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In the late 1950s he was
made the Civil Defense
director and Red Cross
director.
Wille often had to travel to
Sarasota to get supplies.
"I had to go to the
Sarasota jail basement and
get supplies," Wille said. "It
smelled down there."
In 1960, Hurricane Donna
headed for Englewood.
Nancy remembers being
sent to North Englewood
Beach Road with a bullhorn,
telling people on Manasota
Key that they had to get o
the island.
Meanwhile, her father
and his friends were on the
southern part of the key,
tying ropes to the Homan
House so it wouldn't slide
into the Gulf of Mexico.
PHOTO PROVIDED BY NANCY WILLE
Robert Scott searches for a submerged boat with Clark and Ben Mathis in 1955.
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Englewood Legends
In 2017, Englewood's
Secret Society of Smoked
Mullets initiated a new
award that recognized
the historical families
that built the community.
Families recognized with the
Englewood Legends Award
are:
2017 — John Bass Jr. and the
Bass Family
2018 — Jack Tate and the Tate
Family
2019 — The Goff Family
2021 — The L.A. Ainger Family
2022 — The Anderson Family
2023 — The Scott Family
2023
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