The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-08-15
LAKE WEIR

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steady boom, and if she still grows,
as she has been doing, will soon be a |
town suburban TO be proud Of.
Last Sunday was a great day with |
the Lake Weir Baptist folks. This
church was dedicated with 3S mem !
bers. Reys. Rodgers and Lewis con-
Quoted the services. The meetings
were continued this week, with FIVE
new members. and others with let
tiers joined. The new church is call
ed the Lake Weir Baptist church A
good many visitors were present
whose. names did not learn.
Lake Weir is one of the loveliest
spots in Florida; its resemblance to
Lake Chautauqua is very noticeable.
1t is set like a sparkling jewel in its
pearly, ivory sandy beach, surround
ed with its hammocks and pine for
ests, through which is dotted beau
tifuI homes, surrounded with orange,
grapefruit, guava and fig groves, and
further inland well-kept truck gar
dens. Lake Weir lies dimpling and
laughing in its beauty, rejecting sun
shine, blue heavens and laZily floating
clouds, banks upon banks of convul-
vers, some vanishing in the blue dis
lance, as perfumed breeZes sings a
lullaby, while peace and happiness
seem dreaming here, amid the still
4 beauty. Suddenly the tree tops bend
and wave green branches, slowly then
1 quickly, as though the passing winds
! whispered joy, and the erstwhile dim
& ping waters leap frantically up as
though to meet the wind, ruff1ing up
3 wavelets with whitecaps while DER
all is a strange calmness and hush.
Then, the waters, as though angry
at not catching the wind, begin to
roar and leap flashing it's shore in
white foam capped waves of gray I'M
3 til its waters turn inky, and from yOn
Iconvulver clouds now turned to roll
= ing blackness above dart lightning
!. flashes, while rolls and crashes re-
verbrating thunders from among the
!. clouds, while trees and shrubs bend
!: and toss in the roaring winds, while
cattle, cackling fowls, flying birds,
and insect creep under denser shade
and find shelter from the storming
: elements, and pouring rain, whose
: peculiar voice is almost a lullaby song
/: in the otherwise waring sounds. In
: a short space of time comes a cessa-
!: ton of the turmoil, a ceasing of lash
fro OIL II in q
: like IN emerald setting in the ivory
beach, for the now smiling dimpl-
ing lake. Everything is now wrapped
in a misty veil of gray, as though
natures smiling face could be but
\ dimly seen. Yonder in the west are
banks and banks of gray clouds,
above and below, cerulean blue. A
sail boat floats like a dream from
yonder distant island of green, slow
humming of motor boats greet us as
they float over the water, rejecting
its heavens above; soft lowing of cat
tie now and then, as they wade knee
Ideep in limpid waters; a distant
booming of bass, with a soft treble
begins the serenade mingled with
minor chords of myrid insect voices,
and away over there in the misty
I green distance, is the tinkle, tankIe,
Itinkle of the homeing cow bells.
Suddenly a glimmer of brightness,
J, then shaft of light darts out from
( yonder banks of dark gray clouds,
. and there in the east is Gods bow of
: promise, and everything is touched
; with gold, in the golden light, bring
!. out the opalean tints and diamond
: sparkles of the waters, turning boats
Z to gold on the shining lake and the
! sailboat to white-winged golden
!. fiecked bird sailing homeward.
: There from yOnder tree of bronze
! green leaves bursts such a song of
Z melody, it seems the soul of music
: has found her home here, and given
to US the long lost chord in the birds
divine song. There, we have paint
.. ed only one day of Lake Weir's beau
Aty-how perfect must be its contind-
led days of beauty!
u There are so many visitors that We
/ cannot name them all, but we met
EiRevs. Rodgers and Lewis at Mr.. and
! Mrs. Martins, Mrs. Milestone, Miss
1 Bessie and Mr.. Milestone, the Spen-
Ger family, all of Ocala, Mr.. Joe Lu-
cas- of Summerf1eld, Miss Mary Parr,
her niece, Katie May EagIeton and
Miss Nellie Liddon.