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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1934
Page
5
The Ladies Society of the Pee AyER Church will hold a regular meeting Friday at 3 o'clock in the church, with visiting ladies welcome. The Ladies Aid of the Methodist Church will meet Friday at 3 in the church parlors, hoping for a large attendance.
The Congregational church ladies host another Crets social, this time in the church jars on Thursday from 3 to 5. Hostesses include Mrs. Tenneseck, Mrs. Masten, and Mrs. Raymond.
The Legion Auxiliary invites members and their wives to Legion Hall tonight at 8 o clock for a social evening featuring Bridge and Five Hundred. Refreshments will be served and everyone is welcome to join for a good time.
Mrs George Barnard entertained at her Wood land and Tremain home Friday evening. Guests included Rev and Mrs Wilson Miss Josephine Wilson Mrs Annie Wasson Mrs Merrill Mrs Sarah Cross Miss Pratt Miss Dorothy Crowell Mrs Harper Mrs M H Baker Mrs Charles Simpson and Mr and Mrs Pascal.
The Friendly Club met this week at Mrs Sprague's home for a pleasant afternoon. Cats were served. Next meeting is set for March 19 with Miss Jean Hendrie at the corner of Ninth and Helen streets. Miss Hendrie has been kind.
The club faces a shortage of capable hosts with many members unable to entertain. Leaders discuss options to keep meetings active and engaging while new volunteer roles are sought.
Saturday night dance celebrates St Patrick s Day with ladies in kitchen wear and men in work clothes. Old fashioned and modern dances, good music, open to townspeople and visitors in the Community Building social room.
Mr and Mrs H R Bradner entertained three tables of bridge at their Seventh street home Monday night. Guests included Mr and Mrs A P Sidel Miss Marguerite Sidel Mr and Mrs T C Jensen Mr Kenneth Jensen Mr and Mrs A Schonenberger Miss Shirley Schonenberger Mrs D E Condit Mrs O M Condit and Miss Ruth Bradner. Mrs Schonenberger won the ladies high score and Mr Schonenberger led the gentlemen. Consolation prizes went to Miss Sidel and Mr Kenneth Jensen. Refreshments followed.
The King's Daughters gathered Tuesday night at Mrs. J. M. Smith's Ninth Avenue home with twenty members present. Mrs. W. L. Story and Mrs. Hortense Davis assisted, and the program featured Mrs. Joe Hobson of Eustis and an article on "The Silver Cross" from the group's magazine.
The Mt Dora Public Library fund raiser held Wednesday afternoon at the Yacht Club drew large attendance and praise. The club house featured greens and cut flowers with punch and cookies. many tables played contract auction and five hundred, and over $45 was raised for new library books. Committee chair Mrs Ernest Martin led a team including Mrs Mary McDonnell Estella Clark Mrs Harry Mallory Mrs J J Alvord and Miss Newhall thanking contributors and attendees.
Mrs Frank G. Fowler entertained ten tables at a dessert bridge at her Woodland avenue home in Mount Dora in honor of Mrs William M Shannon of Sewickley Pa visiting friends. Prizes for high scores went to several guests and consolation prizes to others.
The document lists numerous women connected to local families, including Mrs. Fred MacMahon, Mrs. Mould, Mrs. Begole, Mrs. Downs, Mrs. Palmer, Mrs. Watt, Mrs. LaDue, Mrs. Schoonmaker, Mrs. Patterson, Mrs. Willett, Mrs. McDowell, Mrs. Graves, Mrs. Lashar, Mrs. Van Etten, and from Eustis Mrs. Trimpi, Mrs. Ward, and Mrs. Smith.
Personal visitors and guests are mentioned in Jacksonville Mount Dora and St. Petersburg. The text lists Mr. and Mrs. James Simpson visiting Jacksonville, Mrs Dora Simms in Mount Dora with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goodman, Miss Lou McCague visiting Mount Dora, Mrs. C. E. Brooks and Miss Joan Stanley at Silver Springs, Mrs. Florence Gilbert Hanscom in Jacksonville, and a group including Mr. Harry Wise and others in St. Petersburg performing at the Veterans Hospital. Also notes U S Farm Credit Administration loans reaching 125000 per county across 3072 counties since May 1 1933.
Mrs. Marshall DeWitt and Miss Jean Hollam of Delray visited Mrs. DeWitt's aunt Mrs. Arthur Orton before continuing to Tallahassee for the weekend. Mount Dora hosts included Mr. and Mrs. Philip Spear and Mr. and Mrs. George Gang in an art tour as they travel Florida for a winter home at Pascola.
C P Zacher and daughter Helen of Chicago NL along with W L Sharp and others from Chicago Albany Ridgewood Tarentum and many more are listed as arrivals. The notice names couples and individual travelers including Ackley Gurley Fullam Doyle Parshall Draper Cooper Cast Black Banmann and others from across Illinois Massachusetts New York Connecticut Vermont Michigan Minnesota and Ohio.
An intereasing program was held in the Hall with Mrs. Mertie Howard and Mrs. Bloodgood as hostesses. Community singing, stories, and refreshments followed. Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Marsh and Mr. Blackman recentl y toured Florida coasts and the Tamiami Trail with Mrs. Cornelious Wright as guest.
The Improvement Society met Wednesday night at the Hall with reports and plans for forthcoming activities. A Friday bazaar and supper benefiting the Ladies Aid Society featured booths run by multiple members, a candy table by the local class, and a successful cafeteria supper led by Parkhurst with helpers.
The last U S Bureau of Fisheries report shows eight Florida shell fish yielding 21 193 028 pounds with a total value close to one million dollars. Shrimp lead in value, followed by oysters lobsters crabs turtles clams scallops and conchs.
The Lake County Horticultural Board met at the courthouse with Dr. W W Yothers of the Orlando Federal Station as speaker on citrus insect control and parasitic allies. Lake County Poultry Association held its March 8 meeting led by President C G Wile and reported cooperative fertilizer purchasing and seven carloads delivered to citrus clubs.
A reflective line noting that those who value only money will later recognize the importance of other things beyond wealth. The statement suggests a shift in priorities and awareness of non monetary values.
Special Master in Chancery C E Duncan and solicitor W M Pesuesy representing the complainant appear in a court notice fragment. The readable text names the roles but omits case details, dates, or next actions.
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