The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-02-13
BOOSTERS Club
FORMED AT POMONA
To Plug for the Fruitland Pc
ninsuIa--AlI Sections Rep
resented.

AS the result of preliminary
meeting held at Welaka some two
weeks ago, representative men of
that place and Pomona called a gen.
eral gathering of the citizens of all
points on the Fruitland peninsula, in
cluding Georgetown, Fruitland, We
laka, Nashua, Satsuma, Sisco, Pomo-
ma, Como, and Crescent City to meet
at Pomona on Wednesday night for
the purpose of organizing a Fruit
land Peninsula Boosters Club.
Ihls meeting was held and was a
distinctly representative affair. We
laka was represented by such men
as Messrs. Wright, Reeder, DR.. Main,
and others to the number of six OF
elghtt, Pomona was represented by
aearlly all its leading citizens, includ-
ing Messrs. W. S. and C. C. Middle.
ton, DIR. Peck, Messrs. Olmstead
Nyeth, Smith, Irish, Tucker, Williams
Piplar, Eigel and many others; Sat.
suma Hights was represented bl
Messrs. Owen and Richtman, Sisco BY
Mr.. Ring, Georgetown by Messrs
Warm and G. johnson Tucker an,
Crescent City by Messrs. Bills, Till
..nghast, E. H. Williams, Chamber
I'm, Pratt, Babers, Mathis, Cheatham,
LaBree, and others.
The meeting was called to order by
Prof. Eigel the temporary president
and Mr.. Smith acted as secretary,
President Eigel stated the object OF
The meeting and then called for an
expression from the visitors. All were
Of the opinion that this section, ia
nous for its citrus products and its
adaptability to the growing of ali
kinds of crops, had been neglected
shat 1t had not received the advertis-
ng its Importance deserved and
therefore was not making the growth
is natural advantage entitled it tc
make; that an organization such a.
was under contemplation could be OF
advantage in many ways in promot-
.ng the welfare of this particular sec
.lon Short talks were made bv
Hessrs. Tillinghast, Williams, Gutter
dge, Ring, Middleton, DR.. Main, Prof
Eigle, Irish, and others, including the
new proprietor of Welaka's winter re-
sort hotel, and whose name we did not
earn, but who told some things con.
,erning his inability to secure home
grown vegetables in land where
vegetables could be had for the rails
ng. He made valuable hit-pro
yided it takes root.
1t was decided to form the club anC
4 committee was appointed to pre-
pare plans and report at future
meeting which they will also call fo1
Pomona. An even larger crowd will
appear at this meeting.
The ladies of Pomona know how t.
entertain. At the conclusion of tn
business program they served re
freshments that had the appetizin,
and nourishing qualities combined t
a degree of perfection seldom equal
ed. There were dainty sandwiche
and angels food and a dozen othe
kinds of cakes and all fit for the god.
Then there was steaming hot coffet
During the partaking of these re
treshments there was informal visi
ing and an exchange of sentiment ri
garding the more important work
be undertaken by the new club, an
then the visitors departed for the
respective homes, one and all prime
to the neck with enthusiasm for IL
Pomona brand of hospitality-ar
also with the new idea of asserting
more positive way the claims
this important section of the count
and state.