The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-19
WACAHOOTA

WacahoOta, Oct. 1S.-IhlS .Sectlon
is having a fine rain today, which will
be of great benefit to fall vegetables.
Mr.. B. C. Bauknight spent several
days last week with relatives in Mic
anopy and Tacoma.
Mrs. NJ. r. Beck and Miss Resale
Smith were guests of Miss Belle
Gritty of Micanopy last Tuesday
night and Wednesday.
Mr.. J. F. Bruton attended the re-
union of old soldiers at Jacksonville
last week.
Mrs. Harry Burch of Gainesville
spent last week with Mrs. Elvin Bru-
| ton.
Miss Thelma Curry, who is attend
ing school at MicanoPy, spent the
week end with her parents. She had
as her guest Miss Louise Johnson of
st. Petersburg.
Friday, Oct. 18th, Mrs. J. Porter
Smith celebrated her eighty-ffth
/ birthday. AS has been the custom for
several years, quite a large crowd
came to help Grandmother Smith"
enjoy the day. The day was an ideal
Indian summer day, and even the air
was freshened and sweet from the
odor of the gorgeous goldenrod and
other fall flowers. Everybody SEEM
ed to be feeling good and happy and
quite early the friends begun to ar
rive at the ever hospitable home of
Mr.. and Mrs. V. P Smith. Mrs V.
P Smith and Mrs. B. C. Bauknight
greeted the guests and invited them
in and there on the porch was
"Grandmother" beaming with happi-
ness in having all her children and so
many friends with her. The morning
passed all too soon as the guests
chatted and joked on the lawn and
porches, while the delicious aroma of
barbecued mutton and pork foated
in and helped to whet the appetites of
all. At noon the lunch baskets the
skillful ladies had prepared, yielded
forth loads of salads, pickles, bread,
sandwiches, chicken pie and fried
chicken, cakes and custards of all
kinds The barbecued meats were
sliced and ready. Twas barbecued to
a turn by the expert on the job, Mr.
Retis Smith. Then the birthday cake
was brought out and placed on the
| table. This cake was a very large
cake, baked in four sections, one a
little smaller above the other. The
four sections were to represent grand
mothers four generations, On the
top section was one large white
candle to represent "Grandmother."
The second section had eleven pink
candles to represent her eleven chill
dren, and on the next were twenty
seven pink candles for her twenty
seven grandchildren and on the next
fourteen for her fourteen great
grandchildren. And then enough
candles around it to make the eighty
five. 1t was indeed thing of beauty
and quite unique idea. And the
candles were all lighted and after
every one had looked and admired it,
some of the great-grandchildren
blew them out 1t is needless to say
the dinner was all one could wish for
and did not look at all like "war
times" 1t was a day long to be re-
membered by all who attended, and
everybody left wishing Mrs. Smith
|
birthdays. Besides all of her chill
dren and friends in the community,
those who the scribe can recollect
were: Mr.. and Mrs I. NJ Rawls and
family, Montbrook; Mr.. and Mrs. c..
G.. Pedrick, Mrs. Jim Bauknight, Mrs.
Eva Winters, Mrs. Charles Nixon,
DR.. C. G. Nixon, wife and son of
Gainesville; Mrs. Jane May, Mrs.
Rosa Pierson and children and Mr..
Mrs. Videon and daughter, Miss
Edith of Archer; Mr.. and Mrs. R. C.
Epperson and children of Williston;
Mr.. and Mrs w. J. Edwards and
children of Ocala; Mr.. and Mrs. J. M.
Mathews and family and Mr.. and
Mrs John Harrison and family of
Pennington; Mr.. and Mrs. J. j. Barr,
Mrs. J. d. Watkins, Miss Vida May,
Mr.. J. W. May, Rev. and Mrs. Will
Jams of Micanopy; MI. and Mrs. B. F.
Mathews, Tacoma; Mr. and Mrs.
John Griner, Brooklyn, and Mr.. and
Mrs. C. J. Grace of Evinston.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. c. Bauknight of
Jennings, Ca, who have been on a
visit to Mrs. J. Porter Smith, left
Saturday for few days visit to rel
atives in Gainesville, before return
, ing to their home. Mrs. Smith ac-
companied them as far as Gaines
vile.
Rev. Williams of Micanopy filled
his regular appointment here Sunday
afternoon. He was accompanied out
by his wife and Miss Maggie Peace.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Smith and son
and Mrs. V. P. Smith were Sunday
:: guests of Mrs. C. J. Grace of Evin-
ston. Mrs. V. P. Smith left from
there to visit relatives at Ocala and
; Center Hill.
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