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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1941
Page
5
Social Friday night event at Mount Dora Yacht Club follows basketball games inviting all young people. Small admission charge for New Years Eve dance. Also notes dinners and gatherings hosted by local residents with guests from Ward Belmont Nashville and other area couples.
The King's Daughters will hold a meeting in the coming session with plans to discuss charitable activities and community service, inviting members to participate and contribute to their ongoing program.
Their first meeting of the year is next Monday night February 13 at 8 o'clock at the Lakeshore home of Miss Thorne. Visiting male Daughters are invited. Two meetings monthly on the second and fourth Mondays will be resumed. Luncheon at 2:00 p.m. hosted by Mrs. A. H. Di, Mrs. M. M. Howard, and Miss Taylor. This week twelve tables at play with prizes awarded to Mrs. William White, Mrs. Earl Beebe, and Mrs. I. G. Muller.
New Years Eve neighbors surprised Mr. and Mrs. James A Nelson at Seventh avenue and North Tremain street in their new home. Bridge and Chinese checkers entertained guests and midnight refreshments were served. Attendees included Albert Waltz and wife, Robert Gould and daughter Jessie, Marvin Stevens, Gilbert W Jones and wife, Ninetta Odell, Albert Dickey and wife, Otto Harp and wife, Eardley Wilmot and Ora S Niles and daughter Marjorie from Orlando.
Mrs Schumacher and two fellow hostesses welcomed members and guests to the Ocklawaha Chapter D A R at Mrs Schumacher's home in Eustis for a St Distaff Day gathering on January 2 1941. A covered dish luncheon followed sewing and visiting. Delegates and alternates were chosen for the State Conference in Daytona Beach starting March 2 at the Osceola Hotel. A benet card party and a musical meeting are planned for February 6 in Eustis.
Mrs E P Fisher of Haverford arrived to spend the winter at Villa Dora. Mrs Sarah D Pratt of Smyrna visits Miss Margaret Lewis at 728 McDonald St. James R Hawthorne and Sherman H Hill along with spouses spent Friday at Daytona Beach. M Caley enjoyed a few days at Daytona Beach and bowled there. Twila Camp spent New Years in Miami and attended the Orange Bowl. Floyd Miller of Flint and his sister Mrs Earnest Coon of Linden Mich occupy 331 Cleyton St for the season.
A stream of seasonal guests arrive in Mount Dora including Mrs Jessica F DeWitt from Venton Maryland and families from Middletown Connecticut Troy Ohio Hartford Connecticut Milton Massachusetts and Niagara Falls New York among others. Local residents share winter homes on McDonald Street Lake Ola East Seventh Avenue and North Clayton Street while new arrivals tour and plan extended stays.
A compact list of recurring meetings for religious and civic groups. It names the Baptist church circles, Community Church Ladies Aid, Missionary circle, Methodist Women, American Legion and Auxiliary, King's Daughters, PTA, Women’s and Junior Women’s clubs, Kiwanis, Lions, Masons, Eastern Star, Knights, Pythian Sisters, and local social events with meeting days and locations as provided.
Week end with their parents here. Lt. Downs left Tuy for Fort Bragg thence to Fort Sill Oklahoma. Mrs. Downs will remain here until June when the lieutenant will re turn for her.
Mr and Mrs C E Brooks of 932 McDonald Street hosted several family visitors for the holidays. Guests included their son C E Brooks Jr Mr and Mrs Dick Woody and children Mrs James Alderman of Roxboro and Miss Irene Brooks of Goldsboro North Carolina.
Mr and Mrs Edward Avery announce the birth of a daughter named Hazel Anne on January 2 at Lake County Medical Center. Both mother and baby are doing very nicely. Mrs Avery before marriage was Miss Hazel Edwards.
Mrs. Fletcher Crane and Mrs. Arthur Tanner plan to install a Reducevac machine at Crane Beauty Shop in Mount Dora after demonstrations in Orlando and Jacksonville. The device will be installed in the permanent wave room with waving equipment moved next door. Mrs. Tanner will operate it once delivered within two weeks.
Mrs A Johnson reports her daughter Mrs Sihler and children arrived in Coronado California for a pleasant visit. E L Riley plans to return north next week after holiday business. J H Bean and party depart for an extended western trip. New arrivals include Dr and Mrs R H Peterson Burton Ohio and others from Ohio Michigan Pennsylvania and Tennessee with many social activities noted.
SORRENTO residents hosted and visited family during Christmas and New Year. Guests included Rev Judkins and Mrs Judkins with daughter, Miss Iris Battle returning to Jacksonville, Miss Doris Cowart to Southern College Lakeland, Miss Aleen Cowart to St Augustine, and the Strites visiting from Cold Springs Maryland. New Years Eve at Newton Strite home featured progressive games and a ribbon confetti sendoff for Auld Lang Syne. The Presbyterian Missionary Society held an all day meeting at the manse with pot luck lunch. Mrs McAllister leads the group.
Miss Betty Burroughs granddaughter of naturalist John Burroughs was a guest at Dunroven during New Year’s week. Her West Park home sits on the grandfather’s estate, and it was her first visit to Florida though she has traveled extensively.
A visiting guest recounts extensive travel through the United States and Canada and Europe, recalling meetings with Mrs. Allen and Miss Ashley in Canada. She toured Mount Dora sites including the Big Tree and Azalia Gardens, Rollins College, and Daytona Beach. Open house featured tea served by Mrs. William Watt and Mrs. Houstis Eddy. She left for Sanford after visiting the zoo, praising Florida’s weather and fruit, noting she picked grape fruit and oranges.
Sidney Homer’s biography of Louise Homer titled My Wife and I recounts the contralto’s career and Homer’s own work as composer teacher and writer. The piece notes operatic stars of the late 19th century and Homer’s memory of those days with reference to Vichy Covent Garden and the Metropolitan.
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