The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-04-29
LAKE WEIR

Lake weir, ApTll -HO.-0nT. anu MIS-.
Merton Webster are packing their
trunks to leave on Thursday for their
summer home in Westerly, R. l. They
are always missed from their large
circle Of friends around the lake, who
hope for their early return.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hollis Towers of Nor
wich, Conn, who have winter home
here, left last week and report very
hot weather as far as Jacksonville,
rain from there to Washington and
snow when they reached home.
Mr.. Carl Rose was down from Ocala
few days ago in the interest of the
washed sand company. Mr.. Rose al
ways has a hail-well-met word for
everybody, even a CHEEKY word for the
dogs he meets in the village, and last
but not least we always know his COM
ing brings good news to his crew of
picked men who run the washed sand
works here.
Mrs. Emma Chenowith, our post
master, has gone to spend this week
with Mrs. George Russell at Inverness.
Mrs. K. H. Clements is keeping the
Office open during her absence.
Mr.. William McGehee of Arcadia is
visiting his daughter Mrs. Bailey, on
| Orange avenue.
Little Willie's Plight
Little Willie said: "Pa, l feel awful
bad since the highway started through
here Me and Rover are so down and
out. We thought they would use big
war tanks that make a real noise and
would be just like procession every
day. but here it's just common old
mule teams. We never have nothing
going on here but dust. A big man
told me and Rover we would have to
keep off the broad highway when it
was finished for where he came from
in New York state on the highway a
human or an animal was killed every
few minutes. It got to be so common
that he just went on weighing out
sugar and didn't even go to the door.
Amt it awful? Can't ever ride my
wheel. He said a speeder would come
along and take me cabiff in the back,
the auto association would take me
cabif in front, then an airplane would
squash down on my top and where
would I be at. told him gee wiz, me
and Rover could wade in the highways
big ditch when it rained that they
had dug to fill up the low places along
the road with our real estate. Then
he said not on your life sonny; that
big ditch is to catch boys, humans and
animals, their arms and legs, that
would be flying out Of the way of the
speeders. Oh, my! I wish I was q
buzzard. Then I would be safe,
guess. Amt it awful? Then I ast
| him what that little house on stills
that was left along the side of the
ditch was for. He said it belonged tt
. the county. The women will use il
J as a club house, hospital and genera
utility house. Every morning the
j.. crippled humans and animals will bt
gathered out of the ditch and off ths
railroad track and taken in there fol
first aid and general repairs. Then i
t will be resting place for the tour
lists when they stop at the pump fo
) cool drink of water and want t.
: know about Marion county and wher'
, to buy eats. Now, Pa, you say yoV
= have been waiting forty years for tn
= broad highway to come along an
: civilize the people. l don't want t.
be civilized that away. Us feller
= can't have any fun any more. All tn
trees and grass is tore up. If yo
r step out of the front door kerslap yo
go int the ditch. If you go out tn
: back door, kerslap the railroad car
t get you; if you go swimmin' in tn
8 lake, gator win swallow you lik
,. he did Jonah. Nothin' doin' mt tn
e movies any more; no wild west, n
Craig Kennedy. Oh, do hate civil
d zation. If this is it am crowded ou
My Sunday school teacher told me
It avoid the broad highway. So com
e along, Rover, we will seek solitude an
safety out in the sticks with the frog
J. if this is the uplift of the boys an
girls they talk about"