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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1937
Page
5
The Ladies Aid of the Community invites members to a work meeting Friday at 2 p m. There will be tasks for all who attend and contribute.
The Friendly Club will meet next Wednesday February 3 at 2 30 p m at the home of Mrs R J to discuss upcoming activities and plans.
Brown and Mrs A W Crowther are set as co hostesses for an event at 231 Avenue East with a full attendance hoped for.
Mrs Susie V Kinsey celebrated her birthday with a Saturday dinner party at the Grand View Hotel. Guests included Dr and Mrs C Lyle Quixley Mrs Ann Condit and Mr and Mrs H R Bradner. The evening featured bridge games.
The Kings Decsive M rs met Monday evening with Miss Vada Ham at her home in Umatilla and spent a delightful evening. The financial report will be published next week. Refreshments of ice cream and cake were served. About twenty members were present. The next meeting on February 8 will be at the Sylvan Shores Hotel with Mrs Berti ne hostess.
The local Eastern Star will host a benefit bridge at the community building on February 3 at 8 oclock. Public invited. There will be tables of contract auction and five hundred. Tickets available through members or at the door. Reservations optional via committee members Miss Gladys Simpson chair Mrs Hazel Lawrence Mrs Eleanor Jackson or Mrs Ruth Turrentine.
The Monday Club hosted a party in the Community Building recreation room with members enjoying prizes in bridge and five hundred. Mrs H R Bradner and J W Culhane won high scores in contract bridge, Mrs Parker and Mr Schonenberger won in auction bridge, and Mrs J A Houston with Ray Blanchard won in five hundred. A February meeting is planned for 2:30 PM.
A special program for the next PTA meeting includes a piano solo by Mrs. Brown and a performance by Mary Louise Reh. The event promises community engagement and local talent showcases within the school program.
The meeting marks Founders Day on the seventeenth though observed on the regular meeting date. Mrs Browning of Umatilla sings a vocal solo and Mrs Joseph Simpson is the speaker. The P T A will give a free will offering to the national organization. Girl Scouts will serve tea during the social hour.
The American Legion Auxiliary hosted a luncheon Tuesday at Sylvan Shores Coffee Shoppe praising State President Mrs. M. G. Gibbs State Secretary Treasurer Mrs. W. R. Judson and First District Vice President Mrs. Allen C. Hawkins. The local Auxiliary attended and heard talks on organization activities. The next meeting is February 4 at 8 p m at Mrs. L. F. Jackson home to plan a February 12 benefit card party at the Community Building.
The Woman's Clubs meeting on Tuesday afternoon drew a large audience. The panel, featuring Madeleine Milner Etta Austin McDonald and Helen Lemert, explored Mount Dora water supply purity taxes population about 2500 industries growth and municipal government. Tea and refreshments followed hosted by Mrs. Tashay Wilson Smith Bidwell and Mary Mac Donell.
Mrs A C Quixley hosted a Thursday afternoon at home on Eleventh Avenue honoring her daughter in law Mrs C Lyle Quixley. Guests enjoyed floral decorations featuring flame vine nasturtiums calendula and garden flowers. Mrs W J Sanborn and Mrs G Arthur Palmer served at the tea table with coffee tea sandwiches nuts and confections. Over one hundred ladies attended from four to six o clock.
Lake County Council of Parent Teacher Associations meets at 7:00 PM on Thursday January 28 in Groveland for a covered dish supper and a program by Mrs. Frank Morton Orlando on corrective work for the exceptional child with a representative from each civic club expected. New officers are President Mrs M J Murphy Paisley Vice President Mrs J W King Tavares Treasurer Mrs G M Myers Groveland Secretary Mrs H K Stokes Clermont Historian Mrs J Ray Arnold Groveland. Committee chairs include Health Mrs George Hanford Leesburg Education Mrs A B Dean Eustis Publicity Mrs E J Burrell Eustis Exceptional Child Mrs J G Parks Umatilla Legislative Mrs M E Pace Tavares.
Mrs Emma S Marsh and Mrs Mary C Sears enjoy several days at Lake Helen Florida. Mr George C Thompson from East Livelo Ohio joins three months winter visit with hosts Mr and Mrs Grady Simpson. Other visitors include Mrs Fred H Richards from Foxboro Massachusetts and couples from Onsted Michigan Jackson Michigan Te esdo Ohio and Long Valley New Jersey.
N. J., Mrs. Robert P. Briggs and other New York Boston guests stayed Tuesday at Juniper Springs in the Ocala State Forest. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hart and Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Morley, Miss Bertha Morley and Mr. and Mrs. Grant Cowles joined the group. They toured Miami and other east coast cities during their Florida visit with Frank Nettleton and Mrs. Nettleton in Cass City Michigan visitors.
The piece records visits among Sorrento residents including Mr. and Mrs. Barber and their guest daughter Mrs. Pin, Mrs. Billie Sadler of Mount Dora visiting Miss Anna Battle, and the Battle family. It notes Mrs. Anna Sanders ill after a Christmas arm injury and improvement by now. It mentions recent trips to Bok Tower and Daytona Beach plus orange grove clearing on the highway. It reports Mrs. Chas Knight’s brother William Blackwell's death and funeral attendance by kin in Lakeland.
Kent Ohio guests Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Osborne and family visited Zellwood. Mrs. George Vincent hosted the Bridge Club. Mrs. Ethel Ware and Miss Lucy A. McDonald spent a Saturday in Orlando. A large group, including Mr. and Mrs. Whitney and many relatives, had dinner with Mrs. Geo Vincent, then motored to Daytona Beach.
Mr and Mrs Henry W Land announce the birth of a daughter Sara Josephine on January 24 1937 at 1215 am at DeLand Memorial Hospital DeLand Florida
Wednesday features two bridge sessions at 9 30 a m and 2 30 p m at Lake County Country Club. A benefit bridge was held that Wednesday to support a cause.
The gay comedy stars William Powell as a butler in a lively tale of the Bullock family. Carole Lombard plays a daughter who falls for him while the sister and maid also vie for his attention. Notable cast includes Alice Brady Gail Patrick and Mischa Auer.
The Tangerine P. T. A. held its regular meeting at the school house on January 18 with a program after the business session. Mrs. Frank Morton spoke on Orange county’s committee on the exceptional child. The Orange County Council met January 30 at Tangerine Community Building with reports from county presidents and health program outlines. nonstop singing and whistling solos by Mr. Beck preceded a noon luncheon for about sixty guests.
Smith Richardson Conroy Inc promotes Hormel Good Foods Week across Florida to raise awareness of Hormel quality. Hormel Flavor Sealed soups and Sausage are showcased with tastings at Parker's Market Mount Dora and Story Bros. Grocery Mount Dora, with ongoing promotions statewide.
Florida citrus groves show the earliest bloom on record as Herb Mosher reports after a survey. The Agricultural News Service chief predicts Florida may avoid a spring freeze and could yield the largest fruit crop on record for 1937 38 unless adverse weather intervenes.
Mrs Jennie Graves wife of Fred Graves 66 died after a lingering illness She lay in state at Rehbaum Funeral Home services were held at St Mary of the Lakes Eus tis Burial in Forest Cemetery Mount Dora She came from Leominster Mass to Mount Dora in 1925 to help run Villa Dora Hotel Survived by husband Fred Graves a Mount Dora nephew and other relatives
The Fort Lauderdale News reports that 1936 saw higher construction spending in Fort Lauderdale than the sum of the previous six years. Also notes several young ladies indifferent to marriage and a Washington woman claiming to puncture five card spots at 100 feet in five shots.
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