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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1934
Page
5
The W C T U will meet in the ony Class room of the Methodist church Monday June 4 at 3 p m Mrs F W Overhiser will lead the program Everyone is welcome. Yacht Club Dance Enjoyed Music and good attendance marked the Friday night Yacht Club dance with plans for another event in June or early July.
The Methodist church group showered Mrs Marguerite Sidel with handkerchiefs last Thursday. Members gathered at Miss Martha Wells home then visited Miss Sidel and served refreshments. Attendees included Mrs Perry James Martha Wells Coralie Cooper Mary Elizabeth Simpson Marie Linn Mary Agnes Harding Shirley Schonenberger and Marjorie Loveless.
Ladies of the Methodist church held an informal farewell gathering for Wyatt in the timeworn parish hall. Attendees shared memories, offered prayers, and wished the honoree well on future travels.
The article notes a Sunday night reception for Mrs Esther Wyatt of Cleveland. She spent the winter in Mount Dora directing the Methodist church choir and aiding community events with her singing. Refreshments of ice cream and cake were served as friends express appreciation.
Mrs E E Truskett hosted a dinner party at her Donnelly avenue home on Wednesday evening honoring Miss Marguerite Sidel. Guests included Miss Sidel and local residents, with gifts for the guest of honor before a Community Building practice.
The marriage of Miss Marguerite Sidel and Mr. Kenneth Jensen is set for Sunday afternoon June 3 at 3:00 in the Methodist Episcopal church. Attendants include matron of honor Mrs. Alver Dunaway and bridesmaids Shirley Schonenberger and Vivia Craig. The groom is supported by groomsmen D. H. Bishop J. B White and ushers Robi McMurray James Cooper Howard Simpson Earl Stanley. The couple will reside in Jacksonville where Mr. Jensen is employed.
Mrs Hope Merrick hosted a picnic for the four kindergarten graduates Davis Moorhead Estella McDowell Juanita Morris and Mary Merrick at Trimble Park. The group chose their own lunch of weiners buns and saratoga chips with extra goodies from Mrs MacMahon. Attendance averaged ten with a peak of sixteen. after illness many did not return for the end of the year.
Personal items show Mrs. S. W. Gledhill left a week ago for Fairfield Connecticut after spending the winter on Fifth avenue. Mrs. W. R. Lambert is spending this week in Arcadia assisting in a Sunday School Advancement Campaign at the First Baptist church, then will go to Vero Beach to help in a similar effort.
The column lists residents and visitors across the area. Mrs. E. McDowell spends a week in Jacksonville with Mrs. E. E. Stokes, Mrs. Evelyn Pon visits, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Nutt leave for Cliffside Park New Jersey, George M. Downs arrives from Clearwater Florida to visit the Downs family, and Millard Reid returns from Deansboro New York to join Mosteller Brothers at the Gulf station on Fifth avenue and Alexander street.
Mrs J W Massey leaves this week for Marine New York to spend the summer and return in the fall. Mrs Streeter, wintering with Mrs Massey, will spend the summer in the north. Dr and Mrs C M Brittain and son Milner, who will hold evangelistic services next week in the Baptist church, will stay with Mrs Eckholdt in her Ninth avenue cottage.
Mrs Esther Wyatt and daughter Mabel Claire depart after winter with Mrs Wyatt's mother Mrs R W Pearson. They drive to Cleveland Ohio and plan to return early next fall. Velma Nice also travels to Barberton Ohio with them after wintering with her father Fred Dodd.
Mount Dora will get a new variety store selling articles from five cents to one dollar. It will occupy space in the M. V. Simpson Building at 450 Donnelly Avenue between Suwannee Grocery and M. V. Simpson & Son dry goods. Renovations underway and stock will be added before opening.
Mount Dora residents note many local students returning home for the summer. Florida State Woman's College entries include Marie Slack Eleanor Wells Jane McCown Rhoda Simpson Ruth Loveless. University of Florida attendees Glendy Sadler Jesse Dooley Charles Barnett Glenn Brown. Stetson students Georgia Kirby and Vivian Thompson also back. Paul Conrad delayed, injured in an auto crash on the journey from Iowa.
First grade students achieving honor roll include Earline Baze Bobby Cheatham Kathleen Hamilton Grady Henderson Jo Nan Merrick Faye Shipes Martha Thomas Robert Underwood Perry Wheeler. Second grade honor roll lists Virginia Childers William Colson Betty Edwards Hansid Hollon Arthur Hopcraft Marilyn Johnson Alice McClane A C Minkley Jackie Swartz Eloise Wheeler Jean Woodruff. Third grade students on honor roll include Dorothy Adams Betty Cooper Mildred Edwards Ped French Mary Elizabeth Garcia Lena Harding Ann Ingram Blanche Jones Lloyd Morris Fletcher Meadors Paul Mosteller Sara Roseborough Margaret Schwind Robert Vincent. Fourth grade honorees Betty La Battle Ardell Blair John Burkart Edwin Carver Maxine Clery Bess Barney Davis Calvin Hopcraft Annabel Nolting Stanley Parker Calvin Richardson Martha Williamson. Fifth grade top students are Betty Blanchard Charles Boxell Rita Daniels Walter Dun Jr Joan French Maurdes Glass Winifred Raiding Kramer Marie MeNair Iris Moon Sheila Edwin Thomas. Sixth grade honor roll features Betty Anderson Buster Battle Bob Burkart Doris Chamberlain Frances Davis Jerald Drawdy Edwin Estey Mariara Edwards Frankie Lou Morris DeVault Roseborough Frances Faye Thompson Barrett Wingate.
Pepper gains public support as the Florida primary nears with Claude Pepper leading opinion polls. Organized Pepper for Senate clubs spread across cities while backers tout his honesty, Florida focus, and plans for schools. The contest appears to be pepper against Trammell with other candidates holding smaller followings.
A speaker compares Shakespearean seed ideas to the choices facing high school and college students amid changing systems. Memorial Day reflections honor fallen heroes and urge nurturing peaceful, constructive ideas in youth through education, example, and guidance.
Florida activists warn the state’s famous Black Bass faces rapid depletion unless immediate steps are taken. The Consolidated Black Bass Commission notes 700 tons are shipped annually, with bass valued at up to five dollars per fish for sport anglers._candidates for state House and Senate are urged to declare positions as voter pressure grows.
Grace F. Warren leads Alachua county home demonstration club members in preparing their own salad dressings for family use. The group reports at the extension meeting that the homemade dressings save money without sacrificing nutrition.
Grade 1 None. Grade 2 Gibson Treadwell. Grade 3 Fletcher Meadors. Bob by Vincent. Grade 4 John Burkhart Ernest Minkley Calvin Richardson. Grade 5 Walter Dun Jr Jack Meadors. Grade 6 Bob Ora.
Auction note offers 10 acres of cleared citrus land in Lake Johannah district for 800 dollars. Mentions a small well located house and urgent sale with exclusive agent listing for best terms.
Obituary notes Captain Andrew T. White born 1842 in Canandaigua New York died May 27 in Mount Dora Florida after a long illness. A Grand Army of the Republic veteran he served in Illinois Regiment 96 Company C and later helped lay out Grays Lake subdivisions while active in temperance and civic life. He leaves daughters Cora and Dora and son D G White with funeral rites conducted by Rev Perry B James at Mount Dora.
The Florida Forest Service released a new bulletin titled Forestry and Timber Laws of the State of Florida listing laws by number and title affecting forestry. It covers fire timber theft taxation national and state forests forest lands forest products and board actions. Compiled by Rosa Stanaland and available free from the Florida Forest Service in Tallahassee.
About 1 200 000 farmers nationwide have signed reduction contracts and will participate in the 1934 corn hog program as reported by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration.
A reflection urges acknowledgment of past errors while focusing on the present duties. The piece emphasizes learning from missteps without letting regret derail ongoing work and community responsibilities.
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