The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-01-26

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

William C. Norton visited in Palat-
ka on Monday-a business visit.
Mrs. C. H. Preston entertained the
Carlyle Club at it's meeting yesterday
afternoon.
Miss Blanch LeHardy' of Palatka
was the weekend guest here of Miss
Nettie Holly.
Miss Laura Gowing of Leesburg is
visiting Mrs. Holly and other rela-
tive here.
Sim Anderson, colored man we'll
| known here, and a resident for up
wards of ten years, died last Friday.
All the churches had big congrega-
tons last Sunday morning; bright day.
The evening attendance at the
churches was also good.
Mrs. H. P. Peacock of Tampa, nee
Adde Grace Waterman of this place,
was a visitor at the home of her
aunt, Mrs. A. B. Torrey several days
last week.
Mrs. Sidney Varnes of Palatka who
has been visiting at the home of Mr.
Varnes' parents, Mr.. and Mrs. OAR
ling Varnes, left for home on Mon
day.
Albert E. Lounds, the Grand Gas
cults of the local Masonic lodge, at
tended the meeting of the Grand
Lodge of Florida at Jacksonville last
week.
Mrs. C. E. Gutteridge, formerly of
this place arrived last Friday for a
few days visit with friends. Mrs.
Gutteridge now lives at Oveido, where
her husband is pastor of the Metho-
dist church.
Mrs. E. c. clapp of Saltwater, Min
nesota, and Mrs. C. c. Decker of Da-
venport, Iowa, arrived in the city last
week for seasons stay. They
have rooms with Mrs. Herlong on
South Prospect street.
Mrs. J. F. Carpenter and her
mother, Mrs. Rogers, entertained a
four table card party on Wednesday
afternoon of last week, together with
number of other ladies who joined
the card players to tea.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. Wright of Louis
vile, KY, who for the past two
months have been popular guests at
the Turner House, left on Monday for
their home, greatly to the regret of a
large number of friends.
The Florida Sunday School Asso-
citation has designated Sunday, Feb
ruary 18th, as Go-To-S Sunday School
Day in Florida and Governor Cats
has issued a proclamation giving the
entire weight of executive office to
the plan. Why not in Crescent City?
Come on; let's all go.
DR.. and Mrs. Harry H. Wilson of
New York left on Monday for home.
Mrs. Wilson has been here some two
or three months and has been living
in the Oliver Chamberlin house. Dr..
Wilson only arrived here last week
for a short stay, and Mrs. Wilson
concluded to return with him.
Mrs. ]. D. LaMonte of New York is
among the late arrivals at Grove Hall.
Mrs. A. J. Pounds and little son of
Jacksonville, who has been spending
couple weeks here on visit to her
uncles, Jos. ]. and E. w. McGrady,
and other relatives and friends, left
on Monday for her home. Mrs.
Pounds will be remembered best by
Crescent City people as Miss Hester
McGrady. daughter of John McGrady,
formerly of this place but now resid-
ing in South Florida.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coe D. Smith now
have their pretty bungalow lighted
with electricity, a DelcoLight plant
having been only recently installed.
Pretty incandescent lamps and bulbs
are scattered about the house in ev-
erv convenient place in every room
and Mr.. Smith has all the lighting
advantages of city. His general
ing plant is in a small building back
of the house and this runs smoothly
without trouble at any time when
it is necessary to charge the batteries.
MI. DeWolf of Letcher, South Da-
kota, with his sister Miss Angie De-
Wolf of Kalamazoo, Michigan, arrived
here last week and will spend the sea-
son here. Mr.. DeWolf has secured
the little cottage of Mrs. Lungren on
South Summit street and he and his
sister will keep house. They are
brother and sister of our fellow towns
man, A. P. DeWolf, one of our oldest
citizens. Mr.. M. J. DeWolf has own
ed the Latta grove on the road to
Lake Como for many years, but this
is his first visit to it.
The "Old Kentucky Minstrels"-
don't know how old-are billed for
tent show tonight. Advance guards
arrived last Friday and posted the
town, unmindful that the ladies of the
Episcopal church had already planned
an entertainment for " |. A. theater
the same night. Of course there was
nothing for the ladies to do but post
pone their play or "buck" en- enter
prise which has always been able to
pull a bigger audience in Crescent
City than anything else in the show
| line.
After more than two months of SUI
fering, Mrs. Geo. Jeal passed to her
eternal home on Tuesday, the 18th
/ IT.. oonIrrrad the fol-