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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1958
Page
15
Sarasota High School officials describe teachers using summer time for study travel and curriculum planning. Principal Howard Sherman notes strong student ties endure after graduation and that end of the year demands remain heavy with exams and reporting.
Police reported a day of accidents with five crashes including a reckless driving charge against Whitney Randolph Patterson Jr for allegedly hitting three parked cars near Municipal Auditorium. Other incidents include two-car crashes at Bahia Vista St and U.S. 41 and Golf St and Osprey Ave with several injuries and fines.
A Circuit Court jury awarded Mrs. Mettie R. Ferguson 6275 in a case where a man fell through a ceiling onto her while inspecting a sprinkler system two years ago. The worker, Waverly Waters, was uninjured.
English inventor William Rose unveils a smaction smevision device releasing aromas from TV sets by transmitter impulses. He demoed sea breeze and garden scents with four bottles, saying unlimited scents are possible, while noting American ads push strong, less pleasant aromas.
Don Le Bus, a 31 year old former Air Force jet pilot, will lecture at the Sarasota Woman's Club tonight at 8 to discuss unidentified flying objects and how to form a local UFOC group. He founded an Oklahoma club of about 185 members and runs a St Petersburg chapter, seeking logs, photos, and monthly meetings.
The Tampa Motor Club will extend its jurisdiction to 46 counties by adding 27 counties to its current 19 central and west coast counties. H. L. Valade, manager of the Sarasota AAA Division, announced the expansion. Effective Aug 1, the Sarasota division office will be renamed as a branch of the Peninsula Motor Club.
NEW YORK AP Archibald MacLeishs new drama J B has Broadway backing from Alfred de Liagre Jr after acclaim at Yale School of Drama. The work reinterprets the Job story in contemporary terms and forms part of a broader repopulation effort mentioned alongside Paraguay in South America.
The Sarasota General Contractors Assn pledged support at a luncheon meeting at the Sherwood Inn. George Higgins cited the benefits of a Presbyterian college in Sarasota and said a several million dollar improvement decision would likely be made within a year.
The Sarasota Springs Community Association will hold a picnic at 3 p.m. Saturday in the plot between Teal and Betty drives just east of MacIntosh Road. Mrs. Raymond Jarvis is general chairman of the planning committee.
In 1885 a large amount of dynamite was used to blast a clear channel for boats through Hell’s Gate in New York City’s East River. The event marked a major engineering effort to improve navigation and reduce hazards for maritime traffic.
Sarasota Yacht Club begins a $150 000 expansion and renovation project awarded to T T Watson Inc. General James Taylor says work includes full air conditioning and interior redecorating at the club. A new dining room plus dock master quarters are planned with the dining room to become a captain's grill. Tentative completion set for October 1.
Three Sarasotans, Arthur Stone Frank Burgmann and Walter L Burgmann of the Sarasota Chapter, will receive the Degree of Chevalier Order of DeMolay at 2 30 p m Sunday in the Masonic Temple. J G Kicklighter Jr will be master of ceremonies and the degrees will be conferred by prominent Masons. Cross of Honor will be presented to J B Adams and M Miner after investiture. Several officers will be installed including Rick Schenkel master councilor and Charles Knowles senior councilor. Arthur Stone will be installing officer aided by state leaders and local officials.
Memorial services of the Loyal Order of the Moose will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the lodge hall on 18th Street. The Rev. Theodore W. Martin of Faith Presbyterian Church will be the speaker. Families of deceased Moose members have been invited to attend.
Sarasota High School student Stephen Floethe sails to Europe for a week long tour with a group. He will tape impressions from Italy France Spain Portugal Belgium Norway and England and Brussels Worlds Fair and his tapes air weekly on WSPB starting July at 7 45 p m.
Seattle AP report says Gordon Delk deputy IRS commissioner announced a major cut in tax return help costs due to taxpayer education. He cited 1955 14.6 million taxpayers sought help, 1958 costs at 6.8 million with 12 000 staff, and current staffing at 7 300 reducing expenses.
Closing exercises of Temple Beth Sholom religious school are set for Sunday at 10 am at the temple. Report cards and certificates will be awarded along with the Michael Geoffrey Weiss memorial awards for outstanding students. Refreshments will be served. Rabbi Harold A. Friedman leads the event with the Sunday school committee chaired by Mrs. Michael Hinden.
Secretary of State Frank M. Jordan says California's ballot counting is archaic and should be overhauled. He notes Los Angeles County had only half the ballots counted 36 hours after polls closed, with California voters largely relying on hand counting in the mechanized era.
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