Watchman urges periodic grand jury reviews in Sarasota County
The Watchman argues for regular grand jury investigations to monitor the Sarasota County Sheriff's department City Police and jail conditions. It criticizes State's Attorney Mack Smiley for avoiding grand juries noting past inaction on mysterious deaths and urging oversight of juvenile vandalism gambling and crime levels.
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Sarasota
Florida
Circuit Court
W. Mack Smiley
Grand Jury
Sarasota County
City Police
Ross Boyer
Robert N. Wilson
John Brooks
Mack Smiley
North Trail
James Norton
Smiley
Norton
Union Hall to Host Legion Auxiliary Officer Installations
At Union Hall Lime Avenue Venice 8 p m Wednesday Glenn Peters Post 266 and the Auxiliary will jointly install officers. Ralph Keadle as commander H Ridenour first vice president W O Wells second vice president and others including adjutant historian service officer and chaplain to be installed by Mrs Uveda English Bradenton. Auxiliary officers named include Mrs Ralph Keadle president Mrs C H Ridenour first vice president Mrs Elwood MacDonald second vice president and more ending with assistant sergeant at arms
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Glenn Peters
Auxiliary American Legion
Union Hall
Lime Avenue
al Conley
Venice
Ralph Keadle
Uveda English
Bradenton
C. H. Ridenour
Elwood MacDonald
W. O. Wells
Ivan Smith
Joe Gould
Jack Allen
Augusta Smith
Retired Workers Increase in Sarasota County in 1955
Sarasota County, as per district manager George T. Banks, shows 3,035 retirees receiving $206,240 monthly in old-age payments at year end 1955, plus 1,862 dependents and survivors totaling $74,088. Overall 4,897 people collect $280,328 monthly, a 30 percent rise from 1954.
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Sarasota County
George T. Banks
Sarasota
Reds Release 70 Political Prisoners in Bautzen
West Berlin radio said 70 political prisoners were released from Bautzen by East German authorities. Radio Free Berlin reported the prisoners had been sentenced by Soviet military tribunals for anti Russian activity to eight years up to life.
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Berlin
P—A
West Berlin
Bautzen
Radio
Free Berlin
Baccalaureate Services Slated Tonight For 310 Sarasota Seniors
Two Sarasota High School seniors join Sailor music groups for baccalaureate services tonight. Janet Shaw accompanies the choral group and Gail Burke sings Oh Lord Most Holy by Cesar Franck.
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Sarasota High School
Janet Shaw
Gail Burke
Janet
Gail
Cesar Franck
Glee Club
Vocation Unit Sets Award of Diplomas
Tests leading to a State High School Equivalency diploma will be offered by the Sarasota Vocational School May 7-11 under Florida State Department of Education authorization. The program aids veterans and adults lacking time for full diploma paths. Residency in Florida and age over 20 are required. call 26853 for information.
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Sarasota
Florida
Retired Telephone Pioneers to Form Local Club
F T Bol ton announces a meeting at 1 30 p m June 15 at the Sarasota Mobile Home Park Auditorium to elect officers and form a Telephone Pioneers life member club serving Englewood to Palmetto with headquarters in Sarasota. About 100 area pioneers reside here and 15 attended a kickoff program. Attendees include retirees from Western Electric Bell Laboratories and Graybar and other telephone firms.
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Sarasota Mobile Home Park
F. T. Bolton
Telephone Pioneers
Sarasota-Bradenton
Sarasota
Englewood
Palmetto
Western Electric Company
Graybar Company
Bell Laboratories
Flag Day Plans Meeting Set by Sarasota Groups
Flag Day observance plans will be discussed at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post Home on Pineapple Street Monday at 7 30 p m. E J Santmyer chairman of the Sarasota Council for Patriotic Observances announced the meeting invites civic patriotic veterans and military groups. Last year the Elks Club led a ceremony at the Municipal Auditorium with other groups.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Pineapple Street
E. J. Santmyer
Sarasota
Springs Club Meeting At Sarasota Springs
The Sarasota Springs Civic Club will meet tomorrow at 7 30 p m at the home of Mr and Mrs John Curcio on Cambridge Drive and Jean Way. Earl Seaney serves as club president and will lead discussion on subdivision matters.
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Sarasota Springs
Booker High to Graduate 36 Seniors With Commencement Day
Booker High School plans to graduate 36 seniors at 8 p.m. Friday in the auditorium. Diplomas will be presented by Carl C. Strode after prizes. Valedictorians include Ernest Lewis Buford Gibson with a class theme Knowledge, the Light of Civilization. The program features the Booker Chorus and baccalaureate speakers Rev F L Gillins Rev W R Hughes and Principal Rogers.
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Booker High School
Rowland W. Rogers
Carl C. Strode
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Ernest Lewis
Buford Gibson
Cupid Reese Poe
James Cornelius Brown
Jesse Lee Mitchell
Booker Chorus
Willie Jane Mitchell
Robert Fulton Morton
Marjorie Brantley Rainey
John Wesley Suarez
Clementine Thomas
Rachel Ann Watson
Juanita Wilder
Lounelle Williams
Helen Catherine Wilson
Willie Beatrice Woodard
F. L. Gillins
Payne Chapel A. M. E
W. R. Hughes
Bathlehem Baptist Church
William Stevens
Rogers
Blackmore To Address Sarasota High Seniors In Baccalaureate
Sarasota High School prepares for a baccalaureate service at Municipal Auditorium led by John T. Blackmore YMCA director. Senior class of 310 in white and blue gowns will process in with Wilbur Banks conducting the orchestra. Rehearsals featured music by Chopin and Sullivan and prayers by Rev. Richer and Rev. Shaeffer.
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Sarasota High School
John T. Blackmore
Municipal Auditorium
Arles Woodhouse
Wilbur Banks
Barbara Whittington
Glee Club
Eleanor B. Northen
Janet Shaw
John B. Blackmore
Luther M. Shaeffer
Arthur Sullivan
Mental Menace Wins Its Bout Again This Week
The Mental Menace remains undefeated this week with challengers vanquished. Each win increases the prize for the next challenger, now set at 172 dollars for the correct solution sought on page 16 alongside last week's solution.
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Mental Menace
May Postal Receipts Rise Sharply in Sarasota
Sarasota May postal receipts climbed 28.2 percent from May 1955 to 41 359.22 while January–May total reached 253 100.37, a 15 percent rise over the prior year. Postmaster Gordon Higel cites growth in individual stamp sales as a key indicator.
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Sarasota
Gordon Higel
County Commissioners to ponder Gregg Beach rename and more
Sarasota County Commissioners meet Monday to choose a new name for Gregg Beach after Siesta Sands conflicted with a Siesta Key clinic. On the agenda are mosquito control budget, updated county section maps, Calle de Minor ca paving grading drainage, Canale de la Plata vacation report, sale of submerged land, Phillippi Creek fill request, Nokomis Beach lifeguard hire, plumber inspector pay raise, and local water conservation meeting.
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Gregg Beach
Sarasota
Siesta Sands Beach
Siesta Key
Jacob F. Baumgartner
Internal Improvement Fund
Donald Smally
Phillippi Creek
Garret W. Purce
Mosby Engineering Associates
Tanner Enterprises Leader Praises Telephone Use in Sarasota
Connie Sommers, young general manager of Tanner Enterprises, spotlighted the telephone as a key business tool in Sarasota. He notes the system boosts reach and efficiency, though bills rise, while detailing his career path and the Sarasota expansion including Sunshine Springs Gardens and two subdivisions.
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Connie Sommers
Tanner Enterprises
Sarasota
Connie
Farflung
Sommers
University of Miami
Tanner
Sunshine Springs and Gardens
Sarasota Springs
Lake Sarasota
Cornelius J. Sommers
Brookline
Mass
Leonard W. Tanner
Navy
Air Force
Tanner Organization
Miami
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Loyola University of Chicago
Philadelphia
Jean
June McAdams
Lido Shores
Florida
Sunshine Springs
Bill Brownell
Livestock Group Plans Barbecue in Sarasota County
The Sarasota County Livestock Assn schedules a barbecue on June 7 at 6 p.m. at the Sarasota Cattle and Commission Sale in Belfpur. Kenneth Clark, secretary treasurer, announces Ladies Night with dancing afterward and requests attendees call 4-2471 to confirm party size.
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Sarasota County
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Pia
John D. Justice
Board of Public Instruction
American Legion
Ruth DeLuca
DeLuca Studio
National Federation of Music Club
West Coast Symphony
Red Mill
Gary
Ind
George H. Shaw
Longboat Key
Keyettes
Girls Athletic Assn
Emory College
Atlanta
Glee Club Direc
Tor
St. Martha's Church
Sarasota High
Sailor Circus
White Piains
New York
Edward J .Burke
Flag Day
Springs Club
Sarasota Bank and Trust Co
A. B. Edwards
Edwards
Clementine Thomas, Helen Catherine Wilson and
Willie Lee Barber
Howard Lee Bell
Johnell Brantley
Ernestine Brooks
Marrie Mae Butler
Theresa Pernell Campbell
Yvonne Jean Carnegie
Mary Louise Chapman
Curtis Kaydon Delaughter
Minnie Theresa Elliott
Mable Genoa Ferguson
Buford Gibson Jr
Annie Bell Gilliam
Sylvester Hardy
Nathaniel Harvey
Melvin Hawthorne
Lee Edna Herring
Alfonso Jordan Jackson
Bruce Justice
Jonathan Benjamin Lee
Oscar Manigo Jr
Mildred Marion McClendon
Blackmore
J. M. McNair
Charles H. Richer
Luther F. Willer
Dave Dollner
Mary Deal
James Tench
Montine Bennett
Sally Hailey
Higes
A. D. Carson
Edwin F
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