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An undated photo shows a later blessing of the shrimp fleet at Ft. Myers Beach. From left are the Revs. E. Paul Haynes and John Frank; Church Army Capt. Harold Reece; the Very Rev. Lloyd Cox; the Revs. Robert Turner and Thomas Lukes; Rt. Rev. William Hargrave; the Revs. Arlo Leinbeck and C.A. Comfort; John Kelley; Rt. Rev. Henry Louttit; the Revs. Harry Gil and Fredrick Wild; Walter Sheppard; the Revs. William Sheraton, John Massey, Robert Browning, Frank Alvarez; Miguel Goni of the Roman Catholic Church of the Ascension and the Rev. John Williams, Presbyterian Church’s Chapel-by-the-Sea.
At the cornerstone laying and dedication, Jan 3, 1954 are, from left, Joel Brown acolyte; Richard Harby; James A. Gregory, senior warden; H. Hindall Davidson, treasurer; Roger Shawcross, junior warden; Bishop Bram; and the Rev. John D. Hull. Missing was England-born Cyril Shawcross, the real estate developer and architect, who had recently died on Nov. 31, 1953.
Shawcross was one of the 24 “Tamiami Trail Blazers” who, with two Native American guides, mapped out the route of the Tamiami Trail from Tampa to Miami. Shawcross was organist at St. Luke’s, and helped establish the mission at St. Raphael’s. Harby, according to newspaper reports, was the first person to catch a fish from the Ft. Myers Beach fishing pier.
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