From Sunrise To Sunset Mrs. Ransdell Calls Cabs
Mrs. Ransdell works the night shift as a taxi radio operator for Red Top Cab in Sarasota. She coordinates calls from the Service Station office on Main Street to cabs at two stands and manages a ten mile radio radius. The job offers long-haul trips like Miami and features camaraderie with drivers from St. Petersburg. Her life in Sarasota began in 1928 after a circus childhood, now shared with her husband who also works nights.
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Ransdell
Red Top
Mainet
Abs
Red Tom
Main Street
Palm Avenue
Lemon Avenue
Miami
Marie Ransdell
Sarasota
Sarasota Artists Represented in National Watercolor Show
Three Sarasota artists Syd Solomon Hilton Leech and Robert Chase are included in the Annual National Exhibition of the Watercolor Club at the Smithsonian United States National Museum Washington DC Solomon won Harbor Morning. The show runs through June 24 and includes 14 artists from 19 states DC Hawaii and Canada. Other Florida painters Beryl Garrot and Alida foncuee also appear in the Natural History Building gallery.
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Sarasota
Watercolor Club
United States National Museum
Smithsonian Institute
Washington, D.C
Syd Solomon
Hilton Leech
Robert Chase
Solomon
United States
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Canada
Florida
Natural History Building
Beryl Garrot
Alida Foncuee
Taaffee and Ehlers Exhibit At Contemporary Arts Gallery
Contemporary Arts Gallery in Pinellas Park opens a month long show featuring Harold W. Taaffee primitive paintings and Jan Ehlers watercolors with jewelry by Albert Ehlers. Taaffee, 68, portrays boyhood in Albany and Florida life. Ehlers travels from Chicago to Key West showcasing 50 watercolors. Albert Ehlers displays Lombard lamp bases and shades from his Kemperlite Manufacturing Co. plant near Pinellas Airport.
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Harold W. Taaffee
Jan Ehhlers
Albert Ehlers
Contemporary Arts Gallery
60Th St
Pincallas Park
Taafee
Florida
International Business Machine Co
Endicott
N.Y
Jan Ehlers
Chicago
Key West
Thomas Hart Benton
University of Missouri
Kansas City Art Institute
Miami University
Ohio
Elbert Ehlers
Lombard
Kemperlite Manufacturing Co
Pinellas
Purdue University
Liquid Carbonic Corp
City Club Elects Powell President in First Officers Ballot
The City Club elected Benton W. Powell of Palmer First National Bank and Trust Co. as president at its first luncheon meeting at the Plaza. David Lindsay Jr. became vice president, Ben Drymon secretary, and Melvin Potter treasurer. A next meeting is set for the following week with committees to be formed. Powell stressed by laws and active membership are priorities.
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City Club
Benton W. Powell
Palmer First National Bank and Trust Co
David Lindsay Jr
Ben Drymon
Melvin Potter
Palmer
Powell
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Mrs. Ransdell
St. Petersburg
Rae
Main
Sarasotans
Orange Ave
STATE
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Post Office
Taaffee
Albany, “Y
St. John's School
St. Petersburgh Beach
Florida Theater
Sarasota Hotel
S. D. Boylston
Dadger Drugs Inc
Sarasota's
Bill Lyda
Badger Drugs
SAS
Shavex
Bing Crosby
Colgate Dental Cream
Tetley
Berlou
Charbert
ANSE
Special
Wana Wallace
Hopper
Jet
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