1674-6 Polly Redford I
AUG 2 01972
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DEATHS
Mildred ( PollyRedford, 46,
Conservationist -and tAuthor
• s. ' 1•re• •o y • ••- tion and her latest was the
• • :u o and campaign- history of Miami Beach titled
er for the preservation of 'The Billion Dollar Sand ,
Biscayne Bay, died Saturday• Bar." •
in her home of cancer. •
Mrs. Redford, 46, of 3975 IN THE book' Mrs. Red-
Little Ave., Coconut Grove, ford said the Miami Beach 1 '•
CityCouncil reached. "a low °-` ' •
• was chairman of the Tropical •
Audubon Society's conserva- point in a city government
tion committee and amem- never noted for high-mind-
'her of the Izaak Walton ness" and "was criminally
League of which her hus- foolish" on its lenient deci-
baud,James,is president sions on bulkheading. ' 7'- • s .
Mrs.Redford wrote several She won the Florida •
books dealing with conserva- torical Society's Rembert W. -
Patrick Memorial Award for Mrs. Redford
the book. ,
An anticle__in Harper's ... only for strong'
magazine in February, 1964 . Gourmet Magazine and was r
__ -. - proved to be an effective an expert on cooking.
•
weapon in the defeat of Sea-
_ Dade, a proposed oil refinery Mrs.Redford was born in
on Biscayne Bay, east of Evanston,Ill.,and was grad-
• Homestead. .. uated from Roosevelt and
In 1965, Mrs. Redford, Chicago Universities with
said, "Conservation work is bachelor degrees, and from
only for the very strong and the Illinois Institute of Tech-
very dedicated. It requires, nology's with a master's de-
above all, an ability to pick '
_ yourself up off the floor and HER FATHER is Laurens
begin again and again and
again. . :' 11 mond, an inventor of an
electric clock three-dimen-
SHE AND her husband led sion movies and an electric
an attack in 1967 against a organwhich bears his name.
developer's plans to extend She came to Miami 14
out to an old bulkhead line years ago from Chicago,and,
so homes could be built on along with her husband, had
Mashta Island. The Metro been active in conservation
Commission turned down the circles.
developer's request. She is survived in addition
Mrs. Redford received the to her husband and father,by
American Motors' Conserva- two sons, Adam and Mat-
tion award in 1969, one of thew; and a sister,Mrs. Mar-
three awarded annually. garet Karpuzko.
Besides writing conserva- Private services will be
tion articles and books, Mrs. held. Riverside Chapel is•in
Redford was a contributor to charge.