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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1945
Page
5
Kipstena circle will meet Monday April 9 in the Community Building. Mrs. Leslie Moore will give a Bible talk as a large attendance is expected, with Mrs. Ruth Risley, Mrs. Addie Hichborn, and Miss Mary Marshall among those present at St. Thomas Wave.
Refreshments of cake and grape juice marked the meeting’s end. The group announced the next gathering will be hosted by Mrs. Jennie Stovall on Monday April 30.
The Monday Social Club held the lowest scoring games with five tables of contract six of five hundred and one of auction. Mrs A J i won prize at contract and Mrs R Boggs at five hundred. Card parties continue through April with Mrs Mary White hosting bridge and Miss Mina Gettys for five hundred next Monday.
Mrs Pearl Camp and her daughters hosted a dessert bridge Tuesday evening at their Gorham street home. Refreshments included apple pie ice tea candy cashew nuts and Coca Colas. Spring flowers such as nasturtiums petunias and blue straw flowers decorated the room. Prizes went to Mrs Helen Parker and Mrs Vera Parker. Attending guests included Mrs Ruby Chapman Mrs Alice Strite Mr and Mrs C M Jacobsen and Mr E L Dean.
Miss Louise Wellborn, born Blairsville Georgia, married Mr. Jones in Blairsville in 1895 after meeting at Young Harris College. The couple lived in Waynesboro Millen Atlanta Savannah and West Palm Beach before settling in Mount Dora for the past five years. They have five children and many friends send congratulations.
The column lists locals visiting or returning home for the season. Mrs. Harry V. Fish recovers from illness and is seen out. David Durward Sellers Jr. joins family in Or ace, while John A. Workman returns to Cleveland after winter stay with the Fentons. Theodore Swanson travels to Pratt's Hollow New York stopping at Gatesville to see his son. Visitors include Mrs. Hubbard and Mrs. Fleming from Martinsville Indiana and Mrs. Poston from Springfield Illinois. Daniels couple head to Hendersonville North Carolina for summer with Mrs. Tibbits at Plymouth Dells. Frank York and wife from Albany Kentucky arrive to reside on Liberty Street. Charles Bennett and wife depart for Kan-
Members of the Community Church choir gathered Monday evening at the Grand View Hotel for a farewell dinner before out of town singers departed. Each guest received a nut dish favor and a numbered place card with a stunt to be performed. A second dinner party in the same room led to a spontaneous chorus as groups sang together. The Rey occupied the small parlor for a social hour afterward.
The Lakeside Inn in Sas City and Mount Dora area hosts winter guests at the log cabin and Villa Dora. Dr. Otis W. Foye of Dorchester and Mount Dora lies seriously ill after surgery in Eustis. Various visitors and locals, including Mrs. Blanchard and Lt. Hutchinson, are noted with travels, returns, and wartime updates.
A dinner party at the Grand View Hotel Monday celebrated the thirty-ninth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. William McLachlan and Mrs. McLachlan’s birthday. The couple’s arrival in the United States from Glasgow, Scotland, is noted as also marking the thirty-ninth anniversary of her arrival. The event featured Scotch songs and a post‑dinner gathering at the DeGraff home with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Forrest DeGraff and other local families.
Mr and Mrs Jones celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary with an at home reception at their Clayton street residence. Attendees included son E Candler Jones of New Orleans and daughter L R Osborne of Cincinnati, along with grandchildren Ralph Knutsen and Bette Jones.
Mrs F P Gutelius and Mrs Dun Campbell depart Saturday to Westmount Quebec and North Bay Ontario. Dr and Mrs F A Blatchford of Port William Ontario, with them for weeks, left Tuesday. Dr Campbell left two weeks ago after a stay here. They all plan to return in late fall for the full season.
A column argues the only sure way to balance a family budget is for the breadwinner to work longer hours and earn more. It comments on appearances and timing, saying many good-looking girls do not know the score until it’s too late.
A community band performs a short evening concert in front of the bank at seven. Residents are invited to listen from the sidewalk as the crowd gathers and enjoys a small, informal music session.
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