The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-31
ITEMS FROM DAYToNA BEACH

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Special to Ocala Banner:
| Yesterday afternoon being a halt
holiday at Daytona and the nearby
towns, there was large crowd at the
beach. The hotels were full; there
were hundreds of bathers in the surf
and automobile parties by the dozens
were over to enjoy an afternoon al
the beach.
At the Seaside Inn at dinner last
night Mrs. Morris G. Mum of Lake.
land and Mrs. w. B. Taylor and Mrs
w. NJ. Dale entertained, compliment.
ing Mrs. William Hooker and Mrs. c.
K. Tydings of Ocala. The other
guests at the table were Mrs. Fred
erick Hooker of Ocala, Mrs. A. B.
Efrd of Leesburg and Mrs. Miller OF
DeLand. The table was set in the
private dining room and a lovely din.
ner was served.
| The Nautilus is a wonderfully at.
/ tractive new pavilion that was open.
ed on the beach a few weeks ago. 1t
| is at the Seabreeze end of the beach.
up beyond the Clarendon Hotel. 1t oc-
cupies the. foundations that were in
tended originally for a big tourist no.
tel. 1t is an enormous Pavilion, with
a beautiful maple floor, and has cool
and comfortable (barring mosquitoes)
soft drink and ice cream parlor in the
rear, and broad cement walks around
three sides. Every Tuesday, Thurs
/. day and Saturday nights there are
| dances at the pavilion, which are
very delightful affairs. The Thursday
and Saturday night dances are par
ticularly popular, large crowds taking
advantage of this charming place to
dance.
There is very excellent picture
show at the beach and other pleas
ant places to amuse oneself.
The automobile drives on the beach
at Daytona, over to Ormond and on
down to New Smyrna and other near
by places are very delightful, and as
many of the visitors to the beach
come over in their cars these drives
are very, very popular. The roads
are of shell, and driving on them is
quite delightful.
A most interesting thing at New
Smyrna is the recently discovered
ruins of an old Indian mission. In ex-
cavating under the ruins of several
old homes of the descendants of Turn
bull, these old ruins were found. A
number of old candlesticks and other
mission furnishings have been found,
and the excavating will be kept up.
The Daughters of the American Revo-
luton are taking up this matter. Some
are trying to prove this mission old
er than that at st. Augustine, and it
is hoped that in time the corner stone
with the date will be found. Should
it prove older than the ST Augustine
mission the history of Florida will be
different.
] There are the ruins of old sugar
mills and old Spanish castles around
this section that are of much interest
to tourists. New Smyrna is quite a
pretty little tropical town.
The sea bass have begun to bite.
Wednesday afternoon Mr.. William
Hooker, Mr. A. B. Efird and several
others went down to Port Orange to
fish. They caught one very large
bass and number of smaller ones,
trout, etc.
! Mrs. W. j. Sheridan and daughter,
Dixie, and Mrs. Smith McAteer and
children of Ocala have a cottage on
the beach, and are having delight
full stay.
Mr.. B. F. Myers, who for some
months conducted delicatessen shop
in Ocala, is now, with his family, re-
| siding at Daytona Beach. He has a
nice little shop and looks in better
health. His children also look i'm
proved in health.
| Mr.. Arthur C. Cobb of Ocala and