The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-02-23
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L. Cook, of the Reolds Farms Co.
and Mrs. Cook have arrived at tht
Waside Inn, Oldsmar, and President
Cook has celebrated his arrival by or,
dering the immediate construction Of
twenty houses. The factory and Office
employees of the Kardell Tractor anc
Truck company will require these &C.
Icommodations. President Kardell is
living at Oldsmar with his family, and
lis directing the completion of the first
unit of the tractor factory, in coop
Grafton with Mr.. r. E. Odds and Pres
ident Cook. The new sidetrack will be
lput in by the Tampa & Gulf Coast di-
vision of the Seaboard railway to take
icare of the business of this big plant.
| President Charles H. Brown and
Manager James w. Booth, of the 7.
IL G. G. railway, visited Oldsmar and
had a conference with President Kar-
ldell and General Manager Brogden of
the Reolds Farms Co. The railroad
people are continuing to give evidence
of their hearty cooperation with all
the new enterprises locating in Olds-
Imar.
Another wonderful fishing story
comes out Of Oldsmar: Four Detroit
men, David M. Kennedy, Edwin T. AL
len, VIM. E. Bolles and Elmer Pock-
lington, accompanied by an 82-year-
old fisherman, E. A. Holbrook, of Ea-
ton Rapids, Mich, and George A.
Abel, caught large galvanized iron
washtub heaping full of fish. They
had enough to supply the dozens of
guests at the Wayside Inn besides
six families in town. The party took
a ten-mile ride out into the Gulf of
Mexico with Capt. Bill Macpherson.
Mr.. M. A. Bowerman has distin-
guished himself by catching As large
speckled perch in Lake Butler on the
Reold Farms Co.'S properties.
H. L. Russell and H. Burnham Tin
ker, of Detroit, Mich, have arrived
in Oldsmar to do additional surveying
work. They are occupied on the town
site while Surveyor Pratt and his crew
are working on the new farm tracts.
Miss Marian Longyear, of Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, has arrived in Olds-
mar and is stopping at the Wayside
Inn. She has taken a responsible po-
sition in the office of the Reolds Farms
company and is assisting in the real
estate department also.
A hearty welcome was extended to
Mrs. Leila Stratton, of Lebanon,
Tenn, who came to Oldsmar under
the auspices of the w. G. T. U. lee
ture board. She delivered very in
lteresting speech in the First M. 3.
church in Oldsmar, and received sew
eral good subscriptions to assist the
w. G. t. U. work.
The farm house for Louis Ruedisueli
and family is completed, and Mr.. Rue
Idisueli will move into his new quar-
tiers at once. The Reolds company
drilled very good flowing well for
him on his property.
Mr.. Robert E. L. Pryor, the popular
proprietor of the Oldsmar Pharmacy,
has purchased what is considered by
many people to be one of the very
best lots in Oldsmar, at the corner
of State street, the main business
thoroughfare, and Park boulevard,
/ which is the main residence street.
Mr.. Pryor has enjoyed good business
ever since he located in Oldsmar, and
his pleasant and accommodating style
of doing business has won for him
hosts of friends who are glad to see
| Mr.. Pryor secure such a first class
permanent location in Oldsmar.
In response to an invitation from
the Tarpon Springs Civic Celebration
1 commimttee, the residents of Oldsmal
decided to take part in the parade and
all the other festivities at Tarpon
Springs February %. At mass meet
| ing held in Oldsmar, arrangements
were completed for three elaborate
floats and twelve decorated autono-
biles from Oldsmar to take part in the
parade. Mr.. E. M. Brogden was ap-
uointsd chief marshal of the Oldsmai
division. A speech was made to the
4 audience by Mr.. Fred L. Cook, presi-
4 dent-elect of the Reolds Farms com
, Ipany, who expressed satisfaction witt
the progress being made and announc'
ed number Of additional enterprise:
Ito be undertaken at once. President
II w. Kardell, of the Kardell Tractor
& Truck company, was introduced ant
gave the men very interesting tall
regarding the work of the big insti
, tuition of which he is the head.
Among recent visitors at Oldsmai
are Edgar T. Towar, Mrs. F. j. Towar
: and H. A. Perry, of Detroit, Mich
xr $3.50. Tn,ror o,,d paryu ara conSid