Mount Dora welcomes winter visitors in town features
The column highlights new arrivals and guests in Mount Dora including Mr. and Mrs. Taked G. Keebler from Maryland enjoying local shuffleboard and Hawaii comparison, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Sleight hosting events for the Evening of Music, and other visitors from Pittsburgh and California. It also notes a Mount Dora girl Bess Davidson’s language study trip to Vancouver, and social gatherings at local homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taked G. Keebler
Donnelly St
Maryland
Keebler
Mount Dora
Bess Davidson
Frank Davidson
Grandview
Vancouver
B. C
Canada
Davidson
Douglas
Bess
Shawn Displays Costume Prizes At Mount Dora Event
Ted Shawn showcased a global costume collection before the Mount Dora Woman's club. Items ranged from a prince’s gold thread coat to a Burmese sari, collected during his Orient tour with Ruth St. Dennis. The program honored Mrs. Edith Edeburn Keller on her 75th birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far East
Mount Dora
Ted Shawn
Wnr
John Christian
D. A. McLeod
Eustis
Shawn
Orient
Ruth St. Dennis
North Africa
Burma
Christian
Edith Edeburn Keller
Tangerine Notes and Local Events Include Visitor Return
A visitor Miss Stephanie of London is staying with Mrs. Blanche B. Bryant through winter. Miss Hayes, a Mount Dora High School graduate, returns to Tangerine and Mount Dora to many friends. A community supper at Tangerine Orange and plans for a benefit card party on March 12 at Tangerine Hall are announced with James Moody and Mrs. Jack Keller leading, tickets from Mrs. Marion Bromley or Tyndall's store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephanie Oe
London
England
Blanche B. Bryant
Miss Hayes
Mount Dora
Tangerine
Tannere Orange
Sherieve Starr
C. L. Everson
Se County
James Moody
Jack Keller
Marion Bromley
Tyndall's
Merle Cleary Directs IceHouse March Play January Thaw
Merle Cleary directs the IceHouse Players production January Thaw opening Wednesday March 5. The Connecticut farm house comedy, adapted from a Bellamy Partridge novel, features Sara McCain Mel Wagner Beverly Brown Mohrhardt and a cast of fifteen with Walter Patton producing. Box office reservations begin early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IceHouse Players
Thaw
Whch
Merle Cleary
Connecticut
Bellamy Partridge
Sara McCain
Mel Wagner
Beverly Brown Mohrhardt
Frank Stebbins
Lila Mabry
Jim Pritchett
Talbot Simpson
Watson Buckman
Warren Carter
Ray Blanchard
Rose Ellen Coleman
Sandra Coleman
Anne Travers
Josephine Brown
Roland Wight
Walter Patton
Junior Flower Art Shown At Mount Dora P TA Meeting
The Mount Dora Junior Garden Club will perform at the P TA meeting Tuesday evening. The highlight is the annual Junior Flower Show in the school gym at 8 p.m. after a 7:30 business session to nominate officers. Public may attend. extra flowers are sought and may be delivered to Mrs. Glendy Sadler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora’s
Parent-Teacher Association
Lakes and Hills Garden Club
J. G. Ray, Jr
Glendy Sadler
McDonald St
Henry W. Land
Slater Cox
Gordon Raulerson
Edward Brooks
Howard Simpson
Robert G. Wells
Robert Travers
Ross Swartzel
Paul Turrentine
Lester Mere
Ray
James Stout
Claude Oonridge
Magnolia Circle Meeting Time Change
The Magnolia Circle of the Lakes and Hills Garden Club will meet Monday at 1 30 p m at Twin Oaks Sylvan Shores home of Mrs W H Frick. Speaker will be Mrs Richard Edger ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia Meet
Magnolia Circle of the Lakes and Hills Garden Club
W. H. Frick
Twin Oaks
Sylvan Shores
Richard Edgerton
World Day of Prayer Services Set at Eustis Church
An announcement states that World Day of Prayer services will be held at the First Presbyterian Church in Eustis on Friday. The event gathers community members for reflections and prayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eustis
First Presbyterian Church
Audubon Society to Convene at Rollins College
Frederick Sleicht of Mount Dora will speak at the 52nd Florida Audubon society annual meeting at Rollins college. Delegates plan an Ocklawaha river birding trip Sunday, leaving Mount Dora at 7 a.m. An 8:30 p.m. program features Carl W. Buchheister on Tour of Wild Life of New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Sleicht
Mount Dora
Lake County Audubon Society
State Anthropological Society
Florida Audubon Society
Rollins College
Ocklawaha
Annie Russell
Rollins
Wild Life of
New England
Carl W. Buchheister
National Audubon Society
Lake County
Wee Dee
Alexander Springs
Free Thought Courage Highlighted by Klopstock Quote
A concise quotation emphasizes individual thinking and independence. The line attributed to Friedrich G. Klopstock celebrates autonomy and nonconformity as paths to true freedom.
Mount Dora Litterbug Drive Gains Student Help
Handsome wood bases made by Mount Dora high school manual training students hold cards urging citizens not to litter. Walter TeStrake Jr Jerry Dake and Pinkney Turner helped craft 100 bases for Lakes and Hills Garden club efforts to keep the town clean. Posters from white and colored schools will be shown at the Junior Garden Club Flower show for the PTA. Mrs Robert Travers will announce winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora High School
Dorans
Lakes and Hills
Churches and service times listed for Mount Dora area
The notice lists multiple churches with addresses and weekly schedules. Mount Dora Baptist, Fifth Ave Methodist, Community Church, Church of God, Church of Christ, Tangerine Community Church, and Eustis First Church of Christ Scientist show service times from Sunday worship to midweek meetings and youth programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church OF Christ
Aubrey Mercer
Community churches begin Lent with sermons and notices
Midweek Lent services open at Community church with Dr. Robert R. Reed speaking on The Secret of Effective Living Learning to Manage our Minds and Keeping Our Enthusiasms for Daily Living. Sacrament of the Lord's Supper to be observed Sunday as new members are received and a plaque honoring Mrs. Mabel Morgan Cleary is to be recognized. Easter themes follow with The Choice of His Disciples. Mrs. H L Woodruff to sing He Shall Feed His Flock. Laymen's Day at the Methodist church features Fr. Dow Bancroft, longtime YMCA secretary and brother of late Dr. William Bancroft. He is wintering in Mount Dora. Rev. W D Aubrey to preach The Purpose of Life at evening services. Rev. Robert M. Blackburn of Natchez will guest as an evangelist. Baptist church plans Seducing Spirits and Spiritual Values sermons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert R. Reed
Mabel Morgan Cleary
H. L. Woodruff
Methodist
Dow Bancroft
YMCA
Bancroft
The
Baptist Church
James H. Sutley
Baby Wins Third Prize In Eustis Parade
Renee Wise aged 16 months, dressed in a bunny outfit, rode in a stroller as the Washington Birthday Festival parade moved down Eustis main street. She earned third prize for being a cute baby, wheeled by Alice Faye Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eustis
Renee Wise
Curt Wise
Renee
Alice Faye Johnson
Art League Dinner To Feature Music
Members of the Mount Dora Art League will gather at the Community building at 6 30 p m for the annual dinner honoring Edith Fairfax Davenport president of the Florida Federation of Art and local artist Constance Ort Mayer Rollins College sculpture professor will speak. Music by Mrs Robert F Wason soloist and Mrs Edith Shaw Brown piano. Craycraft presides. Hostesses include Smith Nelson Handy Slaght Faust Craycraft Burton Gassett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora Art League
Edith Fairfax Davenport
Florida Federation of Art
Constance Ortmayer
Rollins College
Robert F. Wason
Edith Shaw Brown
Mildred Craycraft
Eustis
Sherer-Dillard Nuptials Announced
Mrs Enos Hawkins of Lake Joanna announces the approaching marriage of her daughter Barbara Anne Sherer to Jerry Dillard son of Mr and Mrs Barney Dillard Jr Eus tis The wedding will be at the First Methodist church Friday at 4 o clock Rev W D Aubrey The bride to be attended high school at Eustis and Akron Ohio and later studied at Lakeland He manages his ranch and grove properties The worth of a state in the long run is the worth of the individuals composing it John Stuart Mill
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enos Hawkins
Lake Joanna
Barbara Anne Sherer
Jerry Dillard
Barney Dillard, Jr
Eustis
First Methodist Church
W. D. Aubrey
Akron
Ohio
Sient
Woman's Club Election Set at Mount Dora Meeting
A Mount Dora Woman's club gathering Wednesday March 5 will include a discussion on current literature.Election of new officers is highlighted. Walton Wing of Orlando, a book shop proprietor, will speak. Madeleine Milner introduces. Mrs. H. J. Hutchins leads hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
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Buiding
Lakeside Inn
Yves Chardon
Central Florida Symphony
Rose Phelps
Symphony Association
Helen Ryan
Joy Hawley
Gwyn Jeffries
Orlando
J. W. Shaw
Aoe Dora
Col
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Central
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Russell Sturgeon
Pittsburgh
Alice
Martha
Laura Roberts
Lake Jem
Monterey
William Thomas Shipes, Jr
Tommy Shipes
Dorothy Mae Conner
Cindy
Lieut. Shipes
Naval Air Force
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A. M. Cleary
IceHouse
Bonafide
Tommy
Zuanne
Jac
C. A. Lee
Columbus
Luther Gaver
Urbana
Grover Gaver
David Bowen
Mechanicsburg
R.C. Bay
Penney Farms
Fla
Louise Eiselstein
P-Ta
Hills
Jesse Willmott
Shaw
A. M. Garrison
Charles J. Brown
E. A. Austin
Owen Conner
Vernon Conner
J. Collier Cooper
Bernhard Schroeder
Lester Roberts
Friedrich G. Klopstock
Tropezar
Patrick Henry
Sixth and Tremain
Training Union
Methodist Church
Robert M. Blackburn
Seventh Av
Church OF God
East Liberty
A. Austin
Y.P.E
Tangerine Community Church
Roscoe Graham
Louis Johnston
Eustis First Church OF Christ Scientist
Lemon and Grove
Art League
Sage Jewelers
Sherer-Dillard
John Stuart Mill
Stree Parking
Prarkuin
Yellow Line
Dorothy A. Leinbach
Fifth Avenue
Katee
Woman’s Club
Gordon Edwards
Dallas
Sina Shop
Mount Florida
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