Canestrelli Circus Family Operates Casa Canestrelli
Giovanna and Ottavito Canestrelli, formerly with Ringling and other circuses, run Casa Canestrelli on North Tuttle Ave. in Sarasota. Their walls show life on the road from Venice and Naples to Aleppo, Karachi, Bombay, and Moscow, before settling into the Italian restaurant business with their family.
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Casa Canestrelli
North
Tuttle Ave
Ringling Circus
Giovanna
Ottavito Canestrelli
Italy
Venice
Naples
Canestrellis
Canestrelli
Circus
M&h
Go Ottovuito
Mamma
Circus “Personne
Ottavito
Cliciquette
Jerusalem
Malta
Mediterranean
Port Said
Cairo
Egypt
Palestine
Cyprus
Beruit
Lebanon
Aleppo
Damascus
Clicquette
Bagdad
Ringling
United States
Sarasota
Frederick
Tesca
Chichi
St. Martha's School
Airport Bond Feasibility Sought for Sarasota Bradenton
An airport consultant must verify a proposed $500000 revenue certificate for a new terminal and airtel at Sarasota Bradenton Airport. Albert Roberts of Goodbody and Co. recommended a 20 year issue at 4 percent based on $40000 annual revenues. The Airport Authority will review other fiscal agents before proceeding. The authority also rejected Eastern Airlines service expansion via a West Palm Beach Tampa New York route until Sarasota gains Atlanta and Chicago service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Airtel
Sarasota-Bradenton
Airport Authority
Albert Roberts
St. Petersburg
Goodbody and Co
Roberts
Matt Pilcher
Eastern Airlines
West Palm Beach
Tampa
New York
Pilcher
Sarasota
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Atlanta
Chicago
Driver Faints and Truck Crashes Near Braves Field
BRADENTON A laundry truck driver Franklin H. Hardesty, 40, fainted while driving on 9th Street West. The vehicle jumped the curb, hit a telephone pole, and rammed the fence around Braves Field causing about 25 dollars in truck damage and similar fence damage. He was taken to Memorial Hospital for observation. No charges were filed.
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Bradenton
Braves Field
9Th St
Franklin H. Hardesty
17Th Ave
Memorial Hospital
Trolman
Harry Wilkison
Hardesty
Atlantic Coast Line
Addison C. Lanier
Samoset
Peggy Mung
Jeannette Copeland
Arcadia Road
Clyde Gill
Lanier
5Th St. W
11Th Ave
5Th St
Sarasota
Fruitville Fire Department Announces Community Meeting
The Fruitville Volunteer Fire Department calls a Thursday 8 p.m. meeting at Fruitville School for all area citizens. Discussion will cover financing of a new fire truck and information on fire prevention and control for residents served by the department.
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Fruitville
Two Weekend Thefts Investigated by Police
Local police are investigating two weekend thefts reported yesterday. An electric drill and several small tools valued at $60 were stolen from Memorial Hospital and the Golden Store, a 1st Street second hand shop, where several inexpensive rings and watches were taken.
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Memorial Hospital
Golden Store
1St St
Legion seeks county sale for $75,000 Turtle Ave Coliseum
The County Commission agreed to advertise for sale county land to back the American Legion plan for a $75,000 coliseum on Turtle Ave across from the Lions Den. Legion officials H E Potter Jerry Stinnett and Frank Hart urged the move as a deed includes a reversion clause if zoning fails.
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County Commission
American Legion
Turtle Ave
Lions Club den
Legion
H.E. Potter
Jerry Stinnett
Frank Hart
Lions den
Tuttle
James E. Wood Jr
County
Jaycees
Cattleman’s Association
Stinnett
Speeder Fined 135 Dollar Fine and 43 Days Jail
Almeria Avenue case sentences 43 days in jail and a 135 dollar fine for speeding. Judge John R. Wood recommended license suspension. Nicks attempted escape after being caught for speeding on Ringling Causeway.
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Speeder
Almeria Ave
John R. Wood
Wood
Nicks
Ringling Causeway
Charles Ver
Ellenton Residents File Suit Over U.S. 301 Widening
A Bradenton circuit court suit seeks a temporary restraining order to halt widening of U S 301 through Ellenton and to restore water and sewer lines destroyed by road work. Plaintiff C H Patton, sole surviving trustee, and attorney Jerome Pratt lead against the State Road Department Brenson Construction Co. and Wolf Construction. The filing claims residents paid for the systems via a special levy and urges protection until rights are resolved.
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Bradenton
U.S. 301
Ellenton
C. H. Patton
Jerome Pratt
State Road Department
Brenson Construction C O
The
Wolf Construction
Sarasota High School to Start Summer Classes Monday
Sarasota High announces summer sessions from 8:15 to 11:15 a.m. daily through August 5. Courses include English mathematics world history and special makeup classes for other subjects.
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Sarasota High School
Ug. 5
Mutual Aid System Sought by Sarasota County Fire Units
Sarasota County volunteer fire departments endorse a mutual aid system at a steering committee meeting held at the South Trail Area department. Plans, chaired by Lee Blanchard, include a shortwave radio link between volunteer and paid crews, spurred by recent major fires such as the Fruitville celery warehouse blaze. The group will study formal establishment and seek guidance from the Florida Fireman's Association on identification lights or tags for volunteers.
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Sarasota County
Lee Blanchard
South Trail Department
Whiich
Fruitville
Florida Fireman’s Association
Officials Hear Negro Opinions on Pool Plan
City and county officials will attend a public meeting at Booker High School to hear Sarasota’s Negro residents discuss a proposed public swimming pool instead of a beach. Drawings of the pool will be shown and discussed.
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Booker High School
Sarasota
Manatee Jaycees Invite Legislators Over Bridge Plan
In Bradenton the Manatee Junior Chamber of Commerce voted to invite State Road Board member Al Rogero State Sen Joe Bill Road and Reps William Grimes and J E Pratt to speak on the Manatee River bridge proposal A committee will send invitations as lawmakers may be tied up in Tallahassee The meeting also featured Dave Hamrick quality control director of Fruit Industries Inc as guest speaker
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Bradenton
Chamber of Commerce
State Road Board
al Rogero
Joe Bill Road
William Grimes
J. E. Pratt
Manatee River
Tallahassee
Dave Hamrick
Fruit Industries, Inc
Mosier Named University of Michigan Education Graduate
Marilyn R. Mosier of 128 Gulf Dr. received a bachelor of science in education at the University of Michigan. Commencement exercises were held in Ann Arbor last week.
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Marilyn R. Mosier
Gulf Dr
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Sarasota youths head to Connecticut tobacco fields
Sarasota Bradenton and Venice boys left for Connecticut to work at Camp Homestead Windsor for a summer of picking sucking and caring for Shade Tobacco Growers Association leaves.
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SUE_ HICKS
Sarasota
Bradenton
Venice
Connecticut
Camp Homestead
Windsor
Youth Camp Homestead Reopens For WW II Era Program
Under Sara sota High School supervision and A. Mike Haygood direction, Camp Home stead resumes Youth Farm Pro gram activities for youths. The first load of boys will undertake a special duty of suckering and pruning as part of the maintenance and learning program.
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Sarasota High School
A. Mike Haygood
Camp Homestead
Venice Students Head to Tobacco Camps for Summer Work
Venice youths depart for Camp Homestead and a separate girls camp in Amherst Mass to tend tobacco fields and pack plants. They live in dormitories four per room with meals provided while enjoying downtime in baseball, ping pong and trips to Boston and New York City. The program runs in shifts through July and August, with 140 area students participating and a savings system backed by weekly paychecks after deductions.
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Martha van Vleck
NEWS
Ottavito and
Giovanna Canestrelli
Cate
Karachi
India
Harry Handy
Bombay
Penang
Calcutta
Singapore
Handy Circus
Isacco
Magala
Sumatra
Java
Czechoslovakia
Prof
Kelley
Ceylon
Karlsbad
John Ringling
Pat Waldo
Ringling Bro
Cannestrellis
Earth
Fruitville Fire Department
Lido Shores
Jack Aldous
Ringling Blvd
Edward Aldous
Jon Hamlin
Siesta Key
Edgar Allen Sherrod
Jacksonville
Buford O. Gay
High Point Dr
Richard James Pittman
Robert L. Mix
Louis Daniel Cook
James Faulk
Negro
Halton Quarters
Seamon Arley Trim
Art's Court
Jerald Thomas Herring
Jack Brown
Newtown
Fense
Eugene Lindsey
Beatrice Jeanne Fallon
Westway Dr
James Lawrence Saunders
City Trailer Park
Helen Palmer Andrug
Norsota Way
Sarah Lloyd McDonald
2Nd St
Terrance William McGiffin
Huston Ct
Oliver E. Nelson
Boulevard of Presidents
Rossie Ferguson
John Sydney Wilkinson
Ekilhard N. Kahlenberg
Cleman
Lola Leggett
6Th St
Timothy Joseph Gerry
Stuart
John Wiggins
Estera
Paul Vincent Simmons
Wilson Columbus Hall
Gregg Ct
Robert H. Washington
Manatee
Mosier Graduated
Mary Deal
Haygood
Deal
Lois Bell
SHS
Amherst
Mass
Boston
Babhs Beach
Riverside Amusement Park
New London Submarine Base
Homestead
New York City
Conn
Yankee Territory
Mike Haygood
Charles R. McCurry
Hereford
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