Ex-Grappler Remembers Ring Glory and a $80 Coin Tale
The former wrestler Van recalls his career spanning the 1920s to 1930s when he held the championship belt for nearly six years. He laughs about an $80 misread coin cutout then notes his enduring fitness at 70 and his Greek American roots with family ties in Los Angeles and Englewood.
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Van
California
Strangler Lewis
Jim Londos
Greece
New England
Manchester
N. H
YMCA
Los Angeles
Venice Circus Club event features famed show emcee
Rhoads announces Nicholas of Sarasota will emcee the Circus Club affair with The Greatest Show on Earth Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros Cir cus and the New York World's Fair on the bill. Downtown guests include Venice Mayor and Mrs Smyth D Brohard and many circus alumni and relatives.
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Cus
Rhoads
Count Nicholas
Sarasota
Clyde Beatty
Cole Bros Circus
Venice
Smyth D. Brohard
R. C. BonSeigneur
Mae Lyons
Ringling Circus
Col
William Warramore
The
Circus Hall of Fame
Pat Waldo
Bob Dover
Helen Steinwachs
Rudy Bundy
McCormack Steele
H. D. (Tuffy
Merle Evans
Earl Shipley
Show Folks
Lohoussine Boujema
Klaudius Blaszak
Dean McMurrays
Willis Lawson
Center Ring
Englewood Driver Charged After U S 41 Collision
Harry F Bingman 77 of 80 Magnolia Ave En glewood was charged with failure to yield after he allegedly pulled onto U S 41 from San Marco Drive and collided with Karl J Wormuth 18 of South Venice. Damages were about 350 to Bingman and 175 to Wormuth.
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Harry Franklin Bingman
Magnolia Ave
Englewood
U.S. 41
San Marco Drive
Karl Joseph Wormuth
South Venice
William Lilly
Bingman
Wormuth
Sarasota man fined for speeding on U.S. 41 route
Sarasota resident Steven P. Pleskovich was ticketed Thursday by Patrolman Frank Covill for driving 50 mph in a 40 mph zone on U S 41 business route.
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Steven P. Pleskovich
Sarasota
Frank Covill
Jet Near Beer Sparks Shelby County Concern
Memphis AP reports Shelby County official William Morris called Jet Near Beer a near beer that contained .28 to .31 percent alcohol, exceeding nonalcoholic labeling. The product was withdrawn after discovery and a distributor lamented weak sales.
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Memphis
Shelby County
William Morris
Morris
Eva Morison 67 Englewood resident dies in Sarasota
Eva O Morison 67 of 30 Coconut St Englewood died Friday at Sarasota Memorial Hospital Born Gate City Virginia came here six weeks ago from Johnson City Tenn member of Sinking Creek Baptist Church past president of the Grand International Aux to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers San Xavier Division 241 Tucson Survivors include husband Wilbur C Morison son Richard Minnick and three grandchildren Funeral services Monday Rawles Funeral Home chapel Englewood officiants Reverends Robert Soka and W L Mays burial at Monticello Memorial Park John son City Tenn graveside service by American Legion Post 159 Sarasota Memorial Park.
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Eva O. Morison
Englewood
Coconut St
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Gate City
Johnson City
Tenn
Sinking Creek
Richard Minnick
Stockton
Calif
Ellen B. Strong
Montevista Memorial Park
Johnson City, Tenn
Obituary for Jerome Zuercher of Venice and longtime Ohio native
Jerome Zuercher seventy of 1135 Hudson Road South Venice died Wednesday in Venice Hospital. Former Ohio federal housing engineer moved from Columbus to Florida in 1956. Survived by wife Kathryn and siblings Francis Edgar Hilda Anna Stella Clara. services held at Epiphany Church with a Rosary Friday and burial at Gulf Pines Memorial Park.
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Jerome Zuercher
Hudson Road
South Venice
Venice
Federal
Ohio
Columbus
Zuercher
Catholic Church of the Epiphany of Venice
National Association of
Francis W
Edgar J
Ironton
Hilda Eckerle
Youngstown
Anna Masters
Stella Meehan
Clara Burns
Lowellville
Farley Funeral Home
Catholic Church of the Epiphany
Gulf Pines Memorial Park
Venice Rancher Jesse Woodrow Thomas Dies After Illness
Jesse Woodrow Thomas 50, operator of the Thomas Ball Ranch on Venice Farm Road, died in hospital after an extended illness. A Jackson Alabama native, he moved to Venice in 1958 after living in Tampa and Sarasota. He taught upholstery at the Sarasota County Community School for five years and belonged to the First Christian Church of Venice. He is survived by his wife Adaira, a son Edward D, his mother Nettie Thomas of Venice, and grandmother J. T. Singleton Jr. of Jackson, Alabama. Funeral services were led by Reverend Larry L. Chambers Friday.
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Jesse Woodrow Thomas
Thomas Ball
Venice Farm Road
Venice Hospital
Jackson
Ala
Venice
Tampa
Sarasota
Sarasota County
Thomas
First Christian Church of
Adaira Thomas
Edward D
North Port Charlotte Man Arthur Dorsey Dies at 69
Arthur Dorsey 69 of 202 Aero Ave North Port Charlotte died Thursday in Venice Hospital. A former cabinet maker of Freeport Illinois he moved here five years ago. Survived by wife Elma and three sons Howard and Russell Freeport Lawrence East Troy Wis a daughter Priscilla Ludwig Lanark Ill eleven grandchildren one great grandchild. Funeral and burial planned in Freeport with Farley Funeral Home Venice handling arrangements.
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North Port Charlotte
Arthur Dorsey
Aero Ave
Venice
Freeport
Ill
Trinity Evangelical Brethren Church of
Dorsey
Elma Dorsey
Howard A
Russell F
Lawrence E
East Troy
Wis
Priscilla Ludwig
Lanark, Ill
Farley Funeral Home
Perley R. Seeley 74 Dies in Ven ice Hospital
Perley R. Seeley 74 of 232 Wolverine Ave Trailer Acres died Thursday in Ven ice Hospital. A retired farmer from Ohio he spent two winters here. Survived by wife Esther of Bellefontaine Ohio four sons Rev Ronald Seeley of Miami Lloyd James and Wayne of Lake View Ohio a daughter Lois Miller of Urban a Ohio two brothers Stanley Bellefontaine and Lester Cincinnati Ohio two sisters Mrs Herma Quinn Zephyr Colo and Miss Carry Seeley Springfield Ohio 13 grandchildren and one great grandchild were to be in Bellefontaine. Farley Funeral Home handled local arrangements.
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Perley R. Seeley
Wolverine Ave
Trailer Acres
Venice Hospital
Ohio
Esther Seeley
Bellefontaine
Ronald Seeley
Miami
Lloyd
James
Wayne
Lake View
Lois Miller
Urbana
Stanley
Lester
Cincinnati
Herma Quinn
Zephyr, Colo
Carry Seeley
Springfield
Farley Funeral Home
Porter, 72, Former Fisher Body Worker, Dies in Owosso
Orville D Porter 72 a former winter visitor in Venice died Monday in Pleasant View Hospital Owosso Michigan Funeral services were held in Owosso Thursday He was a retired lay out man for the Fisher Body Co in Flint and Lansing Michigan He is survived by his wife Esther Porter of Owosso
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Orville D. Porter
Venice
Pleasant View Hospital
Owosso
Mich
Porter
Fisher Body Co
Flint
Lansing
Esther Porter
Local Birth Announcements for Venice and Englewood
Mr and Mrs Robert R Sanborn Venice announce their son Robert Roger Sanborn II born December 27 at 11 19 AM. Mr and Mrs Richard B Purdy Englewood announce their son Steven Albert Purdy born December 27 at 7 10 PM. Mr and Mrs Lee R Prior Venice announce their son James Hamilton Prior born December 29 at 7 22 PM.
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Purdy
Richard B
Englewood
Steven Albert Purdy
Prior
Lee R
Venice
James Hamilton Prior
Adv. Read by Hundreds of Prospective Customers
An advertising note invites businesses to place ads read by hundreds of potential clients. The message emphasizes broad reach and timely exposure for products and services seeking local attention.
Venice area residents listed by month and date
A long OCR style roster lists names and places including Venice Englewood Nokomis Nokomis North Port Charlotte Sarasota and Auburndale with dates Dec 23 to Dec 28 and many recurring individuals such as Eva Morison Earl Sukeforth Elizabeth Neuhaus and Judy Holmbeck among others. The fragment reads as a sequence of names tied to dates and locales in Florida.
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James Byrom
Venice
Oliver Higginbotham
Elizabeth S. Townsend
Eva Morison
Englewood
Earl Sukeforth
South
Meredith Pettit
Joyce Keaser
Juanita Seall
Fred Bianche
Judy Holmbeck
Glen Buerki
Thelma Doolittle
Vera Aumann
Minfa Marchione
Myrtle Gilley
Nokomis
Dorothy Coates
Emily J. Curry
Priscilla Inskeep
Rebecca Roberts
Joseph Stiene
Sarasota
Charlotte Stakel
Auburndale
Jesse Thomas
Robert Robinson
Laurel
Brenda Sanborn
Wallace Stephenson
Norris Houch
Altoona
Mary Reed
Gladys Orre
Edwin Maloney
Dorothy Crum
Isabel Anderson
Elizabeth Neuhaus
Russel Ridley
Claire Grier
Perley Seeley
Kris Johnson
Donna Purdy
William Thompson
Arthur Dorsey
North Port Charlotte
Carl Hauerbach
Margaret Leiber
Eric Greenfield
Elmer Wolf
John Paulisse
Martin Satava
Jane Wheeler
Lysle Barnette
Indiana
George Peterson
George Stephens
Patricia Prior
Walter Smith
Renick Scott
Expired
Milton O’dell
Harold Vance
William Gree
Martha Antcliff
Marcus Covington
Dorothy Davis
King Dowell
Doris Hawley
Edgar Bixler
Rose Reynolds
Eloise Edsall
Nellie Taylor
Frank Laubach
Irene Slater
Frank Hyder
Margaret Urban
Jo Ann Turnerv
Baby Boy
Herbert Walker
Leona Eppel
Ernest Chandler
Pauline Bennett
Joseph Fox
Peter Sphaellos
Riley Williamson
Mina Kerr
David Wolfe
Osprey
Beulah Walter
Charlotte Stakes
Market Outlook: Mixed Currents Weigh on 1967 Picks
The market shows cross currents from monetary policy to economy and politics. While rates soften slightly, factory orders drop signaling slowdown, yet tax tweaks may be needed for revenue and Viet Nam costs. We expect no major trend in 1967, suggesting selective equity purchases with solid 1967 earnings prospects.
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Federal Reserve Board
Bears
Johnson
Congress
Grand opening condo model in Venice Florida
Lucayan Corp promotes a new condominium model at 700 W Venice Ave Venice Florida with prices from 13995 dollars. The model is open daily from 10 to 5 highlighting low maintenance and taxes and strong construction and location.
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Venice Ave
Venice
Fla
Lucayan Corp
Bus crash near Duncan Chevrolet in South Venice
Nine people aboard the southbound family bus escaped injury after a collision near the Duncan Chevrolet lot in South Venice. Funeral services for Mr. Ryles were held Thursday evening at the Rawles Funeral Home chapel in Venice with Rev. Melvin H. Meyer officiating, followed by a Veterans of Foreign Wars service by Tamiami Memorial Post 8118. The body was cremated.
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Duncan Chevrolet
Venice
Ryles
Rawles
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E'wood
Rawls Funeral Home
Miami Avenue
Venic
W. Dearborn Avenue
Order OF the Golden Rule
Rawles Funeral Home
American Legion Post 159
Sarasota Memorial Park
Jesse W. Thomas
Lue
Mall of Winter Coats Group
A. G. Edwards & Sons
Helen Ruf
Christina Healy
Carlton Coren
Lois Bartlett Tracy
Tracy
Artist Ave. Englewood
Raytheon Marine
Radiotelephone
Raytheon
Marina
Casey Key Marina
John Holmes, Inc
Blackburn Road
Osprey Rd
Casey Key
Carney Groves
Sorrento Shores
Indiana Ave
NAVEL
Orlando Tangelos
Hamlin Juice
Duncan
Hamlin Oranges
Ability Auto Service
Tampa Ave
Willie) Leacher
Willie
Ability
Gulf Garden Center
S&s. Trail
West
Auto Service
General Repairs
Douglas W. Carney
Taylor Hardware & Paint Co
W. Venice Ave
Venetian Beauty Salon
Miami Ave
Venice Travel
Airlines
Hertz Car Rentals
W. V. Ph
Enice Ave
Ave
Estil’s
Byron Dance Studio
Venice Newstand
Pace Jewelry
Rialto Shopping Center
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