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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1932
Page
2
Mrs. Mary Torrey hosted a Monday family dinner honoring her niece Miss Edith Wentworth who will soon depart for the north. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Wentworth and Mrs. Hope Merrick.
Eight members of the Standard Bearers of the Methodist Church led by Mrs. Thomas H. Cooley and Mrs. H. S. Crawford gathered at Rock Springs last Thursday for a picnic supper with swimming as a key activity.
Mrs. R C Conklin hosted the Methodist Church Ladies Aid gathering at her Daytona Beach home on Friday. About 24 guests plus children attended a picnic luncheon and enjoyed surf bathing.
The Ladies Aid of Community Church will host a porch party Friday afternoon August 12 at the home of Miss Elizabeth and Miss Betty West 647 Grandview street. Mrs Mabel Cleary assists the hostesses and all ladies of the congregation are invited.
The regular meeting of the King's Daughters was held Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Eugene Downs with Miss Helen Merritt as associate hostess. A number of matters of importance were discussed at the business session followed by a social hour. Iced drinks and cookies were served. The next meeting will be August 23 at Miss Ruth Butts home on Ninth avenue.
Mrs Ethelyn Zell entertained with a low mood party last Saturday in honor of Edith Wentworth of DeKalb Illinois who was returning home after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs E M Wentworth. Four bridge tables played and prizes included food items such as a cabbage pickles peach preserves marmalade bananas and more.
In a generous moment the winner opened a can of peaches and distributed pickles to those who did not win prizes. Everyone went home with something to eat and with memories of a very merry evening.
Mrs. E. McDowell entertained for her son Freddie on Saturday afternoon with a swimming party at Lake Gertrude. After swimming the children enjoyed ice cream and birthday cake. Attending were Mary Merrick Billy Lafroos Harold Blunt Sonny Malone Gladys Irene Crane Pom on Davidson and June and Nancy Ann.
A group of Community Church Christian Endeavor youths enjoyed a Wednesday picnic at Rock Springs with swimming and lunch. Adults included Mr and Mrs Grant Cowles Mr and Mrs N W Morley Miss Mary Morley Mr and Mrs Ten Broeck Robert Ten Broeck Miss Charlotte Fitch and Mr Frank Davidson.
Mrs James Simpson hosted an informal sewing party at her Sylvan Shores home Monday afternoon with about twenty Sisters attending. They worked on items for the Pythian Sister Bazaar to be held the first week in December and enjoyed cookies and punch. The next meeting is scheduled for Monday afternoon August 22 from 2 to 5 at Mrs Douglas Hall's home.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond LaBreck hosted a dessert bridge party at Kill-Kare Lodge for Miss Edith Wentworth of DeKalb Ii. Guests included Mrs. Hope Merrick Mrs. Mary Torrey Mrs. Mary MacDonell Estella Clark and Hutton La Breck. Prizes went to Mrs. Torrey and Mrs. Clark with Miss Wentworth receiving the guest prize after several progresses of bridge.
Monday evening several of the younger set attended a bridge party at the home of Miss Marie Slack Shirley Shonenberger and Jake.
Refreshments of sandwiches punch and cake were served and dancing followed to a late hour. Guests included Misses Shirley Schonenber ger Eleanor Wells Martha Wells Jane McCown Frances Siegel Elizabeth Fenn and Robert Perkins Howard Simpson see ne James Cooper Jake White Downs Edward Stoski and Clayton Tremain.
Personal notices list multiple residents and guests visiting Daytona Beach from nearby towns and states. It records trips to Lake Ola Lincoln Alabama Patchogue Long Island Cleveland Kissimmee and Jacksonville and departures to Oklahoma City Umatilla and New York with family, friends, and club activities.
On Monday morning Mrs. Grant Cowles and others including Mrs. H S Masten Mrs F F Finzel and Mrs Carrie Kimball left for Gainesville to attend Farmers' Week at the State University. Mrs Masten won the trip as a prize in a salad contest conducted by the Home Demonstration club.
The review praises Emil Ludwig as a perceptive biographer who blends life details with vivid portraits of famous figures. It notes his balanced view of life and his engaging, witty pen portraits of Edison Shaw and others, highlighting his multilingual flair and lifelong reflection on youth, friendship, and art.
The piece praises Saxon Childers's From Siam to Suez as an absorbing travel memoir detailing encounters in Siam China India Arabia and other locales. It highlights vivid scenes of Siamese boxing opium houses and a holy man, noting the author’s real encounters and Ray Long and Smith's publishing outfit as a rising press.
A short clipped line quotes Gladys Simpson warning that anxiety may derail recovery and reading back to normal. The fragment implies advice about mental state and staying steady.
Mount Dora management announces a temporary price cut to test its viability for the summer season. The reduced rate aims to draw crowds to the first show before the 8:30 band concert and 9:45 prize drawing, with options to enjoy the concert and second movie screening for a full evening of entertainment.
A small town bake sale advertises a generous assortment of cream filled cakes and confections. Patrons can sample many varieties in a single visit and support a local cause with each purchase.
A teaching note warns players not to bid clubs or diamonds if game is unlikely and penalties loom. It analyzes a specific hand where a three clubs bid cost 400 points, while a prudent pass or different bid would have saved game or minimized loss, stressing signaling and caution in contract decisions.
An old advertisement urges relief of digestive woes by Carter's Little Liver Pills claiming to stimulate two pounds of bile daily. It describes symptoms of liver stagnation and promotes the pills as gentle vegetable extracts with a red label. 1931 CM Co. 25c.
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