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Sarasota News (Newspaper) - December 4, 1954, Sarasota, Florida , re a _ r. V i a sub celebrates 15 years of service to Community tomorrow fifteen years of service to the Community will be marked tomorrow by radio station a sub Sarasota s first station born As a result of Public demand. Three Chattanooga tenn., businessmen backed by chamber of Commerce and City officials saw the need for a station Here planned and put a sub in operation in 1939. They were Robert c. Jones jr., now president the late s. H. Campbell jr., and the late . Hutcheson. Or. And mrs. Jones mrs. Campbell and mrs. Hutcheson will be Here tomorrow apr the anniversary Celebration and Public open House from 2 to 6 . At the station on City Island. One of the things to which a sub officials Point with Pride in their backward glance at the station s history is a a first on the air on the West coast during the a Day invasion. Because of the station in the Early morning hours of june 4, 1944, local residents got the Normandy invasion news in a hurry As a sub beat All other stations in this area on the air with the Flash. Alerted by lbs and United press in new York that a a something was brewing station manager John Browning drove to the station about 12 30 . On the memorable night. There he roused the engineers some of whom slept there then and the station was on the air before the Tampa or St Petersburg stations the Only ones in the area at the time could say a a done to turn that present owners of the station Are Jones the wives of the e a sub open House the Public is invited to help radio station a sub celebrate its 15th anniversary tomorrow at an open House from 2 to 6 . At the station on City Island. His his meeting Here other two founders Browning and Clyde Wilson local attorney. When the men got ready to Start a sub the City offered two plots of land one on City Island and the other in a City owned Park. The former site was chosen by engineers because it had Salt water in front to act As a conductor of electrical impulses. The land was bought for a nominal fee but the City put a clause in the contract providing the land would revert to the City if the station was not maintained for 15 years. Tomorrow mayor Ben j. Hopkins or. Will present the owners with an acknowledgement of fulfilment of contract. On dec. 7, 1939, a sub went on the air with a Day and night schedule based on news music and Public service. It was one of the first stations on the West coast to have news every hour on the hour. For this reason the station obtained Many listeners in St. Petersburg and Tampa. Finally a representative from one of the Tampa stations came Over j to find out Why so Many Tampa people tuned into a sub and went Home with plans to step up the number of news broadcasts for his station. New cars displayed during Asp by a open House tomorrow local automobile dealers will have their 1955 Model cars on display on the s t a t i o no a grounds at City Island. Frank s. Lane was Asp by a manager for the first two years of operation and on his resignation in 1942, Browning who had been sales manager was the ranks of Sarasota a teenagers were swollen by approximately 300 As youngsters from All Over the state poured in yesterday to attend the 32nd annual his his conference. A cities got underway with registration and dinner in the Junior High school followed by the first meeting of the three Day convention. With Charles Mcarthur state president from Miami presiding the group was greeted by c. D. Stinnett president of the local Myca and welcomed to the City by vice mayor John Kicklighter. O. K. Fike local business Man then told the group that each one must be a a four Square person a Strong spiritually Strong in mind body and discussion groups were held this morning after a 9 . Assembly. Among those conducting the discussions were Otis b. Hinnant Jacksonville a a boy and girl relationships a the Rev. Grover Sewell Sarasota a developing Christian personality a or. A. Dale Hagler Sarasota a solving family questions a Waldie Holroyd Miami by around a the Worle a and a Christian vocations led by Maurice Davis Pensacola or. J. Moody Mcnair and miss Agnes Mcwhin. Sarasota. Or shops this morning were conducted by Lenny Asquith Orlando a program a Herb Fisher Tampa a projects a miss Ann Dykes fort Lauderdale a social programs a Monroe monday West Palm Beach a membership a t. Aubrey Morse Tallahassee a worship a and Otis Hinnant a club following an Assembly and reports there was a conference Council and movie shown. Activities this evening will Start with a banquet at 7 . In the Lions Den. Charles Mcarthur will preside and or. David Pottie will give the in j vocation. A t. Blackmore a a Myca general Secretary will introduce guests and Hack Swain will be at the Organ for group singing. Otis Hinnant will be banquet speaker. The banquet will be followed with a dance with music by Jimmy noes band the Tropic knights. A tomorrows Assembly beginning at 9 . In first presbyterian Church will be followed with a business session during which the resolutions committee report and report of the conference Council will be heard. New officers will be installed at this meeting and the convention is scheduled to adjourn at 10 30 Ami. Appointed to the Post and later named vice president and general manager. The first five years of operation were a terrible struggle Browning said and $25,000 was lost during the first three. It was wartime too and supplies and help were hard to get. It was during this lean period that the station decided to join the Columbia broadcasting system so for the first time lbs programs could always be clearly received in the Sarasota area. Browning signed a contract in May 1943, but it was not until nov. 21 of that year that a line could be obtained from Tampa. Tomorrow while people Are visiting the station special broadcasts will be on the air. From 1 30 to 2 . There will be a tape recorded broadcast of a on the Street interviews of people who were Here when the station was started. From 2 to 2 30 Hack Swain will entertain and from 2 30 to 3 30 snatches of broadcasts of historical importance will be presented in a show entitled a these 15 at 3 30 another hour Long show a fifteen years of music a featuring the top song of each year famous Broadway show music and sports events will be aired. From 4 30 to 5 the anniversary ceremonies will be broadcast with interviews of City officials and various people in the crowd. The station with its 185-foot Antenna has far reaching coverage As attested by the Many letters received from such faraway Points As new zealand. In 1944 the station stayed on the air until 4 . And offered a Basket of Florida fruit to the person who sent in a card from the most Distant Point. A woman in Oregon won. At present there Are 20 regular employees and several a a specialists at the of the Early staffers were Fred Ryder now chief announcer at Fla in Tampa John buning and Al Austin engineers Bill Berry now with we to Orlando and Bill Wilson of Wood Chattanooga. J a we have always tried to be of service to the Community a Browning said explaining a sub concentrates on co operating with local organizations. It presents a Library program and two school programs every week plus Many other broadcasts boosting local clubs and causes. A sub s station on City Island boy scouts organize an organizational meeting for a second boy scout explorers troop Here will be held at 7 30 . Monday at the american legion Home. The legion is sponsoring formation of the new troop and All boys and parents of boys interested in joining Are invited to the session. The news Sarasota fla., saturday dec. 4, 1954 Page is officer Riley served As Pilot in Pacific 33 boats move on red tide thirty three boats moved out into the Gulf today from St. Petersburg to fort Myers in the third attempt to Complete a operation Jim brevis a a huge water sampling and current study being conducted to determine ways of controlling the causes of red tide. The boats fourteen of them volunteered from the Sarasota area left their docks in the Early morning and were due at their stations at 9 . Originally scheduled for nov. 20, and postponed twice because of weather conditions the operation is a further step 1 in the research War against the Gymn Odinius brevis thought to be the organism causing the destructive red tide which has damaged tourist and fishing industries along Florida a West coast. Boat captains who Are assigned stations at distances ranging from to to 45 Miles from the coastline will take samples of water to be tested for Salt Content presence of the Gymn Odinius brevis organism and for radioactivity. The research program being conducted under the direction of or. Limo Hela director of the University of Miami Marine Laboratory gop candidate a ? la to seek Rogers seat helping out of town his and his members Register for the state convention Here Are Roger and Natalie Hobbs seated of Sarasota Junior High school. At left is Marlene h. Lenz his Delegate from it. Lauderdale High school and right is Calvin Allen his member of Hillsborough High school in Tampa. The convention opened last night and will continue through tomorrow. This is the eighth in a series of biographical sketches of Sarasota police officers being presented by the news police work is the vocation of patrolman first class William j. Riley if the traffic department but acting is his avocation. A new yorker by birth and a Sarasota by Choice Riley was one of the four Sarasota officers chosen to play bit parts in the production of a the greatest show on Earth a and he is also Active in the players Little theater group in Sarasota. The Black haired Bushy bowed irishman joined the Force in october 1946, shortly after completion of a three year hitch in the air Force As i a b24 Pilot in the Southwest Pacific. He and his wife Anna Katherine operate the Bilkay Motel Floyd St. At s. Tamami tr., with an assist from their son. Riley who was an unsuccessful candidate for the democratic nomination for sheriff in patrolman William Riley principals in last flights first meeting of More than 300 his his members a included from left Charles Mcarthur Miami state president c. D. Stinnett local president of the Myca o. K. Fike guest speaker and Jane Morgan of Zeta chapter his. The teen agers who came from All Over the state for this 32nd annual convention will have meetings workshops and assemblies through tomorrow when new officers will be installed.1952, is a graduate of the Del shanty police Institute of new York the Law enforcement officers training school and the Florida police Academy. He is Active in the elks eagles masons and the american legion and retains his first lieutenants commission in the air Force Reserve. By Nai b Rith i to hear Fisher i Julius Fisher Roanoke District Secretary of grand Lodge no. 5, by Nai by Rith will be the principal speaker at ceremonies marking the granting of a charter to the new m. Aure Rosin Lodge of the International jewish service organization at the jewish com j immunity Center tomorrow at 8 . It was erroneously reported yesterday that the ceremony would be held tonight. Slated to be installed As first president of the Lodge which has been named in Honor of the late City attorney is Benjamin Eisenstein. William Cohen has been named to the Board of trustees. The installation and social hour Are open to the Public. A Republican candidate will be entered in the special election to select a successor to the late United states rep. Dwight l. Rogers of the sixth congressional District it was announced today by Harold Alexander chairman of the Florida state Republican executive committee. Rep. Rogers a Democrat who died of a heart attack at fort Lauderdale wednesday was elected to his fifth consecutive term in Congress last month. The Georgia native was buried at fort Lauderdale yesterday. Alexander said today the state committee would Call a primary election to pick a candidate if there is enough time before the special election. If the Date of the election precludes a primary members of the state committee from the sixth District will meet to select a candidate Alexander explained. The sixth District which include Charlotte county gave president Eisenhower 65 per cent of the vote in the presidential election two years ago Aleju Der recalled in declaring that a Republican candidate would stand a Strong Chance at election. Acting gov. Charley Johns said he would set the Date for the special election monday. Not Winner but near top Sarasota county Gallant 7th in Yule Seal contest Sarasota county to. And health association officials and Christmas Seal Sale Campaign workers have reason to be proud today. This county was seventh in the United Stites in the special three Day Seal Sale contest to get the premiere showing of the movie a the Silver Winner of the contest was Saranac Lake n. Y., and announcement was made yesterday during the afternoon Art Linkletter program from new York. A Telegram confirming the outcome was received later by the to office Here. Congratulations received the Telegram signed by Clarence w. Kohoe director of the Christmas Seal Sale division of the National to association said a congratulations to the peo pie of your county for having the seventh highest per capita three Day Christmas Seal Sale mail return. This Effort will do much to intensify the All out tie a to wire from mrs. May Battle against another wire from mrs. May Pynchon Jacksonville executive director of the Florida state to association read a congratulations on your wonderful for a the Silver chalice premiere. The National limelight is now upon you and we Are bursting with Pride that you made the top the winning county also wired the local association its congratulations for placing seventh. Mrs. William Skillen executive director of the local organization said she and other officials and workers gathered around the radio at the to of fice to hear the results yesterday. A when we heard the a Sari of Saranac Lake we thought they were going to say Sarasota a said mrs. Skillen this morning a and we almost the regular Seal Sale Campaign will continue through december. Roka Dies famous midget a requiem mass will be Sung for Sandor Roka of 2940 Bee Ridge rd., a famous midget performer with Ringling Bros. And Barnum amp Bailey combined shows for the past to years by the Rev. Martin Powers at St. Martha a Church monday at to . The 58 year old native of Hungary died yesterday after Brief illness. The tiny Clown joined the Ringling Bros. Circus in 1943 after career stops in England and with the famous Singer midget troupe. Newest project of enterprising Young Sarasota businessman Banks joint parking lot expects 1,000 car daily turnover by Loo Durkin news staff writer service convenience and Enterprise Are the motivating forces behind the climb of e. S. Ebbie Brown As parking lot tycoon of Sarasota. Latest Triumph of the genial Young businessman is the acquisition of operating control of parking lots on first St. Operated by the Sarasota Bank and Trust co. Which gives his downtown parking co. A total capacity of 400 cars with an anticipated turnover of More than 1,000 cars a Day. The Florid faced balding Young entrepreneur came to Sarasota three years ago and began forging ills Chain of parking lots with the acquisition of a site on pineapple ave. Next to the Florida theater building. A Short time later he acquired property immediately West fronting on Palm ave. The third link in his Chain of downtown lots was a Small lot on first St. Just West of pineapple. Parking however Isnit his Only activity since Brown also Heads the Sarasota u drive co., a division of the National car rental co., and is the Sarasota distributor for Mountain Valley Mineral water. Brown does no to even limit himself to these activities but also provides rental radios and has a 22 foot Cruiser which he will rent to fishermen or boating enthusiasts. The energetic Young businessman came Here from Missouri where he operated car liveries in Jefferson City Columbia and St. Louis and Indianapolis ind. He also headed a parking lot firm in St Louis in connection with the car rental service. The parking lot and rental car enterprises Are closely linked Here and visitors who rent his cars Are Given free parking privileges in the parking lots maintained in Handy locations in the business area. Convinced that Sarasota will continue to grow and Prosper Brown said a a in a still looking for More Sites downtown and have some deals on the fire at this a either adequate parking will be made available to people planning to shop in the main business District or they will take their business elsewhere a Brown said in a burst of civic responsibility. Brown said he has taken delivery on a Fleet of new Plymouth Chevrolet Fords and bricks j and also a has several limousines Complete with liveried chauffeur for those who want to relax and enjoy the scenery while visiting Here. A Complete packet of folders locating and describing the Scenic and tourist features of Florida is Given to each per son who rents a car to help them plan Tours. Principal reason for this is a convenience to the customer Brown insists but he does no to deny that he expects the customer to use his car while visiting far Flung wonders. He also denies any connection Between the car rental service and his handling of the famed Mineral water but he admits a if they drink Mountain Valley water there is less Chance they might bang up one of our cars in one of the parking the budding tycoon has already outgrown his present Headquarters at the Orange Blossom hotel and is preparing new offices in a House at 1278 first St., next to one of the parking iou. Brown is firmly convinced of the inherent honesty of most people and Point with Pride to the Success of the Honor sys tem of parking fee collections which he installed Here. A while it would be difficult to make an accurate Check of the Money put in the mail Box collection boxes the take indicates that everyone pays their share when using the iou a Brown revealed. Bartholomew hits special session opposition to a special session of the Florida legislature at this time was expressed today by Sarasota state rep. Henry Bartholomew. Bartholomew a Republican who was elected to his second regulative term last month said the expense of a special session is not justified nor is there any reason Why a special Call if needed at All could not wait until Leroy Collins is installed next month
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