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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1936
Page
5
The S C N Club met Wednesday at the home of Mrs Robert Wise on Alexander Street. Attendees included Misses Virginia Marie Slack Lois Hazel plus Mrs ao tlaven Tremain and Mrs W L Story.
Miss Louise Wainright and Floyd B. Colbert married by Rev. A. L. Fisher at the Baptist Tabernacle in Tampa after Sunday services on August 23. Both longtime Tampa residents, they were active in musical work and Radio duets. the groom directs choirs in Mount Dora. They will reside at 127 Donnelly Street. Robert McMurray served as best man.
Announcement records the quiet marriage of Miss Clara R Vencill to Mr Lloyd M Atkins in Barton on Wednesday. Mrs Vencill is the daughter of G W Vencill of Cedar Bluff Virginia, recently residing in Umatilla and employed at Lake County Medical Center. She is a graduate of Lebanon State School and a trained nurse from Wise Gale Training School Roane Virginia. Mr Atkins has resided in Mount
The text details Dora’s thirteen year past and seven year laundry and dry cleaning work. It notes his parents Mr and Mrs J D Atkins of Hartwell Georgia and that Mr Atkins is a Kiwanian and a Mason with Masonic degrees. The couple will reside at 639 Seventh avenue.
Mrs. Robert Preston came home Saturday from Largo. Mrs. Sol Spilky left Sunday for Hendersonville North Carolina. Dr. J R Latham confined to home for a period. Mrs P W Turrentine and child returned from Daytona. Mary Louise Rehbaum returned from Indian Rocks. Mrs Mary L Javens back from Eustis. Dr and Mrs R E Lee and daughters Grace and Florence from a Georgia vacation. N W Morley and son Nelson back from Cleveland Ohio. Mrs G W Coffin and family returned from Daytona Beach. Prof and Mrs D D Roseborough and family expected home from Jonesboro Tennessee. Mrs M C Reid returned from Daytona Beach. Miss Flora Morley back from Daytona Beach with guest Cecilia Palmer. Misses Martha and June Fenn left for Brooksville to August 30. Mr and Mrs Russell Drake and others visited Drake home. J D Pease arrived from Cleveland to spend a week. plan to winter there. Robert McMurray and Roberta Widmer went to Tampa for a wedding. Postmaster C C Dooley and son C C Jr arrived from Waynesboro NC. Dooleys vacationing in the Carolinas. W A Vincent and two sons Bobby and Jimmy returned from trip to Texas Centennial. They spent a week in Miami. W E Lackey hosted guests Warren and Ethel Bradley of Vermont. Bradleys depart to tour the state.
Dr Miller Wells and his children Bobby and Helen returned Sunday from a vacation through New York, Michigan and other northern states. Wells's parents Mr and Mrs George B Evans joined them and stay with him. Commander Newman and Mrs Newman of Orlando visit Dr and Mrs J R Latham. Commander Newman is a long serving Salvation Army officer with sixty five years in Canada and the US. Mr George pee attorney and Mr R H Widdicomb president of Grand Rapids Blower Pipe Co of Grand Rapids visited Mrs Ida Bishop Saturday afternoon. They are on business trips to St Petersburg Florida and Washington DC.
Sorrento social column lists residents and visitors including Lloyd Shoemaker returning from the North to enter Mount Dora High School, Willi e Ferris and Paul Ferris visiting Tennessee relatives, and several families traveling to Pennsylvania New York and Long Island. Other reports note hospitalities at Rock Springs Center Hill and Coronado Beach, revival services at Sorrento Baptist church, and travels to North Carolina Ta vares and South Florida.
Asher Frank state safety director announced that on September 1 at 11:00 a.m. a safety poster is to be unveiled by each of Florida’s 111 American Legion Posts. Governor Itz will give a radio talk from Tallahassee at 11:00, State Legion Commander Harry Johnson from West Palm Beach at 11:10, and Eva Gibbs from Tampa at 11:20. Local posts begin programs at 11:30. The effort aims to foster driver and pedestrian responsibility as school opens and to urge parents to caution their children.
Judge Joe Anderson of Jacksonville orders reckless drivers to sit for an hour in the demolished death car where four were killed, to ponder fatal risks, in addition to the usual fine. Police court attaches call the method the most effective sentence yet.
Adam Hazelwood born in Derbyshire England 1840 came to the United States at seven. He served three years in Company G 20th Wisconsin Infantry and fought in every engagement including Vicksburg surrender. A staunch Union man and Democrat, he led civic affairs as Mount Dora’s former mayor.
The article lists rules for flag display, including horizontal and vertical placements, union orientation, and proper handling in various settings. It notes that flags should not be draped over desks or automobile hoods and that fusional uses during unveilings should keep the flag as a feature, not a covering. The piece is signed by Ethelyn P. Zell, secretary of the Mount Dora Park Commission, and indicates continuation next week.
A Sparks theatre manager who leased the theatres at Eustis and Mount Dora sent in a sustaining membership check through Manager Jack Fitzwater. He pledged hearty cooperation in all that concerns the county’s welfare.
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold its first fall meeting at the home of Mrs. Jack Wilkinson on Monday August 31 at 8 00 p m. The group invites members to attend the gathering for the season kickoff.
Attendance on Bargain Day at the Eustis Theatre is rising as the weekly program continues. Virginia Weidler stars in Girl of the Ozarks with a strong supporting cast including Henrietta Crosman and Leif Erikson. Sunday and Monday bring My American Wife with Francis Lederer and Ann Sothern. Tuesday adds Screeno and The Crime of Dr. Forbes with Gloria Stuart. Wednesday and Thursday feature Yours For the Asking with George Raft and Dolores Costello Barrymore, plus Hearts Divided with Dick Powell Marion Davies and Charlie Ruggles. A balanced mix of shorts and a nightly musical comedy rounds out the week.
The annual farewell dance for college girls will be held Wednesday night September 2 at the Lake County Country Club. Past attendees recall a pleasure filled evening and the event will feature a selected orchestra. Final plans include announcements about the boys farewell dance and a girls bid dance before school opens.
The correction states all teachers must be in the state by September 1. Students entering September 14 must also arrive by September 1 or wait two weeks before starting. Children of tourists and others may enter any time but must have two weeks in the state prior to school. D H Moore superintendent.
Joseph G Woods 86 died at his late home on Eighth Avenue Thursday August 20 after a lingering illness. Born Yarmouth Maine December 2 1849, he came to Mount Dora in 1926 and was a former buyer for a New York City firm. Survived by widow Lou Woods Morristown New Jersey and son H. W. Woods Mount Dora. Services held Saturday at 4 p.m. Rehbaum Funeral Home with Rev D B Spencer.
The Zinnia show sponsored by the home demonstration clubs of Leon county was one of the high points of the summer program of women's work in Tallahassee.
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