Court orders new constable race in District 2
Circuit Judge Robert E. Hensley voided the November 3 constable results in six South County precincts after a suit by Democrat Paul Taylor. A special election will be set by the Sarasota County Commission. Caiger led by 14 votes after absentee ballots, and the front page error omitted Taylor’s name in Precinct 9.
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Paul Taylor
Walter Caiger
Robert E. Hensley
Sarasota
Hensley
South County
Taylor
Englewood
Caiger
GOP
Sarasota County
A. Bradford Smith
Constable
Circus City Club eyed by Venice residents
George R. Hall of 104 Rutland Rd Venice notes plans to form a Circus City Club linking Ringling Bros Barnum & Bailey Winter Quarters with Venice residents. He shared a letter from John Ringling North praising ongoing improvements and interest in closer ties with the circus and city. Local events include the Venice police and fire station holiday decor and the Charlotte Highlander Pipe and Drum Corps dining at Fishermans Wharf after the Port Charlotte Parade. Mrs Frank N Roebuck reports the paper was the first American publication to reach her daughter in San Salvador El Salvador.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringling Bros Barnum & Bailey
George R. Hall
Rutland Rd
Venice
John Ringling North
North
Charlotte Highlander Pipe
Fishermans’ Wharf
Port Charlotte
San Salvador
el Salvador
Frank N. Roebuck
L. A. Baraona
Santa holiday safety advisory for young riders
Auto drivers are cautioned to watch for children during the Christmas holidays as schools break and reopen. Police Chief John Shockey urged motorists to lookout for kids trying new bikes skates scooters and skateboards. South County public schools close Tuesday and reopen Monday Jan 4 with Epiphany Catholic School also closing Friday and reopening Tuesday Jan 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Shockey
South County Public
Epiphany Catholic
Bilking Effort Thwarted by Venice Police
Police report an attempted fraud against Mrs. Abbie Higel by Andrew W. Normile 22 of Orlando charged with seeking 542.95 for fake electrical work at 820 Madrid Ave. A second man, William Corrigan 52 of Orlando, was to be brought to Venice to face the same charges. Bank teller Frank Siroky aided the alert by flagging the suspected attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Shockey
Venice
Shockey
Andrew W. Normile
Orlando
Abbie Higel
Normile
Justice of the Peace
E. S. Raymond
Florida
Higel
Madrid Ave
City
Jack Knuckles
William Corrigan
Frank Siroky
Venice-Nokomis Bank
Siroky
South County Courthouse Bids Lead County Commission Meeting
South County bids on the courthouse facilities, the lowest bid exceeding architects estimates by 50000 dollars, top the county commission agenda for tomorrow. Mosel Huston expects definite action. Commissioner Fred Haigh plans to move to accept the bid of 325240 dollars from O B Thompson Inc, comparing these costs to the agricultural auditorium on Fruitville.
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South County
Mosel Huston
Fred Haigh
Sarasota
O. B. Thompson Inc
Haigh
Fruitville
County Commission
Thompson
Leslie C. Miller
33rd Season Cadet Corps Returns to Kentucky Military Institute
Kentucky Military Institute prepares winter quarters in Venice for the 33rd year with Col. Charles B. Richmond announcing a January 5 arrival of about 310 cadets and 60 staff. They stay until early April and participate in local events and dress parades on Tampa Street.
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Kentucky Military Institute
Venice
Charles B. Richmond
Seaboard Airlines
Lyndon
Tampa Street
Col. Richmond
Florida land Floridaland opens festive landscaping project
Mrs. Curtis Bass, mother of five, leads a big landscaping effort for Floridaland in South Sarasota County. The multi million dollar tourist complex features a porpoise pool, deer park, Indian village, sea lion pool, paddle wheel river boat and two miniature tour trains amid extensive gardens. The Bass family also runs Tropical Gardens in Sarasota and will operate a nursery at Floridaland’s entrance.
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Curtis
Barbara) Bass
Sarasota County
Floridaland
Bass
Bill Rudd
St. Petersburg
South
Rudd
Feds
State Beverage Commission
Green
Florida Jungle
Sarasota
Basses
Venice Opens First Eye Bank Lab With Trained Floridian
John Farley of Farley Funeral Home becomes the first Florida mortician trained for sterile eye bank procedures. Dr. Douglas Williamson leads the Venice Branch Eye Bank with consent from the Eye Bank Association of America. Lions Club supplied instruments as Venice boosts donor eye efforts for cornea transplants.
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John Farley
Farley Funeral Home
Florida
Farley
Douglas Williamson
Venice
Eye Bank
Williamson
Eye Bank Association of America
Venice Area
Noon Lions Club
United States
Rasslin Big At UF In 30s Highlights 1930 Sports
Venice Kiwanis Club hears a color film recounting Florida Gainesville sports in 1930. Boxing funded a student editor’s finances, and wrestling and football dominated campus life. The talk notes UF growth, journalism ranking, foreign service grads, and a million-volume library. Trees are selling fast at three Venice locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Florida
Gainesville
U. of F
Florida
Kiwanis
Venice Memorial Park
Venice Shopping Center
Walker’s Hardware
Tamiami Trail
More Venice Smokers Kick Bad Habit
Venice received 10498 this week as its share of the tax on cigarettes sold in the city during October. Cigarette tax money returned to the city from sales last October was 433 higher, indicating a decline in smoking this year. Over the past 15 years, the city's cigarette tax rebate has increased 18 times. During the same period, Sarasota has shown an increase of only five times. It should be noted that Venice has become the hub of a rapidly expanding South County area with subdivisions like Venice Gardens South Venice Venice East Gulf Shores Gulf Manor Golden Beach Bayshore Estates and others whose residents shop in Venice.
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Venice
Sarasota
Venice Gardens
South Venice
Venice East
Gulf Shores
Gulf Manor
Golden Beach
Bayshore Estates
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Venice Avenue
South 40
EMI Cadet Corps
Smyth D. Brohard
Miller
Girl Scouts Aid Santa
Loveland School
John C. Pontius
Elsa Bromley
Margi Crawford
Pam Trimmer
Sean Edwards
Melissa Edmondson
Patty Edmondson
Helly Smetts
Pam Smith
Sabra Mallett
Candace Britton
Deborah Cashatt
Bobbie Adrain
Mary Butler
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Thomas Edmondson
Spencer Keeter
Eye
Rasslin
Florida Review
U of F Alumni Association
Miracle On 13Th
Hearst Publications
Foreign Service
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