Alhambra to Hold Area Meeting in Port Charlotte
Paul Stover NPC regional director announces the first area meeting of the year for the Order of Alhambra at the Port Charlotte Yacht Club at 7 p.m. Monday January 22 with Edward O Connor presiding and a women s auxiliary called Sultanas planned. The event includes a post meeting meal and a call for members to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Stover
NPC
Order of Alhambra
Port Charlotte Yacht Club
Nobles
Edward O'Connor
Port Charlotte
Sultanas
Order of Police
Myakka-Peace Rivers Lodge 45
Venice City Hall
Venice
Punta Gorda
Charlotte County
Sarasota
Charlotte Counties
1967 Florida forest fires one of the hottest years on record
Florida faced 7 746 separate forest fires burning 176 780 acres in 1967. Unlawful setting of fires accounted for 36.2 percent, with trash burning and careless smoking as major causes. A late spring drought and no burn bans across 51 of 67 counties marked an unusually hazardous year.
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Florida
H. K. Mikel
Florida Forest Service
Mikell
Mikel
Dennis Fleming Named to Dean's List at Manatee JC
Dennis Fleming son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Fleming of 912 Rialto Venice earned Dean's List honors at Manatee Junior College for the first semester. He carried a 3.5 average and is moving from Venice High School Class of 1965 into pre medical studies before attending the University of Florida for the final four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Fleming
Thomas Fleming
Rialto
Venice
Manatee Junior College
Ray Jones
Fleming
Venice High School
Dennis
University of Florida
Battle in forest over moisture nutrients and sunlight
The forest battle centers on weed trees crowding out slash pine and oak scrub. Officials note pre-plant site preparation or chemical aids called Tris help reduce unwanted competition to protect young pine seedlings.
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Tris
Venice East News Delightful Holiday Trips and Local News
A note on last week’s page slip reveals Joe Schuster’s hole-in-one on the 13th hole witnessed by Jack Starkweather. The Verne and Nonabel Corley family vacationed from Deerfield Illinois, and Sally and Russel Moore shared a Canada trip visiting relatives and returning home to Florida. Also, Myra Peyraud was briefly hospitalized, and the Moeler home lights signal their return from a long visit.
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Jack Golly
Venice
Venice Area
Joe Schuster
Jack Starkweather
Joe
Verne
Nonabel Corley
Deerfield
Ill
Chicago
James
Demarest
Hilarie
Jed
Nonabel
Ringling Art Museum
Sally
Russel Moore
Canada
Larvia
London
Lake Erie
Inwood
Ontario
Harley
Russel
Moores
Hamilton
Marie
Niagara Falls
Elsie
Louis Moeler
Venice East Blvd
New Back Nine Opens Touches Oak Grove
Englewood area notes a golf club opening while Oak Grove Park hosts a rummage sale and white elephant sale on Feb 8 with a hobby sale and lunch in the Recreation Hall. Community events include a shuffle tournament, visits from wintering families, and social gatherings with potluck meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Englewood Golf Club
Jim Stephen
Brook-to-Bay Trailer Ranch Opens New Activities
Brook-to-Bay Trailer Ranch hosts a start to a series of shuffle games on its court with events from Jan. 8 to Jan. 12. Mayor Walther Fiesler and officials organize a start-a rummage white elephant and bake sale at the recreation hall on Jan. 25. New trailer residents include Mr and Mrs William Champion of Flint and Mr and Mrs Joseph Whalen of Elmira. Robert S Sanford shows travel films on Jan. 19. Carrol Birch announces a new 12-foot wide trailer. Mobile home owners work on beautification and soil improvements to plots.
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Brook-to-Bay
Gulf to-Bay
Walter Fiesler
Recreation Hall
William Champion
Flint
Mich
Joseph Whalen
Elmira
N.Y
Mrs. Carrol Birch
More Wood, More Dough Florida Timberlands
Florida timberlands now produce less than half the potential output. County foresters with the Florida Forest Service assist tree farmers and landowners to raise forest production and earn greater profits from their forest materials.
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Florida
Florida Forest Service
Sarasota Sheriff Reports 171 December Arrests
Sarasota County Sheriff Ross Boyer’s department logged 171 arrests in December 1967, with 66 traffic cases and 75 warrants, plus 30 in the other category. The month saw 63 accidents causing $34,205 in damage, $4,976 in goods recovered, 10,302 officer hours, 66,343 total vehicle miles, and 4,101 patrol hours. Three fatalities and 21 injuries occurred in traffic crashes.
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Sarasota County
Ross Boyer
Myakka Murmurs and Winter Visitors in Englewood Area
Winter residents and locals are noted around Placida Englewood and Oak Grove Park. Ernest Fischer Mrs. Vincent Petrucci Bob Rost and several couples are spending the season here while the Scott Gatchell family recover in Ohio and hope to return soon.
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Willard R. Powell
Speculator
N.Y
Powells
Ernest Fischer
Vincent Petrucci
Scott Gatchell
Ohio State
Scott
Florida
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North Port News
By AL Hashem
NPC Civic Association
Frank H
Topping
Civic Center
Hal Trimble
Sorrento Shores
American Red Cross
NPC Police, Fire and Coast Guard Auxiliary
North Port
Wilfred Churchill
U.S. Coast Guard
Dean Roeder
Commodore B. Timmermans
Coast Guard
Fred Wilhelm
Coast Guard Auxiliary
Roeder and Timmermans
Clarence Nicholson
Florida City
Manatee
Venice East News
Lillian Zimmey
Ing
Georgia
Eileen
Harveys
Reva
Richard Jr
Betty Jean
Aberdeen
Richey Jones
Harvey's
Sherwood Forest
Myra Peyraud
Oak Grove Trailer Park
Leona Barnes
Mission Valley
Buchan
Englewood
Park
Danny Liddy
Duffy Nathan
John Ernsberger
Charles Conrad
McCaul
Conrad
Snoeberger
Lindsey
Thomas
Andrews
Artus
Alice Shank
Flecher
Glenn Barnes
Anson
Johnson
Alma Wilcox
Cedar
West Cocoanut Streets
Shady Haven
Mrs. Andrews
Mrs. Snabley
Findley, Ohio
Mrs
Herbert Andrews
Leo Seeley
Bangor
Mrs. Hallow
Walter Reed
Sister
Leo Gray
Jackson, Mich
Odi Andrews
Sebring
Harry Payne
Paul Tice
Joy
Tice
Michigan
Fay Jackett
Battle Creek, Mich
John Barnes
Glens Falls
William McMasters
Hastings
Ptanyeo
Robert S. Sanford
Doans
Unit 1
Twru
Eckerd ‘Co
Glade
Jian
Atel ( Alte
Eckerd
Auirit
Sheriff's
Myakka
Byron Carpenter
Placida
John Walters
Pennsylvania
South Englewood
Reta Burton
Robert Randall
George Clapp
Carrie Anson
Robert Williams
Benssingers
Bob Rost
Plamore
Tarpon Point
Bob
Block
America
Miami Ave
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