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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1932
Page
1
A Woman's Club event presented a garden stage design and performances by the Art League and Girl Scouts. Winners included the Woman's Club for first prize ten dollars and the Girl Scouts for second prize five dollars.
Kiwanis teams from two clubs meet this afternoon at Lake County Country Club in an eight man Nassau format 18 hole match. Eustis Kiwanis accepted the challenge with enthusiasm and pathos and many prizes will be awarded. Spectators are invited to attend and bring good humor but leave eggs bricks and fruit at home.
The U S Department of Agriculture has discontinued geranium oil research conducted by Mr W A Conrad at his home east of town The department found no small scale profitability and will not pursue further experiments at present Although yields were favorable the work suggested only large scale production could be profitable Geranium oil used in perfumes and soaps may remain reliant on imports unless scaled commercially
Joel Smith eleven years old caught his first fish Tuesday morning a big mouth bass weighing 8 pounds at Lake Dora near the river using live bait. He hopes for a bigger catch next time. Jedde A. o. ie head of the rocery Highland avenue accompanied him and landed several smaller bass up to two pounds.
Carl Graves hosted three guests Lee French Jack Simpson and Dr Richardson for cards and playful exchanges parodying the afternoon with the fair sex. Ned Forth from Kissimmee performed a dance with an encore while Mrs Iris Battle Martin opened with piano selections as judges conferred on the prize.
The King's Daughters of Mount Dora urge residents to pledge 25 cents a month for June through September to aid the needy amid unemployment and hunger. City Council endorses the welfare effort and asks citizens to give what they can, with a fundraising drive planned for the last week in May, 1932.
The Kiwanians enjoyed a musical program at their regular luncheon with Mr. Rollo Powers on clarinet Ollo Powers on cornet and Mrs Storer Greene at the piano. They played a medley of southern songs then Stars and Stripes Forever followed by a piano solo. The club voted to donate ten dollars to send a Mount Hib boy to summer school in Gainesville.
The Mount Dora Epworth League thanks supporters of the Novelty Food Sale and invites the public to a candy and salad sale on Fifth avenue just east of the Theatre this Saturday. Ice cold punch will be available for a nickel all you can drink. Watch this paper for updates on the League’s financial program and the Institute.
LaMar Conant of the local Junior High School earned one of the 33 prizes in the seventh and eighth grade division of a statewide essay contest on How to Prevent Automobile Accidents conducted by the American Automobile Insurance Underwriters of Orlando. First prize went to Nora Louise Chambers with second and third prizes to Robert Smith and Jeanne Clarkson.
The King's Daughters announce a fund drive to support community welfare during summer. They aim to reach 200 families or more to contribute 25 cents per month for June through September, by family or individual donation. Donations may be paid in full or monthly installments.
On Sunday evening May 8 at 5 30 p m about one hundred young people from Methodist Epworth Leagues and Christian Endeavor gathered at Lakeside Park in Eustis for a fellowship hour. They heard devotionals, a missionary pageant, and a program including a Mount Dora Epworth League song and a B Y P U lesson on growth in Christian living. The Mount Dora League plans more summer gatherings.
An Easter lily stock grown by Mrs. A. Lee French displays ten blooms, seven opening at once, noted as possibly the largest seen by office staff. The five foot stem sits in a shell-hammered vase crafted by Mrs. French’s brother in France during World War I. Mrs. Lindman sent a bouquet of calla lilies with carmine and white gladioli.
Mrs. Zell continues park beautification efforts in Mount Dora. She acknowledges a $2.00 donation from Miss Nellie Finley of Oak Park Illinois. She plans to complete payments on the rock garden and save for azaleas to plant in the park project.
The Home Economics department hosts a sewing exhibit by eighth and ninth graders in the school lunch room on Wednesday May 25. Parents are invited to attend and view student work.
Fra Matole Zari of Chicago and Boused P. Sawiak plan to clear and farm 80 acres near Lake Morris in Lake County Illinois. Sawiak, brother of Conrad, checked the transfer. he is a Chicago developer noting Florida’s boom and optimistic about future business in the state.
S H Bowman Lake County Chamber of Commerce director and Kiwanis lieutenant governor for Central Florida will conduct a model visitation meeting at the International Convention in Detroit next June. Bowman oversees thirteen clubs five in Lake County and continues a second term in the post. The piece also profiles Florida health success stories including the Klaehn family and notes upcoming local events and new Clermont residents.
Mount Dora dominates Umatilla 9 to 0 in the second game of the first half series. Stevenson earns 16, hit .400 with two hits. Mount Dora steals seven bases to Umatilla’s one. Epps yields eight hits to Browning seven as both teams commit four errors. Brantley Eckholdt key sacks. Frank grounds and errors figure in the rout.
There is no game today as Apopka is involved in a local tournament. The postponed contest will be made up at this venue next Tuesday.
A Friday morning crash on Sorrento road injured two people and damaged two cars. Levi Monk of Round Lake, another driver, was thrown through a windshield and suffered facial and arm injuries. He was treated in Mount Dora and later at Orange General Hospital in Orlando. The other injured party and the extent of injuries to the remaining occupants were not fully detailed.
The ladies of the Mount Dora M E church plan a chowder sale at the Community building kitchen on Saturday forenoon at 11 o clock. They offer chicken veal and beef chowder by pint or quart and will provide a hot dish dinner. Bring containers as none are supplied and expect biweekly sales with the next date June 4th.
The OES invites Eastern Star and Masons members and families to a picnic at Lakeside Park on Friday May 27. Each family should bring a covered dish and sandwiches or rolls.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Honey-for-Governor Club met Friday night at Mrs E M Wentworth's on Eleventh avenue. The next gathering is at Mrs Mattocks on Donnelly street Friday evening May 27 at 7 30 p m All ladies interested are invited to attend.
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