The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-10
SHADY

Shady, Aug. 8.-The Coins school
opened Monday, July 31st, with Miss
Sallie Whitfield teacher.
Misses Ida and Bertha Perkins have
returned home after a delightful visit
of three or four weeks in Starke and
Cedar Keys.
Mrs. John Coins had the misfortune
of getting small silver of glass in
her eye Saturday.
Mrs. Birdeshaw, after a months
visit to her daughter, Mrs. George
Buhl, returned to her home in Miami
Thursday.
"To bond or not to bond" was the
question under discussion at the
Shady school house Monday night
July 31st. The majority of the voter
of precinct No. z were there and th4
sentiment of the voters was decidedIs
opposed to bonding the county for
sand-asphalt roads. A few were will
ing to bond the county to make hard
roads of our abundant supply of lime.
Messrs. Jim Adams and Goldie Barnes
were selected to represent the pre-
cinct at the meeting at 0cala, Dee.
7th. H. w. Douglas was chosen as
democratic executive committeeman.
And while we are talking of hard
roads and bonding for better, we
would mention just one little thing.
This writer has been on the Pedro
hard road a few times this summer
and has noticed pine tree in one
place which is just hanging there in
a most dangerous way. It does not
sem to be anybody's business to move
it, as it has evidently been there five
or six months. Let's improve what
we have and insure Safety First"
Ernest Blair was home for few
days visit to the old folks at home
and the girl he left behind him in par
ticular, and incidentally to see old
friends and that crop he worked so
hard on before being called off by his
Uncle Sammy. Ernest says every
thing is all to the good at his camp at
Black Point; plenty of drilling, plenty
to eat and plenty of good cheer among
the boys and his captain never puts
any of them in the guardhouse but
once for the same offense. Ernest is
looking well and is contented with his
lot.
B. ]. Woods, the champion cotton
grower of Shady, left his hoe, took up
his pole and accompanied by Mr.
johnson and T. D. Smith went to Gum
Swamp for a few days fishing this
week.
Last Monday morning about 2:30
o'clock Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas gather
ed up their family and niece, Miss
Irma Ley, and few of the necessary
comforts of life and got aboard their
Overland, two-mule wagon, and hied
themselves away to the shores of
beautiful Lake Weir, for an outing.
Arriving at the Tipperary place, near
Weirsdale at $3.50 a. m. AS the chief
object of this trip was to enjoy the
bathing and rest up from farm work,
no attempt to beguile the finny tribe
was made. Just eating, sleeping and
bathing and tho there were quite q
few friendly mosquitoes we treated
them in a way that made them leave
the camp. The Douglas party wal
Joined by Mrs. Jim Knoblock and chill
ldren of Martin on Tuesday. Wednes-
day afternoon were were invited to I
splash party" and supper at Stanton
dock, and spent delightful Afternoon
and evening with few Of the Weirs
dale folk who know so well how Il
make people enjoy themselves. Thurs
day morning our camp was enlivene'
by a visit from the Weirsdale Doug
lases and Miss Violet Albertson o
DeLand, who enjoyed with US anothe
: dip in the lake. After the noon hon
we broke camp and bent our way +
Shady and home, having enjoyed /
short but happy vacation away fror
Z but near our home.
Miss Irma Ley is in 0cala this wee
visiting her uncle, J. P. Phillips an
family.