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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1931
Page
2
The Mary Simpson Circle of the Baptist church will gather at Mrs C M Browns Sorento home Friday at 3 00 PM for an afternoon session.
The Garden Club met in regular session in the club rooms on Wednesday afternoon. The program featured Mr Hugo Pilat who delivered a most interesting talk on Practical Gardening.
The annual barrel for the Children’s Home will be packed by the King’s Daughters. Donations of canned goods toys clothing jellies or money are welcome. Please leave gifts by December 10 at J J West Realty Company office.
The Mount Dora Tourist Club resumes season with a 7 30 p m meeting Friday December 4 in the Community Building. A business session will precede a short program as members emphasize sociability and a large attendance is urged.
The Ladies Aid of the Community church schedules a food sale in the church parlors on Friday afternoon December 4 with a gift shop offering inexpensive Christmas items and a tea room. The King's Daughters will run a candy sale at the same event featuring homemade sweets for sale by piece, pound, or box with proceeds benefiting the group.
The final card party of the Out of Door Club is in the social room tonight at 8 PM. Tickets cost 25 cents to play and organizers hope for strong attendance to raise funds for the Florida state flag for the Community stage.
Mrs. Phillip Bachert will serve as hostess chairman for the upcoming building sale event. Groundwork outlines purchase options and community involvement as the project moves forward.
The annual bazaar at the Methodist church will be held December 10 with vocal and instrumental music in the afternoon and evening. Christmas gifts can be bought at booths run by Mrs. Wm Smith Mrs. Johnson Mrs. Jensen Mrs. Kimball Mrs. Wells Mrs. Turrentine Mrs. Goodman and Miss Barrett offering orange tree fancy work aprons flowers baked goods fruits candy fish pond and more.
The King's Daughters postpone their regular meeting from December 8 to December 9 due to the Mount Dora High School junior class play. Meeting will be with Miss Helen Merritt on Grandview street. Candy donations for the Community church sale are due at the church by noon Friday December 4.
The Fellowship Class at First Baptist Church organized for the ensuing year with twenty members. Officers elected include president J G Ray Sr first vice president C L Stokley second vice president Ruby Matthews third vice president C E Brock fourth vice president Edna Ray secretary and treasurer Elizabeth Blunt. Rev M J Bouterse, radio evangelist, teaches the class and twenty three attended last Sunday. Anyone wishing to attend will be welcomed.
The beautification committee schedules a Friday afternoon card party at Mrs. George Zell's home on December 4 at 2 30 PM with future evening events planned at the Grandview Hotel and Lakeside Inn. A $48 balance remains on the Rock Garden and a $5 donation from Mrs. A H Oakley is noted. Rosy morn petunias are blooming and expected to be in full display by Christmas.
Rain is badly needed but the drought cannot dim plant health. Floyd Williams the park gardener oversees careful watering and upkeep to keep the grounds vibrant as visitors arrive.
A number of groups shared Thanksgiving dinner at the Grand View Hotel. Guests included Miss Nancy Jane Stuart Miss Carrie True Miss Mary Dyson and others. Additional parties featured many named families and individuals enjoying the holiday together.
The Tuesday afternoon event featured sixteen game tables including ten progressive bridge, one pivot, three contract, and two five hundred sets. Prizes went to several named players such as Mrs. A. C. Quixley and Mrs. D. T. Johnson with social time and cakes served in the Community Building.
The event committee led by Mrs. S. S. Sadler planned the color coded display in red and green with tallies and other details. Assisting members included Mrs. J. J. Alvord Mrs. Ernest Martin Mrs. B. F. Williamson Mrs. Trigg Tuttle Mrs. Estella Clerk and Mrs. John B. Griswold. Helpers were Mrs. James Simpson Mrs. Elizabeth Evans and Mrs. Lillian Banks.
Mrs Bessie R Pooser and Mr Noel F Bruner were quietly married on Thanksgiving Day at the apartment home of Rev M J Bouterse in Orlando Rev Bouterse officiated George Dahlin served as matron of honor and bridesgroom with Mr and Mrs James E Stout as witnesses
Local notes detail a Friday candy sale at the Community church and a food shop fundraiser. Several families host and visit relatives for Thanksgiving across Orlando Mount Dora and nearby towns, with guests from Tampa Los Angeles and New York and residents returning for the winter season.
Thanksgiving dinner drew many visitors to Mount Dora Hotel Grill including S. E. Driver and party F. H. Shattuck and party of Orlando R. J. Roumillat from Daytona Beach and F. B. Kreider of Clermont. Others from Montague Mass joined the Wards who planned a winter stay in Eustis and frequent Mount Dora visits.
Next week's Mount Dora theatre program blends mystery thrillers and comedies led by Lionel Barrymore and Kay Francis in Guilty Hands. Evans Polly Moran and William Blackwell headline The Spider, with Edmund Lowe and Lois Moran in supporting roles. Bebe Daniels returns in The Honor of the Family, then Marie Dressler and Polly Moran star with Roscoe Ates in Politics.
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