The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-02
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL


Mr.. Alfred Clay made a business
| trip to Jacksonville on Monday.
w. A. Jurnigan has entered the
Hancock store as clerk-he knows
how.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Volquartsen
of Davenport, Iowa, were weekend
guests of Mr. and Mrs. f. l.. Bills a
short time since.
Judge and Mrs. D. H. Scott of
Paris, Texas, are at Grove Hall for
stay through the sessions of the
Southfeld Bible Conference.
Mrs. Waterman of Davenport,
Iowa, arrived last week on a visit at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Til
linghast.
G. Jos. Braddock and his son, Ell
bert, so long connected with the Han
' cock store, are now interested in the
Chambers grocery-the old Reynolds
store.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. Borson and Nj.
and Mrs Geo. H. Herrick returned on
Saturday evening from weeks trip
through south Florida in the Borson
touring car. They report delightful
trip.
Mrs. Geo. H. Libby and Mrs. Che
merry of Portland, Me-, who have been
spending some weeks at Orlando, ar
rived in Crescent City last week and
will stay for time with Mrs. Frank
Gautier.
The supper and sale given by the
ladies of the Methodist church in the
Horton building last Friday and Sat
urday nctted something over hum
dred dollars for the work of that
+ church.
Rev. Smith Hardin of Orlando,
presiding elder of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, South, in this district,
made an official visitation to the
Crescent City church last Sunday,
preaching to good congregation in
the evening.
Mrs. Coutant has rented the Hor-
ton house at the corner of Central
avenue and Summit street and will
run it as an annex to the Hotel Cou-
tant. From the demand during the
past few weeks for rooms she will
have no trouble in filling this annex.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. J. Curtze of Erie,
Pennsylvania, are among the more re-
cent arrivals and are stopping at
Grove Hall. They have visited Cres-
cent City on two former occasions,
the last some eight years ago. Mr..
Curtze is a prominent attorney OF
Erie.
Rev. DR.. A. C. Peck of Denver,
Colorado, for many years dean of the
Methodist Episcopal University in
that city, is among the distinguished
guests at Grove Hall, attracted to the
city by the sessions of the Southfield
Bible Conference. Dean Peck is now
at the head of School for Boys in
| Denver.
Miss Tichenor and Miss Grace Bur-
ton enjoyed motor trip to Palatka
on Tuesday in DR.. Tichenor's car.
Mrs. B. F. Tillinghast, accompanied
by her friends, the Mesdames Decker,
Clapp and Waterman, left on Tues
day morning for st. Augustine where
they were to spend couple days on
sightseeing trip.
DR.. and Mrs. John Punton of Kan
sas City terminated a weeks visit
here on Monday, on which day they
left on trip to New York. They
were the guests of Rev. and Mrs. j.
w. Gaddis. DR.. Punton is celebrated
in Kansas City and the west as an
eminent specialist in the treatment of
brain and nervous diseases.
Malvern w. lies, Jr., of Davenport,
Iowa, arrived on Monday for visit
Of some time at the home of his
brother, T. J. lies. The visiting
brother is a young man, younger than
our townsman, and as this is his first
visit to Crescent City it behooves all
to assist in making his stay interest
ing-castng the Florida spell over
him and making him want to become
one of US.
DR.. and Mrs. Spahr of Xenia, Ohio,
are here for stay of some time and
have rooms at Mrs. Mary Benham's
on Park street. DR.. Spahr first Wis
tied Crescent City some 90 years ago,
when he stayed some time and prac-
ticed his profession. Some of the
older citizens will remember him. DR..
Spahr is now the editor of the Health
Department of The Farm and Fire
side, q magazine of extensive circu-
lation in the north and west.
Mrs. Frederick Within nee Olive
Crosby, of New York arrived on Sat
urday and left Monday for home with
her mother, Mrs. G. A. Crosby, who
has been i'll and confined to her room
in Grove Hall since the holiday sea-
son. Mrs. Crosby came early in the
season and for several weeks appear
ed we'll and seemed to be fully enjoy
ing herself, but she was taken i'll
about Christmas time and since that
time has been confined to her room.
She is a very popular visitor here,
and her continued illness has been a
cause of sorrow to her friends.
Mr.. Geo. C. Stebbins, the eminent
gospel hymn composer of Brooklyn, N.