FOUNDERS OF THE DAUPHIN ISLAND DEVELOPMENT STARTUP

from left are: JULIUS MARX, Frank (Mac) McDonald, Al Weiskopf, John Roberts, OLLIE DELCHAMPS, Bob Gay, John Rolston, A. B. JEFFERIES, Bob Hays and Other Lockett. image courtesy of http://dauphinislandhistory.com/poa/poa_photos_menu1.htm


A man who everyone on Dauphin Island should be grateful for..

Stanley Blake McNeely (1896 - 1982) .https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McNeely-170

S. Blake McNeely's THE DEVELOPMENT OF DAUPHIN ISLAND may be found at THE DAUPHIN ISLAND HISTORY ARCHIVE http://dauphinislandhistory.com/

A link to the first part of McNeely's book  http://dauphinislandhistory.com/images/dev_di_coc_pt1.pdf

 Golf course architect Robert Bruce Harris, of Chicago, is showing a layout of one of the fairways to Blake MeNeely just prior to start of work building the golf course by golf course builder Charles Maddox, and his son, Charles, Jr., of Chicago. image courtesy of http://dauphinislandhistory.com/poa/poa_photos_menu2.htm

S. BLAKE McNEELY's house on Quivira Bay which was destroyed by a hurricane.

OLIVER DELCHAMPS, Sr. (1900-1987) -THE BOSS MAN for the DAUPHIN ISLAND DEVELOPMENT startup.http://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/11/01/Oliver-Delchamps-Sr-of-supermarket-chain-dies/1948562741200/

Shown are two of the prime boosters and untiring woorkers for the four mile bridge to Dauphin Island. On the left is A.B. Jefferies who was Chairman of the Mobile County Board of Revenue and road Commission, and at the right is Oliver H. Delchamps, Sr., then President of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce. This picture was made on the island in 1953 and
they are standing in what is now the west lane of the four laned LeMoyne Drive. image courtesy of http://dauphinislandhistory.com/poa/poa_photos_menu1.htm

Oliver Delchamps, Sr. find-a-grave link https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Delchamps&GSiman=1&GScty=56&GRid=50550074&

Richard Joseph Scott, Sr 1898-1985:The first man WILLING to go to work on Dauphin Island and "take his pay when and if the project was activated and sales of the lots were actually made." Scott surveyed and did the lay out for all of Dauphin Island's streets. https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37109674

Seated with back to camera is JULIUS E. MARX; facing camera from left:
Bob Hays, DICK SCOTT, BLAKE McNEELY, Dimitri Patronas, and a young visitor to the Island. 
image courtesy of http://dauphinislandhistory.com/poa/poa_photos_menu1.htm

Julius E. Marx 1905-1991 One of my boss Lee Pake's cousins who was able to bundle up enough money so they could make the deal. https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=81052272

https://southalabama.edu/libraries/mccallarchives/marx.html

A.B. Jefferies 1887-1954 POLITICAL BOSS MAN for the DAUPHIN ISLAND DEVELOPMENT startup https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=66928804


Forney Johnston 1879-1965: THE MAN WHO SOLD DAUPHIN ISLAND TO THE MOBILE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=177455496