The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-06
State News
(By Associated Press)

LaBelle, March 6.-LaBelle now has
paper, the weekly Caloosahatchee
Current, which made its first appear
ance this week. The paper is Icing
published by Paul L. Eddy of this
place and is being printed in the plant
of the Punta Gorda PUBLISHING Com
pany.
Fort Piecre, March CD. viii Yon,
formerly state auditor, has accepted a
position with the St. Lucie County
Bank and moved here to make his
home.
Fort Pierce, March 6.-J. P. Brand
quist IS years old, and a fishing part
ner, made the seventy mile trip frcm
West Palm Beach to FIT. Pierce in a
rowboat last week, taking turns at
rowing. They left West Palm Beach
at o'clock Friday morning and ar
rived here at / o'clock Saturday morn
ing in good condition and little ia
tigued.
Palatka, March 6-The bridge tend
er on the bridge across the st. Johns
river here is going to purchase new
bank and night policeman Lawrence
is going to receive new flashlight as
a reward for the recovery of the toll
funds one night last week. The bridge
tender sent out an S. o. S. that some
one had lifted" all the money in his
booth and Lawrence, engaged in d
search fer ste en- FLYER. was called
off the scent and SUNNI ned to the
bridge. Il Developed the bridge tend
er kept the tolls he had collcc ed, in a
tin can, and search disclosed the
can and the money on the floor in the
keepers office. whence il had fallen
from his desk.
Fort Myers, March G.-The first
tarron OF the season WAS captured il
the Cal0osahatchec riTor last week, a
5S-pound silver king, landed by Mrs.
j, Dorwin Nagel, OF New York City.
Mrs Nagel is one OF a party aboard
the yacht owned by E. NJ. S-ailer, Of
Buffalo. one of the most widely known
hotel owners and operators OF the
country.
Ocala, March 6.-The Ocala Rotary
Club was the third highest in attend
ance among the sos clubs OF the Di-
vision d of International Rotary dur
ing the month OF January, officials
here announce The club is just a
little proud Of the fact that it not only
led the attendance in Florida and in
the Eighth District, comprising the
states of Florida, Georgia and Ala
bama, but stood third among the clubs
of the United States and foreign coun-
tries having a membership OF less
than fifty. During January the Ocala
club staged five consecutive 100 per
cent meetings. The club has MEM
bership of thirty-five. Six clubs in
International I.Gtary with member
ships of less than fifty had an attend
cent meetings. Two of these clubs,
Clinton, H., and Athens, Pa, have
memberships larger than the Ocala
club, and Opelika, Ala. Mission, Tex,
and Kenora, Ont, have memberships
smaller than Ocala.
In order TO make the record, several
members of the Ocala cub had to
make long drives by automobile to
make the attendance at other clubs in
the state, and other members made
the attendance at Rotary clubs in New
York City, Albany, n. Y, Philadelphia,
Chicago and Wilmington, \. c.
West Palm Beach,, March 6.-Au-
gustus George Heaton, rs years old,
one OF the most widely known artists
in the country, has been granted by
the circuit court permission TO change
his name to Augustus Goodyear Hea-
ton. Mr.. Heaton has summer home
in New Rochelle, n. Y, and winter
home here.
The application for permission TO
change the name stated that the name
George was given your petitioner BY
his father in homer and commemora-
ton OF a certain close friend of your
petitioners father; your petitioner has
never seen nor even been acquainted
with the man in whose honor he re-
ceived the name George
The name Goodyear was suEsti-
tuted because that was the name OF
Mr.. Heaton paternal grandmother.
Pictures panied by Mr.Hcaton have
twice been used on postage stamps
The Recall OF Columbus on the 90
cent Worlds Fair stamp OF 1898, and
the "IardshiDs OF Emigration" en- the
Omaha exposition 10 cent stamp.
St. Petersburg, March 1.-THE home
OF local resident is under quaran-
tine with a policeman stationed on
the premises to prevent any one en-
tering or leaving. because the parents
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