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Newspaper
Sarasota Times
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1916
Page
5
A compilation of short items shows residents and visitors in Bradenton, Sarasota, Tampa, Venice, and nearby towns. Names include J H Lord, Ted Morgan, Cullen Bryan, Paul Noble, Mrs Burton Thoms, Dr C B Wilson, King, P D Lacey, and J Elwood Moore. Activities cover business trips, medical and legal visits, proclamations, and shopping notices at Kennedy and Spot Cash Grocery.
Mrs Harold N Hall and her children departed Thursday for a several months trip to visit friends and relatives in Madison New Jersey.
Perry F. Cruise of Manilla Iowa bought a 10 acre tract in Bee Ridge and took an option on 10 additional acres extending his land holdings in the area.
Kennedy's H G Lester handled refrigerators and ice boxes for a Tampa firm while Harold Hall returned from Tampa with his wife heading north for the heated term. Mrs. Bacon plans Cleveland summer visits. Miss Meacham visits. O Neil family moves to Sarasota. Chas O Neil takes J H Krehbiel post.
Mr and Mrs Young of Marshall Texas with children return home late week after visiting Mrs Youngs sister Mrs John Newbern. Mr and Mrs Grosse of Chicago plan immediate winter home construction in Sarasota. G B Schmidt of Niles Michigan bought a 10 acre tract in Bee Ridge at Wilsons and Swift roads with Val Dombaugh as the Sarasota Venice salesman handling the sale.
Mrs Carl Thompson left Friday noon to Baltimore due to the serious illness of her sister Miss Edna Sherwood who had undergone an appendectomy. Miss Sherwood is well known in Sarasota and has visited here on several occasions.
Mr. F. G. Crawford from Plainfield New Jersey has acquired all holdings of Elliott & Crawford and plans development of the property. He will stay a few days to organize before a several weeks absence and plans to return in the fall to establish a winter home.
Wednesday evening at the Park Miss Daisy McClellan hosted a 500 game where Miss Upfield and Mr. Pryor won prizes. Refreshments followed. The previous Tuesday Miss Batchelor and Mr Walker won a game. Mrs. Burton Thoms, from Osprey to Chicago, visited and was feted at a pink luncheon hosted by Miss McClellan with Mrs. Elise Elliott and Mrs. Rhoda Ross in attendance.
Mrs Walter D Blackburn and her mother Elizabeth Schutt spend the Washington summer enjoying the capital’s historic life. She describes the Flag Day Preparedness Celebration led by President Wilson, with 60 000 participants marching from the Capitol to the White House as a striking patriotic display. Mrs Blackburn attends D A R events and League of American Pen Women socials, meeting old friends and finding the vacation pleasant.
Florida’s coast counties show strong advantages for growing large quantities of rice. The Florida Rice Land Development Company, led by J. J. Raezor, has acquired 33,000 acres in Lee County for rice cultivation. Water is abundant and soil fertile, signaling potential low-cost, high-output production with growers from other states joining.
Theodore Watrous of Hotel Watrous leaves Thursday morning for Punta Gorda in British Honduras to oversee his extensive possessions. He plans to be away about six weeks. Frank Anthony has been named commodore and manager of the Sarasota Surf Club, a popular Sarasota area venue. The Sanitary Meat Market offers meat praised as good and sweet. The dredge boat Sand Pecker works near Faubel's point, Bay Island to dredge and rake sand for the new Sarasota Venice hard surfaced road passing through Faubel's land.
Capt J C Jones of St. Cloud relocates with his family to Sarasota to build on Laurel Street. He says Sarasota offers more attractions as a Florida home than any place he has seen among his many years as a soldier.
Joseph Haggerty, an efficient clerk at the Seaboard Air Line freight house, left Sunday morning for a three month journey to the southwest. His route includes New Orleans, San Antonio, El Paso, Tucson, Flagstaff, and the Grand Canyon.
A newly invented concrete pile drills its own bore during installation. Water under high pressure is forced through an iron core to cut a hole as the pile descends. The jet dissolves earth and sand and pushes rocks aside, offering advantages over older piles.
The first wedding at the Presbyterian church was held at 8 30 PM as Miss Mary Pearce and Dr Will Bradburn wed. The ceremony featured a white and green pergola and a Mendelssohn wedding march. Out of town guests included Dr Bradburn s parents from New Orleans. The couple will reside in New Orleans where Dr Bradburn is a physician.
A nine course six o'clock dinner hosted by Mrs. W. Latham at the Manse saluted Miss Mary Pearce ahead of her June 28 wedding to Dr. Will Bradburn. Pink and white decor plus a recipe shower and telegrams marked the social occasion attended by the honoree and a list of Miss Pearce’s guests.
Owen Burns suffered two broken ribs after slipping from his dredge boat The Sand Pecker late Tuesday afternoon. He resumed work early Wednesday, heading to Faubel's Bay Island to supervise dredging tied to the paving project.
Quote notes that true judgment comes only after achieving the happy age of wisdom, enabling fair assessment of one’s own actions and those of others. It cites Schopenhauer as the source of the reflection.
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