City Plans Four Sidewalk Projects Near Three Schools
City surveys by William Eastwood of the Engineering Department propose more than a mile of new sidewalks near Alta Vista Bay Haven and South Side elementary schools. Four routes would serve high-traffic areas, totaling about 5 370 feet at an estimated cost of 12 000 dollars shared by property owners and the city. City hearings by the City Commission are expected soon.
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William Eastwood
City Engineering Department
Alta Vista
Bay Haven
South Side
City Commission
Shade Avenue
Tami-Sola
Waldemere Street
Euclid Avenue
Bahigs Vista
Tami-Sola Street
Webber Street
South Trail
Central Park Court
Grove Street
Myrtle Street
Carolina Avenue
Bradenton Road
Max Sturm
Sarasota Guardsman to represent Florida at Camp Perry matches
Sgt. J C Van Doninck of Headquarters Battery 712th AAA Battalion Florida National Guard in Sarasota will represent Florida at the national rifle matches at Camp Perry Ohio from August 23 to September 9. He led at Camp Blanding with 1066 of 1200 and was fifth on last year’s Guard team. Brig Gen Robert G White will lead the Florida contingent.
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Sarasota
National Guard
Camp Perry
Camp Blanding
Robert G. White
Florida National Guard
Publix Manager Heads to Chicago for Executive Training
Hubert Collins manager of Publix Super Markets in Ringling Shopping Plaza will attend a five seminar week in Chicago under the Supermarket Institute. He has led the Sarasota store for eight years after moving from Bartow to open the Ringling Shopping Center location.
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Hubert Collins
Publix Super Markets Inc
Ringling
Chicago
Supermarket Institute
Collins
Sarasota
Bartow
Architects To Draft Final Exhibit Plans
Final plans for an architectural exhibition are expected after the Sarasota Association of Architects meets at 6 30 p m Tuesday at Carrs Sherwood Inn. The July exhibition at the Sarasota Federal Savings and Loan Association will feature proposed and completed projects by Sarasota architects.
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Sarasota Assn. of Architects
Carr's Sherwood Inn
Sarasota Federal Savings and Loan Assn
Sarasota Archi
Maintenance Move Ends Pinecraft Playground Hope
The Piecraft School site became a maintenance yard after two barracks buildings were relocated from Booker Elementary and Sarasota Vocational School. Rezoning approval by the zoning commission and county commissioners allowed shops at Pinecraft, despite resident opposition. The Shade Avenue shop will move next week, freeing space for the central purchasing department, and Pinecraft School will close with students sent to Brentwood Elementary by bus.
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Piecraft School
Pinecraft
Booker Elementary School
Sarasota Vocational School
Zoning Commission
Board of County Commissioners
Shade Avenue
Central School
Brentwood
State Registers Show Among Architects
A Sarasotan was among those granted registration by the Florida State Board of Architecture this week. Robert L. Shaw of 628 Calle de Peru was registered as an architectural draftsman with Sellen Gramli and Smith. Shaw, a Sarasota resident since 194?, graduated from Sarasota High School in 1948 and trained at Georgia Institute of Technology.
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Florida State Board of Architecture
Robert L. Shaw
Calle de Peru
Sellen, Gramli and Smith
Sarasota
Shaw
Sarasota High School
Georgia Institute of Technolo
Police Report Details Multiple Arrests and Incidents
A county jail report lists charges including carrying a concealed weapon for Charles Taylor a 20 year old Newtown resident. Salvatore Dorio 62 of Tampa is free on bond for improper passing. Bennie Smith 24 of Sanford is held on a bench warrant for contributing to the pendency of a minor. Robert Congdon 41 and Oliver Grimm 40 both face two counts of worthless checks. Multiple other locals are noted for driving offenses and a palm tree crash with minor injuries. No charges were filed in the Bay shore Road crash.
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Newtown
Charles Taylor
Wade Coker
John Cafaro
Salvatore Dorio
Tampa
Warren Fox
Bennie Smith
Sanford
Smith
Ed Perpente
Sarasota
Robert F. Congdon
Southland Dr
Oliver A. Grimm
Gleason Ave
Jack Royal
Siesta Key
Ocean Boulevard
Cummings Street
Leon A. Arthur
William Shepherd
Bonnie T. Anderson
Palmetto
Cochran Concrete Co
Meanderer Riffs About Short Shorts and Perry Mason Sitcom
Sarasota columnist laments television portrayal of prosecutors as bungling, cites National Association of Prosecuting Attorneys request for smarter scripts. Includes other Sarasota vignettes on dragons, dogs at the beach, and a stolen mat mystery solved by Lions Club members.
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Perry Mason
William Stockham
National Association of Prosecuting Attorneys
Sarasota
Perry
Church Names William Kadel President of Florida Presbyterian College
Florida Presbyterian College trustees named Dr William Howard Kadel president. He is pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Orlando and will help form a site committee for a proposed four year liberal arts college in central Florida aimed to open in 1961, the churchs centennial in the U S Southern. Kadel, 44, has led Orlando church since 1953 and previously served at Palma Ceia Presbyterian in Tampa from 1945 to 1953.
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Tampa
Florida Presbyterian College
William Howard Kadel
Kadel
First Presbyterian Church of
Orlando
Florida
Presbyterian Church
U. S. Southern
Gettysburg
Palma Ceia Presbyterian Church
Four-Laning Plans For US 41 Hit Funding Hurdles
Funds for the Sarasota Venice four-lane project are in the 1958 59 budget but await financing right of way land donations may reduce costs and speed work. State Road Department and county officials cite lack of county commission recommendations on two bond plan options as delaying the start.
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Forrest Clark
Sarasota
Venice
State Road Department
Sueewml Zerazy Vvr
State Road Board
al Rogero
Sarasota County Commission
Rogero
Sarasota County
SRD
Manatee
Bayfront Drive
U.S. 41
Charlotte County
Englewood
Englewood Highway
Loophole Lets Vendors Sell While Appeals Pending
County Building Director Kenneth Brumbaugh says a zoning loophole allows roadside fruit and vegetable vendors to operate while their appeals are pending. Three Nokomis area vendors charged with highway sales appeared before the Zoning Board of Appeals on July 7. their attorney Dick Lee is examining defenses.
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Kenneth Brumbaugh
Nokomis
Zoning Board of Appeals
Dick Lee
Wackerle Moved To Miami Sales Post In FP&L
Charles L. Wackerle, longtime Sarasota FP&L manager, becomes assistant to the vice president in charge of sales at Miami. In Sarasota 21 years, he led local civic work and will be replaced from FP&L personnel. the move aims to boost sales promotion activities.
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Fp&l
Wackerle
Miami
Charles L. Wackerle
Sarasota
Florida Power and Light Co
West Coast
James G.spen
Charlie
Wackerie
Rotary Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Salvation Army
Sarasota Bay
Granite City
Florida
Melbourne
St. Louis
Sarasotan
Webber St
Post Office Pay Checks Rise in Sarasota Today
The first evidence of a Congress granted general pay increase appears in Sarasota Post Office paychecks. Retroactive pay from the bill arrives later, and rate changes take effect August 1. About 145 workers share roughly 53 700 dollars, with a 7 percent base increase plus cost of living adjustments.
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Sarasota
Gordon Higel
Post Office
Canal Clause Passes House in Public Works Bill
The House approved a canal clause in the public works bill, authorizing a $135,000 planning allocation for the West Coast Inland Waterway. The bill moves to the Senate for action in coming weeks. Rep. James A. Haley notes funds cover planning only and no construction. Planning includes preliminary studies engineering work and right-of-way determinations.
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House of Representatives
Senate
James A. Haley
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