.
Silver
Flagler Beach Pharmacy
Gold
Coquina Real Estate & Construction
Members are the foundation of the Flagler Beach Historical Museum. Please continue your support
by spreading the word and renewing annually. Give a friend this newsletter -- if they join, we’d like
to thank you both -- so stop by with this page and receive gifts of appreciation for your support. Or
better yet, make their first year a gift from you by using the application coupon below.
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= Small Business $24
BENEFITS OF MUSEUM MEMBERSHIP
= Free quarterly newsletter
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= Discounts on museum merchandise and special events
= Advance notice of new displays and upcoming events
= Free gifts for bringing in new members
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The History Corner
Flagler Beach Hotel ~ by Catherine Wilson
The hotel closed it’s doors in the late 1930’s and never formally
reopened until Mr. and Mrs. Walter Green purchased it in 1946.
During the time that the building was empty, Mr. Moody acted as a
caretaker and in the early fall of 1944 Arthur Babbitt and his wife
Luna, daughter of George Moody, and their four children moved into
the first floor to live until their new home was built. Since there were
no other residents in the hotel they had the place to themselves.
Several young families from the county finally talked Mr. Moody into
letting them rent rooms for the summer months. However, there was
no furniture so they had to bring their own.
In October of 1944, a frightening hurricane traveled up the
coast parallel to the shoreline and the family moved to the inside rooms
of the second floor
for safety. Mr. Babbitt nailed blankets
over the windows
to keep broken
window glass from
flying into the room.
Some fifty-two windows were sucked
out after the eye
passed over Flagler Beach. Betty
Babbitt Johnson
remembers when
she and her brother
Bill were standing in front of the
french doors watching the waves breaking over the pier. She said,
“I blinked my eyes and all of a sudden almost half of the pier was
washed away.” Water leaked through all four floors in every room
but the Babbitts.
The storm washed up great numbers of conch shells onto the
beach and the townspeople gathered them. They placed them in ant
beds so the ants would clean the meat out of the shells. The town
was littered with tar paper from the roofs of buildings and there was
no electricity for four days. Betty said she remembers how sunny
and clear it was the next day and the fact that they had no bread.
The bakeries in Daytona had no power either.
The Green’s operated the hotel for twenty-seven years until
the early 1970’s when it was sold for development. The demolition
of the structure was sad for many residents that remembered the
grand times. People came from all over to claim mementos such
as antique brick, cyprus siding, planks of the yellow pine flooring
or a piece from the great coquina fireplace. One gentleman said
that his brother had been married in the penthouse ballroom and
there was so much rice showered on the happy couple that he bet
some of it was still under the carpets. He peeled back a little carpet
and sure enough there was rice under it. Who’s to say from whose
wedding it came!
In honor of the City’s 85th birthday, this excerpt from Catherine
Wilson’s “A New Beginning” (for sale at the Museum) answers two
of the most frequent questions we hear. “Where was the Flagler
Beach Hotel?” and “What happened to the hotel?” It too would have
been 85 this year as it was opened in 1925 on the site that today is
the home of the weekly Farmer’s Market.
D.F. Fuquay and George Moody started work on the construction of the Flagler Beach Hotel at Central Avenue and Moody Blvd.
in 1923. After the hotel was completed, Mr. Fuquay donated a full
block of property in lieu of taxes and it was designated as a city park
with restrictions that no building ever be built on this site that might
restrict the view of the
ocean. Shuffle board
courts were added
and sidewalks surrounded the block.
Mr. Moody sold his
interest in the venture
to Mr. Fuquay who
finished the project at
the end of 1924 and
held a grand opening
on July 4th, 1925.
The staff included
Managers Mr. & Mrs.
Sears, Mrs. P. F.
Hudson of Palatka in
charge of the kitchen
and dining room, and Miss Morrison as housekeeper.
The hotel was a three story building offering forty-four guest
rooms with running water in each room and a bath either connecting
or adjoining. The middle of the structure was crowned with a fourth
floor grand ballroom. The hotel also had a hotel arcade: a basement
that housed several businesses through the years including a real
estate office. In the late 1950’s the local barber shop was there and
later a bar and lounge. The front entrance to the hotel had two coquina
columns and coquina urns on either side of the steps leading up to
the long screened front porch where rocking chairs were lined up
for the enjoyment and comfort of the guests. Isla Kester, daughter
of Mr. Dana Fuquay, the architect and builder, told of some of the
many glamorous events that were attended by guests from around
the county as well as many tourists. She said,
“You cannot imagine how grand the hotel used to be… with
ladies in formal gowns and gentlemen in tuxedos climbing the stairs
to the penthouse ballroom on the fourth floor—every night of the
week during the winter season.”
Some of the Senior Proms from early years were held in the
ballroom and also many dances, as this was the social hub of the
community. A large coquina rock fireplace graced the north end of
the lobby and was always decorated for the Christmas Holidays. The
heavy yellow pine board floors were kept polished and small rugs
graced the sitting areas. Isla also recalled how Charles Lindbergh
made an emergency landing at the Flagler Beach Airport due to heavy
fog and low visibility in 1931 and stayed at the hotel. She said that
this was the second most exciting event that she remembered. “My
brother loaned him a bathing suit to go for a swim in the ocean and
we served him the hot biscuits he ordered”. This landing was two
years before he made his solo flight across the Atlantic.
For more history, visit our website:
www.flaglerbeachmuseum.com and
click on the History Tab
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I take my students on a lot of field trips. There is nothing
like holding the words in your hands, such as a petal on a
rose, a pine cone, Spanish moss or having a guide take you
on a tour and visit the past through the eyes of artifacts and
the lens of a camera. I like my students to feel the WORDS in
their hands and experience the world with their eyes, ears, and
sense of smell. How else would you explain the fragrant aroma
of a beautiful rose. Those are the things we remember.
The students had a fabulous time at the Museum and were
shocked at how many memories from the past were stored
in that little building. Many were fascinated with the old hotel
and Lindbergh's visit years ago to our little beach town. It
was a wonderful trip and your guides did a great job! Most
students said they would definitely return with their friends
and family for another visit. We thank you so much.
~Victoria Stanton, ESOL Teacher, Flagler County Schools
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Th Flagler County Historical Society
Presents:
Martin Luther King,
the K.K.K., and
States Rights in St.
Augustine in 1964
Former State Attorney Dan R. Warren was Governor Farris
Bryant’s personal representative in St.Augustine during the 1964
racial crisis. He will discuss his role in stopping the violence in
America’s oldest city.
Join the FCHS Thursday July 15 at Martin’s Restaurant
(upstairs) for the next quarterly meeting & Dan Warren’s presentation. For $17.00 choose a small prime rib, chicken, fish, or
shrimp with baked potato, fries, or rices. Dinner includes salad,
rolls, vegetable, plus tea or coffee. Checks must be received
no later than July 10, 2010 made payable to Flagler County
Historical Society and sent to Sisco Deen, P.O. Box 637, Flagler
Beach, FL 32136. For Questions: Call (386) 439-2639 or email
sisco_deen@hotmail.com
Tour Groups Welcome!
But Please Call Ahead. 
I would like to introduce you all to my Adult & Community
Education ESOL class that meets at Rymfire Elementary
School. The school opened its doors several years ago to
families of students that want to learn to read, write and speak
the English language. (Students in photo right on a recent
field trip to the Museum.)
Our class average is about 20 students and we began last
September. They come from all over the world from places such
as Poland, Ecuador, Portugal, France, Lithuania, Argentina,
Colombia, China and many other distant lands. They have
been studying extremely hard.
Many came to me unable to speak a single word of English
and now are able to have conversations with Americans, not to
mention their new found multi-cultural friends in the classroom
and they are thrilled! We have shared many different foods,
traditions, music, and made some wonderful memories.
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The Flagler Beach Historical Museum
thanks the County Commission and
especially the Flagler County Tourist
Development Council for their grant awards
that help us fund operating expenses,
promotion, & much more!
Writers/Researchers: Rob Creal, Sisco
Deen, Ed Moore, Teri Pruden, Catherine Wilson, Pamala Zill
Proofreader Extraordinaire: Mary Ann Ruzecki
Photography: Bill Lepson, Teri Pruden
This newsletter is published quarterly and mailed free to
members. Address questions/comments to Teri at 439-6262
or teri@visitmemorylane.com
Hi KJ. See you in autumn issue.
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WE TREASURE OUR VOLUNTEERS
were the second residents to settle on the west side of the river. A.V.
built a small mercantile store where his wife Etta began writing letters
to friends back in Indiana. She encouraged others to do the same
to promote opening a Post Office, and in 1915 she was appointed
Post Master.
As the east side
of the river was developed, the post office
was to be relocated
beachside, and the
Wickline’s built a new
building at the corner
of 4th Street and
Central Avenue that
still stands.” Readers
today know it as the
Preferred Management Services Building with Southeast Jewelry downstairs.
Catherine’s father George E. Wickline was also civically involved
and served 34 years as Flagler County Commissioner, Flagler Beach
City Commissioner and/or Mayor. Catherine says, “My father looked
on the city and its residents as family.”
Community involvement through the years for Catherine included leadership positions with Flagler Beach School PTA, Flagler
Beach Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary, United Methodist Church
Women’s Society, and the United Methodist Church Choir. Catherine
also chaired both the Flagler Beach and Flagler County Recreation
Committees, was a Flagler County Music Society charter member,
and served on the board of the Flagler County Historical Society. She
may presently be retired after 25 years with Barnett Bank of Volusia
County, but that doesn’t mean she isn’t working as the Museum can
be a full-time job!
“I could reminisce on and on but the Museum tells it all. Our
docents are very knowledgeable and caring. We all invite you to visit,
bring your friends, join our membership rolls, and help promote this
wonderful history. After all, it takes a village.”
On our 10th Anniversary, meet the woman with the vision
for a Flagler Beach Museum: Founder & President Catherine
Wilson. In addition, she created the first newsletter in March
2001 and here we are in Volume 10! Catherine wrote about
volunteers from the start, and over the years we have featured
over 30 while lauding 100s more who have donated time and
energy. There is one person though who had yet to grace this
page and finally this quarter we thank Catherine. ~Editor
When asked recently to talk about her original vision for the
Flagler Beach Historical Museum, Catherine shared these thoughts,
“I can’t help remembering our area’s humble beginnings as a very
small settlement and our growth through the years to become a real
city. I am reminded of an acorn that has grown into a beautiful oak
tree spreading its limbs over the area and comforting us all.”
Catherine P. Wickline Wilson is the daughter of George E.
Wickline and granddaughter of A.V. & Etta Wickline, an area “First
Family.” Born in Eustis in 1930, Catherine grew up in the Tampa
area, then came to Flagler Beach in 1956 with her husband Bernie
and daughters JoAnne and Barbara.
Catherine is following a long tradition of community involvement.
“My family’s entrance to ‘Ocean City,’ was in 1913 when A.V. & Etta
HISTORY BUFFS & VOLUNTEERS:
HELP OUT & JOIN THE FUN!
Help Wanted!
Join a committee or help out as a
Museum host. From as few as 3 hours
a month to a few days a week, the time
you offer is greatly appreciated. There
are even projects you can work on at
home. For more information, contact
us at (386) 517-2025 or 439-6262.
F O U N D I N G D E D I C AT E D D E C A D E D O N O R S
We recently fired up the computers to thank all of you, the dedicated donors who have been members with us continually since the
beginning. While researching we found hat there are many members who had missed only one year or just haven’t renewed this year. If
you don’t see your name here but want to be in the next issue, a small anniversary celebration check for the missing difference can get
your name added to the list. To review your membership history, call Teri @439-6262. Meanwhile thank you Dedicated Decade Donors!
Arnold, Hugh & Joan
Atack, Sharon
Atlantic Mobile RV Service
Bellevue Florists & Gifts
Bourne, Suzanne
Bradley, Hallie
Brown, Aimi
Burkley, Harold & Jan
Carmel, Phyllis
Cate, Jane B.
Clark, Mary Ann
Coquina Real Estate &
Construction
Creal, Robert
Davis, Patricia L.
Deal, Don & Terri
Demulling, Judi & Rich
Dennis K. Bayer, Esq.
Durrance, Patsy
Edson, Joyce & Hal
Elliott, Carol W.
Flagler Beach Pharmacy
Flagler Realty
Flagler Woman’s Club
Footit, Terry
Gallagher, Richard & Kathryn
Hadeed, Al & Maureen
Hayworth, Pauline
Helm Financial Service
Iseminger, Joan H.
Kovalyak, Joseph
Kuhnlein, Ed
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Lally, Kevin J.
Lemasters, Shelby D.
Local Color
Logan, Marie
Marquis, Diane
Mealy, Jane
Medearis, Jerry & Grace
Memory Lane
Minton, Bessie Wickline
Peddle, Grant & Alita
Pederson, Jan
Preferred Management
Services, Inc.
Price, Rosmarie & Richard
Pruden, Teri & Bayerl, Dan
Putnam, Shirley
RBC Bank
Rotary of Flagler Beach
Ruhl, Lorraine
Ruzecki, Mary Ann
Shriver, Harvey & Ella
Sloan, Jeanne
Smith, Lillian F.
Taylor, Ann Creal
The Seaside Shoppe
Upson, Gerald & Wanda
Vath, Ron
Wiles, Doug & Doris
Wilson, Anne & Jack
Wilson, Catherine P.
Wilson, Matthew G.
Zamba, Janet