The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-06-30
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City happenings and
Personal Mention.

J. w. Gibson is out again after cou
pie of weeks illness.
Sheriff Kennerly is enjoying a few
days outing at Daytona Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. N. Walton expect to
go to their beach cottage next week.
Miss Anita Bailey has gone to Charles
ton, S. c. for the summer months.
A. ]. Padgett, Grandin merchant, was
circulating among his friends and doing
business in the city Wednesday.
The county school board is examining
plans preliminary TO the erection of a
new high school building.
The board of county commissioners
will meet next Monday and will spend
most of the week equalizing taxes.
Mrs. Chas. P. Cooper and infant son
are again in the city and al the home of
Mrs. Cooper'S parents, DR.. and Mrs. E.
S. Grill.
Miss Helen Scott, pianiSte at the Or
pheum theater, expects TO leave the
first of the coming week for months
absence in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. J. Fearnsidc spent
couple of days this week at Daytona
Beach where they went to engage cot
tage for the summer.
Geo. S. Whitcomb, for some time
past a valued clerk in Gay Bros. west
end store, leaves Sunday for Atlanta,
Ga, to remain indefinitely.
The Ramona club met on Thursday
evening at the home of Miss Hattie
Merwin on Kirby street, where most
delightful session was held. This club
has membership of about 2S.
Mrs Louis Kalbfield whose singing so
greatly pleased the large audience at the
Sisters OF St. JoephS benefit last week,
has consented TO an occasional appear
ance as a vocalist al the Orpheum thea
ter.
w. o. Davis of Satsuma flights, was a
visitor in Palatka last Saturday. Mr..
Davis is from Virginia and recently pur-
chased property from w D. Judy, and
on which he is making extensive i'm
provementS,
Rev. VIM. Wyllie, rector of St. Marks
church, will be absent from the parish
during the greater part of July and Au-
gust, and all communications for ser
vices during that time should be ad
dressed TO the senior warden, Mr.. v. S.
Burdette.
A fine tile floor now decorateS the
lobby of the popular KupperbuSch res
taurant, with the inlaid name of the pro
prietor stretching across the front in old
English. 1t is a neat job and adds at
tractiveneSS TO the place.
The Palatka boys are making good
use of the Saratoga swimming pool and
its clear running water Most makes
their elders wish they were boys again.
Travelling men are also enjoying the de-
lights of the pool.
Mr.. and Mrs Chas Kupperbusch are
expected home today from New York
city whittier they went two weeks ago
10 see their daughters, the Misses Edith
and Minnie, safe aboard ship for two
months tour of the Continent of Europe.
If you want TO impress visitor with
the beauty and deSirability OF Palatka as
a home and place for the investment
of capital, put him in your automobile
in the cool of the evening and run him
over the brick paved streets of the city.
He'll sit up and take notice.
Miss Emma Creekman entertained a
large party OF young people last Tuesday
evening al her home on Water street The
occasion being in honor of Miss Emma
Hightower of Alabama. The evening
was spent in many amusing games, and
feast of watermellonS was much en-
joyed.
Miss Nettie Stanton sailed from Jack
Sonville Monday on the steamship lro-
quoiS for New York. Thence she will
go up the Hudson river as far as Mechan-
icSvile where she will spend sometime
with relatives. In the fall she will en-
Ter school at Fitchburg, Mass
Miss Emma Hightower, who has been
the popular guest of her sister, Mrs. J.
A. Helms, at East Palatka for the past
six weeks, left for her Alabama home
on Thursday. Miss Hightowcr made
many friends among the young people
OF this city as we'll as on the east side OF
the river, and all trust that she may make
another visit here in the near future.
DR.. Frank McRae of Melrose was
popular visitor TO Palatka on Tuesday
and one with whom many of our citi
zenS had the pleasure of brief chat
DR.. McRae has long been an active
force in the county, especially in his
section, which is one OF the finest
farming sections in all Florida He is
an active member of the Mclrose board
of trade, body just now laboring TO Sc.
cure the passage of the national high
way through that pretty town.