Post #660179 by TikiTomD on Fri, Nov 30, 2012 4:36 AM

It seems that someone stole a statue (Tiki?) from the Polynesia...

The Miami News November 10, 1963 (page 71)

The digital footprints of the Polynesia seem to evaporate after 1964, perhaps suggesting that it went out of business after only a year or two.

Martin aka Marty Woolin was apparently the principal investor / owner of the Polynesia. He was a wealthy Miami based land developer. Among other things, he was the commodore of the Miami Beach Anglers and Boating Club. In 1960, this club proposed dumping one thousand old car bodies in groups of five two miles off the shore of Miami to form an artificial reef, noting that old streetcars had been used to successfully create an artificial reef off of Redondo Beach, California.

Life ended badly for Martin Woolin, unlike Joe Elvena, who appears to have enjoyed life to the fullest in the service of family, community and country, and then departed of natural causes. In 2002, Martin Woolin “accidentally” shot himself in his home after an argument with his wife, dying at the age of 72. There were subsequent lawsuits, one alleging that the wife and stepson “were the cause of or participated” in his death...

The Florida Times-Union May 22, 2002

Then came foreclosure actions on the Miami Beach mansion...

Daily Business Review.com September 21, 2009

Alas, at the end of his years, Martin appears to have escaped to hell instead of paradise...

-Tom