The Ocala evening star., 1911-06-29
SUNINfERFIELD
Railroad Crossing Has Been Improved.
Hut Isn't Perfect Yet

Summerfeld. June 2s.-Miss Isabelle
Davis. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. w
Davis of Glendale Farm. left Friday for
Bradentown to spend some time with
relatives.
Mr.. Tom Mitchell of Bradentown.
who has been here for several days.
visiting with Mr.. A. u. Mitchell. re-
turned to his home last Friday.
Mr.. O. E. Taylor, manager of the
Tampa Tie & Lumber Company. was
here last Friday. Besides closing a
large contract for ties with Messrs.
Mayo and Baker. Mr.. Taylor has the
contract for furnishing the lumber
for the new packing house At the
Carney Investment Company's orange
grove on Lake Weir.
Some days ago there was n new ar
rival among our colonists. Mrs. John
Heidel presented her husband with
bouncing baby girl. Both mother and
child are reported to be doing well.
Long live the young lady.
Mrs. ]. F. Ricketson returned from
Brandon last Sunday. where she had
been for several days visiting relatives
and friends.
Mrs Nathan Mayo has rented fur
| nished cottage at Daytona Beach.
where she and her family will spend
the month of July. The family leave
for their vacation Sunday. July End,
going to the beach in their auto by
way of Orlando and Sanford.
Don't forget the F. L. of 4. dance
| tonight. These weekly dances are
carried on In the most orderly manner
and no one need fear attending the
| same. Come and have a good time.
Grand march starts at $50 p. m. Be
on hand with your partner.
Thanks TO the Seaboard. IL has put
the main crossing in a passable con-
dition. Still, planking between the
| rails is the only right thing to do and
will make a good and lasting crossing
Hard rains and heavy traffic will
soon make the road over the tracks
impossible again.
Mr. r. E. Downs Is a great fisher
man and lucky. Last Friday in a
pouring rain he landed six or seven
large bass. each weighing not less
than two and one-haIf pounds and
they were beauties. He tried his luck
again last Tuesday and was equally
| successful.
Mr.. Charles Miller was visitor last
Tuesday to Mr.. Nathan Mayo.
| Late arrivals at the National Hotel
are as follows: ]. D. Cline. George
McNeir and cousin, William MADEIRA.
F. II. Harrison, Roy Cline, f. o. Ma
reno, =. O. Bonham, Ed. \. Lisk, II. V.
Con, Mrs. E. f. Briggs and r. G.
Moore.
Land buyers from the Florida Ma
tional Land Company still continue to
arrive and are expressing themselves
in much fiattery of our section. What
pleases them most, is TO find that the
heat here is not so intense as IL Is in
the north: always a delightful breeze
to cut the heat. They are more than
pleased with the lands they have pur-
chased from the Florida National Land
Company and after settling up their
affairs. in the north they will return g
make this section their permanent
homes.
| All of Sam billiards. friends were
very much pleased to see that gentl.-.
man around and about last Tuesday
Mr.. DIllard has just recovered from q
serious attack of illness.
Miss Minnie Kotzbauer has beer
. nominated as one Of the contestant:
in the Tampa Times contest. All whc
receive the Times should not forge
this very popular young lady and ev
cry vote cut from the paper and voted
for her counts for her IL sent In or lef
at Mr.. Nathan Mayo's store. In tn,
? Star contest Summerfleld drew one o.
the first prizes. Help keep up m
2 name of your town.
Madame p. D'Equevilley of San An
tonic, has ben here for the past weel
, visiting her son, Mr.. Guy D'Equevii
ley. who has been Ill. Made D'Eque
r Wiley and her husband have donated
a lot on Mayo avenue for the erection
e of the Catholic church. 1t Is expected
to start work In the near future.
1t is almost a certainty that the na
tional highway will come through
Summerfield, II is the shortest rout
l. to Tampa and would pass through tn
best section OF the state.