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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1936
Page
5
Social K D meeting places set for Monday April 27 at Miss Emma J Stead and Miss Nancy Stuart residence 308 Donnelly avenue in. The gathering shifts from Tuesday to Monday. Mrs Coleman named Grand Instructor at Tampa Grand Chapter session Edith Coleman to District 12.
Dr and Mrs C Lyle Quixley marked their second wedding anniversary Tuesday evening at the Seventh Avenue home. Three bridge tables produced prizes for high scores to Miss Shirley Schonenberger and Mr Kenneth Jensen and for low scores to Miss Martha Fenn and Mr Jack Carlton. Guests included Mrs Kenneth Jensen and Mr and Mrs Raymond H Perkins with Edythe Cookinham Wayne Richardson and Robert McMurray.
Mrs Wilson G Smith hosted three tables of contract bridge Tuesday afternoon at her East Third Avenue home. Guests included Mrs A R Key Mrs J E Beerbower Mrs C H Estey and others from Tangerine and area. Prizes went to Mrs Javens high score Mrs Key second and Mrs Estey consolation.
Mr and Mrs Harry T Mathews hosted a farewell dinner at the Grand View Hotel for Gilbert E Ganin and niece Florence M Davis Amny R Reynolds and Mrs Walter Osborne all from Mount Kisco N Y They will visit Charleston before returning home Mr Mathews and Mrs Osborne travel plans include a northern Europe summer trip leaving New York in June
Mr and Mrs F H Behrens Karl and Rae Behrens Mrs Cora Miller and Bill Miller all of Tampa spent Sunday with Mrs Lillian Banks and daughter Harriet. Mrs Behrens remained for a visit as the day they were joined by additional guests.
Mr and Mrs George Marston host a dinner where the four Marston sisters reunite after about fifteen years. A letter from sister Mrs E H Brewer, the only one left in the north, is read during the meal.
A April 16 federal luncheon hosted at Mrs Frank Griffiths home honored Mrs Isabel Van Loon as she departs for Canada and California. Blue and pink decor complemented red bon voyage gifts and the guest list included Betsy Dett Ronald Christie George E Lawrance Arthur Orton and Mrs Frank Griffiths.
The event featured a tropical garden table design with petunias and floral marked seating. Prizes included a tea set, china vases, ash trays, and blue glass vases for high and low scorers. Attendees listed include Mrs. Ward Estey, Mrs. Rufus Webb, and many others from Tangerine and surrounding areas.
A roundup of residents and visitors: Ed Nutter and party enjoyed Daytona Beach before traveling to Mount Kisco New York. Marie Slack taught in Palatka and visited her mother Anna Slack. Myron Cronwall of Atlantic Beach was in Mount Dora on a business trip.
Mr Ames returns in fall with J J West Realty. Mr and Mrs Charles Ethan Davis leave for Dallen Conn after months with D F Crane on Alexander street. Mrs C Edwin Dufour of Sorrento recovers after three weeks at Mount Dora Hospital. The Taussigs depart for New York City after motor tours from Mount Dora. George Coffin and party attend State Christian Endeavor Alumni meeting at Gainesville. Helen W Johnson heads to Mountainbrook Farm after three months in Mount Dora. Mrs David Simpson and daughter Mrs Henry Land go to Washington DC for D A R convention. Mrs Land serves as a page. William Prince leaves for Wayzata after winter at Lakeside Inn. to run a resort on Lake Minnetonka.
Dr. Mildred Marsh proprietor of Swirls and Curls Beauty Shop spent Sunday at Dayton Beach tending the annual meeting and demonstrations of the Florida State Hair Dressers and Cosmetologists association.
Misses May D Ari Stella M Lewis and Kate H Warren plan to depart Friday the 24th for Watertown New York from the Jameson apartment 809 Donnelly avenue where they have stayed six months. Mr and Mrs E E Gorham of South Norwalk Connecticut and Mount Dora left Saturday for their northern home. Ralph H Edwards of Norwalk had been visiting them and returned home with them in their car. David P Coffin Jr a UF freshman visited his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs George Coffin over last weekend and met friends in Mount Dora. While here he was joined by others in town.
The passage describes Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Hathaway departing for Cleveland Ohio by car, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Cotton of Cleveland who joined them, as part of a two-car trip northward. The narrative includes Coffin from Johnstown and references to Flor ia.
The Mount Dora Theatre unveils next Sundays showings of Till We Meet Again starring Herbert Marshall and Gertrude Michael in a war era romance. Also on the bill are Charlie Chan at the Circus with Warner Oland and Keye Luke, Snowed Under with five stars, Valley of the Lawless, and a special May 3-4 engagement of Will Rogers in A Connecticut Yankee.
Winter Park visitors include Mr and Mrs Wm Bailey and Mrs Beerbower. Luncheon guests at Perrydell Orlando include Mrs Rice, Mrs Harold, Mrs Wright, Mrs Land and Miss Rhoda Simpson. Allen Bryant family to relocate to Springfield VI after visit with his mother. Other gatherings feature Mrs Green of Bryn Mawr and guests at Perrydell. Haighs and Sith to spend summer in Huddersfield. Cornelia and Cecil Tarbell return to Vermont. PTA executive board met Monday at 3 45 PM.
Mount Dora Baseball Association mourns Julius George Kirby the dean of Central Florida baseball a pioneer of amateur play and civic service. The body adopts resolutions offering deepest sorrow and memorializing a life well spent sending copies to the family and publishing in the Mount Dora Topic.
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