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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1932
Page
2
The Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist church will hold a meeting in the church parlor Friday afternoon May 27 at three o'clock.
The Eastern Stars invite Star and Masons members and families to a Friday picnic at Lakeside Park. Each family should bring a covered dish, sandwiches and rolls, plus their own plates and silverware.
About 18 members attended a Lake Ola wiener roast on Thursday afternoon. Rev. and Mrs. M. J. Bouterse were present. Swimming followed the meal with wieners and marshmallows roasted for dessert.
A Children Day service at Community Church featured a bright program with adorable tots and an engaging pageant emphasizing world peace. Girl and Boy Scouts attended and participated in the candle lighting ceremony.
The Methodist church group gathered Thursday evening at the home of their leader Mrs Thomas H Cooley for a supper and sessions. They completed the study Christ Comes to the Village and planned a June picnic at Rock Springs.
Mrs. George L. Hanscom and Mrs. Eardley Wilmot hosted a dinner Saturday evening at Mrs. Hanscom’s home. Guests included Miss Helen Lemert, Mrs. Elizabeth Evans, Col. and Mrs. W. J. Sanborn, Mr. E. Wilmot, and Dr. Hanscom, as Lemert prepares to leave.
Members of the Ladies Aid of the Community Church and friends enjoyed a Friday porch party at Mrs Mary Torrey s home. Despite bad weather over thirty ladies attended. Fancy work and guessing games provided the diversions while refreshments were served by hostesses Mrs Torrey and Mrs I Smedley. Mrs E M Wentworth read several Holman Day poems.
A pleasant evening in the Community building social rooms ended with a small turnout after an earlier electricity outage. Six tables were used five for bridge and one for five hundred. Burgess D. Thayer won high in auction bridge, William Wingler low. J. E. Lee high and Mrs. William Bradstock low in five hundred. Punch and wafers were served.
The King's Daughters gathered at the Grandview Hotel Tuesday evening with Miss Mary Dyson and Miss Nancy Jane Stuart as hostesses. Twenty five members attended a large business session focused on naming for solicitation for Welfare work funds this summer. A $10 contribution arrived from absent friends. The next meeting is set for Tuesday evening June 14 at the home of Misses Carrie and Mary True. Ice cream and cake were served during the social hour.
Last Thursday Eve lyn Cassady hosted a dinner party at her home in Tavares for members of the high school faculty and seniors.
Attendees included Miss Cassady and Prof and Mrs D D Roseborough with borough members and Laney Thayer Hubbell and Carson. The group picnicked at Coronado Beach after hosting seniors at Stetson University to see The Rivals at DeLand, followed by a DeLeon Springs supper. A social evening for faculty and senior and junior classes is planned at the Community building.
Personal Miss Helen Lemert left on Monday. Mrs. Mary Lyon of Tampa visited Mount Dora friends. The Good Times Club picnicked at Echo Glen Monday. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Gudgeon hosted a Harrold House dinner last Sunday. Dr. and Mrs. Hanscom and Mr. and Mrs. Wilmot spent days in Melbourne. Mrs. J. G. Thomas and Miss Edna Dennis visited Rev. and Mrs. Elder at Hialeah. Fifteen Scouts led by J. Spooner biked to Lake Joanna. Frances Sadler returned from Tate School Tennessee and will stay at Lakota over summer. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Lamerceau were dinner guests at Perrydell. Mrs. C. O. Arnold and Miss Lillian Leavenworth left for Stratford Conn. for summer. Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Parker head to Juniper Point Salem Mass for summer. Mrs. Sears and Mrs. Marsh visited Orlando guests of Miss Gregory. Mrs. Edward Blackham and daughter returned from Tampa. Sunday guests of Dr. and Mrs. Hanscom included Frank Tidwell and family at Trimble Park. Mrs. C. D. Retan and Geraldine left for Poughkeepsie to visit Miss Ida Conklin. Mrs. J. W. Massey spent the winter months at her home.
Several households report summer plans and guests. Rev. and Mrs. M. J. Bouterse attended a May 18 birthday dinner hosted by M Serle Medisene Mr. and Mrs. Ha Blunt, while Eva Davis nears home after surgery. Others depart for Mt Kis co New York Fort Wayne Canada Evansville and Chicago region for summer stays and visits.
Miss Easter Armstrong travels to New Canaan and New Haven for the summer. Mr and Mrs Amos Griswold occupy the Armstrong home. Danville Virginia couple C Franklin visit Brooksville and are kin to Mrs Harrold. The Franksins and Beatrice visit Mrs Harrold in winter. A Trimble Park picnic includes H A Harrold and colleagues. Mrs J J Alvord and sister Mrs Palmer depart for northern homes, with Palmer bound for Unadilla New York and Alvord to Greens Farms Connecticut. Alvord plans a Europe Mediterranean tour with a personal party late next month.
William A Umlauf of Buffalo New York and Mount Dora died Saturday night at Orange General Hospital after a long illness. He was 68. He spent seven winters at his Mount Dora home on Eleventh Avenue and Alexander Street. Mrs Umlauf and her mother Mrs Zittel took the body to Buffalo for funeral services at the home of Emma C Seitz on Saturday afternoon. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery Buffalo.
The Federal Government spends about 10 million dollars annually on motor transportation with the Agriculture War Navy and Post Office Departments as major users. The Bureau of the Budget is collecting data to determine use and cost, with collection extending beyond the current fiscal year ending June 30.
A Mount Dora housewife, noted as a good cook, shares a Yankee dish using mulberries. The directions describe beating two eggs with sugar and butter, adding milk, baking powder, salt, and flour, folding in mulberries, and baking in cupcake tins in a hot oven.
Recipe-style note instructs boiling mulberries with sugar and nutmeg or cinnamon, then dropping soft biscuit dough into the boiling mix and cooking covered for fifteen minutes, served with creamed sugar and butter sauce. Also describes a Mulberry Salad layering mulberries tomatoes celery greens walnuts and dressing.
Step by step fruit dessert recipe from a vintage cookbook. It describes making a milk cream custard with eggs nutmeg and corn starch, folding beaten egg whites into the top, then assembling with a biscuit or base.
Scald mulberries and strain. To each pint of pulp add a pint of sugar and one egg white. Beat thick. Spread on buttered paper and dry in a slow oven. Turn when they lift from paper and continue drying. Cut into shapes and store between waxed paper in boxes.
A recipe instruction describes dipping mulberries one by one in a frothy egg white mixture with water and nutmeg, draining until nearly dry, rolling in powdered sugar, repeating the dip twice, and drying on white paper.
Recipe describes making Mulberry Tutti Frutti with mulberries raisins water sugar and citrus juice then thickened and jarred. Also notes Mulberry Fritters by adding berries to batter and frying after flouring.
Final plans lock in a week of events from May 28 to June 1 at the Florida State College for Women in Tallahassee as 191 bachelor's and three master's degrees are to be conferred. Nancy Lang of St Petersburg named most beautiful student. other honors listed for Gaillard Gardiner Yerxa Pope Newman Maxwell etc. A $500 graduate loan scholarship is awarded to Margaret Maxwell by the Tallahassee AAUW. A travel distance note compares Pensacola to Key West with New York to Chicago.
The legislature convenes in biennial session meeting the first Tuesday in April of the odd year.
A collection of mulberry based dishes and preserves. Includes Mulberry Mock Oyster batter methods, Mulberry Chili Sauce with tomatoes and peppers, Mulberry Relish with raisins and mustard, Spiced Mulberries with sugar and spices, and Mulberry Jell O serving with citrus sauces. Also notes on preserving mulberries pound for pound with sugar and flavoring options.
The Florida Flambeau of Florida State College for Women, edited by Miss Margaret Jordan, scored well above the required mark to win the All American rating. Among 122 colleges, only nine earned the superior rating and two were in the south. The paper, once a four column sheet, now is an eight column publication ranked among the nation’s foremost college newspapers.
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