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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1935
Page
5
The Home Demonstration Club will meet at the Community Building on Wednesday afternoon June 26 at 2 30. A supper will follow at 6 30 at the same building. Visitors are welcome. Mrs J E Mattocks hosts a porch party at 1355 N Donnelly avenue on Friday.
On the 21st at 3 p.m. under theIEEE auspices a social afternoon is planned. The ladies from three churches are invited to join in a get-together and get-acquainted event.
A Moonlight boat ride in Mount Dora Tuesday evening drew a party of six teen youths. Sponsored by Mrs. Paul Ault the group included Captain and Mrs. Curtis Wise Miss Edyth Cookinham Helen Stewart Shirley Schoenberger Maxine Saltsman Marian Van Voorhis Wayne Richardson Donald Van Voorhis Richard Van Voorhis Cecil Parker L J Drawdy and Lieut William Pearce. Captain Wise piloted the craft cruising Lakes Dora Beauclaire and Carlton.
Mount Dora Chapter No. 103 C E S held a special meeting at the Yacht Club to honor Worthy Grand Matron Sr Della Green. The event featured a garden East entrance, flowers, gifts, music by Bertha Brown and Kathleen Galloway, and a message from the W G M centered on the theme If. Evelyn Strickland and Rev Perry B James were initiated. over 100 members and guests attended from district chapters. A bouquet from Past W M Josephine Simpson arrived from New York as the meeting concluded with light refreshments.
Miss Laurel Mildred Horney daughter of Mrs Wm G Burton of Daytona Beach formerly of Mount Dora wed Mr Willard Getch of Altoona Monday evening June 17 at the Mount Dora home of Mr and Mrs Robert Goodman. Rev Clovis Brantley officiated a small ceremony with relatives and friends present.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Simpson, fresh from high school graduation, leaves for Orlando this month to pursue a business course.
Long list of locals and visitors in Mount Dora and nearby towns. Notables include Mr. S. C. Peacock recuperating after surgery, Cyril Hopcraft from Tampa visiting, Dr. Hubert G. Shaw and Eleanor Shaw at Fourth Avenue, and Loyd Eason aiming for CCC camp before Navy service. Families travel to Georgia, Alabama, and New Jersey for vacations and care. Ferdinand B. Smith, 87 this November, plans return after a seven month winter stay in Norwalk.
Mrs Beerbower traveled to Winter Park and Point Pleasant New Jersey for visits. Guests at the Chamberlains included the Wallaces Battons and George Davis from St. Cloud. Bayard Roberts won a 4H Club scholarship after attending Gainesville Short Course. Local attendees joined Orlando celebrations dedicating the Fifth Congressional District. The P T A hosted a second afternoon social at Mrs L C Smith’s home. Mrs Wise leads a summer vacation school three mornings weekly aiding children. P T A supports sewing health welfare music and Bible lessons through vacation months.
Roy Sanders of Sorrento and Myra Goodwin of Leesburg united in marriage at St Petersburg on Saturday afternoon June 15. They plan to live with the groom's mother. Mrs. Sanders has taught in Sorrento and will be principal next year. Sanders is a Montverde School graduate, a mechanic and electrician. Patline McDonald of Orlando visited town to see friends.
Plans for the 4H Club to attend summer camp at Astor Park the week of June 24. Members include Victor Moore and Charles Lewis who attended the Gainesville Short Course June 10 to 15. Miss Pauline McDonald leaves as school principal for Orange County. Chas Judson dies after illness. private service held at Sorrento Cemetery.
Consumers learn that sheet dimensions refer to pre hemmed lengths and hems shorten them by three to four inches. Torn sheets have straight ends while cut sheets may be uneven. A 108 inch torn length is preferred for easy tucking and even hems after laundering.
Practical instructions for making blackberry acid as a drink base, preserving berries with sugar, and a blackberry cobbler recipe appear alongside notes on tuberculosis treatments including lung collapse techniques. The piece closes with a publisher's advertising discussion and a quip about workers’ clock habits.
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