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1936: Weedon Island park bid may be lost

By THERESA BLACKWELL
Published January 28, 2007

FEB. 3, 1936

CLEARWATER - No one seems to know what has become of the Weedon's Island national park movement in St. Petersburg.

The matter seems to be entirely in the hands of the national park commission at Washington, and the county committee is still awaiting the arrival of a commission representative from Washington, although the visit of the official was promised "within 30 days" early last fall.

The county committee will not meet again until the official surveys the park site at St. Petersburg.

County Clerk Karl B. O'Quinn said that early action will be asked from the park department at the national capital. The county has asked the government to make a national park of Weedon's Island, a section rich with historical interest and the site of an early Indian village.

Historians say it was there that DeSoto, the Spanish governor, first landed.

JAN. 29, 1942

Guernsey cattle sale to be held April 9

CLEARWATER - The fourth annual Guernsey cattle sale will be held at the county fairgrounds in Largo on April 9. Members of the sales committee are C.E. Donegan, Largo, chairman; H.L. Brown, dairy extension specialist; and County Agent J.H. Logan, Clearwater. This committee will visit consignors in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida and select approximately 30 of the best Guernsey cattle available for the sale.

County Agent Logan said that plans indicate the sale this year will be outstanding, with buyers from all parts of the South attending, and the cattle to be sold will be from very high grade stock.

JAN. 29, 1942

Food stamp plan in county starts Monday

CLEARWATER - Becoming effective at one of the most trying times in the county's history, the federal food stamp plan will come into being Monday. An estimated 8,000 to 10,000 persons are eligible for benefits, an amount that would boost the purchasing power of the needy by approximately $40,000 a month.

Retail grocers of upper Pinellas County met with federal, county and city officials at city hall last night, where details of how the plan operates were outlined.

Persons receiving direct relief will receive vouchers for the purchase of orange stamps equivalent to the amount they have been spending for food.

Those who receive public assistance in cash will buy orange stamps equivalent to the amount they have been spending for food.

The federal government adds approximately 50 percent to each dollar's worth of orange stamps purchased. This is done by the giving of free blue stamps. Orange stamps are good for the purchase of any food sold by retail food merchants. Blue stamps are good only for items designated as surplus commodities by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

JAN. 29, 1942

Milk dealers to deliver every other day

CLEARWATER - Starting Sunday, milk dealers in upper Pinellas County communities will make every-other-day deliveries to conserve on tires.

The milk dealers will start their deliveries at 8 o'clock in the morning instead of several hours before daylight as previously. This will make it possible to make collections, solicit business and handle deliveries on one trip.

Pinellas History is compiled by Times staff writer Theresa Blackwell. She can be reached at tblackwell@sptimes.com or 727 445-4170.

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