4 THE TAMPA TIMES, Monday, November 7, 1977 11-A lit up highway 60' Longtime resident recalls the old days in Brandon By JOAN HART Times Staff Writer BRANDON -Jim Blanton's when he recalls the days when way 60," and homes rather than found along the one-way trucks regularly parked. Blanton reminisced about when he became the first Greater Brandon Chamber said he and local merchants streets to make the community appealing to prospective "We lit up highway proudly. About 95 per cent of the make yearly payments to street lights along State and to for eyes light up "we lit up highbusinesses were highway where cars the year 1959, president of the of Commerce. He tried to improve the safer and more customers. 60," Blanton said merchants agreed the chamber to pay Road 60 in Brandon, thousands he said.
"In 1959 when Brandon had its first chamber of there were only 27 businesses on commerce, Even then, he said, he predicted then that highway 60," said Blanton. would be a time when no vehicles would there parked on the highway traffic. because the area be would have a heavy flow of Today there are an overwhelming number of businesses on the four-lane highway that goes through Brandon. Highway 60 is no longer a residential strip. The few homes still standing there been renovated for business, Blanton said.
have The majority of homes along the highway demolished quite a while ago, and new were structures were built for commercial one expected it (business in prises. Brandon) to do as well as it has," said Blanton, who has been tour quiet port on 4th Seaport Sunday By DANIEL ALARCON Times Staff Writer Curious The nation's eighth largest port was a sleeping giant yesterday oblivious to the thousands of people who participated in the fourth annual Seaport Sunday. A "VIP" cruise aboard the Captain Anderson Dinner Boat from St. Petersburg provided public officials, business persons and their families breeze-swept views of part the port from East Bay to the mouth the Hillsborough River. of Modern industrial plants and terminals on East Bay and the southeastern shores of Hooker's Point were contrasted by battered concrete docks and aged tin warehouses along Garrison Channel, which one day will be cleared for development of the lower Tampa downtown area.
"I don't know, maybe it's my imagination. But it seems like everytime I make these boat tours the water seems cleaner, maybe because I'd like to see it all said tour guide Guy Verger, director of the Tampa Port Authority (TPA). "I do think we have a clean harbor for the amount of activity we have going on here." Some passengers much earlier had detected an odor between Hooker's Point and Davis Islands. The smell was that of poorly treated sewage dumping into the water from the municipal sewage treatment plant, according to Dr. William K.
Fehring, the authority's environmental affairs director. The sewage discolors the water. The effect of a new treatment plant within the next few months should improve the situation, he said. Many industries appeared shut down for the day, their warehouses closed and wharves clear of men and machinery. Seagulls and pleasure boaters accounted for most of the activity seen from the decks of the excursion boat.
Verger emphasized there is still land in the port available for new industries. Back at the Eller Company general cargo warehouse, port-related industries, companies and agencies had displays demonstrating their trade or functions. Popular attractions included train cars, cargo trucks whose horns were blasted by children who climbed into the cabs, a shrimp boat, a U.S. Coast Guard vessel, a tug boat and the square-rigged brig, Unicorn. The Captain Anderson provided public tours the rest of the day.
The event was sponsored by the TPA and the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce. No shortage of groups giving tours of the new state Capitol TALLAHASSEE (AP) Visitors to the new Florida Capitol should find their way around easily and leave with lots of knowledge about the place. That's because the department of commerce and the state senate are both operating information services performing essentially the same functions. At one side of the main entrance is the department of commerce Capitol Welcome Station, which is staffed by three women who wear bright green pantsuits. At the other side and outside the senate chamber of the fourth floor is Deaths Hillsborough COAKLEY, Mrs.
Esther, 79, 5304 Suwannee. Active member of the First Presbyterian Church of Tampa. Duval Funeral Home. DZIEKCIASZ, Leo 52, 6425 Cresthill Dr. A retired pipe fitter and vet- COAKLEY Funeral Services for Mrs.
Esther Coakley, 79, 5304 N. Suwannee, will be held Tuesday at 10 o'clock at the First Presbyterian Church, Marion and Zack, with the Rev. John S. Lyles, Pastor and the Rev. John B.
Dickson, Pastor Emeritus, to officiate. Interment in Myrtle Hill Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Grandsons, Brett Taylor, James Aerts, Bill Charles and David Thieme. Mrs. Coakley was a very active member of the First Presbyterian Church.
Sur- eran of WWII. A native of Pennsylvania. A.P. Boza Funeral Home, Town 'N Country Chapel. GANN, Marjory Ave.
Fast Draw merous T.V. vivors are 1 Son, Joseph J. Coakley, 2 Daughters, Mrs. Betty (Hoyt) Charles of Lakeland and Mrs. Jacqueline (Joe Taylor, St.
Petersburg; 8 Grandchildren 3 Great Grandchildren; several Nieces and Nephews. Flowers are acceptable but those who may desire may send contributions to the Radio Fund of the First Presbyterian Church. The Family will receive friends at the Garden Chapel, Duval Funeral Home, 3800 Nebraska Monday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. MUMS. An arrangement of fresh Autumn Mums adds a warm touch of hospitality to your home to any occasion Larson Williams Florist 2801 Florida Ave.
229-1975 a businessman in Brandon for more than 18 road now." years. Besides owning Brandon Insurance Company Despite the growth, Brandon still lacks some and a car business back in the early 60's, Blandesirable businesses, Blanton said. It is still ton was in the real estate business and bought, without the kind of restaurants where patrons developed and sold much of the land here. can spend the evening dining and perhaps enjoy- When he was the president of the chamber, ing a few co*cktails, he said. Blanton used his real estate office as the chamWhen Blanton was asked why the area is ab- ber office.
And every president for several years sent of eating places, he replied that there are afterwards used their offices or homes for chamtoo many religious groups in the area "who ber business. won't let anyone have a booze license." But around 1961 Blanton built a one-story ofIn 1959 the unincorporated community had a fice building with a glass exterior on highway 60 population of about 3,000, he said. Now there and eventually sold it to the chamber, which has are more than 55,000 people living here, and al- been housed there ever since. most all use highway 60 several times daily, he Blanton now resides in Riverview, where he said. owns a 300-acre trailer park.
But he said he has So it would be impossible to park a vehicle always worked in Brandon because he feels it is on this thoroughfare anymore, he said, adding, one of the most beautiful areas in Hillsborough "You can hardly even move (by vehicle) on this County. Widening U.S. 301 J.W. Conner Sons Inc. of Tampa is adding two lanes to U.S.
301 about 1,300 feet south of its intersection with State Road 60. The 000 project also will include widening of the existing lanes on the north side of U.S. 301 and on S.R. 60, according to Nick Kavouklis, project engineer with the Florida Department of Photo by Morris of Selbypic Transportation. Construction began the first week of September and should last about four to five months, said Kavouklis.
Construction equipment is being kept off S.R. 60 during the morning and evening traffic rush hours between Tampa and Brandon, said the official. Compensating crime's victim no easy task TALLAHASSEE (UPI) Florida faces a difficult task Reubin Askew soon is in making its new law to compensate crime victims more ments to the three-member effective than such laws in other states, according to one Commission. crime researcher. William Doerner, a Florida State University criminol- The department of professor, has studied victim compensation laws in five for an 11-member staff to other states and found only about 100 crime vic- will decide the amount of tims receive any compensation and then only after long waits.
The awards money will Florida's 1977 law to allow victims of violent crime to people convicted of felonies receive up to $10,000 to help pay for medical bills, lost order the guilty to pay and other expenses goes into effect in January. Gov. based on the nature of their wages Blount Funeral Home. KNICELY, Mrs. Violet Phillips, 77, 217 Jason Dr.
A native of Virginia. A.P. Boza Funeral Home, Town 'N Country Chapel. MAY, T. Roy, 68.
A member of the Tampa Lodge No.240, Zendah Grotto; and the Tenth Avenue Baptist Church. Owner of the May Artesian Well Drilling Co. A lifetime area resident. F.T. Blount Funeral Home.
ROHLAND, Rev. Bernard, 63, 7407. Talliaferro. Snipes-Hamilton Funeral Funeral Notices former Chairman of the Board. Former City Commissioner and Mayor of Fort Meade.
Survived by his wife, Mrs. Margaret Lewis Durrance, Fort Meade, 2 daughters, Mrs. Thomas L. (Jane) Billings, Lakeland, and Mrs. Howard C.
(Dawn) Beynon, Lakeland, sons, W. Ralph Durrance Tallahassee, William Lewis Durrance, Fort Meade, a brother, Mr. J. C. Durrance, Lake Placid, 6 grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Moody Funeral Chapel. DAN L. MOODY FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL DZIEKCIASZ Funeral Mass for the Funeral Crematory MYERS, Frank L. Tues. 10A, Brandon PRATT, Hallie Tues.
2PM Hackney Cem. PRITCHARD, Leldon 10AM Wed. Brandon SCHAFFER, Ethel Arr. Pending Jim Blanton to improve community Easing of trucking rules pushed TALLAHASSEE are being drawn in Florida's truckers which they operate. Truckers say covering operations would cause havoc law of the jungle.
cates say it's needed sumers. (AP) The lines a struggle involving and the rules under easing of regulationswithin the state. and bring about a Deregulation advofor the sake of con-. But even deregulation proponents admit the consumers who are supposed to benefit from increased competition know little of the trucking rules set by the Public Service Commission, "There are problems in identifying this to the public as an important issue," says Rep. George Sheldon.
The Tampa Democrat says that's because people can't see the cost of transportation in prices for goods and services. That may change after a Nov. 15 hearing before by the house transportation committee. the senate information service, a young man and three young women who wear navy blue blazers. The green-suited and blue-blazered guides tell visitors where offices are located and conduct tours and lead tourists to the 22-story story observation deck, which has a panoramic view of Tallahassee and the surrounding countryside.
"There could possibly be in some people's mind a duplication," says Howard Walton, aide to senate president Lew Brantley, D-Jacksonville. "I don't see it that way." Ernest 39, 12703 N. South Eastern Gold Coast Champion and had done nushows in the area. F.T. DURRANCE FORT MEADE Funeral services for Mr.
W. Ralph Durrance, age 62, a resident of Fort Meade who passed away Saturday will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday from the First United Methodist Church with Reverend David Kelly officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. He was a native and lifelong resident of Fort Meade, a citrus grower and cattleman.
Was coowner of Lewis and Durrance Fruit Company. A member of the First ed Methodist Church and Jennings Funeral Home, Inc. 6900 NEBRASKA PH. 237-3345 HOSPITAL BEDS FOR SALE USED RENTALS $100.00 UP Good Condition Guaranteed Jb hickey co. MEDICAL SALES RENTAL 111 S.
St. 228-7641 At stake is the structure of a $433- million intrastate trucking industry that has grown up under rigid PSC regulation authorized by lawmakers in 1929. Under the law, the commission has absolute control over all aspects of the trucking business. Prices are based on the industry's own recommendations. Deregulation advocates want to make it possible for almost anyone to get into the trucking business and be relatively free to set prices for hauling freight.
They say present regulation artificially inflates prices. PSC regulator Jack C. McPherson agrees there is presently no price competition since truckers almost always charge the maximum rates allowed by the PSC. "But there are differences in service," McPherson says. Some 2,276 firms have PSC certificates to haul freight.
There are 20,548 Florida firms with Interstate Commerce Commission certificates to operate across state lines. expected to Florida administration work for the financial come from a and special surcharges crimes and announce his appointCrimes Compensation is reviewing requests commission, which compensation. fund collected from misdemeanors. Judges will into the fund, their ability to pay. Elsewhere DURRANCE, W.
Ralph, 62, Fort Meade. He was a native and lifetime resident of Fort Meade, a citrus grower and cattleman, and co-owner of the Lewis and Durance Fruit Company. A member of the First United Methodist Church and former chairman of the KNICELY Funeral services for Mrs. Violet Phillips Knicely, age 77, of 217 Jason Dr. will be held at a later date from the Hamrick Funeral Home in Staunton, Va.
A native of Virginia, she had been a resident of Tampa for over four months and is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Rosebud Crotts of Tampa, four sons, several brothers and sisters in Virginia. Arrangements by: A. P. BOZA TOWN COUNTRY CHAPEL 6902 W.
MARSH ZOLFO SPRINGS George W. Marsh, 70, died Saturday in an Orlando hospital. He was a rancher in the Sweetwater Community, and is survived by his wife, Anna Lee Scarborough Marsh, a daughter, Mrs. Mary Jane Matheny, Tallahassee, and a sister, Mrs. Lillian Rebell, Bowling Green.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later. MAY Roy May, 68, of Mr. Tampa, Son of the late R. and Mary L. Porter board, he formerly was the Mayor and City Commissioner of Fort Meade.
Moody Funeral Home. MARSH, George 70, Zolfo Springs. A rancher in the Sweetwater Community. co*ker Funeral Home. Frank Lee, 38, Brandon.
Stowers of Brandon Funeral Home. Repose of the Soul of Mr. Leo J. Dziekciasz, age 52, of 6425 Cresthill Dr. will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m.
at Catholic Church of Incarnation with interment to follow i in Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater. A veteran of WW he is survived by two sons, Donnie G. Trotter and Barry L. Trotter, five grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and several brothers and sisters. The family will receive friends Tuesday 7 p.m.
to 9 p.m. at the A. P. Boza Town Country Chapel with Catholic Wake Services to be held at 8:00 p.m. A.
P. BOZA TOWN COUNTRY CHAPEL 6902 W. HILLSBOROUGH AVE. a Blount a FUNERAL HOMES KING, Cristiane 10A Mon Nebr Chapel KLEIN, Sr. Charles W.
Mon Nebr Chapel MAY, Roy 2P Mon Nebr Chapel GANN, Ernest M. 2P Tues Nebr Chapel GANN Mr. Ernest M. Gann, 39, of 12703 N. Marjory Avenue passed away Saturday evening.
Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock from the Chapel of the F. T. Blount Company home, 5101 Nefuneral, Avenue. Dr. Ronald L.
Schaffer, Pastor of Temple Heights Baptist Church will officiate. Interment will follow at a local cemetery. A native of Atlanta, Georgia Mr. Gann had resided in the Tampa area for the past 7 years. The family will receive friends at the funeral home, Monday evening from 7 until 9 o'clock.
Mr. Gann was the South Eastern Gold Coast Fast-draw champion and had done numerous TV Shows in the Tampa area. Survivors include his wife, ter, son, Mrs. Jack Francine Marshelle Gann, one Gann, Stewart, daugh- one one granddaughter, Candy Stewart, son Darwin Stewart, parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest S. Gann, two sisters, Mrs. Pearly Boyd, Mrs. Carolyn O'Rouk, all of Tampa, two brothers, Marshal Gann, North Carolina, Richard Missouri. May, passed away Saturday afternoon.
Funeral services will be conducted Monday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock from the chapel of the F. T. Blount Company funeral home, 5101 Nebraska Avenue. Rev. Randall E.
Ingram, Pastor of the Northwood Baptist Mission of Bartow, Florida will officiate. Interment follow at the Myrtle Hill Memorial Park Cemetery. A native of Florida Mr. May had resided in the Tampa area all of his lifetime. He was a member of the Tenth Avenue Baptist Church, Tampa Lodge No.
240 F. A.M., Zendah the May Artesian Grotto, and was ownewell Drilling Company. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth H. May, Tampa, one daughter, Mrs.
Brenda Doyle, Ft. Benning, one son, Bruce H. May, Brandon, three sisters, Mrs. Ruth Whitlock, Mrs. Aletha Pendas, Mrs.
Freida Williamson, One brother, Douglas May, three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. MYERS BRANDON Funeral services for Frank Lee Myers, 38, of Brandon, will be held Tuesday morning at 10:00 a.m. at the Brandon Chapel of Stowers Funeral Homes, 401 W. Brandon with Reverend. E.
H. Vickery, Pastor of: the Riverview First A sembly of God, officiating. Interment will follow in. Providence Cemetery. Sur-: vivors include his wife, Norma; 4 sons, Timmy Myers, Tommy, and Danny Letchworth; daughter, Cheryl Rosie Myers; 1: grandchild, all of Brandon.
The family will receive. friends at the funeral. home this evening; from: 7:30 until 9:00 p.m. Ar-: rangements by STOWERS OF BRANDON: ROHLAND Funeral services for. Rev.
Bernard Rohland, 63,: of 7407 Taliaferro, will be: conducted Tuesday at p.m. from the Chapel of. Snipes-Hamilton Funeral: Home, 6718 N. ArmeniaAve. with Rev.
Hugh McNatt, officiating. Family will receive friendsat the Funeral Home this: evening from 7 to 9. In-: terment will follow Orange Hill Cemetery. SNIPES-HAMILTON.
