Study Group Hearing Set For Tomorrow
A final hearing is scheduled tomorrow before Circuit Court Judge John D. Justice to decide the fate of the Local Government Study Commission. County Judge John Graham seeks to stop the commission, arguing the act creating it is unconstitutional and asking to halt county funds usage and recover already spent money. The interim report urged abolition of several constitutional offices and creation of a county traffic court. officials await the judge’s ruling and the hearing’s outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Graham
Sarasota County Commission
Graham
Justice
Charles Cheves
Study Commission
Justice of the Peace
South County
E. S
Bill
Raymond
Sanders Elected Head Of Venice Insurance Group
The Venice Area Assn of Insurance Agents elected Paul Sanders to lead the 1966 67 slate with Drake Young as vice president and Elene Moody as secretary. New committee chairs include William P Toole public relations William Estes accident prevention Earl Edge fire prevention H N Wimmers advertising and Jay Lumley membership. The group participated last year in the statewide Driver Safety campaign sponsoring a high school safety poster contest.
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Venice Area
Ground Rules For Toddlers Auto Safety
Florida Highway Patrol chief Col H N Kirkman issued safety rules for children in cars. He reported 68 children were killed last year on Florida highways and urged harnessing toddlers to reduce driver distraction and injuries. He advised rear seating, buckled belts, keeping hands off controls, minimal loose objects, and pulling over to discipline.
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Col
H. N. Kirkman
Florida Highway Patrol
State Department of Public Safety
Col. Kirkman
Florida
FHP
Kirk to Open Sarasota Campaign Headquarters
Claude Kirk, Republican candidate for Florida governor, will open his Sarasota headquarters at 2082 Main St tomorrow. He names Mrs. John H. Walker and Mrs. John K. Wood as campaign chairmen. will spend July in northern Florida except two days in Sarasota and Manatee counties. This marks his first Sarasota County appearance since May nomination.
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Claude Kirk
Florida
Sarasota
Main St
Kirk
John H. Walker
John K. Wood
GOP
Manatee
Venice Women’s Club Bridge Hostesses Named
Bridge hostesses for the Venice No komis Women’s Club game at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the clubhouse will be Mrs G H Bechill Mrs Fred Bridges and Mrs William McKnight. Members and guests are invited.
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Venice Nokomis Women’s Club
Bridge Club
G. H. Bechill
Fred Bridges
William McKnight
Obituary of Earl W Carr Englewood
Earl Wat son Carr 71 of 75 Virginia Court Englewood died Tuesday in Venice Hospital He was a former builder with the U S State Dept for 15 years a Greensburg Indiana native He belonged to Englewood Methodist Church and several local groups Survivors include his wife two sons two daughters a brother and two sisters Funeral services were held Saturday at the Rawles Funeral Home Englewood with Masonic and military honors Burial followed in Pine Grove Cemetery Ansonia Local arrangements were by Farley Funeral Home.
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Earl Watson Carr
Englewood
Virginia Court
Venice Hospital
U.S. State Dept
Greensburg
Ind
Englewood Methodist Church
Men’s Garden Club of
Venice
Englewood Community Club
Lemon Bay Post
American Legion
Englewood Friends of the Library
Englewood Lodge
U.D. F&am
Leah Carol Carr
James L
Santa Monica
Calif
Franklin E
Clearwater
Katherine Wright
Marquette
Mich
Helen Devinney
Richardson
Tex
Herrod E. Carr
Lucille Osting
Anderson
Marie Fox
Indianapolis
Rawles
Arthur Blaze
Lehigh Acres
Frank Blaze
Ansonia
Venice - Nokomis Methodist Church
Pine Grove Cemetery
Farley Funeral Home
Blaze Sr. Sydney John Dies at 74 in Venice Florida
Sydney John Blaze Sr. 74, born in England and longtime Ansonia Conn. resident, died Monday at his Venice home 359 Pinetree Road. He served as superintendent of electricians for Terrel Co. in Ansonia and was a member of Venice Nokomis Methodist Church George Washington Lodge 824 F&AM and Martha Washington Chapter OES. He is survived by wife Lottie two sons Arthur N. Blaze of Oxford Conn. and Sydney J. Blaze Jr. of Ansonia two daughters Marjorie Culverwell and Dorris Kennedy both of Seymour Conn and two brothers.
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Sydney John Blaze
Sydney John Blaze Sr
England
Venice
Pinetree Road
Ansonia
Conn
Terrel Co
Venice-Nokomis Methodist Church
George Washington Lodge
F&am
Martha Washington
Lottie Blaze
Arthur N
Oxford, Conn
Sydney J. Jr
Marjorie Culverwell
Dorris Kennedy
Seymour, Conn
Betzner Dies At 67 In Nokomis Florida
Louis Carl Betzner owner of the North Jetty Fishing Camp died Wednesday in Venice Hospital at age 67. He had lived in Nokomis since 1951 after moving from Belle Glade and was active in Lakside Lutheran Church and the Masonic and Elks lodges in Belle Glade. He is survived by his wife Minnie L. Betzner two sons two daughters and two stepdaughters a brother and another sister. Funeral services were held Saturday at Farley Funeral Home with burial at Sarasota Memorial Park conducted by Rev. Melvin H. Meyer.
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Louis Carl Betzner
Venice
Box 307
Route 1
Nokomis
New Haven
Conn
Belle Glade
Lakside Lutheran Church
Baha Temple of
Miami
Masonic Lodge
Elks Lodge
Minnie L. Betzner
Charles
Lou
Glennia Moore
Bradenton
Carolyn Ferrell
Alexandria
Dorothy Keesee
Lynn Ward
Joseph Clyne
Phoenix
Ariz
Henry
Ted Betzner
Pettit Dies During Vacation in Wisconsin
Lewis A. Pettit aged ? died July 6 in Sister Bay Wisconsin while on a vacation trip with his wife Mrs. Pettit. Survivors include his wife and four daughters including Mrs. Patricia Henry of Venice. Burial planned in Sister Bay Wisconsin.
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Lewis A. Pettit
417 Beach Park Blvd
Sister Bay
Wisc
Last Teen Dance Before Vacation at Venice Center
The Venice Teen Tiki center hosts a final dance before a two week break. The Last Knights of Sarasota headline the reopening gala set for Saturday August 6 after a Florida tour.
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Venice Youth Center
Airport
Knights of
Creek Dredging Hearing Set for Forked Creek Project
A committee report on Forked Creek canal dredging will be presented at 10 a.m. tomorrow to the Sarasota County Commission in the courthouse chambers. The proposal concerns residents of Overbrook Gardens Brook-to-Bay Trailer Ranch and Englewood Gardens.
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Forked Creek
Sarasota County
VACC Sign Location Debate and Dredging Spoil Plan
Keller notes that the site will soon hold dredged spoil with no bay behind it. The bay has been a designated spoil area for three years. The WACC board last Monday refused to relocate the sign at an estimated cost above 100 dollars.
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Erts Bay
Keller
WACC
Venice Post Office Notes Air Mail Routing Amid Labor Trouble
The Venice postmaster reports no orders to change air mail routing, while Tampa's terminal appears to use air routes on strike or rerouted flights. He also notes an extra shipment of Circus Commemorative stamps making them available again.
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Venice
Tampa
Mather Contributes Artwork for 1966 Tusitala at Lake Forest
On The Trail reports Casey Key native Mather son of Mr T W Mather contributed to Lake Forest College's 1966 Spring Tusitala literary magazine. The issue centers on Iron Man A Bizarre Adventure with Mather in charge of magazine artwork as an Art History major who has just completed his junior year.
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T. W. Mather
Sandvik
Casey Key
Tusitala
Lake Forest College
Mather
Bates Home Hosts Meyers Family Visitors in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh, at 922 The Rialto, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Bates welcomed visitors, their son in law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. William J. Meyers, and their grandson David Meyers.
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Pittsburgh
Joseph P. Bates
The
Rialto
William J. Meyers
David Meyers
Admissions List for July Entries by Towns and Names
July dates show a roster of new admissions from Venice Englewood Nokomis Placida and nearby areas. Names include Lottie Blaze Edward Townsend Mary Totten Warren Foss James MacNaughton Helen Reeves and others with multiple entries across July 12 13 and 14. Some listings note expired status and include newborns such as a baby girl Brown.
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Lottie P. Blaze
Venice
Edward Townsend
Englewood
Mary Totten
Warren Foss
James MacNaughton
Helen Reeves
Nokomis
Mary Brown
Placida
Baby Girl Brown
Herbert Rust
Delta Heller
North Port Charlotte
Tessie Kolasinski
Mae Dietsche
Osprey
Marguerite Stier
Martha Lantz
Freeman Barkley
Roscoe Dance
Katherine Anderson
Marshall Sentman
Edith Snelling
Clementine Griffin
Port Charlotte
Olive Pack
Mobel Force
Karl W. Carr
Lindis Nealon
Florence Creveling
Paul Hanschke
Dale Brown
Wm. S. Timmins
Louis Betzner
Elaine Pratt
Punta Gorda
Elizabeth McAmis
Joseph Kocian
Ernest Drescher
Katherine Lawson
Barbara Edenfield
Baby Boy
Sarasota County Budget Shows Small Millage Decrease
The 1966 67 administrative budget totals 5 824 098 up from 5 668 930 with a slight millage drop. half of tax money funds schools so not in the administrative figure. The increase reflects 1 percent growth in tax dollar expenditures despite a 10 percent leeway allowed by the Legislature.
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Sarasota County
Sarasota
Robert Zinn
Top Hits and New Releases Featured in Nancy Brown Gilbert List
The report highlights Tommy James and the Shondels Hanky Panky at the top with Paperback Writer Beatles and Frank Sinatra dropping. New entries Crispian St Peters The Pied Piper Lil Red Riding Hood Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs The Mama’s and Papa’s I Saw Her Again Paul Revere and the Raiders The Work Song Hermits This Door Swings Both Ways. The list notes chart shifts and a weekly pick of The Hermits.
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Nancy Brown
Gilbert Youth Research, Inc
Tommy James
the Shondels
Frank Sinatra
Crispian St. Peters
Pied Piper
Lil’ Red Riding Hood
Sam the Sham
The
Pharaohs
Paul Revere
Raiders
Herb Alpert
Tijuana Brass
Herman’s Hermits
Coast Guard Seaman Walter S Wolf Jr Graduates Engine Man School
Seaman Walter S Wolf Jr son of Mr and Mrs Walter Wolf of 420 Darling Drive Venice graduates from Engine man School at Coast Guard Training Center Groton Conn The four month course covers operation maintenance and repair of internal combustion diesel and gasoline engines as well as air conditioning and refrigeration equipment
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Walter S. Wolf Jr
USCG
Walter Wolf
Darling Drive
Venice
Coast Guard Training Center
Groton
Sarasota County to decide on nursery school zoning at 1015 Fundy
Sarasota County Commission may rule Tuesday on a controversial zoning exception for a nursery school at 1015 Fundy Road South Venice. After a public hearing, the commission sent the case to a special committee for report and recommendation amid strong resident opposition led by South Venice Civic Association and local leaders.
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South Venice
Fundy Road
Sarasota County
County Planning Commission
Luleen M. Demarest
Venice High Student Suffers Finger Injury
Randy Bernius, son of Mr and Mrs Roy Bernius of Havana Road Venice, lost part of a finger Friday evening when his hand touched the blades of a rotary power mower. He was taken to Venice Hospital and then to Sarasota Memorial Hospital for surgery.
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Randy Bernius
Roy Bernius
Havana Road
Venice
Venice Hospital
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Randy
Venice High School
Gratitude for Sympathy in Our Bereavement
The family expresses heartfelt thanks to those who offered sympathy in various beautiful and practical ways during their sad bereavement.
Venice area makes plans for growth and facilities
An Nokomis boy died in a gravel slide in a railroad car. Laurel School to reactivate for 100 children in the Venice Nokomis Laurel area. Venice opens first cooperative apartment on Tarpon Center Road. Work begun on Venice Gardens Industrial Park. Laurel woman proposes a doll museum with exhibits to 1820. Venice Council approves 1956 tax roll of 9 930 816. Mosquito control director surveys Venice day to prepare swamp drainage program.
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Old Laurel School
Venice-Nokomis-Laurel
Venice
Tarpon Center Road
Venice Gardens
Youny
Tradle Rollcall Brown Baby Stella Leola Born
Mr and Mrs James E Tradle of Placida announce the birth of daughter Stella Leola born July 13 at 2 17 a.m. The couple celebrate the new arrival with joy and family.
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Insurance
Sanders
Post Office
Roy
John Ellsworth
Suncoast Aviation
Venice Airport
Gulf Garden Center
S. Trail
Duracrete
Duracrete Spray Co
Larry's Mower Service
Jacobsen, Snapper & Toro Mowers
Harry Drehouse
Estil
Tamiami Trail
B & W Auto
Venice Ave
Judd
Action TV
Judd Whitmore
Adams & Houser Hardware Inc
Hoover Appliances
Houseware
Lucas Paints
Garden Tools
S&h
Venice Shopping Center
Airlines
Hertz Car Rentals
Ave
Aladdin
Moving & Storage
United van Lines
John West
James St
Sherwin Williams
Kem
Kem-Glo
Taylor Hardware
Wim, P. Toole Inc
Realtor
Luther
West
Auto Service
General Repairs
Shamrock Blvd
United Church OF Christ
Rudy's Welding Service
Fla
Ernie & Ozzie
Smokey
Action TV Inc
RCA
Victor
S. Tamiami Trail
the Cycle & Mower Center
Milan Ave. E
Tradle Rollcall
Wolfer
Emory Shaw
S. Tamiami
Laurel Day School
Sarg
U.S
Rialto Shopping Center
Mercury
Gulf
Marine Nokomis, Fla
Bestw Nokomis
Ron Reed
Len Godsey
W. Venice Ave
Mary Carter
America
Venice By-Way
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