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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1959
Page
5
The narrator muses on faces aging with hardship citing Lincoln as an example. He recalls three fence types, stone wood and wire, and recounts a weekend project turning a yard into a fenced corral. Post digging and wire pulling test his strength while a neighbor offers help and a note to consult the yellow pages.
Mrs. Ma bel Brinker of Doylestown runs a thriving worm farm started six years ago from the cellar. She feeds the worms with local garbage, supplies about 120000 worms annually to sporting goods stores, and earns $8 for 2000 worms. Her 11 year old grandson packs them, while the byproduct soil nourishes plants.
The compiled fiction picks include Doctor Zhivago by Pasternak and Lady Chatterley’s Lover. Non fiction highlights include Exodus by Uris and The Status Seekers by Packard as top sellers. The list also features Mine Enemy Grows Older and The Ugly American by Lederer Burdick, plus Dear and Glorious Physician and How I Turned $1 000 Into a Million in Real Estate by Nickerson Lawrence. Elizabeth by Jenkins appears among the readable titles.
Replying to a looming summer danger health experts warn polio could surge in 1959. Vaccination remains inconsistent with 98 million Americans never jabbed and only about one third of under fives protected. Officials emphasize rapid, wide vaccine uptake to blunt a potential outbreak.
Western Carolina College launches its second summer program for gifted students. About 100 youths with high IQs will study six weeks, with expanded classes for fifth graders and gifted juniors, plus a French language/history unit for fourth graders. Tuition may be waived by scholarships.
Francis Frank R Owen 41 longtime newspaperman and public relations specialist joins THE NEWS as copy and state editor born in Lynchburg Virginia he studied at Corcoran School of Fine Arts later worked at Lynchburg News Daily Advance The Bradenton Herald and Washington Evening Star He lives on 66th Street West Bradenton with wife Frances artist and four children Larry Beacham Aret and F Ryland I
The personal literary effects of Mary Roberts Rinehart will be donated to the University of Pittsburgh library by her sons Stanley Alan and Frederick after a 1954 interview in New York sparked the idea. Rinehart died September 22 1958 aged 82. The collection includes papers manuscripts books and memorabilia.
A Sarasota columnist notes the July 1 effective resignation of County Building Director Kenneth Brumbaugh. The piece lauds his fair enforcement style amid zoning pressures, reflects on his impact during growth years, and discusses the need for a tougher, policeman-like approach in future departments. It also touches on Arvida’s economic influence and a baggage mishap while traveling.
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