- .. . . . . . . . , . b I t ties Page4A TELEGRAPH Jaa. 1*. Iff* .' j I . ; !n,. f: JUST'ANOTHER NUmER\ .. ' County's New Street Labeling System Receives Hot Reception "J! I wanted to live on !Northeast Wt. bad. fee .tawtaaoM wt long ago correspond with bow far tram the Second: Avenue I would have moved to ..fa. re tM >.Hm burned down out division lines the road Is. Ideally to a Orange Park!I" stated Lea Wood in a ay. State Road 16 because the rescue city situation NBHh> Ave., wotif be 1I1fff' t remark that waa typical of Ms vcMcfeB jut couldn't find the dirt in the Northeast quadrant, itaaW Country Club Estates neighbor who read We fires were on," said BC east-west and the 25th street north of t have seen the first of the county's baa* Director LM. Gaines "This the cities north-south divider. NE 19th numbered road signs go up in their system makes a lot more sense." Ave.,would be six streets closer to the domain near the Starke Golf and Gaines said the need for a road sign center of the city. Country Club just off SR-230. system' was first discussed about four The great majority of the area years ago. At that time he studied two Because the city of Starke won't residents who commented on the new different plans for orderly road have the same street sign setup as green and white street signs said organization, the numbered quadrant Bradford's adopted system residents much the same as Wood, that is, 'we system now being installed and the of the County Club Estates j live in the country because we like it, "Seattle system", and accepted the neighborhood say the number system r \ why do they have to make Starke like quadrant "system as "much less won't be nearly as orderly and usefulas V M I Orange Park..or' Jacksonville..or confusing in a city situation 1 U Gainesville. "If the city of Starke was doing the County officials say two other same there wouldn't be much The outbreak of negative opinionhas outside factors Influenced thecounty's thing I could /'said Mrs Pat Welty "but cascaded down upon the county decision to move ahead in say numberedstreets rr 2&V with Starke not having the commission and road department Installing the street signs. First the vA it just doesn't make any sense.There's . officials since Bradford Council County Regional Planning a no center point to from the ' go , employees first started installing new government cooperative of 11 numbers street ust suddenly numbered street signs in the area in counties in North Florida, advised ) pop up, out of nowhere. . recent weeks. Those signs have Bradford togo the route of other much i named the roadways NE 1st Ave., NE larger area cities by using the "If this to 14th St.,etc., and in so doing made the numbered street system, and two, the was supposed serve"some I don't how it traditional golfing terms used to state of Florida handed all secondaryroads purpose see will said Charlie Flynn, another resident who denote the area's streets a thing of the back to the counties meaning t t 1q 1vT street Pinehurst became 1 his !NE past. For instance, Fairwood Drive is Bradford was responsible for the say ( now NE 2nd Ave. maintenance, including sign 2nd Ave., "any emergency vehicle is I ry F/ X '! still to need find going a map to the Installation, of all its secondary roads. place and I'm sure not going to use it Most residents of the The Bradford County Sign Shop was peaceful, I'll give directions to my house just erected at a total reported cost of affluent area are saying the like I always have, go out to the about$15,000 and the was in the war numbering takes the county ' system away country club road, take a left, anotherleft ) business of making road signs of all eC of the streets live personality they on, and come down to the white brick and many complain the move types. house." muddles the established addressesand stationary headings they have. Faced with a need for some type of .. -.. -Y- . There are those who say the county street sign system for emergency "If I told a friend In Gainesville to Children from the Club These youths used to live on'roads with like Country Estates sub-division names should have never been able to movein purposes the county board approvedthe come to my house on NE 2nd Ave., . have might won4ered If they came home to the right Fairway Ave Pinehurst Drive but now live on NE 2nd I with their and find it new signs new street Regional Planning Council'srecommendation they'd never agreed Mrs. house when the Ave NE 14th St. and their county's new street signs went up In their or parents are none too happy names without consulting the citizens. and two months Welty neighborhood a few with the Idea Some say the numbering system will the sign shop started turning out the The sign system doesn't have the weeks ago. draw similar, if not more heated numbered street signs along with its orderly progression other city mind, "I mean why do we need these "This takes the personality out of it, One resident of the area Mrs. criticism when it reaches into other quota of other road signs such as stop systems have but Haverty the Sign Jacksonville type signs? Starke just I really think it s sad," said Mrs. Donna Gruen wasn't as miffed about outer county areas with much older signs, child crossing signs, etc. To Shop director and the man who drew Isn't big enough to justify giving away Welty, the wife of Attorney Dick the issue as some of her neighbors but and more traditional names.In date street signs have been erected up the number system after some some of the privileges of the small Welty and one of the most vocal did offer a solution. only in the Country Club Estates sub- initial assistance from Regional town that we're supposed to get here. critics of the new street sign system, "I'm not that concerned about It, I division with the Northeast section of Planning Council people, says there is "We moved to the country because we guess I am pleased that it's becomingmore of the criticism' the face county Bradford being the first target area a reason for that too. like It and now It's being citified.". organized out here" said Mrs. ' commissioners and road officials have held that they had a for installation. Sign Shop head, I! R. "Platted sub-division streets like Omen the wife of Dr. Harry Gruen firmly and a good one, for adoptingthe Haverty predicted it will take 4-6 "I've left spaces and street these that have been dedicated to the "I don't see how they can do '"I don't see why they couldn't make reason numbering system. That is that Bradford of the some 6,000 signs numbers open for future roads," county shouldn't be changed," Wood something like this without a vote or a signs that have both the names and the new sign system based on for erected. Haverty explained, "like the. first continued. 'As high as our taxes are poll of the people or something," the small numbers at the top. Other quadrants and North-South East- avenue north of 301) right now is 25th on this property we ought to get some agreed Charlie Flynn, "the first I places do that and that would keep the West dividers as in Gainesville will The numbering system will only be avenue! so that gives us plenty of consideration as to having names knew of it was when I came out.of the personality and warmth and" still allow emergency vehicles from local used outside of Starke city limits with numbers for other roads which wul be instead of numerals. That NE 2nd house. .. and a sign was up." solve.. the emergency problem. Avenue stuff just doesn't suit It's --- --- units as well as from outside the east-west divider being US-301 and built in the county between that road me. - county to locate emergency situations the north-south division being SR-IOO and the city limits. You have to leave getting to" be nothing but numbers 'tlUlI : much faster than is now possible in to the west of US-301 and SR-230 to the room for growth because of the way anyway. to", .., this county which has so many unnamed east side. Any road east of US-301 and this county has grown in the last five ""roe ,., IJ'1 and multiply named roads. -"! north of SR-230 (outside city limits) years. Also we can't number all the "I don't care for them at all," said ""'" ''II. k didn't like the idea at first either," would be named Northeast (some private roads and prison-owned roads Mrs. Dewey McKinney, "I don't see I f us admitted Commissioner E W. numeral)) street or avenue with now but eventually they'll be turned why the numbers are so important. If . Hodges, "but we did it because it's the avenues running east-west and streets over to the county and then they'll be they're going to put up signs why don't : :'!!, w best thing for the future." running nort b-south. The numerals numbered too." they just put up the names?." 1.".:, s UTILITY BUILDING vi just think they should have asked IJ'YNO.L. :- . somebody," said State Trooper Ceramic Exercise !'!'I'nTH iF , Randy Cory,who now lives on NE 13th , Wired Floors ''Cjj'J , ""rrK" L:; J1 Qi # Ave., "I didn't hear a thing about It Classes '/.." "- -. , Lights Switches and then the signs are up. Geez, if I Offered .. .... . wanted to live on a street with a . .. Finances Available< number on it I would have moved Ceramic classes sponsored by the I G: 'a: A q '' back toGamasville.'l' ', cvl d'I .. McCULlOCHPORTABlE"GENEAATOAS. Starke Recreation Department'rWlllbegin .L'i.it t.:! 1711 n 301 "This thing just leaves me cold Monday night, January 29, at 7 w' SUZUKI OF STFJRKE charged Lea Wood who says he's p.m. at the Old Armory. 11AH1Nt -- 964-6020 South doing his best to block NE2nd Ave., The free classes will be held every "... 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