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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1941
Page
5
The American Legion Auxiliary plans a regular meeting at 8 p.m. on Thursday May 2 at Mrs. Harid R home. A Friday night youth gathering at the Yacht Club begins 8:30 p.m. with a small fee and special programs for students.
A community card party to support library funds is set for Friday at 8 p m in the Community Building. All card games will be played for prizes with refreshments provided.
Fourteen tables were at play Monday afternoon at the weekly card party. Mrs. R. C. Jones won the prize for contract, Mrs. David Brockett took the next prize, and Mrs. Forrest Clowes led the next event. Playing starts at 2 15 in the social room Community Building with George Wilson, Mrs. C. Smith, and Mrs. Forrest Clowes as hostesses for next Monday.
A general invitation extends to ladies and gentlemen, residents, and visitors alike, inviting broad attendance and participation at an upcoming community gathering.
The Junior Woman's Club held a December 25 party at Lake County Country Club. Miss Eleanore Minkae chaired the event while Annie Dapson oversaw decorations. The decorated room featured cedar and pine trees and bells as Eddie and his Orchestra provided the music.
The Community church chapel hosts a missionary meeting titled Shifting Populations in America and the Migrants in our Midst on Friday January 3 at 3 o clock. Mrs H S Bradley chairs the program with Mrs Emma S Marsh and Mrs George F Cary assisting in the discussion. Delphia Norman sings with accompanist Mrs Hanscom. Mrs George body leads devotions. A short Ladies Aid Society special will be held at 2 30.
The next meeting of the Woman’s Club will be held Wednesday January 7 at 12 30 p m at the Yacht Club for the annual mid luncheon with tickets 59 cents Reserve with Mrs Charles L Marsh Mount Dora by Monday January 6 Those unable to attend may join the program at 2 p m featuring Mrs Edna G Fuller of Orlando Florida chairman National Council of Women Hostesses are Mrs Carol Smith and Mrs Walter Ferguson Please return money bags at this meeting.
Mr and Mrs George Lamoreux marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary on January 31 at their Mount Dora home overlooking Lake Dora. They received many gifts and congratulations from friends in Mount Dora and the north. The couple moved to Mount Dora from Newark New Jersey where Lamoreux worked in insurance and later turned his photography hobby into a Lamoreux Studio at Fourth Avenue and Alexander Street.
Mr and Mrs Ray M Blanchard were surprised at home 908 Clayton St by their children on Monday evening December 23 to mark their silver anniversary. Guests included Mr and Mrs B Underwood Mr and Mrs D D Roseborough Mr and Mrs E F Harding Mr and Mrs D W Ten Broeck Mrs H Hoodelmier Mrs Elizabeth Fielding Mr and Mrs R Hurlburt Mrs Pearl Camp Doris Camp Mildred Graham Mrs Belle Rogers Mrs Jean Tucker and others.
Numerous figures visit and stay in Lake Jem area for the winter. Names include Owen C. Verigan of Lake Jem enlisting in the U S Navy and Dr. and Mrs. J J Goodwin of Clinton Mass staying at Villa Dora. Others travel or return from Jackson ville Miami Pen notables to Lake Dora and Mount Dora.
Calendar listing monthly meetings for Baptist Lambert Mary Simpson and Overwiser Circles W M A Community Church Ladies Aid Missionary and sewing days Methodist Womans Society of Christian… American Legion and Auxiliary King’s Daughters PTA Woman's and Junior Woman's Clubs Kiwanis Lions OES Knights of Pythias Sisters and Past Chiefs in temple with meeting nights and times.
Bayard Roberts Jr is on the USS New York of the Atlantic fleet docked at Portsmouth Virginia after a three day leave. Pauline Tricot and James O Sullivan of Leominster Mass visited Miss Tricot’s in‑law Misses Graves of the Villa Dora Hotel. J C Urquhart and friends from cage toured to Key West and Cuba. Julian Dra returned to the Naval School Norfolk after a Navy Hospital operation in Portsmouth. Prof Maxwell Cochran and Mr De Cochran from Michigan were guests of the Beebes and Mrs Goethe.
Miss Natalie Spilky left for Nashville to attend fraternity festivities before returning to Athens to study at the University of Georgia. J D Mosteller of Oglethorpe University spent Christmas at home with his parents and guest Keith Lane of Moon New Mexico, after five or six years away, arriving Christmas Eve for a weeklong visit.
Riley's Park hosts a Monday evening Christmas party organized by park guests for fellowship. Guests include park managers and families, visiting speakers Dr and Mrs Lymann of Michigan State, entertainers Abbott Amey and others, plus several new arrivals from across the country. A shuffleboard tournament is planned with teams from nearby towns.
The P T A executive board will meet Monday January 6 at 3 15 PM in the school. Interested persons may listen in. The regular P T A meeting follows Tuesday January 7 at 3 30 PM in the Community Building. Mildred is to speak on The Care of the Fi with Jane Edgerton singing and Mabel Claire Wyatt accompanying.
Florida Kiwanis clubs totaling 63 will enter a parade float in Tallahassee next Tuesday noon and present a marching group of 53 men honoring Spessard L. Holland. Frank S. Wright, new Kiwanis International governor for District, announced Tallahassee as host unit will host Kiwanis members before and after the parade and that Wright and eight division lieutenant governors will be installed at Winter Haven January 12 and 13 during the mid winter conference.
Oil companies supplying gasoline to contractors on federal construction projects must pay Florida's seven cent gasoline tax. The Florida Supreme Court decision, sent by Comptroller J. M. Lee, follows the reasoning of Assistant Attorney General Tyrus A. Norwood and affirms the state’s right to levy taxes. Immediate payment of about $50,000 is expected, with further taxes to be collected in the future.
The page lists M D H S basketball fixtures for 1940 41 with dates and venues at various Florida towns including Oviedo Winter Garden Umatilla Tavares and Leesburg among others. It also notes admission prices for adults H S students and grades 4 6 and mentions home games at 730 pm. Additional items report Florida Christmas retail gains and defense payrolls and a hog swill hauling note for Camp Blanding. Female and civic events are tied to the Presidents Birthday Celebration with Mrs. Louise McGregor directing activities and attending a White House party on January 4.
Arcadia will stage its annual Rodeo and Roundup January 23 24 and 25 with Manager Bill Welles in charge. The show features wild riding roping and bulldogging and draws cow hands from across regions to compete. Crowds grow yearly. Also announced IAAs sanctioned automobile races open and close the Florida State Fair in Tampa on February 4 and 15 under GM P T Strieder.
The Census Bureau shows average family size fell from 4.9 in 1890 to 3.8 in 1940 while the number of families grew 16.3 percent in ten years. The trend means population can rise with more families even as births to married couples decline.
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