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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1928
Page
4
Mrs. J G Ray entertained her bridge club and friends at a fall themed luncheon in Sylvan Shores. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. T H Cooley Mrs A B Altizer and Mrs F H Heath with Mrs Rabun Battle winning the guest prize cut.
The Mount Dora Garden Club met at the Congregational church with Miss Newhall presiding. Members were urged to keep garden notebooks recording sowing, transplanting, blooming, soil, weather, and fertilizer data to guide future planting. E B Ferson spoke on data keeping and on transplanting wild flowers, bed making in Florida sand, and shrub care. A questions box was announced for future meetings. next writing is December 19.
D B Spencer pastor leads Sunday school at 10 am and morning worship at 11 am. Evening programs begin 7 pm with Christian Endeavor. Missionary meeting closes 7 30 pm for Prof. Bueno to speak and Prof J F Bueno to deliver a missionary address. he hails from Brazil and teaches at Rollins College.
Top of the hill on Fifth Avenue East the Methodist church invites the public to Sunday school at 10:00 A M led by Superintendent Mr Nimicht followed by morning worship at 11 A M featuring a sermon by the pastor and special music by the Ladies Vested Choir.
The Yacht Club opened its social season with an informal Thursday reception. The redecorated club featured flowers and palms, and guests enjoyed cards, dancing, and refreshments. Hostesses included Mrs. James Laughlin III, Mrs. S S Sadler, Mrs. E E Stokes, and Mrs. J J Alvord.
Children of Mt. Dora school primary grades present a Christmas program on Thursday December 20 at eight o'clock under Miss Betty West and others. The Mount Dora orchestra aids with Doll Drill Silent Night recitations songs and the play The Christmas Spirit. Cast includes Mildred Foland Wista Dean Mildred Banks and many others.
The Epworth League holds a 6:30 p m song service led by Mr Ferris with the Male Chorus, followed by a 7:30 p m sermon by the pastor. A Wednesday 7:30 p m prayer and Bible reading service invites all, with personal Bible to be brought.
Alma Elder, Lillian Pearse, Viola Perry and Almeda Dooley headline a community event. The public is cordially invited to attend the exercises and the play with a small admission charged to defray expenses.
The Junior Class presented the three act comedy Take My Advice on Tuesday evening at Mount Dora High School. The Mount Dora orchestra directed by C. R. Ray supplied music as the audience enjoyed lively performances by a well trained cast led by director Miss Alfa Hubbell. Cast members included Hugh Merry J. G. Ray Jr Howard Rice David Simpson Jr Dean Pinkston Norma Ferris Evelyn Ray and Jessie Cooper.
Miss Marguerite Lindman and Miss Mary Lindman hosted a bridge evening at their home on Thursday. Three tables competed with Miss Olivia Hay winning high score and Miss Thelma Rice taking low. Refreshments followed the social hour among guests including Dororthy Heath, Marion Abele, Rosalie Brantley, Irene Carter, Marcia Cornish, Mary Watson, Thelma Riley, Lillian Rice, Thelma Rice, and Mrs. W B Roberts.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the Baptist church observed Foreign Mission week with an all day program. Rev. Fellman, a Christian Jew, spoke about sixteen years of work among his people and conversion successes. Guests included Rev. Mahan, Rev. Hinton, and Rev. Montgomery, with Mrs. F. W. Overhiser attending. The afternoon featured a musical program by Mesdames Brown, Ault, and Nice followed by study sessions.
The article notes that various foreign fields were resumed and proved profitable and interesting. A special offering was taken. The newly called pastor will be present next Sunday and will announce his decision then.
A stream of residents and visitors arrive for the winter season in Mount Dora. East Liverpool Ohio and Green Farms Connecticut travelers join locals J M Ryan and J J Alvord, with several families from New Jersey New Hampshire Georgia Florida and Connecticut planning to reside here through the season.
At the December 3 meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary Post 35 Mount Dora Florida a committee was appointed to prepare resolutions on the death of Mrs Callahan. The report offers condolences to the Callahan family noting her life as mother and companion and includes verse about her Bible notes and peaceful passing with no struggle.
The passage highlights a visiting guest in Mount Pleasant Tennessee returning home with her daughter Mrs Paul Johnson and accompanying her to Sanford. It notes Miss Marietta Dyson returning from a summer in the north to Mount Dora. It mentions a Saturday afternoon bridge tea at the Yacht Club and a Methodist church supper for members and friends. The Red Cross plans its annual meeting at the Congregational church on Tuesday December 18 at two o'clock with reports and officer elections.
Daily papers from South Africa detail Major P. J. Pretorius and a British party beginning a long exploratory journey by Hupmobile and trailer. The trek will span months through the Congo region Liberia Somaliland Abyssinia to Egypt then via Suez to Palestine and Europe. The party aims to visit a native god once met by Pretorius in 1900 while exploring Central Africa.
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