Farewell Party for Sorrento Couple Marks Move to Sanford
Mr and Mrs Walter Cooper were honored by the Sorrento Ladies Aid with a May 7 farewell at Miss Allens home attended by about forty locals and guests. Mrs Cooper sent in due to illness. tributes included solos and a mother’s name song. The couple, longtime Sorrento residents, plan to settle in Sanford Florida after fifty years in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Cooper
Miss Allen
Sorrento
Brown
Barber
The
Sorrento Ladies Aid
Florida State College for Women welcomed to AAUW full membership
The Florida State College for Women was unanimously accepted as a full member of the American Association of University Women at a Boston convention. After years of limited status due to equipment and campus buildings, the new gymnasium and library secured the upgrade, reflecting the organization’s rating criteria based on scholarship, living conditions, faculty status, and facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida State College For Women
American Association of University Women
Boston
Association
United States
New Arrival for Mr and Mrs Grady Simpson
Mr and Mrs Grady Simpson announce the birth of a son in the early hours of Friday May 8. The child is named L G Riley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Rose
Jacksonville
Jesse Battle
Jesse Jr
St. Petersburg
Carl Battle
Titusville
Fla
T. A. Battle
Edwin
Grady Simpson
L. G. Riley
Mother's Day Services and Community News in Zellwood
The Zellwood Methodist Church held a moving Mother's Day service with pink and white flowers and a large Sunday school attendance of over one hundred. Activities included senior Epworth League parties at Rock Springs, Girl Scout leadership meetings, and a Church of God observance with songs and readings. Local residents moved residences, joined new communities, and Orange County P T A announced a Zellwood council meeting with a covered dish luncheon on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
J. S. Gardner
T. W. Carlton
Estelle King
Agnes Vincent
Mildred Hutson
Mary Lillian McNeil
Orange County Scout
Rock Springs
Church of God Tabernacle
Orange County P. T. A
Zellwood
Sewing School At Home Demonstration Club
The Home Demonstration Club offers a three day sewing school Thursday through Saturday May 14 15 16 from 9 30 to 4 30 in the Community Building. Instructors teach attachments alterations pattern cutting and dress making for each attendee. Bring needle shears fabric and pattern. Free instructions, attendance invited, lunch optional.
Permits Total $5850 Issued by Key West Inspector
City Building Inspector Ralph B. Pinder reports permits issued in the recent week amounting to 5850 in Key West. Citrus Sub Exchange plans a large canning plant at a site in Largo under the same correspondent note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Ralph B. Pinder
Largo
Citrus
Notice of Assessment Roll Open for Inspection 1931
The assessor has completed the 1931 assessment roll and it is open for public inspection for 14 days beginning May 18, 1931. The roll may be viewed by all interested persons during office hours from 9 to 12 and 2 to 5.
Montverde Farm Shipments and School Commencement Highlights
Montverde reports heavy shipments of green beans and tomatoes with strong prices. The grade school commencement featured plays led by Martha Smith, Eunice Kearce, Genevieve Cox, Dessie Cadwell, and Bobby Joe Swindell, with musical numbers by Clara Belle Hunziker and Bobby Joe Swindell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Smith
Eunice Kaerce
Genevieve Cox
Dessie Cadwell
Bobby Joe Swindell
Misses Folsom
Stoops
Clara Belle Hunziker
Karl Hunziker
Otis McQuaig
Instruction School for Local Masons in Eustis Next Week
A Grand Lodge school of instruction for district Masons will be held in the Eustis Lodge hall on May 18 19 and 20. Right Worshipful Walter Scott from Sebring will teach and chairs the Grand Lodge committee on work. Sessions run 10 00 2 00 and 7 30 daily for Mount Dora Eustis Tavares Umatilla lodges and all Masons are welcome to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Lodge
Eustis Lodge
Walter Scott
Sebring
Scott
Mount Dora
Eustis
Leesburg
Tavares
Umatilla
Rebuilding Cros Land Dock Underway at Punta Gorda
In Punta Gorda rebuilding work on Cros land dock progresses while at Palmetto the Seaboard Air Line completes a sidetrack along the north side of its new packing house on North Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punta Gorda
Crosland Dock
Palmetto—Seaboard Air Line
North Main Street
Notice to Creditors of Hortense E Dickson Estate
Creditors and all claimants must present claims against the estate of Hortense E Dickson also known as Hortense W Dickson deceased to Lake County Judge E M Tally in Tavares Florida within twelve months from April 30 1931 or be barred. Administrator Robert W Dickson mail Mount Dora Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hortense E. Dickson
Hortense W. Dickson
E. M. Tally
Lake County
Florida
Tavares
Pru
Robert W. Dickson
P. D
Mount Dora
Watermelon Festival Queen Named In Leesburg
Lake County selects a festival queen from unmarried women aged 16 to 30 for the Leesburg Watermelon Festival in late June. Five external judges will choose, six attendants named, and a grand ball honors the queen and court. One thousand watermelons will be served at the melon cutting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Leesburg
Tim Sellars
Tom Waddell
E. C. Huey
Justin Longillo
Paul T. Harber
Leesburg High School
Leesburg City Hall
Sixth Grade Pupils Earn Legion Medals
The American Legion awarded prizes for top all round pupils, with 100 percent citizenship and attendance honors. Winners include Woodrow Wingler and Emily Battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Legion
Woodrow Wingler
Emily Battle
What Is a Man Worth In Inactive State
A quoted editorial from The A W A Bulletin declares a man inactive is worth little, listing inert matter by weight and urging action. The piece argues there is no tomorrow and the only way to advance is to start today. Also notes rapid progress on a 9.2 mile State Road No 29 segment from Indian Prairie canal to Kissimmee river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. A. Bulletin
American Woman's Association
New York City
Anne Morgan
Indian Prairie Canal
Kissimmee River
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Montana
Radio
Tiit
Chyee W Baldwin
Great Falls
Bonnie Grace Eakman
Joyce W. Baldwin
Atwater Kent Foundation
Miss Eakma
Young Baldwin
Baldwin
Coopers
Mrs
Bob Wilcox
Sanford
Mr. Wilcox
Mrs. Knight
M. F. Cowart
Doris
O. E. White
Vesta Ann
Hattie Allen
St. Augustine
St. Augustine School
Mr. T. A. Battle
F. S. Battle
Ida Battle
Tampa
J. M. Johnson
Carl Martin
Baton Rouge
Mrs. Martin
Mrs. Hoke Wood
Mrs.C._A. Marvel
Warnes
Lillian Scoby
Ocklawaha
Jesse Fenton
New York
the Baptist Church
Evelyn Fentral
Tallahassee
F. S. Battle Jr
Frances
Betty
Mr. Battle
Ft. Mead
Carl Walker
Daytona Beach
State College For Women
American Ass’n
Epworth
Annie Beck
J. D
Roy Watson
Dublin
Edith Davenport
J. R. Baker
Tangerine
Henry Goolsby
Laughlin
William Whitehurst
Tarpon Springs
Marselles
Haynes
Whitehurst
E. Letsinger
Anne Richardson
Elmer Marselles
James Glenn
L. E. Larrabee
Zellwood Inn
Julia Paige
Fairville
Montverde
Eunice Kearce
Home Demonstration Department
Plymouth
Newt Renaker
Miss Lois
Winchester, Ky
Jones
J. W. Hunziker
Selma Carlson
Groveland
Frances Isaac
G. L. Isaac
O. S. Woodley
Clermont
Blanche Ellis
Warren Calahan
Montverde School
Olga Ellis
Alice
Hamp Morrison
Laura Neville
Oberammergau
Matverde
Donnelly St
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