The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-04-01

JlA Blount, or near LaBelle, wa:
in Punta Gorda Tuesday on business
Whele here he was the guest of hi;
nephew. DR.. 3. B. Blount, going
from here to Arcadia and Tampa
Wednesday. Mr.. Blount is one oil
the pioneers of Florida.
Leroy Hewitt, of Youngstown
Ohio, surprised his parents, Mr.. and
Mre. P. M. Hewitt. by his unexpected
arrival Tuesday noon and is indus
triously applying a coat of tan to his
pale kid face on the pier. angling for
the wonders OF the deep.
DR.. ]. w. Jordan of Tampa, accom-
ppanied by Joe Cato, motored over
yesterday and visited relatives until
this morning, when, accompanied by
his wife and Mrs. Robt. Ochiltree,
whohad been visiting the Sormer's
mother. Mrs. Sophia Jermain. in So
lana, he and Joe returned home
c. G.. Page and wife returned Sat
urday from st. James City, where
they had spent week with Mrs.
Pages parents. Mr.. Page is an en-
thusiastic fisherman and reports that
he was fairly successful, taking 1876
pounds of sheepshead with pole and
line in about four hours.
Sunday saw the largest crowd of
bathers in the bay since last summer,
and all pronounced the water fine and
added the advice to c'mon in. And
the poor fish" up north are still
sEivcring with the cold and wont
have the heart to even try the ole
sWimmin' hole before June 18th.
Max c. Price, secretary of the
Commercial Club, who has been in
correspondence with a party of Geor-
gia people who want.to come to Flor
ida to invest, has received letter
stating that these people will be in
Punta Gorda within a few days to
look over property in which they
wisl to invest.
V. NJ. Fulcher died in the sanitar-
ium at Arcadia sunday night after
short Illness there. For number
of years Mr. Fulcher was employed
as accountant by Chadwick Bros
and he owned a homestead at Ber-
mont. 1t is understood that he had
no relatives here, and having lived
a rather secluded life details con-
him,
Mrs. Geo. n. Parker, of Robinson,
Ills, who spent the winter here, left
Monday for home, Mr.. Parker having
left several weeks before. Mr.. and
Mrs. Parker are newcomers to Punta
Gorda and were so delighted with
the town have purchased a home
here, which is undergoing repairs
and alterations, when will be com
pleted by the time they arrive next
fall to spend the winter.
r. Wisebrock, of New York City,
who spent the winter in Punta Cor
da, left for home the early part of
the week. Mr.. Wisebrock says that
he has been a regular visitor to Flor |
ida for the past l 5 years, has visited I
practically every town in the state
but has found none he liked so well
as Punta Gorda and he will roam no
more, only wishing that he had dis
covered Punta Gorda sooner.
Mrs. f. Cornelius, of Dayton, Ohio,
left for her home Monday. after
spending the winter here. Mr.. Cor
nelius was here for few weeks but
was compelled to return sooner than
he had planned on account of busi-
ness. They are both delighted with
punta Gorda and expect to make this
heir regular winter home. Next
said Mrs. Cornelius, Il am
soing to close up the house in Day
on and bring the whole family
lown. It's selfish for me to come
lown here and enjoy the delights OF
ounta Gorda and Florida and leave
he rest of the folks up there to feed
he furnace and then freeze, maybe;
md II will be cheaper, anyway.