PRESIDENT ENJOYING BENEFIT OF FLORIDA VACATION
New Smyrna, Florida (JFK+50) On March 12, 1922, the Evening Star reports that President Warren G. Harding's physician, Brigadier General Charles E. Sawyer* says the Chief Executive's benefit of a Florida vacation "is already evident."
The President and First Lady have been staying aboard a houseboat owned by E.B. McLean**, publisher of The Washington Post.
President Harding made a motor trip to New Smyrna for a round of golf and then continued his cruise down Florida's East Coast.
*Charles Edward Sawyer (1860-1924) was born in Wyandot, Ohio & was a graduate of Cleveland Homeopathic Hospital College. As WGH's personal physician, he never accepted payment for his services.
**E.B. McLean (1889-1941) publisher of TWP 1916-1933. His grandfather, Washington McLean, is the namesake for McLean, VA. EBM was involved in the Teapot Dome scandal with his close relationship with Secretary of Interior Albert B. Fall.
SOURCE
"President's Rest Shows in Health," The Evening Star, March 12, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
