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Martin County Hospital information booklet, c. 1940
Background history about Martin County Hospital and information about the facility. Includes descriptions and images of the facilities, a description of the "colored section," portraits of the board of directors and medical staff of three physicians, and suggested language for donations through a will. Poor photocopy.
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Martin County Library Association meeting, 1957
Bob Hamilton begins his job as chief librarian at the newly opened Martin County Public Library. Published in the Stuart News (6 June 1957). Identifications are (from left to right): Frank Wacha (1924-1999), Bob Hamilton, Dr. W. Ira Williams, and Lolene Stokes.Tags Librarians -
Martin County Library Association members at the Women's Club library, c. 1955
Martin County Library Association members Mary Alice Linch Kanner (president), L.C. Kickliter (treasurer and Martin County tax collector), and Mary Stokes (secretary) in front of the Woman's Club.Tags Public libraries -
Martin County memorial plaque, c. 1980
Martin County WWII memorial plaque for Witham Field, Camp Murphy, House of Refuge and Commercial Fisherman. -
Martin County Probation office, c. 1995
During the 1990s, the Martin County Probation office occupied the building that once housed the first church in Stuart (built in 1895). St. Mary's Episcopal Church used the building from 1932 to 1950.
After St. Mary's Church moved to a new structure in 1950, the building was used by several businesses, including the probation office seen here, which helped facilitate court mandated community service projects for local residents convicted of misdemeanors. In 2026, the building is used as an art studio called The 1895 Church of StuArt. -
Martin County Probation office, c. 1995
Side view of the Martin County Probation office. -
Martin County proclamation, 1985
Martin County Commissioner proclamation in honor of former county commissioner John Wendell Hussey.Tags Proclamations -
Martin County public library site, 1956
Martin County Library Association officers at the future site of the Martin County public library building, next to a sign stating "The site for Martin County Library." The land donated by Willard and LaVerne Kiplinger, and built in 1957.
Left to right: Mary Lolene Stokes, Mary Kanner, and Lacy Kickliter.
Photograph published in A History of the Martin County Library System, by Luann Justak and Nina Taylor.Tags Public libraries -
Martin County Public Library, c. 1957
Photograph published on the front cover of A History of the Martin County Library System, by Luann Justak and Nina Taylor. -
Martin County residents with Midet Air Lines plane, 1955
Group of men pose in front of a Midet Air Lines plane. Article in the Stuart News (7 April 1955) explains that 14 prominent local residents boarded a chartered Midet Air Lines passenger plane at Witham Field to confer with Governor LeRoy Collins regarding impediments to building a bridge from Stuart to Hutchinson Island. Individuals in the photo are Willard M. Kiplinger, Andrew D. Burkey, Robert T. Bair, Theodore Houk, Lester M. Combs, Dan W. Fagen, C.B. Arbogast, Ralph W. Hartman Jr., Arthur M. Dehon, O.C. Smith, Evans Crary, Harry F. Dyer, Ernest Tyner, and Ed M. Higbee.
Incorporated in 1938 in New York State as Midet Aviation, Midet provided service between Long Island and Manhattan and West Palm Beach and the Bahamas. In the early 1950s, Midet was headquartered in West Palm Beach and provided service between West Palm/Miami and the Bahamas. Midet merged into Mackey Air Lines in 1956.