The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-04-03

-. ". wv dIIOuS anu WIN, VI ieOU
Bank, N. j., who have been here
the guests of Max G. Price and
family, of West Marian avenue,
returned home Friday evening.
"Doc" Matthias and Mr.. and
Mrs. Siebold left Monday morn
for the resorts on the coast of
Pinellas county, where they will
recreate for week or two be-
fore going to their northern
homes.
The Presbyterian Parish picnic
was held at "The Palms" last
month. There were about sixty
in attendance. This is a delayed
notice; it should have appeared
March 14th, but was forgotten by
the lady selected to send it in.
Orth Prather and wife, of Hi
nois, who have been spending
their winters here for seven years,
have been at Boca Grande for a
few weeks. They returned here
about the middle of last week and
left Saturday for their northern
home. Prather is an enthusiastic
disciple of Isaac Walton and en-
joys the good fishing in the bay
Mr.. and Mrs. John Morrison, af-
ter short visit to New York city
to see Mr.. Morrison s father, who
was i'll, returned here Sunday
night, and are again enjoying the
comforts of Hotel Punta Gorda.
They were the first guests to ar
rive at the hotel and will be the
last to leave, which shows that
they are highly pleased with the
hotel in particular and Punta Cor
ola in general.
A. B. Church, a prosperous and
progressive farmer of Carter's
Creek, Tenn, after enjoying the
season here, has returned to his
home. He greatly enjoyed the
fishing, to which he gave particu-
lar attention. At first, he fished
for mangrove snappers, of which
he caught a considerable number;
but, towards the end of his stay,
he turned his attention to roval-
hos and caught twenty-five of
them ranging from five to twenty
five pounds each. He intends to
return next winter, when he will
not rest contented until he has
caught Jewish, shark or a tar
pom tipping the scales in three
| figures.
We intended to make in last
weeks paper a nice advance not
ice of the entertainment that was
afterwards given in the school
auditorium on Friday night, but
the manager in charge became
highly offended because the word
tracy" was used the previous
week in mentioning the entertain
mcnt, and positively forbade the
editor to make any notice at all.
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
in this office gives the word
"racy" a meaning that is abso-
lutely unobjectionable, but the
manager repudiated both the die
tionary and the editor. Howev-
or, the entertainment was unob-
iectionable and was enjoyed by a
very large audience.
here.
Monday afternoon, one of those
charming and accomplished ladies
| for whom Charlotte Harbor is
noted, was in this office and stated
that, day or two previously, she
and some friends were talking
when something was said about
The Herald Immediately, all the
ladies spoke very kindly about
the paper, Mrs. S. E. Knight in
particular saying that it is one of
the cleanest and most interesting
papers in the state. Mrs. S. E.
IGiddens, who was present, agreed
with Mrs. Knight, and the rest of
the ladies in the group were equal
Ily kind in what they said. The
approval of such ladies is worth
more to this scribe than all the
money represented in the war