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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1932
Page
2
The primary department of the Congregational church held a Christmas party in the church parlors on Monday afternoon. Miss Alice Ten Broeck directed games and each child received a treat. Hostesses were Mrs. Lillian Banks and Miss Ten Broeck.
The Intermediate Christian Endeavor Society held a Christmas candle light party in the church parlors Monday evening. Committee members were Barbara Hopcraft Flora Morley and Martha Fenn with Mrs Grant Cowles assisting as society leader. Refreshments of cookies and cocoa.
Members were served during the evening and closed the gathering by singing Christmas carols at the homes of Dr. and Mrs. D B Spencer, Mr. and Mrs. George Coffin, Mrs. Elizabeth Evans, and Mr. and Mrs. N W Morley.
Mrs James C Spooner hosted the Mount Dora Girls Choral club for a Christmas dinner at her Eustis home. After dinner guests played bridge and shared tales of blankety blank. A decorated tree and Santa Claus added festive gifts.
Mrs. Alice Hall arrives from Cedartown Georgia to spend the winter in Mount Dora. Mrs. Walter Cooper of Sanford and Mrs. C S Chapin with Miss Margaret MacKay of Andover Mass are guests at local homes for the holidays. Rev and Mrs M J Bouterse and J G Ray Jr attended the U C L A Florida game in Gainesville. Dr and Mrs Fred M Thompson of Waterford Michigan are at their Grandview street home. Mrs Pauline Cozart of Memphis and Tallahassee is visiting her parents A J Lindman. Miss Alexandra Birkbeck Miss Mary Jo Key and Shade Key go to Durand for Christmas. Mrs C O Arnold and Miss E J Leavenworth arrive in Mount Dora December 15. E E Truskett, taken ill, has recovered and plans to return to work soon.
Local residents return from New York and other states for Christmas at Mount Dora. Guests include families from Cleveland Guilford Union Springs and Winter Park, with students from Rollins College Yale and Stetson. Dr Mildred Marsh leaves for New York for lectures and holidays.
The B P W social meeting on Monday night hosted a Christmas party in the James Simpson Building. Guests and absentees sent toys for the King’s Daughters distribution. Attendees enjoyed tales in blankety blank prose, with cake and coffee. Hostess Mrs George Keller led with assistants Miss Jean Cochran and Miss Edna Wills. Next meeting on January 2 is planned.
A vintage-edition guide promotes honey as a pantry staple for modern homemakers. It details honey flavored plum pudding, honey butter, and honeyed meals for breakfast and tea, plus storage tips and a recipe for plum pudding and honey butter.
Mrs Laura Hackett and Mrs Ada Colson open the Fireside Inn at 138 Fifth avenue east replacing the Cricket Tea Room. They offer full dinners plate lunches and short orders with specialties including chicken pie on Monday fish Friday Boston baked beans Saturday and waffles Sunday evening. Afternoon tea is available and the venue suits card parties and social gatherings. Breakfast is not served.
The B Y P U of the First Baptist Church will present the pageant The Gifts Christ Brought next Sunday evening. Participants include Mrs Thankless Christian Mrs Lightbody Joy Mary Joyce Moorhead Peace Mary Bob Treadwell Hope Lurline Green Life Elaine Thompson Christless Land Alice Franklin reader Clovis Brantley pianist Kathleen Galloway. The service begins at 7 15 PM with Christmas carols followed by the pageant. Public is invited.
A holiday greeting extends Christmas wishes to readers and invites the community to a Saturday night event at 9 o'clock, urging ticket retention and local merchant involvement.
Professor D. D. Roseborough, principal, receives official notice from Tallahassee that Mount Dora high school is accredited as a six year junior senior school for 1932 33 and the elementary school is placed on the state accredited list as a Regulation Standard School.
The Mount Dora Orchestra opened its winter season with a strong performance last Thursday at the senior play. Conducted by Mr. Nichols, the group holds weekly practices and welcomes new members to join the ensemble.
Oliver B. Shobert of Mount Dora died Friday December 8 at Leesburg hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were held at Page Funeral Home Leesburg conducted by Rev. G Leon Wells. Remains cremated. Born Brookville Pennsylvania June 12 1863 he moved to Mount Dora in 1924. He is survived by his widow two sons and three daughters Ruth Dixon of Pittsburgh came to be with him.
Homer Smith returns home crushed after being told at quitting time that he has lost his job. His wife Mrs. Smith tries to comfort him as the couple faces an uncertain evening. The scene centers on the emotional impact of sudden unemployment.
The Children’s Home Society cares for homeless tots and invites readers to donate at the Christmas Eve Community party to bring them cheer. The appeal urges a coin drop to support the cause.
A 1931 advertisement claims liver dysfunction causes general malaise and digestive issues and promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills to restore bile flow. It touts the pills as gentle vegetable extracts and urges readers to ask for the product by name, red label, 25 cents at stores.
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