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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1935
Page
5
Social notes announce the marriage of Marjorie Lucille Brown of Orlando to Carl E Nimnicht on Saturday July 20. The event is announced by Mr. and Mrs. Harry J Brown. The gossip lists local attendees and notes the couple’s upcoming life together.
Readable fragments identify residents Mary Joyce Moorhead and Bob Treadwell with Francis Moorhead Roy Morgan and James Richardson at a Montverde home on Ninth Ave and Galloway.
Members of the Young Women's Auxiliary of the Baptist church picnicked at Rock Springs Thursday afternoon of last week. Those in attendance were Misses Ellene Thompson, Florene Lotz, Luriene Green, Melva Picher, Doris Grey, Willie Kate Grantham, Nina Walden and sponsor Mrs. Chris.
Under the auspices of the W. C. U. the "Moon Dora Union" presented the play Better Than Gold to show character is supreme over money. Rain kept attendance down, but the event netted over $9.00.
GIOSCIA PUTNAM era of Miss Elinora of Albany N Y niece of Mrs B F Williamson announces her marriage on July 16 to Mr Gioscia a well known musician of Albany. She spent two winters with Mrs Williamson about ten years ago and attended Mount Dora school during those winters.
The King's Daughters gathered Tuesday night at Mrs Bruner's home in Eustis. Rain reduced turnout though attendees enjoyed the event. Former members Mrs Margaret Urquhart and Mrs Josephine LaBreck attended. The next meeting is scheduled for August 23 at Miss Betty West's Grandview Street home with Miss West and Miss Edna Dennis as hostesses.
Miss Jane McCarty hosted the S. C. N. Club gathering at her aunt Mrs. E. E. Truskett’s home during summer visit. Eleanor Wells won the high score prize among eight members and four guests, with attendees including Mesdames Hackett Carter Tremain and Misses Slack Hazel Isted Champ Rae and Prioleau.
Mrs. Leon Taylor hosted three tables of bridge for a visiting cousin Miss Josephine Stone of Tampa. Miss Shirley Schonenberger won the ladies high score prize and Harold Cozart won the men’s prize. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Leon Taylor and others present.
Miss Delphia Norman organized a junior choir for the Baptist church and hosted a Wednesday evening gathering at Miss Jean Hendrie's home. The group practiced music for Sunday services and included Kath leen Galloway Virginia Chapman Lillie Mae Beasley Othel Grant ham Willie Kate Grantham Doris Gray Dorothy Gray Ruby Rawls Leta Brantley Frances Faye Thompson Bettye Lotz Joyce Thompson and Almeda Dooley.
A list of residents and guests visiting Daytona Beach and area this week includes Stuart, Mr. and Mrs. Lashar, Miss Banks, Mr. and Mrs. Christopher and Roy, Miss Wilkinson, Mr. and Mrs. Norton and children, Misses Fenn, Martha Youngblood, Mrs. Nice, Mrs. Goddard, Mrs. Moorhead, Mr. Price and Peggy, Mrs. Wiley, Dr. Duggan and others. Several locals travel to Virginia, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida for visits, with nursing student Eleanor Wells in Rochester and Alvina Jahnke returning to Iowa City after weeks in Florida. A fishing party plus short visits to Kissimmee, Mount Dora, and St. Petersburg are noted along with trips to Chicago, Colorado Springs, Cheyenne, Laramie, and more.
E H Wilkerson president R A King secretary and Frank Drake past president visited Palatka to inspect grounds for the Florida Fox Hunters Association annual meet. After talks and supper a successful hunt was held with over twenty hounds in the field and Palatka approved to host October 7 through 11.
The Standard Bearers of the Methodist church hold a food sale Saturday morning at 10 o clock at Hale's Grocery. Miss Marjorie Loveless is in charge.
A forty eight page booklet from Mr. and Mrs. Brown describes the White Mountains and northern New Hampshire trips. A Lancaster folder titled The Friendly Town in the Friendly State invites visits. Mount Dorans considers planning a trip to New England based on these materials.
Misses Esther and Jessie May Butler depart Montverde for Nicaragua under the Central American Mission. They will sail New Orleans to Havana then onward to their field. The Butler family has long served in Central America, and the Montverde community supports the mission through church efforts and monthly donations.
Dr. W. E. Dove explains in correspondence that screw worms develop in wounds like bottle mouths. In openings, cotton stoppers soaked in Benzol can suffocate and kill the larvae, creating a natural trap. Man-made fly traps miss true screw worm flies, so closing wounds with Benzol plugs offers an effective nontechnical control.
Paul Turrentine A C S agent displays postcard photographs from Cold Water Kansas showing last year’s dust storms. The window also features views of jack rabbit roundups in the region.
The Mount Dora Theatre screens Buck Jones in The Crimson Trail with The Roaring West Chapter 4 and other shorts. Sunday and Monday feature Gene Stratton Porter’s The Keeper of the Bees with Neil Hamilton Betty Furness Emma Dunn Edith Fellows and Hobart Bosworth. The film won Parent's Magazine medal and also shows Ireland the Emerald Isles and The Chinese Nightingale. Buck Jones returns August 3 with Stone of Silver Creek and August 4-5 for Ann Harding in The Flame Within.
Rabbits raised by Mrs. W M Ket chin of Ft Lauderdale win many medals and cups at fairs. A free book on farm and home improvements is available by writing Walter G Ward FHA Washington.
Members of the Winter Garden Production Credit Association, serving Orange Osceola Lake Hernando Citrus and Sumter counties, held their first annual stockholders meeting at Winter Garden on July 15. Fred D. Gregory presented the annual operations report. W. R. Judson of the Production Credit Corporation of Columbia spoke on the Farm Credit Admin structure and the association’s financial state, noting low interest credit benefits for farmers. Also speaking were K. C. Moore and June Gunn county agents, with W. H. Connell presiding as association president.
Dr. J. C. Heishman of the U S Bureau of Animal Industry is stationed at the State Experiment Station in Gainesville to test cattle for Bangs disease. He works with Dr. T W Cole and Dr J W Knapp to eliminate reactors from herds. Milk and cream consumption in 1934 totaled 3 546 395 000 gallons, down from 1933 due to drought and reduced production. Per capita use averaged 37.7 gallons.
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