Social Meeting Date Change for Home Demonstration Club
The regular meeting date of the Home Demonstration Club has been moved from the fourth Wednesday to the second Wednesday of each month.
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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1936
Page
5
The regular meeting date of the Home Demonstration Club has been moved from the fourth Wednesday to the second Wednesday of each month.
Fourteen tables of players enjoyed sessions at the Card Club Monday afternoon with prizes to Mrs Cadman Mrs Richtmeyer and Mrs Adams. Baptist choir entertained at Mrs Browns home with twelve present for games music and refreshments. Card Club tamed husbands drew a large crowd of about 16 tables with prizes awarded to Miss Wilson and Mr Barron for contract bridge.
Fragmentary text shows names Mrs Sullivan and Mr Parker for auction and Waite and Mr Blanchard quoted for a bid of five hundred. Details on item, date, or location are missing.
The Friendly Club gathered Monday afternoon with Mrs. R. J. Brown and Mrs. Emma Frye helping. Eighteen ladies attended the pleasant gathering with refreshments. Next Tuesday March 3 the club will meet at the Community Social Hall at the usual hour with Mrs. E. D. Parker and Mrs. I. Ronsheim as hostesses.
The Mount Dora Art League will hold its monthly meeting at the Community church on Thursday March 5 at 3 pm. The program features talks by Mr H of Eustis and Miss Ruth Pentheton of Paducah Kentucky, with the annual election to be held.
A listing of guests honors Miss Martha Fenn at a Mor timer McCown hosted event with hostesses Flora Morley and Misses Fenn Smith Ingram Battle Rehbaum Johnson and others. Attendees include Mortimer McCown L C Green Roy Christopher Edward Brooks Lee French Jr J M Green Dedrick Green Jerry Davis.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Community Church met Friday afternoon in the chapel with good attendance to plan the White Elephant Sale for Friday and Saturday. Dr Mildred Marsh gave an instructive talk on proper shoe fitting and health, noting her annual foot clinic for local schoolchildren. Hostesses were Mrs Lillian Banks and Mrs Bushnell.
Mrs. C. M. Brown hosted a two table dessert bridge Tuesday afternoon on the Mount Dora Sorrento road honoring her sister-in-law Mrs. Lavina Weddle of Monticello Illinois who was her house guest for several days. After dessert cards were played with one table in contract and the other in auction. Mrs. Brown won the prize at contract and Mrs. J. G. Ray Jr. won the auction. Mrs. Weddle received a guest prize. Attending with Mrs Brown were her daughter in law Mrs Glenn Brown and several others including Mrs. J. G. Ray Sr Mrs. Jennie Stovall Mrs. Rollin Javens Mrs. J. G. Ray Jr Mrs. Millard Reed and Miss Delphia Norman.
Mrs. Thomas Lashar and Mrs. T Holmes Lashar entertained over a hundred ladies Tuesday afternoon from four to six o'clock at the home of Mrs. A W Birkbeck on McDonald Street. Guests admired rooms adorned with plants and flowers while Mrs. George LaDue and Mrs. Shackleton poured tea.
The Mount Dora Woman's Club hosted cellist Leonard Krupnick at the community building. The Rollins College performer spoke on the cello's origin and role in orchestra and solo work, performing without notes with superb tone and technique. At 20, Krupnick is regarded as a rising star with a bright career ahead.
Mrs. Doherty of Win presented a program including Lakentos Allegro Mata Saint ens Serenade and works by Ravel Granados and Tarentell. An encore featured The Swan by Saint Saëns. After the concert a social time followed hosted by Mrs. Paul Milner, Madeleine Milner, and Mrs. Eardley Wilmot.
The column lists various residents and guests in Mount Dora including Mrs S G Tremain recovering after illness and Mrs F P Gatelius rushed to Mount Dora Hospital with ptomaine poisoning. It mentions travels to St Petersburg Orlando and Melbourne, with visits by Dr D D King and the Parlings from Akron joining local hosts.
The 20th in St. Epis copal church featured a green and white color scheme with floral arches and bouquets. The ceremony included a preludes by Harry R. Day and James Spooner, with D. T. Johnson Jr. giving the bride in marriage to Julian E. Markham as best man. The bride, attended by Harriet Zinck and Mrs. Zinck, wore a satin wedding gown with lace collar and a tulle veil. A reception at the house followed, hosted by St. Thomas Guild, and the couple planned a wedding trip before settling in Durham, North Carolina. The bride is from Eustis and UNC Chapel Hill alumna. the groom is connected to the Durham Herald.
Personal notes recount Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Taussig enjoying a stay at Ormond Beach. S. H. Billings of Contoocook NH is recovering well in Mount Dora Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Myers of Philadelphia visited Mrs. Mary Schaller on Clayton street. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Whitman of Hilliard FL visit D. W. Ten Broeck on East Eighth avenue. Lem Downs and Robert Quixley return from University of Florida for Washington's Birthday. Col. Lincoln of Kissimmee returns home after a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Mattocks. The arrival of Mr. and Mrs. George K. Peaston from Spring Valley NY is noted.
We thank friends for kind expressions in our recent sorrow. Mr. and Mrs. FE. H. Van Voorhis Marion and Richard.
At Mount Dora Theatre seven keys to a deserted Adirondack resort play appears as a seven-key farce with a starry cast led by Margaret Callahan on Sunday and Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday feature Columbia Pictures Escape from Devil’s Island with Jory Rice and Norman Foster. Thursday and Friday present Katharine Hepburn in Alice Adams with Fred McMurray. Saturday shows Buck Jones in The Throwback. Upcoming week listings include Lily Pons in I Dream Too Much and The Invisible Ray with Boris Karloff.
From Tallahassee home experts comes guidance on using canned mullet or mackerel roe as a spring substitute for shad roe. Methods include parboiling in acidulated water, then baking with tomato sauce, frying in crumb and egg, or sautéing in bacon fat and finishing with a cream sauce and parsley.
Readers see a vintage recipe for shrimp with tomato sauce served on toasted crackers and a notice of the third triennial conference of the Associated Country Women of the World to be held in Washington DC May 31 to June 6, 1936. The Florida agriculture staff members N R Mehrhof and Dr George F Weber were honored at a Southern Agricultural Workers meeting in Jackson Mississippi.
Congress repeals compulsory crop control laws for cotton tobacco and potatoes. An automobile at 60 mph covers 88 feet per second and 50 feet before brakes respond. Ben L Gittings of Brooksville Florida wins third prize in a Southern college essay contest. Florida beet and carrot acreage expected to rise in the next two years.
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