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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1937
Page
5
The regular meeting of the Ladies Aid of the Community church will be held Friday at 3 p.m. at the home of Miss Margaret Lewis, 728 McDonald street.
The Mount Dora Townsend Club sponsors a card party next Tuesday evening May 25 in the social room of the Community Building. Tables of bridge contract and five hundred will be played with several prizes donated. Remember the date and come for an enjoyable evening.
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Jensen entertained a bridge party Saturday evening in honor of their 30th wedding anniversary. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Adam Hazelwood and C. R. (name truncated in source).
Family and friends attended a social event hosted by Mr and Mrs A Shonenberger. Guests included Mr and Mrs Norman Tuckett Mr and Mrs C R Young Mr and Mrs A P Sidel Mr and Mrs K M Jensen Mrs Adam Hazelwood and the host and hostess city unknown from readable text.
The Danset Club held a Girl Break dance at the Mount Dora Yacht Club on Friday with numerous attendees led by Miss Eleanor Inkley and Miss Ruth Beerbower. Dances occur every two weeks, with the next event scheduled for May 28.
Mr and Mrs John Hoppenrath longtime LaGrange Illinois residents and winter visitors to Mount Dora celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary May 7 with a Hillside Country Club dinner party. They were married May 7 1887 and have four children Mrs Fred Noetzel Paul and Walter C Hoppenrath and Mrs Harry Gutridge. Both born in Germany they came to LaGrange in 1881 and have contributed to church and civic life in both communities.
Personal notes report Mr and Mrs George Keller spent Saturday and Sunday at Safety Harbor Florida. Mr and Mrs Paris E Miller departed shortly afterward for an unspecified destination.
Sema Folger and Miss Evelyn Norcross depart for Nantucket Massachusetts. Several families plan summers in Wisconsin New York Ohio and Ontario including trips to Gainesville Brewster Daytona Beach and Mount Dora. Travelers include Mrs Josephine Thomas and Katherine Killian among others with plans to return in late summer.
Sorrento residents embark on travels to Davenport Iowa Savannah Georgia and Perrysburg Ohio as community figures send well wishes. Notables include Mrs Smith aging ninety and Mrs Allen visiting friends in Savannah while plans unfold for a trip to New York City in June.
Last Saturday set as Community Work Day for Zellwood to beautify the park on the Dixie Highway with workers, tools, and trucks. Lunch was provided by local ladies, and most cleanup was complete by night. A second work day will be arranged to finish the project and then more civic improvements follow. The Wesley Fellowship Class met at the school auditorium and reported nearing a $100 goal for church aid with a social hour and refreshments afterwards.
The Zellwood Parent-Teacher Association held its annual meeting at the school auditorium. Officers elected for the coming year include President Mrs. R. C. Osborn and Vice-President Mrs. C M Bell, with other posts filled by re-elected or appointed members including C F Whitney as treasurer and secretary L. C. Beck.
The Beaver Patrol held a regular Monday meeting at the Scout room. They spent part of the time making crosses for the American Legion Auxiliary Poppy Day window decoration. The remainder focused on marching and drilling. Present were Rita Daniels and Marjorie.
The Mount Dora Girl Scout Troop held a swimming picnic at the Kramer summer home on Lake Carlton. Attendees included Joann French Betsy Kramer Ann Mathews Jean Shipes Rita Daniels Sheila Spilky Florence Adkins Alma Boyd Mar jorie Roberts Iris Moon Betty La Battle Patsy Battle Patty Stamm Betty Cooper Florence Fenton Mary Estey Gladys Irene Crane Maxine Clery Libby Crawdy Fre dia Stevenson Martha Williamson and others. Mrs T M Kramer hosted alongside Mr and Mrs Kramer and several guests.
The Prince and the Pauper film arrives at the Princess Theatre for Sunday and Monday showings. Twin stars Billy and Bobby Mauch portray the title roles with one twin left handed, Errol Flynn leads supporting, and William Keighley directs this First National production.
Paul McEntire of Dade City becomes president of Theta Alpha Phi at Stetson University during a banquet and installation. Carl Weeks Jr. of Chelsea Michigan retires from the chapter presidency. New initiates include James Woodfill Norman Abbott and others. Stetson Players staged The Dover Road and plan King Lear for June 5, with multiple past productions noted. Dr Irving C Storer leads dramatics in his 29th year at the university.
Miss Dorothy McCullough of Oak Hill is named president of the Florida State College 4-H club. Sixty-two members, including Agnes Vincent of Zellwood, join the Tallahassee based group preparing for the annual 4-H club short course. Florida bills itself as The Air Conditioned State due to winter warmth and summer cooling from sea breezes.
Florida records show mean annual temperature ranging from 68.8 to 72.3 degrees and a 33 year rainfall average of 52.4 inches, as reported by the Florida State Chamber of Commerce.
The state hosts 204 tree species native to Florida and over 60 additional imported varieties growing across the region. These diverse stands reflect ecological richness and agricultural potential.
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