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BOX lo7<J ST AJG'J3ri:!3 FLA Swell! March 2-5, 1966 Hi Lo Rain Wed, 78 56 0 Thurs. 80 65 0 Fri. 81 71 0 Sat. noon 75 71 0 BOCA RATON NEWS VOL. 11 NO. 31 March 6, 1966 Boca Raton, Florida 18 Pages PRICE 1*1* It's Busy, Busy, Busy For City Businesses It's a busy, busy, busy "sea- Some of the largest crowds reation, too. Max Booke, op- son" for Boca Raton. in history have packed the city's erator of the University Lanes, Despite the opening of many two public beaches, and the In- says his business is up more new restaurants and the addition tracoastal Waterway,•„ despite than one third over this time of more than 75 new motel many days of choppy waters, has last year. rooms since 1965, the standing- resounded to the sound of mot- Traffic, too, is up. The Sun- room-only sign has been out just ors.' With the city's new tennis shine State Parkway toll booth a"bout as much as last year. courts now completed, and new at the Boca Raton exit, is show- Most retail merchants are championship shuffleboard ing great gains, and has been enjoying the best business in courts under construction, a§ doing so since Christmas week, their history. well as plans for increasing the which set an all-time record The Chamber of Commerce size of the public beaches, the for that time of year. logged nearly 1,000 telephone recreational life of Boca Raton Boca Raton's first resort, calls during the month of Feb- should continue to grow. the famed Boca Raton Hotel and ruary — an all-time record, What's true of public recrea- Club, is enjoying its finest sea- and partly due to the opening tion is true of "private" rec- son in its 40 year history. of the ''branch office" at the turnpike exit in connection with Sun'stream Groves. Sam Vincent, head of the Re- tail Merchants Division of the chamber, and owner of a music Man Skips Jail, business, says "though there are some 'soft spots', most of our members are showing large or going increases in volume, and this despite the fact that we have 50 Still At Large more businesses here than at this time last year." Publix and Kwik Chek, the A state-wide alert continued last night for Willie Raymond city's other streets are also being pushed almost city's two largest chain store . At doesn't make much difference which way, food stores, are running well Garrett, 23-year-old Pompano there is arecord amount of traffic on Federal High- to capacity. ahead of last year's figures, Beach Negro who escaped from way, according to tiie State Road Department. The even though Maler's Royal Palm Boca Raton jail Thursday. Supermarket is doing a "good Det. Alvin Nahrstedt said business" and was not open at yesterday he would probably On Palmetto Park Road Project this time in 1965. file an additional charge on the University Inn, now in its ex-convict when he is caught. second season, has been filled "I expect to charge him with to capacity almost every night aggravated assault," the officer during the season, a spokes- said. Garrett reportedly threat- Finally! They'll Start man said. ened to kill city employe Rufus "We have not had the big- backlog we had at this time Williams with a broken bottle It actually is going to happen! croach on their lawn. those belonging to Centaur De- last year," he continued, "but if he didn't stop yelling for They're going to start on Pal- The city has purchased all velopment Co., the Maranatha then, the new Holiday Inn just help. metto Park rd.! but four pieces of the neces- Apartments, Flanda Enter- across the street was not here." Police said Garrett jumped sary route, and the Circuit After about four years of 1 prises and the First The Holiday Inn, Coral Inn Williams as the 64-year-old planning, political interposi- Court has issued an order of. custodian was cleaning the cell (Continued on Page 3A) and Town House, all in Boca tions, searching for money, taking for these parcels. Only Raton's "motel row," havealso area. Threatening him with a buying rights-of-way and just been busy, as has Howard John- broken bottle, he forced Wil- about any road block anybody son's Motor Lodge at the other liams into the tiled drunk tank. could think of, construction is end of town. When Williams began to yell supposed to begin March 10 or City Master Plan Contract New eating places — New for help, the escapee held the 11. bottle to his throat and said he England Oyster House, Chez would kill him if he didn't stop. County crews staked out the Joey, Holiday Inn, Lum's and right-of-way for the four-lane Corky's — have opened during Taking the jail keys from the street Friday, causing con- To Jump Last Hurdle the past few months. Good custodian, Garrett fled through sternation among some of the crowds — particularly at the a side door of the building. home owners along the route, The long-awaited signing of lished by the new Department first one named — have been Garrett was serving a 47-day who hadn't believed construc- a contract for a master plan is of Housing and Urban Develop- the rule. The city's "older" "He came at me like this," sentence for a series of driving tion would begin this soon, and expected to be authorized Tues- ment and an application for fed- restaurants, including The says Rufus Williams, describ- violations. Arrested by Patrol- eral funds could be made at man Clarence Quinn Feb. 14 the perhaps had not realized how day night at the meeting of the Bayou, Ocean Hearth, Brown's, ing how a prisoner escaped the prisoner was charged with far the right-of-way would en- City Council. any time. Howard Johnson's, Tofano's, The city engineer, J. P. Van- local jail for the first time in speeding 95 miles per hour in a The contract came up for the Ranch House, Ebb Tide, four years. 35 zone, running a red light, discussion two weeks ago-, but sant, will ask for the placing of and Schrafft's, are all showing- Brannigan a four-way stop at Camino fleeing police and reckless was tabled awaiting the defini- larger volume. And, too, this is t driving. He was fined $235 or tion of two minor points. Gardens Blvd. and SW 4th ave. the pattern for the take-out food } as a temporary safety meas- ?• ' 47 days in jail and elected to Councilman Sid Brodheadob- places and drive-in restaurants, serve the sentence. He had Quits-Again jected on the grounds that the ure. The city has already re- many of which have been added quested the Camino Gardens served 16 days. For the second time in as agreement with Milo Smith and since last "season." Amusement Page 7A company to eliminate the gate The city's only cafeteria —. Judge Kenneth Dix said Gar- many years, James B. Branni- Associates did not spell out house at the intersection. Ann Landers 3B rett will face sentences of as gan has resigned as a member any possible deductions for us- Royal Palm — is doing "real Arts 5A much as 5 years in state prison of the Civil Service Board. age of available statistics and One public hearing is sched- well," according to owner Calendar 3B if he is caught and convicted on In a letter to the city yes- whether or not Federal funds uled, a matter of updating the James Rankin. Classifieds 7-8-9B an assault charge. He can also terday, Brannigan said that his would be available. traffic code. Recreation continues to grow. Editorials 4A receive 90 days for breaking schedule prevented him from Milo Smith, president of the Real Estate 4B jail. "attending the 5 p.m. meetings" planning company, in a letter Sports 6A Police said at the time of to Planning Director Walter which the board has been hold- Women's News Section B (Continued on Page 3A) ing. Minutes of the board, how- Young, said that the city had ever, do not show any discus- been given credit in the con- sion of a possibility of meeting tract for $4,200 for the work at any other time. done by Dr. John Webb of Flor- Brannigan- was elected to the ida Atlantic University in the 'Phones Got Here board by the city employes. recently-completed study for Another election — the fourth Palm Beach County. In addition, in 12 "months — will be neces- Smith said that his studies fol- sary to replace him. lowed the framework estab- 40 Years Later Ninety years ago next Wed- estate office; Tony Brink with nesday, a man over a thousand one in a grocery store and City's Oldest Bank Marks miles from Boca Raton spilled George Long, who was the acid on his work table. town's first surveyor. He called for his assistant: Mrs. Gatesdocsn't know when "Mr. Watson, come here, I the 'phono was put in, but when 10th Anniversary Tuesday want you," she came to Boca Raton in 1915, The assistant, about 40 feet the old wooden instrument was hanging on the wall. The city's oldest financial and enlarged twice; the drive-in away in another room, heard institution — the First Bank his master's voice coming from Miss Mary Heistley of Dclray windows have been increased Beach was one of the first op- and Trust Co., National As- from one to four, and a trust a small gallows-like instru- sociation — observes it tenth ment on the table.