Stanley Kitching spearheaded a movement to establish a yacht club in Stuart. In 1917 a clubhouse was built on pilings in the St. Lucie River. Stanley was made commodore.

This postcard was published in Ashville, N. C. by the Ashville Post Card Co. I wondered why it wasn’t published by Stanley then thought about the beginning of World War I that made it impossible for him to have postcards printed in Germany as he had previously.

Sometimes historical deductions do not quite align. The image on these porcelain tourist items. Stanley Kitching must have ordered and sold, is obviously the same as on the postcard above. However, “Made in Germany” appears on the bottoms of each.

My husband and I never found any other early porcelain items with a St. Lucie Region connection.

The St. Lucie River Yacht Club was destroyed in the by the disastrous hurricane of September 17, 1928.

Mary Parsons, who lived on the St. Lucie River, typed a report on the back of the white bordered St. Lucie River Yacht Club postcard.

The pilings of the St. Lucie River Yacht Club can be seen in the river west of the River Walk dock.