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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1938
Page
9
The Py thian Sisters announce a regular meeting on Monday January 17 at the Lodge Hall. Members are welcomed. The Yacht Club Bridge Party opens the 1938 season at Mount Sage on a January evening at 8 o'clock. Members attend free, guests pay a small fee with prizes and refreshments.
Those who missed the Social Club luncheon on Monday missed a real treat as attendees enjoyed a varied program with multiple offerings and social activities.
A social card game event is announced for next Monday with Mrs Sullivan and her committee thanked for organizing. Everyone is welcome to attend.
A Mount Dora Woman's Club musical entertainment will be held at the attire Building on January 25 featuring Miss Dorothy Garforth, with solo and duet numbers in an Elizabethan tone. The public is cordially invited.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the First Methodist Church met in the church parlor to discuss plans and reports from recent missionary work. Members gathered for fellowship and to outline upcoming projects and fundraising efforts for global outreach.
Mrs Meg Ehait hosts a social hour with Miss Anna Gallimore as eighteen attend. Mount Dora Order of the Eastern Star No 103 1938 meeting set for January 13 at 8 PM in the Masonic Hall with visiting and regular members invited. Community Church missionary meeting Friday at 3 features Mrs Walter G. of Eustis in Hindu costume. Sylvan Shores Social Club hosts a card party at New Sylvan Shores Hotel with prizes to Mrs W L Taylor and Mrs Ethel Quick. attendees listed.
The King's Daughters gathered Monday night at the home of Misses Betty West and Edna Dennis with a large turnout. Miss West led a brief devotional, and routine business followed including discussion of cases and Christmas activities. The treasurer Miss Nancy Stuart presented the year’s financial report, which was accepted with thanks. A food sale is planned for Saturday at 418 Donnelly avenue. Refreshments were served after adjournment. The next meeting will be January 24 with Mrs. George Keller at 950 McDonald street.
The Woman's Club held its regular January luncheon and meeting on Tuesday at 12 30. About forty members attended and nine candidates were presented for membership with many names approved. The club now reports a total membership of 104 and invites others to join.
Mr. Ted Shawn and his company of men dancers were feted Sunday afternoon at the new May-Bar residence of Mr. and Mrs. Barton Mumaw between Eustis and Umatilla. The receiving line spanned the large living room sharing with Mr. Shawn and various guests including Wilbur MacCormack Dennis Landers Frank Overlees John Delmar Frank Delmar John Shubert Harry Coble Jess Meeker Foster FitzSimmons and family.
The report lists attendees including Mrs. Ebsen of Orlando and Mr. Alfred I. Barton of Miami Beach, with Mount Dora guests Miss Simpson, Mr. and Mrs. Garland Brooks, and Mr. Ezzard. The Mumaw home sits near the Shawn studio and many guests toured the studio in the afternoon.
A stream of named residents and guests arrive for the season in Mount Dora and surrounding towns. Families from Guilford Connecticut, Newton Center Massachusetts, Hamden Connecticut, Glen Ridge New Jersey, and other locations spend winter at homes in Mount Dora, Villa, and local inns. Several individuals travel from New York, Ohio, Florida colleges, and nearby states while others return from trips or hospital stays.
Alma and Mount Dora visitors include Mr and Mrs Thomas Storer and Mr and Mrs Richard Shipes. Prof and Mrs Walter Livingston of Dennison University guest of Miss Nancy Stuart after attending a national convent in New Orleans. Mr and Mrs Louis Adams of Middleton Mass wintering in Tangeline and visiting here. they recently marked their 57th wedding anniversary. Baptist Church Sunday School Conference attendees and a San Diego hospital update on Mrs C M Smith after a fall near the hip. Rev and Mrs Smith visit their son J M Smith and friends express wishes for her speedy recovery.
The Eustis Lake Region and State Theatre invite all to a three day cooking school at the State Theatre in Eustis from January 19 to 21 with no admission charge Doors open at 9 45 a m Attendees can watch The Bride Wakes Up a full length talking motion picture and a lecturer demonstrate kitchen tricks prize drawings and budgeting tips aimed at better meals and household management
The local Needlework Guild chapter shares plans for its upcoming annual meeting. Members seek two alike wearable articles or linens, or monetary gifts for shoes and related needs. Jacksonville reports 5000+ articles distributed to 23 institutions, with Mount Dora sending articles to King’s Daughters. President Mrs. Mary MacDonell leads and hopes for strong Mount Dora support.
A fragmentary entry notes Charter No 13102, with unclear surrounding details. The readable portion references the charter number and a sparse administrative context, lacking identifiable dates names or locations.
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