Lake County Chamber Campaign Drives New Members
Mount Plymouth and Yalaha lead a countywide drive as 12 and 34 members are added respectively. Walter Dun and Mrs. W. E. Whitt spearhead turnout while Umatilla reports 16 new members totaling 31. Seven towns surpass quotas with Grand Island 166 percent and Montverde 143 percent as Lake County Chamber lists top community totals and dues levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Plymouth
Walter Dun
Lake County
Yalaha
B. F. Hargis
Grand Island
Astatula
Montverde
Tavares
Howey-in-the Hills
Ber of
Varis
Leesburg
Eustis
Clermont
Mount Dora
Talk on Better Homes at Lake County Club
Frey Virginia Moore a specialist with the extension division and state committee chair on Better Homes spoke to about 40 Lake County Home Demonstration Club members at the Lake County home demonstration kitchen in Tavares. She urged women conducting demonstrations to keep records for others and stressed newer ideas and standards from the last few years. A covered dish luncheon preceded her address. Moore then left for Kassie to maintain her headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
inFrey
Virginia Moore
Department of Culture
State Committee On
Par
Lake County
Home Demonstration Clubs
Home Demonstration Kitchen
Tavares
County
Miss Moore
Kassee
Mount Dora Bowling Team Delivers Thrilling State Cup Victory
An onlooker lauds Mount Dora for showing grit in a State Cup bowling contest. The team faced a handicap and fought to the end, tying in the 17th frame before losing in the final seconds of the 18th. Citizens celebrate the players' perseverance and loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Dora
Girls of Iowa urged to a perfect figure
A fragment suggests Iowa girls are urged toward perfection with a stated figure of 1,000,000 appearing as an ideal or benchmark, though details remain unclear and incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Annual Lake County Flower Show Set for April 4 and 5
The countywide flower show announced by Mrs. Lucie K. Miller will open at noon Saturday in Ta vares and run through Sunday with displays from local demonstration clubs and florists including Pearl Filsie, Fussell and Bosanquet, Miller and Roe, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nual
Lucie K. Miller
Tavares
Miller
Ren
County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs
Mount Dora
Blanchard
A. A. Park
Whiney
Betty Master
Bg Banks
J. W. King
O. W. Smith
Cox
Bishop
Eustis
Conrad
Himmelsbaugh
Secre
Pear Orist
Fussell and
Bosanquet
Leesburg
Miller and Roe
Clermont
Morris thrills Mount Dora with electric demonstrations
Glenn L. Morris, Madison Wisconsin, lectured to the Tourist Club in Mount Dora opening a southern tour. The program covered electrical stunts, radio control, thermo electricity, and the earth inductors, finishing with pranks on three assistants who with high frequency electricity performed surprising feats. Morris is noted as a leading popularizer of electrical demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn L. Morris
Prof. Morris
Madison
Wis
Mount Dora
University of Wisconsin
Union
Canada
Lindberg
France
St. Louis
Mr. Morris
Prince of
Needlework Guild Plans Summer Sewing Project
The Needlework Guild held its annual meeting and elected officers for 1936. Over 300 garments and 14 dollars were raised at the Ingathering and donated to Lake County Medical Center and Kings Daughters for welfare work. The group asks the P T A and Kings Daughters to assist with summer sewing bees to outfit school children next fall. A fund to buy materials was started and volunteers are urged to contact Guild officers. Officers elected: Mary McDonnell president G W Coffin vice president Rollin Javens secretary Wilson Smith treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County Medical Center
King’s Daughters
Mary McDonnell
G. W. Coffin
Rollin Javens
Wilson Smith
May Organize Grange in Florida Seeks Local Interest
Mount Dora resident Mr. Robert Dwell ey seeks to form the first Grange in Florida. He plans to gather interested men and women ahead of a visit by the National Master of the Grange to organize a local chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Dwelley
Mount Dora
Florida
the Grange
Dwelley
Eggs Quick to Prepare Popular in Family Meals
Eggs are described as easy to prepare and serve, with wide appeal in everyday family meals. The passage emphasizes speed and simplicity in cooking eggs for all ages.
Grand View Hotel Hosts Wide List of Guests this Week
Grand View Hotel Newton Centre hosts guests from several states and Canada. Notable visitors include Mrs C P Wood and her companions returning to Mount Dora after a four month stay, with many others from Hamilton Ohio Coatesville Pennsylvania Newark New Jersey Ashawa Ontario Rochester New York and Waterbury Connecticut among them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Centre
Jamaica Plain
Mass
Mary L. Jahne
Elmer Huggins
Louis Mons Ky
H. D. Moore
Lake Boy
E. B. Gabbard
Louteviller
M. L. Sneed
Whitman
C. P. Wood
Towa
H. E. Pierpont
Jennie Pierpont
Mount Dora
Grand View
A. T. Enlow
M. S. Downes
Hamilton
Ohio
C. B. Hatfield
Isabelle Hatfield
Coatesville
Penna
Frank L. Irwin
Jacksonville
Fla
John P. Raom
Newark
N. J
L. C. Wood
Ashawa
Gales
A. L. Millard
Onville
Ont
Howard A Rudderham
Lanceburg
W. C. Clifford
Rochester
N. Y
Leo M. O’brien
Fort Cone Ind
C. K. Huang
Brooklyn
Ralph B. Pierpont
Waterbury
Park Beautification Notes From Mount Dora Planting Plans
Ethelyn P. Zell of the Mount Dora Park Board offers gardening guidance on azaleas, mulching leaves, slipping azaleas, and soil acidity. She notes ongoing planting efforts, the rock garden display, and the memorial holly, inviting donations to fund further park beautification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Garden
Sixth Avenue
Edgerton
Ethelyn P. Zell
Sec’y
Mount Dora Park
Musical numbers at Methodist Church Sunday Service
Musical numbers at the Methodist church morning service include an organ prelude There is a Green Hill by C Gounod an offertory Ave Maria by Schubert Miss Naomi Hewitt an organ piece Great and Glorious by Haydn and an anthem by the vested choir Miss Jeannette Pike is organist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Hill
C. Gounod
Shubert
Naomi Hewittt
Haydn
Jeannette Pike
Disapproval Mention Ties to Alphabetical Agencies
A fragment notes opposition among some readers toward the alphabetical agencies and hints at a figure named Junior who appears separate from Soren and the value of the A B.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior
Townsend Plan Debate and Canal Talk at Kiwanis Meeting
Members discuss the Townsend Plan and its costs versus the $200 monthly target per elderly person. A Central and South Florida Water Conservation Committee member will oppose the Cross State Canal with a follow up address in two weeks. February honor roll lists twenty six Kiwanis members including O. M. Simpson and J. C. Woodward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banks
Congress
McGrowarty
Alfred Rehbaum
G. A. Richardson
D. S. Simpson, Jr
M. V. Simpson
O. M. Simpson
L. C. Smith
H. A. Stein
W. L. Story
J. C. Urquhart
A. J. de Miller Wells
J. J. West
Geo. J. White
Diamond Ball League Meeting Set at Donnelly Park
A public meeting for organizing a local diamondball league is scheduled for tomorrow night at 7 30 at the band shell in Donnelly Park. All interested players and fans are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Band Shell
Donnelly Park
Mount Dora Girls to Face Orlando Independents Tonight
Two basketball games are set at Donnelly Park with Mount Dora girls meeting Orlando Independents at 7 30 and Mount Dora Vikings facing Center Hill. Lineups include Perkins Simpson Walden Fenn Schonenberger Cooper with substitutes Wise Chambers Orlando players Barton Staneck and others. Eggs supply protein of a quality that is very efficient for growth and body repair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donnelly Park
Mount Dora Girls
Orlando Independents
Mount Dora Vikings
Center Hill
F—R. Perkins
Simpson
C—Walden
C—M. Fenn
G—Schonenberger
Cooper
Wise
Chambers
Orlando
Barton
Stanecketn
McConnell
Reeves
Daily Mail Stop Times and Sunday Schedule
The daily mail closes at 9 15 a m 3 30 p m and 5 30 p m with arrivals at 9 45 a m and 4 00 p m Sunday mail closes at 3 30 p m and arrives at 3 30 p m indicating a fixed postal timetable for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Mail
Sunday Mail
Visitors urged to register at Mount Dora Chamber office
Visitors in Mount Dora are urged to register at the Chamber of Commerce office on Fifth Avenue west of Donnelly. The register helps friends locate you and reduces telegrams. residents are encouraged to provide their place of residence for better inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Chamber of Commerce
Fifth A
Donnelly
Lakeside Inn Hosts Frequent Visitors and Card Party
Lakeside Inn greeted new arrivals including Dr and Mrs George Muller Philadelphia Pa and other guests from Vermont New York Brooklyn Paterson and Webster after a Southern trip. A regular weekly card party followed with seven tables of bridge and two of hearts. high scores were won by Mrs M B Hoffman and Mrs James McDonald for contract and by Mrs W Patterson and Mr W C Van Ness for hearts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakeside
George Muller
Philadelphia
Vermont
Frank Weaver
New York
N. Childs
Agi CN. Childs
Brooklyn
N. Y
Iani Farson
Henry Pancoast
Melghia
Pop A. E. Shaw
Webster
Mass
Jon
John Bluntschli
J. G. Taylor
Paterson
N. J
M. B. Hoffman
James McDonald
Wm. F. Patterson
W. C. van Ness
Hearts
Sunday Evening Concert Programme 1936
March 8 program features soloists Miss Hewitt Miss Craig Miss Eveleth and Miss Naomi Hewitt with violin cello and piano performances of pieces by Gounod Jacobs Bond Saint Saens and Schubert plus a violin obligato piece titled My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice and a Moment Musicale to close the recital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gounod
Sarradell
Des Jacobs-Bond
Miss Hewitt
Saint-Saens Moment Musicale
Schubert
Helen Craig
Naomi Hewitt
Elinor Eveleth
Dunn Addresses Townsend Meeting
An attentive Townsend Club audience heard Royal C. Dunn discuss the Townsend Plan last Monday in a masterful talk. Miss Naomi Hewitt performed cello with Mrs. Paul Ault at the piano, drawing applause. The next meeting is March 16 with Joseph Hendricks of DeLand as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal C. Dunn
Townsend
Dunn
Naomi Hewitt
Lakeside Trio
Paul Ault
Townsend Club
Joseph Hendricks
The Sixteen Thousand Mile Tour Travelogue Groups Formed
Two groups organized for the travelogue led by Mr. Mattocks. Meetings are at the rear room of the Congregational church at 2 PM Wednesdays and 8 PM Fridays. The trip covers a wide area with detail on rarely visited places in Southwest Alaska Canadian Rockies and National Parks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattocks
Congregational Church
Southwest
Alaska
Canadian Rockies
National Parks
New York Congressman James M Mead Buys Clermont Farm
Cong James M Mead and Mrs Mead purchased a 17 acre tract at Clermont eight acres in orange grove. They plan to clear and prepare the remaining nine acres and hope to visit frequently. Mead is chairman of the committee on post offices and post roads and has served in the House for nearly two decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Mead
Bufalo
House of Representatives
Clermont
Mead
Orange Grove
Washington
War motto echoes in British American alliance call
The line imagines King Edward issuing a world war era appeal urging unity as England expects every American to do his duty in defense against Italy and potential conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bull
Italy
Edward
England
Ambassador Male Quartet to Perform at Tourist Club
The Ambassador Male Quartet, praised as kings of harmony, will appear at the Tourist Club in Daytona Beach among other large venues. Testimonials from Frank Gregg and Indiana State College highlight their fine singing, personalities, and strong audience appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daytona Beach
Bell Ringing
Ambassador Quartet
Kings of Harmony
Louisville
Frank Gregg
Mount Dora Bowlers Compete in Daytona Tournament
Four Mount Dora teams traveled to Daytona Beach for the seventh tournament. Daytona won 81 to 60 as skips Thomas Sprague Bradner Eckis led Mount Dora with losses to Blacksley Urquhart Shankley Cornell and others. Orlando defeated Mount Dora 20 to 16 in a Godman cup buildup with Reed leading the visitors. Be on hand at 1 30 for a DeLand match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Daytona Beach
Daytona
Skip Thomas
Neven
Maben
Ganun
Blacksley
Durkee
Rinker
Clark
Skip Sprague
Urquhart
Owen
Jameson
Hoyt
Skip Bradner
Cary
Miller
Wilmot
Shankley
Wormersley
Dickerman
Camp
Eckis
Parker
Dexter
Converse
Cornell
Link
Lyons
Hopp
Orlando
Clever
Sprague
Thomas
Weeks
Reed
Pickard
King
Stevens
DeLand
In Tune with the Infinite at AT Community Church
At the 11 oclock Sunday service Dr Brodie speaks on In Tune with the Infinite with organ preludes and anthems. An 8 oclock evening talk by Stanley Johnson BL on The Reign of Optimism features a duet offertory. A 10 oclock morning class with Dr W S Randall begins four lessons on the New Testament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geibel
Saltsman
Davis
W. S. Randall
Citrus Growers Meetings Set Across Lake County
A series of citrus growers meetings will be held in Umatilla Tavares Groveland Fruitland Park Leesburg and Clermont the week of March. Educational films on the use of rare elements in fertilizer materials will be shown. The soya pictures are talking pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Preg
Community Hall
Umatilla
Court House
Tavares
Groveland City Hall
Community Pavilion
Fruitland Park
City Hall
Leesburg
Chauies
Clermont
Soya Pictures
Florida Map from State Department of Agriculture
The Topic received a sectional Florida map from the State Department of Agriculture showing cities post offices villages and railroad stations with their locations The index lists incorporated and unincorporated place populations per the 1935 state census
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Agriculture
Florida
Sylvan Shores Development To Be Pushed
The unsold portion of Sylvan Shores is now owned by a reorganized Sylvan Co led by Walter H. Drake and John Josweasy with Henry Stein and Josephine Stine lick as directors. The National Bank of Mount Dora is named depository. Thomas H. Cooley is counsel. The new owners plan a summer push to sell and hold properties, improve landscaping, and keep high standards, with the store building housing their local office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van ‘Shores
New
Sylvan Co
Walter H. Drake
John Josweasy
TL. i
Henry Stein
Josephine Stinelick
National Bank of
Mount Dora
Sylvan Shores
Heim
Mount
Junior Regatta Play Teaches Stage and Staff Roles
The junior Regatta play relies on a stage manager and crew to arrange sets and sound effects for boat race wind rain and thunder. Nina Wden leads promotion Mable Shoemaker handles properties Endora White oversees posters Tracy Kramer manages ticket sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C
J. M
Reach
Nina W den
Mable
Endora White
Tracy Kramer
Radio use topic at T P A meeting
Miss Louise Newhall presented The Radio and How to Use It highlighting educational programs on American radio. A nominating committee for 1998 37 officers was named and will report in April, while Delcia Shubert played a piano solo. Attendance prizes went to the sixth and eighth grades with 45 and 33 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Newhall
American Radio
George Coffin
Robert Vincent
Betty West
Delcia Shubert
Miss Mary H. Tanguay Buys Home at Sylvan Shores
Miss Mary H. Tanguay of Syracuse New York purchased the Sue Ellis property in Sylvan Shore through J. J. West Realty Company. She will take possession immediately and plans to settle as a permanent resident of Mount Dora once eligibility time passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary. H. Tanguay
Syracuse, N. Y
Sue Ellis
Sylvan Shore
J. J. West Realty Company
Miss Tanguay
Mount Dora
Two Services at Church of Christ Sunday
Evangelist J O Barnes will preach at 11 AM and 2 PM at Mrs Zelma Sills home. The 11 o clock sermon is What Must I Do to Be Saved and at 2 o clock The Two Laws Pardon. The public is invited to both services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O. Barnes
Church of Christ
Zelma
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Unty C
C. Gains
Lake Co
Needlework Guild
Grand View Hotel
Methodist’ Church
Kiwanis News
Lakeside Inn
Die
Cherniavski
Nevin
Peewee Ganne
Bowling News
New Florida
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