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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1937
Page
5
Mrs Frances Harvey announces the marriage of her daughter Frances to Mr Harry Russell Alley on June fifth in Bloomington Indiana where Miss Harvey has taught since college graduation. The couple will reside in Pulaski Virginia.
Mrs. F. C. Durland of River Forest Illinois and Clare T. Purdy of Caro Michigan were married in Caro Michigan on Wednesday June 30. Both will be winter residents of Mount Dora for several seasons.
Miss Natalie Spilky was hostess at an informal Friday evening dance at her Fifth Avenue home. Guests included Miss Eleanor Minkley Miss Dorothy White Bayard Roberts of Mount Dora Miss Genny DuVall F H Bourlay Darrell Jansen Happy English and James Locke Williams of Leesburg.
Mr Frank Pooser hosted a youth gathering at his Sylvan Shores home last week with guests including Mr and Mrs Robert McMurray Miss Martha Fenn Jane McCown Pe Champ Carolyn Kennedy Phyllis Blanchard Shirley Schonenberger Helen Stewart Margaret Pooser of Mount Dora Miss Jeannette Berry of Apopka and others including Cecil Parker Mortimer McCown Julian Drawdy Albert Thompson Roy Christopher and Robert Quixley among the attendees.
The King's Daughter group met Monday night at the homes of Misses Carrie and Mary True with fifteen members and two children present. Mrs. Ronald Christie led as president and Miss Mary True conducted the devotional. Refreshments followed. next meeting is scheduled for Monday evening August 9 at Mrs. Carl Risley's Tremain street home.
Personal notices list Mrs Elizabeth Stone visiting Daytona Beach for the month and Miss Phyllis Blanchard moving on to St Augustine for a new position. Several families plan trips to New York Chicago Montreal Auburndale and Cliffside Park while others prepare for weddings and summer stays.
Local notices list residents leaving for extended trips visiting Oklahoma, Canada, Georgia, Texas, and other places. Families include Miss Irene Brooks visiting Hendersonville, Mss Roberta Gant returning home, and multiple couples vacationing from Florida to Massachusetts, Oregon, and beyond.
Miss Annice McGraw visits in Virginia. Brittian Vincent completes a week in southern Florida. Mr and Mrs M Cox Mr William Brown and Mrs Helen Worthing travel to Maine. Agnes Vincent Maude McEwen Lennie Stewart Carroll Pugh accompany Lillian McLucas to Jacksonville where she begins a new position. L B Vincent and son Lester Bill go to Tennessee for a visit.
A melodrama about wire crews and adventurous linesmen led by Henry Fonda with Pat O’Brien and Margaret Lindsay. The film follows a farm boy turned linesman, their love triangle, high risk towers, and real life authenticity aided by Boulder Dam and Los Angeles wiring crews.
The county wide meeting and covered dish luncheon will be on the fourth Thursday July 22 at the Home Demonstration Kitchen in Tavares. Reports from delegates to the Women’s Institute in Gainesville will be given by Lois Moorhead and Mrs Masten. Tavares hosts. July Craft Day moved to the fourth Wednesday to finish reed basket work with materials available at the kitchen.
Mr and Mrs Max Moorhead of Miami announce the birth of a son on Sunday July 11 at 6 pm The infant weighs six and a half pounds and is a grandson of Mr and Mrs C C Moorhead of Mount Dora Both mother and child are reported doing nicely.
Elkhorn fern shown at Florida Manor in Cleveland ranks among Florida’s rarest tropical tree ferns. A rare Screw Pine at Fiori Manor draws visitors to the Great Lakes Exposition.
During Fourth of July weekend about 135000 visitors toured the Florida Manor exhibit at the Great Lakes Exposition. The tropical display drew interest in Florida tourism housing and tax questions and prompted plans for winter travel. Despite a midday downpour, 1500 guests enjoyed sherbet and entertainment by the Orange Blossom quartet and Whistlin’ Wile.
Card of thanks expresses appreciation for neighbors and friends for sympathy after a bereavement. It acknowledges flowers, cards, and cheer sent during illness for Mrs. J. S. Wilson, Harold Wilson, and Florence Hibbard. Also notes Florida gardens exhibit at the Great Lakes Exposition with tropical plants and Florida landscape paintings in Florida Manor Cleveland.
Dean B A Tolbert 55 longtime University of Florida dean of students died after a series of heart attacks over four days. A native of Greenwood South Carolina Tolbert served eight years at Gainesville campus and died Thursday.
William T. Kennedy 82 a pioneer Lake County educator and former county superintendent of public instruction died at his home in Umatilla Saturday afternoon July 10 after a long illness. He leaves six children M C McCorkle Big Stone Gap Va J H Dutill Umatilla C J Close Jr Columbus Ohio I N Kennedy Eustis and Tallahassee B A Kennedy Melbourne W M Kennedy Mount Dora plus four sisters and two brothers. Funeral services were held Monday at the Umatilla Methodist church with burial in Glendale Cemetery Umatilla.
Mr. Jesse S. Wilson of Hillcrest Court died Friday night July 9 after a short illness from a stroke. Born March 18, 1870 in North Hadley Massachusetts, he learned tobacco farming before his passing. He was the son of W. A. and Martha Smith Wilson.
The grave notice lists Mr Wilson of Mount Dora dying after a life spent in North Hadley and Florida. He married Maria Hibbard in 1897 and moved to Florida twenty years ago for health. He leaves a widow and son Harold, a brother William in Leeds, and cousin Florence Hibbard. Funeral was Sunday at 3 p m. at Seanes Funeral Home with burial at Forest Dome.
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