Dutch Girl Seeks US Job Amid Low Sarasota Wages
Margaretha Janssen a 22 year old from Amsterdam arrived in March hoping for a good job as a housekeeper in Sarasota Florida. She speaks five languages and has worked in Amsterdam England and Germany. She laments low wages quotes travel minded ambitions and a wish to stay a year then perhaps return to Holland or settle in the United States.
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Amsterdam
Sarasota
Margaretha Janssen
Margaretha
America
Holland
Florida
England
Germany
States
Bradenton Youth Wrecks Hotrod While Trying to Outrun Police
Richard L. McConnall, 20, was arrested on reckless driving after a borrowed 1955 hotrod with two 4 barrel carburetors ran from Patrolman W S Polukewich. The car spun out and rolled at 27th Street and Orange Avenue. an 18 year old passenger escaped injury. Damages estimated at $750. McConnall released on $200 bond.
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Bradenton
27Th Street
Orange Avenue
Richard L. McConnall
W. S. Polukewich
Polukewich
3Rd Street
Lemon Avenue
Orange
Tth
Lemon
Highway 301
McConnall
Sunshine Post Leads State Awards At VFW Encampment
Sunshin Post 3233 of Sarasota topped the state encampment awards with three national community service honors and a poppy sales prize. Cash awards went to Bill Patchett for membership and to Mrs. Earl Schiarb and Tom Glaze for the best post scrapbook. County Service Officer Jess Wallace and Capt. Earl Schlarb received state recognition, while resolutions on Army Specialist Girard and top Communist releases drew debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seville
Sunshin Post
Sarasota
Local Post
Bill Patchett
Earl Schiarb
Tom Glaze
Jess Wallace
Earl Schlarb
William 8. Girard
VFW
Supreme Court
Convention Resolutions Committee For Action
Fort Lauderdale
Dundee Negro Held In Jail For $320 Theft
A 59 year old man, Melvin Sims of Dundee, is jailed on charges he stole $320 cash from Viola Anderson in Newtown. He is held on a $2,000 bond after a warrant by Justice George Foster. Deputies Mize and Landers arrested him yesterday. Preliminary hearing set for Friday night. Other arrests included William Stellensky on charges of reckless driving while intoxicated and Alberta Carlson on speeding.
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Melvin Sims
Dundee
Fla
Viola Anderson
Newtown
Sims
Justice of the Peace
George
Foster
Russell Mize
Norman Landers
Newtown Project
William E. Stellensky
Palmer Ave
PTA Talk To Be Aired On WSPB Radio Program
Bill Blackburn director of the City Community House and recreation supervisor will guest on the Your PTA radio show on WSPB at 8 p.m. He will be joined by teens from the Youth Center including Gene Thomas Sandra Lamb and The Squires. Mason Baldwin moderates as the PTA County Council promotes aims of parent teacher associations in its second year.
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Bill Blackburn
PTA
WSPB
Blackburn
Gene Thomas
Preacher John and the
Five Saints
Sandra Lamb
Mad Hatters
the Squires
PTA County Council
Mason Baldwin
Danish aerialists Platos fall injures Ringling circus star
Lili Kristensen 28, and her husband, known as the Platos, plummet 30 feet from a high trapeze during a Ringling Bros show in Charlotte. Kristensen suffers a broken pelvis, arm and ankle fractures, ribs and possible internal injuries. husband recalls wet grip caused the fall. The couple, Denmark natives, have performed 10 years with the circus and also work as riders.
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Charlotte
N.C
Ringling Bros
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Charlotte Memorial Hospital
Lili Kristensen
Denmark
Europe
John Ringling North
Ringling
North
Madison Square Garden
New York
NEWSboy Gets Rare Dollar For Paper Bill
Fred Hobbs forgot his glasses and handed a dollar to a News carrier boy who collected a paper bill. His brothers Ronald and Roger Hobbs, former News employees, complained that the collector’s item was missing and left the boy in trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hobbs
Hobbs
Citrus Ave
Ronald
Roger Hobbs
Injured Prisoner to Return After Treatment in Tampa
George M. Hershey, a county prisoner, was in Tampa General Hospital for psychiatric treatment after a head injury suffered during an alleged escape attempt. He is expected back in Sarasota today, with arrangements to return to the county jail. authorities say his condition is good and transport is pending.
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George M. Hershey
Sarasota
Tampa General Hospital
Jack Royal
Sheriff's Office
Hershey
Royal
Arthur Burns
Clarence McLeod
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Tampa Hospital
McLeod
Driver Held After Crash At Rain Slick Intersection
Otis C. Jackson, 53, of Circus City Trailer Park, was arrested for reckless driving after a crash at South Trail and Stickney Point Road. Jackson posted $150 bond and was released. He struck Hans Stanvel, 35, of Bay Island, who had stopped for a red light. Jackson’s car spun and went off the road. Estimated damage $200.
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South Trail
Stickney Point Road
Otis C. Jackson
Circus City Trailer Park
Warren Fox
Jackson
Hans Stanvel
Bay Island
Trooper Fox
Stanvel
Navy reports seven Sarasotans active in service
Great Lakes information highlights seven Sarasotans in naval duty. Cpl. James W. Stallings returns to Camp Lejeune after Mediterranean duty with the 6th Fleet. Pic. Lowell W. Brinton also returns to Lejeune after a similar cruise. Others include Thomas R. Stevens with the 1st Fleet in Pacific training, Robert L. Sand during Fleet Week in San Francisco, Thomas P. Leedy Jr. aboard USS Fremont, Armand D. Arthur under the Golden Gate parade, and David Long visiting the Rose Festival while serving as a pipefitter.
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James W. Stallings
L. P. Stallings
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Mediterranean
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Thomas P. Leedy ,Jr
T. P. Leedy
Tth
Fremont
Middle East
Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco
Armand D. Arthur
Navy
Lawrence C. Arthur
Debbie
David 2. Long
Barricades Cut Rain Damage in Sarasota Downtown
Downtown Sarasota endured a heavy rain with 1.57 inches flooding streets as Firemen placed barricades on Third State Main and Orange to protect shops. Merchants installed door sills. gutters on Second and First failed to hold back water while meteorologist Hollis Bacon noted total rain at 10.1 inches, still short of the all time dune record with seven days left to tally.
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Sarasota
Third
State
Main
Orange Avenue
Arthur Platt
Second
Hollis Bacon
Ramp Helps Lunch Box Stay Dry In Heavy Rain
Sarasota merchant Paul McMullen owner of the Lunch Box at 1524 Third St says a five inch concrete ramp on the front and rear kept his store bone dry while others on Third Avenue flooded. He urges fellow merchants to adopt the plan as a quicker solution than the new sewerage system.
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Sarasota
Paul McMullen
3Rd St
Third St
Third Avenue
McMullen
Manatee Child Falls From Car In Bradenton
Two year old Nadyne Rayfeild daughter of Mrs William Rayfeild was reported in fair condition at Veterans Memorial Hospital. She fell from a moving car driven by her father near Comerford Market on 14th Street West when an older child opened a rear door.
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Bradenton
Nadyne Rayfeild
William Rayfeild
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Comerford Market
14Th Street
Nadyne
Student Composer Debuts Music for Woodwinds Sunday
A Sarasota student of electronic engineering presents Music for Woodwinds with the Florida West Coast Symphony at the Sarasota Civic Center. Roe Goodman of Sarasota, studying at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, wrote the piece and will have it performed by the orchestra the first time. The Vikings chorus, directed by Howard Brumstel, joins with spirituals and ballads, alongside Vivaldi and Dvorak works. The concert begins at 3 p.m.
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Sarasota Civic Center
Florida West Coast Symphony
Roe Goodman
Sarasotan
Lakeland
Florida Southern College
Sarasota
Goodman
The
Vikings
Howard Brumstel
Armory Dedication Slated With Major General Honor Guest
Major General Mark W. Lance will be honor guest at the dedication of a new 123000 armory at the fairgrounds. Ceremonies begin 7:30 pm with prayers by Protestant Catholic and Jewish leaders. The 712th AAA unit moves in from the courthouse basement.
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Mark W. Lance
American Legion Bay Pusat
National Guard
H. Schiarb
LaGasse Bros. Inc
Sarasota
Convention Plans for Regional AIA Conference Discussed
Local architects will study plans for the Southeastern Regional Conference of the American Institute of Architects to be held here next May. About 1000 members from Florida Georgia North and South Carolina are expected. Col. Roland W. Sellen heads planning. The group will also review questions about expediting and improving the proposed 4.4 million school program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conference of American Institute of Architects
Plaza Restaurant
Association
Florida
Georgia
North
South Carolina
Col
Roland W. Sellen
AIA
GOP Delegates Return From Young Republican Convention
The Sarasota delegation to the national convention of the Federation of Young Republican Clubs returned home today. Raymond Malloy chaired the Florida Young Republican Clubs and presided over Southern Conference sessions, with 14 states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico represented.
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Sarasota
The
Federation of Young Republican Clubs
Washington, D.C
Raymond Malloy
Florida
Young Republican Clubs
Mason-Dixon Line
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
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Elvalee Donaldson
California
Bradenton Hotrodder
the News
Sarasota, Florida
Community Service
Sunshine Post
Justice of the Peace Court
Alberta
Carlson
Osprey
Manfred Nitz
Chicago
Circus
Platos
the Platos
Lili
Kristensens
Ringling Cir
Sor, Kim
Steve Dina Gen
Galla Shawn
Newsboy
Great Lakes
Ill
Marine Pic
Lowell W. Brinton
Virginia F. Brinton
Lejeune
Stallings
Brinton
Spain
Italy
Malta
Gibraltar
Lebanon
Thomas R. Stevens
U.S. 1St Fleet
Michael J. Stevens
Robert L. Sand
Manatee
Symphony
Vivaldi
Florida National Guard
Sarasota County Fairgrounds
Fruitville Road
GOP
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