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An Assist. For Movers WAT' Hear aiiaeoGtes riots uesday Fnrnary 500 For I 5 'fit '4 1 i 1 ft BRADENTON Manatee County's Democratic Primary pot simmered down to a slow boil last night, with the final pre-election rally producing little new in the way of issues or charges among the various candidates. crowd of approximately 500 candidate for County judge, win hered on the steps of the county called for a "positive program courthouse here to listen to local combat juvenile delinquency." candidates ami representatives of Seventh District congressional and Rickey pledged that, if elected gubernatorial candidates speak. he would hold bi weekly confer enccs with law enforcement officers to find potential juvenile offenders and warn their parents, posed on a set pattern, regardless )f circumstances in individual cases. Incumbent Judge Robert E.

Hen-sley cited his experience ai a judge, and discussed the job's 'unction in the probate division. WON'T GET TOUCH He said he would not adopt a "get-tough policy" wdth juvenile of. fenders, and said his policy of attacking the juvenile problem in The emintywido candidates were leard over local Iiadio Station WTRL, sponsored by the Manatee 1. i "before the children must conic Democratic Committee. Vfiire nie in the juvenile It's moving day Hie First Federal Savings and I.

nan Association In Ilradcntnn, mid rmployrx assist In transferrin); equipment to the new building nt 410 10th Street West. Left to right nre Bill Watson, Miss Jane McKenna, Miss Shirley Lavender, Mrs. Florenee Davis, and lliininhrey. ice President Frank K. Dndsnn Jr.

uses last two furnishings remninin at 512 K'th Street West: a telephone and his office rhair. Formal opening at the new offices is set for next Friday. Rickey criticized the "present DKAtVS APPI.Al'SK Perhaps the 'largest applause 3 4 1 from the rather quiet audience was policy of equality, but not justice," in the County criminal court where, he asserted, fines are inv cluding compulsory Sunday school enerated hy Hubert A. Rickey. attendance was working.

A third candidate, Robert J. Mar shall, Palmetto municipal judge, cited his experience in all phases the law, including "at least 30 jury trials, more than my two oppon ents put together. lie said that a good judge, to see that a case is fairly presented to the jury, must have a criminal trial background. thus?" StllrtrrBlmrn SimtD yliw fiA fiL (nr skyway yrMMJBWM Bradenton Ph. 3-0791 Venice Ph.

2-1361 Sarasota Ph. RING 4 7551 Sectioti 3 Sunday, May 6, 1956 Saraso.a C-C Manager Cites Record Tourism Radio SfaHon WTSP Sold To Rahall Brothers; Mew Sfudio Is Planned By DAN HALL Sale of radio station WTSP, subject to the approval of the Fed HIGH LEVEL CAMPAIGN All three complimented their op ponents on the high level of the campaign, and thanked the voters for their courtesy and attention. Other local candidates who spoke included: For clerk of the Sarasota enjoyed a "terri circuit court, incumbent Lloyd M. Hicks and M. T.

(Snooks) Mcln-nis; for County prosecuting attor eral Communications Commission, was announced yesterday by Nelson Poynter, president of Pinellas Broadcasting Co. and president and editor of The Times. IN LAND PURCHASE LICENSE PROBE CONTINUES The purchasers, who signed the sale agreement yesterday, are fic" winter tourist season this year, according to Tod Swalm, manager of the Sarasota County Chamber of Commerce, in releasing registration figures. three brothers from Beckley, W.Va., Feeris Joe N. and Sam G.

Rahall. They are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Rahall. 2209 Sunset orv At' ivwpv.1' yrv ney, incumbent Warren M.

Goodrich and Walter R. Talley; for sheriff, incumbent Roy F. Baden, Don P. Dickinson, and W. II.

(Red) Kilerense; for school superintendent, incumbent J. Hartley Black Drive Southeast, winter residents here since 1929. e- The Itahalls were one of the pos The over-all picture was up 32 burn, Howard Pat Kirk and Ralph sible purchasers when jVSUN, the city owned station, was put on the market in 1953. tion obsolete for TV. We immediately purchased a 40-aere tract in the best Hillsborough area and are retaining the site for possible Sun- II.

Clark. Also: for County Commissioner, FCC action on the application for District One: Incumbent Alden approval of change in ownership of the AM and F.M radio stations Gillet, John G. (Jack) Jones, and Charles H. Patten; for County is expected by July. The transac commissioner, District Three, in tion will not be effective until the FCC rules on the application.

Hod Ho Inside Information, Gaufier Says BRADENTON State Senator R. B. Gautier Jr. yesterday said he had no "inside information" as to the right of way location for the access road to the new Manatee River Bridge. Gautier's law firm represented the General Investors Miami, per cent over the previous year during the six-month period from November through April.

This year 10.308 signed the of guest register, compared with in According to Swalm this indicates a total of 207,000 tourists who enjoyed winter vacations in Sarasota during the six-month period, an increase of 50,810 over the previous winter season, lie estimates, based on surveys, that fewer than one in 20 visitors take the time and trouble to register. Spending by these visitors reached the "whopping propor In announcing the sale, Poynter said: cumbent Herman Burnett and Charlie Moran; for County commissioner, District Five, incumbent Charles II. Owens and Tom W. Jennings; for constable, Dis "If the Rahall brothers follow coast TV needs in the future. "One of our stipulations in the Rahall purchase of WTSP is that members of its staff retain all the security provisions they enjoy under our present ownership." NEW CORPORATION The ItaliaHs are forming a Florida corporation to be known as WTSP Inc.

to own and operate the station. F. E. Rahall will be president; Joe N. Rahall, vice president, and Sam G.

Rahall, secretary and treasurer. Dick Crago, present manager of the pattern they have developed in other cities, the St. Petersburg newspapers and broadcasters will trict Six, incumbent Henry John son, and W. A. (Bill) Thomas.

have new, lively and controversial In the Seventh District congres competition. sional race, Mrs. Leff Mabie spoke WlM' transmitter site on on behalf of her husband, Hardee County Judge Leff Mabie, while Gaudy Boulevard was picked for combination TV and AM broad II. O. Martin spoke on behalf of tions" of Swalm estimated, an increase of $10,000,000 over the previous year, The figures are basad on a State Cham WTSP, will join The Times staff casting when we made our new Htrf? SrrA Leonard C.

Carter, Lakeland at which paid more than $250,000 for torney, and Bud Reasoner, a Bradenton businessman spoke on ber of Commerce survey showing installation there after the war But in 19.52 the Air Space Committee in Washington granted permis Manatee County land, one tract the average winter visitor spends of which will be bisected by the $200 during his stay in Florida. behalf of incumbent Congressman James A. Haley, Sarasota. as an assistant to Poynter when the new management takes over the radio station. Farris Rahall said that no other chants in personnel are planned.

The Rahalls own radio stations in Beckley, W.Va., Manchester, N.IL; Norristown, and Allen- siun for higher towers in East Hillsborough than ever before had Especially significant, according access road to the bridge. The purchase was recorded been contemplated on the Sun to Swalm, was a substantial boost in the number of April visitors this coast. This made the Gandy loca year, with registrations up 85 per A. If ft Manatee County courthouse May 15, Right-of-way location was announced on June 4 by the State Speaking on the behalf of the candidates for governor were: Dewey Dye Bradenton attorney, for Gov. LeRoy Collins; Joe Fnnt, Bradenton businessman, for Farris Bryant; Tampa attorney John Parkbill for Maj.

Gen. Sum town, Pa. They own a minority in terest in WCHS-TV in Charleston W. Va. Road Department.

STATEMENT In addition the brothers own the (Tlttifi Photo by Tom Dunkln) Sarasota Cancer Drive May Triple $3,000 Goal Raleigh Transit Rahall's Gautier said: "My clients paid ter L. Lowry and Frank Schaub, Bradenton attorney, for Fuller Warren. an inflated price for the property Ladies Shop and other interests. Their father was a businessman in since it was known generally that Beckley until his retirement. the bridge would be some Continuing a multi-counly probe of fraudulent applications of driver's licenses uncovered in Sarasota County, Highway Patrol Lt.

C. W. Keith, Sarasota County Judge John 1). Justire, and Sgt, Jimmy Dickens check records of the 28,000 licenses Issued this year in Sarasota County. Fraud involved forged applications for driver's licenses, and resulted In jailing three Negroes and discharge of a Charlotte County license examiner.

Troopers also are examining each of 26,000 licenses Issued in Manatee County, 5,000 in DeSoto County, 5,000 in Charlotte County and 26,000 in Lee County. WTSP Inc. plans to build stu SARASOTA The April Cancer where in that vicinity. I had no inside knowledge of where the De Molay Area Crusade in Sarasota has more than bridge would be located. In fact cent over those in April 1955.

Substantiating the "record" winter this year. Swalm pointed to a 30 per cent increase in Sales Tax receipts recorded in Sarasota County this year during January, February and March $515,000 as compared with $390,000 last year. Woozy Gccse Ousted On Third Car Appearance LOUISVILLE, Ky. Wi A woozy goosy was evicted from a hotel bar Friday night the victim of a quackdown. The goose, a stately 2'i footer, waddled into the bar with a California couple.

He bad made similar appearances in the place Wednesday and Thursday nights. The goose imbibed both eve doubled its quota and 300 per cent dios adjacent to the transmitter and tower on Gandy Boulevard. A downtown olfice will be maintained. New facilities will be ready in September. advised my clients not to buy the is hoped for, Drive Chairman Gale land." K.

Greene reported yesterday. Gautier said that, "as a matter So far, slightly over $14,000 has TV Will Show How Voting Machine Works Ferris Rahall said yesterday, "1 School Lunch Program Draws Wide Interest of fact, almost a year later my cli Meeting Draws 130 To Venice been collected with no returns yet ents have received no offers which want to thank Mr. Poynter for giving us the opportunity to purchase the station and operate it. I hope would reimburse them for the co: from a mail appeal and donations from the special gifts division just Three I0-mlnule shows on of the property." beginning to come in, Green said BRADENTON A professor The State Senator noted that his WSUN-TV Monday will show you just how to work a voting The goal for the Sarasota County we can be as helpful and useful to St. Petersburg as he has in developing and promoting the interests of the area.

law firm "has represented these VENICE Approximately 130 chapter of the America Cancer So clients in more than $2,000,000 machine and how a voting ma chine works. 1 ciety was $8,000. A $20,000 sum is worth of property deals during the 'We are buying the station for hoped for, "which would make us past seven or eight years." representatives yesterday attended the Third Area District Conclava foe De Molay. Registration began yesterday at 5.30 a.m. in the Gulf The League of Women Voters the sole purpose of continuing to members of the 300 per cent quota Gautier issued this statement will have an actual machine set club," Greene said.

from Miami in a telephone con up in the TV studio and will Half the county quota was raised serve the people of St. Petersburg and Florida and to make St. Petersburg a bigger and better place to live in. We want to serve all the The title of her project is "Integrating the School Lunch Program." She has used the lunch program at Ballard School as a focal point from which her students learn about foods, nutrition, elementary library works, and other skills. Mrs.

Ward said that, so far, the project has been "quite successful," and her students are acquiring the basic skills more rapidly while devoting time to this project than some of her previous classes in which straight textbook work was the rule. Theatre. A business session fol versation with The Times. from Columbia University's Teachers College in New York City will visit Manatee County for three days. Dr.

Laura W. Drummond, professor of home and family life at the famed University, will arrive today for a three-day consultation with Mrs. Eeulah Ward, fifth grade teacher at the Ballard School. Mrs. Ward is working on her doctor of education degree at Columbia.

She said that as part of her work she is doing a research project as a teacher here. by Sertoma Club, with a benefit lowed at which plans were made PRATT NOT AVAILABLE dance, Greene said. for the state meeting, to be held people and not the interests of the few." nings. In fact, he tippled beer to the point of being a very woosy goosy. When hotel detective Jess Keeling looked in on the bar Friday night, the goose was there again.

as foul a fowl as could be found. Not only was the goose screech-sequins off a woman patron's dress. "It's me or that bird," Keeling said to himself. Out went the goose and his State Rep. J.

E. (Jimmy) Pratt Last year's drive also was more demonstrate Us use at 1:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Monday. The idea is to he helpful to new and old voters.

in Lakeland Aug. 19 through the Bradenton, whose real estate of fice handled the sale in Mana 22. than successful, Greene added. The 1955 goal was $6,000, and the total reached $13,000, he said. SAME STAFF, POLICIES In addition to keeping the present tee County, was in Panama City During the afternoon, various on business unavailable for com WTSP staff, Rahall said the new- chapters engaged in competitive sports.

Sarasota defeated Manatee ment. owners will have the same poli Lateness in returns for some phases of this year's drive is due to illness among committee mem cies. George King, salesman for the at volley ball. Trever Huston won MANATEE YOUTHS ENLIST Plans call for expansion of local Pratt firm who handled the deal bers. Greene said.

singles tennis championship for the news gathering as far as the sta was also unavailable. His office local chapter and Tampa defeated tion is concerned, he said. Planned said he was in Fort Lauderdale for 4 the weekend visiting friends. the local team in soft ball. Lakeland defeated all challengers in the ping pong tournament.

are more programs of public interest in which the community as a whole will participate. Five Sarasota ShidenJs Win In Speech Tourney The event closed last night with The station will take an edi i a capacity crowd attending the annual Plantation Ball, staged by the local chapter. The affair was held torial stand on public issues," Rahall said. Broadcasts will stress the April Building Tops '54 Totcl In Manatee personalities of WTSP broadcast in the Nokomis Beach Tavilion. The local chapter of Masons and ers, he said.

"We will program what the community wants," he concluded. Eastern Stars assisted with seating the group. Also assisting was Pinellas Broadcasting Co. bought BRADENTON Building per the local chapter of Rainbow Girls, WTSP in 1910 from Sam H. Mann mits applied for in April in Mana Saturday's Sarasota winner? were Judy Gernhard.

first; Patty Lowe, third, in original oratory. Kent Wood won a first place; Judie Laurent, a second; and Merill Ingram, a third, in humorous interpretation. Kent Wood came in second in extemporaneous speaking. A second place in dramatic interpretation was won by Carole Darling; a third by Kay P.rock. before the station started broad tee County totaled more than who entertained companions of members of the organization and also provided dates for those who casting.

The same year Pinellas those taken out in all of 193-1. Broadcasting broadcast the first went alone. Building Inspector Don Wollam an nounced yesterday. C. A.

Pattison, local dad adviser Estimated cost of new construe and district deputy of the International Supreme Council. Order of De Molay, gave much of the credit tion applied for in April was 4, A if 4 i i 1 i I '1 1 4 A -r ttL-M nmj LmimcK! (rir-M -i-'tn The Juniors and Sophomores 372,076, said Wollam, while the for making yesterday's event what 1954 total was approximately By JEW JACOB SARASOTA Five fir.st plar-e honors were won hy Sarasota High School students at the Vest Coast Speech Tournament last weekend in Tampa. Five other awards were aNo won in second and third places. Twenty-two students traveled to Plant High School Frid.iy, here they participated in various field-, of speech. The dillerent phases included debating, congress, original oratory, oratorical interpretation, dramatic interpretation, humorous readings and extemporaneous speaking.

Carole Darling won a first place in dramatic in terpretat ion; Di-' ane Rice, thirl s-In humorous in- t'-rpret a i M'-rrill Ingram came in fir! and Font Wood second. A firf r-: OOO.OOO. he termed a huge success to the County School Board which pro- programs from the new station. PUBLIC SERVICE RECORD Operation of WTSP by Pinellas Broadcasting has been marked by a continuous and outstanding record of public service. The station has been cited on numerous occasions by national and local organizations for its public service work.

Outstanding public service broadcasts include the traditional Winners-Losers Party which feature i'ast and complete election returns Zoning of the entire County, be vided the high school gym and gun in November 1055, has been have elected A. Mike Ilaygood and Karl Schneider their class sponsors for the ensuing year. Haypood has been the sponsor of the Class of 1957 for four years, Schneider, who will be a class ponsor for the first time, will he in charge of the future Junior Class. other school facilities. artially responsible for the huge ipswing in construction, Wollam Woman Faces Charge idded.

He said the confidence of nvestors and builders was re Of Possessing 'Shine tored by a countywide interest in oning and recent progressive ac BRADENTON Rosa Lee Hen- ion by the Planning and Zoning erson, rarrish, was arrested WTS? To Air Marshall Campaign Ta'k Tonight ommi.ssion. by State beverage agents here late Wollam gave this breakdown for riday for possession of moon- pril: hine. Single family residences. 83; ad- anu give canoiuaics ior oiiice a to bury their differences on the air. Prior to eat election WTSP offers free radio time to all candidates.

The station regularly carries, ree of charge, the League of Women Voters program, It's Your Gov-crnmenr. Sale price for all of the assets of I'mellas Broaderoting was announced at She is the proprietor of a Negro KAN jook joint" in Parrish, according was won in pons lit ions, 53; remodeling, 10; 1: commercial buildincs Pi. 'Bob Marshall, candidate for Manatee Omntv Judge, will go the air over WTSP tonight at to to talk fr his candidacy. His recorded talk arrived too 1'ite for inclusion in the WTSP Ha to Sheriff Roy Baden. (7ime I'hoto by Tcm Dunkm) Sarasota Navy recruiter Chief Tom Glaze sign up four of seven Manatee County youths who enlisted in the Navy yesterday.

Lift to right are, Robert Russ. 19; Allan Phillips, 17; Gla.e; Richard Thomas, IS; and Alan Kroger, 17, all of ISradcnlun. Not present, but already enlisted when picture was taken are Jerry Brumfield, IS, and Ronnie Filer, Rradcnlnn Beach, and Hob Marerk, 19, Bradenton. All are members of Manatee County High School senior class graduating next month, except Fifer, a I Ii.m graduate, and Marerk, who has had Army service. The woman was released by Valentino.

Jtid- schools churches, repairs, service stations, houses I.vnn Sheriff Baden on the advice of noved, and 16 miscellaneous beverage agents, Eaden said rd in r.riginai riio Rally last week, so will be laired fonk'ht. oraiorv pplications. i CAVED mo'nth at I E2 FEDERAL SAUifIGG 0' ViLL GROW TO 532,845.42 If! 20 YEARS AT THE CURRENT 3 DIVIDEND RATE.