Bayfront Development Hinges On Three Points
Citizens Bank president Arch Wheeler cites three keys for Sarasota Bayfront Center Development success: civic cooperation municipal participation and real estate acquisition. He notes Rochester Midtown Plaza lessons including vast land costs and rapid tenant growth and highlights parking access and capital risk as drivers of urban renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Bank
Arch Wheeler
Sarasota
Midtown Plaza
Rochester
N.Y
Wheeler
Central Business District
Buffalo
Syracuse
Plaza
Telephone Company
Sarasota Jungle Gardens
Washington
Art Museum Directors Elect New Officers at Sarasota Meeting
The Association of Art Museum Directors closed a three day convention in Sarasota with new officers named George L. Stout of Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum as president Calvin Hathaway of Cooper Union Museum New York as vice president and Richard F Brown of Los Angeles County Museum as secretary treasurer A resolution thanked Sarasota for hospitality and the organizers before departures to Newport News Virginia and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of Art Museum Directors
Ringling Museum
Association
Sarasota
George Stout
Calvin Hathaway
Stout
Gardner Museum of Boston
Hathaway
Cooper Union Museum
Cooper Square
N.Y
Far Horizons
George L. Stout
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Boston
Calvin
Newport News
Sarasota Art Exhibit Opens in Athens Georgia
A Sarasota art exhibit featuring 28 local painters sculptors and architects opened at the University of Georgia drawing crowds. Millie Dearing of the Georgia State Museum called the show handsome and interesting and said it attracts much attention as more than 1000 view it over four weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarasota
University of Georgia
Millie Dearing
Georgia State Museum At
Athens
Local VFW Seeks Poppy Prize at Florida Convention
Sarasota VFW unit competes for a state poppy prize at the Florida VFW convention in Clearwater. Thomas B. Glaze of Sarasota seeks Florida Senior Vice Commander, with Chester H. Fox leading a Sarasota delegation. Banquet speakers include National Commander Robert E. Hansen and Senator George Smathers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarasota
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Clearwater
Edward Blas
Ladies Auxiliary
Tohmas B. Glaze
Florida
Sarasota Vfw
Chester H. Fox
Glaze
U. S. Navy
Delayed Dance Recital Rescheduled Saturday
Miss Joy Thompson's dance recital, postponed due to late costumes, is now set for 2 p.m. Saturday at the North Port Charlotte community center and 7 p.m. at the Port Charlotte Yacht Club. The event is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Charlotte
Fire in Auto Garage Causes 7500 Dollar Damage
A 1961 two door hardtop auto and its garage, plus an adjoining house, sustained about 7500 dollars in damage when a fire started in the vehicle in the Sunnybrook Drive garage. The blaze was reported at 430 a.m. and extinguished by 6 a.m. by the South Trail Volunteer Fire Dept. Fourteen firefighters and two engines responded. cause is under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunnybrook Dr
South Trail
South Trail Fire Dept
Longboat Key
Florida State Department of Education
R. L. Johns
Department of Educational Administration
University of Florida
No Foul Play Found On Derby Autopsy
Preliminary autopsy on Capt. Bob Derby found floating near the Holiday Inn in Bradenton Beach indicates no foul play. Water in lungs suggests drowning. a full autopsy in a few days will determine if a heart attack occurred. Derby, 55, was discovered near the Holiday Inn Yacht Club entrance after a fishing trip incident linked to another club member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradenton
Bob Derby
Holiday Inn
Milton Raggenkamp
Derby
Eees
Raggenkamp
Manatee County
Frederick W. Allen
Holiday Inn Yacht Club
Marion Wood
Yacht Club
Englewood Library Wins $3000 Funding from County
Charlotte County commissioners granted $3,000 for the Englewood-Charlotte public library. The 1961-62 budget includes $3,000 to Punta Gorda and $3,000 to Port Charlotte, while Englewood forms a non profit library group, acquires a building, hires a librarian, and shelves 1000 books before a Friday open house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punta Gorda
Englewood - Charlotte
Mobilife Expansion Approved Near DeSoto Road
County commissioners approved zoning to allow a 104 acre Mobile home park expansion by Mobilife Corp near DeSoto Road and the Seaboard Airline Railroad. The new development adjoins the existing Mobilife project and is one of three owned by the company, including Trailer Estates in Manatee County and another in Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobilife Corporation
Tri Par
Commission
DeSoto Road
Seaboard Airline
Manatee County
Arizona
Monthly Fire Dept Directors Meeting Set
The Northeast Area Volunteer Fire Department directors meet tonight at 8 in the department building on Lockwood Ridge Road with a potential purchase of extra firefighting equipment on the agenda. A full department meeting follows Thursday at 8, urging all members to attend to discuss reviving a planned recreational area behind the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeast Area Volunteer Fire Department
Lockwood Ridge Road
Family Picnic At Yacht Club Attracts 110 Attendees
The first annual picnic for central office employees of General Development was held at the Yacht Club on Sunday afternoon. About 110 people attended the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Office
General Development
Yacht Club
Sarasota School Board backs $5.2 million expansion plan
The Sarasota County School Board approved a $5.2 million expansion program including a $2.7 million bond issue despite a protest by taxpayer Leslie C. Miller. The plan calls for five new sites plus additions to Booker Junior-Senior High and several elementary schools, with state surveys predicting growth but Miller urging restraint amid slower building and tax concerns. The report details 16 additions, four to five year funding, and roughly $4.98 million for new construction plus $140,700 in alterations with $2.5 million expected from state and other sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarasota County
Leslie C. Miller
Miller
Booker
Mauna Loa Boulevard
Brentwood
Venice
Port Charlotte
Eastern Starts All Cargo Flights With 6500 Pounds Of Flowers
A 6500 pound shipment of cut flowers left Sarasota for Chicago on Eastern Air Lines first flag stop of an all cargo Super Constellation. The run began in 1960 and serves Miami to Chicago with Florida flag stops for cargo over 5000 pounds. Flowers from Manatee Fruit Co. include chrysanthemum and gladiolus in 185 boxes total. Some cargo was transferred in Atlanta to a Houston bound plane. The season ends June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarasota-Bradenton
Chicago
Eastern Air Lines
Miami
EAL
Atlanta
Florida
Sarasota- Bradenton
Manatee Fruit Co
Houston
Milwaukee
Kneeland
Siesta Clam Pens Case Brings Commission Action
Former Sarasota County Commissioner James D. Neville faces legal action after neighbors Graetz and Wentworth accused him of building clam pens and structures in Sarasota Bay at his Siesta Key home without permits. The county commission voted to pursue injunctive or other court action to enforce waterway control laws and explore alleged zoning violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarasota County
Sarasota Bay
Siesta Key
James D. Neville
Ernest Graetz
Pierre Wentworth
Midnight Pass Road
Graetz
Wentworth
Richard E. Nelson
Neville
Haigh
Graetz and Wentworth
James A. Spanos
County Board
Wentworth and Graetz
Spanos
Light Industry Council payroll bias sparks county board debate
Haigh told the county board special meeting that columnist Walter Powers swore bias in payroll figures of Forrest Sparling, the executive director, drawing political implications. He criticized the Herald-Tribune for omissions and slant in light industry council coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Light Industry Council
Sarasota County
Haigh
Walter Powers
Forrest Sparling
Teday
Herald-Tribune
Industry Council
Artist Solomon To Talk Tonight
Only about a dozen reservations remained open this morning for an educational session for art teachers and professional artists at the Sarasota Federal Savings and Loan office on Bee Ridge Road. Syd Solomon will present an illustrated talk on techniques in painting and how museums classify new media for conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarasota
Visitor Bleeds Blessing Then Steals 235 Dollars
A man calling himself Charles Daniels asked for a rector's blessing at Church of the Annunciation in Holmes Beach and then stole 235 dollars from a desk box. The theft occurred after the visitor and rector discussed Episcopal clergy. remaining items included a New York motel reservation, six Yankee Stadium tickets, and a Canadian two dollar bill. Police seek a 40-year-old five foot ten inch man with a heavy build, crew cut, dark brown hair, wearing light slacks, a green shirt, and a bolo tie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes Beach
Church of the Annunciation
Gerald K. Lowe
Charles Daniels
Episcopal
Manatee County
Phone Directory Delayed Until September
General Telephone Co. will not publish the next directory until September. Jack Martin, manager of the Sota office, said the change supports converting to Direct Distance Dialing. A new directory will appear in March 1963, with only one directory published each year thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Martin
Sarasota
General Telephone Co
Martin
Powell outlines Sarasota growth challenge at Lions Club
Benton Powell, president of Palmer First National Bank, urged the Hi Noon Lions to choose cohesive growth for Sarasota over scattered expansion. He traced the city’s evolution from Five Points to a barbell form, credited civic leaders Emmet Addy and others, and noted Bayfront Center plans now moving toward realization. International Lions Counselor Gus Hynek reported on sight conservation projects from his St Louis visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton Powell
Palmer First National Bank and Trust Co
Lions Club
Coronado
Bayfront Center, Inc
Powell
Sarasota
Bayfront Center
Five Points
Emmet Addy
Frank Berlin
Martin Nadelman
First Research Corp
Miami
Bayfront
International Lions Club
Gus Hynek
St. Louis
Lions Clubs
McIntosh School PTA Meeting Planned for 1962
Parents of children entering McIntosh Student Center are invited to a 8 p.m. meeting at Brentwood Elementary Cafetorium to organize a PTA. Principal Dr John Cropp will discuss the school program and answer questions as occupancy is anticipated in August and the term begins after Labor Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McIntosh
Brentwood
John Cropp
McIntosh School
Square Dances Inaugurated At Yacht Club Tonight
A weekly series of square dances begins at 8 p m Friday at the Yacht Club Port Charlotte led by Bob Dawson of Sarasota and assisted by his wife Shirley This opening night serves as a get acquainted try out with experts demonstrating the dance The second session is scheduled for Friday the 15th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Charlotte
Yacht Club
Bob Dawson
Sarasota
Dawson
Shirley
Police report lists traffic charges across city
Sam Riley 36 of 33rd Street and Osprey Avenue faces a left turn yield charge after a Tuesday crash at Osprey and Cunliff Lane. Barbara Ruth Draper 26 of Bliss Road was the other driver. Riley received a municipal court summons. no other arrests were made in a separate minor crash on N Osprey. City police say 12 more people were charged Tuesday for traffic violations including stop sign, speeding and red light offenses, plus two motorists with improper left turns and license issues. Bond set for Dennis Lamar Joslin at Sun tide Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Riley
33Rd Street
Osprey Avenue
Cunliff Lane
Barbara Ruth Draper
Bliss Road
Riley
Robert Creamer
Peggy Elouise Clark
N. Osprey Ave
Howard Hall
Central Ave
D. G. Elie
Edna Spring Winters
Mira Mar Hotel
Wilson K. Whipple
Midnight Pass Road
Ralph P. Hansgen
Sandy Cove Ave
Esther Schiff
Cove St
Mildred Irene Marlette
Hafer Court
Duane E. Holt
27Th
Parilee Combs Tyler
Bayshore Circle
C. H. Shoemaker
Joseph T. Jordan
Hyde Park St
Shoemaker
Dennis Lamar Joslin
Suntide Hotel
H. O. Walters Jr
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Tet News
Chamber of Commerce
Athens, Ga
Ken Gross
State Conservation Department
Englewood
Mobilife
Fire Dept
Eastern
Tom Kneeland
Siesta Clam
Commission Action
Spring Lakes
Solomon
Percy D. Nelson
Sugarcreek
Ohio
George W. Feltyberger
River Ridge Drive
Lee C. Hosfield
South
Turtle Ave
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