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Postl's Point ...a dream that never came trueBy EMMA GOGGIN Daily News BureauEver been to Postl’s Point?Not the peninsulas as it is today, Eglln’s own, but Postl’s Gulf Coast Resort and Club when it was a part of Valparai so.If you had been there (sometime in the early 30%) chances are you never knew it. Postl’s was the Gulf Coast Club “that wasn’t there.Charles M. Postl of Chicago picked out a site on this peninsula Jutting out into Choctawhatchee Bay, named it Postl Point and set about putting a Gulf Coast Club and Health Resort “on the map.Postl, a former light heavy weight wrestling champion of the world, was at the time, the owner of Postl’s Health Club!, «rr»j|I. U.y iji**• IMHhAJ liTTJxi r1i .n ^vJL y|S V / 1 -/\fl i s N■ ti -o itv or VALPARAISOrvoaiOAin Chicago. He first came to Valparaiso sometime in 1926 and brought property from the late James E. Plew for his resort.But this resort, off South Bay-shore Drive, consisting of several little huts with thatched roofs grouped together wlthina compound, was a far cry’ from the Health Resort Postl mapped out for Post Point's Gulf Coast Club.He advertised extensively showing an aerial view of his Gulf Coast Club and Resort and even set up offices, one in Valparaiso, the other at 312 S. Wa bash Ave., Chicago, through which reservations at the Gulf Coast Club may be secured,' the promotion stated.Everything in the way of re creation—from golf to polo, to tennis, horseback riding, sail ing, hunting, hiking, and surf bathing was offered by Postl’s Gulf Coast Club and Health Resort to businessmen who wanted to keep physically fit “Who enters here, leaves care behind. Who lingers—joy of health shall find. the circulars proclaimed.“Gentlemen! Your Health’ At last a real he-man Paradise has been created for you, the printed forms extolled. “Here is a haven, designed for you busy brain workers. You, who need occasionally to get away— clear away from the strain of business; you who need rest and recreation; you who need to build physical stamina; you who love the sports of the great outdoors, here is the Club for you.“A Gentlemen’s estate where you can rest, build health and energy under scientific direction. While you are my guest you will follow out a program in w’hich you will participate in exercises, recreation and di version that will give you strength and vigor as well as thorough enjoymennt. Health is your most priceless possession.“I have devoted 25 years to the science of keeping busy businessmen physically fit, Charles Postl stated in his circular. “Twenty-five years of successful practice and my own physical condition are your guarantee.“I built the Postl’s Gulf Coast Club for you. It has a twofold purpose—health building and pleasure giving. You are entitled to both of these. Come —health and pleasure await you!POSTL POINT PART OF VALPARAISO IN 30’S—This map of the cityof Valparaiso shows that Postl Point was a part of Valparaiso in 1933. It is shown as comprising Plat No. 14 at that time.BOYD PARSONS OPEN LINE-ON WFSH RADIO 13401:00-1:55 P.M. EACH DAYThe GulfCoast Club boastec of health food—carefully select ed food, appetizingly and sclen tlfically prepared, served oi regular schedule —of dail; supplies of fresh milk, cream eggs, chickens, fish, vegetable and fruit.It bragged about the pure wa ter— a free flowing well bring ing in an abundance of pure fresh water from a depth o 517 feet. “Health officials o both Chicago and Florida hat passed upon this water and pro nounced it the finest for drink ing.A picturesque location wit! palm trees bordering the coast line—the long range of bead that surrounded this “beautifu Club with its recreational fa cllities could not be more per feet.Trouble was, none of it ever existed except perhaps the trails for hiking, the forest for hunting or the waters for fishing and boating on Choctawhat-chee Bay—or Lake Lucerne to the south and Magnolia Bay to the north—as these two bodies of water were known in Postl’s Point early days.Postl’s dream of a resort club never was fulfilled, and the point today is a bustling part of Eglin’s complex.APLAYGROUND SUNDAY NEWS, Sunday Morning, September 7, 1969—Page 3AS SEEN FROM ABOVE—Aerial view of Postl’s Point
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Fort Walton Beach Playground Sunday News
Fort Walton Beach, Florida, US
Sun, Sep 07, 1969
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