The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-08
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= Personal and Social. .

David Dawes is shipping his fruit croI
through the Citrus Exchange.

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Oliver Macdonald Of
Paterson, N. j., arrived last week and
are again at Grove Hall for the season.
E. ]. Harper, w. B. Campbell and
Webb Chamberln were also among the
winners at the ST. Johns Park turkey
shoot.
The young people opened up the
thanksgiving by pretty and enjoyable
dancing party at V. |. A. hall the even.
ing before.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Lucas and daugh.
ter, Miss Birdie Lucas, of Aiken, S. c.,
are guests at the home OF Mayor and
Mrs. G. T. Graham.
The Lounds Drug Co. has limited
number of maps of Crescent City which
give blocks and lot numbers and which
can be had at 10 cts each.
Oranges and grape fruit from this sec
ton are going forward rapidly now.
On Monday the Crescent carried out a
total of 2,0O2 boxes.
Mr.. Ives of Washington, D. c., owner
of grove near the railroad junction has
been the guest OF the past week of Mr..
and Mrs. Edgar McGrady.
Remember the Beach & Miller Line
has daily boat service TO Jacksonville
now and during the continuance of the
orange shipping season.
Edward Russell Perry of New York
delivered the second in the church
course of lyceum lectures last Tuesday
evening at the auditorium.
The ladies of the Baptist church served
a big Thanksgiving dinner at p. m. on
that day and il is pleasure 10 learn that
the same was well patronized by the
townSpeople.
Mrs. T. S. DeVeau lady formerly
socially prominent here and who counts
her friends by the great gross, arrived
last week and will spend the winter
with Mrs. Frank Gautier.
Rev. D. D. Dieffenweirth of the
Methodist church preached an able and
interesting sermon in the Presbyterian
church Thanksgiving morning to a
union congregation of the three evange.
lical churches.
A sweet pc tato weighing 1872 pounds
was dug by Col. Graham last Friday.
This potato was from vine set out in
June last. The potato was in perfect
condition and excellent as 10 quality.
The literary department of the V. |.
A. through lis committee has this week
placed magazines in the large packing
houses and on the steamers leaving
Crescent City for the entertainment of
employees.
The cool days and nights of the past
week with the mercury several times
hugging the freezing point, has been
welcomed by orange growers. II was
needed to give the oranges both flavor
and color.
r. C. Middleton with party of ladies
from Pomona and Lake Como, formed
an auto shopping party in town last Sat
urday Among the Lake Como ladies
in the party were Mrs. D. f. DuSenberry
and Mrs. Blood.
Word comes from Los Angeles, Cal,
of the death last week of Mr.. Cotton,
father of the late Mrs. GroSvernor eau
tier, whose death was also reported sew
eral weeks ago, and shortly after the re.
turn of MIR. Gautier from visit 10 his
home here.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Pres
byterian church desires the public TO
bear in mind the social, food, ice cream,
and fancy and useful article sale TO be
held in the church chapel next Tuesday |
afternoon and evening. Everybody is
cordially invited to attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. T. Darling of Daven-
port, Iowa, arrived on Saturday evening |
and are guests at the home of Mr.. and |
Mrs. B. F. Tillinghast. Their daughter,
who is in the young ladies college at
Nashville, Nenn., expects to join them
for the Holidays.
Mrs. w. B. Bethel and little son OF
Daytona who have been~EiSiting at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Bethel for
some weeks, left on Monday for home.
Mrs Bethel grew to womanhood here
and will be remembered by all old set.
tiers as Miss DobbinS.
Miss Edith Butler has a kindergarten
class of little people which meets at the
Presbyterian manSe each morning
That Miss Butler is successful in the
work is atteSted by the zeSt with which
the little people enter into the work
and the progress they have made. Miss
Butler is thoroughly qualified teacher
in kindergarten work.
The regular monthly meeting of the
v |, A. will be held at the hall next
Monday afternoon the 18th inst. The
chairman of the literary department re-
quests the ladies to bring all the picture
papers and magazines which they have
read and do not care longer TO keep, as
the committee can use them TO good
purpose.
The Crescent City Telephone Co. I'M
der the management of Mr.. Sykes, is
giving excellent satisfaction 10 patrons,
of which il now has about 40, with a
list of subscribers. The con-
of the telephone-its value
can only be appreciated by those who
have il in use. The company has just
issued directory of subscribers.
Col and Mrs. G. T. Graham and Miss
Graham entertained large party at
dinner, Among, the
quests were Mrs. q. A. Lucas ana MISS
lucas of Aiken, S. c., Mr.. and Mrs.
Gerard Alexander of Huntington, Mr..
md Mrs. Hammer Mr., and Mrs. Z. J.
Bartlett, Mrs. ]. f. Lorick, Miss lnez
Lorick, Miss Annie Bruce of Palatka,
md Messrs. w. c. Williams of Louis
Vile, KY, and w. B. Carrier OF this
city.
Miss Bokum arrived last week and is
,topping with the Misses Williams.
This lady will be pleasantly remember
ID as a former frequent winter visitor
who has moi been with us Tor several
years. and many old friends will sorrow
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