Dean of the automobile dealers Russ Chiles of Russles Motors
Russ Chiles, longtime Sarasota automotive dealer born in Starkville Mississippi, is described as the town’s dean of auto sales. He worked in Chicago and with Dodge before moving to Sarasota in 1915. He runs Russ Chiles Motor Co at 301 Central Ave and has earned Nash’s 10-Point Select Dealer award for four years. He also cultivates his Whitfield Estates grounds and enjoys gardening, fishing, and golf.
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Russles Motors
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Sarasota
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Starkville
Miss
Deep South
Mississippi State
Chichee
Dodge Brothers Co
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Signal Corps
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Sarasota Bay
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Automotive News
New Section Psychiatric Ward Out
Sarasota County Public Hospital Board announced no psychiatric ward in the new Memorial Hospital section. They may place the ward on the second floor of the old building or remodeled nurses' home.
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Memorial Hospital
Sarasota County County
Water problem in Ellenton leaves 20 families without supply
In Ellenton the old water system has been abandoned and mains removed during road construction between Pajimetto and Ellenton. About twenty families rely on private wells as the municipal system remains inoperative due to high costs. County officials say the system is abandoned and most residents are digging their own wells.
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Bradenton
Ellenton
Pajimetto
Elfenton
County Commission
Comminsi 8
Bradenton Chamber seeks new executive secretary
A three man committee led by William Crossen with Raymond Turner and Walter Hardin will review applications for the Bradenton Chamber of Commerce executive secretary position as secretary W A Bill Manning retires October 1.
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Bradenton
Bradenton Chamber of Commerce
William Crossen
Raymond Turner
Walter Hardin
W. A
Bill’ Manning
Hearing Set On Negro Swimming Facilities
A Sarasota County hearing is scheduled for 8 p.m. June 17 at the Booker School auditorium to decide if the local Negro population supports a swimming pool or beach facilities. Architect William Zimmerman presented plans for a $60,000 pool on U.S. 301 north of 27th Street, plus a wading pool, locker rooms and filtration.
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Board of County Commissioners
Booker School
Sarasota
U.S. 301
27Th St
William Zimmerman
Bradenton Delegation Seeks Post Office Expansion
Bradenton officials returning from Washington report promises of lobby expansion and more boxes plus likely annex space. They sought a new post office, though officials had deemed it improbable. city was asked to provide figures on need and a suitable site.
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Bradenton
Washington
Ruling Expected on Admissibility of Case Evidence
Jurors were excused during testimony about conversations between John Brooks and arresting officers. Judge Lynn Gerald will decide whether these conversations may be admitted as evidence in the Sarasota assault trial. The 37 year old accuser testified about the June attack, describing fear and force, while various officers, the defendant, and the examining doctor testified.
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Sarasota
Brooks
Circuit Court
Lynn Gerald Will
Ross Boyer
John Townsend
Charles Legg
Punta Gorda
William T. Berry
William G. Sutherland
Horace L. Randall
Earl H. Schlarb
William J. O'Hara
Fred W. Johnston
Ernest Lane
Emily M
Supreme Court denies protest to Manatee bridge bonds
The U S Supreme Court denied a petition to halt the 6 million dollar Manatee County bridge program bond sale paving the way for construction. Bert Hendrickson hospital board chair and local opponents urged relocation citing patient welfare concerns near Memorial Hospital.
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Manatee County
U.S. Supreme Court
Manatee River
Bert Hendrickson
Veterans Memorial Hospital Board
Hend
Rickson
Herman Turner
State Improvement Commission
New York
High Court
Symphony Hall contract signing set for today in city
The Florida West Coast Symphony re hearsal hall contract for 26 400 to be built at the Civic Center is expected to be signed today after last night's City Commission meeting approved the site and operation terms. Emery Yoder to be contractor. Funds raised include 7 000 from local banks. City officials to pursue further fundraising.
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Civic Center
City Commission
David Cohen
Emery Yoder
Ben H. Hopkins
Symphony
Cohen
Manatee County Jail Declared Obsolete by State Official
BRADENTON The Manatee County jail was called obsolete and inadequate by state jail planner Jesse E. Creech who urged a new facility. Commissioners, facing funding limits, sent officials and Sheriff Roy Baden to devise improvements. Slaughter quipped that a new jail is unaffordable amid other budget needs.
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Bradenton
Manatee
Jesse E. Creech
Herman Burnett
H. C
Tom" Slaughter
Roy Baden
Creech
Slaughter
McLeod
Bridge Site Gets OK
Bradenton and Palmetto Chambers of Commerce directors tentatively approve the new Manatee River bridge location. Bradenton directors say they favor the site if it lies west of 15th Street East and they will not change that stance.
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Bradenton
Palmetto
Majority Needed for Merger Anna Maria Votes Today on Incorporation
Voters on Anna Maria Island go to the polls to decide the incorporation of their three municipalities as the City of Anna Maria Island. About 1,254 eligible voters are registered and around 300 absentee ballot requests have been filed. turnout will be lower as some names remain on lists of deceased or relocated residents. If approved, island-wide mayor and council from three wards would govern, with a general election set for Nov 27 1956 and subsequent elections on the last Tuesday each November. polling places opened at 7 a.m. today and close at 7 p.m.
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New York
F. S. Smithers and Associates
State Improvement Commission
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Palma Sola Bay
Cortez Road
Anna Maria Island
Manatee River
Anna Maria
Longboat Key
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