The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-02
TuRnbUlL Castle
FORMALLY OPENED
is HEADQUARTERS OF THE TURN
BULL HuNTlNG AND FISHING
ASSOCIATION AND CONDUCTED
BY CHARLES KOST.

BY CHARLES kOST.
The official opening of the headquar-
teTs of the Turnbull Hunting and Fish
ing association was celebrated Thanks
giving day by reception rendered
to the members and their friends by
Nine Host Chas. Kost and his estim-
Op ari~g were preceded by a collation.
served in the dining hall with about
40 guests present and Chas. F. Burg
man as toastmaster. who explained
the objects of the association.
Among the speakers of the evening
were Col. c. NJ. Bingham. Commission
err Jerome D. Maley, Collector D. Per
kins Smith, Ernst Kreitzberg and
these and others expressed themselves
rs highly pleased that meeting place
had been built where opportunities
had been provided for the pleasant
social intercourse Of the citizens OF
the several cities on the Halifax riv-
er and New Smyrna with her near
neighboring communities. This would
make for her the furtE ering Of good
fellowship and progressive develop
ment of the entire district and would
make for amusement and recreation
for all interested in outdoor sport.
Turnbull Castle was built by Chas
Kost, we'll known to everyone in Day
iona and the surrounding neighbor-
hood. In going to New Smyrna last
Spring on business Mr.. Kost conceiv-
ed the idea that the point of land sit
uated where the last bridge over Turn
bull Bay turns south along the public
roadway toward New Smyrna. would
be capital place to establish a hunt
ing and fishing camp. He secured
five acres of the choicest land for
this purpose and during the summer
built a small hotel there.
For years the several bridges over
Turnbull Bay fhave been the Mecca
of enthusiastic fisher folk of every
age and sex. Boat loads and auto
parties with bullying baskets of edi-
bles camped near these bridges and
brought home with them loads of the
finny tribes of the deep, for no finer
fishing grounds can be found than
those of Turnbull Bay with it's many
islands, it's broad expanse and its
swift currents crowding in through
the ocean inlets nearby But no shell
ter could be found in case of stormy
weather and very little friendly shade
during the hot days of the summer,
nor place for comfortable rest while
waiting for turn Of the tide when
fish had absented themselves. Char
ley kost was aware of all this from
personal experience and he reckOned
| too, that whatsoever would be the first
| to respond to the call for a demand
| of a comfortable place here needed
| would find good paying patronage.
His little hotel with it's spacious din
| mo arfs, n 10 inv,
and well screened porches will draw
goodly crowds from among the tour
istssas well as from among the per
manent jewellers along the Halifax
and upper Indian rivers. He named
his hotel Turnbull Castle in memory
of the historic old castle which over
crowned the great shell mound two
miles north of New Smyrna, and which
is now but a memory-both castle and
shell mound having disappeared
The Turnbull Bay Hunting and
Fishing association has established
! here its headquarters with its mem
bership composed of the leading citi
zens of the eight towns and cities
clustered about the waters which
make the Halifax and Indian river
| Among those present at the ODCning
ceremonies We're the following:
Senator Frank Sans. Dr. L. B. Rou
chelle. Collector y. T. Smith ana
| Wife. Col. e. VI. Bingham and Wife
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Clark Ed. WI
son. Miss lone Neal Miss Cornelis
Smith, {. y. Marshall. Miss Mary
Louisa Crane. Carl Y Hawi 1ins. Mis-.
Marjorie Cranon1. Or. T, \ WeThart
Ernst krcitanerg, How ard +. G. HaW
kins. {. II. Neal. c. Il Sans. Mis-:
Gladys Smith. Jerome y. Malev ant
wife. T. w Scott J. II f4ibbard. Ere,
Anderson J. 3. Lathorp. .Ir.. Leo. "
Baker J ). nuss, Caas. F. Burgman
Sam Gaham, Mr. and Mrs. Prep0nd
Mr. and Mrs. \. =. Coatea.