Extra Crews Ready Medfly Spray Planes To Fly On Schedule
The next aerial spraying for Medfly control in Sarasota County is slated ten days from today, with additional crews split into smaller districts to improve timing and advance notice. Spraying in Sarasota finished yesterday as Englewood area received its second treatment. Five infestations were confirmed in Sarasota and Manatee counties, with finds in peaches and calomondins. The USDA estimates the campaign will cost 6 million dollars through next March 31, with state and federal funds matched 50 50. Assistant Secretary Ervin L. Peterson praised state cooperation in eradicating the fruit fly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarasota County
State Plant Board
W. E. Lowe
Florida
Sarasota
Englewood
Manatee
Lowe
Fruitville
Guy Clark
H. C. Yocke
Fred E. Whidden
K C. Atwood
Manatee Avenue
1St Street
Bradenton
W E. Brown
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Department
Sen
Holland
D-Fla
Fred H. Kent
Ervin L. Peterson
Crackdown on Scofflaws Targets Delinquent Traffic Fines
Police announce a crackdown on scofflaws who ignore traffic tickets with 28 subpoenas issued in three days. Delinquent payments are due at City Hall. letters precede subpoenas by at least ten days. Citizens named in the recent summons include Karl Shrode James Cash Arlene Havener Martin Paver Floyd Tones Howard Sharp and Martha Van Vieck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Police Department
Karl Shrode
Main St
James C. Cash
Arlene Havener
Martin Paver
Mango Dr
Floyd W. Tones
Webber St
Howard B. Sharp
Belvoir Blvd
Martha van Vieck
Westmoreland Dr
Chutist to make lake jump at Sunshine Springs Gardens
Joseph Foster, Sarasota parachutist, is scheduled to jump from a light plane at about 1500 feet into the lake used by the Gardens water ski show. The stunt is set for 2 36 Sunday afternoon with takeoff and landing from a street in the subdivision area near Sunshine Springs and Gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Springs and Gardens
Joseph Foster
Sarasota
Bill Brownell
Foster
Brownell
Gardens
County Map Shows Land Ownership by Parcel Size
J M Smedley of Daytona Beach announces maps of five acre plus parcels for Sarasota Manatee Charlotte and Lee counties. The maps mark ownership, addresses, highways lakes rivers railroads and landmarks with about 20 counties already mapped and six more underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarasota
Manatee
Charlotte and
Lee
J. M. Smedley
Daytona Beach
Smiedley
West Coast Land Activity
Bank Executive Gained Promotion at Sarasof Bank
Earl M. Fairbrother, manager of the new accounts department, was promoted to assistant cashier by Emmet Addy, president. A Michigan resident formerly, he has been with the bank since 1951 and will also handle advertising and continue in charge of new accounts. He has 20 years in business and banking, is married with three sons, and a member of the Congregational Church, the Lions, and the Elks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl M. Fairbrother
Sarasof& Bank and Trust Co
Emmet Addy
Michigan
Fairbrother
Congregational Church
The
Lions and the Elks
Circus Official Injured In Utica Train Mishap
Patrick Brewer, superintendent of feeding for Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus, was struck by a train while loading circus cars in a Utica railroad yard. He was in critical condition. The Big Top was moving to Auburn and Brewer resides in Kansas City, Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarasota
Patrick Brewer
Utica
N. Y
Brewer
Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey’ Circus
Auburn
Kansas ‘City
Lear's Moscow Flight Elevates Aviation Pioneer Lear
Santa Monica profile of William P. Lear, inventor and founder of Lear, Inc., describing his historic private flight to Moscow, vast 60 million dollar business, and reputation as a relentless innovator and salesman. It notes his 1950 Collier Trophy, his automated pilots and radio gear, global reach, and varied interests from oil to poetry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liam P. Lear
Moscow
U.S
Walter
Walmsley
Truman
Lear, Inc
Shera Bedosusren
Switzerland
Moanne Giaued Et Olsen
Hellzapoppin
Lear
King Michael
Romania
Ropean
William Lear Jr
Grand Rapids
Mich
Elyria
Ohio
Traffic arrests and summonses listed for local youths
The report lists Theodore Roosevelt Richards 21 of 2693 21st St Darrell Wenger 18 of 2761 Bahia Vista and Arzie Floyd all summoned to court for traffic violations Patrolman Doughty reported Stella Smith a Newtown Negro was arrested for driving without a license released on 35 bond Alfred T Carlson 17 of Tampa and Grover T Young 29 also arrested for license issues by state troopers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Roosevelt Richards
21St St
John C. Wingate
Darrell Wenger
Bahia Vista
Jack Lever
Arzie Floyd
George Doughty
Stella Smith
Newtown Negro
Warren Fox
Alfred T. Carlson
Tampa
Erby Cheatham
Grover T. Young
Negro
6Th Street
David L. McMahone
Road Radio Net Planned
Tallahassee plans a $215000 two way radio system for North Florida road districts 1 and 2. It will link maintenance, construction units and 14 prison camps with $95000 from federal civil defense. bids for purchase and installation due soon. The system aims to raise efficiency and security, with a broader state expansion hoped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
North Florida
Wilbur E. Jones
State Road Department
Federal Civil Defense Authority
Jones
State Tax Repeal Shaped by Florida Wholesalers
Winter Park Florida wholesalers form the Florida Wholesale Association with an immediate goal to repeal the state inventory tax. The group plans a labor relations study. Dallas Hostetler of the Florida Retailers Assn. becomes a parallel executive secretary. T. J. Kenny of Jacksonville is elected president with W. G. Allen Jr. of Orlando as treasurer and a slate of vice presidents from Tampa Orlando Pensacola Miami Fort Lauderdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Park
Florida Wholesalers Assn
Dallas Hostetler
Florida Retailers Assn
T. J. Kenny
Jacksonville
W.G. Allen Jr
Orlando
D. O. Alexander
Bert Lowe
J. H. Harris
Tampa
H. A. Pattrill
E. W. Rose
Pensacola
A. N. Brady
Miami
William Fry
Fort Lauderdale
Sarasota Architects Earn Time Magazine Honors In Modern Design
Time Magazine highlights Paul Rudolph and Ralph S. Twitchell among 14 architects shaping 20th century style. A Bayou Louise Siesta Key house, designed for Mrs Twitchell’s parents, appears in color alongside notes on Rudolph’s Harvard background and his “structural exhibitionist” Florida homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarasota
Time Magazine
Eero Saarinen
Paul Rudolph
Ralph S. Twitchell
Florida
Telephone Pioneers Name New Life Member Club
The executive committee selected Sara-Mana as the name for the newly formed Life Member Club of Telephone Pioneers at its initial session. Other policy matters and the by-laws framework for the organization were also discussed during the meeting at Sunshine Kitchen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara-Mana
Club of Telephone Pioneers
Sunshine Kitchen
Walden Receivership Fee Totals 7234 In Florida
Irving Walden, U S Commissioner in Sarasota, received 7234 in federal court in Tampa for eight months as receiver of Franklin Manor Apartments in Sarasota. The 92 unit complex built in 1949 was foreclosed by the federal government under FHA terms last year. Walden sought 9955 71, but the court allowed 7234 plus 2455 already paid on a drawing account, covering 10 percent of gross receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Walden
U.S
Sarasota
Tampa
Franklin Manor
Walden
U. S
Richard Kelly
New Franklin Manor Corp
Siesta Key Promotion Group Forms Tourist Association
Acting chairman William W. Naramore Jr leads 68 Siesta Key business members meeting at Whispering Sands Hotel to organize a cooperative to promote the keys as a tourist resort. Fred Gross elected president with Donald Bentley Greta Dunnigan George Connolly officers and directors C T Lind Richard O Neill Ed Straka. $5 annual member assessment set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Naramore Jr
Siesta Key
Whispering Sands Hotel
Fred Gross
Naramore
Donald Bentley
Greta Dunnigan
George Connolly
C. T. Lind
Richard O'Neill
Ed Straka
Siesta
VFW Delegation Heads to Clearwater Encampment
A Sunshine Post 3233 VFW delegation travels to the state encampment in Clearwater this weekend led by Commander K. K. McRogan. Attendees include Ben Rollins Tom Glaze Ed Blas Jack Royal Peter Vera William Patchett and J A Michael with alternates Harold A Casey Guy Harris Jr and George Teeters. A parade tomorrow and a banquet at the Fort Harrison Hotel are highlights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Sunshine Post
VFW
Clearwater
K. K. McRogan
Ben Rollins
Tom Glaze
Ed Blas
Jack Royal
Peter Vera
William Patchett
J. A. Michael
Harold A. Casey
Guy Harris Jr
George Teeters
Fort Harrison Hotel
Baldwin Named To Pageant Post
Mason Baldwin, municipal auditorium manager, is appointed production director of the Miss Florida Pageant at Sunshine Springs and Gardens. He will direct preliminaries and talent competition July 20 21 and stage the finals July 22 at the springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Baldwin
Sunshine Springs and Gardens
School mental health program eyed for Florida public schools
The Florida Council on Mental Health Training and Research seeks a $900,000 state appropriation in the 1957 Legislature to fund a preventive guidance program in elementary and high schools. About 100 trained staff would assist teachers in recognizing emotional problems and aiding first graders and new students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahasseep
Florida Council On Mental Health Training and Research
State Department of Education
R. W. Kleemier
State Board of Health
Council
Dairymen Plan Self Tax to Boost Florida Sales
Florida dairy leaders authorize an advisory board to promote the industry and fund research and education. An assessment of one tenth of a cent per gallon on producers and distributors would raise about 170000 dollars based on 85 million gallons yearly. T G Lee of Orlando was elected president with John Sargeant of Lakeland and Adolph Allison of Orlando as vice presidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearwater
Florida
Florida Dairy Assn
Quide Abbott
Home Economics
University of Florida
T G. Lee
Orlando
W. A. Graham
Hialeah
John Sargeant
Lakeland
Adolph Allison
City Restores Rights To Six Garbagemen
Six city garbage collectors who walked off the job last April were returned to permanent status yesterday. William Montgomery said 23 men walked off seeking higher wages and were stripped of seniority and permanent status, then rehired temporarily. today 19 are on permanent status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Montgomery
Montgomery
Mayo OKs Prison Law Proposal in State Moves
Agriculture Commissioner Nathan Mayo said he would not oppose moving the prison system from his agency to a proposed Department of Corrections. Mayo, in office 32 years, noted 18 divisions under his department and argued supervision should be full time. A Senate prison study committee is visiting facilities to prepare recommendations for the incoming Legislature after a riot at State Prison left one convict dead and 11 wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Nathan Mayo
Miami Herald Today
Department of Corrections
Mayo
Florida
Senate
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Chutist
Santa Monica
Calif
NATO
Richard M. Mock
Russia
Mock
Soviet Union
Tulsa
Okla
Navy
Radio Corp. of America
Road Radio Net Planned
Sarasota High School
Windsor
Pierce T. Seago
Cushman
Seago
Sarasota House
Bayou Louise
Twitchell
Twitchells
United States
Telephone Pioneers Select
Baldwin
Pageant
Victor Johnson
Robert Gates
Education Department
Mayo OK
Exchange Club
MacDill Air Force Base
John J. Hicks
Foster F. Frazier
Joanne Hicks
John F. Hicks
Hicks
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