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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1935
Page
5
The Woman's Club holds its regular meeting on Tuesday December 10 at 3 p m in the Community Building social rooms. Miss Katherine Killian will perform several violin solos with accompaniment by her sister Mrs Perry B James. All members and friends are urged to attend.
The event Love Lig the Tree will be presented at the Community Building on December 20 at 8 o clock. First grade children from the public school will perform with special features by the initial class, and tickets will be sold at a nominal sum. Residents from several states arrive for the winter season in Mount Dora Florida. Local families from New Hampshire New York Ohio and Connecticut plan winter stays here.
The note indicates an event occurred and, from past similar occasions, was thoroughly enjoyed, though no detailed report is available.
The Mount Dora Art League plans a 3 o'clock meeting in the Congregational church parlors with short talks by Miss Davenport and Prof. Edgar Ashle on topics including Laces. It will honor new members and visitors, inviting all to attend as the group grows to about twenty members.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church will meet at the parsonage 409 E Fifth Ave Monday at 3 pm. Mrs R P Carr chairs the program. The study of South American countries continues from Women Under the Southern Cross. Mrs Neville and Mrs Clark of Winter Park attend. Neville reports on Jacksonville meeting. President Rolin Javens presides. Christmas song by Miss Anna Gallimore featured.
The P T A held its regular meeting Tuesday with Mrs. Frank Burkhart presiding in Mrs. Garcia’s absence. Appreciation was given for Mrs. Garcia’s service and her resignation accepted as she will be away until spring. Sixth and Eighth Grades won the attendance prize. the Eleventh Grade presented a one act play “The New Bride” directed by Miss Evelyn Cassidy.
The Mount Dora Yacht Club will hold its regular monthly meeting in the club rooms on Thursday, December 12 at 8 p m. All members are urged to attend. This week’s social highlight was a card party held Wednesday night.
A local note lists visitors to Mount Dora over Thanksgiving from Alabama Connecticut New Hampshire Ohio and Florida. Families include Reverend Perry B James and Mrs James with relatives from Tuscaloosa and Furnace Fletcher James. E E Gorham and Mrs Gorham from Norwalk. R T Gould and daughter Jess from Contoocook. Eleanor Shaw and Mrs Creasy from Gainesville. Louthans' winter home new owners. UF students Dixon Norris Quixley Downs Sadler Williams Morley Cameron Christopher White spent holidays here.
Many families from Center Lowell Maine hosted and joined Thanksgiving celebrations as they traveled through on their way to Bradenton for winter. Local and Orlando guests attended the P T A meeting and social hour at the school with talks from Mrs. Ackerman and Mrs. Lemmon.
Miss Bess Pearle Osborne of Hendersonville North Carolina married Zellwood Whitney Os bore at the Methodist parsonage in Manatee at high noon on Thursday November 28.
The wedding of Miss Evelyn Boice and Mr. Clarence Whitney occurred in Theering with Rev. Carlton officiating. Attendants wore navy and gold and brown outfits, a piano duet accompanied the bridal party, and a large reception followed. The couple, both prominent locals, will reside in Zellwood after visiting Florida landmarks.
An upcoming week at Mount Dora Theatre features Grand Exit with Edmunde Lowe and Ann Southern, followed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s Smiling Thru with Norma Shearer and Frederick March. Further shows include Redheads on Parade with John Boles and Dixie Lee, Woman Wanted with Joel McCrea, Maureen O'Sullivan, and Dr Socrates with Paul Muni, plus festive holiday screenings including Ginger Rogers in In Person and Naughty Marietta.
Three more flower lovers donate toward azalea purchases for the park, Mrs. S Gledhill Mrs A Bell and Mrs George Keller. Organizers plan soil prep and fertilization with dairy manure steam ground bone meal and alum sulphate to ensure healthy planting. The effort may expand to beautify around the Library Building with Girl Scouts involved.
Dr. Wilmon Newell states the University of Florida's College of Agriculture rescues and expands Florida farming. Research by the Agricultural Experiment Station saves about 25 million dollars yearly for farmers, far exceeding the program’s cost since 1888. The work spans citrus aids, 4 H programs, soil and crop improvements, cattle nutrition, rare fertilizers, pests control, new crops, and economic studies.
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