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Newspaper

Sarasota News

Location

Sarasota, Florida, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1961

Page

6

Summer potluck and Park news at Sarasota Mobile Home Park

The third annual summer potluck drew 65 residents last week with a note of new arrivals Mr and Mrs O G Brown from Street 20. Plans were announced for a June 22 potluck in the auditorium hosted by Florence M Heiney Myrtle Jacobson and Mabel Avery.

Florence M. Heiney O. G., Brown Street 20 Sarasota Myrtle Jacobson Mabel Avery Mabel Kube Street 7 Columbus Detroit Marion Ind Tom Macksey Whitfield Batates Terry Shank Armstrong Circle Theater Macksey Fred Leek The Park Oneco Terry Terry Shane Sarasota High School Players Palm Tree Playhouse Carnegie Tech School of Fine Arts Pittsburg New York City 257

Welcome greetings and community notes at Bahia Vista

Pet'a Vista column welcomes Harry C. and Adelia Steimetz from Chicago to their new mobile home and Elma Payne from Brockton retiring. announces birthdays and anniversaries for June. notes Les Johnston's recovery after an automobile injury. praises a recent pot luck. public letters from readers recount summer plans and Sarasota stay.

Marvin Anderson Harry C Adelia Steimetz Chicago Ill Harry Adelia Elma Payne Brockton, Nl Elma Carbine Orville Neville Arlene Frank Kenney Mich Mary Wayne Holden Bahia Vista Estates Bahia Vista Wayne Les Johnston Sarasota Memorial Hospital Les Gertha Lester Johnston Tom Thoresen Laura Brooklyn Carl Ida Miller Gladys F. Kaduck West Conald Port Clinton Ohio Sarasota West Richfield Edith James W. Marx Sapphire N. C Mars Cliff Demarest Buntline Terrace Stamford New York

Venice Lawyers Named to Florida Bar Committees

Venice lawyers Robert Baynard and A Bradford Smith were named to lead Florida Bar committees. Baynard is reappointed chairman of the legal aid committee, while Smith starts his fifth term as chairman of the committee on American Citizenship, per bar president Charles B. Fulton.

Venice Robert 8. Baynard and A. Bradford Smith Florida Bar Charles B. Fulton West Palm Beach Baynard Legal Aid Committee Smith

Indian Woman Dies at 108 in California

Lydia Sleeper an Omo Indian aged 108 died of natural causes in a Lakeport rest home. Lake County historian Henry Mauldin notes she had many descendants and performed tribal dances four months earlier at her brother Bill Graves 87 funeral who was unofficial chief of the Omos.

Lakeport Calif Lydia Sleeper Henry Mauldin Lake County Lydia Bill Graves Omos

Letter Carriers Plan $4.4 Million Retirement Village

The National Letter Carriers Association announces a $4.4 million retirement village on 300 acres near Lake Wales Florida. The complex will include 500 apartments rented only to retired letter carriers and will sit eight miles east of the city by a lake.

Lake Wales, Fla National Letter Carriers Association Lake Wales

Port Charlotte Republican Club Seeks New Chapters

At a Port Charlotte GOP meeting James Webber invited all unregistered Republicans to the June 21 Community Center session. Directors debated the 80 percent assessment, rejected a proposed 24 mil tax, and backed a 12 mil cap. They discussed recruiting candidates and forming GOP groups in Punta Gorda Englewood and Harbor Heights with contact details provided.

Port Charlotte Republican Club James Webber Punta Gorda Englewood Charlotte Harbor Harbor Heights Weber Terrace David E. McDermott Dover Drive

Florida Presbyterian College launches Ford Foundation program

Florida Presbyterian College will start a nationwide publicity program next week funded by a 25000 Ford Foundation grant to raise awareness of its new educational system. The effort focuses on personal outreach in eastern cities and involves 10 contact representatives and 20 sopomores assisting civic and church groups.

Petersburg Florida Presbyterian College Ford Foundation William H. Kadel Foundation For the Advancement of Education Dr. Kadel Florida Presbyterian Kadel Ford John M. Bevan New York Washington Baltimore Pittsburgh Atlanta Charlotte Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago St. Louis Birmingham New Orleans St. Petersburg Bevan FPC Russell Clarke Inc

May moonshine seizures set high mark in Florida

State Beverage Director Thomas B. Lee Jr. reports May seizures reached a peak, with 61,000 gallons of mash 2,000 gallons of moonshine whiskey 388 vehicles used to haul contraband liquor and 224 arrests. He notes moonshine evades taxes and forecasts state losses above 9 million dollars this fiscal year.

Thomas BB. Lee Jr Beverage Department Lee Florida

Formose Currency Value Declines

The black market value of Formosa currency fell after new 100 local dollar notes circulated. On Sunday the buying rate for the U8 dollar was 41.40 Formosa dollars versus 40.80 before issue. The official rate remains 40 Formosa dollars per U.S. dollar.

Taipei Formosa U.S

Smokers Dilemma: A Pleasure Yet Health Questions Linger

AP story examines the tobacco industry's research push led by TIRC director Dr. Clarence Cook Little. It notes that despite millions spent, clear cause and effect between smoking and disease remains unsettled, while public health groups urge fuller disclosure of uncertainties and the need for education.

John Barbour Associated Press NEW York (Ap Tobacco Industry Research Committee Clarence Cook Little T.I.R.C Universities of Michigan Maine American Association For Cancer Research Roscoe B. Jackson Memorial Laboratory Little American Heart Association Association U.S. Public Health Service

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