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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1929
Page
4
Mrs. Clayton Jerne hosted the King's Daughters gathering on a Wednesday evening. They conducted business, enjoyed a social hour, and featured a May Day festival with several attractive arrangements. Refreshments were served. The next meeting is set for May 15 at Mrs. Horace Blunt's home.
Nineteen members attended at the Community church chapel on Monday afternoon. With no president present Dr Cornelia Clapp the vice president led devotions. Miss Louis Newhall led a reading and discussion of Hoover speech to the Associated Press in New York. A motion raised ten dollars to help Mrs Ely with travel expenses to the north. A collection of one dollar sixty five cents was taken and the meeting adjourned.
Mrs Earl Martin entertained at bridges at her Sorrento home on Tuesday evening with five tables of play and roses in the living room. Prizes were awarded to Miss Marion Abele y and Miss Irene Carter after the games. During the social hour refreshments were served by the hostess aided by Mrs Rabin Battle Miss Mary Battle and Miss Dean Pinkston. Invited guests included Marcia Cornish Trene Carter Ruby Pike and many others.
Miss Ruby Pike and Miss Kathleen Galloway hosted a dinner and bridge party at Pike’s home. Seventeen guests attended with a sixteen-cover table and prizes awarded to Miss Harriet Conn, Miss Daisy Marshall, Mrs. C E Tate, and Miss Jeanette Pike. Guests listed include Miss Elizabeth Porter, Miss Christine Lantz, Miss Pearl Cannon, Miss Mary Feinberg, and others.
Mrs E D Parker Mrs Merrick and Mrs T Cleary hosted a silver tea at Mrs Parker's home for the Ladies Aid Society of the Community church. Forty ladies attended on Tuesday afternoon and contributed a substantial sum to buy equipment for a new room recently added to the church facilities.
Members of the Ladies' Aid Society, including the president, stay active in Mount Dora as many members have returned to northern homes. The group will hold regular meetings throughout the summer and invites all ladies to attend.
Mr and Mrs Paul Johnson entertained the Thursday Night Bridge Club at their city home on Thursday evening. Three tables of players enjoyed games with Mrs A J Huff of Tavares winning high score prize a card table cover and C J Helms earning high score among the men. Apple pie a la mode and coffee were served. The guest list included Mr and Mrs Charles Diehl Mr and Mrs A J Huff Mr and Mrs Russell Peeples Mr and Mrs Blaine Nickell and Mr and Mrs C J Helms.
Mrs E E Stokes hosted a bridge gathering at her Lakeshore Drive residence on Tuesday afternoon. Three tables competed with prizes awarded to Mrs F G MacMahon Mrs L J Carder Mrs Estella Clark and Mrs D Fletcher Crane. tea featured a frozen salad course and iced tea. Attendees included Mrs E B Jaques Mrs H H Mallory Mrs Thomas Lashar Mrs George LaDue Mrs George Malone Mrs George Zell Miss Marion Abele and Mrs Walter Parfitt.
Three tables of bridge with five hundred in play at the Mount Dora Hotel on Friday afternoon raised funds for the Mount Dora cemetery. Prizes went to Mrs. F. W. Eastman, Mrs. Walter Parfitt, Dr. Elizabeth Waller, Mrs. T. J. Potter, and Mrs. Buwer. Total collected was $12.50 and arrangements were by Mrs. R. N. White of the Park Board.
A quiet wedding was celebrated Wednesday evening April 24 at the Methodist parsonage with Rev J H Elder uniting Miss Sara Flossie David and Leon C Vining both of Sanford in marriage. The couple plan to make their home in Sanford and friends extend congratulations.
Miss Wesley Townsend O Neall and Joseph Lewis Dicks married in Eustis Saturday afternoon. The ceremony was led by Rev. Thomas H Moore. Mrs Dicks is sister of Mrs I B Merry of Mount Dora. The couple will reside in Augusta Georgia after a short wedding trip.
Local society notes detail Mrs. A J Camp and daughters Doris and Twila departing for Mill Shoals Illinois for two months. Others head to Marion Ohio Hillside New Jersey Port Stanley Ontario Detroit Glencoe Illinois Waukon Iowa orange New Jersey and St Augustine Florida for summer visits and duties.
The church schedules a morning service at 11 to honor mothers with a sermon and a reading of Edgar Guest verses. Sunday school meets at 10, Epworth League at 6 30, evening worship at 7 30, with an official board meeting Monday at 7 30 and a midweek service on Wednesday.
Pastor D. B. Spencer leads a Sunday School at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. A 7 p.m. Christian Endeavor tribute to mothers is planned with special attendance urged. Mid-week service follows at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Corner Grove Street and Lemon Avenue lists Sunday services at 11 am and Sunday school at 9 45 am. Testimonial meeting Wednesday at 8 pm. Reading room open Tuesday and Saturday from 2 to 4 in the church edifice. All are welcome.
Sorrento residents hosted or visited by neighbors over the weekend include Mr. and Mrs. Griffin and Mr. and Mrs. Douglas of Ft. Florida on the St Johns, Frank Faircloth Carmack and Roy Saunders of Montverde, Miss Claudia Knight returning home from Mascot, and Mr. and Mrs. Jean Moultiere with Antionette of Tarpon Springs. Also noted are Mrs. Lula Thomas and others attending a young people's conference in Eustis, Lilah Kennedy’s week with Mrs. Flowers in Ocklawaha, and Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Flowers of Sanford visiting Mrs. J. L. High.
The church lists Sunday School at 9 45 a m and services at 11 a m 7 30 p m with preaching by the pastor D P Montgomery B Y P U meets at 6 30 p m and a Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 30 p m The public is invited to attend all services
A guest of Lincoln Adams left last week to drive a party to Asheville, N C. Mr and Mrs F E Holmes of Daytona Beach were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Walter Cooper. The closing school entertainment Thursday evening was creditable with special mention for the flower drills. Friday’s picnic was enjoyed by the children who are now ready for a happy vacation.
On May 9 the Botany department at Florida State College in Tallahassee showcased 122 native wild flower varieties found around the area. Led by Dr. Herman Kurz, the exhibit included four pitcher plant varieties and regional species in the health family such as blueberry and sparkleberry, with notes on the mountain laurel’s southern habitat.
The article notes the spread of wild flowers into western and northwestern Florida. It mentions azalea in hidden wild spots and a small presence of aristocratic orchids. Pogonia divaricata is described as a flower with personality. Each specimen carried species and district labels for student study.
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