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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1940
Page
5
Circle three of the Women’s Society for Christian Service of the Methodist Church will meet Friday at 3:00 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Wm. J. Johnson. Members and guests are invited to attend and get acquainted.
The adult choir of the Methodist eta met Tuesday evening at Mrs S residence after a brief business meeting. A short rehearsal followed and the rest of the evening featured carol singing, Christmas grab bag gifts, and refreshments hosted by the hostess. The January meeting will be at Mrs C M Brown's home.
The Community church choir held its December supper at Dr. and Mrs. Harry W. Reed’s home on Thursday the twelfth. After the supper and social hour, a short choir practice followed with attendees including Mrs. Reed Mrs. Hanscom Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Estey Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Vincent Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Roseborough Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Maglathlin Miss Johnnie Mae Stanley and Thelma.
Saltsman and Delphia Norman met with junior members and Misses Sarah Rose borough, Gloria Watts, Marilyn Mac Lelland and Mary Estey to discuss club activities and upcoming events.
The Monday afternoon club drew ten tables of cards with Edith Taylor winning high score in contract, D. O. Davis taking auction, and E. J. Stokes winning five hundred. Hostesses for next week are Mrs. Purdy, Mrs. Smith, and Mrs. Udall. event starts at 2 15. D A R Branch to observe St Distaff Day in Eustis on Thursday January 2 1941 with morning gathering, luncheon, and afternoon program. bring thimbles thread and needles for a sewing drive.
Kathleen L. Stewart and Benjamin H. Carr were quietly married at 8 00 Saturday morning December 21 at 635 North Alexander Street with Rev. Kenneth G. Rogers officiating. The couple left for a weekend trip to Tampa and plan a longer honeymoon later. Carr works with Floriorange Canneries and Stewart was manager at Simpson Hotel.
Mr and Mrs Curt Minkley announce the engagement of their daughter Eleanore Aline to Thomas Dyson Hurlburt, son of Mr and Mrs Gerald B Hurlburt. Wedding date has not been announced. Miss Minkley is a graduate of the ...
The text notes a secretary of the local Chamber of Commerce in August, mentions Mr Hurlburt and secretary training at a military academy in Jacksonville, Florida, and connects Mr Hurlburt to the Mount Dora Growers Cooperative.
Personal notices list Mrs Dona Shaw improving in Mount Dora Hospital and Miss Dora Brown ill there. Eleanor L Peabody of Norwood Mass arrives to spend holidays with her parents in Sylvan Shores. Mr and Mrs Paul L Hotchkin of Watertown N Y visit Dr and Mrs Harry W Reed, sisters. Mrs C Minkley and children stay with Mrs F B Dean in Townsend Ga. Ernie Green and Dorothy accompany them to Riceboro Ga to visit B J Wilkerson in Clexton. Beaver Falls trio Ida Maria Laura Thompson and George Thompson are now at home on Sixth Avenue near Grandview with S Thompson family.
SORRENTO reports Christmas visits by Misses Aleen and Doris Cowart and others from local towns. The Sorrento Public School staged a Christmas story recital by Dorothy Von Hurbelous, with church groups and clubs listing monthly meetings and social events for area organizations.
The Mount Dora Library subscribes to American Home Time National Geographic Travel Magazine and American Legion magazine. Popular Science and Popular Mechanics are placed on tables. Friends often donate additional magazines for members to enjoy and borrow.
H. B. Harrell, Leesburg realtor, marks his 52nd birthday. Born December 28, 1888 in Madison County Florida he came to Lake County in 1922. His hobbies include fishing golf and quail shooting with civic ties to Lake County Chamber Young Democrats Baptist Kiwanis and Mason memberships.
Manuel Sloan of Mascotte a board of county commissioners member and farmer turns 46 on Monday December 30 born 1894 in Mascotte. He attended Bay Lake School in Lake County and is a Mason. He has served as county commissioner since years not specified.
J Earl Myers of Eustis a Lake County official Kiwanis secretary and W M Igon Company bookkeeper marks his forty fourth birthday on Tuesday December 31 He was born in Townsend Tennessee in 1896 and moved to Florida on August 24 1921 His hobbies include yard work and squirrel hunting and his favorite foods flowers and recreation are noted with a brief career and education background.
Henry William Bishop, attorney and Republican leader in Eustis, marks his 79th birthday on January 1. Born January 1, 1862, in Warsaw, Hancock County, Illinois, he attended local grade and high schools and earned his first dollar on a farm.
In Clark County Missouri the late figure known as Uncle Henry Bishop is remembered for selling walnuts and hickory nuts in the area since 1884. He loved visiting towns, violets, apples, and Republican politics, serving long as Eustis mayor and as former Kiwanis president. He urged gratitude to the Creator for national blessings.
Home makers with limited cooking time can share jars of jelly cookies fruit cake or plums while roasted salted or candied nuts make versatile gifts. Nuts should be roasted separately to even doneness and cooled on absorbent paper before packing. Colorful jelly or marmalade is popular and can be planned months ahead for Christmas gifting. If mailing, wrap cookies carefully in waxed paper and airtight tins to prevent crushing and drying.
The Roose vel t administration faces a split over gold purchasing and hoarding. Proponents say gold is not real wealth yet remains a strategic leverage for obtaining essential imports like coffee rubber tin and nickel amid a changing global balance.
A quoted fragment claims the speaker was saved from a conspiracy of international gangsters that ruined European countries. It notes some liberals condemn gold burying and then trails into unclear critique of liberals.
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