The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-07-22
Crescent City News

ago after an absence of some ten years,
is again fitting into the life of the town
and all are glad TO have him back.
Mark Booths father once owned several
hundred acres north of the town, and il
was there that Mark was born.
Miss Lillian NJ. Appleby, for the past
four years popular teacher in the
Crescent City school, has been offered
and has accepted the position of teacher
OF the Fourth grade in the St. Augustine
high and grammar school, and has mott
fled Superintendent Tucker, at the same
time Withdrawing her application for
her old grade in the school here. Miss
Appleby's new place is quite promo
ton and there is considerable advance
in salary.
Miss Jane B. Bowman has declined
the proffered principalship of the Cres-
cent City junior high school, preferring
her old place as assistant and its free
dom from the greater responsibilities.
The list of teachers for the coming
schoo! year will therefore be as follows:
Principal, Miss Amy R. Kendall of Red
dick; assistant, Miss Jane B. Bowman;
Miss June E. Brown of San Mateo and
Miss Daisy Brooke of Oveido. Miss
Kendall was principal OF the junior high
school at Reddick last year, and has
been one of the instructors at the Stet-
son University Summer Normal school.
The Musician club will give a porch
social and musicale tonight at the home
of M. H. White, the broad porches of
which overlook the lake, from which
will be waited cooling breezes. And it
will be moonlight, and all the prettier
for that. Mrs. Benham, who has the
in charge and who will be
hostess, assures the News that a specially
progam will be given, with
such artists as Messrs. Pipe, Carrier, A.
E. Lounds, Illig, and Misses Herlong,
Waterman and others. Ice cream will
be served. An admission of 10 cents
will be charged and the cream will be
extra and at the usual price-the money
to go to the benefit of the club, which
purchased piano for use of
The school and public at the auditorium.
The M. H. Read real estate agency has
sold to J. C. and E. M. Atkinson of
Canada, for Messrs. Cook and
81 acres on the west side of
Lake Stella, between the Exchange
packing house and the junction, s acres
of which is in grove. This property is
best known as the Jenkins property, as
The grove was long the property of the
late DR., E. E. Jenkins, and is now one
Of the most promising properties in that
section. Mr.. E. M. Atkinson was here
aSt winter and for a time made head
quarters at the Turner House. He was
very much impressed with the place and
determined TO secure grove property.
Since his return home he has interested
his father, Mr.. J. c. Atkinson, in the
venture with above result. Mr.. Akin
ION made many friends during his stay
here, especially among the young peo-
Die, with whom he was a social favorite.
His promised return will be hailed with
pleasure by the young people, especially.
Ir. Atkinson will again make his home
II the Turner House.
Col. G. T. Graham appeared before
he town coucil at its meeting last week
md made an argument in favor of open
ng Cedar street through the Williams
;rove, that being the point at which di-
ect connection would be made on the
outh line of the grove with the Seville
Dad. Col. Graham was fortified with
,etition signed by some 80 odd tax pay
ng citizens who are anxious for the
opening. There is now no way by
which country people or those driving to
he south can enter or leave the town to
II from the south except by the Prospect
treet drive, which takes those in the
vest end several blocks out of their way,
nd now that the Crescent Hill property
5 fast building up the opening of this
treet is considered essential. On Satur-
ay the council went in body out to
Jew the proposed opening, and it is I'M
erstood the body is solidly in favor of
he plan. 1t is not known how Mr..
Williams will view the proposed open
ng, which will cut through his beauti-
Vi grove, but all interested are hopeful
hat friendly arrangement can be made
satisfactory both to him and the city,
,ertain it is that the road has now be-
ONE almost necessity TO the growth
f the place, as a large part of the town
now cut off from egress or ingresS
-om or TO the Crescent Hill addition.
Doing hard work in bent or stoop-
1g position puts stitch in the back
. :, no;ofr1 If the n,usclaS have !