Kids To Get Youth Cards For 1957 Summer Program
Youths aged 8 to 18 may receive membership cards from June 3 to June 29 at the Community House Civic Center. Cards by June 15 ensure participation in all social and athletic activities. Registration is 1 to 5 p.m. weekdays, 7 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays, and 7:30 to 10 p.m. Saturdays. The six week program directed by Bill Blackburn and Ted Ferreira runs June 15 to August 1.
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Civic Center
Bill Blackburn
Ted Ferreira
Naples realtors gain upper hand in MLS push amid Sarasota split
Naples head of the Board of Realtors, David C. Jones, says six months of MLS efforts have put the group near total market control, while Sarasota County Realtors show doubt. MLS would split commissions 65 35 in Sarasota. listings move through MLS with exclusive listings rejected and a daily bulletin tracking new listings and sales.
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Naples
David C. Jones
Weapon Display Brings Arrest
A Pinecraft man aged 47, Andy Sydecker, was arrested by Constable Ed Perpente on illegal exhibition of a weapon and sent to the county jail. Also jailed were Charles McRae, 31, of Venice for driving with a revoked license and Samuel Story, 25, of New Town for forgery, all turned over by the same officer.
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Andy Sydecker
Ed Perpente
Charles McRae
Venice
Samuel Story
Newtown
Perpente
Sheriff Reports Gasoline Theft From Local Trucks
The theft of gasoline from Mosby Engineering Associates Inc. trucks was reported to the sheriff. Deputy Lonnie Selph investigated and noted one can of gasoline left at the scene. No further details were provided by the sheriff's office.
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Mosby Engineering Associates Inc
Lonnie Selph
Convict Hurshey Escapes In Rain After Larceny Sentence
A 190 pound inmate with dark brown hair and brown eyes escaped from a road gang in heavy rain. He was serving a one year term for grand larceny after stealing $96 from Mrs. George Scarborough of Sarasota. Police trapped him at Trailways Bug Terminal. Chief Robert N. Wilson and Detective Charles Legg recaptured him as he jumped from a southbound bus. An alert teletype was sent to Bradenton and Fort Myers areas.
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George Scarborough
Sarasota
Scarborough
Trailways Bug Terminal
Robert N. Wilson
Charles Legg
E. L. Baggett
Bradenton
Fort Myers
Folsom
Law Meets Legal Snag In Robbery Accused Teens
A preliminary hearing for Gunther Bachmann and Ernest Harrison on a purse robbery of Mrs. Benjamin C. Clark on Third Street was postponed by Justice of the Peace George Foster over a legal age notice issue. Ages uncertain after Bachmann claimed 17 and Harrison 18, with potential circuit court transfer if age is 16. The incident occurred about 9:30 p.m. May 18 near the Clarks’ lodging.
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Ernest J. Harrison
Sarasota
Justice of the Peace George
Foster
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Harrison
Circuit Court
Benjamin C. Clark
Third Street
Clark
Water, Water Everywhere Sarasota Sets Record Rain Total
Sarasota weather man Hollis Bacon reported that this year’s rainfall reached 28.96 inches by yesterday, about 0.5 inch below last year’s total, while the 1.46 inches yesterday pushed the year’s total to a record high for the period in his 153 years of records.
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Sarasota
Hollis Bacon
Churchmen Get Chinese Menu
The Chongs ran a Cantonese restaurant in Michigan City, Michigan, but sold the business and retired. The menu will feature seven or eight courses starting with bird's nest soup and include a variety of Cantonese dishes with iced tea brewed from imported tea.
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City
Mich
Great Flood Swamps Sarasota Streets By Rain and Wind
A Sarasota News report recounts a floody afternoon when heavy rain and gusts between 3 and 4 pm sent rivers over Main Street and Orange Avenue. Cars stalled, water reached stores and the Maas Brothers block, and officials closed some streets. A reporter test drove an amphibious car, noting waterborne traffic and locals seeking dry refuge.
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Sarasota Bay
Main Street
Washington Boulevard
Maas Brothers
Orange Avenue
Sarasota Bank and Trust Co
Orange
First Street
War Stories From GIs and Officers in a Nonsense Memoir
A rambling reminiscence recalls a life in the service filled with pranks, faded memories, and jokes about KP, bar fights, and travel. The narrator mentions old comrades, a stint in SAC, and various far flung stops from Bordeaux to Copenhagen. The tone spoofs military life and its exaggerated misadventures.
Zone Change Okays More Negro Areas
The County Planning and Zoning Commission approved zoning changes to allow additional residential Negro housing and limited commercial development near 17th Street north to Myrtle Avenue by a bare quorum. A 40-acre Bahia Vista tract rezoning for trailer park use was also referred to a committee for study, with two Oak Shores lots rezoning requested.
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Englewood
County Planning and Zoning Commission
Art Higbie
Nokomis
Higbie
17Th Street
Myrtle Avenue
Atlantic Coast Line
Jack West
C.K. Dodd
Leonard Burch
Augusta Haigh
Howard Ahrhart
Ahrhart
Haigh
Rey B. Hull
Bahia Vista Avenue
Pinecraft
Oak Shores
William Hegener
William E. Nye
Crowley Place
Zoning Commission
Richard D. Batley
Holiday House
A.B
DeMolay Installation Planned by Sarasota Chapter
New officers of the Sarasota Chapter of DeMolay will be installed at 2 pm tomorrow in the Masonic Hall. Five past counselors will perform the installation, and the officers will serve four month terms.
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Sarasota
Grey Appointed Lions Delegate to International Convention
Stanley Grey will serve as the Sarasota delegate to the Lions International convention in San Francisco from June 26 to 29. Grey is a past president of the local Lions Club, with confirmation announced by Clarence Lions Club president.
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Stanley Grey
Sarasota
San Francisco
Grey
Lions Club
Clarence Lions
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