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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1932
Page
2
The next meeting of the King's Daughters will be on Tuesday evening June 14 at the home of Misses Carrie and Mary True on Grandview street.
The Ladies Aid Society of the M. E. Church will hold a meeting with president Mrs. Miller Wells on Sixth Avenue Friday afternoon June 10 at 3 o'clock.
The Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church will hold its monthly meeting on Monday June 13 at 3 o'clock at the home of Mrs Miller Wells on Sixth avenue.
Miss Emma Leavenworth hosts a Friday afternoon tea at Daytona Beach in honor of her sister Mrs. J Henry Robinson of Seattle Washington. Guests include Mrs Estella Clarke Dr Elizabeth Waller Mrs Mary McDowell and Miss Gertrude Thorne.
Thirteen Girl Scouts led by Captain Miss Laura Neville hiked the Scout trail to Pinecrest on Friday. They swam with life saving stunts and shared a picnic lunch. This will be the season’s last affair, with activities resuming in fall.
A Friday afternoon event hosted by Mrs Catherine Lewis and Miss Margaret Lewis drew about 25 women to a porch party at their home. A freehand animal embroidery contest awarded the prize to Dr Cornelia McClapp with cake and punch refreshments served.
The Delta Pakka Kard Klub members and four guests were entertained Friday afternoon at Mrs. Josephine La Breck's home in Eustis. Prizes went to Mrs. Dale Boxell and Mrs. Leslie Jackson. Mrs. C J Palmer received a guest prize as she soon moves to Texas. A salad course was served by the hostess.
Mrs. L. E. Klatt hosted a pot luck supper Saturday at Lake Gem in honor of Mr. Klatt's birthday. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Frederick MacMahon, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Graves, Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Crane, Mrs. E. Mac Dowell, and Mrs. H. Merrick.
Mrs H T Fenn entertained on Saturday afternoon for her daughter June's eighth birthday with a theatre party followed by ice cream and cake. Guests included Marian Hopcraft Geraldine Richardson Pomona Davidson Betsy Kramer George Bacchus Sonny Malone Freddie McDowell and Dickie Bobby Doss of Crescent City.
Mrs Ronald Christie Mrs Grady Cooley and Mrs George Wheeler hosted the Delta Pakka Kard Klub gathering at Mrs Christie s home Tuesday afternoon. Three tables of bridge played with prizes for high second high and consolation. Refreshments were served. Attendees included Mrs Drake Mrs Frank Griffiths and Mrs Nelson Urquhart.
At a Christian Endeavor service in the Community Church a consecration ceremony named delegates headed to Camp Immokalee near Keystone Heights. Mr and Mrs Cowles drove the group Barbara Hopcraft Nelson Morley Robert Quixley and Merle Bradstock to the camp for ten days of camp life starting this week.
On Friday May 27 at the Goodman residence, friends gathered to celebrate Miss Iona Moten's birthday. Guests enjoyed games and refreshments including a birthday cake with candles, and presented gifts were given to the honored guest. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. R M Goodman, Mr. and Mrs. W J Moten, Misses Iona Moten Mildred Snell Jessie Cooper Coralie Cooper Myrtle Kelly Marie Whitten Mildred Horney, and Messrs Arthur Bartlett Herschel Bald Loren Gilmore Adolph Dawson Dewey Cook.
Personal notes record Mr and Mrs Harry Backus tarpon fishing at Boca Grande. Mrs R F Pearson travels to Cleveland to aid a sick friend. Sanford pair visit Mount Dora. families vacation through Fort Pierce Leominster Massachusetts and other locales. Several groups attend commencements and missionary society events while others plan summer stays in Minnesota Michigan and Tennessee.
Miss Woolworth entertained friends at dinner last Sunday at the Harrold House. She leaves today for Watertown New York and expects to return early in the fall.
Mr and Mrs Danforth Wells and their niece from West Palm Beach stayed with Rev G Leon Wells. Dr and Mrs Frederick Aldrich and sons from Brunswick GA visited Mr and Mrs J E Mattocks. Mr and Mrs L J Laney, tied to public school work, left for Michigan for summer. E W Crowell and family moved from Harrington bungalow to a home on Eleventh Ave. C J Palmer and children Cecelia and Harvey with Miss Adeline Wise departed for San Antonio Texas to make their home.
The Baptist church Missionary Society held an all day study class last Wednesday on Signal Fires on the Mount taught by Mrs. Williams. Mrs. Overhiser hosted at her home. Several families and friends, including Mr. and Mrs. Simpson and Miss Mary Sue Carson, prepared for travel to states and colleges, with many heading to Athens Georgia and Bloomington Indiana for graduations and returns in fall.
Professor and Mrs D D Rose and their borough and family spent the weekend with relatives in DeLand. They will depart later in the week for Jonesboro Tennessee for the summer.
Mrs Chas Pinder and sons John and Lawrence from Miami visit Mrs Lillian Banks with Mr and Mrs Herbert S Whitehead and daughter Betty Mae. Glendy Sadler joined his father O W Sadler after attending the University of Florida in Gainesville and will spend the weekend at home before returning to summer school next week.
Mrs M Sears and Mrs Emma S Marsh who have spent the season at Grandview street left Friday for Geneva New York. They plan to spend the weekend in Washington DC and visit in New York state before returning home.
Dr. and Mrs. G B Fuller and son Jacob travel from Loudonville Ohio with Miss Elizabeth Workman to visit Florida. They stayed with Mr. and Mrs. J J Stitzel of Sylvan Shores and plan to accompany the Stit zels back to Loudonville by auto, touring local beauty spots.
Mr and Mrs D H Utter and grandson Seward Watkins leave their winter home on Ninth Avenue for Sayre PA then plan a Los Angeles visit with their daughter returning to Mount Dora next winter Also A W Birbeck depart for Daytona Beach Mary Jo Key hosts June guests Eugenia and Jim Key Durand Georgia and Stitzel guests head to Loudonville Ohio en route to St Augustine for an extended trip.
Jacksonvill e Florida and other cities noted as sites for summer visits by Mr and Mrs Stitzel and family. They expect to return to Sylvan Shores in the fall. Mount Dora summer activity is highlighted with plans to keep readers posted. James Sim and Miss Gia Simpson traveled from the University of Georgia and Riverside Military Academy respectively. Cadet Howard will depart for Gainesville to finish his course. Gladys will teach seventh and eighth grades at Junior High School in Mount Dora.
Agnes, under Mrs. Nellie B. Taylor supervision, wins in canning needlework and posture at Zellwood 4-H Friday morning contests in Orange County. James Stewart marks 8th birthday with Lake Ola picnic and swim. Community notes cover revival visits, campus graduations, store changes, camp outings, and a Gulf tarpon fishing haul by local families.
Montverde School recognized seniors Ballard J Leonard Lake Henry Frank Harvey McGuire Rutherford with a commencement program. Dorothy Jones performed Melody in A and Cheol Song, while the orchestra led Processional and Recessional. President H P Carpenter awarded the Givens Courtesy medal to Lamar Folsom and Mrs Hamilton Courtesy medal to Lois Rutherford. Olga Ellis won the Domestic Art improvement award. Aubrey Folsom earned the Mrs Branch Music medal. Evelynne Ballard received the Wm S Branch Bible prize.
Mr and Mrs Oscar Reynolds relocate from Sorrento to Center Hill after his transfer with the Atlantic Coast Line railroad. Local visits note class night and graduation at Mount Dora High School with residents including Brown Torbert Battle Ewing and Lent family members. Remembrances emerge as Mrs Louie Alexander, former Sorrento Grammar principal, dies in Tampa.
The fragment argues newspapers are the best advertising medium and urges less talk and more constructive effort in cities. It frames advertising as a virtue and politics as a distraction, urging practical progress over idle chatter.
Tom Cushman a 69 year old farmer from Darlington Missouri has attended 5301 funerals in 41 years. He says he will stop attending others’ funerals to prepare for his own as people do not understand his hobby though he expresses sympathy for mourners. He has missed only when attending rites for Taft Wilson Harding Valentino Rockne and Edison.
The article explains a simple test: crack two or three eggs on a flat plate and observe the white. A thick white that clings around the yolk indicates good quality, while watery whites signal poorer or stale eggs. Odor and yolk color also relate to freshness and quality.
Dr. W. J Humphreys of the Weather Bureau warns that complete melting of Greenland and Antarctica would raise ocean levels by about 150 feet, submerging major seaports. Melting speed is unpredictable, but geological history shows Greenland once had less ice, with shifting climates around 1000 A.D. and in the 1400s.
Meteorologists note a marked advance and retreat pattern in the region and place the modern ice decline in a 50 year trend. From a 12,000,000 square mile maximum during the last glaciation the world now has about 6,000,000 square miles of ice, mainly in Antarctica, which is eighteen times the size of Pennsylvania.
The city benefits from highlighting opportunities to attract new industries and investors. Ongoing promotion continues until targets are reached, then continued advertising aims for further gains.
The Lake County Florida Board of County Commissioners invites written requests from banks to serve as depositories for the General Fund, Fine and Forfeiture Fund, Road and Bridge Fund, and other funds. Banks must offer a specified interest rate on balances over 2000 dollars and provide a surety bond or equivalent credit. Requests due by June 13, 1932, 10 a.m. to Geo J. Dykes, Clerk.
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