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Newspaper
Sarasota Times
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1920
Page
5
The notice lists subscription rates for the Member State Press Association with one year six months and three months in advance, foreign rates per year and six months, and a postal entry at Sarasota Florida as second class matter. It notes foreign advertising representation by The American Press Association.
The Tampa Tribune notes Governor Hardee’s upcoming inauguration as a good omen for Florida in 1921 while reflecting on the Catts era ending. It cites paint price hikes linked to five firms controlling most white lead output, and mentions Mendenhall’s pardon petition withdrawal and a murder trial risk. It ends with a caution that growth comes from power and self rule.
Sarasota supporters recall Congressman Herbert J. Drane with a Christmas folder featuring Edgar A. Guest’s poem a Friend's Greeting. The piece acknowledges Drane's thoughtfulness and the sentiment of the season. The article notes pending congressional measures on soldiers' bonus and farmer relief that could require a new bond issue, and remarks on bond losses from past issues deterring further government securities purchases.
A Sarasota businessman wonders why gasoline costs thirty cents in Tampa and thirty-one cents in St. Petersburg while Sarasota sells at thirty-six cents. The paper notes talks that local oil stock ownership may influence price perception and questions why such a price spread exists.
A local citizen in DeSoto county offers timber from several acres of land about three miles south of Wauchula as free firewood. Since wood prices range from ten to fifteen dollars a cord, some residents oppose taking the wood as it would help clear the donor’s land.
The Tampa Tribune notes the Smith Towner bill would place forty eight state schools under federal management. Critics warn states lose control and a large share of taxes would fund burages and congressional costs in Washington. More discussion urged.
The Eustis Lake Region is purchased by lessees A. D. Miller and George A. Pierce from Lake County Publishing Co. The transfer occurs in February. Their ownership is welcomed as a sign of ongoing prosperity for Eustis and its lake country.
Fort Meade Leader lauds Mrs. C. V. S. Wilson and her Sarasota Times as a progressive paper worth reading beyond its local audience. The editor notes her success challenges doubt about women running newspapers and highlights the paper’s appeal to surrounding communities.
A New Year message urges broader vision and deeper understanding as the verse from Holmes inspires 1921 resolve. The exhortation calls for kinder, more earnest purpose and more helpful sympathy as seasons roll and the soul builds nobler temples.
Poem fragment depicts a speaker sealing heaven with a vast dome until freedom arrives after life’s ongoing turmoil. The verse contrasts confinement with release and uses sea imagery to express transformation.
Miss Olive May Platt daughter of Mrs W M Walker of Fruitville married Vernon I Hayes son of Mr and Mrs Reuben Hayes at the home of Rev Andrew J Beck pastor of the First Baptist church on Wednesday afternoon December 22 at five o clock. Dr Beck performed the ceremony. Only immediate family attended. The couple will keep house at Mrs Morrill's after attending prayer meeting. The bride a longtime Sarasota resident known for her church work and friendly manner. The groom with Sarasota Sales Agency in a reliable business role.
A Presbyterian Sunday School Christmas program drew a large audience with songs recitations and talks led by teachers Miss Pearce Mrs Grate and Mr Latham. Highlights included Joy to the World the Perfect Gift and Give of Your Best to the Master with acts by Ruth Stark Bonita Brunson Virginia Stansberry Harold Mason Wade Stevens and the Arnold and Pearce classes. Santa Claus visited and gifts were distributed from the tree.
Miss Thirza Mills of Bee Ridge wed Philip Niquet of Bee Ridge on Christmas day at eleven in the new Presbyterian church. Rev C W Latham officiated. It was the church’s first wedding. The bride and groom recently moved to Bee Ridge and will reside there, receiving many well wishes.
Mrs Helen Brooks Smith thanks contributors who aided the community Christmas tree at Indianola. Donors listed include Mrs A B Edwards ten dollars Mrs Ralph Caples ten dollars Mrs C E Hitchings five dollars Mrs Paul Thompson two dollars Mrs W Y Perry two dollars Mrs Carman five dollars Archibald Hardware Co thirteen dollars New York Store three dollars Capt Calcolmson ten dollars F A Walpole three dollars Mrs Ellen J Heff Kansas City five dollars.
The Radcliffe Chautauqua will perform six shows over three days in Sarasota in February under an American Legion Post contract. The Post will guarantee $500, with all funds above that going to the Post, supported by government approval.
Dispatches from Tallahassee report J. J. Mendenhall, serving life for the murder of Miss Susie Elliott near Clearwater, will not apply for a pardon. Statewide opposition runs through newspapers and women’s clubs, with Pinellas County residents and a district attorney planning arrest action if leniency is granted.
Englewood reports a holiday week with a school Christmas program by pupils under Miss Lucy Hartley at the school house, a Santa Claus appearance by Freeman Huckstep, and a Christmas tree event. Residents travel to Tampa and Pierce while an Avon Park lot sale to the Freses is noted. Church services return in January.
H K Hubbard entertained about forty friends from Bellefontaine and other places at Mango Avenue Hotel on a Wednesday evening. Music featured performances by Dr A L Wright violin and Mrs Wright piano, Mrs J B Curran and a St Petersburg baseball team member on piano, Edgar Davis with a solo and a Florida poem by Mrs Davis, and a surprise visit by Mr and Mrs John L Shawver and daughter from Shady Nook Fruit Farm. Shawver gave a talk greeted by W D Faris.
A benefit card party will be held at the Woman's Club on Friday January 7 at 2 30 p m.
Plans are advancing for a New Year's Eve Ball at the Sarasota Golf Club on Friday evening. Mrs. C N Thompson and other ladies decorate the club for the event. Splendid music will accompany dancing from 8 30 until after midnight as the new year is ushered in with ceremonies. Tickets are sold at First National Bank Archibald Hardware Badger Pharmacy Walpole's Pharmacies and at the golf clubhouse door.
Sidney J. Catts Jr resigns as adjutant general of Florida effective at midnight January 3. The resignation was accepted by P A Catts.
Kissimmee reports say Fred M. Bass was acquitted of assault and battery connected to the attack on W. B. Harris editor of the Kissimmee Valley Gazette. Harris, a small man, suffered the loss of an eye as Bass, over six feet tall and 200 pounds, allegedly pinned him and gouged out the eye. Jurors face censure for the verdict.
The Sara sota Times, a weekly Sarasota newspaper, states there are no debts against the business. Editor Mrs C. V. Wilson confirms the declaration in a sworn notarized statement dated December 16, 1927.
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