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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1938
Page
5
The Stucere for the ensuing year will be installed at the next regular meeting Friday at 8 p.m. at the Masonic Hall. Visiting members are invited. The choir of the Community church is being entertained by Mr and Mrs Henry Stein on Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl B. Ferson observed their fifty fifth wedding anniversary Wednesday at home due to Mrs. Fersons health. They received many greetings from friends though no formal celebration was held.
Christmas events invite the public to enjoy old time round and square dances with good music. A small fee covers the modest expenses.
The Girl Scout Little House hosted its annual Christmas party with two mothers and several guests including Mrs. Fred Watts Mrs. C. H. Estey Mrs. Collier Cooper Mrs. Harold Scott and Miss Edith F. Davenport among others.
The December gathering of Ocklawaha Chapter D A R took place at Regent Miss Hattie Allen s home in Sorrento. Reports were presented, Winter Garden Chapter members attended, and many home chapter members were present. Hostesses Miss Allen Mrs Cowart and Mrs Sanders offered festive refreshments with Christmas colors and personal messages.
One hundred sixty Central Florida debutantes were presented at the Apollo Club Ball in Orlando on Monday night. Among them were Emily Battle Ruth Beerbower Martha Fenn Mary Louise Rehbaum Francys Sadler Ellen Schrup Mary Elizabeth Simpson Rhoda Simpson Jean Smith and Dorothy White with escorts led by Raymond Han.
Mount Dora was well represented among guests at the ball hosted by the Apollo Club which hopes to make it an annual event. Attendees included Blair Kramer Tom Shaw William Wichele Joe Kramer Leo Lilly Lem Downs Thora McCabe and others.
The Friendly Forum holds a brief meeting on Thursday evening at the Methodist Irene parsonage on th avenue, discussing local matters and upcoming events.
A column notes numerous winter visitors and residents in Mount Dora Florida. Janet Morse leaves for Ohio. George and Louise Wilson arrive from Elkton Michigan. Frank and Adelaide Whitney return to Hotel Mount Dora. Richard Wade and family return from Reno for the season. Michael Matuska resumes duties. Ira Mitchell and family return from New Jersey. others travel to Ohio for Christmas.
Mr and Mrs George Guptill of Lowell Maine plan winter in Altamonte Springs. School children offered a Christmas program with a posed story and colorfully costumed play. Miss Stanley and parents earned praise for the effort. Ruth Beerbower attended Apollo Club ball in Orlando with Mrs J E Beerbower. Tangerine contributed 19 50 to Red Cross Roll Call.
The local column reports Mr and Mrs Fred Steenberg returning from Long Island with Mrs Hovey of New York visiting. Mr and Mrs Earl Martin relocate to Eustis for the winter. Miss Goodman of Leesburg visits Mrs Roy Sanders. The Sorrento Public School closes for a Christmas program. The Battle family greets Thelma Abbot Battle who died December 12 at Lake County Medical Center. community extends sympathy to husband and Baptist church circle.
The Lake County Country Club hosts a Christmas Dance December 23 by the Junior Woman's Club of Mount Dora with Doc Nance and his band. A charity New Year's Eve Party December 31 benefits the W Harry Anna Crippled Children's Home in Umatilla, featuring King's Orchestra from 10 p m to 2 a m with a $1 per couple donation or advance tickets.
Mr Porter and Mr and Mrs Coe and Mr and Mrs Marsh of Paris Hill New York arrived last week. Mr and Mrs Marsh will spend the winter at Coronado and the rest of our BR BR in Sorrento.
Impressive Christmas cantata directed by Mrs Florence Hanscom drew over 450 attendees. The program staged The Birth of Christ The Flight Into Egypt and The Return with full choral and solo performances by Henry Stein W E Rice N F Bruner Robert T Johnston and others. The close featured Holy Night Silent Night and a reverent benediction as Mount Dora urged yearly repeats.
Heber D. Ketcham commends the Bethlehem cantata at Community Church presented by Mrs. Florence Hanscom. He urges annual Christmas performances and broader regional cooperation across Mount Dora Eustis Tavares Sorrento Apopka and Umatilla to foster lasting musical interest and church benefits.
A nostalgic note from Villa Dora Hotel recalls the classic poem Twas the Night Before Christmas and festive images of stockings, Santa, candy canes, and the joy of morning surprises. It muses on memory, present cheer, and hopeful future faces watching for well filled stockings.
A nostalgic Christmas meditation recalls family gatherings, meals, and the passage of time. The author cites Henry Longfellow and the ideal of peace on earth as a call to enduring spirit helping others.
Lake County places four representatives on the Florida State Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors after the Hollywood convention. G. G. Ware serves as past president. S. H. Bowman, Clermont, is president of the State Real Estate Association. J. Edwin Baker, Umatilla. Karl Lehmann, Tavares, all representing Central Florida chambers. A 2,000 foot detour on State Road No. 10 near Port St. Joe in Gulf County continues in fair condition via a new canal.
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