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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1931
Page
2
Officers of the Order Eastern Star will be installed at 8:00 PM Monday in the chapter room. Mrs Hungerford’s pupils will perform a feature dance followed by a social hour. Mrs J M Millard presides with Mrs J G Ray as marshal and Mrs Clarence Gudgeon on organ. Friends are welcome.
Seventh grade youths attended a Christmas party Saturday evening at the home of Lee French Jr. Mrs. French with class advisor Mrs. B D Thayer organized games and a Christmas tree with gifts. Refreshments of cupcakes wafers and punch were served by Mrs. French and the social committee, and candy baskets were given to each guest.
The Ladies Aid of the Community church held its annual meeting in the church parlors on Friday afternoon. Reports were presented and officers for the coming year were elected: President Mrs Phillip Bachert. first vice president Mrs N W Morley. second vice president Miss Margaret Lewis. secretary Mrs E R Eckis. treasurer Mrs Mary Torrey. Missionary Committee chair Mrs Emma S Marsh.
A Christmas party for the Offic ers Club of the local O. E. S. was held at the home of retiring matron Mrs. R. N. White on Thursday afternoon. Christmas gifts were exchanged and a membership game featured. A linen shower was given to Mrs. Bessie Pooser Bruner, an officer and recent bride, with light refreshments served. Guests included Mrs. Bruner and many officers and members.
Mrs Myron Cronwalt hosted her bridge club at home on Thursday with Christmas color decor and themed refreshments. Two tables played for first prize to Mrs Frank Drake second to Mrs Frank Griffiths and consolation to Mrs Christy. Guests included Mrs Clifford Palmer Mrs Russell Drake Mrs Grady Cooley and Mrs Raymond Daniels.
Mr and Mrs C Raymond Young hosted a Christmas themed bridge evening at their home with three tables. High prizes went to Mrs Elwood Carpenter and Mr Phillip Bachert. second prizes to Mrs Robert Hazelwood and Mr T C Jensen. Guests included Mayor and Mrs W E Lackey and several Hazelwood and Bachert family members.
Epworth League held a hamburger feed at Trimble Park and a taffy pull at Mr. Bishop's home to celebrate a large membership drive. A grease fire during cooking sparked a heroic effort to save nearly raw burgers as games and an initiation into the Royal Order of the Epworth Leaguers unfolded. Attendance reached 104 with the Blues leading 41 to 37 over the Reds led by Alfred Carter.
Lem Downs led a big drive that supplied the picnic and party as Buster Williams earned first prize for recruiting the most new members. The event concluded one of the league’s largest membership drives.
Mrs. C. M. Brown presented her piano pupils in a recital last Thursday at the Baptist Tabernacle. Notable soloists included Doris Cowart Natalie Spilky Mortimer McCown Mary Joyce Moorhead and Jane McCown. Duets featured Eleanor Wells and Mrs. Brown and Mary Joyce Moorhead with Mrs. Brown.
The wedding of Olive Josephine Lent and Gordon Raulerson occurred Sunday afternoon December 20 at the Lent home in Raulerson-Lent. Dr Divens officiated as guests admired white narcissus decor and a buffet reception followed. The couple will reside at 626 Winter Park Avenue in Orlando.
Mrs L B Shays of Holly Hill weekends with friends in Mount Dora. Miss Ann Whitney improving after two weeks illness. Mrs H L H Blair gravely ill at home. Mrs Robert Hazelwood traveling to Chicago for Christmas. Alfred Rehbaum Jr at Montverde School on holidays. Messrs J M Smith Ray Eckholdt Maurice Turner visited Jacksonville to see Old Ironsides. L R Heim and son Charles arrived from Connecticut. Mrs L R Heim expected before Christmas. Earl Beebee and wife back from northern home planning another Mount Dora winter. Mr and Mrs C W Vail from Canton Ohio visiting Miss Elizabeth Johnston. Ira Mitchell and wife back from New Jersey for winter on Lake Gertrude. Dr and Mrs F Thompson recently came from Waterford Michigan. J L Timmons back home after visit. Fred W Wentworth and family arrived from New Jersey to spend winter.
Area residents arriving for the season include Mr. and Mrs. Wisdom from Suffern New York at 710 Grandview Street North and Mr. and Mrs. MacKenzie of Bridgeport Connecticut on Helen Street. Rollins College students home for Christmas are Liona Odelle Jane Eckis and Jessie Kehlen with Alexandria Birkbeck and Mary Jo Key visiting Durand Georgia. Several Mount Dora residents from nearby cities and colleges spend holidays with relatives, including families from Portland Maine Ocean Grove New Jersey and Chicago Illinois.
Royal Palm Park in Miami trumpets a new fruit described as a cross between a banana and a pineapple, claiming novelty and appeal for visitors. The announcement signals local botanical experimentation and tourism interest in exotic produce.
The first ten one act plays in a Washington series prepared by the U S George Washington Bicentennial Commission have been printed. Each play covers incidents in Washingtons life up to the start of the Revolution and may be combined into a full length work. The titles include Mother and Son and The Lure of the Sea among others.
The Mount Dora theatre will show a curated week of pictures headlined by Marilyn Miller in Her Majesty Love on Sunday and Monday with Ben Lyon and a W C Fields backed comedy team. Riders of the Purple Sage with George O’Brien follows Tuesday and Wednesday, then Fathers Son with Lewis Stone Irene Rich and Leon Janney on Thursday. New Year's Eve features a midnight double bill of Pardon Us with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy and First To Fight with Slim Summerville.
Florida products are praised as superior and increasingly demanded by the public. The text suggests that growing use will lead people to recognize the value of Florida's resources.
Sarasota County reports total spending on building and maintaining its four main road arteries since formation at 2,450,996 dollars. The figure covers construction and upkeep by county authorities, reflecting long term infrastructure investment.
Local harbor project in Fort Pierce shows about 75 percent completion according to a senior engineer. Government survey details indicate progress on the harbor works and related infrastructure during the ongoing development.
Shipment of green beans moves along the east shore of Lake Okeechobee via Everglades routes. Local growers and transport firms coordinate to bring fresh produce to markets in West Palm Beach.
Alfred Seymour Reinhart a Harvard graduating medical student studied his own heart disease from first symptoms to death recording every symptom and reaction. He refused pain relief to keep diagnoses clear and arranged a post mortem study of his own body in his final notebook.
Work has started on an annex to the Marine Hospital in Key West. The project aims to expand medical facilities and improve services for seamen and residents. Local officials expect the addition to boost healthcare capacity and support maritime operations.
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