The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-02-13
THE CRESCENT Cry News.

1 A card party was given at the V. ]
A. hall on Tuesday evening. There
was a good attendance and an enjoy.
able evening was spent playing pro.
greesive euchre. Then there were
light refreshments served, and then
dancing.
Rt, Rev. Edwin q. Weed, bishor
of Florida, will visit the Episcopal
church of this place on Sunday
March 10Th. The annual visits Of
Bishop Weed are occasions to which
the people of Crescent City look for
ward with much pleasure.
Some of the big oak shade trees on
the streets have been badly cut with
an axe, and the work is probably
that of some mischievous kidlet.
The hitching posts in front of the
Episcopal church have also been bad
ly cut Will someone kindly ad-
monish the kid.
Mr.. VIM. A. Sturdy of Attleboro,
Mass, has been the guest of Mr.. J..
Il. TorreJ-. Mr.. Sturdy is promi-
nent manufacturer in Attleboro. He
has gone for a trip down the east
coast, after which he expects to re-
turn to Crescent City for longer
stay.
Mr.. Fred Shaw, formerly of Hunt
ington, writes to his mother, Mrs.
s. B. Shaw of this place announcing
the arrival Of an So pound boy at
Lantana, his present home. The
mother and infant are doing well,
the father a little better, and the
new grandma a fright smart" better
than both.
Major j. L. Burton writes encour-
agingly of his prospects in Cuba. He
has recently been up in the country
visiting one of the great sugar plan
tations His Spanish is not yet of
the drawing room variety. but he is
his dialect daily and
hopes to be able to meet the best of
them before returning here in the
summer.
The Misses Ryan of Port Chester,
N. Y, with lady friend were sched-
uled to sail from New York on the
18th, and may be expected here the
latter part of the present week. |
Their father, Hon. VIM. Ryan, may |
also come at the same time, but If |
not will be here a week or so later. |
The many friends of this charming |
family in Crescent City will be |
pleased to learn of their early COM
ing.
The Willing Workers of the Epis-
oopal church gave a New England |
supper at the V. LA. hall on Satur-
lay evening, and large number of
people partook of the baked beans,
brown bread, pumpkin pie, dough-
luts, coffee, etc. The little people
,lso sold candies. There was a good
attendance and a nice profit was
made for the little band of church
workers, which sum will be devoted
% a good cause. rr.r.t
Mr.. and Mrs. s. M. LaBree gave an
enjoyable luncheon to few friends
Vt their pleasant home on Thursday
'vening of last week. The occasion
vas in honor of their tin wedding
md that of Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Car
er, of New York, who were the
;uests of honor. The others present
we're Mr.. and Mrs. G. I'll. Preston,
desdames r. G. Williams, Jos.
Bunker, Susie Rich, J. T. Rhodes,
nd Miss Blanche Gowen. The re-
option room was tastifully decorat-
d.
Milo M. Potter who in 1866
the big Potter house,
yhich stood in the block now occu-
led by the residences of s. E. Neal,
'aul G. Smith, S. M. LaBree and
V. A. Russell, and which was burn
d down in the spring of 1885, has
lst awarded q contract for building
new and magnificent tourist hotel
t Santa Barbara, California. The
ios Angeles Times of recent date
the information also
peaks of the cold weather at that
me prevailing in southern yCalifor-
la, and states that the murcury !
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