"As a matter of record, the owners of Gulf Properties Corporation were as follows: Forney Johnston, Frank W. Boykin, Catherine V. Boykin, a widow, Peter  Vredenburgh,III; Sumner E.  Thomas, Isabelle Berry Johnston, Lee Ola Dewberry, unmarried, Elizabeth M. Aparicio, T.J. Rester, Joseph F. Johnston. The deal was consummated on the 9th of March, 1954."