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Newspaper
Sarasota Times
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1920
Page
7
Bay front homes and lots offered for sale with prices ranging from 500 to 5000. Properties include seven and eight room houses, bay facing lots, deep water access, and sizable tracts on Orange Avenue. Immediate acceptance and ready-to-occupy options emphasized.
Mrs John Bond returns home for good. Frank Hawkins buys a new Ford. Ada Bryan spends Christmas at Arcadia. Tampa visitors and Tampa families visit for Christmas. Lois Bond comes from Clearwater for the Neckett Mills wedding. Plymouth, Mass residents tour local property. Fort Meade family holiday visit. Sarasota guest Madeline Clark joins Christmas dinner. Auxiliary gives Miss Mills a wedding shower. Ivy Taylor and Lesfie join Hawkins family Christmas. turkey hunting proceeds. Alvin Albritton and Adrian Young visit Chicora. church attendance. Turkey hunt at Cowpen Slough ends with turkeys hidden. Bro Beck baptizes W C Miller after church. Miller licensed to preach. Christmas day sunny and joyous. School Christmas tree with Santa gifts. music by Frye and Taylor. Presbyterian service reports marriage of Niquet and Thirza Mills. Bee Ridge home planned. Couple from Canada. best wishes for long marriage. Reflections on tokens of kindness and memories.
A note about Christmas gatherings at the Moss Oak House and Higelville shows Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Cogswell and Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Higel hosting prominent guests including Indiana visitors. Nemo and family describe holiday scenes with Santa gifts, churchyard memories, and local citrus growers facing economic pressures.
Local column recounts visits and kindness among Laurel residents. Events include Mr. McAuley’s move to Osprey, Mrs. York’s illness care, Legion boys celebrating Comrade Lee Taylor, and reminders of weekly Rest Day linked to reform efforts.
Mrs A J Bear and Mina Bear holidaying in Nokomis with Mrs C O Curry and Miss Mariel Curry from Sarasota visiting Hayden Villa. North Carolina guest Miss Foster joins Mr and Mrs J D Courtoy for Christmas. Virginia visitors Barton Daniels family travel to Wauchula. Rupert Courtoy and party return from Lee county hunting. A Wallace Schutt residence cotillion honors Mrs R J Agnew and Mrs C C Caverly with Capt F A Curry leading. Forty-five guests attend porch party at F J Hayden with Dr Fred H Albee and Mrs Caverly among notable attendees. extensive feasting and holiday decor described. A Santa distributes gifts to children.
Stormy weather and holiday gatherings fill Osprey as Capt Will Hamlin and Mack Hamlin join Christmas visits. E A Johnson works land for Spencer Blackburn while hosting Harold Johnson and Herbert Sederquist. Nearby travels include Mack Hamlin’s trip to Wauchula and multiple family reunions. The Navy drills aid community morale.
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