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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1948
Page
5
Mrs. Chapman is elected worthy matron of the Eastern Star chapter ME O ES and will be installed with officers on Monday evening March 15. Kendall Jones and others are elected to senior roles. Mrs Mary Cooper retires after a final meeting next Thursday. Public invited to the installation service following Monday.
The Baptist church posts a weekly schedule with morning Bible school at 9 45 a m worship at 11 a m training union at 6 45 p m evening service at 7 30 p m deacons meeting Tuesday 7 30 p m singspiration Wednesday 6 45 p m prayer and Bible study Wednesday 7 30 p m choir rehearsal Thursday 7 p m Pastor Sutley to speak on Thitherward in the morning and The Overcoming Christ in the evening Special music by the chorus under Mrs Florence Gilbert Hanscom all are invited to attend.
The Mount Dora Woman's Club hosts the second dance of the season at the Community Building featuring modern and square dancing. Guests last danced to strong demand from Mae Buckman’s drama committee. Members, guests and Mount Dora visitors are invited to enjoy the evening.
Richard Maxwell a national radio singer known as John of the Seth Parker programs will headline a benefit concert at First Methodist Church on Monday March 15. Proceeds aid Veterans Hospital programs with Margot Power and Mildred Young performing piano and vocal pieces.
The second annual gathering is planned at Gilbert Park in Mount Dora on Thursday March 11 at noon. A pot luck dinner will follow. Further information can be obtained from Mrs Wilbur Conrad or Mrs F F Finzel. Mr and Mrs Carl M Blair of Worcester Massachusetts were guests last week of Mr and Mrs Frank Clement on Highland Court.
The regular monthly meeting of the Women’s Association will be held Friday March 7 at 3 p.m. Mrs Melvin White will speak on St Francis of Assisi. Sunday March 7 service at 11 a.m. Dr Reed will preach on The Dynamic of the Cross. The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper will be observed.
The Mount Dora Golf Club offers a greens fee of 1.50 on April 1. The brief item notes a special or seasonal price at the club.
Groveland candidate for state senate Lacy Thomas urged Mount Dora PTA to create a national effort to educate future parents. He argued schools and communities must teach parenting fundamentals, offer study courses, and provide home study to help working parents and improve home life and family harmony.
The First Methodist church will stage morning worship at 11 00 with Lectors Robert Turner and Ross Dutton guiding the service. Adrianne Norton solos as the Vesper and Chancel choirs perform. The sermon is What the Law Could Not Do. Twilight Vespers follow at 7 PM with Turner leading.
Tales of Capt. John Roen raising the steamship Humphrey from 80 feet in the Straits of Mackinaw highlight a Thursday night Yacht Club dinner. Roen recovered cargo of iron ore, repaired the ship, chartered it for two seasons, and finally sold it for 960000 dollars amid a festive gathering of members and guests.
Freda Kelleher thanks friends for kindness and sympathy shown after Marie Sedano’s death and for the floral offerings.
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