Train Collision At Shade Avenue Crossing Injures No One
Five people faced threats of injury as a Seaboard Air Line passenger train struck a car at Shade Avenue crossing. Mrs. Hughes and Armour J. Howard faced charges. two cars sustained about $2,150 in damage while the train incurred $20 in damage.
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Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Shade Avenue
J. E. Rademaker
Russell V. Hughes
Sunnybrook Dr
Armour J. Howard
Plant City
Thomas C. Wright
Wood St
Hughes
Walter Schmidt
E. Paulston Dr
Wright
Mrs. Hughes
Howard
Rademaker
Ter
Park Place
Palm Ave
Leslie A. Sechrist
Bradenton
Anna Leedy Rector
D. L. Winkel
Sarasota
Downtown Sarasota to ID Luckiest Father Saturday
Registration for Downtown Sarasota Inc. Father’s Day event continues through Saturday May 5 at 5 30 p m The mayor will draw three names from more than 5000 entries at Five Points The Luckiest Father will win a shower of prizes valued over 500 with two runners up also receiving gifts Donors include Harmon's Peerless Glenwits Shrode Jewelry Plaza Restaurant Tucker's Montgomery Roberts Houpe's Adams Houser Bacchus Sport Shop Electric and Gas Towns-end Hardware Sears Roebuck Ellie's Bayview Carr's Badger's J C Penney Delsons Leeds Madison’s Williams Casual Colony Charlie's Sarasota Cycle and Key Shop Registration is at Downtown Sarasota Inc member stores.
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Sarasota Inc
Sarasota
Mac Harmon
Harmon's
Peerless
Glenwits
Shrode
Plaza
Tuckers
Montgomery-Roberts
Houpe
Kress
Adams & Houser
Bacchus Liquor
Sport Shop
Electric and Gas
Navigator Compass
Townsend Hardware
Sears-Roebuck
Ellie's Book Shop
Bayview Cleaners & Laundry
Carr's
Badgers’ Drug
J. C. Penney
Delsons
Leeds
Madisons’ Drug
Willams’ Stationery
Bayview Cleaners
Liggetts’ Drug
Morrisons’ Drug
Casual Colony
Charlie's
News
Harmon
New Manasota Lions Club Forms With 19 Charter Members
LaMontagne elected first president of the new Manasota Lions Club in Florida the 279th Lions club in the state. Nineteen charter members signed on,Hi Ncon Lions Club sponsors the unit whose charter closes June 26. Officers include Alderman Foster Bacon Murphy Raymond Prenaville and Dufort with Heilanen Dunlop and Torre as directors. Meetings set for Thursdays at 7 pm at an as yet unspecified dinner location. Foster named charter program chair for early August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archibald R. LaMontagne
Manasota
Lloyd J. Alderman
William J. Foster
A. R. Bacon
Lawrence E. Murphy
Edward L. Raymond
John Prendaville
Gerald Dufort
George C. Heiland
D. Gordon Dunlop
Herbert R. Heilanen
Frank Torre
Shannon
Foster
Mother Convicted of School Day Bookmaking
A 32-year-old mother Evelyn Carroll was convicted of horse race bookmaking while her 6-year-old daughter attended school. Superior Judge Frank B. Blum set June 25 for sentencing as police testified Carroll ran a $250-a-day bookie operation from her apartment by telephone.
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Redwood City
Calif
Frank B. Blum
Evelyn Carroll
Blind Veteran Opens Wet Stand at Courthouse
Vance Creek, a World War II veteran who lost his sight in the Netherlands bombing, operates a new six-stool wet stand in the courthouse east wing under the Florida Council for the Blind. The stand sells coffee, soft drinks, candy, ice cream, and cigarettes with Creek handling transactions and changes under commission.
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Sandwich
Florida Council For the Blind
Vance Creek
Wood Street
Holland
Board of County Commissioners
Clark
John Clark
Double Bill At Auditorium Rocks the Suncoast
The Municipal Auditorium hosts a two show rock and roll bill at 7 and 9 p.m. featuring Bill Floyd's Rockets of Sarasota and the Night Beats of Bradenton as emceed by WKXY DJ Terry Brown. Acts include Connie Francis, The Champs, Dicky Doe and The Don'ts, Danny and the Juniors, Jody Reynolds, and the Perkins Orchestra.
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Municipal Auditorium
Bill Floyd
Rockets
Sarasota
Night Beats
Bradenton
WKXY
Terry Brown
Connie Francis
The
Champs
Dicky Doe
Don'ts
Danny
Jody Reynolds
Perkins Orchestra
House of Records
Dave Burgess
Gene Allen
Dale Norris
van Norman
Swan
Jerry Grant
Harvey Davis
al Ways
Ray Gangi
Danny and the Juniors
Philadelphia
Danny Rapp
Joe Terranova
Frank Maffei
Dave White
MGM
Protest over zoning rejection for new trailer parks
Leonard Burch a member of the County Planning and Zoning Commission urged upgrading the mobile home business by allowing new parks to replace outmoded ones. The commission rejected a zone change request for a Clark Road Swift Road trailer park proposed by John and Katherine Thode via attorney John R Wood. A water treatment plant in Shadow Lakes subdivision and rezoning efforts in Bee Ridge Farms Grier's Addition Fruitville and South Trail area were recommended or approved with a public hearing set for June 30 at 1 30 p m before the county commissioners.
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County Planning and Zoning Commission
Leonard Burch
Burch
Clark Road
Swift Road
Shadow Lakes
Bee Ridge Farms
Grier
Fruitville
South Trail
Stricken Boy Undergoes Quick Appendectomy in Los Angeles
A 12 year old boy with hemophilia, Billy Whitley of El Cajon, was treated in Los Angeles after acute appendicitis. He received special plasma to aid clotting during emergency surgery and was reported in good condition. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bluford Whitley.
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Creek
Connecticut
Los Angeles
Billy Whitley
el Cajon
Billy
Bluford Whitley
Western Envoys Meet Gromyko in Moscow Summit Talks
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko met the three Western ambassadors in Moscow to pursue a possible East West summit. U S Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson was to call at noon, British Ambassador Patrick Riley at 12 30, and French Ambassador Maurice Dejean in the afternoon.
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Moscow
UPI
Andrei Gromyko
U. S
Llewellyn Thompson
Sir Patrick Riley
Maurice Dejean
Woman Rescues Boy In Warwick Cove
Mrs. Arlene Serafine 39 with 30 Girl Scouts spotted 8-year-old Richard Todd in trouble in Warwick Cove. She swam about 25 feet to him, pulled him from the water, and performed artificial respiration to revive him. Her actions echoed memories of her own 5-year-old son who drowned here less than four years earlier.
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Warwick
R. I
Arlene Serafine
Warwick Cove
Four Bradenton men freed on bonds after breaking and entering arrests
Four Bradenton men, Raymond Proveaux 21 Ronnie Crosby 22 Robert Harper 21 and James Roberts 27, were arrested last night on breaking and entering charges after allegedly entering an automobile owned by Kenneth Chadwick and taking a suitcase. They are each held on $500 bonds.
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Bradenton
Garrett Kierce
Kenneth Chadwick
Raymond
27Th Street
Buster James Cohen
Leon Ave
Jerro Watkins
G. E. Doughty
Cohen
Tampa
Watkins
Charles Legg
Ed Perpente
Sarasota
Miss Florida Contest to Award 5000 Dollar Prize Pool
More than 5000 dollars in scholarships merchandise prizes and trips will be split among 30 Miss Florida entrants competing for the state title to represent Florida in the Miss America contest in Atlantic City. Miss Florida tops the awards with a 1000 dollar scholarship plus wardrobe a 590 dollar modeling course and a 200 dollar appearance contract.
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Florida
Atlantic City
Miami
Miss Florida
David H. Smith Inc
Coronet School of Modeling
Sarasota
Pepsi-Cola
Sarasota Bank and Trust Co
Florida Pepsi-Cola Bottlers
Mise Florida
Party Tangle Elects Demos To GOP Unit
In San Jose California on June 3 three Democratic central committee members were written in to the Republican county central committee as vacancies. Registrar Eber Tarleton noted members must be registered with their party and said the fix remains unclear.
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Party Tangle
Demos
San Jose
Calif
Democratic Central Committee
Republican County Central Committee
Eber Tarleton
GOP
Tarleton
Fire Damages Luxury Hotel On Longboat Key
A fire at Far Horizons Motel on Longboat Key damaged a luxury apartment after a short circuit in a switch box ignited draperies. Fire Chief Ansel McMichen of the Longboat Key Volunteer Fire Department estimated damages at 450 dollars. A maid discovery led to a 4 15 p.m. call. Two trucks and 15 volunteers responded.
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Far Horizons
Longboat Key
Ansel McMichen
McMichen
Sarasota Superintendent Strode Attends Florida Meeting
Carl C. Strode, chief of Sarasota County schools, travels to Gainesville for a Florida Association of County Superintendents meeting. He chairs the association's transportation committee and will join with state PTA members for the annual school of instruction.
Eagles' Picnic To Honor Dads At Braden River Bank
Sarasota's Eagles Lodge hosts a Fathers Day picnic Sunday starting at 10 a.m. on the Braden River bank. The event offers adult and children games a barbecue beer dinner and prizes for children. Public admission with adults paying and children admitted free. access via Oneco Road off U S 301.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarasota
Eagles Lodge
Braden River
Oneco
U.S. 301
Ayrshire Cow Produces 102403 Pounds Milk in Ten Years
A cow owned by Frank Lindley of Snow Camp 8.C. yielded 102403 pounds of milk over ten years. The National Ayrshire Breeder's Association notes the output would provide a four quart daily supply for a family for 43 years.
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Ayrshire
Frank Lindley
Snow Camp
8.C
Assa
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LaMontagne
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St. Petersburg
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Mound Park Hospital
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Tennessee
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Sarasota, Florida
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Pic'n’pay
Bradenton Beach
Manatee County
Siesta Key
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McCain
G.E. Doughty
Sunnyside Lane
Reding
John Stevenson
Givens St
Sheriff's Department
Carl Kunze
Citrus Highlands
Nokomis
Disabled American Veterans
Charles L. Preece
Frederick Rennie
Azure Tides
Colony Beach Club
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Sandcastle
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