Ladies Aid To Meet At Methodist Church
The Ladies Aid of the Methodist church will meet Friday afternoon at 3:00 in the Friendly Bible Class room with Mrs. T. Jensen presiding. A cordial invitation is extended to members and friends. The Friendly Club met at Mrs. E. D. Parker's home Tuesday afternoon with refreshments. Next Tuesday March 10 the club will meet with Mrs. George Peabody at Sylvan Shores.
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Ladies Aid
The
Methodist Church
Friendly Bible Class
E. D. Parker
George Peabody
Sylvan Shores
Egg More
Christopher
Buehler
Miss Broun
B. P. Luce
Broun
Miss Waite
Louise Miller
Miss Babcock
A. Schonenberger
Junior Prom at the Yacht Club This Friday
Invitations went out this week for the Junior Prom at the Yacht Club. An orchestra will provide music and dancing will run from eight to twelve. Club members are invited to join the younger social set for the festivities.
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Yacht Club
Eastern Star To Meet at Fraternal Hall
The O. E. S. will meet Thursday March 12 at 8 p m at Fraternal Hall with a short program afterward. Entertainment committee includes Mrs Hazel Lawrence Mrs Ruth Turrentine and Mrs Julia Lee. All members and visiting members urged to attend.
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Eastern Star
O. FE
Porese O. E. S
Hazel Lawrence
Ruth Turrentine
Julia Lee
Mount Dora Art League Hosts Successful Exhibition Tea
The Mount Dora Art League closed a most successful exhibition as Mrs. Charles Marsh poured tea for visitors. Members greeted guests while the tea table featured old dung lace and Colonial candlesticks, with yellow and white decor and blossoms.
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Mount Dora
Ninety-Six and a Half: 96th Birthday Celebration in Milwaukee
Mr. Adam Hazelwood marked his 96th birthday with a gathering at their First Avenue home. Guests included Mrs. Frances Shapcott and several local residents as friends toasted the milestone and the quirky note of his 96 year “first tooth” anniversary.
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Adam Hazelwood
Milwaukee
Fred and
George Purdy
Jennie Stovall
Wilson G. Smith
Whoch
Miss Ruth Harvey Weds J B White In Simple Florida Ceremony
Miss Ruth Elizabeth Harvey and Mr. J. B. White married Sunday morning February 23 at 10 o'clock in the Congregational Manse. Dr A M Brodie officiated. The bride, daughter of Mrs D B Harvey, recently graduated Mount Dora High School in 1935. White, son of Mr and Mrs J J White, graduated from the local high school in 1934 and is a University of Florida student. The couple will reside in Gainesville after their wedding.
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Ruth Elizabeth Harvey
J. B. White
A. M. Brodie
D. B. Harvey
Mount Dora’ High School
J. J. White
University of Florida
Gainesville
Notable Women Entertained at Theatre Party
Mrs H H Mallory and Mrs Geo L Bidwell hosted a Friday theatre party for about fifty guests at the local theatre showing Top Hat. Notables with hand painted passes included Mrs Roosevelt Minnie Mouse Shirley Temple Mae West Elizabeth Barrett Cleopatra Salome Mme Currie Alice Longworth Betsy Ross Libby Holman Clyve Oyl and others. Prizes were won by Mrs Richardson Mrs Childs Mrs W J Phelps Mrs N S Mayo Mrs Sherwood from Villa Dora Mrs Wilson G Smith Madeleine Milner Gertrude Thorne and Mrs Ernest H Martin. Mayor Mansfield of Boston praised Florida climate saying golf in shirt sleeves in winter is wonderful.
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H. H. Mallory
Geo. L. Bidwell
Mrs. Roosevelt
Minnie Mouse
Shirley Temple
Mae West
Elizabeth Barrett
Cleopatra
Salome
Mme. Currie
Alice Longworth
Betsy Ross
Libby Holman
Community Notes on Visitors and Travel in Mount Dora
Personal notices from Mount Dora detail recovery and hospital stays for James E. Beach and Marian Van Voorhis. Several visitors from Stratford, Oneida Castle, New York City, Bronxville, and Ohio drop by or travel to Florida towns. The report lists Mrs. Hanel, Miss Hammond, Mr. Baker, and others visiting relatives, with several journeys to Lakeland, St. Petersburg, and Akron for family reasons.
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Ethel Dilman
New York City
Franklin Vanderbilt
Bronxville, N. Y
Leroy Smith
Exeter Farms
Lake Ola
Edna Flavell
Bradley Beach
N. J
H. R. Bradner
F. A. Wurzbach
Beatrice Wurbach
Margaret Perkins
Grand View
Growers to Discuss Revised Melon Plan in Lees
Watermelon growers are urged to attend a Friday meeting at Lees City Hall to discuss a revised federal market agreement. County Agent Hiatt notes the plan’s revisions, with H G Clayton leading sessions and U S D A Crop Section, State Marketing Bureau and economists assisting.
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Hiatt
Lees
H. G. Clayton
Gainesville
Clayton
H. B. Davis
S. W. Hiatt
State Marketing Bureau
R. H. Howard
Florida
Georgia
North Caro
South Carolina
Fat calves shipped by carload to eastern markets
Florida sent nearly 100 carloads of fat calves to eastern markets, first time such large shipments from the state. Growth of veal and baby beef stems from better herd blood. Jersey City received most Florida calves, competing well with eastern stock. The Florida Fat Stock Show in Jacksonville spurred beef cattle production ahead of the National Stockyards event in March.
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Florida
Sheely
Jersey City
Jacksonville
Lily Pons Makes Film Debut at Mount Dora Theatre
At The Theatre Sunday and Monday Lily Pons a Met Opera coloratura makes her film debut in I Dream Too Much supported by Henry Fonda Osgood Perkins Eric Blore and others The Kern numbers include Jockey on the Carrousel Ive Got Love Im the Echo and I Dream Too Much Also Karloff Lugosi star in The Invisible Ray on Tuesday and Wednesday with Raft Joan Bennett George Raft and others in She Couldn't Take It.
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Mount Dora
Lily Pons
Metropolitan Opera Co
Miss Pons
Henry Fonda
Osgood Perkins
Eric Blore
Jerome Kern
Roberta
Lakme
Kern
Carrousel
Karloff
Lugosi
the View
George’ Raft
Joan Bennett
Walter Con
Walter Conn Ly
Lila Nolan
Billie Burke
Mowe
Wyly Wins Blue Ribbon in State Fair Egg Contest
Thom as Wyly, a 4 H club boy from local 4 H unit, captured the blue ribbon for the best dozen eggs in the junior egg contest at the State Fair in Tampa.
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Tampa
Thom
Wyly
Pie Crust and Filling Varieties From Old Time Favorites
A compendium of pie ideas from crust to filling, noting gumpless crusts made from graham crackers with sugar, baking tips, and a range of fillings including bananas coconut dates peaches and chiffon pies. It discusses texture and variations like chocolate and lemon chiffon pies and hints at traditional and modern twists.
Novel fire crew alert system tested in Florida forests
The U S Forest Service explores using a high altitude mortar fired firecracker to signal which crew should respond to a fire. Each blast counts to assign crews 1 through n, aiming to speed dispatch from Wilma near Tallahassee. If successful, method could spread to all National Forests and Alaska.
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United States Forest Service
Forest Service
Frank A. Albert
Florida National Forests
Tallahassee
Florida
Albert
Wilma
United States
Alaska
Marine Corps recruiting in Savannah seeks 28 applicants
The U S Marine Corps Recruiting District Savannah Georgia will accept twenty eight applicants of superior physical and educational qualifications aged 18 to 25 and at least five feet six inches tall. Vacancies also for musicians able to play trumpet or drum. The Savannah office serves Virginia the Carolinas Southeast Georgia and Florida and is the only office where applicants are examined. Information and application blanks available upon request from Major Ralph E Davis.
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U. S. Marine Corps Recruiting District
Savannah
Ralph E. Davis
Virginia
Carolinas
Georgia
Florida
Marine Corps
Davis
Man Buys Large Flour Barrel Near Lake Butler
The Lake Butler Times reports a local man purchased a barrel of flour for home use, the first such purchase by a Union County resident in twenty years, highlighting improving times around Lake Butler.
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Lake Butler
Union County
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Tues
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Barney Google
Broadway
Walter Connolly
Metro News
John Wayne
Dawn Rider
Eustis Theatre
Perfect Talkies
Eugene O’neill
Wallace Beery
Lionel Barrymore
Eric Linden
Aline Maceo
Dolores del Rio
Warren William
Monte Carlo
FBI
Myra Loy
Spencer Areny
Pian Oe
Paramount News
Ken. Maynard
Elizabeth Fielding
East Eleventh Avenue
Nettleton
Cheshire
Conn
John C. Bailey
Mary B. Johnson
Middletown
Sadie Hale
Manchester
Elmer Crowell
Mount Ra
ART League Tea
Mansfield
Boston, Mass
Golden Triangle Laundry
James E. Beach
Orange Hospital
W. G. Hanel
Stratford, Conn
Marian van Voorhis
Lake County Medical Center
William Cody
Oneida Castle
N. Y
Orlando
Dora
M. D
Chas. E. Abbott
Lakeland
Area Arms
Ah God Richardson
Jacksonvile
Ballet Russe
A. J. Waite
L. I. Hammond
Donnelly Avenue
Oberlin
Ohio
Kling
Winter Park
Nantucket
Mass
C. A. Baker
Round Hill
B. F. Williamson
the Woods
St. Petersburg
H. C. McCaun
Medora
Ind
East Fifth Avenue
H. H. Park
Katonah, N. Y
George Coffin
Mr. Coffin
John P. Coffin
David P. Coffin
Lewis Jones
Johnstown
Fila
Henry Stein
Akron
Mr. Stein
Haven Hotel
Winter Haven
Fla
Archie Hurlburt
Moon
Dora Electric Company
Highland Ave
Point
First National Bank
Mount Dora, Florida
Member
Federal Reserve System
Mt.Jora Hardware Company
Lloyd Atkins
C. C. Moorhead
Hale
Saratoga
Kline
Kremer
Monarch
Kimball
Garag
Donnelly
Goodrich Tire
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