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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1932
Page
2
The Standard Bearers will meet on Monday December 19 at 6 PM at the home of Mrs J I Conklin. Each girl should bring sandwiches and a covered dish for the gathering.
The Young Woman's Auxiliary of the First Baptist Church will meet Tuesday evening December 20 at 7 30 at the home of Miss Rose Hale on Eighth street east of Clayton. All young women are invited.
Mrs Battle Mrs Kramer Mrs White and Mrs Mattocks will host about fifty two children from the seventh and eighth grades at a Christmas party in the Community Building on Monday evening December 19 at 7 30. There will be games carols and a good time for all.
Mr and Mrs F E Henry of Apopka hosted the Degree Staff Pythian Sisters from Mount Dora for a supper and card evening. Attending from Mount Dora were Mesdames Burchett White Williamson Orton Griffiths Lea Hall Pike McCarty and Miss Jessie Cooper.
Mrs Geo L Zell hosted a dessert bridge with seven tables to honor her sister Mrs Frank L Hubbard of Port Washington New York wintering in town. Prizes were awarded for high score average and early aces with guest prize given to Mrs Herbert Palmer. Personal notes list multiple winter arrivals and local activities in Mount Dora and Eustis.
Decorative bowls filled with flowers are described as a festive touch. The scene emphasizes arrangements that brighten a room with colorful blooms.
Mrs. E M Craig of Leesburg Florida now at 1031 Clayton street is convalescing after illness. Thelma Ingleson Caltonsie with Mangeles spent the holidays with sister Mrs R N White. Henwood tied to Hal Roach films. Mr and Mrs J B Griswold left for Jefferson Ohio due to mother in law's illness. Mr and Mrs Wallace Traver of Rhinebeck New York will occupy the Griswold house on east Eighth avenue during the couple’s northern absence.
Butler New Jersey physician Dr Benedict Lust arrives at Youngborn resort after a north season. Tangerine Improvement Society holds monthly meeting. A benefit party hosted by Ward Esteyn and Claud Ferrell features prizes for hat trimming with Howard Chamberlain winning. Several visitors arrive for the winter. The community hall hosts a Christmas tree and Santa Claus. A high school carnival to raise funds is planned with Myrtle Garden Jepson and Edward Squires named managers.
Mount Dora Temple No. 12 Py thian Sisters thank Mr Rehbaum for use of the building and Mr Spilkey for window space. The Mount Dora Topic aided publicity and the public for patronage. Bazaar was a success. Mr Frank Drake won the butterfly quilt.
Mrs. Fannie G. Akam of Maysville New York writes she will not be in Mount Dora this winter after twenty eight years as a winter guest at the Grand View. Her friends regret that she will be absent this season.
A garbled OCR fragment shows a question about interrupting a wife and asking for tickets. The readable bits mention Merchants' Tree and tickets, but no clear event, date, or names to specify. Further context from the article is needed to produce a precise headline and summary.
The guide notes broccoli thrives in Florida winters with prime tasting in South and West Florida into June. Edible parts include flowerets and stalk internals. large leaves are tougher. Peel tough stems, soak flower end, steam until tender 10 to 20 minutes, avoid overcooking, and season with butter salt and pepper. Also covers canning and freshness tips credited to Isabelle S Thursby.
Miss Laura Neville of the Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce attends the eight oclock breakfast of the Central Florida Council of Chambers of Commerce in DeLand. Dr. Lincoln Hulley of Stetson University speaks on Education as school board members listen, with diorama tours at the Century of Progress studios. Next meetings announce venues for January to April in Ocala Eustis Altamonte Springs and Melbourne.
The Orange Lake Girl Scouts Council schedules a Court of Awards program at Mount Community Building on Thursday December 29 with leaders and scouts from Orlando Winter Park Apopka Zellwood Eustis and Winter Garden. Parents are invited to attend as the program promises a worthwhile evening. On Tuesday afternoon the girls dressed dolls for the King's Daughters Christmas baskets.
A Woman's club gathering featured reports from the district seven meeting in Eustis by delegates Miss Newhall and Mrs. Louis Klatte. Welfare work dominated the morning club reports while Mrs. Klatte highlighted the state president's call for more political activity by club women.
A December 30 minstrel show in Eustis benefits the local Boys Band. John Blanken helps organize with Captain Jimmie ONeal and acts by Tambo and Bones and Mr Primrose as interlocutor. Backers promise first class entertainment with gags feats and dancers to raise funds for new band uniforms. Mount Dora readers urged to attend and support this community event.
The Louisville Times notes Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland arrived in Louisville driving his car The Red Devil. He completed a 200 mile trip from Cincinnati in three days without a repair stop. The item contrasts his momentous feeling with college graduation.
An old ad promotes Bukets as a bladder remedy. It urges a 25c test box from any drug store with a four day trial and money back if the user still suffers. The product contains buchy leaves and juniper oil and is likened to castor oil for the bowels.
Ward received word of the death of Harry M. Wyatt in Cleveland Ohio after a brief illness on December 8. He leaves his wife Esther Malusky of Mount Dora and a four year old daughter Mabel Claire.
A fragment argues persistent sour mood and fatigue stem from the liver. It claims the organ should pour two pounds of liquid bile into the bowels to cure the condition, presenting a provocative, pseudomedical view.
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