The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1920-10-14
PORT ORANGE

POkT ORANGE, Oct- f--MTs.
Andrew Duggar has bought the Wells
lot south OF Mrs. Stevens place and
plans to build dwelling in the near
future William Schmidth. who pur
chased. the Kessler- Townsley orange
grove, has returned to Port Orange
and will soon be peddling oranges
again.
1t is alleged that the oil and gas
! trucks that have been selling in five
gallon lots to customers have come to
an agreement not TO sell less than 90
gallons except to dealers. A whole lot
of five gallon cans were left untitled,
as Tuesday was 'oil day and the
| truck neglected to inform their Gus
toners
1t is reported that the town council
| at their regular meeting on Tuesday
night accepted the resignation of j. III.
/ Coffy as engineer of the electric light
| plant and elected Angee tCoffy's SON
n-lawl to the position at a salary of
| 800 per month. Also that the coun-
ell voted to keep all the street lights
burning all the year round, charging
the town 50 per month for each light,
taxing the town property for the same
and crediting the electric light plant
with the proceeds.
One day last week two men and a
woman in a 1916 model Ford came
Through Port Orange going north.
They stopped and said they were look
ing for someone to go with them and
bring the Ford and take it down to
Fort Lauderdale. Barney Bolden just
dotes on driving Ford and quickly
made arrangements to go with them.
Ben CHuH Smith would rather see the
country than to work. and he went
along. Word had been sent ahead to
look out for tall man. a short man
and woman in a stolen 1916 model
| Ford A 1916 model Ford with tall
! man. two short men. a woman, with a
colored driver. however. was not ques-
! toned passing through Daytona AMI
! Bunnell where 1t Is said officers were
on the lookout. A Palatka cop watch
ing for the stolen car wasn't suSpi-
cious The car needing some repairs
was taken to a Palatka garage and S35
borrowed on some p etense ard 80
given each of the boys. who We're told
20 come back at certain time to be
-eady to travel When the boys came
no the garage several cops were on
hand; the others did not show up. Ben
wired Leon Sparkman that the ear was
stolen and Leon got the sheriff on the
phone aud explained the situation BY
this time Barney and Ben had left
Barney got in on the night train and
Ben the next night.
On Saturday evening friends and
relatives of Mrs Augusta Johnson gave
her a surprise birthday party. Mr.
and Mrs o. l.. Reeves. Mrs. Gust Lind
berg. Mrs Edwin Lindberg and son
Jimmie. from Daytona: Mr. and Mrs
Joe Shoemaker and son. Joseph, ant
NJ. Thompson, Miss Elm Johnson ans
lGustaf Rast, of Port Orange. Ic'
cream, cake. coffee and Sandwiches
were served as refreshments, and ;
most enjoyable evening was spent II
departing the guests voiced their goot
wishes to Mrs Johnson-for long an
|, happy life with many birthdays il
, store for her
In 1857 Thomas vass and famil.
moved from Georgia TO Pot Orange
!. stopping a short time at the Dough
erty' place Just north of the Por
. Orange canal The children wer
James, who died several years since il
; Port Orange: Richard, who has bee
dead some years, and Victoria. gin
: of 10 years The Vass lived a feN
years on Vass bay. a few miles sout
of Port Orange. and then moved to tn
Z hammock west of Port Orange. IN wha
was later the famous "Vass Orang
f grove" In 1870 Victoria married Sill
I Bennett. a sea captain and they move
in a house on the river front on wha
is now the Earnhardt place. Late
/, they moved to the west side OF til
f hammock. Neatly 20 years ago the
sold this to Toogood. and few month
later moved to Daytona, where the
have resided since. The many friend
- of Mrs. Bennett, who died this wecl
+ and deeply svmpathize with the cas-
: tain in his bereavement