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  1. 11.32.1-155 - Annual Report

    Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Annual Reports, 1956-1979.

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  2. 8.5.1-115 - Correspondence

    Correspondence (T-Z) of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated 1954-1971.

    Record Type: Archives and Videos

  3. FSTC-0822 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of the winners of the Single Tax Essay Contest displaying their award checks as published in the July 24, 1963 edition of the Fairhope Courier. The students were part of 34 young people from Fairhope HIgh School and the Organic School of Education who took the single tax course. Pictured are (L-R): Bruce Evans, Instructor; James Michael Ottinger, Oliver M. Rockwell, FSTC director, Sally Lege, Allan C. "Skippy" Hoffman, Jr., Claude W....

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    FSTC-0822
  4. FSTC-V0024 - Video, Digital

    Video interview dated March 12, 1996 with Flo Coleman Schneider. Mrs. Schneider is the granddaughter of Clement L. Coleman, one of Fairhope's town founders. She is the daughter-in-law of Fairhope Mayor Joe Schneider. Her grandparents Clement "Clem" Lefevre Coleman and Sarah Louise Wood Coleman and her great grandfather George Warren Wood were charter members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. Clement Coleman also served as President of ...

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  5. PMG-1946-001-048 - Yearbook

    1946 Cinagro, the yearbook of the Organic School (School of Organic Education) in Fairhope, Alabama. Includes photographs and information about students, faculty, sports and acitivities. There are a few photographs of the pier area in this annual. The name Cinagro is Organic spelled backwards. Organic School Seniors for 1946: Voncille Cunningham David A. Campbell Sesyle Gloria Joslin Charlotte Robinson Paul M. Gaston Eloise Nichols Benn...

    Record Type: Archives and Videos

  6. x.1.26-27 - Annual Report

    1956 Annual Report of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. "The Colony has no greater need than a continuing supply of new members. However it is essential that all new members be well grounded in the findamental principles of our pland and sincerely devoted to the achievement of our Colony aims and purposes." Bruce Evans, Jr. will take over teaching the Henry George classes. Fairhope 1894-1954 by Paul E. and Blanche R. Alyea is publish...

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    x.1.26-28
  7. x.1.36-37 - Annual Report

    1961 Annual Report of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. The Executive Council was directed to consult with the municipal authorities and proceed with negotioations to municipilize the library and transfer it to the City of Fairhope. New Member-Arthur F. Gaston (son of E. B. and Clara Gaston) Deaths-Henry W. Rowe, Charles A. Kinney

    Record Type: Archives and Videos

    x.1.36-38
  8. x.1.38-39 - Annual Report

    1962 Annual Report of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. New members-Mrs. Ella Parker Kinney Death-Mrs. Margaret Dyson,

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    x.1.38-40
  9. x.1.40-41 - Annual Report

    1963 Annual Report of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. It was decided to make a general increase of sixteen percent in the rental charges on all Colony land, subject to some minor adjustments and equalizations.

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    x.1.40-42
  10. x.1.42-43 - Annual Report

    1964 Annual Report of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. In 1964 the City of Fairhope agreed to assume the civic and cultural obligation of providing Fairhope with Library service. New members-Phil Porter Dyson, Miss Dian Stitt Deaths-Capt. E. J. Roberts

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    x.1.42-44
  11. x.1.44-45 - Annual Report

    1965 Annual Report of The Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. There is a response to criticism of the Colony for not giving more generous support to various civic endeavors. It is important to keep an adequate amount of money in reserve in case assessed values in Baldwin County increase.

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    x.1.44-46
  12. 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.1.46-48
  13. 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.1.48-50
  14. 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.1.50-52
  15. 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.1.52-54
  16. 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.1.54-56
  17. 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.1.56-58
  18. 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.1.58-60

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