Veterans unite to honor Blackthorn crew with memorial
Area veterans groups join to fund and erect a granite monument for the Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn crew lost in the January 28 1980 collision near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. The eight by five feet memorial will bear the Coast Guard emblem, unit insignia, casualty details, and the inscription Mourn not for him he sails with one more divine. Donations are sought via the Blackthorn Memorial Fund at Rutland Central Bank or to AMC John Chessereau USCG Retired in St. Petersburg Florida. Ceremony planned for January 28 1981 with a possible Coast Guard Day date on August 4.
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U.S. Coast Guard
Blackthorn
Sunshine Skyway Bridge
Coast Guard
Capricorn
St. Petersburg
U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer
Uscgcpoa
John Jones
Florida
Blackthorn Memorial Park
Blackthorn Memorial Fund
Rutland Central Bank
Meadowlawn
62Nd Ave
North
Fla
AMC
John Chessereau
USCG
12Th St. North
Venice Area
U. S. Coast Guard
Tampa Bay
Englewood
North Port
Venice
Russell
First 1981 AAUW meeting centers on water supply in Venice
The Venice branch of the American Association of University Women opens 1981 with Loring Lovell Sarasota County Utilities Director speaking on Water Supply and Development at 1 30 p m January 15 at Venice Nokomis United Methodist Church. The event kicks a month of study groups and programs focusing on fresh water and related issues with details available from Membership Chairman Elwyn Dell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loring Lovell
Sarasota County
Venice
American Association of University Women
Venice-Nokomis United Methodist Church
Palm Ave
Nokomis
Lovell
AAUW
Elwyn Dell
Bridge For Fun
Music Society to Meet January Fifteenth in Venice
The Cecilian Music Society affiliated with national and Florida music clubs will gather January 15 at 10 a.m. in the Venice Nokomis Presbyterian Church dining hall. President Mrs. Al Zielke will lead the business meeting. the program led by Shirley Harrison features Velma Sundberg’s sacred lyrics and music with solos duets and a bass clarinet piece. Lunch plans urged with bring-a-dish plates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Savings and Loan
Jacaranda Plaza
Jenny Selen
Safe Place
Sparcc
Sarasota, Inc
New Continental Cafe
Shamrock Blvd
Ellwood Melson
Park Blvd. South
Florida State Division
Cecilian Music Society
National
Florida Federations of Music Clubs
Venice-Nokomis Presbyterian Church
Rialto
al Zielke
Shirley Harrison
Velma Sundberg
Henry Busche
Helen Kendall
Florence Dulac
Lois Stapel
Dr. Bjelland
Mary Mullen
Isaiah
Engaged couples announce plans amid community features
Sharon Marie Cummings and David Roy Olund plan a June 14 wedding. Cummings studies art and music at North Park College while Olund works as an underwriter for New York Life after Venice High School and North Park College. Portner profiles reveal a health center staffed by 17 volunteer doctors plus a nurse and receptionist aiming for 27 by January 1981, emphasizing dignity and listening as core. A second engagement, Karin Elizabeth Norby and Michael John Mathews, marks another Venice-area union with June plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon Marie Cummings
Troy Cummings
Chicago
David Roy Olund
Roy A. Olund
Bird Bay Circle
North Park College
New York Life Insurance Company
Venice High School
Venice
Portner
Ailing doctor teams with Holy Cross Brother in Sarasota health drive
In 1979 Dr. Irwin J. Portner moved to Sarasota to recover from Legionnaires disease and joined Brother William Geenan to found the Health Friendship Center. They renovated an old car dealership to provide ambulatory medical care for elderly on fixed incomes and without Medicare. The center offers a cancer clinic, an adult day care called The Living Room, home making services, and medical transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin J. Portner
Boston
Sarasota
Florida
Portner
William Geenan
Holy Cross Brother
Geenan
Brother Geenan
Sarasota County Medical Society
Health Friendship Center
Legionnaire of the Year: John Kewer Honored at Venice Post
John H. Kewer named Legionnaire of the Year by Commander Frank Gallo at American Legion Novel Post 159 in Venice. A Korean War veteran and long-time member, Kewer has served in the firing squad color guard and as sergeant at arms, with deep community service and blood donations. The Venice United Way drive in Sarasota County reports 61 percent of its $875,000 goal, with $535,458 raised by week eleven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallaway
Tamiami Veterans of Foreign Wars
John Stewart
Sarasota
American Legion
Barbara Schneider
Frank Gallo
American Legion No Vel
Venice
William Houtzer
Gulf Chapter
Disabled American Veterans
John H. Kewer
Kewer
Legion
American Legion and Auxiliary Blood Bank
Venice Hospital
Post House
8Th District
United Way
Sarasota County
C. Edgar Mikronis
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Blackthorn Memorial
Meet
Reinhold Nordlund
Fairwinds Drive
Ray Smittle
Jeanne Vint
Alden Mar
S. Park Blvd
Frances Edwards
Audubon
Teale
Krutch
Peterson
Darwin
Carson
Clayton Stewart
Cosette Solis
Ethiopia
Educational Foundation
Aaron Gantz
E. Gondola Dr
Jacaranda West
John Taylor
Robert Grogan
Brazil
Pamela Berglund
East Gate Dr
W.J. Owen
Faith Lutheran Church of
Cummings
Olund
Health Friendshi Center
Norby — Mathews
Karin Elizabeth Norby
Richard G. Norby
Michael John Mathews
John F. Mathews
Chagrin Falls
Ohio
Mr. Mathews
Laurel School
St. Olaf College
Orange High School
Miami University of Ohio
Channel 3
Sharon M. Cummings
Karin E. Norby
Irwin Portner
Suzanne
PBS Channel 3
Legionnaire-of-the-Year
Margaret
American Legion Auxiliary
Martha Kewer
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