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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1936
Page
5
The Ladies Aid society of the Community church will hold a porch party Friday July 24 at the home of Mrs. Dahm Lake Dora Drive. All members and friends are invited.
Hancock of Fort Christmas and Mount Dora resident were secretly married Monday evening at Evangelist J. O. Barnes residence of the Church of Christ. The ceremony was performed by Evangelist Barnes in the presence of relatives and close friends.
Mr and Mrs William B Louthan of East Liverpool Ohio announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Zelletta Louthan to Mr Joseph S Thompson of Detroit Michigan son of Mrs Joseph H Thompson The engagement was announced at a one o clock luncheon on July third at the Louthan home Out of town guests listed include Mrs Joseph H Thompson Mrs Thomas Thornton Mrs Frederick Ingram Mrs Isaac Harger and Miss Jane Dawson of Beaver Falls Mrs Richard Cann Jr of Buffalo NY Mrs Jean Caspar Detroit Mich Mrs Gordon Folger Nantucket Mass and Mrs William Billingsley Cuyahoga Falls Ohio Miss Louthan a graduate of Ogontz school has wintered in Mount Dora at the family home The wedding is planned for October
Mrs. John Lotz and Mrs. Oliver Baumgardner hosted a birthday party Tuesday evening July 14 at the Lotz home. The event honored Florene Lotz with a kid themed gathering attended by young people and sisters.
Pink and white crepe decor filled the rooms for a birthday gathering. A large white cardboard candle graced the dining table while guests enjoyed games with prizes won by Jane McCown Alice Fletcher Barbara Blanchard Julian Merry and Albert Thompson. The guest of honor cut the birthday cake with prizes of thimble ring money awarded to Barbara Blanchard and Bettye Lotz. Hosts Mrs J F Brantley and Mrs Oliver Baumgardner hosted with several attendees including Miss Florenc Lotz Lois Knight and multiple Thompsons.
Local society pages list Mrs. Arthur E. Limerick Jr and her son visiting relatives in DeLand while Mrs. T. J. Potter is ill in Claremont New Hampshire. Numerous friends and relatives travel to Daytona Beach Orlando Waynesville and Bainbridge for visits and vacations with noted individuals and families in Florida North Carolina and Georgia.
Mrs. Ralph Osborn presided as hostess for a Thursday bridge club meeting. Guests included Miss Ruth McEwen Miss Lillian McLucas Miss Evelyn Brown Miss Margaret Stewart Mrs. Ann Marsell Mrs. Mertice Sheddan and Mrs. Ralph Osborn.
Friends of Mr and Mrs Zion Brock hosted a surprise house warming. Wesley Fry from Fort Benning Georgia visits with his parents. Mrs Josephine Stenstrom hosted a sewing circle with Margret Stewart Inez McWhorter Ruth McEwen Lillian McLucas Margar ite Vincent. Mr and Mrs J S Gardner and Annice McGraw took a brief vacation to Shawsville Virginia. The Woman's Missionary Society sponsored a successful plans at the school auditorium Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Carl Walker and daughter from Jacksonville visit Mrs. Lola Kennedy with plans for a later return. Miss Patricia will stay with her grandmother. Mrs. Jessie Battle returns from Norman Park. The Moulteres relocate to St. Petersburg as Antionette stays in Sorrento. she will join Mrs. Anna Sanders for a Georgia visit. Juanita Ginther visits Coral Gables Beach with Mrs. Bunnett. The Hollinrakes, former Lake county residents, stay with Miss Hattie Allen. Dr. Duncan Cant mourns the death of his wife, long-time Sorrento winter resident who had Canada as year-round home recently.
The article explains how a camera uses a light tight body a lens and a shutter to control exposure. It covers lens openings measured as f numbers how wider openings let in more light and when to use small openings for depth of field and sharpness across foreground to distance.
Home demonstration tips cover oven temperatures for meringue, canning outlook with less corn, moth prevention for woolens using wrapping paper, stair safety, and milk solids content. Suggestions also include quick dress updates with gilets and detachable vestee options to refresh wardrobes.
J Horace McFarland editor of the American Rose Annual argues in The Progressive Farmer that roses thrive with proper care and feeding. He contends the South can produce more and finer roses than the cold north with reasonable nurture and attention.
The passage asserts that several states from Texas to South Carolina can produce roses equal to California's. It notes North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, and upper Georgia can grow teas and climbers with minimal care for strong effect, claiming no home in the South should be without roses to improve living spaces. It echoes the American Rose Society motto about a rose for every home and a bush for every garden.
A Winter Haven businessman created a fifty dollar baby bond to see how fast it would circulate and pay debts. The bond moved from a filling station to an automobile agent to a men’s haberdashery and a grovery store before reaching the newspaper office. After a weekend break, the editor says the debt-paying effort remains strong.
A college study finds students drink about 1.47 pints of milk daily while the typical American averages 0.82 pints. The report also notes dairy processing figures showing one pound of skim milk powder yields roughly 3.3 pounds of product.
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