The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-10-06

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL



last Sunday, returning on Monday,
Miss L. Floreus of Jacksonville who
comes to teach in the primary DEPART
ment OF our school, will make her
home with Mrs. J. c. Grimsley.
Mrs. Herlong returned on Satur-
day from visit of some three weeks
in Jacksonville and in South Caro-
lima.
Mrs. Wilson and her daughter,
Miss Maude, who have been spend
ing several months in Ohio and Penn
sylvania, arrived home last Sunday.
Miss Myrtle Herlong is teaching in
the high school during the enforced
absence on account of illness of Miss
Kendall.
Mrs. w, A. Russell is expected
home today from a trip of three
months in which she visited in Chi
cago, st. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth,
and at Marquette and Detroit, Mich.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Williams ar
rived home on Wednesday of last
week. Miss Cardelle Williams, who
has entered Sweet 'Briar Academy at
Sweet Briar, Va, will come home for
the Christmas holidays.
j. E. Bartlett, president of the To-
cal Citrus Exchange, was business
visitor to Palatka on Tuesday. Mr..
Bartlett states that the local ex-
change will handle more fruit this
year than last.
W. F. Glynn arrived on Saturday
night last about 10 CLOCK. Mr.
Glynn drove through in his car from
Saginaw, Michigan, coming via.
Washington, Richmond and Savannah,
He says he had pleasant trip.
Miss Chattie jackson and Miss Ad-
die Neal have purchased the millinery
stock of Miss Bessie Neal and will
continue the business. Miss Jack
son is trimmer of experience and
splendid taste and will without doubt
please the ladies of Crescent City.
Miss Grill Burton has accepted the
appointment of private secretary to
Rev. DR.. NJ. W. Striker, president Of
Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y
DR.. Stryker is a cousin Of the late
Hon. Thos. H. Stryker Of Rome
with whom Miss Burton was associat-
ed as private secretary for some time
previous to his DEATH
E. G. Sackett says he is profoundly
thankful to his neighbors and friends
who risked their lives during the fire
at Crenshaw's last week to save his
home. "Had it not been for the
work of these good men | would have
been homeless today" said he, land
want to thank them from the bot
tom of my heart for their work."
]. C. Grimsley as usual will be tha
first to ship fruit from this section
He has grapefruit almost ready fol
shipment and will probably send some
forward next week. He also has
several hundred boxes of navals which
look ready for shipment and which
he will submit to the acid test this
week; if found to stand the test, they
will be shipped in a few days.
Miss Kendall, assistant in the higG
school, was unable to be here at the
opening Of school, having been de.
tanned in the north through illness
She is ut present in y New ENgIonl
hospital. where she recently under
went an orcration Reports are tc
the effect that she is canine randl1
and will soon be here to take up thu
work.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A, Hurlbut anC
Misses Mary Haake, Florence John.
son and Helen TilIinghast will sal
from New York for home on the
Clvde Line steamer, Lenape, Satur'
dav. Oct. 7th. and should arrive here
early next week. They have beer
spending the summer at New Lon
don, Conn.
Prof. WheatIey arrived on Wednes,
dav of last week from a summer
snent partly at "his old Kentucky
home" in the blue grass district ans
part in New York and Now Eng
land, and is taking hold Of the s"hoo
work with enthusiasm. The attend
ance on opening day was largely II
pvcess of any previous year, and Mr.
Wheatley believes that the comnTa
school year will be the best IN the
history of the school.
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