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Mount Dora Topic

Location

Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1938

Page

5

Social Shower for Mrs Rogers at Methodist Parsonage

The Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church hosted a birthday shower for Mrs Kenneth G. Rogers Friday afternoon at the parsonage. Attendees included Mrs Katherine Euwer and many others, with a list of about twenty guests.

G. Rogers Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church Kenneth G. Rogers Katherine Euwer A. P. Sidel Nellie Roberts R. M. Goodman W. A. Vinton T. C. Jensen Anna Carr C. G. Loveless T. J. Storer Dora Shank Wm. J. Johnson C. C. Dooley C. M. Brown James Simpson L. C. Jerne Esther Wyatt Lillian Pearson Mary Schaller Watt Lizzie Barrett Vivia Craig

King's Daughters Plan Summer Meetings Schedule Change

The King's Daughters met June 13 at Mrs Cleary's home with twenty members. They approved meeting only the second Monday in June July August and September. The next meeting is by July 11 at Misses Carrie and Mary True's home. A special collection will aid starving Chinese women and children via the Mount Dora committee. A travelogue benefit is planned June 27 at the Congregational Church parlors by Mrs Zell.

Pplice Mount Dora Congregational Church Zell

Pictures and Talk Boost King’s Daughters Benefit

Mrs. Zell presents photographs and a talk on her Havana trip as part of a King’s Daughters benefit. Tickets cost 25 cents each and organizers hope for solid attendance.

Locals Take Trips And Visits Across Several States

Personal notes report Mr and Mrs Millard C Reid spending a extended weekend in Cairo Georgia. W LE Barnett headed to Princeton for a class reunion and anniversary. Several families and friends traveled or hosted visits across Florida Ohio Illinois and North Carolina with departures to Daytona Beach Coronado Beach Toronto and Duke University summer programs.

W. LE. Barnett Princeton

Mount Dora Friends and Residents Noted in Week of Travels

The Mount Dora community hosts visits and relocations as residents travel for work and leisure. Mrs. W L Taylor hosts the secretary of the Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce with Miss Margaret Stone in Deeran Georgia. Miss Winifred Harding recovers after appendectomy at Lake County Medical Center and expects to return home soon. Z J Zeigler and son relocate to Winter Haven after his Pure Oil territory shift. A R Rietz and niece Mrs. David S Simpson journey to Evansville Indiana for summer home and family visits in Alabama Mississippi. Frank Hadlock reports a pleasant trip to their Three Lakes Wisconsin summer home with wife and Maryann. Mrs Richard Koebke sails with Mrs S W Gledhill on Excalibur to a cruise via Gibraltar France Italy Greece Egypt Palestine Syria. Mrs Oscar Keppler accompanies.

Mount Dora Winifred Harding Lake County Medical Center Z. J. Zeigler Winter Haven A. R. Rietz David S. Simpson Evansville Ind Frank Hadlock Three Lakes Wisconsin S. W. Gledhill Villa Dora Gibraltar France Italy Greece Egypt Palestine Syria California Oscar Keppler Gledhill

I Tell You publication in demand across states

The Lake County Chamber of Commerce reports high demand for its novel folder I Tell You with nearly fifty requests from chambers in 27 states and Canada. Western and eastern states are represented, led by five requests from Massachusetts, highlighting the chamber’s prominence nationally.

Lake County Massachusetts South Carolina New York Indiana Mississippi Michigan Wisconsin Ohio Georgia Florida New Jersey Pennsylvania Tennessee West Virginia District of Columbia Canada

Florida to Attend World Poultry Congress in Cleveland

State agricultural extension official N. R. Merhof announces Florida will participate in the World's Poultry Congress to be held in Cleveland this year. The Fifth Annual State Safety Conference is set for Orlando June 23 and 24, with many prominent speakers announced by State Council Director Asher.

N. R. Merhof State Agricultural Extension Service Florida Cleveland Ohio Orlando States Council Asher A

Adventure on a South Sea Island

Sinners in Para Dise to be staged at Princess Theatre this Sunday and Monday. Local patrons urged to attend as the comedic sea saga unfolds with shipwreck humor and exotic settings.

South Sea Princess Theatre Madge Evans John Boles James Buckley James Whale

Overseas Highway opening to Key West attracts world dignitaries

Preparations heighten for the Florida Overseas Highway formal opening near Key West on July 24. The 100 mile seagoing road links Key West to the mainland, spurring building on sparsely settled coral keys once home to pirates like Captain Kidd and Black Caesar.

Florida Key West Coral Keys Captain Kidd Black Caesar Commodore Porter U. S. Navy Globe

Man and mule debate labor and life in a rural scene

A narrator speaks to a mule named Bill about equality of toil between man and animal, revealing hardship from crop work to taxes, mortgages, and family burdens. He ends with a wry note on election day and a parson’s caution, then mentions a benefit card party at Yacht Club Friday at 3:00 P. M.

Bill

State Welfare Board Denies Old Age Assistance Rulings

The State Welfare Board, in June, denied appeals from the Seventh and Third Districts, stating applicants with present support or income of $30 per month or more will not receive Old Age Assistance. One case involved an elderly man supported by his unmarried daughter and a son with $4,000 yearly combined income. the other had family and property income above the limit. The board expressed sympathy for independents but emphasized legal qualification and funding limits would keep many on the rolls from expanding.

State Welfare Board

Marine Studios to Open June 23 Near St Augustine

Marine Studios a half million dollar facility 18 miles south of St Augustine will open to the public Thursday June 23 at 2 pm. Visitors view sea life in two large tanks while guides take them through the studios. Dignitaries expected at opening with demonstrations of marine life.

Marine Studios St. Augustine

The Highway Patrolman

Florida safety official describes modern highway patrols as safe driver allies. Officers emphasize road safety, quick accident response, and life saving aid over revenue. Florida recorded nearly 800 automobile deaths in 1937 and Pinellas citrus losses reach about 20 percent of the crop due to drought.

Asher Frank Florida Safety Council Frank Florida Pinellas County

Citrus Marketing To Be Topic At Next Horticultural Meet

Lake County horticultural members are invited to the Montverde Community Building for the monthly meeting. H. L. Pringle and F. T. Laird will discuss the marketing situation and grower committee progress. Supper for the first fifty reservations at 6:30 p.m. Deadline June 18.

The Lake County Horticultural Association Montverde H. L. Pringle F. T. Laird Lake County

Benefit Card Party at Yacht Club Friday Afternoon

The Children's Home Society sponsors a card party at the Yacht Club this Friday at 3:00 P.M. Tickets cost 50 cents. Proceeds support the society’s work and invite all to attend.

Society Yacht Club

Truck of Grapes Moves as First Full Load Out of Montverde

The first full truck load of grapes from Lake County moved from Barnessete at ontverde to Miami with Ra Harper handling the shipment. Earlier consignments of ten to twenty logs had already gone to Miami this week, and other Montverde growers began shipments. The grapes are reported to be of excellent quality and flavor.

Lake County Eee Barnessete

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