The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-04-07

were accompanied by Mr.. Taylor's
aunt, Mrs. Virginia T. Trabue, who
will be their guest through the sum
mer.
Mrs. Emmett Adams and niece, Miss
Clara holland of Fort Ogden; Mrs. |
Millie Hagan, Emmett Perkins and
Joe Coopers composed a party that
motored over the Tamiami trail to
Sarasota and back, Sunday. Mrs.
Adams said that with the exception
of short stretch between Punta Cor
da and Great Salt Spring, the road
is in fair condition.
Mrs. w. A. White, local manager
for the Western Union, is enjoying
fortnights visit from Mrs. X. E.
Sine, an accomplished lady from New
York city, who owns valuable prop
erty on the Allapatchee. Her hold
ings include that romantic spot on
the creek which, for years, has been
a picnic ground whereon many de-
lightful festivals have been held.
The Affairs of Anatol" will be
shown at the Plaza theatre Tuesday,
April 11th, with the most imposing
cast ever assembled in one produc-
ton, including Wallace Reid, Elliott
Dexter, Monte Blue, Theodore Rob
erts, Theodore Kosloff, Raymond
Hatton, Gloria Swanson, Bebe Dani-
els, Wanda Hawley, Agnes Ayres,
Polly Manson, Julia Faye. Admis-
sion Csc and sec. adv.
Ex-Governor B. B. Conner Of Ala
bama. returning from fishing trip
to Captiva island passed through
here Saturday afternoon. While
here, he spent an hour or two in
dulging in "reminiscences with his
school boy friend, A. P. Jordan, with
whom he attended common school
and college over fifty years ago. In
all that time, this was the first meet
ing between the two
Hattie Watson, colored woman
who runs a restaurant in the quar-
ters," had E. T. Tillman, a colored
citizen, arrested and brought before
County Judge Trabue, Monday, on
charge of trying to break into and
enter her "hash-house" and assault
her. She proved her case, and the
offender was fined $500 and costs.
Another colored "gemmun, Allen
Stephens, is to be tried today on a
charge of trespass preferred by E. j..
Guthrie.
Miss Elizabeth Eickhorn, a trained
nurse from Baltimore, who came here
last November since when she has
been the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G.
Anderson, left Tuesday morning, for
Tampa and Saint Petersburg. When
she came here, she was physical
wreck: now she has fully recovered,
| is in fine health, and is so delighted
with the benefit that she received
from this climate that she does not
intend to return north, if she can
find employment in her profession
anywhere in this region.
An alarm of fire sounded at noon
Tuesday, sent hundreds Of people in
cars and on foot hurryng to the west
end of Marian avenue, where they
found no fire to speak of; whereupon
thew wheeled around and rushed out
on the eastern end of the avenue,
only to find no cOnhagration there.
Finally, this reporter 'phOned the ice
factory and asked where the dickens
was the fire, and got the answer that
il was in or on a little house opposite
w. r. Howland's on the west end Of
Marian avenue. But it must have
been dolls house, as nobody saw
the fire.
A number of the local young folks
had a delightful picnic on the north
shore of the bay Monday night
They were chaperoned by Mesdames
Frank Blount and j. Leslie Taylor,
and the party included Misses Gene
Pennock, Elise Blount, Thelma John
son. Stella Sheffield, Lillian Shefileld,
Ruth Osgood and Virginia Taylor;
and Messrs. Coe Allen, James Merry
hew. George Williamson, Charley
Jones. Norman Johns and Thad
Adams. They went in automobiles
across the great bridge; had merry
time and lots of good things to eat
which included cake and ice cream.
w. A. DeLoach, young son OF
! Cashier DeLoach of the State Bank,
met with very painful, not to say
serious accident, Friday afternoon,
when he tried to crank a stationary
engine at his parents home near the
railroad crossing on Taylor street
The crank flew loose and struck nm
with such force on the left side OF
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