The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-02-10
TOWN TOPICSOF WEEK
The Important Happenings of punta Gorda and
Vicinity Briefly Told

Miss Kate Morgan returned, Friday
afternoon, from Fort Myers, where
she had been employed as assistant
manager in a large packing house.
Mrs. Pearl Baldwin and her daugh-
ter, Miss Hazel, motored to Tampa,
Friday, and spent several days there
seeing the sights of the great fair.
Book your orders for Rhode Isalnd
red Matching eggs. Reds that are
ed. Bay View Poultry Farm, $50
anal Box 542. City. 4-*2t
The northwest wind that prevailed
all day Tuesday, sent the temperature
down to 81 degrees, but some Their
mometers registered degree lower.
A breeze that prevailed all night
Tuesday, prevented frost.
Mrs. Grace Davis and her niece,
Miss Ruth Osgood, went to Tampa,
Saturday, to visit friends and the fair
for few days. They returned Sun
day night with Mrs. Pearl Baldwin
and her daughter, Miss Hazel Bald
win, in their car.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. VanBerkum of
Tampa, were here in their car from
Sunday till Tuesday, when they were
guests of the family of their son, A.
u. VanBerkum, who. with his little
daughter, accompanied them on their
return to Tampa for short visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Drane, an eminent
, couple of Eminence, Kentucky, who
have spent previous winters here and
made many friends while so doing
were here from Saturday until Mon
; day, when they went to Fort Myers
, They are spending this season on the
, islands south of us, but will pay oc
casional visits to their Punta Gords
friends.
: Considerable rain fell during Mon
|. day night. 1t began at IL o'clocF
and continued till 3 a. M, after
!. which a brisk wind set in from The
{ north and, by sunrise, brought the
!. temperature down to So degrees
: Tuesday was bright and beautiful
. but windy and cool, and so was Wed
. nesday, with a temperature at daWr
of 81 degrees.
!. Mrs. ]. R. Crawford, an estimablN
|. lady from Dothan, Alabama, arrived
!. here Saturday,, and was the guest o
|. her sister, Mrs. A. G. Colclough, unit
!. Tuesday, when she went-to Tampa tt
!. ioin Mr.. Crawford in seeing the fair
|. The Crawfords formerly lived II
Gainesville of this state, where the!
: have relatives and many friends
|: They are amongst the leading church
!. society and business people o
!: Dothan.
{ Judge George N. Parker has recelV
!. ed a card from w. NJ. Long of Robin
{. son, Illinois, who is wintering on tn
i: East Coast and who writes to &C
!: knowledge receipt of the Punta Cord
Z booklet and to say that he has :
!: tender spot in his heart for Punt
Z Gorda and her people" and that h
!. will return here as soon as the tow
I. dock has been repaired. He ask
i Judge Parker to let him know whe
!. this is done, and he will come bac
I: and spend several months with III
!. The Judge calls his Billie Long.
!. A multitude of things to remembe
& and do Count the number of loct
I: items of news in this paper) ofte
!. causes this scribe to omit mention
I interesting incidents, which any rel
]: sonable reader will know is not don
: Intentionally. For example: IN
!. highly interesting lecture in the Pla2
l. Theatre on Sunday night, 29th ult
+ on the subject Millions now llVln
:: will never die" and on the same da'