Venice Area News Briefs Share Local Happenings
Venice readers report TV nostalgia from the Greatest Show on Earth and Ed Sullivan to local theatre plans at Venice Little Theatre. Highlights include TOPS start, honor roll students from Out-of-Door School, hymn singing by the Venice Nokomis church, summer event questions, and a photo of Capt. Damon Brown in Vietnam. Notable residents and visitors are noted including Ed Sullivan acts, Sarasota links, and publishing success for Charlie Briggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Sullivan
Adolf Althoff
Sarasota
Wendell Spurge
Addis Spurge
Warren Spurge
Casey Key
Douglas Murphy
Douglas R. Murphy
Nokomis
Alice Farley
Walter Farley
Venice
Venice-Nokomis
Venetians Survive Fire On Cruise Ship
A Venice man Lucian P. Smith and three family members escaped a fire on the Viking Princess in the Caribbean. The family, from Venice, had planned a cruise with friends from the Venice Area Chapter 372 of the American Association of Retired Persons. The article notes Smith’s late father died on the Titanic in 1912 and recalls a prior ship disaster involving the Yarmouth Castle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Caribbean
Lucian P. Smith
Sunset Drive
Mrs. Smith
Cathy
Elizabeth Rebecca
Smith
North Atlantic
America
Africa
West Virginia
Congress
Smiths
Miami
Merrifield
Venice Area
American Assn
San Juan
Puerto Rico
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Yarmouth Castle
Nassau
George C
Betsy
Cuba
Haiti
Robert A. Rule
Venice Area Cooking School and Exposition Set for April
The third annual Venice Area Cooking School and Electric Appliance Exposition will be held at Venice Gardens Recreation Center on April 19 and 20 with two daily sessions at 9 30 a m and 7 30 p m. Free to the public, the event is sponsored by Florida Power and Light Co The Gondolier and Publix Markets. Prizes awarded each session with a grand prize on the final evening. Three home economists Katherine Blackshear Ellen Cantrell and Irene Knauff will demonstrate electric appliances. Local merchants Adams & Houser Hardware All City Appliances De Sears Save more Furniture Taylor Hardware Venice Electric Appliance will display products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice Area
Venice Gardens Recreation Center
Florida Power and Light Co
Gondolier and Publix Markets
Katherine Blackshear
Ellen Cantrell
Power Company
Bradenton-Arcadia
Irene Knauff
Frigidaire
Gondolier
Adams & Houser Hardware Inc
All-City Appliances
de Sears
Savemore Furniture and Appliance
Taylor Hardware and Paint Co
Venice Electric Appliance
Hams Meet Tonight by Tamiami Amateur Radio Club
All amateur radio operators and interested persons are invited to a monthly meeting at 7 30 p m today in the community room of the Sarasota Federal Savings and Loan Association A film will be shown and refreshments served
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Tamiami Amateur Radio Club
Sarasota Federal Savings and Loan Assa
Clown Lou Jacobs Stamp Unveiled at Somers Ceremony
The Somers town hall hosted the first public look at the new circus commemorative stamp set to go on sale May 2. Postmaster General Lawrence F. O Brien and circus figures Coco and Champagne attended, tracing the stamp to Lou Jacobs of Ringling Bros. The stamp design and issuing site sparked a dispute with Delavan, Venice, Sarasota, Baraboo, and Bridgeport, but Somers claimed cradle status.
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Westchester County
N. Y
Somers
Lawrence F. O’brien
Somers Town Hall
Elephant House
O’brien
Delavan
Wis
Venice
Sarasota
Baraboo
Bridgeport
Ringling Show Returns Home Through Channel 8 Telecast
The Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey circus aired a color feature on Channel 8 last Thursday night from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. using Greensboro clips and narrated by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. The program aired as the live New York Madison Square Garden show continued to a near capacity crowd. Venice hosted the circus but was not referenced during the televised hour or the 30 minute repeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Channel 8
Ringling Bros Barnum & Bailey
Greensboro
N. C
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
New York
Madison Square Garden
Garden
Venice
Ringling Estate
South Venice Ferry Project Nears Public Input Deadline
The U S Army Corps of Engineers sets a May 4 protest deadline for a dredging and ferry terminal permit tied to a Laurel Boat Co. ferry planned to link South Venice beaches and the mainland. The $150 000 WCIND settlement funds ferry operation and beach access claims, with viewing of plans at Jacksonville and Clewiston offices. Protests should be mailed to the District Engineer in Jacksonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Venice
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Corps of Engineers
Riverside Ave
Jacksonville
Clewiston
West Coast Inland Navigation District
WCIND
Department of the Army
P. O. Box
Old Venice Replicates Italian Style in Venice Florida
City planner John Nolan shaped Venice with Old World architecture. BLE Realty Co and Southern Engineers followed Nolan, preserving streets and parks while governing building plans. The project created a model city with gulf frontage and vast land holdings extending to the Myakka River. Continuous coverage noted, continued on page 7.
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W. Earl Aumann
Venice
John Nolan
Cambridge
Mass
George E. Youngberg Sr
First National Bank of Venice
Venice-Nokomis
Nolan
Youngberg
Brotherhood
Myakka River
Southern Engineers, Inc
Sarasota
BLE Realty Co
Lady Deputy U S Marshal Retires After 30 Years of Service
Marshal Dillon reports the retirement of Mrs Lyle O Mildred Meadows a veteran deputy who spent three decades with the Justice Department. She and her husband now run a Myakka River motel and trailer park in South County after a long federal career that included varied duties such as babysitting a prisoner’s infant.
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U. S
South County
Myakka River
U. S. Justice Department
Lyle O
Mildred) Meadows
Ers
Meadows
Sun Oil Company
Toledo
Lyle O. Meadows
Ohio
Norman Baker
Justice Department
Career of Toledo Deputy U S Marshal Mrs Meadows Honored
The longtime Toledo deputy marshal Mrs. Meadows, who started in 1936 and helped transport women prisoners, retired after serving 28 years with the U S Marshal Service. She received a diamond pendant and awards from senior officials, including Katzenbach and McShane.
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By Peachie Edge
Venice Little Theatre
Lily
V. Speidel
Sellers Ave
Ridley Park
United Press International
Damon Brown
Englewood
Brown
Bien Hoa
Viet Nam
Chole Donart
Frank Roebuck
Bowling Green
Forrest Smith
Gary A. Bell
Dallas
Tex
Gary
Dallas Institute- Gupton Jones College of Mortuary Science
William Kaley
Bay Crest Drive
Charlie Briggs
Jack Briggs
Charlie
Grover Moore
Venice Gardens
Neil Sheldon
Schenectady, N. Y
J. Leighton
Cornwell
Payne
Lucian Smiths
Mr. and
Cathy Smith
Lou Jacobs
Ringling
Channel
Sarasota County
Laurel Boat Co
Lemon Bay Drive
Venices
Dillon
Baker
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