Fruit Fly Control Units Set In Bradenton For Local Quarantine
A Bradenton office will guide Sarasota and Manatee growers on fruit fly control after a five mile diameter quarantine around the calomondia tree in East Bradenton where larvae were found. Charles Bickner leads inspections as a fumigation drive using malathion spray begins later this week across South Florida.
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Bradenton
Charles Bickner
Sarasota
Manatee
South
Florida
New District Heads Four Area Superintendents Named
Four new district superintendents were named in the Florida Methodist Conference by Bishop John W. Branscomb. C. M. Cotton heads the Jacksonville District, R. A. Alley the Lakeland District, Shuler Peele the Tallahassee District, and H. W. Blackburn the West Palm Beach District. The announcements followed the annual pastoral assignments and transfers, with most ministers remaining at their current posts. The conference also voted to keep an open mind on segregation until 1957, allowing each district to decide whether Negro churches may affiliate.
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Lakeland
Florida Methodist Conference
John W. Branscomb
C. M. Cotton
Jacksonville
R. A. Alley
Shuler Peele
Tallahassee
H. W. Blackburn
West Palm Beach
Branscomb
Venice Plans Waterway Right of Way Deal
Venice Mayor John P. Kiernan authorized by the City Council to confer with the West Coast Inland Navigation District on obtaining a TS acre right of way for the inland waterway. The city would trade land in Venice Airport for two taxi strips and the end of the east west runway, while district commissioners oppose the proposal. Preliminary work on the waterway could begin in a few months.
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Bradenton
West Coast Inland Navigation District
City of
Venice
John P. Kiernan
Venice Airport
Navigation District
Zoning Booklet Available Here
A published zoning booklet compiling Sarasota ordinances and a city zoning map is available at City Hall Building Department. Compiled by Joe Coates and Ed Osgood, the booklet aids builders. Coates is a Sarasota native and will join the city staff as assistant on June 16.
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Sarasota
City Hall
Joe Coates
Florida State University
Ed Osgood
Coates
Pensacola Man Heads Veterans DAV Florida Convention
Gerald Garrett of Pensacola was elected Florida commander of the Disabled American Veterans at the close of the state convention. Auxiliary officers named include Mrs. Handschuch of Lake Worth heading the women’s group and Mrs. Ruth Kerns of Jacksonville as senior vice commander. New officers listed: Ross Graham Vero Beach senior vice commander Robert Keily Miami first junior vice commander Roland Etheridge Tampa judge advocate Domenic Amato Gulfport second vice commander Horace Johnson adjutant Walter Heath Tampa chaplain and L. B. Poston Tampa treasurer.
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Panama City
Gerald Garrett
Pensacola
Florida
DAV
Sdelen Handschuch
Lake Worth
Ruth Kerns
Jacksonville
Garrett
Ross Graham
Vero Beach
Robert T. Keily
Miami
Roland D. Etheridge
Invitation Declined Its A Little Late
MIAMI V P Mr and Mrs Paul Danie have received an invitation to the wedding of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier in Monaco. Danie was acquainted with the prince's grandfather and said the invitation came from New York last February.
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Miami
Paul Danie
Grace Kelly
Prince Rainier
Monaco
Danie
New York
Las
Weeknd Florida traffic toll rises as injuries prove fatal
A woman injured on May 20 dies, bringing Florida highway deaths to thirteen. Victims include David Owens 78 from Youngstown and Charles Champen 35 from Savannah. Beatrice Champen 66 of Daufuskie Isle. C J Mackay and Robert Williams of Whiting Field die near Pond Creek Bridge on SR 30. Anthony Reinold 25 of New York City tied to Patrick AFB dies near Eau Gallie. Jimmy Griffin 45 of Jacksonville, a pedestrian, dies on SR 10 east of Jacksonville.
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Alachua
Bradford County
David R. Owens
Youngstown
Ohio
Charles Benjamin Champen
Savannah
C. J. Mackay
Robert Williams
Whiting Field
Milton
Pond Creek Bridge
Anthony Reinold Jr
New York City
Patrick Air Force Base
Eau Gallie
Optometrist Creates Lens Restoring Vision for Partial Blindness
Dr William Feinbloom of New York unveils mirrorscope glasses after 20 years of work claiming 200 people gained usable vision with as little as 2 percent sight. The device uses rear concave and front convex mirrors to magnify images and costs 100 to 300 dollars per pair. Walter P Jones of the Orlando Sentinel tested the glasses and read an eye chart at 20 feet with the left eye closed.
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Orlando
William Feinbloom
New York
Feinbloom
Walter P. Jones
The
Orlando Sentinel
1088 Graduates at University of Miami Commencement
The University of Miami will award 1,088 degrees at commencement exercises tonight. There are 798 graduating seniors and 290 summer graduates. Three honorary degrees will be awarded at Dinner Key Auditorium.
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Miami
University of Miami
Dinner Key Auditorium
Daytona editor Tippen Davidson elected AP Florida president
Tippen Davidson executive editor of the Daytona Beach News Journal becomes president of the Associated Press Assn of Florida at the annual meeting in Miami Beach. He succeeds Hampton Dunn as president with Harold Ballew named vice president and Roy Cook elected treasurer.
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Miami Beach
Tippen Davidson
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Associated Press Assn
Florida
Davidson
Hampton Dunn
Tampa Daily Times
Harold Ballew
St. Petersburg Independent
Roy Cook
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Earl Eastwood
Bradenton
Retirement note prompts dining over dishes
Associate professor Sara E. Coyne of the University of Rhode Island, after 31 years in home economics, announces retirement and confesses she would rather eat out than cook for herself. She explains the appeal of dining in restaurants as it is not practical to cook and deal with the dishes.
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Kingston, R.I.P
Sara E. Coyne
University of Rhode Island
Indigo Dyed Cloth Found in 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Tomb
Archaeologists uncovered cloth dyed with indigo inside a tomb dating back about three millennia. The find highlights ancient textile practices and trade networks affecting the region.
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