The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-01-27
EAsTLAKE ITEMS


Special Cor. Ocala Banner:
d. s. Woodrow and wife spent the
weekend at Blair villa.
G. A. Klotz and wife of Bowling
Green, Ohio, who have been occupying
r. r. CAROLS cottage at Woodmar
for some weeks, left Wednesday for
st. Cloud, to visit Mr.. Klotz's uncle:
Miss Alice Ballou Of Naperyille. ILL.,,
came with Commodore and Mrs.
Goodwin as a guest at The Oaks this
winter. Her mother was a visitor at
the Bungalow last winter.
Miss Lillian Mann Of Camden, S. G.,
il guest of Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Lege-
Jack Walker has gone to North Car
DINA, after a residence at the lake
for some months.
The new Episcopal church at
Woodmar is ready for the floor, which
Bob Fosnot will begin to lay at once.
F. w. Hall, proprietor of the East
lake citrus nursery, has been busily
engaged for nearly year with the
American Felt Company, with head
quarters at Chicago. He has been en-
deavoring to return on a visit home
but has been unable to leave the new
work, which he is putting on foot FOL
the company. Meanwhile his son
Dick Hall. the efficient new pOstmas
ter at Eastlake, is keeping the brisk
business of the nursery moving expe
ditiously.
George E.. Snow has already ship
ped about is carloads Of fruit from
this station, and nearly 10 cars remain
to be picked and shipped. The pack
ers found the doubled capacity of the
packing house very helpful in hand
ling the work promptly and conven
iently.
In addition to doubling the size OF
his packing house, George r. Snow
has built two new houses for help, and
a boat house. He has purchased q
16-foot Mullins seel launch.
The Della, famous for nearly thir-
ty years as an excursion steamer on
Lake Weir, has been beached and
broken up, as age had carried her be-
yond a point of seaWorthiness. She
had been used for years in carrying
fruit from the Carney groves and 9th
er groves across the lake, and also
for excursion parties. The big barge
which the Della carried in tow for
large parties, was broken UP last
year. The Billiken. the big and
staunch gasolene launch which Capt.
r. L. Fosnot built last year, serves
well all demands of excursion parties,
James Walker, the faithful colored
man of all work around Eastlake, and
without whom it would be difficult to
carry on the village life and labor,
has sold his fine orange grove to M
e. Heath, who came here from
Greenville, Mich. Mr.. Heath has built
4 house near the grove, which lies
close to Silver Lake.
The chicken farm established on
silver Lake by Otto Young some
months ago, is progressing finely. He
expects to have 800 white leghorr
chicks Matched out by the first of mex
month. His father-in-law, Hugo
Schroeder. came here from Philadel
mia about two months ago to make
his home with his daughter
]. w. Chapman of Boston, who fol
some years has been guest at tn
Lakeside Hotel, is enjoying his stay
this winter in Argyle cottage, a
Woodmar.
Miss Uranie Lege has been making
her home for some time with ne
brother, J. G. Lege. the fruit buyer Q
the lake, and conducting class Il
French at Ocala.
The Carney Investment Compan'
has already shipped about 100 cars
fruit from South Lake Weir, and re
sumes shipping on Friday. Sam Eos
not is hauling the fruit.
Mrs. Louise Won Feilitzsch OF New
York was recent visitor to her beau
tiful grove, on which her mother
the late Mrs. Brown. expended year
OF loving care and effort. She had a
guests Miss Harriet Ford, the play
wright, and her mother, and Maste
Maynard Pray. Mrs. Van Feilitzsc
remained for three weeks
Commodore and Mrs. w r Coco
win and son, Mortimer, reached Eas
lake from Chicago by way OF the Oh
lawaha river and Silver Springs Q
Tuesday Of this week. They pronoun'
ed the river trip very delightful an
restful. AS they left the train 9
Eastlake they were greeted by nearl
fifty members of the Lake Weir zach
Club and their families, as the flee
has been assembled by Vice CONNIE
dore Henry in honor of the arrival