The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-04-28

Midkiff home on Goldstein street.
Mrs. Topper will have her music
studio there, and after giving her
large class a much-needed months
vacation, will begin teaching again
May hrst. list
Mrs. Celia Keene and her friend
Miss Alice Doriot, who came here in
November and say they have greatly
enjoyed their stay, left, Tuesday
morning, for their homes in Saint
Louis, Missouri. Their return next
season will please the many friends
they won while here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Jones. Mrs
Habersham King and Miss Elizabeth
Mcneil formed congenial excursion
party going to Bokeelia on the Harris
Bros. Wednesday. All except the
Joneses returned returned Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jones going on down
to Boca Grande, where Mr.. Jones will
collect specimens of insect life.
Cashier Swinney of the First Ma
tfonal Bank. attended the meeting of
the State Bankers Association in
Gainesville last week. He went in
his car; took Mrs. Swinney and the
children with him as far as Avon
Park, where he left them to visit
friends until his return Sunday eve
ming, when he brought them home. |
l. j. Patrick, owner of the Willow |
View Farm, eighteen miles east of |
town, devotes his spare time to hunt |
ing rattle-snakes, which he ships to |
the Ostrich Farm in Jacksonville and |
for which he gets good prices. The |
reptiles, however, are very scarce. and |
he has succeeded in catching only
two during the past fortnight. One
Of these weighed thirteen pounds. and
was . 'whopper"
II. NJ. Felix, an ornamental pain
er who lived here some sixteen years
lgo, jOurneying on a cabin cruiser
rom Miami to Tampa, stopped over
lere yesterday, spent a few hours
ooking up old friends, and then pro-
eeded on his journey. Years, ago,
when he left Tampa in a boat with
. companion to come to Punta Gorda.
Ie stopped at several places on the ,
Tay and was so long in getting here f
hat his friends in Tampa feared that t
e had been lost in the Gulf and did
lot of telegraphing to ascertain G
that had become of him There was t
considerable excitement about his /
opposed loss. c
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. n Parker, who t
ad been in Punta Gorda, Fla, since t
he middle of November last return l.
i home Saturday morning. Mr.. s
arker some two months ago, had an s
tack of ptomaine poison, from t.
hich he was in a serious condition n
n time, and had barely recovered
om the effects of it to be able to
axe the trip home. He is able to
: up and around however The :,
ealth of Mrs. Parker through the ~
inter has been quite good. Their ;,
any friends are glad to have them n
,me again. They brought with them -,
me roots and bulbs of choice south =,
n plants and flowers Robinson. -
lls.) Argus, 81
Tourists who came here in their ID
IN cars, last fall, spent the season
ry pleasantly, and left Tuesday
orning in their cars were: Mr.. and
IS. d. B. Jones and their daughter,
IS Mary Mae Jones, who go to Ga
Kansas, via Houston. VI
xas; Samuel l.. Byrd, his son Gar OF
t and daughters, Misses Smmye II
d Florence, to Tasso, Tenn: Martin TO
gh Gage 91) and daughter, Miss III
mn Pugh, to Indianola, Illinois; tlc
:. and Mrs. Ben Horrock and Yo
lighter Marian, to- Henry, Illinois. -
. Pugh is the father of Mrs. Hor-