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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1931
Page
2
All local members of the O. E. S. and visiting Stars attend the district picnic this Thursday at Lakeside Park starting 6 pm. The season’s last regular meeting will follow at 8 pm after the picnic.
The Flat Tire Club, ousted from Donnelly Park pavilion, gathered in the Community Building social room last Friday for a Park Beautification card party, bringing refreshments and turning it into a real party.
The Ladies Aid of the Community Church will hold a picnic supper and porch party at Mrs. Lillian Banks home on Friday June 26 at 6 30 p m All members and families are invited Each family should bring sandwiches and one covered dish
Mr and Mrs Jack Simpson hosted a fish dinner at Coronado Beach on Fathers Day Sunday June 21 honoring their fathers Mr Sam Harris and Mr M V Simpson. Guests included Mr and Mrs Sam Harris and Mrs M O Williams and children of Eustis and Mr and Mrs M V Simpson of Mount Dora.
Mr and Mrs John R Hibbard announce the engagement and coming marriage of their granddaughter Florence May Hibbard to Joseph Clifton White The wedding is set for Sunday morning July 5 1931 at 9 30 in Baptist Tabernacle with no formal invitations issued Friends of the bride and groom are invited to attend The couple will reside at 448 Grandview Street after August 1st at the corner of Fifth Avenue
The King's Daughters gathered at Mrs. C. S. Risley's home with Mrs. Horace Blount as associate hostess. Miss Florence Hibbard received a sewing cabinet during the social hour after the business session. Letters from absent members were read and refreshments were served. The next meeting is set for Tuesday evening July 14 at the home of the Misses Carrie and Mary True.
Thursday evening Miss Mary Lindman entertained at her home with bridge for visiting guests from Rome Georgia. Three tables played with high prize to Mrs. E J Christopher and consolation to Miss Daisy Scott. Guest prizes went to Mrs John A Wilkins and the Misses Elizabeth Wilkins Virginia Bryant and Juanita Barquer.
A benefit card party Friday at Donnelly Park pavilion featured four tables of bridge. The event raised 4.50 with prizes including a shampoo and finger wave won by Mrs. Mary Torrey and a night lamp won by Mrs. E. Wilmot. Ice for punch donated by Jack Wilkinson and Florida Public Service Company. Other prizes donated by local residents.
Mrs Harold Coleman won, with Mrs Elizabeth Evans taking the screen paint donated by A J Waltz. Mrs Wm Johnson claimed the consolation prize of a Coleman Bakery pie. The next party is at Lakeside Park pavilion on Friday July 3 at 2 30 p m with 25 cent tickets.
A long list of residents and visitors from Sanford Mount Dora and nearby towns share weekend trips. Names include Mrs R L Hunter Paul Johnson Grace Bartlett Harriet Banks Shirley Schon enberger Edith Hunt Kathleen Galloway and many others with trips to Daytona Beach Jacksonville Tampa and Orlando. The column also notes medical recoveries and summer plans plus travel to Conn and Miami.
Miss Jeanette Pike and Harry Clark attended Sunday at Ports with Mrs. Fred McDowell. Freddie Jr. stayed a week with his grandmother Mrs. Estella Clark due to his ill grandfather. Various relatives and friends, including Mrs. Christine Bacot, Mrs. R. H. Einsel, and Mrs. Emma L. Taft, plan trips or return home after visits from Newton City to Coral Gables and New York, with June plans to assist in shops and a return to Mount Dora in fall.
Two letters accompany five dollar contributions to Mrs. Zell for park beautification. The givers are Adelia Avery from Auburn Rhode Island and an unnamed June 1931 donor, praising the park and wishing good luck and happiness. The notes reference the rock garden project and memories of loved ones.
Scout Harry Friedman of Troop 37 Jacksonville received the Western Union Gold Medal for valor after thwarting a burglar who rifled his company’s safe. He chased the intruder with another messenger to a pier, where bricks were used to deter him until detectives arrived. Friedman was cut on the hand by a razor. Mayor Alsop presented the medal and a $50 gold prize at a Boy Scout Court of Honor.
Local residents plan a full day of events for Independence Day in Mount Dora to honor the Ameri can Legion Monument. Former Governor John W. Martin will dedicate the monument, with a parade at 9:30 and a street dance closing at 12:00 p m, drawing visitors from miles around. Committees oversee arrangements aiming for a standout celebration.
General Manager P. T. Strieder announces Daytona Beach events July 2 3 4 featuring Miss Margaret Eckdahl Tampa winner of last year’s International Beauty Pageant as guest of the Frolics Association in the Bathing Beauty Review not a contestant. Strong entries from Florida and the South in the parade and Beach Costume Review.
From home demonstration specialists in Tallahassee, the guide details preparing rind candies and pickles. Steps cover cleaning rind, lime soak, ginger tea syrup, boiling, and jar sealing for watermelon rind pickle cantaloupe pickle and candied rind with precise sugar vinegar and spice quantities.
At Daytona Beach the Bathing Beauty and Beach Parade will showcase diverse beach wear as part of the Volusia County Summer Frolics on July 2 3 and 4. Entries come from many areas with a large crowd expected on the Million Dollar Board Walk alongside auto races fireworks children parade boxing baseball motor boat racing street dancing and two grand balls.
Carrie B. Kimball executrix seeks final settlement approval by the County Judge at the Ta vareau Court House. The notice, dated June 18, requests discharge and final accounting for the estate of George N. Kimball, deceased, listing Mount Dora Florida as the address. The advertisement identifies the executrix and estate details.
Court notice to creditors and heirs of Hortense E. Dickson also known as Hortense W. Dickson to present claims within twelve months from April 30 1931 in Lake County Florida. Administrator Robert W. Dickson urges sworn claims to county judge in Tavares with Mount Dora address provided.
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