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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1940
Page
5
Miss Babcock will host the contract segment Mrs Brockett handles the auction and Mrs Brydon oversees the five hundred portion A business meeting on a playing will start at 2 15 PM Everyone is invited to attend and enjoy the afternoon
The Mount Dora Junior Woman's Club met at the Yacht Club with President Mrs. Clayton Tremain presiding. They discussed a benefit movie They Knew What They Wanted for December 19 and 20 featuring Carole Lombard and Charles Laughton, plus a Christmas dance December 25 at Lake County Country Club with Eddie King and his Central Florida Orchestra. Men’s Night is set for December 18 hosted by Mrs. Glenn Brown and Mrs. David S. Simpson Jr. Civic chairman E. Spain Jamison leads the Christmas Lighting Contest. Miss Maxine Saltsman to manage March 11 Tourist Club entertainment. praised for last year’s show.
The article lists families arriving for the season in Mount Dora Florida. Cliff Deming from Aurora Ohio and Arthur C Jenney of East Providence R L stay at Wise Boat Works and 401 East Ninth Avenue respectively. M P Kreutz of Wellesley Needham Massachusetts with Bridgmans tour southern Florida. Perry B James and daughters Dorothea Fai and Pearl Katharine arrive from Parkersburg West Virginia to winter with C A Killian family. James pastors Parkersburg church and plans spring visit.
Personal Miss Marian E. Davis of Brooklyn visits Hichborns on Eighth avenue. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Earle arrive from Deansboro and stay in their winter home on Ninth avenue. F W. Mar arrives from New York City and stays at 601 First avenue for the season. Lottie Roberts recovers in Mount Dora Hospital from a severe cold. A. P. Bigelow and party from Middlesex New Hampshire stay at 644 Alexander street for the winter. Russell McKinney from Coldwater Kansas joins relatives P. W. and Mrs. Turrentine. J. T. Alcorn and cousins Belle and Laura McLane depart for Youngstown Ohio. Dr. C. E. Beeman returns to Grand Rapids Michigan after a vacation here. Dorothy White and Mildred Bartlett spend weekend at Gainesville for the University of Florida Fraternity Frolic.
A. Abbott reviews a Silver Springs boat trip and camp activities including a bingo night and a covered dish supper. The piece lists new campers and visitors such as Mr. and Mrs. J H Bean Chattanooga and Mr. and Mrs. Bach St. Petersburg among others, with plans for Christmas festivities.
The Lake County Medical Society’s oldest active member Dr M M Hannum died after a long career begun in 1912 in Eustis. He helped form the Lake County Medical Center serving as vice president and acting president, and he directed the Harry Anna Children's Home during earlier Navy service. Burial was at Greenwood Cemetery, Eustis, with pallbearers listed and a large funeral at St Thomas Episcopal Church. Survivors include his widow Mrs Cliff Hannum and children, with many local officials and physicians among the honored attendees.
The PTA meeting on the 4th at the Community Building was entertained by elementary pupils. They presented A Christmas Party by Nina Willis Walter under the direction of the elementary faculty led by Miss Twila Camp and others. The pageant featured Mother Goose and her children in appropriate dress.
The document lists honor roll percentages by grade levels from seven to eleven. It names students such as Bobby Allen Lois Rhodes Billy Schwind Mabel Claire Wyatt and others across grades seven through eleven.
The Mount Dora Library Committee announces new acquisitions including Across China on Foot and Napoleon by E. J. Dingle and E. Ludwig, along with The Password to Larkspar Lane and The Secret of Red Gate Farm by Carolyn Keene. Also added are The Tamer Treasure by F. W. Dixon and Nobody’s Girl by Fanny Heaslip Lea, a light romance set around a garden tea room with Ellie, Larry, and Jim Lane.
The calendar lists monthly and weekly meetings for church circles including Baptist Church Lambert Mary Simpson and Overhiser Circles W M A Community Church Ladies Aid Sewing Missionary Methodist Church Woman s Society of Christian Service American Legion and Auxiliary Kings Daughters PTA Woman s Club Junior Woman s Club Kiwanis Lions Masons Knights of Pythias Pythian Sisters Lake County Guard and other civic social service groups with meeting days and venues in town.
Kay Kyser stars in the mystery drama You'll Find Out at the Princess next Tuesday and Wednesday December 17 18. He plays a syncopating sleuth entertaining at a mansion party who uncovers a murder plot with Helen Page Dennis O Keefe Alma Kruger and more in the cast.
The King's Daughters circle will gather next Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Community church parlors for a sewing session. All interested are welcome to join.
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