One Weather Report in Thompson and Local Notices
Mrs Charles Jefferson departed Wednesday morning for Tampa to visit a few days. Miss Cathryn Scott, former public school teacher, stayed over the weekend with Miss Emma Gene Smith. Mr Arnold of Ashland Ohio and wife secure rooms at Mrs Robinsons on Orange avenue for a few weeks. Arnold owns property on Sarasota Key.
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Charles Jefferson
Tampa
Cathryn Scott
Emma Gene Smith
Mrs. Arnold
Ashland, O
Mrs
Socials and Travel Notes From Local Roundup
Adv Mr and Mrs Yohe plan a Pittsburg summer trip from Monday through Saturday at Philips. Mother Ross will ride to New York to visit daughters there and in Brooklyn. Mrs F Wm Schultz left for Tampa to attend a house party hosted by Corrie Harris and to entertain Grand and Past Grand O E S officers. she will be away a week.
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Mrs. Yohe
Pittsburg
Mother Ross
New York
Brooklyn
F. Wm. Schultz
Tampa
Corrie Harris
Schultz
Special reduced prices on white pumps and oxfords
Turner Co advertises special reduced prices on white pumps and oxfords and work shoes ending July 4th. The notice highlights the sale timeline and product types for customers seeking footwear discounts.
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The
Turner Co
Adv
Mrs Rader and daughter return from Florida visit
Mrs. Marcia Rader and her daughter little Miss Marcia arrived back in Nashville on Wednesday morning after a month with Mrs. Rader’s parents Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Ashton at their Gulf Stream avenue home.
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Marcia Rader
Miss Marcia
Nashville
Tampa Southern Men Survey Manatee River Reach Sarasota
A Tampa Southern crew surveys the Manatee river area as they plan extending the railroad into Sarasota, originally promised near the start of July. The move suggests progress toward completing the contemplated line.
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Tampa Southern Railroad
Manatee River
Sarasota
Mr and Mrs Geo Wagner Plan Michigan and Ohio Visit
Mr and Mrs Geo Wagner travel this week to Michigan and Ohio to visit relatives and friends for several months. Wagner, former Fidelity Farms foreman, expects to return this fall. Also notes mention three sale days weekly at Philips. A Sarasota Baptist Sunday school picnic at the Whitaker place is praised, with credit to the picnic committee Howard Knox and Sims.
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Geo. Wagner
Michigan
Ohio
Mr. Wagner
Fidelity Farms
Sarasota
Baptist Sunday School
Sea grape jelly from the Keys winning praise
Mrs. Evelyn Allyn reports abundant sea grapes on the Keys and plans to jar a large batch of jelly this season. She is also producing a fine quality Pimento sauce from the same harvest.
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Evelyn Allyn
Remember Remnant Day Observance at Turner's Adv
Reminder for Remnant Day events scheduled next Monday June 25 at Turner's Adver tisement shop. Public gathering noted with unclear start time and local attendance likely.
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Turner
Adv
Miss Hay's Sunday School Flag Entertainment Shines
Members of Miss Hay's Sunday school class at the Baptist church presented a Flag Entertainment last Friday night. The program featured the Star Spangled Banner as the central feature and the church was attractively decorated with vines ferns and flowers.
Manatee educator visits Walpole home with son
Dr. T. M. McDuffee and wife, chairwoman of the county Board of Education, visited the Walpole home on Tuesday. They returned home with Mr. Walpole’s young son, Dr. Robert Moore McDuffee Walpole, who will stay a few weeks. The note also mentions a Shoe Sale at Theodore T. Watrous on Saturdays. Mrs. Watrous, visiting her sister in New Orleans, has had a bouncing eight and a half pound boy.
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T. M. McDuffee
Manatee
Board of Education
Frank Walpole
Theodore T. Watrous
Will Bradburn
New Orleans
Watrous Reports Bradburn Family Doing Well
In a letter Watrous states Mrs. Bradburn and the baby are getting along fine. Mrs. Bradburn was formerly Miser Mary Pearce of this city.
Councilman Bacon’s Brother Remarries in Canton Ohio
Councilman E J Bacon learned from his brother Hollis that he married Miss Emma Schneider at the bride’s parents home in Canton Ohio. The Bacons, former Saraso ta residents, moved away five years ago. Bacon was a Marine at the time of the wedding and returned to service immediately after the ceremony.
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E. J. Bacon
Hollis
Emma Schneider
Canton
Ohio
Mrs. Bacon
Sarasota
Mr. Bacon
Marines
Sarasota Navy League forms chapter and Red Cross drive grows
In Sarasota a new Navy League chapter forms with officers elected to organize surgical dressings and home care lectures as a Junior League plans to recruit under 18s. A Red Cross drive expands enrollment with two teams adding 136 new members and the auxiliary totaling 219. A charity screening of The Primrose Ring raises funds and goods for battlefield relief.
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Sarasota
Navy
Navy League
Union
R. W. Grinton
W. F. Purdy
F. W. Schultz
Alice Howard
Paul Noble
Gilmore Edmondson
Edith Halton
Hazel Houle
Miss Halton
Woman’s Club
John Halton
Women’s Auxiliary Hosts Afternoon Meeting
Mrs. F. H. Guenther and Mrs. Wm. T. Caven hosted the Woman's Auxiliary at Mrs. Guenther's home. After the business and program meeting, pineapple sherbet and cake were served.
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F. H. Guenther
Wm. T. Caven
Card of Thanks for Kindness in Loss
We express sincere appreciation to friends for acts of kindness sympathy and assistance during our great trial and sorrow in the loss of our beloved daughter May God bless you MR and MRS BIORSETH
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Biorseth
Red Cross Week Raised Funds for Surgical Dressings
Sarasota Red Cross Auxiliary conducted a campaign to recruit members and raise funds for wartime humanitarian work. The week included several benefit events that substantially boosted the treasury for supplying surgical dressings and supporting Red Cross efforts abroad.
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Sarasota
National Organization of the Red Cross
Red Cross
Dance and stunt party at McClellan Park Club House
Friday evening Miss Daisy McClellan hosted a dance and stunt party at the McClellan Park Club House. Contests and original stunts sparked merriment as Mrs. Collins provided music. fruit punch and sandwiches were served, with proceeds totaling $10.
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McClellan Park Club
Daisy McClellan
Securing New Members Monday Morning the Contest
A brief notice notes the ongoing drive to recruit new members with activities planned Monday morning. It highlights efforts by organizers to grow participation and welcomes interested individuals to join the group.
Soul and Self in Tethered Labor Poem by Malloch
A reflective poem where the speaker laments bargaining his soul for livelihood. He claims to have exploited his strength and youth without corrupting the inner self. The speaker foresees a future reunion with the soul before God and asserts honesty in the deepest self.
Church Women Donate Dinner Proceeds to Red Cross
The Woman's Mission Society of the Methodist church hosted a chicken dinner last Tuesday. Members served meals and donated the proceeds of 35.35 dollars to the Red Cross, with other groups like Episcopal Guild 10.00, Presbyterian Aid 5.00, Baptist Missionary Society 5.00, Order Eastern Star 5.00, and County Board of Trade 12.30 contributing.
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Woman’s Mission Society of the Methodist Church
Red Cross
Episcopal Guild
Presbyterian Aid Society
Baptist Missionary Society
Eastern Star
County Board of Trade
Private Subscriptions Reported by Local Residents
Mrs. Edson Keith contributes 100 dollars with address W. Ti Benton plus 5 dollars from another donor. Mrs. Joseph Halton contributes 5 dollars in the community subscription list.
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Edson Keith
Benton
Joseph Halton
Badger Pharmacy Donates Half Sales to Red Cross
Badger Pharmacy announced that 50 percent of the proceeds from its soda water fountain on Wednesday would be given to the Red Cross charity.
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Badger Pharmacy
The
Red Cross
Red Cross fundraiser weekend events announced
Friday proceeds from the Red Cross Pharmacy soda fountain donate half to the Red Cross while a Woman's Club card party offers admissions for the same cause. Saturday Red Cross volunteers work as salespeople at Sarasota Furniture Co with 10 percent of sales and 5 percent of collections for the Auxiliary. That afternoon Sarasota and Bradenton play baseball with all proceeds to the Red Cross.
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Red Cross
Woman’s Club
The
Sarasota Furniture Co
Sarasota
Bradentown
Franklin Lacey Wedding on Lacey Lawn in 1917
On Wednesday morning June 20 1917 at eleven oclock William Ernest Franklin wed Kathleen K Lacey at the Lacey home lawn. Rev C H Latham of the Presbyterian church officiated under a bamboo arch adorned with white oleanders. The wedding party included best man Robert Franklin ushers Mildred Schultz Louise Edwards bridesmaids in white organdie with pink roses and asparagus ferns.
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Lacey
William Ernest Franklin
Kathleen K. Lacey
C. H. Latham
Presbyterian Church
Robert Franklin
Mildred Schultz
Louise Edwards
Bridal party entertained with cards at Franklin home
Mrs. G. W. Franklin hosted a Tuesday afternoon bridal party at her home. Miss Kathleen Lacey won the guest of honor prize and the first prize, with Miss Louise Edwards taking the second prize. Refreshments included iced tea, sandwiches, ice cream and cake.
Mrs Owen Burns Hosts Miss Kathleen Lacey Luncheon
In honor of Miss Kathleen Lacey with a wedding planned for the 20th inst Mrs Owen Burns hosted a 1 pm luncheon Saturday for twelve. Pink and white decor featured doll favors. A four course meal followed by 500 games awarded the prize to Mrs Yohe. guests included I R Burns Burker Yohe Woodburn Matheny Carl Thompson Paul Thompson Evelyn Lacey Rena Wright Julia Yates Kathryn Southgate and Kathleen Lacey.
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Rena Wright
Frank Lacey
Kathryn Southgate
C. N. Moore
Arizona
Julia Yates
John Lacey
Evelyn Lacey
R. L. New
Charles Matheny
William Burns
Chas. Lacey
Kathleen Lacey
Owen Burns
Yohe
I. R. Burns
Burker
C. Woodburn Matheny
Carl Thompson
Paul Thompson
Alien Shower Honors Bride-Elect At Green White Theme
Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. C Woodburn Matheny Miss Kathryn Southgate and Miss Julia Yates hosted a bridal shower for the bride-elect. Guests arrived with packages placed in a large clothes basket presented to the honoree. Packages contained embroidered linen with good wishes then hung on a ribbon line as refreshments of brick ice cream green and white cake mints and green punch were served.
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Weather Report
Thompson
A. B. Edwards
Ebi
Philip’s. Adv
Esther Edmondson
Burns
Janet Ashby
Una Taylor
Miss Edmondson
Myra Jones
Louise Higel
Lois Seale
Maisie McKean
Mabel Helveston
Edmondson
the Red Cross
Virginian Theatre Benefit
Virginian Theatre
Koons
United States
G. W. Franklin
Bobbie
Rustic Bridge
Jack Halton
Umatilla
Daytona Beach
Franklin Cottage
Orange Avenue
Mrs. Franklin
P. D. Lacey
Mississippi
Franklin
G. W.franklin
Mr. Franklin
Entertain Woman’s Auxiliary
Miss McClellan
Douglas Malloch
Highsmith & Bright
the Grocers OF
P. H. Levy
GEO. B. Prime
Sarasota Bay
Manatee County
Florida
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