The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-04-05
Canning Factory
Established at
the Baby City
Kogge Canning CO., of Tampa Puts in
Plant-AdditiOnal Land Being
CIeared-Much Progress.


been increased by the establishment of
a branch canning factory in Oldsmar
by the Kogge Canning company, of
Tampa. They have put up 900 one
pound cans of beets, and are working
on 400 one-pound cans of green string
beans, and 10000 two-pounds of sauer
kraut. All of the vegetables were
raised on the Reolds Farm company
demonstration farm at >Oldsmar. Mr..
William Kogge is in personal charge
of the work. The company has cam
ming factories in Tampa and Wapa-
koneta; Ohio.
The Reolds Farms company is clear
ing large amount of additional land
which will be added to the demonstra-
ton farm and put into crops, and lit
IS felt that there will be good oppor-
tunities for this canning factory to
operate on large scale.
The. Oldsmar chapter of the Red
Cross has elected officers as follows
Chairman, Mrs. H. J. Skivington; vice
chairman, Mrs. Osa Walker; secreta-
ry, Mrs. Miles A. Bowerman; chair
man of the work committee, Mrs
Ralph E. Preston.
Arrangements are being made for
a public reception in honor of Rev
DR.. L. HI. Shumate, pastor of the
First NJ. E. church, Oldsmar. and Mrs
Shumate The reception will be held
at the Wayside Inn as mark of APP
probation of the good work accom-
plished by DR.. Shumate in his pastor
ate here. The following committees
were appointed by the Red Cross to
cooperate in making the arrange
ments: Decorating committee, Mr..
and Mrs. H. W. Kardell, Mrs. T. E.
nressler, Mrs. Homer, Miss Eima
Weigman. Miss Clara Weiqman and
Miss Mildred Cardwell. Mrs. J. A.
Trafford was appointed chairman of
the refreshment committee, assisted
by r. E. L. Pryor and William E,
Boiias.
The Reolds Farms company has is
sued another edition of $4,000 of it's
Oldsmar, illustrated booklets.
Mr.. w. E. Bolles has started the
fashion at Oldsmar of eating mullet
shark. He got ten-pounder and it
was served at the Wayside Inn. to a
select list of guests who were willing
to take chance on the novelty. All
of them said it was pretty good eat
ing. The meat of the mullet shark is
very fine grained, pure white, rather
dry, and of a palatable flavor. Mr..
Bolles has made report to United
States Food Administrator Hoover on
the proposition, and urges that the
mullet shark is just as edible as the
northern pickerel and perch, because
all of these fish live on other fish and,
therefore, the mullet shark is worthy
of being classed as a food fish.
Mrs. Fred l.. Cook gave dinner
party at the Wayside Inn to honor
Mrs. Frank Pocklington, Mrs. Lay
cock and Mrs. Stevenson.
Among the visitors at Oldsmar have
been Chairman Thomasson and Sec
rotary Francke, of the Pinellas Coun-
ty Third Liberty Loan committee. In
addition to going over the Liberty
Loan details, the visitors were shown
through the new machine shop of the
Kardell Tractor & Truck company's
plant, also through a portion of the
Reolds Farms company's demonstra-
ton farm and along the beautiful bay
front. The visitors expressed them
selves as we'll pleased with the rapid
and substantial progress of this new
town.
An interesting new resident in Odds
mar is Mr.. c. V. Austin, of Toronto,
Canada, who has done his bit in the
big world war and has been honora-
bly, discharged from the service. Mr..
and Mrs. Austin have purchased a
farm at Oldsmar, and they report that
a number of other Canadian families
will locate here.
Mr.. Orlando c. Harris, Of Lakeland,
has Joined the real estate selling staff
at Oldsmar.