Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-12-11

he is spending the week III attendance
upon the sessions of the Florida An
nual Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church, South. 1t is learn
ed with much regret that Mr.. Funk,
is to ask for change in his appoint
ment for the coming year, and that
another pastor will be assigned to
Crescent City. The presiding bishop
this year is the Rev. W. A. Gambler.
D. D., IL. D., of Atlanta.
Mrs. Funk, wife of the Methods;
pastor, who has been spending sever-
al months in Ohio, returned some ten
days ago, accompanied by her sister,
Mrs Clark.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Davenport OF
Colrain, Mass, arrived last week and |
have taken apartments at the home Of
Miss Lucy Gautier on Summit street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davenport will be pleas
antly remembered as popular visitors
here last season, when Mr.. Davenport
purchased building lot in the w. W.
Cary tract on North Summit street
It will be pleasing to Crescent City
neople to know that Mr.. and Mrs. Da-
venport have made all arrangements
to build them new home on this lot,
and that work is to begin Immediately.
The house is to be story and a half.
and the material comes all cut AMI
ready to be placed in position. So
that they will soon be in their new
nome.
DR.. E. w. Ford occupied the pulpit
the Presbyterian church last Sun
day morning, owing to the indisposi-
ton of the pastor, Rev. w. L. Atkis-
son. DR.. Ford, who is noted ply
:ic;an and surgeon of Kentucky, re"
Gently came to Crescent City with
the view of making his home some
where in Florida, and as he was for
merly engaged in practice with DR..
Tichenor in Kentucky, is is possible
he may be induced to locate here.
In addition to being a surgeon of high
class, DR.. Ford has always taken q
deep interest in Sunday school work,
and his talk last Sunday was along
the line of Sunday school effort.
Bishop Curley of the Catholic do
cese of St. Augustine, has designat-
cd Rev. FIR. Monahan of Jacksonville,
as pastor of St. Monicas church, Pa
latka, and as such, he becomes also
permanent pastor of the Catholic con-
gregation in this place, a mission OF
palatka. FIR. Monahan will be here
to hold service next Sunday evening
and will also celebrate mass on Mon
cay morning.
Rev. C. l. Scofeld, D. D., IL. D., OF
Doulaston. Long Island, N. Y, and
Mrs Scofeld, arrived on Tuesday af-
ternoon, and pending the arrange
,nents for opening their home, are at
Grove Hail. With them also is thel"
son. Mr.. N. P. Scofeld, his wife and
little daughter. DR.. Scofeld is Cres-
cent Citys most distinguished winter
resident. He is a gentleman known
IN all parts of the Christian world for
his literary contributions in further
ance of Christian teaching Possibly
his most notable contribution to the
cause of religion being the Scofeld
Bible. All Crescent City rejoices in
the arrival of this family.
Mrs. R. P. Perkins, of Archer, with
her little daughters, arrived on Nor
day for a visit of some days with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul c.
Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. W. burlington of
Massachusetts, arrived this week and
ere comfortably quartered for the
winter in their pleasant home on
North Summit street.
Rev. Dr. Withspoon of Kissimmee
delivered an address at the PrGSbyte-
rian church last night on "The New
Era.
Mrs. Chas. w. Hutchinson and lit
tie daughter of Preston, Cuba, are
the guests for a season of their aunts,
the Misses c A. and Bessie A. Will
liams. Mr.. Hutchinson, who is one OF
the most successful young business
men of day, is the oldest son of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Hutchinson of Palat-
ka, formerly of this place, and he is
the manager of the large mercantile
interests of the United Fruit Compa-
ny in Cuba. 1t is expected that he
will be here for the holidays.
Messrs. Crosby and Moffatt of Bos'
ton are among the prominent guests
of the week at Grove Hall. They
gre friends of Mr.. and Mrs. c. S.
Gowan, and during their stay there
have been several little pleasures