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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1929
Page
4
The W. C. T. U. met at Mrs. Little's on Monday August 5 with nine present. Discussion on presenting the Mount Dora pageant from the Ocala state convention was postponed. Articles from the Union Signal on world prohibition were read and town affairs discussed. A cold drink was served and 80 cents collected. An invitation to meet at Mrs. O. L. Callahan's home in September was extended.
The Sunshine. Circle of the King's Daughters hosts a benefit card party at Villa Dora hotel on Monday August 12 at 8 oclock Tickets cost fifty cents each Funds raised this summer up to 100 dollars will be matched by a friend of the organization Proceeds aid calls for help during summer and early fall and the group hopes for a large turnout to lend aid
Thelma Riley and Grady Simpson were married in Leesburg at 3 PM on Saturday. Rev. Montgomery officiated and the couple plans a wedding trip to South Carolina, then residence in Mount Dora after September 1. The bride is daughter of E L Riley and a Mount Dora Sales employee. the groom works with Mount Dora Hardware.
Sincere gratitude is expressed to friends who offered sympathy and kindness during our recent sorrow. Mrs. D C Chandler and Mr. and Mrs. E A Chandler, Mr. and Mrs. C C Moorhead and Family extend appreciation.
A partial list shows newly placed fiction and non fiction titles at the local library. Fiction items include Murder Case and The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea while non fiction features Hows and Whys of Human Behavior and The World on One Foot.
Personal congratulations pour in for Mr and Mrs D D Rose borough on the birth of a daughter in Jonesboro Tenn on July 12 Both mother and baby are doing well Carrie True leaves for New York to spend weeks buying for Rest-A-While Gift Shop. She is accompanied to Jacksonville by Nancy Stuart and Mamie True.
Local residents recount summer travels with visits to Daytona Beach Palmetto Tallahassee and Georgia New York and North Carolina. Ernest Mosteller A J Camp Raymond C Young and others wrapped up relatives visits while Charles F Bishop of Seattle joined D H Bishop in town as a noted marine veteran.
Pastor CHURCH D B Spencer leads Sunday school at 10 a m and Christian Endeavor at 7 p m The August 11 meeting stays at the church with the theme Gods Goodness as Revealed in Natures Laws Endeavorers plan a picnic on August 12 A detailed notice on plans will be given next Sunday evening
The schedule lists Sunday school at 10 a.m. and morning sermon at 11:00 a.m. The evening service is the Epworth League at 6:30 p.m. There is no evening preaching. Midweek service is Wednesday at 7:30 led by Pastor James H. Elder.
Baptist Tabernacle outlines Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Pastor B. Y. P. U. at 6:30 p.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Public invited to attend all services. D. P. Montgomery, pastor.
A Dollar Dinner For Four outlines a four serving meal plan with cooking steps. Spaghetti with Meat and Vegetable Sauce uses three ounces of spaghetti and ground beef with onion green pepper and drippings, thickened with flour and soup. Dessert salad features bananas lettuce apple sauce coconut walnuts lemon juice and mayonnaise.
Florida Inland and Coastal Waterways officials announce a Florida centered route study. President A F Knotts says hearings before the war department and the rivers and harbors committee will occur early, with opposition to Georgia Florida cross state options and a push to stay within Florida linking with existing waterways. Jacksonville hearings in October will feature evidence aiming to show a southern cross state canal benefits a larger region and higher earnings for the intercoastal system.
The Miami Daily Herald reports completion of improvements at the city water plant costing over 100000 dollars. Daily capacity rises from a former 15 to 18 million gallons to 28 million, with four emergency wells added on the plant grounds.
The First Church of Christ Scientist in Eustis located at Corner Grove St and Lemon Ave offers Sunday services at 11 a.m. Sunday school at 9 45 a.m. midweek testimonial meeting on Wednesday at 8 p.m. Reading room open Tuesday and Saturday afternoons from 2 to 4. All are welcome.
Engineers to prepare a case for an all Florida routing of the state's link in the intercoastal canal system. The engagement centers on detailing feasibility for a waterway connection across Florida's coastal region.
Rollins College announces William Luddards Franklin a Cornell Doctor of Science and MIT physicist joins as Professor of Physics. Franklin studied Berlin Kansas Harvard Morgan fellow Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi member. New staff also includes F R Georgia chemistry W S Anderson chemistry J C Uphof biology and Beatrice Miller biology.
Advance registrations suggest strong turnout for the 1929 Farmers' and Fruit Growers' Week to be held at the University in August with notable farmer attendance anticipated.
Advice ad from Mt. Dora Pharmacy promotes home burn care with warnings that burns and scalds occur easily in the home. It claims quick relief and infection prevention are possible, urging readers to seek remedies from the advertised pharmacy.
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