South Venice Hobbyist Wins Alaskan Medal Rarities
A South Venice collector adds two rare Alaskan centennial medals to his commemorative set. A silver medal limited to 2,500 may fetch high collector value, while a bronze piece sells for five dollars. Medallions honor Alaska purchase from Russia on October 18, 1867 and feature the centennial seal with symbols of Russian rule and American possession.
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South Venice
Alaska
Russia
Harry R. Estle
Anchorage
Charles Bruin
Venice
Sarasota
America
Alaskan
War, Treasury
Navy Departments
Seward
U. S
Estle
Anna
Oneonta
N. Y
R. O. Estle
Venice Eyes Waterway Dedication Fete In 1921
Venice officials and civic groups push for a Venice centered dedication of the Intracoastal Waterway with Sarasota County Chamber of Commerce as host. Talks aim to share events, with Venice offering full involvement and potential transfer of hosting to Venice. A three day festival was planned for February 1921 but projected costs of dinners and a fish fry loom large.
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Venice
Venice-Sarasota
Sarasota County
Smyth D. Brohhard
Brohard
Sarasota
Dick Steiner
Chamber of Commerce
County Chamber
Personal business leads Humphris to resign WCIND post
Thomas H. Humphris of Venice resigns as executive director of the West Coast Inland Navigation District after ten days in the job for personal business reasons. He learned he must spend time in Illinois soon, says he regrets the move but sees no alternative. Humphris was appointed August 8 to replace the late Col. George Kumpe, who died June 25. Dewey Dye Jr. acted as director and is set to resume temporarily after vacation until a new executive director is chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Humphris
Venice
West Coast Inland Navigation District
WCIND
Humphris
Gondolier
Illinois
WCMD
Florida West Coast
Col
George Kumpe
Ellsworth Simmons
Hillsborough County
Sarasota County
Robert Wright
Manasota Key
Dye
Martians Visit Manasota Key in Fictional Plan for Progress
Clarke Wilmot recounts a satirical tale where Martians En Wun and companions arrive by flying saucer to tour a planned development. The narrator explains schemes to depress property values, condemn rights of way, and flood the area with draconian measures to push through a project amid local resistance and rapid growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manasota Key
Gulf
Keys
Manasota Key Bridge
Venice
En Wun
Nature
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Corps
WCMD
Lemon Bay
Venice post office fastest carrier earns Superior Performance Award
Paul E. Nichols, a Venice city and rural carrier, received the Superior Performance Award and $100 for speed and efficiency. He caseload rose 25 percent during Christmas time with 23 letters per minute and top street work. Nichols began in Venice January 4 1964 after work in Cortland New York and vacations here since 1956. He and his wife Frances reside at 825 Riviera Street with children Linda 18 and David 8.
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Paul E. Nichols
Venice
Nichols
Coleman M. Reese
Glenn Stephens
Cortland
N. Y
Frances
Riviera St
Linda
Venice High School
Kansas City
David
Coleman M Reese
Dillon
Divers Recover Light Torn From Pier By vandals
Venice officials reported vandalism to the new municipal fishing pier ending with the loss of an airplane warning light on the T section. Patrolman Kruger and George Kinder discovered the missing fixture before 1 am Thursday. Divers Ace Cheeseman and Gaylord George recovered the light on Thursday morning and city workers replaced it later that day.
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Venice Municipal
William Kruger
George Kinder
Ace Cheeseman
Gaylord George
VACC Breakfast Meet Opens Fall Winter Membership Series
The Venice Area Chamber of Commerce hosts a Wednesday breakfast from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. in the Sarasota Federal Savings and Loan Venice branch community room. Board president Charles R. Miles urges member attendance to get updated on chamber activities. Coffee and doughnuts will be served.
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Venice Area Chamber of Commerce
Charles R. Bob Miles
Vacc Board
Sarasota Federal Savings and Loan
Venice
Carey Backs Miss Charlie Against Parker in Tax Office Fight
Bill Carey Democratic nominee for Sarasota County Commission denounces the commission for denying Miss Charlie Hagerman the courthouse office space she seeks. He attacks incumbent L L Parker for two proposed solutions and says space-use decisions ignore studies, burdening taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Carey
Sarasota County
Lynn Silvertooth
Miss Hagerman
Leslie Miller
Bruce Crissy
Carey
Commission
Kirk Visits South County As Governor Candidate Shapes Outreach
Republican governor candidate Claude Kirk will land at Venice Airport at 7 30 a m and tour the Tamiami Trail in downtown Venice from 9 to 10 a m before a rally at Venice Beach Pavilion. He then speaks at Englewood at 1 p m and North Port Charlotte at 2 p m before departing Venice Airport at 4 p m.
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Claude Kirk
South County
Venice
Venice Beach
Kirk
Englewood
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Steiner
WACC
WCID
Richard Shellhammer
Deerfield Beach
Fla
Shellhammer
Dewey Dye Jr
Bradenton
Clarke Wilmot
Committee On Progress
Mars
Bay
Martian En Wun
Ais
VACC
Charlie
Parker
Venice Hospital
Sorrano
G. Nixon
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