Marjorie and Princess having a siesta
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Marjorie and Button
Marjorie napping with my cat Her cat was Tiger who stayed in the woods all day He came home for supper every day We also had their mother, Mimi, and our Siamese Princess who we never let out We lived in this nice 10X50 trailer on the corner of our lot while we built our home on Big Pine Key '73 to '74
Hallas Family and Dolphin
Ernie and Marilyn Hallas with sons Mike at left, Allen in back and Charles between them at Williams Cottages
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Robert and Teresa 1993
Robert with Mrs. Allen Hallas on the WWII Navy field at Bainbridge, GA I was VP of the R/C Airplane club there and drove up every weekend from Tallahassee, FL to fly my airplanes I'm still building R/C airplanes I've been flying model airplanes since 1935 and building flying models since 1938
Ernie Hallas with his new "MAKO" 1972
Ernie with his new Mako Twenty with a 135 HP Evinrude at the dock at Williams Cottages on Little Torch Key Ernie was a great friend I first met in Wichita in March 1956 when I went to work at Boeing in the instrument shop he was my supervisor until he left to go to work at Eastern Air Lines in Jan '57 In Jan '58 I too moved back to Florida with my first wife Betty Jean and we were reacquainted with the Hallas family His three sons remain good friends today and they email often and send pictures of their families
Robert and Boatel main building
Summer 1970 our boat "MARGIE" at our dock at "WILLIAMS COTTAGES" the property was 425' from water to the street The cottages are behind the house Marjorie and I lived upstairs The room at the left end of the ground floor was the largest motel room in the Keys There were 4 double beds in there and in July when lobster season began we put in 4 cots so that a large group from Manatee Co. could stay for diving to catch lobster for 10 days 
Fred and barracuda 1974
Fred with nice 'cuda just small enough to eat Robert says it's the best fish for frying, but must be under 6 lbs to be safe to eat In the background is Robert's son-in-law Don Enberg with his three sons and Fred's son David This was our new home on Big Pine Key after we sold the boatel on Little Torch Key to Frank Parmer He named the place that had been Williams Cottages "PARMER'S PLACE" and the last time I was there it was still that in 1982 
Ernie and Marilyn with Robert
Ernie and Marilyn Hallas with Robert visiting on their boat We were out on the Gulf side from Big Pine Key where we anchored to let their three sons go snorkeling awhile I swam over from my boat to have a beer in the summer of 1969 Marjorie shot this picture from our boat They were our best friends They both passed away from too many cigarettes They died the same day in March 1989 Each was only 59 years old 
Carroll and nice grouper 1971
Carroll (Robert's brother) with grouper in 1971 at Williams Cottages on Little Torch
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Fred and Lindy with big mahi mahi
Fred and Lindy Clifford at Williams Cottages on Little Torch Key with 38 lb Dolphin (mahi mahi) and nice little eating size 'cuda and 3 lb mahi mahi in 1971
Robert and big porgies
Robert with a few good meals from the reef just south of Big Pine Key in 1971
Fred and David with barracuda
Fred Clifford and son David in 1972 caught these barracuda in the bay near Big Pine Key 
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Shell at UCA
New Graduate "Alicia Mershell Prater" will be teaching in a high school in Texas and told Robert her students in her class room will be listening to classical music while cooking and sewing, Etc. She is a very strong minded person so I'm sure that will be the way it is. She will also begin her work for her Masters through Texas A&M soon.
Shell and Robert
Robert with Shell my wonderful friend She has been like a granddaughter and kept me supplied with food she cooked which was always great She is really an angel
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Shell Prater and John Horton engaged
Robert's great friends Alicia (Shell)Prater and John Horton in Dec. 2008 as they came to my apt to tell me of their engagement. He's a big-rig driver and owns some horses so they are buying a few acres where they can put a very nice home and keep the horses there too. Both their mothers are nurses and they reflect the good home-life they grew up in. Shell is the hardest working person I ever met. She put herself through UCA while working full-time at Kroger, part-time at Taco Bell and selling Avon products. They are also baptized Christians.
Alicia Prater newly graduated from the University Of Central Arkansas with a Bachelor of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences (Home Economics) She has accepted a position to teach in a high school in Texas, and will complete her work for her Master's at Texas A&M She has been a great friend to Robert for four years She is planning to marry John Horton in Sept. and has already invited Robert to visit her home on weekends especially for the Watermelon Festival at Hope, Ark.
Our first catch of lobster was very good These are just some of more than 20 We always caught enough to eat several times a month and still cover the cost of gas and the cans of sardines to bait the traps plus get back the $50.00 for the State permit I always had my boat licensed "Commercial" anyway as we also night-fished the reef near Looe Key and sold our catch to the fish dealer on Summerland Key
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