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Lake City, Florida: A Sesquicentennial Tribute (2009) H. Morris Williams, Dr. Kevin M. McCarthy
Chapter Fifteen: 1950 - 1959
The perpetrator of a “crime,” R.L. Strickland,
who had shaved, was put in a pillory.
The enforcement squad took their work seriously. Lake City
Reporter publisher R. L. “Strick” Strickland shaved, so he received
two punishments. First he was pitched into the lake, fully dressed, by
a group of 15 bearded townspeople, led by A.B. Clark, J.B. Hunter,
Ray Kirkland, Ike Moses, and Powell Summers, all in good fun
of course. Then he was taken to Olustee Park, soaking wet, and
locked up in an old-timey pillory—a wooden frame for public
punishment with holes for head and hands (see photo above). The
sign on the pillory explained why Strick was locked up there: “Had
Razor, Did Shave.” Of course Strick grinned his way through all of it
because it was all done in good-natured fun. After all, it was a party—
our 100 birthday party.
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