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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1937
Page
5
The Ladies Aid of the Methodist Church will host a covered dish supper at the church Friday evening at six o'clock. The Pythian Sisters announce a pot luck picnic at Lake Joanna on Thursday July 29 at 6 p m inviting Knights and families.
Mount Dora Temple No 12 Pythian Sisters held an installation service Monday at 8 o clock, installing two candidates Mrs Ada Silver of Mount Dora and Mrs Helen Hethcox of Eustis. Leesburg Temple attended as guests and many members joined the local group. The lodge was well decorated and refreshments were served after the meeting.
Mrs Millard Ried has gone to Waynesville North Carolina for a short visit Miss Mary Wathen of Sanford is the guest of Mr and Mrs Raymond E Daniels Miss Jewel Foster left Monday for North Carolina to visit her sister for a few weeks Miss Elizabeth Pearson of Orlando was the weekend guest of Mr and Mrs J F Clery Luther C Green Jr left for Jacksonville Monday to take a position
Knight Bros. Paper Co. employee J J West departs for three weeks visiting Minneapolis Detroit Chicago and other cities. Hortense Davis and children Frances Jerry and Bess Barney head to Hendersonville North Carolina. Reve and Mrs Perry B James visit Mount Dora. Frank Burkart goes to New York City for about a month. Several families plan trips or have guests across Florida and beyond with updates on health and returns.
Betsy Kramer, Sheila Spilky, Jo Anne French, Jean S. and June Fenn came back yesterday from Camp Chowenwaw in Green Cove Springs after a two week session. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Fortner left Tuesday for a month in Waynesville, N C, before returning to Mount Dora. The Farmers travel with Mrs. Cueni of Daytona Beach.
Miss Betty West visits Dr and Mrs A M Brodie in Onekama Michigan and stays with Mrs Bishop in Grand Rapids before a Detroit to Mount Dora trip planned for late July. Mr LaMar Silver and Ada Silver return from a Great Lakes Exposition trip with Richard Shipes Jr to Mount Dora. Miss Angie Ryans car overturns between Apopka and Plymouth no serious injuries. she continues to Eau Gallie.
The Tangerine Parent Teachers Association held a semi annual social at Juniper Springs a picnic with women inviting the men as guests. Mrs L C Smith hosted a luncheon for Mrs Bloodgood Mrs Roberts Mrs Briggs Mrs Ward Estey and Mrs C H Estey. Mr and Mrs C H Estey and Mrs Briggs visited Coronado Beach last Sunday. Mrs C H Estey visited Mrs Parkhurst in Orlando last Wednesday.
Mr and Mrs Gail Walker of Jacksonville announce the birth of an eight pound boy on Sunday July 18. Mrs Walker, formerly Lila Kennedy, is the daughter of Lola Kennedy of Sorrento and attended school in Mount Dora.
Florida State College announces its 24th annual summer school commencement on August 6 with 139 candidates for degrees or diplomas. Five seek master’s, 66 four-year, 68 two-year. Education leads four-year with 48 candidates. Speakers: Senator Spessard Holland will deliver the commencement address, and Rev. Gerald Culberson will give the baccalaureate sermon.
A Lake County Chamber of Commerce file shows recent inquiries from New York City a woman seeking help to locate her husband reported missing in Lake County in 1934. The note indicates varied requests and demands placed on the chamber in the past days.
The Chamber of Commerce responds to varied requests from locating a missing man to sourcing orange blossoms for a Chicago wedding on July 8. They also map yacht routes from Ocklawaha River to Lake Dora and trace seasonal bee keepers from New York, aiding winter visitors.
The WPA Sewing Rooms announce an all day open house on Wednesday July 28. The centers in Eustis Groveland Leesburg and Leesburg White and Colored Units invite officials organizations and interested residents to visit. Donations of sewing machines thread and buttons are welcomed to aid garment making for the needy.
Miss Isabelle S. Thursby explains a method for making grape juice at home focusing on preserving flavor. Use fully ripe fruit, crush thoroughly, heat red juice to extract color, strain, bottle hot, then pasteurize and store in a cool dry place.
Senorita Dulce Ferraz a Brazilian student at Florida State College summer school is listed as a special student not working for credits in home economics. She aims to learn American college life and English while in Tallahassee and plans to bring three nieces to study in the United States. She has been in the U S about six months and speaks English well. She is from Sao Paulo and the daughter of a coffee dealer. Portugese is her native language.
The Princess Theatre two showings this Sunday and Monday announce the American debut of Fernand Gravet and the directorial debut of Mervyn LeRoy as producer. The film teams Gravet with Joan Blondell in a comic romance set in Paris with Folies Bergere can can dance numbers and new melodies by Werner Heymann. Florida note: a city lies near a major ocean lane.
Port Everglades stands as Florida s sole 35 foot project and the deepest harbor between Norfolk Virginia and New Orleans Florida s main Atlantic coast ports include Fernandina Fort Pierce Jacksonville Miami Port Everglades and West Palm Beach.
White ibises glide in a suspended flight formation beneath the skydome at the Florida Naturama exhibit in Cleveland, captured as a striking display of avian grace amidst the museumarium setting.
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