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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1941
Page
5
The Social Circle Three of the Methodist church met at Mrs Thelma Mosteller's home on January 27. After adjournment refreshments were served by the hostess.
The American Legion Auxiliary will meet Thursday at 8 p.m. at Mrs. Leslie Jackson's home on North Donnelly for their regular monthly gathering. All members are urged to attend.
Mount Dora Home Demonstration Club hosts a 6:30 PM February 12 gathering at the Community Building after a daytime business meeting. All members, families, and visitors are invited to share food and discuss work.
The regular Wo man's Club meeting is set at the Yacht Club on February 12 at 2 30 PM under the Literature Department. Mrs George D Church and Mr George F Cary chair as Dr Harry Westbrook Reed will be the speaker.
Mrs. Wm. Prinz entertained at bridge Friday January 31 with guests James Cooper, Mrs. Lem Downs, Mrs. Reggie Parker, Mrs. Robert Wise, Mrs. Cecil Parker, Mrs. Ernest Green, and Mrs. Glen Chapman. Mrs. Reggie Parker won high score while Mrs. James Cooper took second and the traveling prize.
The Junior Woman's Club hosts a 8:00 p m February 19 Patriotic Brn party at the Yacht Club to support a community cause. The clubs theme is America-Her Wel fare Our Duty and the event invites both gentlemen and ladies with tickets to go on sale soon.
Ocklawaha Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution will hold its monthly meeting Thursday evening February 6 at the home of Mrs. Walter Rush 505 Washington Avenue Eustis. A musical program and short business meeting at 7 30 will be held. Daughters husbands and visiting Daughters invited.
Cooperation of the Woman's Club under Mrs. Eardley Wilmot led to a successful benefit card event at the Yacht Club on Wednesday night January 29 under the Ways and Means committee. The social and financial success funds additional projects.
Mr and Mrs John C Bailey of Middletown Connecticut and Mount Dora celebrated their 47th wedding anniversary on January 30 at 131 Ninth Avenue. They have observed the anniversary in Mount Dora for seven winters. A de arene wedding cake and refreshments were served as part of the evening.
Mrs. W. M. Kennedy entertained guests at a Sylvan Shores home on Saturday for a coca-cola gathering. Her daughter Mrs Letuel, visiting before joining her husband at Fort Sill Oklahoma, attended with a long list of attendees including Mrs Henry Land, Mrs J G Ray Jr, Mrs Harry Clark, Miss ve Molberg, and others.
At mn Monday So cial Club the president Mrs. DeMuth announced arrangements for the February 14 event. Hostesses and menu were set. prizes were awarded to Mrs. O. C. Martin for contract, Mrs. L. W. Weeks at auction, and Mrs. Kincaid for five hundred. Hostesses for Monday February 10 include Miss Edna Dennis for contract, Mrs. ene Allen for auction, and Mrs. Mite for five hundred.
A rustic vignette unfolds as a car stalls on Grand View Street delivering a scene of mush served to lingering guests. A humorous chorus contrasts hush requests with a chorus of chatter about fried mush and luncheon hours.
The Lake County Federation of Women’s Clubs holds its annual meeting tomorrow in the Eustis Woman’s Club Building from 10 30 a m to 3 p m with luncheon at noon. Mrs Reed Edmunds of Eustis chairs the program. T A McKay Orlando will speak in the forenoon and Austin Race Winter Haven past Civic League president will speak in the afternoon on her Alaska trip. Nominating committee reports and officer elections are planned. invitation extended to all women.
Personal notices list Mrs. Ed Moorhead recovering from a tonsil operation at Lake County Medical Center. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Irving Lockwood from Georgetown Conn and several other guests at Harrold House and various winter homes. Names include Edith Burnett Harry Straub Henry Stein Jack Brandon Alta Belshe George C. Thompson Walter J. Johnson Stanley Holmes Tyler Lee Holmes Minot K. Holmes C Fred Van Amber J R Van Amber and more as community members travel and stay in Eustis and nearby areas.
Local residents and relatives converge across Florida and Georgia. Mrs. Fred Van Amber’s sister Mrs Harry Westbrook Reed and Dr. Reed join Mrs. Alexander Kerr in Lake Franklin Park. Several family travels span Malden, Sylvan Shores, Watkinsville, Athens, and Valencia areas with visits to Bok Singing Tower and Cypress Gardens.
Mrs. Herbert Roberts and Mrs. Ray Eck hosted a January 30 shower for Mrs. Lewis Carroll at Mrs. Eckholdt's Lake Franklin Park home. Guests opened gifts then played a game with Mrs. Ivan Parker winning high score. attendee list includes many local women led by Mrs. Swartz and Mrs. Ramsdell.
Mrs Eugene Allen and Mrs Floyd Miller hosted twenty six guests at a Thursday dinner and card party at 428 Donnelly Avenue. A six course meal preceded a game of five hundred with prizes, Gracie Allen performing a Highland Fling and singing God Bless America, and Clare Purdy reading a poem about courting Fanny and leaping into a lake to save his hook and sinker.
Miss Fannie Noonan hosted a Friday breakfast for a group of ds. The menu included Indian meat mush which arrived golden brown and was served with maple syrup, described as the centerpiece of the meal. Place cards accompanied the gathering.
John F Bruner longtime Jasper County engineer and telephony pioneer died in his Mount Dora Florida winter home at age about eighty one after a long illness. He lived in Rensselaer forty three years and spent winters in Mount Dora. He was a Methodist church member Knights of Pythias and Curtis Creek Country Club member. He was known as a kind generous civic leader who supported community policies and earned the respect of neighbors.
The schedule lists Tavares Weirsdale Leesburg Apopka Oviedo Eustis Ocoee and Sr Class Play with dates from February 7 to February 24. Home games start at 7 30 pm. Admission prices are Adults 25 cents Students 15 cents Grades 4 6 10 cents.
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