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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1942
Page
5
The Mount Dora Chapter No 103 Order of the Eastern Star holds its first regular meeting of the year, details partially readable from the notice. The event involves members of the Mount Dora group and local observers await the full date.
The Mount Dora Stars invite members and visitors to a meeting in Magonic Hall on Thursday January 8 at 8 PM A short practice for officers will follow the meeting inviting all listed groups to attend
The regular meeting of the Home Demonstration Club is set for Wednesday afternoon January 14 at 2 30 in the Community Building. The topic is Protective Foods and the session is open to all women interested in the important subject.
The Monday Social Club held its monthly pot luck luncheon and cards. Mrs. J. W. Swarts won the prize at five hundred and Mrs. Grace Oakes Brayman at contract. The club voted to add tables for contract five hundred and pinocle and continues weekly afternoons at 2 15 with invited players.
Mr and Mrs Manuel Sedano entertained the school band and parents at the Community Building. The event featured a brief unrehearsed program, games, and colored motion pictures from Florida including Mount Dora views. Band mothers served ice cream and cake to about one hundred guests.
Personal Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Patton of Atlanta are among new arrivals at the Grand View Hotel. Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Hubbard and son Caley of Flint Michigan, and Roy Routt of Arlington Virginia, are visiting the M. Caleys of 541 Seventh Avenue.
The passage lists many winter residents and visitors arriving for the season at Mount Dora hotels, including Mr. Carl G. Loveless ill at home on Tenth avenue, Mrs. Mae Rundle of Greenwich Conn., Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kohl of Waltham Mass., and numerous pairs of guests from Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Connecticut, and New York. It notes hotel stays at the Simpson Hotel and Harrold House, along with travel from Chicago, Biloxi, and Tampa, plus a Samoyede dog named Kasha accompanying some travelers.
Mount Dora Public Library Committee presents Rex Beach’s Personal Experiences tracing a vivid life from Michigan to Florida. The work spans Alaska, Panama, Hollywood, New York with celebrities and eccentrics, and follows Beach’s current Florida farming venture as a larger than life chapter.
The author notes feeling good about a published discourse and the editor’s allowance of opinion in the paper. He describes becoming an interested spectator at a recent gathering and hopes to gain more readers in the coming months.
A December 31, 1941 letter from Marcus C. Fagg, State Superintendent, praises Mount Dora Topic editor for Christmas appeal coverage and reports a favorable response to aid for the Children’s Home Society of Florida. The note conveys New Year wishes and gratitude for the public support.
Clarence Lucas Blunt 53 died January 2 at his home near Deansboro New York after a four month illness. A native of England he came to the United States as a child and lived in the Town of until his death. He is survived by his widow Frances Layng Blunt four daughters four sons and his brother Horace Blunt of Mount Dora Florida.
Report describes higher numbers of killed and wounded in England due to black flag protests and related violence than from bombing incidents, highlighting ongoing security concerns.
A Lake County hotel notes a busy holiday season with guests from Bridgeport to Summit and Chicago. Festive parties include dinners for 21 to 37 guests, bridge and bingo in the lobby, and carols by David McDuffy while preparations for 1942 loom amid wartime plans and a decision not to hold the 1942 Lake County Fair.
The 1942 Lake County Fair is postponed for one year due to wartime uncertainty and defense needs. Lake County Fair Association directors met at the Lake County Chamber of Commerce office in Tavares to approve the postponement, with President Lee L. Polk stressing that a smaller fair would be a backward step from 1941 and hinder recovery.
Frank stated that San Francisco experienced a blackout on December 8 with numerous accidents and several fatalities.
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