The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-08-07
ANTHONY
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and pears have been canned, and now
the people are getting ready for sweet
potatoes and fall gardens.
Anthony people have been enjoy
ing the finest cantaloupes, watermeI
Ons, ETC., since the rains began. Ev
erything seems to have put on fresh
life.
The hay crop about Anthony will be
quite large.
Everybody is busy planting sweet
potatoes.
The pecan crop in and about An
thony has been fine this year.
Misses Josephine Bridenbecker and
Charlotte Swain gave a birthday par
ty last week to their little friends
and very delightful afternoon was
spent by all.
Rev. j. L. Folsom and wife have
been spending some time here among
friends.
A very delightful homecoming has
been enjoyed by Mr.. and Mrs. E. H..
Swain at Anthony. Their children
and families, Fred Swain, wife and
two daughters of Tampa, Mrs. Euge.
mia Young of Sarasota and four chill
dren, DR.. and Mrs. Jack Halton and
two children, Charles Swain, wife ano
child of Sarasota and Elvin O. Swain
OF Brooklyn, N. Y, composed the par
fy. A jolly time was had by both
young and old. The children espe
cially enjoyed the large yard, with
its swings, and room for so many
games. The large house and spacious
verandas were quite ample to enter
tain all. The ten days passed all too
rapidly, when the fine Overland of
Mrs. Halton left, taking Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Swain, Edwin o. Swain, Mrs.
Halton and children to Sarasota. Mr.
Edwin Swain will visit at Sarasota,
then go to Clearwater to visit his sis
ter, Mrs. H. s. Smith, and other
friends, returning to Anthony for a
few weeks visit before going north
The older ones of the party greatly
enjoyed visiting the scenes of their
childhood and renewing old acquaint
ances. We hope it can be an annual
reunion with an unbroken circle Mr.
and Mrs. Swain have seven children,
raised at Anthony, and they all enjoy
coming home, Mr.. Earle Swain of
Muncie, Indiana, being the only one
not in Florida at this time.
Mr.. Thos. Jones, Mr.. Otto Jones and
their families have been on an outing
at Salt Springs for the past ten days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mamie Gates have
gone to Tennessee to visit Mrs. Gates
mother. and will be away for several
weeks.
The stork, which has been favoring
Anthony very often this year, paid
another visit last week and left
very fine baby girl at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Priest.
Figs, grapes and peaches have been
plentiful this year.
Mrs. Fred Swain of Tampa is spend
ing a few days with Mr.. and Mrs. E.
II. Swain.
The children certainly do enjoy
HGrandpa's" yard, with its big trees,
grass and swings.
Prof. and Mrs. Beard have gone to
Bushnell, where the former will have
charge of the school at that place.
Prof. Maddox, our new teacher, is
expected this week. He comes highly
recommended, and we hope will prove
to be the man for the place.
1t is announced that school will be-
gin on the 18th of August, with Prof.
Maddox as principal, and Miss Pearl
Forbes first assistant, and Miss Hettie
Hamell as superintendent of the pri.
mary work. We regret not getting a
new school house this summer. The
citizens should put themselves in bat
tie array and talk straight to the pub
lie school board on the matter. The
old school house, thirty years old, is
a disgrace to Marion county, to say
nothing of Anthony.
The Anthony cemetery is being
very much improved by the cement
coping put around many of the lots.
1t Is hoped soon that all will follow
suit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peace and children of
l4awtey are visiting her parents, DIR.
and Mrs. Gill, here, and her sister,
Miss Ruth Gill.