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OUTINGS OF C BUSY ONEGOBright Rits of News Gathered By Gc Our Correspondent.A grand re-union of the Thompson family was held at lt;*a the residence of W. B. Thomp- te son on New Year’s day, when st j 1 about thirty of the family were fr e! present. The father of B. L. S‘c and W. B. Thompson was pres- so ent. lie* is now making his li’ heme with his son, \Y. B. He is o? 92 years old, and the oldest re])- ilt;» resentative of the family, and or the infant daughter of Mr. and sa Mrs. Harold Ilelm, was the to youngest. We are told it was a 01 very pleasant affair. 1°A party of ten, consisting of ai Mr. and Mrs..). H. \V estwell and daughter, Miss Ivy, Mrs. W. B. Collins and daughter, Miss Fannie, and Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Ilall, of Oneco, and two of Mrs. Hall’s sisters, Mrs. A. A. Green, of Bynumville, Mo., and Mrs. Emma Montague, of Norway, Iowa, and Mr. E. C. Mans, of Sarasota, boarded the noon train last Wednesday and ran down to Sarasota; chartered the launch Ada, with Cupt. Otto Smith in command, and were soon speeding our way down the Sarasota bay. After a very pleasant run m of about two hours, we lauded at ylt; Mr. L. A. Boot, the veteran bee man of Medina, Ohio, Messrs. Boot and Shumard are experimenting on the island with the Caucasian strain of bees, and if their merits will justify it, they will place on their list of queens this strain. Mr. Boot has a very nice little cottage, which lit* very generously opened up for our accommodation. Mr. and Mrs. Shumard also allowed us to occupy a part of their house.We were made to feel perfectly at home by Mr. Boot and the entire Shumard family. Me strolled on the beach, sailed on the beautiful Sarasota baj-, hot 11 by day and by moonlight ; and in the evening we would assemble* Mi- si 1111111 •» ril • c \vl»erlt;-» we wereWclt;aitotetowdlt;is i n pa in111ylt;ylt;ishi
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Manatee Record
Manatee, Florida, US
Fri, Jan 04, 1907
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