Absentee Voting Discussed For Venice December
Venice officials pursue absentee ballots noting city growth justifying the move. Mayor Smyth D. Brohard seeks authorization for an enabling ordinance and updates to a modern voter registration system. City Attorney M A Braswell to draft the ordinance while City Clerk Harry W Hager assesses a new card system.
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Venice
Smyth D. Brohard
M. A. Braswell
John R. Hogan
Braswell
Brochard
Harry W. Hager
Richard Gromley
Canary Date Palms Near Venice Avenue to be Removed
Canary Island date palms along East Venice Avenue are being dug up as a precursor to a Venice Avenue bridge project over the inland waterways. The canal will bisect the avenue west of Seaboard Railway tracks and the project, with a bridge 35 feet above water, is set for state let contracts next month. Palms will be replanted in Venezia Park opposite St. Mark's Episcopal Church.
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Canary Island
Venice Avenue
Venice
State Road Department
Venezia Park
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Rescue Squad Responds To Dry Run At City Beach
Venice units raced to the city beach after a call reported a drowning attempt. Creighton Hatten surfaced safe after a half hour underwater with 10 minutes of air left in his scuba tank. Lifeguard Donald S. Breding warned swimmers away amid lightning warnings. Police and Farley Funeral Home aided with rescue crews and an ambulance.
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Venice
Creighton Hatten
Donald S. Breding
Breding
Hatten
Farley Funeral Home
Physical Exams Due For Kids In Sarasota County
Sarasota County school and health authorities remind families to start planning fall school physicals for pupils entering kindergarten and grades one four seven and ten as well as for those new to the county. Appointments with the family physician are advised and immunizations should be up to date for diphtheria whooping cough tetanus polio and smallpox vaccines.
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Sarasota County
Publix Offers 100 Extra S&H Stamps with TOPP-COLA Buy
Shopper buys TOPP-COLA and gets 100 bonus S&H Green Stamps at Publix. Offer requires purchasing 15 cans for $1 to qualify.
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S&h
Publix
Topp-Cola
Venice trailer park owner fights U. S. 41 relocation plan
Roy DeRoche of Venice Bay Trailer Park opposes moving U. S. 41 68 feet east and fears the proposed S curve will create a death trap. He says the highway frontage could ruin about 20 trailer sites and rejected a $50,000 offer as insufficient. The Sarasota County Commission has offered $11,525 for the right of way.
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Venice
Roy DeRoche
Venice Bay
DeRoche
Gondolier
State Road Department
Sarasota County
Right of way action targets Venice trailer park for road realignment
The county plans to move the highway 68 feet east of its present line to maintain two lane traffic during a new inland waterway bridge build and to create a 90 degree crossing on the canal. DeRoche, owner of the mobile home park, previously won $22,000 in a 100 foot takedown for U.S. 41 widening. He warns the relocation will devastate income from 20 trailer sites and fears air and exhaust hazards from a 16 foot bridge abutment.
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Venice
DeRoche
United Fund of South Sarasota County forms leadership
John s heads the new United Fund of South Sarasota County as president for the coming year. A Walter Johns of Venice Gardens leads a slate including J Howard Vaughn and C A Nick Keller as officers, with Vaughn as temporary pre organization president. Executive committee and board names are listed along with campaign and budget chairs and the fund s scope covering Venice and nearby areas.
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United Fund
South Sarasota County
A. Walter Johns
Venice Gardens
Johns
J. Howard Vaughn
C. A
Nick) Keller
Sidney Schroder
William R. Grove
Vaughn
Venice-Nokomis Bank
Carl Hamilton
Earle Swift
Schroder
George A. Grauer
Margaret Busbey
Hamilton
William C. Payne
Swift
Warren S. Henderson
Grove
John J. Blair
Warren Spurge
Claude E. Kean
Robert S. Baynard
Paul Sanders
John West
Two Seeking Veto On Road Sign Ban
A Venice sign painter and a South County property owner sue Sarasota County over a 90 day moratorium on Class B outdoor advertising signs. John Berlin and O W Caspersen seek court permission to erect two 400 square foot signs on U S 41 south of Venice. Caspersen owns the land. They claim the permit denial discriminates and the moratorium is unlawful. The five county commissioners are named respondents. Venice area residents planned to attend an afternoon hearing at the courthouse.
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Venice
South County
Sarasota County
John Berlin
Berlin Sign Co
O. W. Caspersen
U. S. 41
Caspersen
County Commission
Venice Area
Duncan Chevrolet Seeks Best Trade Price Now
Duncan Chevrolet urges motorists to trade in for top value, stressing urgency with phrases like hurry for the best price on your car. The ad emphasizes quick offers and favorable trade terms to attract customers.
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Duncan Chevrolet
Calling Tinker Bell's House Photo Request
A South Venice family seeks help locating the owners of a Pomeranian named Tinker Bell. They have a photo but misplaced the owners' names and provide a contact number 488-5808 for response.
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Tinker Bell
South Venice
Hospital Receives 50 000 Bequest For Memorial Wing
Venice Hospital will receive 50000 under the will of Mrs. Oliver G. Jennings of New York City. The money is set aside for a surgery wing in the new hospital addition as a memorial to Mrs. Jennings. The wing will be part of the next construction phase in the expansion program. Jennings is mother of Lawrence Jennings, formerly of Sarasota, now in Bradenton, a longtime contributor to the hospital’s building funds.
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Venice Hospital
Oliver G. Jennings
New York City
Jennings
Tion
Lawrence Jennings
Sarasota
Bradenton
Its Glories Gone Gulfbreeze Hotel Closes
The Gulfbreeze Hotel in Venice is closing after 37 years at the northeast corner of West Venice Avenue and North Harbor Drive. Owned by George and Stephanie Zicheck, it will sell furnishings and equipment while the first floor rentals continue. Opened February 11, 1927 as the Parkview Hotel, it became a social hub in the growing city before fading with time.
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Gulfbreeze
Venice
West
Venice Avenue
North Harbor Drive
George
Stephanie Zicheck
Parkview Hotel
George E. Youngberg Sr
First National Bank of Venice
George T. Webb
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Investment Co
Kentucky Military Institute
Charles P. Kane
BLE
Howard Patterson
Patterson
Webb
June Dry Then Wet July Rain Totals in Venice
Weather data shows June dry and July wetter with 4.54 inches by July 28 in Venice. June recorded 1.97 inches for the month. The period from Thursday to Tuesday brought daily rainfall led by 1.68 inches on Thursday, 1.14 inches on Friday, and 0.96 inch on Saturday.
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Venice
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W. Earl Aumann
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