New Year Musings on Fashion and Local Happenings
The piece mixes New Year resolutions and fashion notes with civic updates from Venice and nearby towns. It highlights Best Dressed musings, questions about a Venice Hall of Fame, accolades for retiring Venice City Councilman David Hamilton, and hints of a Florida capitol trip for the inaugural. Dr Lillian Franklin and her husband visit Manasota Key.
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Hall of Fashion
Venice
Manasota Key
Lillian Franklin
Rutgers University
New Jersey
A. R. Miller
G. F. Franklin
Area Development Big News In 1966 In South Sarasota County
The 1966 boom centered on the Intracoastal Waterway completion creating a Venice island and several bridges with dredging work finishing Dec 9. Projects include a $2.5 million Amalgamated Transit Union retirement village, a $1 million Holiday Inn complex, and a Venice Hospital expansion. Venice led permits with $3 million, while a hurricane Alma caused minor damage and a Kash n Karry fire marked major local incidents.
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Gordon Nixon
Sarasota County
Lemon Bay
Roberts Bay
Amalgamated Transit Union
Vence Byway
U.S. 41
National Organi
Nicipal
Venice
Venice Hospital
Tarpon Center
Palermo Place
Eckerd Drug Co
Ricalto
Venice Gardens
Osprey
Englewood
South County
State Supreme Court
William Stuart
Freeholders
Ringling Rehearsals At Venice Arena Ahead of 1967 Tour
Venice area crowds gather for Ringling Bros Barnum & Bailey Circus arena rehearsals as the Greatest Show on Earth prepares for a 1967 season on the road. Performers and ringstock are in top condition. new costumes and props are tested while tickets for the world premiere are selling fast. The arena runs Tuesday and Wednesday January 10 and 11 with no rehearsal on New Year’s Day.
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Venice Area
Ringling Circus Arena
Arena Tuesand
Ringling Bros Barnum & Bailey
Venice
Victor
Armando
Tito
Chela
Ricardo
Spadaro Drive
G. Nixon
Gondolier Weekend Early Delivery Push
The Gondolier notes the Monday issue will be mailed Saturday due to New Year’s holiday so readers can learn weekend events.
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the Gondolier
Ex Grappler Turns to Coin Jewelry Craft in Leisure
Former middleweight world champion Van Balum of Englewood spends spare time crafting jewelry from cut coins using a fine jeweler's saw. He learned the craft from a carnival concessionaire and, with Dolphus Petell and Ann Balum, runs the french fry stand on the carnival circuit. Van, one of only a handful in the United States practicing this art, works daily on pennies, quarters, half dollars, and silver dollars, pursuing near perfection as he learns the intricate techniques.
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Jay Greulich
Englewood
Vangel Balum
Van
Deer Creek
James E. Strates
Dolphus Petell
Ann
U. S
van Balum
Greulich
Nokomis Marine Receives Vietnam Cross of Gallantry
Lance Corporal Bruce Boatright, of Nokomis, twice wounded in Vietnam, earned the South Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry for Operation Hastings and Operation Prairie. The corporal, son of Mrs. Donald Magee of Albee Road, was wounded July 24 and Aug. 23, and spoke to his mother from Okinawa on Christmas Eve during a surprise call arranged by Florida Power and Light and radio station WLCY. He expects to finish overseas duty in June and return to the U.S.
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South County
Alma
Venice
Smyth D. Brochard
Leroy Edward
Robin Hood) Karczewski
Sign Company
Gulf Theater
Richard Cote
Viet Nam
George Costello
Morris Kraft
David K. Deen
Frank M
Skip) Murphy
Nokomis
Bruce Boatright
South Venice
Gulf
West Coast Inland Navigation District
Donald Magee
Albee Road
Hastings
South County Marine
Okinawa
United States
Magee
Boatright
Prairie
Corporal Boatright
Reserved Tag Sale Scheduled in Sarasota County
South Countians and Sarasota County motorists may reserve auto license tag numbers for 1967 with a $1 reservation fee. Reservations run Jan 3–13 for preferred numbers and 1966 numbers, then Jan 16–27 for available ranges up to set limits. Plates mailed April 1 after payment of tag fee, reservation fee, and mailing charge.
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Sarasota County
Charlie Hagerman
Miss Hagerman
Circus VIPs to Help Install Venice Club Officers
The International Circus Club of Venice will hold its second annual installation at Center Ring Restaurant next Wednesday at 8 pm. Municipal Judge John J Blair will install officers including John Trimmer as president and Irene Simpson as vice president along with other board members. The event features performances from Youth Clown Circus, South Venice Sandpipers barbershop quartet, Raymond Scott family group and Eldredge magic acts.
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International Circus Club of Venice
Center Ring
John J. Blair
John Trimmer
Irene Simpson
Betty Winsett
Harry D. Rhoads
Wayne Forman
John F. Correll
Bob Eldredge
William Kruger
Jarvis Adams
Rhoads
Youth Clown Circus
South Venice Sandpipers
Raymond Scott Family Entertainment Group
Eldredge
Richard Barstow
Crash Victim in Serious Condition After Venice Collision
Mrs. Isabelle Anderson 72 of Sarasota remained in serious condition at Venice Hospital after an automobile bus crash that killed her son in law Randall P. Ryles. Ryles 528 Riviera Venice died on arrival. he was survived by his wife Helen Royles. State Patrol said Ryles rode onto US 41 in the path of the bus.
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Isabelle Anderson
Venice
Randall P. Ryles
Anderson
Sarasota
Ryles
Riviera St
Helen E. Royles
U. S. 41
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