The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-04-13

CITY HAPPENINGS AND
:. PERSONAL MENTION.


TRELS NEXT TUESDAY NlGHIw
THE LONGEST, HEARTlhSI /
LAUGH OF THE YEAR.
. Mrs. J. E. Lucas entertained tn
Monday night Bridge Club.
4 Home Guards will meet at the court
house tonight; be sure to attend.
Miss Edith Buck left Monday for
visit with friends at Winter Park.
Fred Lecks of Florida University
), spent the week end with his parents.
: Robert Earnest returned to his
4 studies at Stetson Tuesday morning
Miss Lille Mackey of Valdosta, Ga,
4 is the guest Of Mrs. E. P. Chamber
lin.
I Fred Cochrane's latest acquisition
is a pet rattlesnake-don't go too
near it.
w. D. Weseman, merchant Of Flo
I rahome, was a visitor in Palatka on
Wednesday.
7 Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Knight spent
= Easter Sunday with relatives at Val
dosta, Ga.
\ Mrs. Z. D. Ferrell has returned
! from delightful visit with relatives
\ in Valdosta, Ga.
Mrs. Frank Rogers was called to
Jacksonville Wednesday by the illness
of her mother, Mrs. Upton.
Mrs. L. Earle Tenny Of Lakeland is
the guest of relatives in Palatka and
Federal Point for several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. j. Goldsmith of
the Saratoga Hotel motored to ST.
Augustine last Sunday afternoon.
The county officials have purchas-
ed magnificent American flag with
which to decorate the court house.
Mrs. L. w. Ponder of Ocala arrived
Tuesday to be the guest Of her SIS
ter, Mrs. j. Johnson for several days
Col. T. C. Darby and R. C. Mid
dleton of Crescent City were business
visitors in the city Tuesday morning,
DR.. L. w. Warren who has been
spending the winter in Palatka, ieft
en- Saturday for his home in Ber-
lin, Nd.
Mrs. S. A. Baker and little daugh
ter, Winnifred, of Seville, have been
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Messmer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott returned to
their home in Salisbury, Md, after a
visit with their daughter, Mrs. War
ner T. Hamm.
Miss Elsie Allen who has been the
guest of Mrs. E. L. Mann returned
to her home in Gilman, Illinois, Tues
day afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. J. Bryan of Car
raway are the guests of their son,
B. B. Bryan at his home at Pine
mount, SuWanee county.
!: Hon. VIM. G. Tilghman spent Sun
day at home with his family, return
ing to Tallahassee in time for the
= opening session Monday.
, Next Tuesday the city council will
4 elect the subordinate officers for the
? ensuing year-a chief of police,
4 city clerk, patrolmen, etc.
: Mrs. ] Duncan Mcdonald who
4 spent the weekend with her parents,
? Mr.. and Mrs. Gardner, returned to
4 her home in Ocala, Tuesday.
: Mrs. C. F. Snow and mother, Mrs.
4 Vickers, returned to their home in
= MARYLAND Wednesday, after few
a months visit with relatives.
|. Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Knowlton and
a little daughter, and Mrs. c. H, Wor-
: cester of Pomona were motor visi-
"A tors in the city on Wednesday.
lCl
n turned Sunday to their home in Phil
!. adelphia, after few days visit with
n her parents Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Mellon.
=. Dewey Hutchns, scoutmaster of
n the Palatka Boy Scouts has rendered
!. the services of the Scouts to Mayor
IA Merriam for home service, and the
: offer has been accepted.
II Miss Margaret Anderson, who has
:. been confined to her home by illness,
N will leave for three months stay IN
!. MorganReld, Kentucky, where she
n hopes to recuperate her health in rest.
;. C. C. Middleton merchant of Po-
= mona motored to the city on Wednes-
day with a load of Pomona guests,
including Mrs. Middleton, Mrs. DR..
Peck, Miss Davidson and Col. j. D.
- Wyeth, all of that place.
- H. A. Benton of Abbeville, South
. | Carolina is expected Sunday for a
short visit, and will accompany Mrs.
Benton who has been the guests of
Mrs. Leon Jones and Mrs. c. C. Hud-
son, to their home next week.
II Judge and Mrs. E. E. Haskell, Mrs
Lillian S. Knight as proxy for Mrs
/ NJ. S. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
f. Rowton and L. A. Smith are at
tending the Order of Eastern Star
| convention in Miami this week.
III Mrs. C. C. Hudson entertained sew.
| eral friends Saturday morning with
| a sewing party, in honor Of her house
guest, Mrs. H. A Benton of Able,
| Vile, South Carolina. Delicious re,
| freshments of pineapple-cheese salad