The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-03-10
LIFE AT EAsTLAkE
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works is receiving fresh coat of
red paint. The dock has been repair
ed.
Geo 2. Snow mas begun the packing
Of June bloom oranges. It is remark
ably fine fruit this year The lake
viii ship a lot of June bloom.
J. G. Lege has recently made some
large sales of oranges.
Some Of the groves at the foot of
the lake were little touched by the
repeated frosts, but no permanent
damage was done. Bloom was so pro-
digious in some groves that a lot Of
it could be lost without lessening the
next crop.
Watermelons will be watermelons
this years. The water-wagon is going
over the fields, supplying the lack of
moisture from the skies. The drought
is becoming serious.
Irrigating plants in groves around
the lake are being used for the first
time in years.
H. A. Fausett, who has a comforta-
BILE cottage here, has bought from E.
f.. Newport the fine grapefruit grove
owned by Ned Barclay, who was COM
PEELED to sell on account of i'll health
C. A. Klotz and wife. who have been
enjoying the Carroll cottage at Wood
mar for some weeks, have departed
for their Ohio home.
A shipment of palmettos has been
ordered from Mcintosh to be set out
on the beach in front of The Oaks
and Palmetto Cottage by Mr.. Goodwin
and Mr.. Chazal Mr.. Woodrow set the
example in ornamenting the beach in
front of Blair villa with these trop-
zeal trees.
Woodmar was lively on Friday even
ing when Mr.. Woodrow and Mr.. Cha
zal and their families opened their
beautiful cottages for the week end.
Mr.. Franz Weston of Newberry was
the guest at Palmetto Cottage and lit
tie Miss Agnes Burford was the guest
Of Miss Annie Blair Woodrow at
Blair villa.
Mr.. Chazal woke the echoes of the
lake for about three days with his
speedy Noca, the fast boat which his
son, John, built last summer The Erd
motor sends her through the water
at a speed that leaves a tremendous
wake. The tuning up" she got indi-
Gates a great race between the Noca
and George MacKay's Frances next
summer.
A party of eight from Indiana, who
have been spending some time in
Ocala this winter, came down Friday
with the Misses Fausett and enjoyed
the beauties of the lake region over
Saturday and Sunday. They occupied
the new Fausett cottage They were
emphatic in their expressions of APP
probation of the beauties of Lake
Weir.
Charles H. Lurven of Portland, Me-.
visited Stanton last week and pur-
chased two lake front lots from Mr..
Goodwin, near the lot which z. C.
Chambliss has bought, and fenced and
ordered them set out in fruit trees.
The reception rendered the Lake
Weir Yacht Club by Mr.. and Mrs. e.
H. Stafford at their beautiful home
near Weirsdale on last Saturday af-
ternoon brought together one of the
largest gatherings that has yet been
assembled at club entertainment
The popularity of Mr.. and Mrs Stat
ford as host and hostess and the de-
lightful hospitality always extended
brought people from far and near.
Mrs. DIR. Jones and the Misses Shaw
and Lake assisted in receiving the
guests. The weather was delightful
and the function altogether enjoya-
BILE.
AT a recent meeting of the execu-
tive committee of the Lake Weir
Yacht Club Vice Commodore Henry
presented the proposition of building
club house, and after listening to the
plan the committee unanimously de-
clared in favor of building a club
house if the necessary funds can be
raised. It was also unanimously
agreed to recommend Eastlake as the
most suitable site for such a club
house. With this unanimity of opin-
ion Commodore Goodwin has set
about the raising of the funds, A
joint stock company, named the Lake
Weir Club Association. will be organ
lied to build the house, and the an
nual dues of the club Will be set aside
as sinking fund. with which to re-
pay subscribers to the stock. When
payment is completed. title to the
property will be passed by the Lake
Weir Club Association to the Lake
Weir Yacht Club. Meanwhile the