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EXPRESS MUCH PLEASUREWith Hospitality Accorded Them and Delighted With PlacesThey VisitedOne of the most important events, so far as the building up of the greatagricultural district at Sarasota'sst week of a partypeopleinspectreserved for them and friends and others who had come without havingmade any prior arrangements.idi- I The visitors were all greatly im-uld | pressed with the land that is being offered for sale by the Sarasota-Ve-nice Company, and were not slow in so expressing themselves. The following named were in the party :in | Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Houston, and daughter, Miss Christy, New Castle, Maine; Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Nash, Damiscotta, Maine; Mrs. Halsted, NewCastle, Maine; Miss Flye, New Castleis I Maine; Mr. W. Dodge, Damiscotta.,la-1 Clifford E. Lays, Portland,Maine; Mr. A. D. Henthony, Rum-merford Falls, Maine; Mr. W. W. Sav-ro- I age, Portland, Maine.to j Mr. Houston is president of theDamiscotta National bank, and Mr.Nash is a director in the same hynlr and is heavily interested in the telephony business of the New England states.Mrs. Halsted has been around the world three times, but said that Sarasota was the prettiest place she had8een? the entire party1H were simply delighted with Sarasota lue land the immediate vicinityr and neve ne j particularly interested m the development of the farming country that, of (meaqs so much to this city.PM . mjpnpn wu_ spent inifII- motoring around Sarasota near-as I by groves. Friday morning the party pa. {Was taken to Osprey, and as this was by boat, the many expressions and acclaims would indicate that they were seeing sights that they had never had the pleasure of seeing before, the [Here the ^arty was takeiv over thesin [magnificent property of Mrs. Potterere Pihner, and were greatly impressedick I with the beauties of assisted nature st this place.■*A • 1 __•.?«t | ; On the return to Sarasota in the ao, I early afternoon the party was taken en- I by auto to the ftrtitfrlEfe groves «f George B. Ross and J. W. Ponder, president of Sarasota Citrus Grow* ers Association. Here they received an insight oif the world famed south-ne; |em hospitality, and Were given their •wJfirst opportunity of picking oranges from off the trees and eating than fresh. Friday evening they all attended the opening of the new Vir-®ft | ginian theatre; using the expression f one of the party, “it was one of the ew | prettiest and. most conveniently ar-os8* I ranged theatres that he had ever seen, ort j and compared with theatres thatvould do credit to cities of 50,000 population.” To say that they enjoyed the minstrels as put on by the members of the yacht club was easily seen by the encores they-gave each number. ?ed | Saturday morning some of the party mt visited Bayonne, and from the eleva-, tion they had here, they were enabled* ar-1 to see vast distances of of the bay and surrounding country.her: | Saturday afternoon they departed for their New England homes, ess I thoroughly convinced that they had die made no mistake in taking land here, ase j ant! that this was the place in which to :ht. I establish their future homes.»•of its:ht. or-on-of the Iofivead-theindoorledtheMr. Nash will commence the erection of a bungalow, which will will be enclose proximity to the new New England Yacht Club house. The clubhouse is to be built immediately..Mr. Wade has his land all cleared and a grove has been set out for him, and Mr. E. J. Chandler, commodore of the yacht club has his land about cleared. Mr. E. W. Martin, likewise, has most of his land cleared.This fall there will be two special cars of New England people come down and as most of them have an option of the land, one can see that*Maine people will be well representedhe around Sarasota. The special cars will lan come direct from Portland, tiat The members of the New Englandtnd | Yacht Club most cordially invites allin convenient distance to take ew | associate membership• ■ WIt was seen that the old prejudices^gainst Florida were ill founded
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Sarasota Times
Sarasota, Florida, US
Thu, Mar 30, 1916
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