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Newspaper
Sarasota Times
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1920
Page
4
Engagements and arrivals fill Sarasota scenes as guests stay at Watrous Hotel and Berkley towns. Notables include Miss Annie M. Resh and Miss Jewel Jackson visiting. Cosden family guests of Watrous Hotel. Mr. Landers settling in Larsen place Sarasota Heights. Local ads promote hot water and fixtures.
Mr Owen Miller from Chicago visits with his wife and son. B M Pack from Camp Gordon Georgia tours Sarasota seeking a future home. Mrs W R Hidden of Greensboro Virginia visits Miss McClellan and her Smith College classmate. Mrs Sherman and Miss Edgar from North Attleboro Massachusetts are winter guests at the Ruddiman cottage on Orange avenue. Reservations for a New Year dinner at McClellan Park with Park Bus service. Mrs F B Hannah of Umatilla holidays with her parents G W and family. plans to depart for Coleman on Monday with her father and brother.
Mr. and Mrs. J Bongner of Jacksonville were holiday guests of Mr. and Mrs. W S Ashton. Mr Bongner returned home this week while Mrs Bongner will stay on for a while longer.
Officers for Sarasota Chapter No 66 O E S will be installed Wednesday evening January 5 1921 at the Masonic Hall. Members and visiting members are cordially invited to attend.
Rev. B. M. Pack of Atlanta, Georgia has stayed with Rev. A. J. Beck for a week during a pros pecting trip through Florida. Pack is considering a potential relocation to or within South Florida.
Miss Charlotte Swain visits her parents Mr. and Mrs. F A Swain for the holidays and will return to Rollins College at Winter Park next week.
Among the Sarasota visitors in Tampa were Mrs. H. Brooks Smith and Mrs. Smith Hemingway who spent the day on a bus iness and pleasure tour.
F. W. Stalker of the Times staff and Mrs. Stalker came back Monday night from Kissimmee where they spent Christmas with relatives and friends, the city being their former home.
Mr J B Wilbur and Mrs Marian Blake Coe from Manchester Vermont arrive for the season and take Mrs Geo Matheny's home on Gulf Stream avenue. Mrs Matheny and her son move to a cottage owned by C O Teate.
Miss Florence Thornton arrived from Washington on Christmas morning to spend the season with her parents and sister in Sarasota. She has served in the post office department in Washington for three years and plans a vacation of several months.
Mr and Mrs Geo A Ledsworth and H R Davis of St Petersburg members of Clement D Cates Co stock brokers spent Christmas and Sunday in Sarasota as guests of the Watrous Hotel. They enjoyed the visit and plan to spend several weekends there.
Capt. K. W. Perry and his wife of Clinton Connecticut have arrived to spend the season in the Bundy cottage on Orange avenue. Perry spent years in the revenue service of the United States government and plans to share experiences from Alaska.
Rev. U S Tabor once led Sarasota Methodist Church returns for a visit and enjoys renewing ties with friends. W D Worth family plus Miss Flay Bragg travel to Tampa Lakeland Arcadia and Wauchula over holidays. J G Ihmsen of Chicago pauses at Indian Beach. he leads New York Bell Federal Division and runs publishing ventures in Chicago. Zephyrhills couple H B Jeffries visits with Raymond Moore family. Sarasota locals hope they relocate to Sarasota.
Mr and Mrs Russell Taylor and children visit their parents Mr and Mrs H M Taylor in Sarasota over Christmas. Also Mr and Mrs H M Taylor Jr and Mr and Mrs Wm M Taylor from Bradenton join the gathering. Local families share holiday time in Florida.
Mrs. E. L. Sproul of Jeffersontown Ky and Mrs. J. C. Alcock of Danville Ky are visiting for several weeks with Mrs. N. T. Ragland. Mrs. Alcock is married to the editor of the Danville Messenger and the three women are sisters.
Miss Mildred A. Chase of Springfield Massachusetts wintering in St Petersburg arrived in Sarasota this afternoon to spend a few days with her aunt Mrs. C H Whitcher and cousin Miss Caroline Whitcher.
Mr and Mrs F A Gurney and Mr and Mrs F C Learned of Wilbraham Massachusetts are spending the week in Sara sota for a two day sightseeing trip and to visit friends who are spending the season there.
Dr J B Low, who summers at his Catskills studio, arrived in the city last night to spend the winter with daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Paul Thompson. Friends report he is in good health and enjoying the season.
St. Petersburg tilante: St. Petersburg defeats Sarasota 5 4 as Hargrave hits a home run and Wilson adds a key hit. Earned runs tally shows St. Petersburg 4 and Sarasota 3. Standings place St. Petersburg at 7 1, Tarpon Springs 3 4, Sarasota 5 2. Time 1 40, umpire Dwyer.
The Freshman class of Saraso ta High School held a Christmas celebration in their classroom last Friday. After a short program gifts were given and refreshments of ice cream cones and homemade candies were served. A social hour followed as attendees wished each other a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Sarasota Choral Club invites women winter visitors to join the club at the next meeting on Tuesday evening January 4 at 7 30. The gathering will be held at the Woman's Club with the Music Committee organizing.
Arrangements require all tourists in Sarasota to register at the tourist headquarters at the pavilion end of the dock. Visitors must record their name home address and residence in Sara.
The Woman's Club holiday party Tuesday night drew about two hundred guests and featured a grand march led by Mr. Beresford Prior and Mrs. Bender. The six-piece orchestra provided premier music, with handmade silk vanity bags as favors and coffee and sandwiches served at eleven.
The Christian Science service will be held at the Woman's Club on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.
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