Sarasota Fire and Police Salaries Compared With Fort Myers
The News reviews Sarasota and Fort Myers pay scales for police and fire departments. Fort Myers and Clearwater officers earn more despite smaller populations and areas. Fort Myers salaries rise from 3120 probationary to 3900 after one year. Sarasota salaries start lower but rise to 342? and 3312 for rank progressions. Chief pay also lags: Fort Myers chief earns 6500 while Sarasota chiefs earn 5760 and 5400. City managers plan pay raises next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolivar B. O’rear JR
Sarasota
Clearwater
Fort Myers
Here
Fort Myer
Clearwater’s
Fort Myer’s
Fire Department
Fort. Myer
Kenneth Thompson
Robert N. Wilson
James Cowsert
Doctor Reports Polio Situation Here Not Serious
Sarasota County Health Department reports no new polio cases since yesterday. Eleven year old Elizabeth Drumright of Hillview Street is the year’s second victim. Dr. Wright notes direct contacts should receive gamma globulin and a second Salk vaccine dose. The county has a polio shot supply and previously saw two cases in 1955 and twenty three in 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarasota County
Elizabeth Drumright
Hillview St
W. L. Wright
Wright
Drumright
Dean Self
Leonard Self
Hickory Ave
Health Office
Sarasota Life Assignment Promises Photo Essay
Sarasota County Chamber of Commerce manager Ted Swalm announced Life magazine will publish a November photo essay on Sarasota retirees. Alfred Eisenstaedt and Lucy Thomas will cover the project with a Sarasota focus, arriving for a week to ten days of shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarasota
Life Magazine
Ted Swalm
Sarasota County
Florida
Johns Hopkins Archaeology Professor Wins Nemrud Dagh Fellowship
Dr John H Young a Johns Hopkins University archaeology and Greek professor from Baltimore has been awarded a Nemrud Dagh excavation fellowship in Ankara Turkey He is the son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Young of 8100 Westmoreland Drive and left for Ankara on June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nemrud Dagh
Ankara
Turkey
John H. Young
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Lloyd Young
Westmoreland
Young
Opposition Fades as City Mulls U S 301 Rezoning
At City Hall last night the City Commission took under advisement a proposed RG to IA industrial rezoning along U S 301 between 10th and 27th Streets. Randolph Calhoun of the Highway 301 Assn. urged extension toward Orange Avenue, while objections cited setbacks and outside merchandise limits. Mayor Kicklighter stressed limits on retail along through routes to protect tourism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. 301
Randolph Calhoun
Highway 301 Assn
Kenneth Thompson
Association
John D. Kicklighter
Calhoun
Rt. 301
Charles R. Rumph
W. N. Harris
Rumph
Harris
Board of Adjustment
Victor
J. Irving Walden
27Th Street
Kicklighter
Johnson
Sunnyside
Hyde Park Street
Shade Avenue
Jesse Boyd
Ladies Professional Golf Assn
Babe Zaharias Cancer Fund
Sarasota Pastor Wins High Post
The Rev. Dorothy Flexer, pastor of Shrine of the Master Spiritualist Episcopal Church of Sarasota, was elected presiding clergyman of the national Spiritualist Episcopal Organization at its annual conference in Lansing Michigan. The Rev. Russell Flexer, also Sarasota clergy, attended the conference as well. Their students in St Petersburg, Tampa and Sarasota run Sunday services at 7:30 p.m. throughout June in Michigan.
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Dorothy Flexer
Master Spiritualist Episcopal Church
Sarasota
Tuttle Avenue
National Spiritualist Episcopal Organization
Lansing
Mich
Russell Flexer
Sarasota Chuch
Michigan
St. Petersburg
Tampa
Proposal Rejected Over South Trail Zoning Plan Clash
The County Planning and Zoning Commission faced strong opposition as its plan to zone land south of Bee Ridge Road for motels apartments and residential use drew criticism from South Trail property owners and local developers. County leaders debated ribbon commercial zoning and a related filling station permit raising clashes over land values and right of way.
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County Planning and Zoning Commission
South Trail
Glen R. Leach
Planning Commission
Jack West
Phillippi Creek
Commission
West
U.S. 41
Bee Ridge Road
Bay Road
Osprey Avenue
Thomas Alexander
Tampa
Ingram Oil Company
Phillippi Street
Alexander
State Road Department
James E. Wood
Leach
A. B. Edwards
Sarasota
River Forest
Clarence McKaig
Honore Palmer
Charles Dempsey
Joy Ride Arrests Follow Unauthorized City Car Theft
Two Bradenton Negroes Edward Mays and Jean Jackson are in the city jail after an unauthorized joy ride. Mays faces driving without a license while Jackson is charged with intoxication. Others include Harriet Marshall for razor assault, Milford Pittman for improper backing after a crash, and Charles Meeks with Fred Cooper for speeding.
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Bradenton
Edward Mays
Jean Jackson
Curtis L. Gehring
Mays
Jackson
Harriet Marshall
Central Ave
Fred Walker
W. T. Berry
Anniese Jones
Newtown Negro
Milford Thomas Pittman Jr
Wisteria St
5Th Street
Central Avenue
John C. Wingate
Pittman
Rubie Davis
Lemon Ave
Charles Francis Meeks
Fred H. Cooper
Cheryle Lane
Fortune Teller Seeks License Before County Board
County Commissioner A. D. Carson agreed to sit for a fortune telling test as Sarasota officials reconsider Marie Mitchell's bid to operate as a fortune teller. Mitchell had pledged voter registration as a license condition and will face a board decision after Carson reports outcomes of the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Carson
Marie Mitchell
Sarasota
Ible
Carson
Board Upholds Its Authority Over Planning Subdivision Rules
Andrew Sandegren faced the Sarasota County Board of Commissioners after seeking an Attorney General opinion on subdivision regulations. The AG ruled the regulations became law when adopted by the Planning and Zoning Commission, but commissioners asserted final approval rests with the county board. The board signaled the planning group remains under county authority, criticized Sandegren for not consulting first, and postponed a proposal to form a standing committee of developers and engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Sandegren
Sarasota County
Commission
Gustin M. Nelson
Sandegren
County Board
Glen R. Leach
Board of County Commissioners
Nelson
Leach
Final plans set for Flag Day ceremonies at Sarasota Coliseum
The Council for Patriotic Observances and Sarasota Elks Lodge 1519 have completed a program for Flag Day at 8 p.m. Thursday in the American Legion Coliseum. Participating groups include Elks Boy Scouts Girl Scouts ministers and local organizations with colors to display. A color guard will present the flag a nine flag display will be shown by five Boy Scouts and four Girl Scouts. The program includes readings flags disposal demonstration and national and organization songs led by Jack Campbell with Hack Swain.
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Sarasota Lodge 1519
BPOE
American Legion
Gordon Norman
Council
Herbert C. Roberts
The
Elks
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Sarasota
Joseph E. Barth
America
J. M. McNair
First Presbyterian Church
Louis Joseph
Wallace
Jack Campbell
Hack Swain
Col. Roberts
City Votes Drive Funds for Bayfront Drive Right of Way
The City Commission appropriated 260000 from surplus funds for bayfront drive right of way, with 140000 from 1953 general improvement fund, 90000 from long range capital and 30000 from current fund surplus. Mayor Kicklighter warned it removes the surplus cushion and urged fiscal caution. Funds may buy land along Broadway from North Trail to Gulfstream and along Mound and Wood Streets to the South Trail or cover other right of way needs like building movements.
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Bayfront
John D. Kicklighter
Broadway
Gulfstream Avenue
Gulfstream
Mound
Wood Streets
Furniture Buyer To Attend Market In Chicago
Jack Schaffner of Lillard Woodworth Furniture Co. will attend the summer home furnishings market opening June 18 at the American Furniture Mart and the Merchandise Mart in Chicago. He will cover 30 to 40 miles seeking new home furnishings styles for homemakers in the two buildings with new models colors and designs to be available locally soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Schaffner
Lillard Woodworth Furniture Co
American Furniture Mart
Merchandise Mart
Chicago
Schaffner
Merger Unites Supreme TV and Lorasa ta Distributors Inc
Jim Smith and Charles Strowmatt announce a merger creating a combined firm to be based at 6306 South Trai. Both names will be used for public familiarity as the new enterprise aims to become a leading West Coast sales and service center near the Siesta Drive In. An open house will run 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday with gifts for attendees and a Hi Fi set prize.
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Supreme TV
Siesta Drive- In
Wright Raise Approved for County Health Officer
The Board of County Commissioners approved a $25 monthly salary increase for Dr. W. L. Wright the county health officer raising his pay to 925 per month from 900 A letter from the State Board of Health praising the local health office accompanied the action A proposed site at Hawthorne Street and the South Trail for a new County Health Department building was rejected by the Sarasota County Public Hospital Board.
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W. L. Wright
Board of County Commissioners
State Board of Health
Wright
Hawthorne Street
South Trail
County Health Department
Sarasota County
Florida Bus Lines Approved Small Intrastate Fare Hike
Florida bus lines including Tamiami Trail Tours were authorized to raise intrastate fares to offset higher operating costs. Six percent interstate fare increase was already granted April 25, with June 23 as the intrastate effective date. The Public Utilities Commission noted rising costs since 1951 and cited Florida Greyhound Lines profits from express and terminal concessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Tamiami Trail Tours, Inc
E. B
Red) Lord
Sarasota
Trail Tours
Tallahassee
State Railroad and Public Utilities
Florida Greyhound Lines
Gulf Coast Motor Lines
Modern Coach Corp
Southeastern Greyhound Lines
The
Utilities Commission
Local Masons and Society Host Evening in Sarasota
Sarasota reports a 7:30 p.m. meeting at Masonic Temple hosted by Masonic Blue Lodge No 14 in conjunction with the Sarasota County Medical Society at Martine's Steak House.
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Masonic Blue Lodge No
Masonic Temple
Sarasota County
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