The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-04-28

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

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C. C. Alvers of Sisco was visitor
in the city on Tuesday.
Mrs. r. C. Williams did some shop
ping in Palatka on Wednesday.
Otis Reynolds and wife have moved |
into their pretty new home on Park
street.
w. C. Alvers our county commits
sioner spent couple days in town
last week.
Harry Chamberlin and Phillips Cash
were visitors to Palatka on Wednes-
day.
The children of the Methodist Sun.
day school enioved an Easter egg
hunt on Saturday, with refreshments
to follow-a happy time.
Messrs. Williams. Middleton, Pres
ton and Pursell. members of the board
of aldermen. spent Wednesday in Pa
latka on business for the town.
Mrs. w. S. Wells who has been
spending the winter at Grove Hall,
expects to leave in a few days for
her home in Olean, n. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. W. Cary and Mrs.
Noyes and her daughter, left this
week for their homes in Massachu-
sets
Elbcrt Braddock drove over to Pa
latka on Wednesday, having as pas
sengers for the trip Messrs. E. L..
Hancock, and C. O. Chamberlin.
Lumber for the new Baptist par
sonage is being hauled to the ground
and Contractor Rafferty, expects to
push the work to early completion.
The last shipments of oranges
from the Williams grove have been
going forward this week, some 5000
boxes in all. The market is high on
this fruit.
Miss Abbiejean Miller drove her
motor to Palatka on Saturday last,
having as guests for the trip the
Misses Tillinghast, Some and
Jones.
The frame work Of the new E. D
Lounds cottage on South Prospect
street is up and the work of com
pletion is going on rapidly under dl'
rection of Contractor Rafferty,.
The local baseball team will play
the closing game with the team o.
; the Florida Military Academy this
afternoon. There should be goot
attendance.
Owing to the illness of the editor
who has been unable to give but lit
tie attention to his work this week
this department of the paper, as wei
as others, have been neglected. W.
: ask the indulgence Of our readers.
]. A. Winn, who resides in tn
} Graham house on South Main street
does all kinds of shoe and harnes
repairing and does it well and at
reasonable price. Mr., Wmn Is
useful citizen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coe D. Smith enter
tanned a large party of ladies an
gentlemen at a dinner on Friday eV
ening of last week, following whlc
| there was a Victrola concert, wit
| some of the very latest solos by gran
| opera singers.
II Mr.. Avery, with his daughter-lr II
| law. who have been living IN tn
| Purrington cottage on North Sun
| mitt street this winter, left on Sa
| urday for their home in Massach'
| setts. Mr.. Avery has been serious
| " i'll most of the winter, but VIZ
| feeling quite well again when he lie
! for home
| Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. H. Herrlc
popular guests of the winter,
! Grove Hall, left Saturday , for the
! home in Attleboro, Mass. They ie
go some two weeks earlier than thi
had intended because of inability,
secure boat reservations on the la
1t fer date. They will be great
t missed.
y The Easter service at the Presot
. terrain church last Sunday moran
:. was largely in the hands of the 81
It It day school children and was atten
II ed bv a large congregation.
y Monday NJ afternoon an egg hunt "
lie he'd for the children on the cAaE =,
e. grounds. with refreshments to Il
IS low, served in the chapel.
{, e. The town council has decided to i
'e concrete curbing the length OF Ce
d trail avenue; the road west of Prt
pect pc street will be 40 feet wide wh
east of Prospect street the road W
be but 80 feet wide. This chan
or has necessitated a change in t
sewer M entrances, so that they m
r. he close to the curb. The coun
ng proposes to make its improvement
IN permanent.
~ Mr.. c. A. Pratt Dies Suddenly
A telegram received by Kew.