Nokomis Neighbors Note Winter Arrivals and Travels
Nokomis residents report visitors and relocations, including Joe Carter returning for a short stay from New Paris Indiana. Several families travel or relocate for winter, such as the McColloughs from Missouri and Enos Drumm of Thomaston Connecticut. Hibiscus expert T E Dragoo displays 21 varieties, while others return from battles with ice storms and long hospital stays.
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Joe Carter
New Paris
Ind
Rotary Turkey Shoot Set by Venice Nokomis Club
The Venice Nokomis Rotary Club will run an old fashioned turkey shoot with Jay Lumley as chairman. Proceeds fund a hospital room, with $1 tickets and a 10 pound turkey given to each round winner. Held behind Cities Service gas station on the Trail from 9 to 5 Saturday and 1 to 5 Sunday.
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Venice-Nokomis Rotary Club
Jay Lumley
Venice Hospital
Cities
Nokomis UVFD Quells Two Brush Fires
Nokomis Union Volunteer Fire Department answered two Monday brush fires across from each other at the intersection of Pocono Trail and Venice By-Way. Fires burned several acres and required 12 volunteers. cause was undetermined.
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Nokomis
Union Volunteer Fire Department of
Pocono Trail
Venice
South 40 Courthouse Annex Bids Exceed Estimate
Sarasota County Commission opened bids for the South County courthouse annex and welcome station. O B Thompson Inc of Sarasota bid $325 240 the apparent low bid. Moore Construction Co of St Petersburg bid $326 453. Architect Ralph Erickson had estimated $275 000 aided by $50 000 Hill Burton funds. The project includes 10662 square feet of enclosed space plus walkways on a 40 acre site near U S 41 Englewood Road. Commission action is expected next Tuesday with debate among board members.
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Sarasota County
O. B. Thompson Inc
Sarasota
Moore Construction Co
St. Petersburg
Moore
Ralph Erickson
South County
Hill-Burton
New South County
U.S. 41
Englewood Road
District 5
Masel C. Huston
Huston
By Way Closing Near Venice for Utility Relocation
City Planning Director Paul A. Youngberg announced a By-Way closure from Venice Avenue to Gulf Coast Boulevard for utility relocation. Limited access will be kept for residents and workers facing the By-Way with Live Oak Street and Grove Street as through routes during construction. Early completion efforts aim to minimize inconvenience.
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Venice By-Way
Venice Avenue
Gulf Coast Boulevard
Paul A. Youngberg
Youngberg
Live Oak Street
Grove Street
Venice GONDOLIER December 17 1964 brief item
Local newspaper item from Venice outlines brief notices and community updates for December 17 1964. Names, events, and notices appear in terse agency style typical of the era.
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the Gondolier
Venice
Fle. Thurs
Sanders Passes Insurance Test Brightens Agency Ambition
Paul E. Sanders of the William P. Toole Insurance Agency passed the state exam for all lines general agent and will establish a local branch. He completed with honors a six week course at the Maryland Casualty Insurance School in Baltimore.
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Paul E. Sanders
William P. Toole Insurance Agency
All Lines General Agent
Toole
Sanders
Maryland Casualty Insurance School
Baltimore
Last Stadium Bonds Retired At VHS Bond Redemption
Venice High School bonds tied to the athletic field were fully retired as the Sarasota County Board of Public Instruction paid the final installment. About $13,120 in checks were mailed. nearly $10,000 stays in the Venice area, with $3,000 distributed to residents in several states.
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Venice High School
Sarasota County Board of Public Instruction
VHS
Venice Area Activities
VAA
Ken Breeding
Alvin P. Jones
C. A
Chuck) Reiter
Jones
Venice
Reiter
Bankers hear FBI agent on deflation at Venice dinner
Robert Peterson of the Tampa FBI told area bankers at Fisherman's Wharf in Venice about deflations. The talk was part of a meeting of the West Central Florida chapter of the National Association for Bank Audit, Control and Operation, arranged by Philip D. Payne, VP of the Venice Nokomis Bank.
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Robert Peterson
Tampa
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fisherman's Wharf
West Central
Flor
Ida
National Association For Bank Audit, Control and Operation
Philip D. Payne
Venice-Nokomis Bank
Postman Note On London Letter Reaches Miami
The envelope carried a playful line from London reading Postman postman, dont be slow, be like the Beatles, go, man, go while awaiting arrival in Miami. The amusing line echoes Beatlemania era whimsy in transit.
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Miami
London
Backbone of the world mountains honored by Plains Indians
Plains Indians named the snow topped ranges of northwest Montana the backbone of the world, reflecting its sacred significance and high peaks. The phrase captures long standing reverence for the region's mountains as central to their cosmology and homeland.
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Northwest
Montana
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Mary Alice Murray
Ray Rider
Battle Creek, Mich
Alfred Twining
Irwin Conklin
Mrs
Richard Conklin
Key West
Melvin Thomas
Bangor
Mich
River Boulevard
William Thomas
John Chapman
Ellis McConnachie
San Diego
Calif
Texas
Houston
Roland Moodys
Mindham
Maine
William Mountons
Palm Beach
Othe Enos Drumms
Thomaston
Conn
Coquina Court
Ames
McCollough
Missouri
Harry
Irene Webber
Albert Bahrets
Upper
New York State
T. E. Dragoo
John J. Glynn
Venice Gardens
Knues Pere i
Rotary
Turkey
Woolworths
South
Canaries
DE Sear’ Sen
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
Capitols
Venice Shopping Center
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