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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1937
Page
5
A Florida Junior Chamber of Commerce meeting in Palatka drafted a program of legislation to bar cattle and other livestock from state highways. The group plans to sponsor these measures when the legislature convenes next month.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist church will meet Friday at 2 30 p m at the church Mrs Jensen will preside The Ladies Aid of the Community church will sew Friday afternoon March 19 at 2 30 In the chapel Chapter Two of the last regular Aid meeting will entertain attendees Home Demonstration County Council to meet at Tavares in the Home Demonstration Kitchen Thursday at 10 00 a m for an all day meeting A covered dish supper will be served at noon All Home Demonstration clubs members urged to attend.
The weekly card club met in the social room of the Community Building with good attendance. Prizes for high score went to Mrs. Benjamin Steber, Mrs. Jeffrey, and Mrs. Turner. Hostesses for March 22 will be Mrs. John Houston, Mrs. Robert Ball, and Mrs. Dan Sullivan. Gentlemen are welcome.
Mrs Frank Nettleton entertained Saturday night at the Simpson Hotel honoring her husband on his birthday. Guests included Mr and Mrs Grant Cowles, Mr and Mrs John Mitchell, C T Purdy, Mrs Fannie Durland, Frederic Porter, I Mossbacher, C E Diver, John Partridge, Mr and Mrs Kohl, Misses Alice Littlefield, Rebecca Bacon, Iva Buck, Clark Nettleton and Mrs Harry Hopcraft.
A Tangerine group traveled aboard the City of Dora to Treasure Island and shared a chicken dinner. Attendees include Elverson Atwood Ellsworth Atwood Everett J Stewart Chester Everson Fred Snow Clyde Peckham Garland Brooks Marcus Urann W Y Mac Gown Lincoln Cappella Dell Smith Parker Moulton Addie Smith and others from Massachusetts Maine and Michigan.
Mrs. Robert I. Wise entertained with a bridge luncheon honoring Mrs. Raymond Perkins who will move to Bridgeport Connecticut. Easter decoration theme, high score prize won by Mrs. Tremain, low score by Mrs. Colbert, and guests listed including Mrs. Wise and other local ladies.
A list of attendees for a Saturday Charlotte area social along the Dora Canal includes Mr. and Mrs. Fred Drurry, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Reed, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Daniels, and many other couples and individuals led by hostess Velma Nice.
Mrs. Mallory and Mrs. H. H. Mallory along with Geo. L. Bidwell entertained over 100 guests with a Maid of Salem matinee at the Princess Theatre. After the show refreshments followed and prizes were awarded in a floral giveaway with Mrs. Begole receiving a guest bouquet.
A group of former Connecticut residents and winter visitors spent a day at Silver Springs touring the underwater glass bottom boats and dining along the stream. On the return trip they stopped at Juniper Springs in Ocala National Forest before continuing home. The party included Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Brock Hamden. Mrs. George Hall New Haven. Mrs. D. W. Kelsey Mrs. Etta West Glastonbury. Mrs. Frank Bowen Manchester. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Bailey. Mr. and Mrs. Shelly Kincaid. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Forsberg and son Robert. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Daniels. Mrs. Mary B. Johnson. Mrs. Clara Harris. Mr. Frank Brock. Mr. Nicholson and son Raymond. Mrs. Daisy Bitgood Middletown. and Mr. Elmer W. Crowell Mount Dora formerly Middletown.
Personal notices show Mr. and Mrs. Ten Broeck entertaining guests from Peoria and others visiting relatives in Cheshire and Sylvan Shores. Several trips are noted including Chicago and Jacksonville. Mrs. Betts is hospitalized with a broken hip. Families Culhane Van Loon Luce Bielharz travel between Hamilton, Jacksonville, St. Augustine, and DeKalb with friends in tow.
Florida notes highlight Mr Bielharz as a noted impersonator who impressed Mount Dora Tourist Club and DeLand audiences. Otto Harp from Medina Ohio arrives with his wife for a multi week stay, famed for keeping the same automobile license for 29 years per Ripley. Their Florida trip follows a long drive detoured by Ohio valley floods, water reaching running boards.
Zellwood P T A discussed growth and projects at the March 9 meeting in the school auditorium. The club added two members to reach 55 and approved playground repairs and a nucleus library. An audiometer was pledged for hearing tests, with headset donations accepted. A male committee was formed to tidy the school kitchen.
The P. T. A. sale held last Friday evening raised funds for playground equipment. The event proved a great success and netted more than $75 for the cause.
The P T A held its regular monthly meeting at the school house. Mrs. Key reported subscriptions to Parent-Teacher Magazine and Florida Parent Teacher. Miss Newhall of Mount Dora spoke on The Triangle and the parent teacher pupil relationship.
Kay Francis stars in First National’s Stolen Holiday at the Princess Theatre Sunday and Monday. The drama follows a French mannequin rising to fashion queen amid mobs in Paris with financier Claude Rains backing her and Ian Hunter as her love interest. The cast includes Alison Skipworth and Walter Kingsford under director Michael Curtiz.
Florida hosts more than 3 500 native flowering plants varying from northern elements to West Indian forms. They shape forests dunes swamps and prairies and sustain wildlife and honey production. Distinctive species enrich landscapes and warrant citizen support for preservation and use.
The saying warns that dwelling on the past slows progress as one moves ahead. It emphasizes backward gaze hindering forward momentum and cautions against fixation on prior events.
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