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Newspaper
The Gondolier
Location
Venice, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1966
Page
1
Dr. William F. Mahoney of Venice Hospital explains blood bank operations and the urgent donor shortage to area civic groups. Volunteers will staff donation tables Sept 26 28 to recruit donors. credits may be transferrable nationwide. The notice also invites attendance at a Venice Elementary PTA meeting with school board candidate speeches.
Residents and visitors anticipate two major openings for the West Coast Intra Coastal Waterway with a February ribbon cutting in Venice and a May festival in Sarasota. The events aim to mirror landmark winter celebrations and may become annual, drawing large crowds and multiple activities.
The South Sarasota County United Fund 1966 drive begins with advance gifts solicitation starting Friday and mercy mailing set for Oct 3. Harvey Rohlwing leads UF board seeking a $31,000 prior budget and names divisions chairmen for business, mobile homes, public employer, budget, and research. Family Counseling Service is new. list of beneficiaries includes Arthritis Foundation, Boy Scouts, Red Cross, Salvation Army, Visiting Nurses, and Youth Center.
Divers and pumping teams fix a 12 inch Venice City water line beneath the Intra coastal Waterway near the high school property. Repairs, started after a six foot break, may be finished within a week. cause not yet determined. Norfolk Dredging Co. dredge Charleston advances north.
Venice Indians defeat North Fort Myers 40 to 6 in the season opener. Gary Rucker returned the opening kickoff 89 yards for Fort Myers’ lone score as Venice answered quickly and pulled away with multiple Schepp and Dalton TDs and Rolfs converting on three extra points. The defense locked down the Red Knights late, forcing punts and holding on to the big lead through the second half.
In District 3 South County the two candidates, incumbent Ron Britton and Mrs. William Leichelberger, reject a push for immediate full-time kindergarten arguing funds are better spent on higher levels. Ted Sperling of District 5 criticizes the current board for not implementing a kindergarten program. Britton defends current priorities.
The Harlem Globetrotters will appear at the Ringling Circus Arena in Venice next March 3 with expanded seating to 5,600. The show travels to Tampa and Miami during the 1967 tour and will promote the appearance without local sponsorship. Ringling confirms the booking. arena opened in 1962 has hosted few events besides Ringling Bros. premieres.
First Lt. James P. Gleason of South Venice was wounded in action during Operation Cannon in Da Nang. He wrote his parents that he was “lucky” and narrowly missed bone, praising hospital corpsmen and noting amputees among fellow patients while reporting 31 Viet Cong bodies and several wounded on his ward.
Keller predicts more than 42500 visitors will come to the Venice Nokomis area this winter based on registrations at welcome stations across north Florida. He outlined chamber achievements including the Sheriff Safety Club Bicycle Rodeo and reef expansion, and noted progress on traffic study in No akis to justify a traffic light.
After taking the post on August 15 Mildred B Turnbull brings a four assistant staff and praise from Friends of the Library. She supports hiring two high school seniors for part time shelving duties and shows pride in the library community.
Sarasota County Republican Executive Committee reports telephone solicitations falsely using the party name to collect campaign contributions. Chairman E. S. Raymond says calls claim to pick up funds and that the party does not solicit over the phone. North county residents have been targeted. no south county reports yet.
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