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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1940
Page
5
Social notes say Miss Betsy Kramer entertained about sixty young people Wednesday night at the Yacht Club, with Miss Peggy Ost and Miss Jean Ost of Vero Beach as her house guests.
Mount of chapter O E S plans a regular meeting at Masonic Hall on Thursday June 13 at 8:00 PM. A special Flag Day service will be held. All members and Star members are invited.
Mrs. C. C. Dooley hosted a luncheon last Thursday at her Sylvan Shores home to honor Mrs. J. G. Ray Sr. of Atlanta. Joining the host and honoree were Mr. and Mrs. Dooley and several others: Mrs. N. O. Smith of Milton Florida, Mrs. W. W. Haygood of Apopka, Mrs. C. R. Javens, Mrs. E. G. Hardy, and Mrs. Thomas H. Cooley.
The Junior Woman's Club board met Friday at 4 30 p m in the Chamber of Commerce office. President Lee Hill announced the meeting purpose and all business was attended to. Standing committee chairs were listed with names for Program Dorothy Membership Jewel Reid Ways and Means Abby Jo Land Hospitality Carolyn McKinney Publicity Elea nore Minkley Scrapbook Evelyn Simpson Clinic Yvonne Green Civic Carolyn Kennedy. Additional board members include Delphia Norman Dixie Sadler Carolyn Brown and Helen Parker.
Miss Lillian M. Frantz of Tangerine and Manuel J. Sedano of Newark were married in a five o clock ceremony on June 7 at the Whitehall Hotel Daytona Beach with Rev. William Gee officiating. The retired chaplain officiated for Sedano’s former company.
The bride wore a white Beorgette gown with a lilies of the valley corsage and the matron of honor wore peach georgette with a sweetheart roses corsage. After a ceremony the couple left for a motor honeymoon to Canada then a stay in New Jersey and Lake Mohawk, before wintering in Florida and settling in Mount Dora. Mrs Sedano, longtime manager at Dr Lust's sanitarium in Tangerine, is well known across Florida. Mr Sedano, a mechanical engineer and Newark College of Engineering graduate, is now retired.
Mrs J Swift hosted a morning bridge and shower honoring Miss Georgina Kirby on her upcoming marriage to Mr Pickalley. Green and white decor, numerous gifts, and prize winners included Mrs Whaley, Miss Kennedy, Miss Talley, and Mrs Hill among many guests from area towns.
Miss Jane Mc Carty and Mr Richard Branham wed in a 7:30 pm ceremony on June 5 at the Community church. Rev Kenneth G Rogers officiated. Pre nup music featured Florence Gil bert Hanscom on organ and vocal solos by Mrs James Spooner.
At Sylvan home of Mr and Mrs Dooley, Alver Dunaway visits grandparents Mr and Mrs Jensen. Lanora Mae Dunaway returns to Jacksonville after stay with the Jensens. Oak Park visitors, B Jones and Dick Jones, visit Grandma Daisy Heist, then Heists at Lake Jem as Mrs Heist travels to St Louis for family illness.
Personal notices list Henry Stein leaving for a business trip in the north and several residents and visitors traveling or staying with friends in Ohio, Berea, Eustis, Middletown, Mechanicsburg, and nearby Florida towns. Families and hosts include Gudgeon, Wyatt, Urquhart, Jones, Goss, Frost, Kramer, Underwood, Tallant, and Roberts.
Local residents and visitors return from trips in Leaksville Atlanta Bridgeport and Crescent City. Families include S L Kittrell O D Redd Ostell Green J H Green and James E Green with plans to summer at Beach homes while others visit Indianapolis Orlando Jacksonville and Leesburg.
Mrs Adelbert Lent hosted Fern Russell of DeLand over the weekend. S R Barber returned from Miami and Key West with a nephew visiting. Iris Battle and Mary Battie vacation at Coronado Beach. Mrs Wilson visited Mount Dora friends. Mrs Newton Strite heads to Gainesville summer term. Tymie Fulford travels to Gainesville for summer school. Iris Battle visited Jacksonville. Travis Woodham and infant Travis Edwin left County Medical Center. Mitchell Futral remains ill. Ida Battle mails news of a Chicago arrival in the Stupple home. Juanita Ginther and Mrs Walter Thomas return to Philadelphia. Juanita missed by Sorrento friends. Two elderly churchgoers from Sorrento have died. Mrs O P Smith died May 9 in Iowa. Hattie Lev’y dies June 1 at Falls River. aged 89. The two near the end quote 2 Timothy 4:7.
The state allocates Lake County 4743 for new school textbooks next year. This covers about half of the county need. Transportation supervisor J M Lowery says an average of five books are used per pupil for the county’s 6000 students.
Mr and Mrs J Farris Keller of Winter Garden announce the birth of a daughter Emily Elizabeth on Wednesday evening June 6 at Orange General Hospital Orlando. Mother and baby are doing nicely. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs George C Keller of Mount Dora.
Miss Miriam Collins of Fayetteville New York died May 27 after a lingering illness at a Syracuse sanitarium. She was 81. Services and burial were in Fayetteville. A cousin of the late Mrs Mary Sears she spent many winters in Mount Dora and was active in local clubs and church groups.
Mrs Eva Halford wife of B B Halford and sister of Mrs H E Adams of Hancock Wisconsin died suddenly Tuesday June 11 of heart trouble at her Hancock home. The Halford and Adams families wintered in Mount Dora for four seasons and many friends mourn her passing.
Mrs Betsy Hallett of Yarmouth Port Massachusetts died suddenly at 2 00 pm Monday June 3 while visiting her son in Norwood Massachusetts Funeral services and burial were held Thursday June 7 in Yarmouth Port She had spent several winters in Mount Dora and was active in social and civic affairs Her friends mourn her passing
Quote from C. F. Norton about business conduct and customer relations emphasizing that triumph in a dispute is hollow if it costs clients. The brief maxim suggests prioritizing client retention over argument victory in commerce.
The Orlando Lions Club operates the world’s only free Braille correspondence course near this town. It recently celebrated ten years of service funded entirely from the club’s own resources with no outside solicitation. Eyesight conservation is a major focus of Lions Clubs International.
The Leesburg Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors the NYA built seaplane landing float to be dedicated Wednesday afternoon June 19 at 3:00. It is the second float in Lake County after Mount Dora’s earlier ceremony, as Florida gains more of these floats. Stamp collectors are invited to send envelopes to the Leesburg Junior Chamber for a special cachet marking the ceremony.
Eliot Kerlin of Minneola has been named special flight and ground instructor at the Orlando Air School as part of national defense emergency training. He begins his first class on June 15, bringing experience as a flier and instructor from Rollins College Unit of Civil Pilot Training program. The new school opens Saturday June 15 offering a ninety day program.
Lake County announces a national defense training program offering free instruction to young men aged 18 to 26 who have recent college study or two years of college. A rigid medical exam is required and graduates may pursue advanced college training this fall. No military service obligation is attached, and there is no expense to the student.
Leesburg resident Harry Newett, a Stetson University law graduate, received multiple scholastic honors during last week’s commencement exercises. He earned the D. H. Redfern prize of 50 dollars for best essay on The Jury System, the Harrison Company prize of a 90 dollar Florida Reports Reprint, the Phi Alpha Delta scholarship key, a Current Legal Thought subscription, and a Constitutional Law textbook for overall scholastic excellence.
The master showman George M. Cohan summed up his method: keep audiences laughing and finish with a final curtain of good humor.
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