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Newspaper
The Gondolier
Location
Venice, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1965
Page
1
Two county industrialists will be honored at an industrial appreciation dinner May 5 sponsored by the Sarasota County Chamber of Commerce’s Business Climate Committee. A $6.50 stag dinner at Landmark Hotel on Lido Key will host all county chamber members with certificates of appreciation offered through Industrial Appreciation Week.
Four South County post offices Venice Nokomis Laurel and Englewood will begin a Wednesday afternoon closing schedule from May 5 to Sept 29. North Port Charlotte stays on year round Wednesday afternoon closings. Mail delivery and box pickups remain unaffected as lobbies stay open.
South County lawns and gardens face alarming dryness amid one of the area's severest droughts. E Raymond Watson of the Venice weather station notes no rainfall in 38 days making April the driest since 1956. Previous Aprils ranged from 0.09 to 13.85 inches, with 1957 the wettest on record.
14 year old Ramona Wilcox, blind in one eye and deaf in one ear, gave a 20 minute piano recital for Venice Kiwanis Club members. Her progress came after four eye operations and a long effort to adapt, spurred by Kiwanis support in 1961 to provide music education and lessons.
Five Venice area business leaders have been nominated for the board of directors of the South Sarasota County Committee of 100. They are George F. Gibbs Jr, Robert J. Hamilton, Frederick H. Hanson, Larry Rhodes and H. N. Bud Wimmers. Ballots sent by mail within 60 days.
County Engineer Tom Slider cut a fuse before a verbal explosion over a six tenths mile dirt road built from Floridaland shell marl. Slider took responsibility saying emergency needs justified use and the road ran from U S 41 to a Floridaland spoil area. Florida land officials disputed the road’s usefulness and the commission canceled Walter Zack’s contract.
James Sumner Maloney celebrated his 101st birthday at his Venice Florida apartment with Lincoln era memories. Relatives included son J. Lou Maloney of Chicago Tribune fame, daughters and grandchildren, as a cake labeled 101 arrived and letters poured in.
Finn W. Caspersen, Venice realtor and Venice Taxpayers League president, is reported doing fine at Venice Hospital after a serious abdominal operation. He has long been known as a watchdog on city and county government fiscal matters.
The Grand Canal scene by Lucien Whiting Powell, painted in 1915, has been donated to the Venice Area Friends of the Library for display in the new library. Rockwood Bullard received the artwork from Mr and Mrs W R Elkinton, with Col E F S Blunden noting its dreamlike light and color. The painting may hang in a prominent reading room.
Sarasota County Commission opened four bids for paving 1,800 feet of Golf Drive south from Venice city limits ranging from 6,711.50 to 9,693.45 and referred them to committee. Two bids were also received for Englewood Recreation Center repairs and alterations.
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