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Newspaper
Sarasota Times
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1917
Page
1
The Sarasota Board of Trade reports Owen Burns has placed deed and abstract in escrow for a golf course with a new clubhouse. Funds gathered aim to ready playable links within two weeks, with Frank O Ellis offering gratis oversight and $500 annual operation cost.
President Wilson proclaims government control of all railroads for the war effort effective noon Friday December 28. Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo will direct the system as director general with a railroad board guiding operations under his supervision.
A group of about twenty seven visitors from many states sailed the Bishop Line boat Sadell on Sarasota Bay for a sunny picnic day. They dined aboard, visited Mrs Potter Palmer’s estate, Buchanan’s Gulf beach and were hosted in honor of Mrs W W Hamer of Bellefontaine Ohio and the Thompson sisters of Chicago.
The Annual New Year’s Ball will be held at the Woman’s Club House on December 31 at 8 p m. The Full Braden town orchestra will provide music and refreshments. A progressive card game is offered. Mrs Belt Mrs Caples Mrs Burker and Mrs C N Thompson head arrangements. Tickets cost $1 a couple.
A New Year editorial looks back on 1917 as a year of war and sacrifice and forward to 1918 with prayers for peace. It urges resilience, faith, and unity, hoping loved ones return home and a world guided by right triumphs over might.
The community discusses Dr. J Barney Low as a potential candidate for Manatee county in the June Florida House primary. Supporters say his wide popularity and proven ability make him a leading choice if he consents to run. Military guards tighten New York waterfronts as ports nationwide face similar control. Red Cross ships to Europe surpass 10 000 tons monthly with sports gear included funded by Harvard graduates.
A committee appointed by the board of trade raised funds Saturday to shape the Sarasota golf links. Work has begun and the first hole is being prepared so golfers can practice, with an estimated two weeks to full playability. Organizers expect to finish the club house with continued public support.
A retrospective honors city leaders Harry L. Higel E J Bacon E M Hebb and G L Roberts for projects including a $40000 city dock and an $18000 recreation pier funded by bonds. Seven miles of paving and annexation of Bungalow are noted with a $5000 improved audit and praise from residents.
Strawberries will begin to move from Sarasota Friday after pickups on Monday. The Sarasota Strawberry Growers Association reports good prospects with few losses from a recent cold spell and plans for regular shipments once fruit ripens.
A Palmetto gathering of Manatee County Board of Trade featured high profile speakers focusing on coop eration across county groups. Mr Wilmire from the United States Bureau of Animal Industry outlined tick eradic ation with charts while Dr Low urged closer ties among local organizations to aid county development. The article notes low attendance and plans for next meeting in Bradenton January 9 1918 along with a peanut growing pledge in Madison County.
Merchants report satisfactory holiday business in Sarasota while shoppers express prudence in purchases. The season’s gifts embody a practical, spiritful Yule tide remembrance as church activities and celebrations unfold across the city.
Pastors preached messages of love and goodwill on Sunday while Sunday schools distributed gifts from a Christmas tree with Santa presiding. Citizens picnicked hunted and held family reunions as some schools redirected teacher presents funds to the Red Cross, showing subdued festive spirit.
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