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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1928
Page
4
Mrs Flet Crane won high in a tea hour bridge session after two tables were set in the living room decorated for spring. The Monday event featured progressions and a serving of refreshments by the hostess.
Onsheims Grve ely Party and Mrs I L Ronsheim p host at a lovely home Tuesday evening. Guests enjoyed white rose bowls and cards. During the social hour, refreshments were served at the final tables, which were adorned with roses. Attending were Mr and Mrs Reed, Mr and Mrs Olds, and Mr and Mrs L Bliss.
B L Banks hosted a delightful Easter party on Saturday night with an Easter egg hunt as the highlight. Winners included Mr. and Mrs. John Washburn for first prize and Edward Shaw for a consolation prize. guests list features several local residents and families.
The Easter Cantata at the Baptist Tabernacle drew a large crowd for baptism at Lake. The concert featured sopranos Mesdames Roddenberg Moonhead Pooser Tholdt Hinton Collins Valera Glynn Glynn, altos Mesdames Ayer Ray, basses Mr. Down White Fenton, tenors Messrs Strayer Mallory McCown Making. Mrs. C. M. Brown accompanied and directed. Special numbers included solos by Mrs Roddenberg Dr Strayer Fenton and Mr Fenton.
The church thanks all helpers for the cantata The King Of Glory featuring solos and recitatives by Dr Strayer Mrs Strayer Mr Fenton and Mrs Roddenbery with performances of There Is No Death All Power Is Given Unto Me and So I Am With You Always. Expressions of appreciation have been received for the successful program.
A memorial service at Pythian Hall Mount Dora Sunday featured officers from Mount Dora Temple 12 and Eustis Temple 27 led by Past Chief Mamie Cooper Most Excellent Chief Josephine LaBreck and other line officers. The ceremony included solos by Mr Ferris and Mrs Spooner, a reading by Mrs Overhiser, and a poem by Rev F W Overhiser.
Splendid talks on current art events by Mrs. H. W. Andrews and Miss Rachel Nutt completed the program, underlining local artist involvement and community interest in the arts.
Twenty five Garden Club members visited Montverde School last Wednesday. They toured gardens and buildings with school faculty, enjoyed a musical program by the girls, shared a picnic, and presented a gift to the school. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Raymond's home.
Congregational church notices list D B Spencer minister with Bible school at 10 a m Junior Y P meeting 11 service of worship 11 Senior Y P 6 30 missionary address 7 30. Morning sermon by Mr Spencer titled An Easy Religion. Evening speaker from Winter Park described as most interesting.
Sunday school at 10 a m led by Mr Nimnicht with the pastor away at conference no morning sermon Epworth League at 6 30 p m At 7 30 Mr Ferris conducts a half hour of song service followed by an address by until further notice
Friends are all invited to a Wednesday evening prayer service at 7 30 led by Pastor James H Elder.
Pastor G Tal madge Hinton leads services at 9 45 Bible school with J G Ray as superintendent. 11 00 a m sermon What is Our Task. 6 30 p m junior and senior B Y P U. 7 30 p m sermon What will you do with Jesus Christ. 7 30 p m Wednesday prayer meeting. 7 30 p m Friday choir practice.
The regular business meeting of the Woman's club convened in the Congregational church parlors on a Tuesday afternoon. Several members attended and a number of important affairs were discussed.
Local Girl Scouts will stage a food sale at Sidel's Market on Saturday morning. The event starts at ten o clock with the aim of raising a good sum and donations are welcomed for the Girl Scouts.
Miss W. A. Adams and Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Fairchild recently toured the west coast visiting Tarpon Springs Clearwater and St. Petersburg. They returned convinced Mount Dora's beauty surpasses all they saw. Mrs. M. C. Baldwin is spending.
The American Legion Auxiliary held a morning sale of foods and flowers on Donnelly street last Saturday with many tempting foods and abundant flowers. Returns were satisfactory as residents visited the stand. Also Mrs James Simpson's Methodist Sunday School class ran a food sale at the Love less Cash grocery store on Saturday and reported a very successful day.
The Mount Dora Art League met at the Congregational church last Thursday for a business session. A talk by Mr. W Le Barnette on Paris exhibitions compared American and foreign art and praised many floral paintings in the foreign exhibits.
Several days in Orlando find winter residents lingering as rooms at the Grandview Hotel fill up. Guests include Mrs. C. D. Smith convalescing after a long illness and Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sheldon returning north from Mount Dora. Miss Miriam Collins returns from Clearwater to visit her brother.
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