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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1937
Page
5
The Friendly Club will meet with Mrs. F. M. Thompson at 849 Grand View Street on February 17 in the afternoon. Also notes about the Tourist Dance Club masquerade on February 20 at the Community Building and a card party at Fountain Inn Eustis tonight at 8 o'clock.
Eugene Allen, Flint o a Mrs. W. A. Conrad Mount Doras and Mrs. Chas. Owens, Indianapolis. Mrs. Ericksorgi and Mr. Pure received consolation prizes.
The American Legion Auxiliary hosts a benefit card party tomorrow Friday at 8 p m in the Community Building. All are invited and tickets may be paid at the door.
The February Yacht Club card party will be held Wednesday of next week February 17 in charge of Messrs Mallory Thomas and Edgerton. Members free, a small charge for non members. This week’s social event was a Monte Carlo party Wednesday night organized by Mr Carl Graves.
The Monday session of the club drew a large attendance in the social rooms of the Community Building. High prizes went to Mrs Irons for contract Mrs C C Gravlee for auction and Mrs Ten Broeck for five hundred. A luncheon is planned for Monday the fifteenth at 1 00 p m with cards to follow at 2 00 p m Hostesses include Mrs White Mrs W A Conrad and Mrs Ten Broeck.
Misses Clara and Lois Whitney hosted dessert bridge gatherings last week with prizes awarded. Friday featured six tables of contract, won by Mrs. Sherwood, Mrs. Rose, Mrs. Milner, Mrs. Wyer, Mrs. Blodgett, Mrs. Phelps and Miss Margaret Simpson. Saturday saw four contract and two auction tables, with prizes to Mrs. Roe, Mrs. Carlton, Mrs. Kirby, Mrs. Helshe, Mrs. Fuller, Mrs. Chase and Mrs. Charles Marsh.
Mrs. A. W. Bertine hosted the King's Daughters gathering at Sylvan Shores with twenty four members attending a devotional and business session. Refreshments followed in the hotel dining room with a banquet table adorned by snapdragon and sweet pea arrangements. The next meeting is set for March 8 in the Rehbaum Apartments led by Misses Jessie Gould and Hilda Streeton. The February meeting is omitted due to Washington's Birthday.
Mrs. W. S. Cadman hosted an afternoon at home for Mr. Cadman on his eightieth birthday. The gathering ran from 3 30 to 5 00 pm on the front veranda and in the living room at their Eustis road home overlooking Lake Gertrude.
Guests gathered for a long afternoon at the Cadman home with Mrs. Sanborn and Mrs. Wentworth hosting tea. Neatly iced birthday cakes made by Miss Esther Cadman accompanied sandwiches, nuts, and pastel rosebud decorations. Messages of congratulations arrived from Mount Dora friends and from Norwood Ohio where he served as schools superintendent for forty years. Mr. Cadman, born in England, moved to the U S as a child and lost his father who died in Marietta, Georgia during the Civil War hospital era.
Personal notices list residents visiting family from Brooksville Deeran and Winter Park with extended stays in Sylvan Shores and McCracken cottage. Names include Mrs Ayres Fenn Taussig Ford Taylor Hall Carr Burkart Anderson Keppler Mathews Fink Kirby Striker Hand Boyle and others from New York Chicago Philadelphia and Indiana.
Miss Helen Gallimore left Friday for Gates Mills Ohio after spending weeks in Mount Dora visiting her father Dr Charles Gallimore. Dr Mildred Marsh left Sunday night for Bridgeport Conn upon word of her grandmother’s death. Mr and Mrs Wilbur Whitney and children arrived last week to spend a month with Mr George M Whitney. Mr and Mrs W A Conrad spent several days fishing off Bradenton and Sarasota and visited west coast friends. Mr and Mrs George Bowers Rochester Pa arrived in Mount Dora and took the Harvey cottage for February.
Mrs. Lillian Banks returns to Tampa with Mrs. Miller to stay with sister Mrs. F. H. Behrens at 1422 Crawford St. for several weeks after caring for her sister.
The writer thanks everyone who helped make the choir birthday party a success last Monday night including contributors of money services cakes and fruit juice. Special thanks go to Mrs Evans and all committee members Florence Gilbert Hanscom.
Lillian Banks thanks friends for the flowers and cards received during her illness.
Mrs. James L. Moody hosted a Friday con tract bridge party for cousin Mrs. Jay E. Brown with four tables. Prizes went to Mrs. Howard Chamberlain and Mrs. R. Webb for high score, and Mrs. J. W. Jepson for consolation. a guest prize to Mrs. Brown. Men painted the Hall Monday, followed by a ladies covered dish dinner. A masquerade farewell for Dr. B. Lust was Friday at Health Resort with prizes for best costume and skit, plus a large birthday cake. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Brown of Ludlow VT visit winter with Mrs. W. L. Bryant. Mrs. William Bloodgood visited Killarney with her daughter, Irvang. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Geneske of Chestnut Hills MA are wintering at Winter Park and lunched with Mrs. W. L. Bryant. Mrs. Fred Maglathlin traveled to Massachusetts for her ill parents. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Everson returned north for a funeral and will come back soon. Miss Virginia Mae Jepson, a Gainesville business student, spent the weekend at Tangerine.
Mrs Argent Frields of Miami visited Zellwood last week. Miss Ruth McEwen visits Washington D C this week. Mrs Byron hosted the bridge club Wednesday evening. Mr and Mrs Norman Vickery and their sons are moving to Atlanta this week.
A star studded cast led by Jack Benny appears in The Big Broadcast of 1937 at the Princess Mount Dora for Sunday and Monday. George Burns and Gracie Allen Bob Burns Benny Fields Martha Raye Shirley Ross Ray Milland and others join Leopold Stokowski and his orchestra in this lavish Hollywood musical.
Lake County reports a strong push in the American Red Cross flood relief campaign with a quota of 1600 and a current total of 4000 raised. Dr. D. T. Johnson issued the statement detailing the progress and the city’s fundraising momentum.
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