The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-04
THE CALICO BALL.
AN ENJOYABLE ENTERTAINMENT.
The PaIatka Heights Academy all Aglow
With Merry Dancers-A Worthy
Object.

The beautiful edifice known as the Pa
latka Heights Academy is worthy of
more than ordinary notice, and is last
ing monument to the worth and intelli-
gence of the new town of Palatka
Heights, which was only Incorporated
in the year 1885. 1t is a neat and sub
stantial two-story building fifty-two by
twenty-three feet in dimensions. On
the first floor there are two rooms each
twenty-five feet square. A broad stair
case leads to the second floor into a
large room fifty-one by twenty-five feet,
adjacent to which are dressing rooms.
The lower is fifteen square with height
of forty-five feet and the school has
capacity for seating 125 pupils. Its doors
were opened about the first of January
with Miss Dora Thompson as principal,
and Miss Emma Thompson assistant,
presiding over some thirty-fve pupils.
Thisacademy of learningis surrounded by
two acres of land, which are being taste
fully laid out. The cost of the building
was $1,000 and the ground $4,000, MAX
ing total of $1,000, for the payment of
which these enterprising citizens have
bonded the town.
The school is under the management
of the following board of trustees: w.
j. Vinegar, Judge Thompson, B. L.
Lilienthal, to whom the citizens of Pa
latka Heights are deeply indebted for
their untiring efforts in bringing the
school to its present standing.
To aid in various important improve
ments needed, entertainments are given.
and last night the second consisted of a
calico ball, project of the ladies of
Palatka Heights to raise funds to meet
the demands made necessary by the in
creasing attendance. The ladies who
this purpose were Mrs. w. j. Vinegar,
Mrs. E. Whiteside, Mrs. B. L. Lilienthal
and Miss Dora Thompson.
In the early part of the evening nu-
merous carriages arrived bearing many
smiling faces of Palatka's fair daughters
and their escorts.
AT o'clock Hagan's string band
struck up lively air and the programme
opened with Virginia reel, which was
followed by fifteen dances.
The following was the
PROGRAMME.
= Waltz
3. Lancers
4. Schottische, Militaire
g. Waltz
q. Lancers.
:. Esmeralda.
s. Waltz
Intermission.
.. Lancers.
TO- Newport.
IL. schottisehe, Militaire.
l.. Waltz.
I3. Esmeralda.
IA. Waltz.
Is. Lancers.
Ii. Waltz |
AT the intermission delightful COLA !
ton was served and ample justice was
done to the festive board by the merry |
throng of dancers.
Among the ladies present who showed |
their exquisite taste in dressing for this |
occasion we noticed:
Mrs. T. J. HUssEY-Blue sateen,
natural roses.
Miss LILY TELFER-Blue sixteen, orr |
entail lace.
Miss RUTH BURT-Milkmaid's cos
tune.
Miss LOUISE TELFER-Dark blue wool |
len, light trimming.
Miss LIZZIE GRAY-White military |
suit, red trimming.
Miss MATTE GRAY-Blue sateen, en-
broidered with hand-painted roses.
Miss FANNIE LILIENTHAL-Pink cam
brio.
Miss KATIE BURT-Navy bite calico.
Miss JULIA SpEcK-Pink and white
cambria.
MISS ToDD-Heliotrope cashmere, vel
vet trimmings.
Mrs. G. J. RoGERo-Dark blue cam
brio.
MISS F. RoGERo-White military suit,
red trimmings.
Miss ELLA Milkmaid's cos
tune.