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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1939
Page
5
Mr and Mrs James I Dean of the Adams community are noted in a brief item likely recording a social or family event. The text is fragmentary but identifies the couple by full names and location.
Mr and Mrs Jo Adams announce the birth of their daughter Zera Inez in De A The Adams are of Gainesville Fla The couple plans to reside in Tavares Mrs Adams is Mount Dora High School class of 39 graduate The Mount Dora Home Demonstration Club to meet June 14 at 2 30 in the Community Building led by Mrs Miller block printing on fabrics All ladies invited The season began with a noon gathering at Mrs Oharas with 26 in attendance June work afternoon and supper to be at Mrs Gilberts Woodland Avenue
Local residents list several travelers heading to beaches and northern retreats for the season. Personalities named include Miss Mary Dyson, Mr. and Mrs. Vincent and family, Mr. Parker, Mrs. Dolman and Miss Doleman, and others bound for Daytona Beach Salem Northampton Patchogue Mountain Lakes Unadilla Ocean Grove and Fort Myers. Schedules note convalescence for George Peabody and new job for S. S. Sadler Jr. with Builders Supply Co.
Miss Kirby heads to Mount Kisco while Mr. and Mrs. William Schmid plan Bronson Michigan for the season. Prof. Roseborough and family depart for Jonesboro Tennessee and Mrs. Harvey and son go to Indianapolis and Bloomington. Others journey to Portland Oregon DeLand and Umatilla to Leesburg and Gaylord Michigan. Dr. and Mrs. Randall visit Chevy Chase before West Harpswell Maine trip. Nancy Stuart returns from Mechanicsburg Ohio with Sarah Elizabeth McCoy for summer locally.
Sorrento residents hosted relatives from Miami Sanford and Titusville while planning summer trips to Cincinnati and Seattle. The Sorrento Public School closed May 31 with diplomas for Marjorie High and Lois Taylor, and a Girl Home Makers pin awarded to Lois Taylor. A Memorial Day parade honored fallen service members with local fraternal and school groups noted for participation.
Mount Dora Post No. 35 thanks citizens for Memorial Day observance held May 28. They commend Rev M J Bou terse, Mrs C M Gudgeon, Miss Maxine Saltsman, Mrs C M Brown, and the Eustis High School Band for contributions. Businessmen offered a half holiday and displayed the flag.
Humphrey Bogart stars in a Warner Bros drama about Sing Sing life with a prison escape attempt and a pivotal death scene. Cast includes Billy Halop Gale Page Henry Travers and John Litel. Based on a play by Warden Lewis E Lawes and Jonathan Finn.
On June 6 1939 the Junior Woman's Club of Mount Dora thanks city officials and council members for backing and providing a venue to open a venereal clinic. They praise the public spirited citizens including Mr Wm J Johnson city clerk and Mrs Elizabeth Evans for their thorough support.
Tyrone Power and Alice Faye star with Al Jolson in a 20th Century Fox musical. The screening at State Theatre, Eustis, Sunday and Monday features songs like My Man Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye April Showers Rose of Washington Square and Avalon. The article notes Zanuck produced and cites fan favorites plus I Never Knew Heaven Could Speak.
The report details two clinic rooms with furniture and equipment including a sink running water lights and wall sockets. It credits Mr C J Brown Builders Supply Co Mrs C J Brown Mr Frank Cornish and Mrs F Marion Whaley and Dr S C Colley for donations and efforts toward a finished facility with ongoing needs such as a hospital pad linoleum more chairs and electric fans.
A Mount Dora unit of the National Consumers Tax Commission forms under Miss Helen O Lemert with Mrs. Kenneth C Frazier praising non partisan study of hidden taxes. Florida director Mrs Lela B Norman leads regional efforts while noting a need for funds and public support. The item references broader New England social themes and a Chicago Daily News origin.
A fictional prompt imagines a small academy run by an ill paid president facing a $1,000,000 bequest conditioned on admitting no Jewish students. The scenario centers on ethics, inclusion, and leadership when a single Jewish student remains.
Spot a registered English setter belonging to A. A. McKethan of Brooksville had infected tonsils removed by an Ocala veterinarian after a bad cough. Anesthetic used, cough relieved.
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