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Newspaper
Sarasota Times
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1923
Page
2
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hebb staged a rousing reception and an auto parade after their honeymoon. Fire department truck led the couple on the radiator hood while a local orchestra and singing followed through town.
Contractor Hammond awarded the Crescent Beach bath house contract expects completion by July 4. An afternoon program features athletic diversions led by J. C. Tucker with prizes for winners at the outdoor celebration.
Captain Charles Jones reports exceptionally large lemons from his tree at the corner of Ninth and Coconut. Neighbors say the fruit is the largest ever seen in the vicinity attracting much attention.
A Saturday meeting in Wimauma Hillsborough County gathered growers from Plant City Ruskin and Manatee County to discuss joining the Manatee County Growers Association. Manager I T Williams answered questions on packing and marketing while plans were made to form a temporary organization and assess next fall acreage for cooperative marketing.
Local residents and visitors share Sunday and weekend plans. J M McDonald of Miakka City buys forty acres from Geo Higel to plant oranges and grapefruit. Families from Lily, Nokomis, Manatee and Sara sota are noted visiting, staying with relatives, or moving, including Turpentine Co residents to Jacksonville and a Blue Ridge Mountain motor trip by Capt Blackburns.
A list of rewards for Crescent Beach athletic events includes for shelling peas a box of candy potato race a peck of potatoes bicycle race a tire small boys foot race a knife young girl’s pie eating contest a box of powder paint and puff ladies’ nail driving contest a box candy fat ladies’ race a pair of silk hose small girls race a box candy and tug of war a box cigars.
Mrs. G. M. McAlpin of Sarasota attended the funeral in Atlanta for her brother Henry T. Clark who died after a serious illness. A lifelong Atlanta resident he was highly respected and survived by his wife, several children, his sister, and nephews Geo. and William H. McAlpin. Interment was in Hollywood Cemetery.
Captain Frederick Tresca of Woodmere recalls that his family helped deliver Judah P. Benjamin from Sarasota to the Bahamas. Benjamin paid $1,500 in gold for the flight while a U.S. reward of 40,000 hung over his capture. The elder Tresca refused to betray his mission, and a larger sloop named Blonde was used to reach Knight's Key.
The Dillinger and Roessling families thank friends for sympathy and acts of kindness during a bereavement. Mrs. Dillinger and Mr. Roessling hosted a musical soirée on Ninth Street in Sarasota with guests Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Johnston and Mr. and Mrs. Alex Brown, plus Mrs. Elof Peterson.
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