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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1926
Page
5
Local items report a sale at The Dreamery 23-51 and a string of residents and visitors returning from trips. Names include Mrs Terry Mr M B Little Mrs E E Truskett Miss Carrie Rainey Mrs Marguerite Linderman and families visiting Daytona Beach Jacksonville and Miami with brief health and travel updates.
The Mount Dora Theatre presents a week of showings starting Monday with Hell Bent for Heaven starring Patsy Ruth Milner. Tuesday features The Unguarded Hour with Milton Sills and Doris Kenyon. Wednesday offers The Wedding Song with Beatrice Joy and Edmund Burns. Thursday presents The Pleasure Buyers starring Irene Rich and Clive Brook. Friday lasts The Overland Limited romance of the rails. Saturday features Western star Harry Carey in The Prairie Pirate.
Mrs G R McCormack leaves for Lexington Kentucky for summer, to return in fall. Rabun Battle travels to Georgia to visit wife and children, returning in a few weeks. A H Butts and family from Pompano Florida visit Warren Butts and A Orton. N W Morley departs Cleveland Clinic Hospital for Morley cottage at Huron Ohio as recovery from illness continues. Mount Dora friends hear of speedy recovery after recent illness and operation.
Detroit, June 23. Rumor says a six cylinder Ford car may be marketed soon, though Henry Ford has not confirmed or denied the plan. Ford publicity follows the standard practice of releasing information only when the product is ready. The rumor gains strength from Detroit where the main Ford offices are located.
A Baptist Young People's Union social gathering at the home of Mr and Mrs FB B Joe Deaury drew over twenty five young people. The evening featured games, a watermelon cutting on the lawn, punch in a decorative sun parlor and a five piece extra band providing music.
Mount Dora youths and other interested persons plan to attend the biennial Christian Endeavor Society convention in Daytona Beach July 1 5. Noted speakers include Dr Daniel A Poling Dr Mary Harris Armor and Florida leaders Frank M Pearce Lena Lofquist Watt Castles and G L Johnson. The Florida State Convention joins the All South meeting with banquets sessions banners and a Halifax Frolics parade finale open to the public. Special hotel rates are provided.
The Sunbeam Band of Mt. Dora Baptist Church presents a service program on Sunday June 27 featuring sunbeam rally, songs readings and plays. Thad Rodenburg Josephine Roberts Cecilia Marie Palmer Earnestine Minnie Dell Moncrief Mare Arrington and Rev Overhiser lead. The public is invited.
Mr Eason leaves Friday for Alton Iowa after spending winter at his son Ernest's home in Mount Dora He asks to have the Topic mailed north as he is keen on Mount Dora and its future The Easons plan to travel by auto via the east route Ernest expects to return May through September while S Eason makes a fourth trip across the Atlantic to visit relatives and old friends
The Prin cess Theatre hosts an evening service as the Sunbeam Society trains for a first of its kind program at the church. A large audience is anticipated for the historic event following a morning service.
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