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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1941
Page
5
The regular aoe meeting of the W S C of the Methodist Church will be held Wednesday May 7 at 3 p m at the chapel. All members urged to attend as an especially interesting program is being arranged.
Senior League members with six weeks of good attendance join Intermediate League players for a skating party at the new rink between Mount Dora and Eustis next Saturday night.
Ladies attended the Monday Card Club with seven tables in the afternoon. Mrs. George Evans won the contract prize, Mrs. Minnie Hegeman won at auction, and Mrs. Richard Kilgore won at five hundred. The club will meet next week as usual.
A fragmented notice indicates a Monday afternoon start for an event labeled Everyone Encreated, with details unclear but described as part of a local schedule. The readable text suggests a community gathering or entertainment program in progress.
A birthday boating party celebrated Bobby Vincent with a group of youths and the honored guest. Attendees included Jean Shipes Florence Lee Helen ells Joanne French Cal Jones Grace Lee Marilyn Johnson Nancy Fuller Vernelle Shipley Barbara Newitt Pete Burkart Bobby Widmer Bernard McCabe Calvin Richardson Ernest Minkley George Malone J. L. High David French Charles Boxell and others.
The Daughters of King Teens met Monday night at the Yacht Club hosted by Mrs. C. E. Parker Mrs. E. C. TinCher and Mrs. Clare Purdy with twenty six present. They discussed the defense program and collected clothing while committee reports were given. A social hour followed with fruit juice and cakes. Win C. Slight of the Wayside Packing House provided the fruit juice. Mrs. Harry Wise will host the next meeting Monday evening May 12 with a boat ride on the City of Dora, dock time 7 30 PM.
A full house attended the Tuesday Fellowship Supper at the Community Church at 6 30 PM. Dr Harry Westbrook Reed presided and spoke on the recent State Conference at Winter Park. Delegates Mr Frank Bridgman and Mr George Peabody from Mount Dora Church outlined conference highlights. Rev Corwin H Olds of Rockland Maine, Chaplain of the 152 Field Artillery Camp Blanding, discussed army chaplain duties and answered questions before departing.
The Epworth League entertained forty six young people from Grove Clermont Tavares Paisley and Mount Dora with an auction and games party at the parish house. W M Kennedy conducted the auction raising about $10 for Union expenses.
Personal R J King remains at the Harrold House while many residents prepare for summer homes. Names listed include Mrs Paris E Miller in Manchester New Hampshire Mrs Belle Sanborn Mrs F W Mar and Claud Whidden moving to DeLand. Others head to Vermont New York Connecticut and Ohio for the season with several returning from winter duties.
Aunt Mrs Carrie Cottrell Short of Durant Oklahoma travels with Lieutenant and Mrs Lemuel Downs en route from Fort Bragg to Fort Sill for three months of special training. James Ruvoldt publisher of Reynoldsville Press and his daughter Sandra Sue spent several days in Mount Dora as a welcome caller at the Topic office.
Mrs. A. H. Armes with her sisters Mrs. Mooers and Mrs. Currier and Mrs. Barnes spent the winter in the Armes cottage on North Tremain street and left Monday for New Hampshire. Armes party goes to Northwood while Mrs. Barnes heads to Concord.
Rev and Mrs Perry James and their daughters left Monday for Wheeling West Virginia where Mr James now has his pastorate Mrs James and the children had spent the winter with her parents Mr and Mrs C A Killian of Sylvan Shores Mr James will drive back with them later in the season
Col. Allefonte of Fort Benning Georgia and Thos Finn of Worcester Massachusetts were guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Tanner over the weekend. Finn drove from Massachusetts to visit his daughter at Fort Benning and Allefonte joined him for a trip to Mount Dora. The colonel serves as quartermaster at Fort Benning.
Mrs G B Underwood, called to Eastman Georgia for a sick relative, returned Monday night to 737 Eleventh Avenue. Her sister Mrs C E Standridge and Amelia Hayesville NC visit in Mount Dora. Grade four pupils and Miss Barden enjoyed a library visit viewing stuffed birds after a school talk by Miss Coleman. The class sang Birds in Springtime. The Mount Dora Library carries Florida Naturalist.
The Mount Dora Health Council met April 28 in the Municipal Building with twenty attendees from nine groups. Mrs. David Simpson was elected permanent chairman and Dr. Arthur W. Newitt outlined a summer round up for children entering school in September, including preschoolers down to one year old, to detect and correct defects early. The event will be free with sponsor support.
The Children s Home Society of Florida appeals for Florida families to host homeless boys aged ten to fifteen for summer. Hosts provide a home and supervision, with meals and clothing supplied, and may plan to collect and return the child or have the child brought to them. Marcus C. Fagg offers full details from Jacksonville. receiving homes in Jacksonville, Miami, Lakeland and Pensacola also provide information.
At the weekly meeting the senior patrol for ages fifteen and over was formed. The group split the rest into three patrols led by Bobby Allen John Barker and John Coffin. Plans were set for the Mount Dora Gilbert Park camporee on May 2 and 3 with practice in ditching and tent pitching.
On April 16 at the Grandview Hotel a dinner party led by Mrs. Clayton Tremain discussed disbanding the Junior Woman's Club and joining the Woman's Club in the fall. Members cited smaller active membership and agreed to unite to create a larger, more active club with Mrs. J. D. Pease welcoming the juniors.
Miss Francys Sadler announced Red Cross defense work to be started with sponsorship by the Woman's Club in Mount Dora. Members viewed the plan with interest and hoped to enroll when courses become available. A dinner was arranged by Mrs. David Simpson Jr. Gifts were given to Mrs. Tremain and Mrs. Pease and to Mrs. S Swiger for their club leadership. The women's club meetings will resume in November.
The final Parent Teacher Association meeting for the 1940 41 season will be held Tuesday evening May 6 at 8 p m in the Community Building auditorium.
Annual committee reports will be read by chairmen and officers installed for the new year. Mr Sedano will entertain with his band as a surprise feature showing what students could achieve with a full time music teacher in Mount Dora. Children’s progress credited to Sedano and Mrs George Coffin.
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