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Gaston, James E., Jr. (1921-2003) |
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7.1.105-112 - Letter
Correspondence between Craig T. Sheldon and C. A. Gaston, 1944-1946. Sheldon is in the United States Marine Corps in WWII and is writing Gaston about returning to Fairhope to lease land and live there after the war. There are letters in Box 7 from others with the "Sheldon" surname who could be related to Craig T. Sheldon.
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FSTC-0255 - Photograph, Digital
Photograph c 1932 of the E.B. Gaston family in Fairhope, Alabama. The picture includes E.B. and Clara Gaston, their five children (Frances, James, Cornelius, Leah and Arthur), their spouses and children. The sign in the middle reads "Fairhope The First Fireplace Built in Fairhope." E. B. and Clara Gaston moved their family to the first home occupied in the Fairhope Colony on January 24, 1895. Left to Right: James Ernest Gaston, Sr. Jame...
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PMG-1000 - Photograph, Digital
Photograph dated June 1932 of the E. B. Gaston family in Fairhope, Alabama. This is a duplicate of FSTC-0255, but a better quality image. The picture included E. B. and Clara Gaston, their five adult children (Frances, James, Cornelius, Leah and Arthur), with spouses and children. The sign in the middle reads "Fairhope The First Fireplace built in Fairhope." E. B. and Clara Gaston moved their family into the first home built in the Fairhope ...
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x.1.30-31 - Annual Report
1958 Annual Report of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. New Members-Joy R. Boone (grand daughter of the late Paul and Louella Nichols), J. E. Gaston Jr. (grandson of the late E. B. and Clara Gaston),
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x.1.46-47 - Annual Report
1966 Annual Report of The Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. It was reported that progress had been made in developing a more effective means of determining the true rental values of land. Arthur P. Becker Ph. D., a professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin suggested guides for determining the rental value of land. One was a study of current maket prices being paid for unimproved land in the vicinty of the colony owned land. New ...
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x.1.48-49 - Annual Report
1967 Annual Report of The Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. It was reported that there was ample evidence justifying the belief that the increases in the 1967 rent charges were reasonable. The increase in rural rents amounted to 21.67%. New Members-May Moss Parker (daughter of Sam and Helen Porter Dyson), Nancye D. Jennings Deaths- Don E. Andrews, Lucille W. Brown, Lenore M. Wolcott, Elof M. Tuveson
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x.1.50-51 - Annual Report
1968 Annual Report of the Fairhope Single Tax Corportion. The Colony's office space was expanded into the first floor. Fire proof vault was installed. The Alabama Supreme Court ruled in the Colony's favor in a suit to prevent the City of Fairhope from erecting a large recreation building on the bluff North of Fairhope. New Members-Ola Powell Malcolm ( daughter of R. F. and Laura A. Powell, sister of Mrs. Ivy Powell Norton), George C. Dys...
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x.1.52-53 - Annual Report
1969 Annual Report of The Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. It was decided that calculations of leasehold rental charges be made, based on frontage rates in city and coutyry as determined by an appointed committee composed of R. Lucier Rockwell, C. W. Arnold and Sam Dyson. New Members-Mary P. Gaston, Lester I. Boone, Bart B. Jennings Deaths-Ivy Powell, Norton, Irene Lucier Buell, Ethel O. Darrow.
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x.1.54-55 - Annual Report
1970 Annual Report of The Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. Rent charges were increased by 8.51% for city land and 8.99% for country land as a result of reappraisals by the rent study committee appointed by the Colony council. This resulted in some lessees, largely those leasing country land, filing a petition asking the council to reconsider such increase and to reduce it. The petition bore 153 signatures. New Members-Converse Harwell, Glen...
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x.1.56-57 - Annual Report
1971 Annual Report of the Fairhope Single Tax Corportation. This was the last Annual Report written by Cornelius Gaston. New Members-Dorothy Y. Yeager, Annie L. Sheldon, Milton V. Harris, Craig T. Sheldon, Maice Dillabough, Robert H. King, Deaths-Lucien T. Wilcox, Rudolph E. Tuveson, Alexis C. Ferm, Wayland Zwayer
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x.1.58-59 - Annual Report
1972 Annual Report of The Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. New Members-Gale W. Rowe, William A. Troup (son of Ivy Powell Norton and grandson of R. F. Powell), Bonnie Holt (daughter of Floy Schermerhorn, granddaughter of T. E. Mann and great granddaughter of S. S. Mann), Wilburn L. Odom. Nancy Burke, Elizabeth Mary Gaston, Eloise Nichols Rowe, Mary J. Troup, Lillian L. Rockwell, Edna Rockwell Harris. Deaths-Frances Gaston Crawford
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x.1.60-61 - Annual Report
1974 Annual Report for The Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. New Members-Edna Lucille Tuveson (wife of Elof M. Tuveson), Lawrence P. Thomas (nephew of Claude W. Arnold), Donald W. Gooden, L. E. Dougherty, Faye S. Odom, Linda W. Rockwell, Jerre L. Yeager Death-Paul E. Alyea
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x.1.62-63 - Annual Report
1975 Annual Report of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. New Members-Blanche R. Alyea, John H. Wienand, Jr. (Uncle of Beverly B. Jennings), Frederick L. Boone (son of Lester and Joy Boone), Harford Field, Dorothy Swedelius Spater, Frances Green Dyson, Margaret H. Gooden, Jo B. Dougherty. Deaths-Marguerite Dyson, Frances Pitman
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x.1.64-67 - Annual Report
1976 Annual Report of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. New Members-Margery Wienand, Bertha Dyson, Sherry W. Hoffman, Pamela S. Boone
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x.1.68-71 - Annual Report
1977 Annual Report of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. Deaths-Marvin O. Berglin, Abe D. Waldauer New Members-Curtis Michael Arnold, William E. Baldwin, Ernest E. Brown Jr., Thomas H. Brown, E. B. Gwin Jr., Matthew Harris, Tamberlaine Harris, Robert W. Mitchell, Robert G. Mason, William B. Nobles
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x.3.2-3 - Letter
Letter dated 4/25/1975 to the Lessees of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from the Executive Council enclosing the financial statement and report from 1974. The Council is aware of the recent dissatisfaction of some of the lessees with regards to some of the policies of the corporation. The Council will not yield to concerted efforts by a few dissident lessees to stir up resentment. They ask the lessees to let them know if they feel that the C...
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x.4.14-16 - Membership List
List of Resident Members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated June 1975
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x.6.14 - Letter
Letter dated 1/17/1977 to members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from Ruth E. Rockwell, secretary, announcing annual meeting information and election of officers.
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x.6.24-26 - Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes dated 2/1/1979 of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation meeting in extraordinary session to read the report of the recent elections for 1979. Resolutions were passed recognizing the service of Sam Dyson, J. E. Gaston, Jr, and Marvin Nobles.
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