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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1939
Page
5
The Friendly Club schedules a gathering next Tuesday March 22 at the home of Mrs D Parker in Grandview. The Community Church Missionary Society will meet in the chapel Friday March 17 at 3 PM.
The King's Daughters gathered Monday night with Miss Ruth Butts on North Donnelly Avenue. After a devotional service a brief business meeting and case reports were followed by a social hour and refreshments. Eighteen members attended.
The notice states a gathering set for next March 27 at the residence of Miss Hilda Street on West Fourth Avenue. It provides location details for attendees and confirms the scheduled date.
A social gathering at the home of Mrs Wm J Johnson, 1004 Donnelly Avenue, was hosted with Mrs A P Sidel as co host. Attendees were welcomed warmly.
Misses Belle and Laura McLane hosted a cards night at 347 Ninth Avenue with twelve guests playing contract and five hundred. Novel St Patrick’s Day decorations framed the event. Prizes went to Burgess Thayer for ladies high in contract, Thayer for men, while C. C. Dooley and Mrs. Schonenberger took consolation prizes.
Miss Emily Virginia Battle and Mr. Faulhaber married Thursday afternoon March 9 at the Promendian parsonage Eustis with Rev P Floyd Jones officiating. The bride, a Mount Dora High School graduate and Sub Deb at Vaughn Griffin Packing Co in Howey in the Hills, will join her husband at their Growers Marketing Service posting.
Mrs Eardley Wilmot hosted a Saturday afternoon reception from three to six oclock at their McDonald street home. The decor featured spring flowers with a white pastel centerpiece on the tea table. Assistants included Mrs Frank Kneeland, Mrs Elizabeth Evans, Mrs S W Gledhill, Mrs N S Mayo, Mrs P W Milner, Mrs G Arthur Palmer, Mrs Douglas Barrett, Miss Madeleine Milner, and Miss (name cut).
Helen Lemnert notes social calls as Mrs Kneeland as Miss Milner poured from three to four, Mrs Gledhill and Mrs Ine from four to five, and Mrs Milner with Mrs Palmer from five to six. Many friends called in the afternoon to welcome Mrs Wilmot for her annual winter stay.
Dora Woman's Club held a Tuesday afternoon session led by President Mrs. Charles L. Marsh. Capt P C Davis spoke on Florida wildlife conserving fish in lakes and keeping game appointments out of politics. The club joined state wildlife and Audubon groups. delegates announced for the Florida Federation meeting in Orlando February 21 to 24.
The Junior Woman's Club card party at the Yacht Club chaired by Mrs. Marion Whaley raised about 35 dollars. Prizes were awarded at each table and refreshments with silver tea service were served.
Dr. DaVerne Dodd of Ohio State University presented moving pictures at the Woodland avenue home of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Tanner. The reels displayed Colorado and Florida scenes including Lantana development, Mount Dora sunsets, Zellwood Canal wildlife, and autumn Michigan colors, shown to a gathering that included family and local residents.
Mrs Florence Hanscom entertained a group of locals who recently toured Havana under her leadership at her Grandview Street home on a Wednesday evening. Guests included Mr and Mrs Charles Brock Mr and Mrs Alfred Hathaway Mrs Gaillard Fuller Mrs Grant Sipp Mrs Charles Pickett Mrs James Brydon Mrs A B Johnson Mr and Mrs Wiley Wilmot Dr Nelson Richmond Mr J J Stetzel Mr John Partridge Mrs W E Osborne plus Miss Annie Reynolds and Mr and Mrs C K Wilmot visiting from East Orange New Jersey to meet their son and daughter-in-law Mr and Mrs W Eardley Wilmot.
She stayed with Mrs. Sipp for a fortnight then homeward after a week in Cincinnati with her husband, newly named Federal Judge by Roosevelt, serving on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Hlanscotn may organize another Havana tour amid several private requests.
Mount Dora Chapter No. 174 in Montague Massachusetts hosts Tourist Night with regular meeting. Kathleen Galloway serves as bored Matron and Eleanor Con ductiens escorts tourists to rations. Officers listed include Cora Root, Jacob Willard, Minna Henegan, Chas W Brock, Frances Brydon, Ethel Griffith, Marietta Ball, Mabel Jenny, Frances Haun, Hannah Davis, Adai, Lida Evans, Ruth, Jeannette Babcock, Esther, Susie Sawyer, Martha Garnsey, Susan Getchell, Rose Hoodelmier, and others from multiple chapters. A social hour followed under Lillian Christie’s direction.
Personal Philip Bachert improves at Lake County Hospital in Eustis while his wife Mrs. Voss returns home to Buffalo New York. Mr and Mrs Arthur E Cole of Watertown New York stay for a few weeks in the Mosteller apartment on Fifth Avenue. Mr and Mrs Wilson Brewer from Rochester Pennsylvania visit with Belle and Laura McLane. Clarence Banks of Louisville Kentucky spent several days visiting his uncle Fred C Dodd and Mrs Velma Nice.
Mrs Eldon B Sullivan and daughter Lee of Corning New Jersey are guests of Mrs Grant at her winter home in Sylvan. Mr and Mrs Charles R Wilmot arrived from Orange New Jersey for several weeks in their winter home at 1021 McDonald St. Mr and Mrs James Spooner and children have returned to Fort Myers after a short visit with Mrs Spooner's parents Mr and Mrs Sidney Lane.
Mr J J Stitzel and daughter Mrs Gaillard B Fuller depart for Loudonville Ohio after months at Sylvan Shores. Mr G Williams Malone declares he is now in society as owner of a West Chester Suburban. Mrs W G Porter arrives from Mountain Lakes New Jersey to spend the season at Sylvan Shores and recovers from a lengthy illness.
A string of guests from Canada, Maine, Ohio, Indiana and Massachusetts visited Mount Dora over the week. H W Fleury of Aurora Ontario and Dr A M Brodie shared boyhood ties. Mrs Estella Clark returned from Toronto. A Howell Jones family left for Chestnut Hills Pa. many others from Ft. Wayne, Boothbay Harbor and Brockton enjoyed social events and Florida’s climate and scenery.
SORRENTO residents attended Sunday services at the Presbyterian church where Mrs Zimmerman is the pastor’s mother. Miss Hattie Allen spoke at the Florida Daughters of the American Revolution conference in Tampa and visited relatives in Zephyrhills. Local guests included Mr and Mrs Sheldon and Miss Alice Jenkins of Zephyrhills with the Cowarts. Mr and Mrs Harry Judson of Alabama toured Florida. Ralph Battle traveled to Venice for bone specialist treatment with Dr Albee. Evelyn Futral visited Sanford relatives. Ladies Church Aid Society hosted by Mrs Barber and Mrs Schofen hosen in Mt Plymouth with guest E T Redding of Toledo. Sorrento mourned the death of Lillie Mae Scheisser, a longtime church member, with funeral at the Baptist church conducted by Rev R W Acrecoffi.
Mrs Mollie Knight was honored at a quiet service in Sorrento with her family present. Flowers adorned the altar and casket as the burial took place in the family plot at Sorrento cemetery. The community extends its sympathy to the grieving relatives.
Mrs Elsa Prout Ramsdell wife of George B Ramsdell died about 4 p m March 8 in the car in a tightly closed garage at their home 1003 Fifth avenue death due to carbon monoxide Her husband a Lake County Fuel Company employee found her in her arms with their dog She was 55 born Bloomingville Ohio The family moved to Mount Dora in 1937 She leaves husband a son Al Ramsdell of Mount Dora and a daughter Body taken to Sandusky Ohio for burial at Sand Hill Cemetery
Mrs Grace A. Shepard wife of Mr George C. Shepard died at 3 a m March 14 in Orange General Hospital Orlando after a brief illness. She was a winter visitor from Kenosha Wisconsin.
A resident who had been in Mount Dora for three years and stayed in the Cowles Apartments on McDonald Street died before an advised operation could be performed. She was active in the shuffleboard club and had many friends. The body was sent to Kenosha, Wisconsin, for burial.
Mr and Mrs J P Atkins announce the birth of an eight and one half pound daughter named Martha Jane on Sunday March 12. Both mother and baby are doing nicely.
Taxes paid to May 1 1939 total nearly 25 000 more than the same date last year according to county tax collector B A Williams report to the Lake County Chamber of Commerce this week.
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