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Schalkenbach, A. E. |
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1.13.2-3 - Letter
Letter dated 5/11/1925 to A. E. Schalkenback of Long Island, NY from Anne B. Call saying that she has heard that some money bequethed by his brother for the spread of the single tax might be used for the purchase of land for the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. She suggests that he buy the land himself and deed it in perpetuity to the Corporation in such a way that it must be administered under the present constitution so that its use for the sin...
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1.14.47-48 - Letter
Letter dated 5/20/1930 to Mr. Shalkenbach which is from Anne B. Call telling him that "they" had a special meeting which she (and others) were not notified of. By the time the members read a report of the meeting over thirty trees and shrubbery has been torn away from the cliff leaving it open to erosion. The committee consisted of Mr. Dyson, Frank Brown and Jesse Stimpson but none of them admits to designating which trees to be removed. Mrs. Ca...
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1.14.52-53 - Letter
Undated letter to Mr. Schalkenbach (unsigned but presumably from Anne B. Call) enclosing J. H. Webb (attorney) opinions on various matters and telling him about developments related to the ball park on the beach.
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1.14.62-63 - Letter
Letter dated 3/4/1930 to Mr. Schalkenbach from Anne B. Call sending news of Fairhope.
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1.14.64-65 - Letter
Letter dated 7/5/1930 to Anne B. Call from A. E. Schalkenbach in Chicago, IL telling her that he has received the opinions of J. H. Webb, attorney and that he does not agree with them. These pertain to safety concerns about people watching the ball games from the bluff above. He advises her to let Gaston handle the assessment by the state and not to let him draw her into it.
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1.14.69 - Letter
Extracts from a letter from A. E. Schalkenbach commenting on legal opinions of J. H. Webb, attorney, on the constitution of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation pertaining to setting aside of park lands and to the supreme authority of the entire membership.
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1.14.72-73 - Letter
Letter dated 8/11/1930 to A. E. Shalkenbach from Anne B. Call. Both are Trustees of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, and Call is writing Shalkenbach about FSTC business because he is away from Fairhope tending his sick mother. The issue has to do with "Mr. Gaston's latest idea" to "deed the parks to the town and get rid of that much property to pay taxes on." Call wants Shalkenbach's opinion on whether he thinks a constitutional amendmen...
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1.14.74 - Letter
Letter dated 8/15/1930 to Anne Bellangee Call from A. E. Shalkenbach in Chicago, Illinois (where he living temporarily caring for his sick mother). Both are Trustees of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, and are continuing their discussion about whether the FSTC should giving Corporation owned parklands to the Town of Fairhope. Shalkenbach's opinion is that no transfer should take place for two reasons. First, he thinks the Town of Fairhope...
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1.14.75 - Letter
Letter dated 8/21/1930 to A. E. Schalkenbach in Chicago, Illinois from Anne Bellagee Call in Fairhope. Both are Trustees of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, and Call is continuing her correspondence while Schalkenbach is away from Fairhope tending his sick morther. The issue is the proposal to transfer the parklands from the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation to the Town of Fairhope. She is urging Schalkenbach to consult with single tax l...
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1.14.76 - Letter
Letter dated 8/28/1930 to Anne Bellangee Call from A. E. Schalkenbach writing from Chicago, Illinois, where he is tending his sick mother. Both are Trustess of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, and are corresponding about the issue of possibilty transferring the FSTC-owned parklands to the Town of Fairhope. Call has asked Schalkenbach to consult with single tax lawyers in Chicago (a prominent hub of the single tax movement) about whether...
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1.15.108-111 - Letter
Letter dated 5/29/1931 to Anne B. Call, a Trustee in the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from Samuel M. Johnston, an attorney in Mobile, Alabama. Call has asked several lawyers, including Johnston to give their opinions on whether the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation can transfer their parklands to the Town of Fairhope without either a referendum of the FSTC membership or an amendment to the constituttion. Johnston's opinion is that one of the t...
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1.15.112-113 - Letter
Letter dated 6/6/1931 to Anne Bellangee Call, a trustee for the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from Samuel M. Johnston, an attorney in Mobile, Alabama. Johnston is further clarifying his previous letter in which he gives his opinion that the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation cannot transfer parklands to the Town of Fairhope without either a referendum of the membership or an amendment to the constitution. From the papers of Anne Bellangee Cal...
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1.15.19-22 - Annual Report
Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Council annual meeting minutes printed in the Fairhope Courier newspaper discussing progress and status of the FSTC in 1930. Incudes report of the treasurer, secretary and the trustees. Issues include the impact of the worldwide depression on the Colony, the recommendation to transfer the wharf and parklands to the Town of Fairhope, and discussion of the process used to build the ball park at the beach. From t...
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1.15.31 - Letter
Letter to the Members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from the Board of Trustees for the year 1930 (Albert E. Schalkenbach, Anne Bellangee Call and Delia K. Bancroft) discussing the proposal to deed the park lands to the Town of Fairhope. Petitioners to the proposed Constitutional Amendment to be voted on 5/12/1931 believe there are no powers in the present Constitution granting the right to give away any of the properties of the Corporati...
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1.15.43-48 - Letter
Letter dated 1/26/1931 to the Members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from the Trustees ( A. E. Schalkenbach, Anne B. Call and Delia Knowles Bancroft) criticizing the Executive Council on a number of issues. They feel that there has not been strict adherence to the Constitution of the Corporation, that the method employed of appraising the annual rental value was inconsistent with the method prescribed in the Constitution, they feel that...
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1.15.5-6 - Letter
Report dated 1/18/1930 to the members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from the Trustees giving their assessment of the state of the Corporation. Issues discussed include the improving success of rent collections, rent appraisement, status of members' spouses in the FSTC, nominating procedures, and Colony socials.
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1.15.77 - Letter
Letter dated 4/27/1931 to A. E. Schalkenbach from Anne B. Call telling him of a special meeting of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation to which she did not go as she had no notice. She tells him about the report of the Trustees (see 1.15.76) about the necessity of a constitutional amendment to effect the transfer of the park lands to the Town of Fairhope.She thinks it is E. B. Gaston's plan to defeat their amendment and then have the Council ma...
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1.15.78-80 - Letter
Letter dated 4/25/1931 to Anne B. Call from A. E. Schalkenbach enclosing a draft letter to the Mayor of Fairhope which he asks her to type and send for his signature. The letter to the Mayor deals with the transfer of parklands from the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation to the Town of Fairhope. Schalkenbach is writing the Mayor to notify him that, in his opinion, without a change to the FSTC contstitution, such transfer of Colony property is ille...
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1.15.85 - Letter
Letter dated 5/13/1931 to A. E. Schalkenbach from Anne Belllangee Call on the topic of the transfer of the parklands from the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation to the Town of Fairhope. Call is a FSTC Trustee and reports that the motion to consider an amendment to the FSTC constitution to allow transfer of Colony-owned property to other entities failed at the previous night's Council meeting. Call wants Schalkenbach, who is a former FSTC Trustee ...
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1.15.87-88 - Letter
Letter dated 5/14/1931 to William H. Holly, an attorney in Chicago, Illinois, from Anne Bellangee Call requesting his opinion on whether an amendment to the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation constitution is required before the FSTC can transfer parklands to the Town of Fairhope. From the papers of Anne Bellangee Call.
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