The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-14


The LaBelle Garage is planning on
moving into Watts Halls big new
rage building about the first OF Au-
gust.
Mrs s. ". Richardson and daugh-
ter, Ruth, spent the day. Friday, at
tending the W. NJ. L. meeting in La
Belle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Dyess left Fri
day in their car for a two weeks trip
about Lake Okeechobee and the East
Coast.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lois Thomas, now
living in Zelda Formerly Eddy were
in town Saturday on business and
pleasure.
Dan Blount and Tom Couch motor
ed to Crescent Beach on the fourth
where Dan was employed as police
man for the day.
NIr. and Mrs. Marvin Carson ard
family of Immokalee were dinner
guests of j. H. Booth and family
Wednesday Of last week.
Mrs. j. A. Bean of Arcadia and
Mrs. w H. Johnson of Punta Gorda
were guests of Mrs. S. f. Booth while
attending the missionary meeting.
Friends of W. B. Bishop of Moore
Haven will be pleased with the news
shat Mr.. Bishop has been appointed
Cashier Of the First Bank of Moore
Haven.
Every member and any others, are
earnestly requested to be on time for
the hike Saturday July 18TH at 3 p.
Witch Club.
Miss Gates of Moore Haven enter
tanned her Sunday school class with
a swimming party at the LaBelle
swimming pool last Thursday. They
reported the best time of the year.
Among those attending the ". NJ
Mrs. A. L. Raymond, Mrs Thos. Col
cord. Mrs. Wade, Mrs. Hamrick, Mrs |
! Battle, Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Lone /
lace.
J. NJ. Magil, local contractor. has
Icompleted the fine big porch added |
to Mr.. Harry Fleming's home and ex-
poets to soon be working with Mr.
Selden Stewart on the latter's new /
home.
Harry Turner spent one hour
fishing below lock number 3 in the
river. Fifteen minutes were spent |
pulling in ten pound rovalia, and |
the last half hour was taken to haul
an eighteen FOUNDER over the bank
Evan Magill is now employed as
engineer in the Moore Haven Ice
Plant and will live in Moore Haven
with his family for several mouths
to come They have recently moved
consdera BILE OF their household goods
there from LaBelle.
I[arold Magill has returned froll
Tampa where he had been under the
doctors care for several weeks.
Harold's many friends regret that il
became necessary for him to have his
eye removed, but such was his mis-
fortune He took it bravely and has
worn 4 smile despite the loss.
DR.. Scebold is setting out a large
number of Avocado Pear trees, many
OF them variety which recently
withstood the hard freeze in CalifOr-
Inia. His spacious grounds are also
being set to mangoeS and bananas.
and he intends to add peaches and
citrus trees as soon as the land is
cleared west of his new house.
LaBelle returned to Fort Myers the
day after the fourth. The first meet
ing OF the new county school boar
cause of the fact that there were pc
titions in for two citizens to fill the
vacancy left by Mr.. Mccormick
school trustee, one for Mrs. S. l..
Stewart and one for NJ. f. Forrey.
The County Board chose Mr.. Forrey
to act as a LaBclle trustee.
While coming home from Pentecost
church Saturday night Mr.. Malakow- |
Sky had his car stuck in a pond near
J. n. Blount's homo. Mrs. Malakow- |
sky placed the baby on the ground !
by the car. and while she was help |
ing push their machine out Ford !
drove by and ran over the baby. /,
When the occupants, Dan Blount, |
Stanley Blackburn and Tom Couch |
found what they had done they were
wild with fright. but to the surprise
of all, the baby was scarcely injured. |
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The short skirts that meet the roll |
top sox are modest enough-unless |
girl sits down and crosses her knees
and then it makes a nervous mans |
heart skin the cat over his short ribs !