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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1937
Page
5
The Ladies Aid Society of the Social M E church plans a regular Friday meeting at 2 30 in the afternoon. T C Jensen is president of the society.
The Monday Card Club met with hostesses Mrs. George Evans Mrs. C E Jeffrey and Mrs. Eugene Allen. Next Monday’s hostesses will be Mrs. Frances Shapa Mrs. G E DeMuth and Mrs. G F Weeks.
The Ladies of the Community Church host a Tourist Tea on Friday March 5 from 3 to 5 PM. A travel talk precedes a social hour and all women and visitors are welcomed.
The King's Daughters will meet Monday night March 8 hosted by Miss Hilda Streeton and Miss Jessie Gould at the Lawn Bowling Club clubhouse in Lakeside Park at the foot of Donnelly avenue. Note the meeting place has changed.
The Girl Scout troop committee hosts a benefit card party on March 1 at 8 p m at the Yacht Club. Prizes awarded for each table. Public invited. Tickets available at the Chamber of Commerce. A large attendance is hoped to finance Girl Scout work in Mount Dora.
A Mount Dora sponsored benefit card party by the St. Marys of the Lakes ladies in Eustis took place Wednesday evening in the Community Building. Winners included Mrs. Tom Kelley, John Welch, Mrs. L O Lusson, Mrs. Howard, Mrs. Griffith, Mr. Kohl, and Mrs. Goodwin among others.
Mr and Mrs Walter H Drake were surprised guests of honor at a dinner in Sylvan Shores Coffee Shoppe honoring their 52nd anniversary. The couple married March 1 1885 in Kansas City and moved to Mount Dora from Cleveland two years ago.
Mrs Wallace Nelson Miss Louise Lust Mrs Howard Quilt Miss Jean Nette Stevens Mrs Ray Daniels Mrs Welch are listed among society guests and organizers for upcoming charity event in town.
Mrs Elizabeth Fielding hosted a Monday evening at her East Eleventh Street home to honor Mr Clark Nettleton on his birthday. The party featured cards and a birthday cake with candles along with several guests and visiting friends from Rochester and Charleston.
About 35 Congregational ministers and wives attended a Monday luncheon of the Association of Congregational Ministers of Winter Park and vicinity at Sylvan Shores Coffee Shoppe. Dr Roy B Guild gave the principal address and local hosts included Dr Francis A Poole and Rev D B Spencer.
Personal notes record moves and visits among residents: Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Bruner move to Sylvan Shores Mount Dora from Eustis. Mr. and Mrs. Spear visit in law Mrs. Begole in Marquette Michigan. Dr Mildred Marsh ill with flu and to return to Prof M D Rathbone in Oneida Castle New York. Mr Wesley Harlow ill but improving. Mrs F M Hall of Shreveport visiting Mr and Mrs W L Story. Eunice Cone Mayo and Carl Story Orlando also guests.
Sorrento hosts guests from Virginia Ohio and New York with wedding trips and Florida tours. Local couples and relatives share weekend visits and relocations including Mr and Mrs Barefoot Mrs Fenton and Mr Wilcox who wed in Sanford and plan to reside in Sorrento.
The scene features three specialists guiding Arliss the Sultan through Eastern manners turbans and etiquette. Sikh master B. S. Lekhi demonstrates dozens of turbans and seven yards of silk per headgear while Dewan Sharar ensures proper bowing carriage and palanquin entry. Fred H. Andrews aids in building an Oriental city of temples bazaars and cafes for authenticity.
A dark Oklahoma sandstone engraved with Will Rogers Claremore Okla was sent from Rogers ranch via Claremore Progress editor and booked by Dr A S Hawkins. It marks the fifty sixth stone placed in the base of Lake County Florida courthouse flagpole project funded by the Lake County Chamber of Commerce with the Board of County Commissioners overseeing erection costs.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue reminds employers in Florida that Form SS-1 monthly Social Security tax returns for January were due February 28. Payments and filings may proceed in March without penalty. Copies of Form SS-1 are available from Deputy Collectors in Jacksonville Tallahassee Pensacola Orlando Lakeland Tampa Miami St Petersburg West Palm Beach and Daytona Beach.
A marble block from the Zacapa Marble Quarry in Guatemala is placed for the base of the flag pole on the Lake County courthouse lawn. It was donated by Miss Esther Butler and her brother J M Butler of Montverde who were born in Guatemala and plan to attend the States Supper in Leesburg on March 5 representing Central America.
Mr and Mrs Wm Cobb of South Harpswell Maine and Orlo Vista Florida were dinner guests Sunday of Mrs Florence G Hanscom, continuing a social visit.
Mrs Ethel Ware spent the weekend in Orlando. Miss Ruth McEwen returned from Washington DC. Miss Maude McEwen of Jacksonville visited Zellwood. Miss Dorothy Morton of Orlando was a Zellwood Sunday guest. Mrs W S Jones and Mrs A B Osborn hosted a February Wesley Fellowship birthday party. Mrs Ralph Osborn entertained Fairfax Circle Tuesday. Mr and Mrs L B Asey visited Jacksonville last week.
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