Bay Pines Veteran Elected Florida DAV Commander
A 44 year old Bay Pines veteran Charles L Stahlberg was elected commander of the Florida DAV at its 30th annual convention in Municipal Auditorium. He succeeds Gerald Garrett of Pensacola and defeated Ross Graham and Tony Benedetto. Officers elected include Robert Kelly Coral Gables senior vice commander and Ruth Kearns Jacksonville senior vice commander. The 1958 convention will be in Tampa Hillsboro Hotel.
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DAV
Municipal Auditorium
Robert Kelly
Coral Gables
Charles Stahlberg
Ray Pines
Robert Gonzales
Pensacola
French Davis
Daytona Beach
Roland Etheridge
Tampa
H. C. McClenney
Panama City
Bay Pines
Charles L. Stahlberg
Florida
Stahlberg
Gerald A. Garrett
Ross Graham
Vero Beach
Tony Benedetto
Hialeah
Florida Dav
Robert Gonzalez
Roland Ethridge
H. C. McClenny
Idele V. Jamison
Ruth Kearns
Jacksonville
Marie Waldman
Eleanor Wilkinson
Doris Graham
Garrett
James A. Haley
Sarasota
Congress
Hillsboro Hotel
West Coast servicemen join Uncle Sam across the globe
A Sarasota Venice Nokomis and nearby area report twelve men serving in the U S Armed Forces. Alumni Alfred Manigo Camp Gordon Leland George and James Hancock receive Army Navy training and discharge news. Lloyd Lilley Wilson Yaw Rogers Drymon Boone Macatee Dominick and others noted with training postings and destinations across Germany Maryland North Carolina Texas Kansas and California.
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Uncle Sam
Augsburg
Germany
Sp. 3
Alfred Manigo
11Th Airborne Division
187Th Infantry
Oscar Manigo
Sarasota
Leland G. George
Ray Harrer
Nokomis
Sarasotan
Jefferson Hollis Lilley
P. H. Lilley
United States Naval Training Center
Baingo Maryland
Norman, Okio
Donald L. Wilson
William J. Wilson
Samar
Wilson
Army
James H. Hancock
Southeastern Signal School
Camp Gordon
Hancock
Lewis F. Hancock
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Camp LeJeune
Dale F. Yaw
Far East
Bennington
Grady E
Macatee
William F. Dominick
William G. Dominick
Naval Air Station
Hutchinson
Kansas
Drivers Escape Hurts Arrests In Two Car Crash
A two car crash at Five Points yesterday at 7:55 a.m. caused no injuries or arrests. Police reported that one driver escaped unharmed and neither driver faced charges at the scene. The incident remains under police review.
Sailor Posts Bond After No License Charge
Jerry G. Shiver a 19 year old Navy sailor was released on a 40 bond after arrest by city police on a charge of driving with no operator license.
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Jerry G. Shiver
Navy
Suitcase Sparks Highway Incident and Assault Charges
A missing suitcase prompts a bus to be forced off a Bradenton Sarasota route. Jerry D. Ryan and Charles M. Ryan, both of Anna Maria Key, are charged with assault and battery after allegedly boarding a Trailways bus, demanding luggage, and assaulting driver Stan Renner of Tampa. Bail posted. case pending in Justice of the Peace George Foster’s court.
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Bradenton
Sarasota
Stan Renner
Tampa
Jerry D. Ryan
Charles M. Ryan
Jerry
Ryans
Anna Maria Key
Whitfield Estates
Ryan
Renner
Trailways
Norman Landers
Justice of the Peace
George Foster
Florida Delegation to National Young Republicans Meet
Florida will send 45 delegates to the Federation of Young Republican Clubs convention in Washington D C. Ray Malloy of Sarasota reports 10 Florida votes on the floor and a floor orange juice dispenser. Congressman Cramer to lead a Capitol tour for the delegation. Naples coverage notes Miss Pat Fisher of St. Petersburg as Florida’s candidate for Miss Young Republican of 1957.
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Florida
Federation of Young Republican Clubs
Washington, D. C
Ray Malloy
Sarasota
Malloy
Florida Federation
William C. Cramer
St. Petersburg
Hall of Fame
Young Republican Federation
Capitol
Dan Gorham
Tallahassee
Tom Larkins
Jacksonville
Robert Schultz
Bradenton
Ike
Hotel Statler
Republican Party
Eisenhower
Pat Fisher
Miss Fisher
Location dispute clouds Sarasota Manatee junior college
Manatee and Sarasota officials struggle to locate a site for a proposed Sarasota Manatee junior college. A 10 member committee has yet to meet or select meeting details. The college was to open in temporary quarters this fall, with sites shifted away from the county line to favor Manatee County.
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Sarasota-Manatee
Manatee
Sarasota
Manatee County
J. Hartley Blackburn
Atlantic City
Sarasota County
Board of Public Instruction
Carl C. Strode
Florida State Community College Council
James A. Howze Jr
Robert Lowrey
H. 8. Moody
Jack Jones
Tom Slaughter
Raymond Turner
Sterling Hall
Roger Murray
Robert Prine
W. E. Page Jr
Local Kiwanians To Attend Meet In Atlantic City
Two Sarasota Kiwanians will travel to Atlantic City New Jersey for the opening of the six day national convention. Pat McClurkin president of the local club is already in the area on business and will attend. John Wood first vice president will leave Sarasota Saturday for the meeting.
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Sarasota
Sarasota Swim Club names Natalie Hobbs head coach
SSC selects former Sarasota High School swimmer Natalie Hobbs as coach. Hobbs joins the FSU Tarpon Club and leads daily workouts for 860 members at Lido Pool from 1:30 to a.m.
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Sarasota
Natalie Hobbs
Miss Hobbs
FSU Tarpon Club
Lido Pool
Antique Hey Hey A Guided Tour Of Sarasota’s Newest Museum
A humorous column by Bob Swift invites readers to visit a home collection in Sarasota as an antidote to high Ringling admission. The narrator showcases 43 matchbook covers, old letters, mementos, a World’s Fair replica, and quirky relics packed in suitcases, boxes, and pockets. Museum hours are 8 30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Tuesdays and Saturdays. Bring your own bottle.
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Sarasota’s
Vermont
Jax
The
American Legion
Father Rescues Daughter After Surf Accident at Longboat Key
Five year old Lee Edwards, vacationing with her Tampa parents, slipped from an inner tube into the Gulf of Mexico near Seabird Apartments. Longboat Key Fire Department volunteers administered oxygen for 15 minutes and Chief Ansel McMichen used the resuscitator to revive her before Sarasota Memorial Hospital released her.
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Longboat Key
Gulf of Mexico
Little Lee Edwards
Richard Edwards
Tampa
Seabird Apartments
Ansel McMichen
Sarasota Me
Civitan Club to Install New Officers at Dinner
The Civitan Club will install new officers at a Thursday 7 p.m. dinner. Wives and guests of members are invited. Rev John W Stump of the Presbyterian Church of the Palms will be guest speaker. District Governor Armand H Bonnette of St Petersburg will preside.
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Civitan Club
Civitans
Civitan
John W. Stump
Presbyterian Church of the Palms
Armand H. Bonnette
St. Petersburg
And
Sarasota Native Wins Explorer's Highest Award
Lyman Whitten Marshall of Sarasota, a 1¢ year old Explorer Post No 2153 member at Mather Air Force Base, received the silver award the highest Explorer Scout honor. He is the first Mather boy to earn the Golden Empire Council recognition.
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Lyman Whitten Marshall
Sarasota
Mather Air Force Base
Marshall
Mather
Golden Empire Council
Boy Scouts of America
Man Accused Of Forgery Faces Counts
John Henry Price Jr., 56, of New Town Negro, in county jail on three more forgery counts. Arrested by Constable Ed Perpente, the checks named to Jack L. Turner Plumbing Co and R. L. Henrick. Price held on $1,000 bond per count. Earlier, four other suspects in the forgery ring were sentenced to prison terms. Police say the ring passed about 1,000 checks to others. Richard O. Hancock, Punta Gorda, charged with reckless driving while drinking. Samuel Jordan, 1630 Midnight Pass Ad, charged with assault and battery. posted $200 bond and was released.
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John Henry Price, Jr
Newtown Negro
Ed Perpente
Jack L. Turner Plumbing Co
R. L. Henrick
Price
Clarence Stokes
John D. Justice
Richard O. Hancock
Punta Gorda
Samuel Jordan
Jordan
Concert Band Opens Summer Series With Historic Pops
The Concert Band performs tonight starting with Fillmore's Men of Ohio March. The program continues with The Glow Worm by Lincke and features trombone pieces, Victor Herbert favorites, If I Had My Druthers, Badinage for Brasses, and ends with Stars and Stripes Forever.
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Fillmore
City Commission weighs 10 acre site for marine lab on City Island
A public hearing will be held tonight as the City Commission considers offering a 10 acre site on City Island for a marine laboratory. The Sarasota Merchants Assn and Chamber of Commerce back the plan while the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has not decided. Pinellas County has offered up to 155 acres on Mullet Key and other locations are under review. Ted Swalm of the Chamber cites a $600000 installation and $350000 to $400000 annual payroll. The session also discusses a water problem on downtown streets and zoning upgrades in several neighborhoods plus paving on Oriole Drive.
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City Island
City Commission
Sarasota
U.s.fish and Wildlife Service
Florida
James A.haley
Pinellas County
Mullet Key
Cocoa
Naples
Venice
Boca Grande
Gasparilla Island
Punta Rassa
Lee County
Ted Swalm
Chamber of Commerce
Orange Avenue
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Kenneth Thompson
Orange
Strawberry Avenues
McClellan Park
Bay Shore Heights
Paradise Shores
Oriole Drive
Sarasota Girls State delegates head to Tallahassee
Two Sarasota High School seniors Lynn Vallentine and Suzy Workizer depart for Tallahassee as delegates to Girls State. Vallentine was last term student council vice president and Workizer was treasurer. Chosen by faculty and student committees for leadership, cooperation, fitness, scholarship, character and honesty. The program runs through June 22.
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Sarasota High School
Lynn Vallentine
Suzy Workizer
Tallahassee
Lynn
Glenn Vallentine
Suzy
D. T. Workizer
The
American Legion Auxiliary
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West Coast
Sow
Florida Promotions
SSC
Bob Swift
Ringling Museum
Miss Gibbon
Korner Kiddy School
Action Comics
General Motors Acceptance Corp
Herb
Freedly
Ritz
Sullen Falls
Mass
Tot
Morial Hospital
Edwards
Bobbye Harris
Memphis
Sarasota-Bradenton
Lido Beach
Mildred Harris
Robert Wheeler
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