Milford chronicle., 1925-03-06
FORGE WALDEMAN
WRITES OF FLORIDA
ton, Delaware, Citizen Winter
ing In Florida Writes Of His
Travels Since Christmas.

His letter is dated at st. Angus
e, Florida. under date of Febru-
24th and is addressed to the e6i-
of the Milford Chronicle. George
well known to the people of Kent
unity and he was active in the
siness affairs of FELTON, for many
ars. .)-Editor.
lionel Townsend,
ar Sir
AS you will see by the mail marks
the envelope, am in St. Angus
e, Florida. l am sitting on the
hza and it is a bright sunshiny day
tn a temperature of 80 degrees on
is 24th day of February.
A monument is in front of me
hich is inscribed, plaza de la
institution, II de Octobre de 1912"
the park bench beside me was a
wspaper. I looked closely at it and
und the milford Chronicle;" some
lie had left it, but 1 took it eagerly
Id 1 am sure that read every line
inted in ADVERTISEMENTS as well
the reading articles of news, etc.
THE Chronicle looked good to me
Id it gave me pleasure to read once
ore, one of the good old Delaware
eWspapers. You see that some Of
e Milford Chronicles get even
bwn to the great Florida peninsula,
here the people of the whole Unit
D States come to escape the chills
bid blasts of winter, and thank the
hknown person who lost his COPY
that it fell into my hands. For by |
hiding it, is the cause for my writ
lg this letter to you.
Possibly a brief outline of my trav-
IS over Florida this winter, may be |
passing interest to some who read
.e Chronicle each week in Della
are and who can not get away from
ie winter season.
was on a trip from Cedar Keys
D the Swananee River to our old
Camp Wanne'; from there to San
rd, where the great celery fields
'e located, then on to Palatka on
e st. Johns River, which flows di-
city north and is unique in that
lrticular. From Sanford to Jack
nville on the st. Johns River there
excellent steamboat travel, which
ach and stop at many beautiful
aces. One of these is a trip by wa
r to Silver Springs. The crooked
yer of Ocklawaha, which is said to
the crookedest stream in the
)rld, affords a trip to the largest
1e in Florida, Lake Okeechobee.
ON that place I went overland to
rt Myers, st. Petersburg, Tampa,
lich is a gun and rod trip.
In st. Petersburg, called the "Sun-
inc City" you see something doing.
re is progress progressing
rough a live Chamber of Com
,rce that has live men and women {
ok of it. They are like the st. Pet
iburg sunshine, "Out every day in :
, year" You find more real estate !
ents in st. Petersburg than in any .
Ter city in the United States. Real l
ate and hotels keep it going. The :
ces are wonderful in their large z
IS at the hotels for even nights
.ommodation. y
was in St. Petersburg and Tampa \
,ut two weeks when their big fair d
S going on and it was well =
rth the price. Il
IS I have progressed from place q
place, I chanced to meet the first +
sons from Delaware, and it was /
Jacksonville; it was Mr.. Smith =
n Harrington and was glad to =. q
him. He was enroute to st. Au- u :,
tine, Palatka, Ormand Beach, Mi n
, Key West and Cuba. From there u
was going to New Orleans, and a. q,
rland back to Delaware. u u
e wanted Louder Sapp and Chas. y
rren to go with him but they fail =. "
to make the trip; so, Mr.. Smith ~ ~
have some tales to relate when 81
arrives back to Harrington for "
crowd about the old store stove. D;
could write very much about Pl
ida, but it's too big a job now; i
travel where you may you will y y
ays see some one from home; a. a.
after all, there is no place like w w
e. It is fine to go away for a oL oL
b see other states and learn what "a "a
people do there for a time. You u
sravel. by auto, by railroad or by ii ~!
lnboat to Florida and enjoy it VI
do not expect to find another o.
of the Chronicle, but it will not pI
ong before 1 am back in old "a
ware once more. 20
GEORGE WALDEMAN, la
FELTON,, Del. ID