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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1938
Page
5
The Parent-Teacher Association will hold its regular meeting Tuesday afternoon January 3 in the Community Building. The executive board meets at 2 30 oclock and the regular PTA session at 3 30. Fifth and sixth grade mothers will be hostesses.
The Central Florida Kit Cat Club hosts a benefit card and bingo party in the Community Building Thursday evening at 8 o clock. Tables prize refreshments and a call to make up a table and bring cards. Public invited tickets on sale at McMurray Beauty Shoppe.
The Ocklawaha Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution will hold its regular January meeting on January 5 at Mrs. Schumacher's home in Eustis. The event will discuss chapter activities and plans for the new year.
An all day observance marks St Distaff Day with Daughters sewing for Montverde School and a Board meeting. A 12 30 p m covered dish luncheon precedes a 2 00 p m call to order and a brief business session followed by an interesting program. All daughters invited. Mrs Charles A Hayward Honored with Tea.
PYTHIAN Sisters at Mount Dora Temple No. 12 held a combined monthly birthday and Christmas party on December 19. Members exchanged toys for a Christmas tree and prepared two large barrels of gifts for the Children’s Home in Jacksonville. Decorations and refreshments highlighted the Yuletide mood, with a joint Knights and Sisters installation planned for January 4.
The Triangle Junior Sub-Deb Club held its first meeting at Josephine Eichelberger’s home in Eustis. Charter members include Jane Campbell Martha Mae Jackson and others from Eustis Mount Dora and Tavares with Jean Shipes elected president and Josephine Eichelberger vice president. The piece also notes Vivian Thompson’s Christmas Day marriage to Rev. Joseph E Jones in DeLand with details of the wedding party and attendees.
Triangle Sub Deb Club met after a meeting with orange juice and cookies. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Stein and numerous locals while gifts were handed out by Santa Estey amid toy noise and a playful grand march singalong.
Miss Kathleen Galloway was installed Worthy Matron of Mount Dora Chapter No 103 with Frances Haun as Installing Officer. Officers for the coming year include Monroe V. Simpson as Worthy Patron and Leslie Jackson as Associate Patron, with many named officers and attendees.
The 20th Century Fox comedy Up the River stars Preston Foster Tony Martin Phyllis Brooks Slim Summerville and others. It is set largely inside a state penitentiary with musical comedy and prison football and features a romance between Tony Kin and Phyllis Brooks.
The column lists numerous families visiting or staying for holidays at locations including Daytona Beach Mount Dora Hotel and Ruxton Md. It notes Mrs Irene Francis from Hudson Falls N Y recovering Miss Moorhead after ton sils removal and several others visiting relatives or staying with hosts in New York Connecticut Missouri and Maryland during the Christmas season.
A stream of guests arrived for the Florida season at Mount Dora. Mr Cale P Haun and bride from Nashville Tennessee will honeymoon at Villa Dora with Mr and Mrs C R Haun. Others from Ohio New York Connecticut Indiana Michigan Georgia and Kansas join gatherings and visits around town and Kissimmee.
Mr and Mrs Alfred Rehbaum Jr announce the birth of a son Alfred Rehbaum III Friday morning at Lake County Medical Center Eustis. The infant weighed 6 pounds 9 ounces and both mother and baby are reported in good health.
The Lake County Country Club hosts a New Year's Eve dance on Saturday December 31 1938 to benefit the Harry Anna Crippled Children's Home in Umatilla. Dancing starts at 10 p m with favors at midnight and donations are one dollar per couple.
The Mount Dora Art League plans a meeting Thursday evening January 5 at Lakeside Inn with a 7:30 business session and an 8:00 illustrated lecture on Crete and Pompeii by Mr. nth egg tog pauke.
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