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Headlines through the years
By Times Staff
Published June 5, 2005
Authorities seize moonshine evidence
June 2, 1924 CLEARWATER - Constable Jack Strickland and Deputy Sheriff Harry Coleman returned late yesterday with one alleged moonshiner, a fine copper worm and other evidence of the illegal manufacture of liquor, all of which were deposited in the county jail.
Strickland said this morning that when he and Coleman went out yesterday to a point near the north county line, northwest of Oldsmar, they discovered that one of the stills previously located there had been moved by means of a mule and wagon. They traced this wagon into another swamp and found two more large distilling equipments, each with the capacity of 120 gallons.
As they had no way to transport these stills out of the swamp, the officers contented themselves with shooting the containers full of holes and bringing the copper worms back to the jail. One of these worms was the finest yet captured. It was a regular old-fashioned affair, the coils of which would fill a large barrel.
Other distillers in the territory northwest of Oldsmar are said to have taken vacations.
New high school being built
June 11, 1924 CLEARWATER - A new municipal high school building is under construction in this city by Marshall-Jackson Construction Co. of Lakeland.
With M. Leo Elliott as architect, it will be one of the largest and best high schools in the state. The high school is located on Greenwood Avenue between Drew and Cleveland streets, opposite the new subdivision Bassdena.
A large gang of workmen are almost to the roof at present. The building is two stories high and has something like 25 rooms, not including the very large auditorium. The stage is large enough to accommodate a basketball court and it will be used for that purpose. Beneath this big stage will be the furnace room. Dressing rooms with lockers and showers for the various athletic teams will be near the furnace room.
The building is close enough to Clearwater Field to make it handy for the football and baseball boys.
The senior high school will include the 10th, 11th and 12th grades. The building is expected to be completed and furnished by the first of September, so that school may begin on the second Monday of that month as usual.
Citrus men gather for demonstration
May 11, 1931 CLEARWATER - Prominent citrus fruit men from all over Florida arrived in Clearwater today to inspect the Faulds' juice extracting machine demonstrated at the laboratory on Grove Street.
John A. Snively of Winter Haven, president of the Florida Citrus Exchange, headed the delegation, which included representatives of the largest extracting plants and canneries in the state.
New bench bandsaw made in Dunedin
June 2, 1924 DUNEDIN - Thomas S. Lord and A. Anderson of Dunedin have a new fad. It is the introduction of an improved bench bandsaw, which they hope to have placed in the manual training departments of all the schools of the state.
One of these handy little saws has been installed for some time in the carpenter shop of Clearwater High School, where it has won high praise from the manual training instructor and pupils.
Their introduction has been delayed, with the burning of the factory erected for the purpose of assembling these machines in Dunedin. But another building has been secured and the saw will be placed on the market within a few days.
--Theresa Blackwell compiles the history column. She can be reached at 727 771-4305 or blackwell@sptimes.com
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