Show woman lighthouse quits post As feet are tired TURKEY POINT MD because her feet are tired and she wants to just rest mrs fannie salter the last woman lighthouse keeper on chesapeake bay has given up her job believed to be the only qualified quah fled tight keeper of her sex in the na tion mrs salter retired from a job she has held for 23 years she took charge of the turkey point tower on february 11 1925 under appointment by calvin coolidge she succeeded her husband who had been the keeper for three years before his death on sick leave since last septem ber the woman light tender ex plains that climbing the tower has given me fallen arches although she has no definite plans for the future mrs salter who is in her insists that she will re main near the water her immedi ate plans are to just rest and catch up on long delayed visits with rela tives |