The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-22
NEWS NOTES FROM EAsTLAkE
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her home in North Brookfield, Mass.
Mr.. DeLane will remain indefinitely,
looking after a new grove he has
budded
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. E. Thompson of
Woodmar were the guests of Mr.. john
E. Carney on an auto visit to Silver
Springs on Wednesday. Mrs. George
Robson was also in the party.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Lansford have
been visitors around Eastlake and Vi
cinity for several days. They enjoy
ed the hospitality of the Lakeside
Hotel for a while.
The windows IN the new Episcopal
church at Woodmar will be put in
place next week, and the plaster will
be applied.
People from Leesburg have been
coming to Eastlake TO fish the past
few weeks, and have had good luck.
One family is expecting to stop at
tions can be secured.
DR.. C. B. Aver has requested r. L.
Fosnot to prepare plans for a boat
house and camp house on the beach
lot he has bought from Geo. E. Snow.
Fertilizer has made it's annual
spring appearance. The depot is full
of it, but it will be quickly trans
ferred to the groves.
Mrs J. G. Lege and Miss Alice Bal
lou attended the theater in Ocala on
Tuesday night, and remained over
Wednesday.
Rapid progress is being made on
the club house, but it will not be
ready for the opening party which
Commodore and Mrs. Goodwin had
planned before leaving for Chicago
on March 49, They are much disap-
pointed at the prolonged delay on &C
coun tof lack of lumber, as they had
planned an elaborate dedicatory par
ty.
One of the most enjoyable events
of the yacht club program is the an
nual fish fry on Lemon Island, at the
old Carney packing house, where the
guests are to be the guests of John l.
Carney 1t takes place on next Sat-
urday afternoon at / o'clock. The
picnic baskets will be enforced by an
abundant supply of trout and perch,
fried in deep fat.
st. Patrick not only shooed" all
the snakes out of Ireland, but he also
banished bad weather on Lake Weir.
Saturday, the 18th, was set apart for
the celebration of this saints day,
which fell on Sunday this year, and
Fridays weather held no promise fos
the event. But Saturday brought a
perfect day and large crowd. The
launches assembled at the new club
house dock, and for the first time
many members saw that the skeleton
of the club house had risen. The per-
fectly appointed dock was greatly ad-
mired. The course lay from the club
house to the hammock grove of E. j.
Lyle, at Stanton, where the club was
entertained for the first time during
its winter program. Complete ar
rangements had been made by Mr.
Lyle and this historic grove never
looked more attractive. Tables and
coffee were provided by Mr.. Lyle,
and Mrs. Goodwin sent from the Oaks
a big kettle of genuine Irish stew
enough for the Is picnickkers. Judge
Wynne, who has stood many time
on st. Patrick's grave, declared that
the real Irish stew could be made
only in Ireland, but after sampling
Mrs. Goodwin's production, he sent
word to the picnickers that it was the
genuine article, on the authority of a
man who knew. Several of the boats
were decorated in green and all who
attended came with touch of typi-
Cal COlOl. nS COSluIl0 party was
more of success from an artistic
than numerical standpoint. The
Chicago carried most of the costumes,
and the Irish were real Irish, while
Mr.. J. w. Chapman, as William of
Orange (alias Billy of Kumquat) add
ed the dignity of the shoulder stars
of general and the beard of a pa
triarch. Mr.. and Mrs. N. A. Callison
of Spring Park Stock Farm, Gaines
vile, were present as the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Goodwin, having motor
ed down in their Overland car. Mrs.
Callison, who has had an extended
and successful stage experience, gave
number of delightful readings in
Irish and negro dialect, and this fea-
ture of the entertainment was greatly
enjoyed. Mr.. J. C. Connell, the
Scotchman from Ontario, who has re-
PpntIv hO,1Oht Covt0n