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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1932
Page
2
The regular Ladies Aid gathering of the Community church is set for Friday at 2 30 in the church parlors. All members and others interested in the work are invited to attend.
Following the senior class presentation on Friday evening, Robert McMurray hosted cast members and other youths at his Fifth Avenue residence. Guests enjoyed leftover birthday cake, punch, radio music, and conversation.
The Women s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church will meet at 433 Fifth Avenue East Monday at 2 30 PM. The study book Christ Comes to the Village is led by Mrs Carr. Transportation requests should be sent to Mrs James Simpson.
The Women's Christian Temperance Union met in the Community church chapel Monday afternoon. Under Miss Cora White the program featured readings from the Christian Advocate the Union Signal and a pamphlet entitled Lets Have the Facts About Prohibition read by several members to keep informed on the great question of the day.
Mrs Ronald Christie hosted the Delta Pakka Kard Klub Friday afternoon at her home. Two tables played bridge with Mrs George Wheeler taking high score, Mrs C J Palmer second, and Mrs Grady Cooley receiving consolation. Refreshments included salad, cake and punch.
Members of the King's Daughters are urged to attend a meeting next Tuesday evening May 10 at 7 30 at Miss Betty West 647 Grandview Street with Mayor Hanscom and Welfare representatives to discuss fundraising for welfare work. The regular meeting begins at 8 and a 10 cent birthday grab bag gift is requested. Dessert Bridge hosted by Mrs Miller Wells honored Misses Belle and Laura MacLane last Wednesday with prizes to Mrs H T Fenn and Mrs Harold Coleman. Other guests included Mrs Sullivan Mrs M M Javens Miss Alice Ayers and Mrs Stuart of DeLand and Rochester Pa.
Sunday evening a group of friends arrived with supper to welcome the newly moved couple to their Grandview street home from Sylvan Shores. Guests included Mr and Mrs C R Javens Mr and Mrs Thomas H Cooley Mr and Mrs C C Dooley Dr and Mrs Miller Wells and Mr and Mrs W W Haygood of Apopka.
Mrs Arthur Shelton hosted a bridge luncheon at Perry Dell with guests enjoying afternoon play and light refreshments in a refined social gathering.
Perry Dell in Orlando on last Wednesday complimented her mother Mrs. Harry Chisholm of Buffalo New York. Three tables of bridge were in play with prizes awarded to Mrs. R. N. White Mrs. E. MacDowell and Mrs. E. E. Stokes. Other guests included Mrs. E. Clark Mrs. J. J. Alvord Mrs. Frank Fowler Mrs. J. G. LaDue Mrs. Fletcher Crane Mrs. Carl Graves and Mrs. T. B. Lashar.
Mrs John J Alvord and Mrs J Arthur Palmer entertained with bridge games last Friday afternoon at Ninth Avenue West residence. Six tables were in play three auction and three contract with towels as prizes and two extra bouquet prizes for honor guests Mrs Harry Chisholm and Mrs Gordon Gorham. Delicous refreshments followed the games.
At the Grand Temple in Orlando on April 26 27 and 28 Pythian Sisters staged degree work with Alma Stephens initiated Wednesday night. Ada Colson served as Grand Representative from Mount Dora Lodge and Mount Dora Staff of sixteen assisted. Members Jessie Pike Mae Griffiths Clara Burchett Florence White Ruth Hall Ruby Haygood Eleanor Jackson Mary Lea Ada Williamson Selma Orton Jessie Mamie Cooper joined from Mount Dora with others from Eustis and Apopka. Ada Colson led as Staff Captain and Mount Dora Staff performed a drill after the ceremony.
Mrs. L. M. Johnson hosted eight table contract bridge event in Leesburg ending last week. High scorers were Mrs. C. B. Led better and Mrs. Leila Windram for north south and Mrs. C T Chandler and Mrs. D. Zaph for east west. A second eight week contest planned starting May 9 with Mount Dora players invited.
Mrs Floyd S Varney of Mount Dora and Dr George Harris Ripley Jr of Miami Beach announce their marriage on August 29 1931 at Long Lake New York The ceremony took place in the Methodist Episcopal church with Rev Fred M Sawyer officiating.
Mount Dora area residents and visitors are mentioned in a busy social roundup. Individuals from Daytona Beach, Mount Kisco, Lakeland, and Orlando are noted as hosting, visiting, or traveling to locations such as Atlantic Beach and Philadelphia. Families and clubs engage in picnics, dances, and theatre outings as winter ends.
A family group travels with companions from their winter home to a northern residence in Pa. The party includes Lane and her daughter, plus Orlando and Edna Wilson of St. Petersburg who join the journey.
Mrs. E S Frye ends season in Mount Dora for Peabody Mass. Miss Jay Ayers returns to Watertown N Y. The elementary grades plan an exhibit Friday. Several families from Oak Park Ill and Mount Dora plan summer returns to New York and Florida. Lake Helen visits and a birthday dinner mark a social week in Mount Dora with neighborly gatherings.
Mount Dora and Eustis Home Ec girls visited Datson Dairy in Orlando last Saturday invited by Mr. J. D. Nichols. Twenty from Mount Dora and twenty eight from Eustis joined. tours covered plant sanitation milk pasteurizing equipment bottle and can sterilization, butterfat testing, cream separation, and a farm visit six miles away with sterilized milk cans. A lunch with chocolate milk and sandwiches was served.
The Seald-Sweet Chronicle, official publication of the Florida Citrus Exchange, has been discontinued as part of economy measures. The move reflects broader cost-cutting efforts within the exchange and its publishing operations.
A nostalgic poem recalls a distant valley home with elms, a front porch and mother’s care. The speaker envisions a beloved garden, children grown and moved away, while the faded old house and memories linger in a dreamlike heart.
On April 30 in Mount Dora the Tavares Mount Dora girls tennis team won in doubles and tied in singles against Ta vars. The team has been successful this year and plans class matches to determine top players with listed pairings and scores from the Saturday matches.
Two hundred fifty six students at Florida State College for Women in Tallahassee will graduate in the 27th annual commencement May 29 to June 1. Governor Doyle E. Carlton will deliver the commencement address on June 1, with a baccalaureate sermon by Rev. Bunyan Stephens of Rome Georgia.
Leesburg moves ahead with its Annual Watermelon Festival despite a late frost hurting crops. Leadership includes general chairman L A Morris and secretary Mrs S W Hamilton, with Carlisle Rogers as treasurer. City groups such as Kiwanis Club Rotary Women’s clubs and American Legion units will run event segments.
The city of St Petersburg established what is claimed to be the first open air post office in the United States. The move marks a notable, if unusual, adaptation of mail service to outdoor conditions and public access.
Florida showcases more than six hundred species of fish along with lobster oysters shrimp and other seafood. The listing highlights the diversity of marine life thriving in state waters.
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