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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1932
Page
2
The Legion Auxiliary plans a gathering in the Legion Rooms City Hall Monday February 1 at 2 30 PM All members urged to attend.
The Methodist church ladies host a cafeteria style Feast of the Seven Tables in the church annex today at 5 30 p m. Attend to see what it is all about.
The Mount Dora Chapter No. 103 Order Eastern Star announces meetings Thursdays at 8 pm. Visitors welcome. Regular sessions occur on the second and fourth Thursdays monthly. Angeline Battle serves as Worthy Matron.
Mrs. Fred MacMahon hosted a two table bridge luncheon at the Grandview Hotel on Saturday with views over Lake Dora. Mrs. Carl Graves won high score and Mrs. Marshall Hurlburt took the consolation prize.
A citizenship service will be held Sunday evening January 31 at 7 30 p m at the Community church. Mr Thomas H Cooley will speak on American Citizenship. The Girl Scouts Boy Scouts American Legion and Legion Auxiliary will attend with patriotic music.
Friends of Miss Louise Newhall gathered last Friday for an informal social at her residence. They stopped by throughout the afternoon to offer good wishes as flowers decorated the living room and veranda. Sandwiches and tea were served and a birthday cake delighted guests both visually and tastily.
Mrs Frank Fowler hosted a Mother and Daughter bridge luncheon at her Grandview Street home on Friday. Visiting guests were Mrs T Holmes Lashar of Montreal and Mrs William Lafroos of Warren Ohio. Pink roses adorned the event. Four tables played in the luncheon bridge with awards for high score to Mrs Ralph Baker of Eustis, second to Mrs E McDowell and third to another participant.
Mrs Frank Griffiths hosted her bridge club on Thursday afternoon at her Ninth avenue home. High score prize went to Mrs Raymond Daniels, second to Mrs C J Palmer, and consolation to Mrs Frank Drake. Guests included Mrs Harold Overhiser substituting for Mrs Grady Cooley, Mrs Myron Cronwall, Mrs George Wheeler, and Mrs Ronald Christie. Refreshments were served after the games.
The Friendly Class of the Methodist church met at the home of Mr and Mrs James Simpson in Sylvan Shores on Thursday. Twenty three members attended a business session followed by social games and refreshments of strawberry ice cream and homemade cake. Officers are A Lee French president Thomas H Cooley secretary and E M Green treasurer.
Eleanor and Martha Wells welcomed thirteen members of the Standard Bearers of the Methodist church on Thursday evening. Mrs. Thomas H. Cooley led the group with a devotional and business session followed by music before early departure for basketball practice and other engagements.
The Garden Club will sponsor its third annual tree planting at the Community Building grounds on Wednesday February 3 at 3 PM. A silver cypress will be planted. Mayor George L. Hanscom will speak, with Girl Scouts, school grades four through six, and Natalie Spilky reciting the Kilmer poem Trees.
The Mount Dora Art League invites art lovers to meet artist Miss E Fairfax Davenport of Zellwood at the home of Miss Madeline Milner Sunshine Corner Ninth and Baker streets on Thursday afternoon January 28th. Several of Miss Davenport's works will be shown.
Miss Davenport, long studied abroad and recently returning to her Zellwood home after six years in New York, offers paintings well known in the south. Miss Milner will be assisted by members of the Art League.
A Tuesday afternoon quilt exhibit at Miss Madeleine Milner’s home showcased ancient and modern quilts. Woven coverlets and family quilts, some over 100 years old, drew a good audience for the Welfare department of the Woman's club, with punch and cookies served.
Miss Laura Neville hosted the King's Daughters on Tuesday at her Sylvan Shores home. Plans were finalized for a play titled A Strange Romance to be directed by Edward Waldmann and staged on February 16 at the Community auditorium. A social hour followed with Neville displaying items from a two year old abroad trip, and refreshments were served. The next meeting is set for February 9 in the Community Building social rooms with Mayor George L. Hanscom to speak on welfare work. Hostesses named as Mrs. C. R. Javens and Miss Nancy Jane Stuart.
Dr and Mrs R C Conklin hosted a birthday dinner and bridge party on Sixth Avenue honoring Mr and Mrs Elwood Carpenter and the hosts. Guests included Mrs Oleta Faulkner Mrs C D Retan and Geraldine. Prizes went to Mrs Elwood Carpenter and Mr Hoppenrath with Faulkner Consolation.
This Monday afternoon event gathered ten card tables with bridge five hundred and dominoes plus a social hour. Garden club, led by Mrs S S Sadler, provided seven bouquets as prizes. Future Mondays invite both ladies and men. no fee. Thursday evenings offer social room card play with a small five cent admission fee.
A flurry of winter guests fills Mount Dora hotels as Mrs. Randolph White and Miss Rhoda Barnard visit, missionaries, writers, and families from Illinois to New York arrive for the season. Donald Slack recovers from a skating accident. Old Timers Club meets for bridge. locals greet friends from Chicago Riverside and Cleveland as they tour the area and stay with local hosts.
Mr Melvin Lane plans a Florida tour with Mrs Lane and relatives including Mrs Tyler of KisSimmee visiting the Mount Bora Hotel. Professor Shelling of the University of Pennsylvania, soon to retire, considers Florida as a future home while his party travels the state in search of a preferred locale.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Putney of Penacook with Miss Mara Clark and Mrs. Bly of East Concord recently visited Mount Dora. They traveled to Miami St. Petersburg and the Bok Singing Tower before returning. The Putneys will stay the rest of winter in Barnard cottage Tremain street while Clark and Bly returned to New Hampshire.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. McKenney of Brookline Massachusetts greet guests at Lakeside Inn alongside Mrs. Grace Mayberry and Miss Marian Chick of Brookline. Also from Glencoe Newfoundland Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Levering visit with Mrs. A. J. Blood of Swampscott and R. A. Holden of Cincinnati Ohio.
The Mount Dora theatre opens with a midnight showing of Strictly Dishonorable then adds Sunday and Monday showings. Paul Lukas Sidney Fox and Lewis Stone star. The week also offers Elsa from RKO and Keith Vaudeville on stage and screen. Rendered by Warner Baxter in Render. Clive Brook leads Husbands Holiday with Charlie Ruggles Vivienne Osborne Juliette Compton and Bannister. Saturday brings The Subway Express with Jack Holt in a fast moving mystery.
Lake County Home Demonstration clubs report strong plans for a March 17 18 19 flower show with outdoor yard arrangements and living flower pictures voted by attendees. Bread contests this month show 75 homes producing wholesome bread with scores between 85 and 95 percent. Junior clubs and leaders are on schedule with members competing for a trip.
The Florida State College for Women will broadcast Sundays 12:45 to 1:15 p.m. on WRUF Gainesville in February and March. Dean Ella Scoble Opperman organizes a half hour program by faculty and advanced music students. February lineups feature Etta Robertson, Anna Mae Sharp, Gladys Storrs Proctor, and other artists.
SORRENTO Miss Hattie Allen and other guests visited Mrs. Perry and daughter Virginia Lee in Jacksonville. Mrs. G C Battle hosted nephew Leah Daniel Eugene Evans and Francis Schwitzler from Augusta, with Alfa Winters of DeLand visiting Earl Martin. Little Davis Moorhead from Mount Dora stayed with his aunt as his parents C Moorhead and Mrs Moorhead shopped in Orlando. Ruby McKnight visited her parents in Leosae before returning to Sorrento.
An old industry in Florida is being revived with lime cultivation on a broader scale. Florida limes can substitute for lemons since the state produces none. The Key lime, grown on the Keys, yields high quality fruit favored by soft drink fountains. Growers rejuvenate groves as production rises, though growth may be limited by tender climates in the southern peninsula.
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