Sarasota Chamber Board Sets Budget and Band Support
The Sarasota Chamber of Commerce board, led by A. B. Edwards, plans extending camping grounds access, funds for a 32 page booklet, and a $1,300 state grant balance with $1,000 to raise. It seeks a permanent meeting room, a visitor register, and ads in the Sarasota County Times. The local Legion Band receives cautious backing for fundraising from the community.
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Sarasota
Prime
Nan
T. F
Nold
Board of Commissioners
Arnold
Dellbridge
Board of Directors
Bacal
Sarasota County
Oil Discovery Sparks Palmetto Boom on Robinson Farm
The Palmetto News reports large oil finds on W. E. Robinson’s farm with evidence suggesting oil under the town. Palmetto prepares for a well while the trucking section celebrates the fortune.
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Palmetto News
W. E. Robinson
Palmetto
Adams Boat Line appoints Hope Hand as general manager
Effective Tuesday November 15 Hope Hand formerly of Pittsburgh Pa has accepted the position of general manager of the Adams Boat Line with offices in Sarasota He brings broad transportation experience and will devote time to Tampa and nearby points soliciting business and arranging Sunday and moonlight excursions.
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Hope Hand
Pittsburgh
Adams Boat Line
Sarasota
Hand
Tampa
Adams _ Boat Line
Prominent Visitors Fete at Sarasota County Banquet
A Sarasota banquet at the Prentice House honored railroad officials and naval officers including Chas H Ketchum Capt Crosley and Capt James of Key West. Mayor Edwards praised railroads for a new service, urged hotel expansion, and noted Hog Creek harbor plans despite a recent bond defeat.
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Prentice House
Jack Halton
Sarasota County
Southern Railway
Seaboard Air Line
A. B. Edwards
J. W. Morris
Sarasota
Hog Creek
Williamson
Manatee
Capt
James
Edwards
Halton
County Board Cuts Officials Salaries Amid Funds Shortage
Sarasota County commissioners vote to reduce salaries of all officials not dependent on county livlihood by one fourth due to lack of funds. County physicians are dismissed. A legal opinion process is defined with 30 day table period before board attorney opinion. Other actions involve millage disputes with Manatee, road petitions, public road to Englewood, and a $25 reward for game law violators.
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Board of County
Manatee County
Sarasota County
Board of County Commissioners of
Board of
E. W. Morrill
Tamiami Trail
Little Saragoza Bay
Casey’s Key Arid
Treasure Island Colony
Weeks & Stephens
Discount on county taxes proposed escrow plan
Attorney General Rivers H. Buford advises tax collectors to allow taxpayers to place money in escrow at a local bank for November tax payments. The bank would deliver tax receipts and handle any difference between deposited funds and actual tax due minus the discount.
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A. M. Wilson
Rivers H. Buford
Dixon Fish Company Ships 120000 Pounds of Mullet
The Dixon Fish Company shipped 120000 pounds of mullet last week as Sarasota’s fishing industry shows strength. Other wholesale firms also moved large fish shipments, with exact figures unavailable. When Big Pass deepening plans enable snapper schooners and harbor expansion, Sarasota could become the west coast’s leading fishing center.
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Sarasota
Dixon Fish Company
Dixon Company
Big Pass
Hime Talent Minstrel to Be Produced Soon
Local talent minstrel directed by J. V. Moore of the Times plans to benefit the American Legion Band. The show features seasoned performers, rehearsals already underway, and aims to raise funds for new music and instruments. Interested helpers may contact Moore at Mango Avenue Hotel or the Times office.
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American Legion
J. V. Moore
Times Force
de Paw University
Greencastle
Ind
al G. Field
J. A. Coburn
Minstrels
Moore
American Legion Band
Mango Avenue
Times Office
Tamiami Trail Completion Assured by County Action
Sarasota County commissioners accept Palmer Trust offer to supply shell for the Venice to Englewood gap at 40 cents per cubic yard and hire O S Ellis to supervise the work. They plan to clear a right of way and will receive state road equipment deliveries, with bids for warrants set but none received. A road machinery bid from Austin Western was accepted for a tandem roller. Transfer of $8,000 from First National Bank to Bank of Sarasota approved.
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W. H. Lampp
J. B. Holland
BE. B. Freese
I. G. Archibald
O. S. Ellis
A. B. Edwards
Sarasota County
Venice-Englewood
F. A. Walpole
General Road Fund
Frank A. Walpole
Sarasota Jis
Palmer Trust
Venice
Englewood
Ellis
State Road Department
Ford
Garford
Jacksonville
Saarinty
Legislatur
L. L. May
Weisensale
Austin Western Road Machinery Company
Tandem Road Roller
First National Bank
Bank of Sarasota
Meeting of School Patrons Called November 22
Patrons of the county schools will receive a letter from Superintendent Yarborough inviting all patrons to a meeting at the Sarasota High School auditorium on Tuesday evening November 22. The aim is to discuss vital school interests and urge patron participation to improve conditions nationwide in education.
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Yarbrough
Sarasota High School
United States
Sudden Death of D E Harrison Shocks St Louis and Sarasota
D E Harrison a retired St Louis business man with winter Florida home in Sarasota died suddenly Saturday after family found him in the bathroom. Heart trouble given as cause. Survived by wife and children Don and Hazel. Body to be sent to St Louis for interment.
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Florida
Don
Miss Hazel
Sarasota
Excursion From St Petersburg Delights Sarasota Visitors
About 40 visitors from St Petersburg joined a trip aboard the Julia Safford of the Adams Boat Line to Sarasota. The party enjoyed more than two hours in the Sunshine City, with the boat departing the city dock for return at 3 p.m. after a pleasant visit.
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St. Petersburg
Sarasota
Julia Safford
Adams
Sunshine City
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Archibald Hardware Company
Charlotte County
McCall
Fla
Dearborn Street
Lemon Bay
Gallup Place
Legion Home
Masonic Grand Lodge OF
Grand Lodge of Florida
Woman’s Club
Grand Lodge
Mimsonic
A. L. Joiner
Shell
D. E. Harrison
D.'E Harrison
St. Louis
Mich
Sarasota, Fla
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