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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1940
Page
5
The text notes a Junior Woman's Club meeting at Yacht Lab on March 20 at 3 o'clock. Miss Milnes will speak and all members are urged to attend.
A missionary gathering is set for the parish parlor with details limited to the Community venue. Attendees expect an update on missions and fellowship in a local church setting.
Mount Dora Chapter No. 103 hosts Eastern Star members visiting from the north as honored guests at a meeting in Masonic Hall. Members urged to attend and visiting Stars invited. Picnic at Daytona Beach entertained by Miss Mary Louise Rehbaum and guests over the weekend.
Mrs. William Boyle of Ardmore and her husband hosted a waffle breakfast on Ninth Avenue in Mount Dora. They were joined by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence and Mr. and Mrs. W A Con-ta for the Wednesday morning event.
The Monday social club met in the Community social rooms for an afternoon of cards. Miss Somerville won the contract prize and Mrs Odell took the five hundred prize.
The Whatsit Club was entertained last Friday by Mrs. Philip Bachert of Sylvan Shores. A delicious luncheon was served. Members present included Mrs. G. Hall from Mount Dora Hotel, Mrs. Chas. Brock, Mrs. F. L. Sarver, Mrs. C. E. Tincher, Mrs. Edith Meyers, Mrs. C. Kennedy, and Miss Lottie Roberts. This week Mrs. C. Kennedy of Sixth Avenue will host. Mrs. F. I. Sarver hosts next week.
Mrs. J. Page Laughlin hosted a lake shore birthday party last Thursday for her grandnephew James Sheldon Draper who will be five soon. His mother Mrs. James Cummings Draper and his brother Gordon joined, along with Mrs. O. M. Simpson Mary Simpson Mr. Richard Edgerton Mrs. Edna Page Miss Betty Page Mr. Craven and Mrs. Myron J.
Sherwood, Elizabeth Stevenson, Mrs. F. J. Begoe, Mr. and Mrs. Phil B. Spear of Marquette Michigan, Mrs. S. Sadler, Mrs. S. B. Sadler Jr., Mrs. B. F. Williamson, Mrs. Draper, Gordon Draper, Mrs. Jane Wolfeert and Mrs. Laughlin are named in a sequence of society notice items.
Mr and Mrs Howard Wetz hosted Saturday night at their Lake Jem home. Guests included Miss Mary Louise Rehbaum and others, with a wiener roast, then cards and dancing. Attendees listed by surname include Davis, Linden, Champ, White, Lange, Swiger, and several men such as Cameron and Shaw.
The Spinsters' Club held a well attended dance at the Yacht Club with strong finances. A meeting at Miss Peggyio's home assigned the dance committee and announced future activities. Officers include Miss Martha Fenn president, Miss Champ secretary, Miss Marjorie Cameron treasurer, Miss Dorothy Jones historian, and Miss Eleanore Minkly publicity chairman.
An evening benefit at the Yacht Club raises funds to equip club rooms of the Lawn Bowling Club. Plans include music and card games. Tickets are sold by club members. The event, initially set for March 13 at the Community Building, is now moved to March 15 at the Yacht Club.
Emily Coffin hosted a third grade birthday party last Friday with girls dressed in grown up clothes, a grand Easter egg hunt with over two hundred eggs, festive decorations, and Easter favors. Attendees included hostess, her cousin Gladys Irene Crane, and friends Marian Rose borough Betty Joe McDonald Betty Ann Thompson Betty Claire Watts Betty Mae Whitehead Betty Ruth Swartz Theda Sills Francis Smith Barbara Shipes Mary Matthias on Gloria Jean Conrad and Adrienne Norton.
The King's Daughters met at Mrs. George Coffin's home with hostesses Mrs. Rollin Javens and Mrs. Kenneth Maglathlin. They arranged a food sale for March 23 in the Crane Building at Fourth and Alexander. Ann was read from Mrs. Mary, president of the Mountaint S Nendieeork Guild, re turning weaving duties as last month to aid distribution. Over 300 articles were received at ingathering, aiding needy families with garments and goods. Delicious homemade cakes and fruit juice were served. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Harold Overhiser's home with Miss Jessie Gould and Mrs. Horace Blunt as hostesses.
Mrs. Clarke Burrell hosted a fully appointed dessert bridge at the Villa Dora Hotel on Friday. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Thomas, Mrs. N. S. Mayo, Mrs. Johns ton, Mrs. Ray Stillman, Miss S. C. one, Mrs. Helen Givens, and many other ladies and mistresses of the social set.
Five young Eustis musicians performed in a Paris restaurant themed program for Ocklaw Chapter. Bob Burkart sang Sylvia and God Bless America while Maxine Saltsman and others contributed songs with piano pieces by Elizabeth Miller. March decor featured Shamrock motifs. April 4 meeting set at The Veterans Hall Umatilla with attendees from Sorento and Jacksonville.
Personal notices list illnesses and recoveries including Mrs A J Camp at Gorham street Mrs W L Story with flu and Mrs Chase from Northampton visiting Mrs W A Sheldon Several relatives and friends travel for conferences business and hospital stays Edward Kimball elected Florida Audubon Society treasurer Other brief items include Miss Sarah Wilson wintering in St Petersburg and Bill Stewart joining the Cavaliers dance group at the University of Florida Gainesville
Edward Sadler arrived in Pennsylvania for several weeks with his parents Mr and Mrs. O W Beller. Mr and Mrs Harry Backus have returned from a visit of several weeks with Mrs Backus' mother Mrs C A Hayward in Palm Springs California.
Miss Lois Key recovers from appendicitis at Lake County Medical Center. Students and visitors from Ocala to Athens gather for breaks and church services. Governor Cone proclaims March 17 to 23 as Florida Wildlife Restoration Week, highlighting conservation efforts statewide.
Mr and Mrs W D Key of Yalaha welcomed twin girls born Saturday March 9. The babies weighed 5 10 and 5 14 pounds and are named Mary and Martha. Grandparents Mr and Mrs Co D Key of Mount Dora share in the joy.
Mr and Mrs Lester E pouaies announce the birth of a seven pound daughter named Lesly Angeli n on March 9 at Leesburg Community Hospital. Mrs Faulhaber before marriage was Miss Emily Battle.
The Ocklawaha Chapter D.A.R. met March 7 at 2:30 in the Eustis Woman's Club Building. Blossoms and pansies decorated the room. By-laws were revised and donations to Glen Eden Community Center and to The AR Home for Aged were approved. The program on American Music, directed by Mrs. Hodges, was featured.
A Mount Dora Public Library note promotes Portrait of Jennie by Robert Nathan as a beautiful love story about Eben Adams and Jennie and mentions it among new books. The library adds titles including Mystery Clouds of Witness and The Maltese Falcon along with other fiction and poetry volumes.
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