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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1935
Page
5
The Home Demonstration Club will hold a work meeting on Wednesday afternoon January 9 at 2 30 in the Community Building. The St Thomas Guild benefit card party follows on Wednesday January 9 at 2 30 p m at the Fountain Inn Eustis with ladies organizing the event.
The Friendly Club will gather Monday afternoon January 7 at 2 30 at 339 Ninth avenue at the corner of Helen street. Miss Jean Hendrie hosts the meeting.
Directors met Wednesday morning at the home of Mrs. Thomas Lashar Alex street to finalize plans for the annual Ingathering scheduled for February.
The Woman's Club will meet Tuesday January 8 at the Community Building at 3 00 p m. After the business there will be a play reading and all women are invited to attend.
A girls basketball game is set tonight at 7 30 in Donnelly Park between the high school girls team and the high school alumnae team.
After a program at the Tourist Club Tuesday night Professor and Mrs. Harry Raymond Pierce were hosted at midnight supper by Mrs. Florence G. Hanscom on Grandview Street. The W C T U meets January 7 at 3 p.m. in the Friendly Class Room of the Methodist church with Miss Fitch in charge and invites all to attend.
George Dahlin notes the gathering on Sanford Road was delayed from its usual first Wednesday time due to New Year celebrations, rescheduling details not provided.
The Ladies Aid of the Methodist church will gather Friday at 3:00 p.m. at Mrs. C. A. Killian’s home on Morningside Drive Sylvan Shores. Mrs. Lee French, president, will preside. Mrs. Perry B. James and Mrs. Killian are hostesses, and members and friends are invited.
The current events class will restart this Friday at 10 a.m. at the Yacht Club after a brief Christmas break. Mrs. Orin Sadler conducts the session and a 25 cent fee is charged.
A party of twelve dined together at the Villa Dora Hotel to celebrate the New Year. Attendees included Mrs Warren Parker, Mr and Mrs Wm Murphy, Mr and Mrs Lewis Southwick, Mr and Mrs Robert Smith, Mrs J B Turner, guests at Kill Kate Lodge, Mr and Mrs Raymond LaBreck, Mrs Jennie Sullivan and Mr Hutton LaBreck.
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold its January meeting on Wednesday evening, January 9, at the home of Mrs. (name unreadable). The gathering continues the group’s community activities and planning.
Mrs Jack Wilkinson hosted two tables of afternoon bridge in honor of her aunt Mrs A O Cain of Homestead Florida. Guests included Mrs Batton Tangerine Mrs Joe Hopson Eustis Mrs Reggie Parker Mrs J G Ray Jr Mrs Claude Carter Mrs W A Vincent and Mrs R E Lee Mount Dora. Mrs Hopson won high score and Mrs Lee low with Mrs Cain presented with a prize.
A guest prize includes a box of stationery and seasonable refreshments such as plum pudding with white cream and coffee. The item list suggests a small social event with modest etiquette and servable treats.
Mrs J J Alvord hosted New Year celebrated at her Ninth avenue home with guests including Mr Frank Fowler Mr J A F Simpson Miss Margaret Simpson Mrs S W Gledhill Mrs Walter Parfitt Mrs Frank Hub bard Mrs George Zell and Mrs Arthur Palmer. Guests stayed into late afternoon then joined Yacht Club's New Year reception.
Mrs W Sprague and Mrs Wilson G Smith hosted a New Year’s Eve card party at the Sprague home on Simpson Street. Four bridge tables entertained guests, who received a New Year gift with a poem by Mrs Sprague, as refreshments circulated and the new year was greeted with many instruments.
Mrs. Marjorie Olds hosted Rev. and Mrs. F. H. Overhiser, Miss Annie Reynolds, and Miss Mary Daniels for a New Year outing to Daytona Beach. They enjoyed a lunch on a beach picnic table and rode the full length of Ocean Drive as a highlight of the trip.
The King’s Daughters hold their regular meeting Tuesday night next week January 8 at the home of Mrs Frank Burkart Sylvan Shores with Mrs Ronald Christie as assistant hostess. Meeting point arranged at Miss True’s Rest-a-While Gift Shop at 730 pm with transportation for all. First meeting of the new year with full report of Christmas work and a welcome to visitors.
Mrs. Frank Hubbard and Mrs. George Zell gave a New Years Eve supper at their home on McDonald and Tavares Road. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Begole, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fowler, Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Heim, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Graves, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Mallory, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Quixley, Mr. J. A. F. Simpson, Mrs. J. J. Alvord, Mrs. Carlton, Estella Clark, S. W. Gledhill, Mary MacDonnell, G. Arthur Palmer, Margaret Simpson, Lois and Clara Whitney and their mother Mrs. Walter Parfitt.
Nine tables of cards were played at a D A R card party held last Thursday at the Yacht Club. Mount Dora Ocklawaha Chapter hosted, guests came from Mount Dora Eustis and nearby areas. Prizes included decks of playing cards and per table prizes. high prizes awarded overall. Refreshments of small cakes tea and mints with each cake decorated by a tiny American flag. Christmas greens and lights festive the clubhouse. The ladies netted 15 00 from the affair.
The Epworth League hosts a New Years Waffle Supper in the Methodist Church parlors this Thursday at 7:00 PM. Committees cover waffles games and decorations with listed members. New 1935 officers include Raymond Perkins president and Mary Elizabeth Simpson as first vice president.
The Mount Dora Yacht Club hosted an open house on New Year’s Day from 4 to 6 PM with flag officers and wives greeting guests. Mrs. H. H. Mallory and Mrs. F. L. MacKay presided over refreshments as a three piece orchestra played Winter Park music and dancing entertained about seventy attendees.
Mr and Mrs W S Cadman and Miss Esther hosted a New Year Day dinner for friends in a Quaker party setting with men and women in separate rooms. The event celebrated Mrs W J Sanborn and Esther Cadman birthdays, with a maple iced cake for the birthday pair and a special cake sent to Mrs Sanborn who was ill.
The Golden Eaglets of Orange Lake Council Girl Scouts held a 7:30 dinner Sunday night at the Grand View Hotel. Hostesses Shirley Schonenberger and Mary Elizabeth Simpson oversaw a camp themed centerpiece and golden eaglets placed on green place cards. Attending were Mrs. C. D. Christ Orlando Mrs. William Edwards Zellwood Miss Sherwell Barrs Orlando local director Mrs. Davis Winter Park Chairman Orange Lake Council Mrs. Thomas Lashar Mount Dora Eaglets Evelyn Merton Takoohy Topakian Orlando Penrose Davis and Helen Ward Winter Park and the two hostesses.
Van Shores notes visiting relatives as Mr. Dunaway plans a Jacksonville stay for several weeks. The Fein and Nutting families from Massachusetts arrive, staying at 148 East Ninth Avenue. W. L. Doster with Miss Alice Franklin visit East Eighth Avenue family in St. Petersburg during Christmas holidays.
A succession of visitors and residents in Mount Dora are noted. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. McIntosh of Torrington Connecticut guesting with Elias Seccombe on Fifth Avenue. Miss A. W. Hubbell of Palmetto Florida reports little grave damage from the cold snap. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Lotz of Cincinnati visiting Mount Dora and planning a Florida winter. Rev. F. Wilson Kaler and Mrs. Kaler from Leesburg visiting Mount Dora. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Goddard of Lincoln New Hampshire return for the season. Miss Edith G. Clarke and daughters from Newton and North Easton with the Peabody family of Sylvan Shores over Christmas. Donald Cameron student at University of Florida joins his grandparents in their Sylvan Shores home. Florida trips include Ohio University group nearby. Various locals and visitors, including Prof Henry H. Pevey of Haines City and others, gather at the Harrold House and nearby cottages.
Personal notes list numerous winter visitors and residents in Mount Dora Florida including Mr. and Mrs. Leach from Macon at Hotel Mount Dora Mr. and Mrs. Murphy from St Louis Mrs McDowell returning from Key West and others from Florence Alabama Port Clinton Ohio Concord New Hampshire and Chicago staying at Kill Kare Lodge Harrold House and nearby homes for the season with several families and individuals planning extended stays or relocations to Orlando and Eau Gallie Florida.
Art classes in Eus tis under European artist H N Gallie aim to cultivate appreciation of fine things and develop latent talents. Adult classes 100 show wonderful results under this instruction, offering productive activities for spare time.
A winter visitor found a maple tree at Third Avenue and Tremain Street in full bloom and noted vines escaping the freeze are coming into color. The town’s flaming vine usually seen for weeks in late winter is subdued this year, leaving visitors with only a glimpse of its usual glory.
A town urges residents to buy locally to keep people employed and grow businesses. Advertising is recommended to demonstrate the quality of service and encourage community support for hometown commerce.
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