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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1934
Page
5
Social word of the wedding notes Rev Perry B James officiated for Mr and Mrs W R Battle with immediate families present. The bride wore a white ensemble and turban with veil. After a wedding breakfast the couple visited the beach and will reside with the groom's mother Mrs George C Battle in Sorrento.
The W C T U of Decahte aan King’s ters announces a meeting Tuesday evening May 8 at Mrs Mabel Cleary’s Ninth avenue east home. Miss Galloway leads the program at the Friendly Class room of the Methodist church on Monday May 7 at 3 pm. Everyone is welcome.
Mrs Tracy M Kramier hosts a dinner party tomorrow inviting neighbors and friends. The event aims to share a meal and socialize in her residence. Attendees include local guests and familiar faces from the community.
A dinner gathering includes Mr. and Mrs. Sadler and Mr. and Mrs. McPherson among other attendees. The group plans to visit the Yacht Club following the meal, with additional names noted in attendance.
Miss Vivia Craigs class of girls hosted Mr. Bishops boys class and Rev. and Mrs. Perry B James Tuesday night at Miss Mary Elizabeth Simpsons home. Games and music followed by refreshments.
Over two hundred invitations were mailed by the Mount Dora Yacht Club to a dance at the clubhouse tomorrow night May 4. Dancing runs from 8 to midnight with music by the Mandarin Club Orchestra of Orlando. Admission is by card only. Uninvited members may request invitation from Alfred Rehbaum, entertainment committee chairman.
The Methodist Episcopal ladies hosted a reception for Rev. and Mrs. Perry B. James newly arrived from South Miami, welcoming them to Mount Dora. Rev. Wells and Miss Mabel were bid farewell as others welcomed the newcomers. Choir members assisted, and Rev. Wells received a small purse. Music included a duet by Marguerite Sidel and Vivia Craig and a solo by Raymond Perkins. Refreshments followed.
Personal notices record Miss Mary Dyson spending several days over the weekend at Daytona Beach. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Thompson left Saturday for Negley Ohio, planning to return about November first. Mr. and Mrs. George S. Horton departed Tuesday for their summer home in Union Springs New York. Miss Beatrice Priester Stetson University Baptist Student Secretary attended the Stewardship Contest here. Mr. Carl Sewell of Cairo Georgia with Teele Tison and Gladys Nixon also of Cairo accompanied.
Several families and individuals are listed as visiting or returning home from trips in Mount Dora. Names include Mrs. Lambert’s brother, Mr. and Mrs. Eckis of Hillsboro New Hampshire, Mr. F L Lawin Eden New York, Miss Soule, Miss Bates, and many local residents attending events and hosting guests at local homes. Trips span Maine to Wisconsin with multiple drives through.
Hulda and Peter head a cast including Dutch Children Marjorie Niles and Bob Burkhart with Hop Sing Wee and Carl Minkley. Italian Girls singers Betty Lotz and Pomona Davidson star alongside Marian Edwards and Delia Swearingen. A Boy Scout with Flag and an organ grinder Roy Parrish join an all-encompassing ensemble as Fourth Grade numbers enchant. Measles and chicken pox postponed this entertainment, yet a good crowd attended and raised about 40 to buy books for the Intermediate Library.
H. Masten's three acre tung oil grove at North Dora shows strong growth with trees aged two to three years. This spring the trees bear heavy blossoms. one tree counted seventy clusters. Many nuts have set, signaling a potential record crop from these trees.
May Day fairies presided over a display with a dainty white basket of cherries from Mrs. Conrad and two Easter lilies from Mrs. E. G. Hardy. The background amaryllis plants came from the garden of Mrs. George Zell and additional lilies from Mrs. Daisy Heist, with vivid colors and varieties praised.
Lake county physicians Dr. Elizabeth Waller and Dr. G A Richardson of Mount Dora join Dr. P R Spencer and Dr. E L Schumacher of Eustis for the Florida State Osteopathic Association convention at the Hotel Thomas in Gainesville on May 3 and 4. Afterward, Dr. Waller will spend the summer in Angola, Indiana with Dr. W H Waller, then return to Mount Dora to practice from the Rehbaum Apartments at Fourth and Donnelly avenues.
Mr and Mrs M A Parrish of Mount Dora mourn the death of their baby granddaughter Joyce Ann Tomlinson who died recently at her parents home in Orlando. Funeral services were held Monday April 30 at the parents home in Orlando conducted by Dr W R Lambert of Mount Dora.
A copy of Whistler's portrait of his mother arrives and will be placed on sale this morning at the post office. A poem by Edgar A. Guest portrays a friend undergoing surgery and the narrator's anxious vigil awaiting news of the operation.
Several residents depart for winter or new homes including Mr Porter and Mr and Mrs Frank Coe heading to New York, G M Cornelius to Indianapolis, and Bartholomew family to Huntsville Ohio with plans to watch Watch Hill New York later. County Superintendent D H Moore visited the local school recently. Others relocate to Merces Texas and Cleveland Ohio.
Elizabeth Bailey Bachert died May 1 at 1 a m in the Florida Sanitarium after a long illness. She would have turned 56 later this month. Born May 1878 in Buffalo she married Philip Bachert in 1902. They wintered in Mount Dora for nine years where she participated in church and civic work. Surviving: husband, son Philip Harold Bachert, and brother Frank Bailey of Buffalo. Funeral Wednesday at 2:30 pm at Eiselstein Brothers funeral parlor in Orlando, conducted by Rev. D B Spencer. Burial planned in Buffalo. body held in Orlando until summer.
William B. Wadsworth of New York City, longtime winter resident of Mount Dora, died in Plainfield New Jersey on April 25. He joined the New York Stock Exchange on May 3, 1869 and was its senior member by tenure. He formerly partnered in Wadsworth and Wright and spent many winters at his Lake Beauclaire home. His health declined last winter, delaying his southern visit.
Mrs. L. A. Brantley Mary Callie Brantley 73 died Thursday at her Camp street home after a long illness. Funeral services were held there and burial followed in Forest Cemetery Mount Dora.
Harry C. Duncan of Tavares resigns as head of the legal staff of the State Road Department, a post he has held since January 1933. He will remain on the State Board of Control. His resignation was accepted with regret and became effective May 1. No successor has been appointed.
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