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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1938
Page
5
The Ladies Aid Society of the Methods church will meet Friday at 3 p.m. at Mrs. C Dooley's home in Sylvan Shores. The Monday social begins next week with play at 2 p.m. in the Community Building social room. residents and winter visitors are invited.
The ladies of the Congregational church will meet in the chapel Friday at 3 p.m. All ladies who have not yet brought gifts for the West Tampa mission may bring them to the meeting.
Mr and Mrs John A Watts of Umatilla former Mount Dora residents celebrated their Golden Wedding Saturday. They were honored by the Susanna Wesley Sunday School class of the Umatilla Methodist Church at the home of Mrs W C Britt the class president.
The Woman's Club holds its season opening meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Community Building social room. A brief business session will be followed by a reception and program. The meeting is open to visitors.
Miss Joanne French entertained Monday evening with a Hallowe en dinner party. Guests included Miss Jean Shipes Miss June Fenn Miss Betsy Kramer Miss Helen Wells Miss Florence Lee Miss Sheila Spilky Miss Carowin Hall of Eustis Carey Colley Dan Nettles Bernard McCabe Brugs Kennedy Tommy Shipes Jeff Terrill Joe Duncan Bill Rogers and Tommy Robertson of Tavares.
The Florida State Nurses Association District 14 hosts a dance at Lake County Country Club on Saturday November 26 with Eddy Stephenson’s orchestra. A floor show will entertain guests. tickets are sold by association officers and the floor dance committee. Officers include Martha Lewis, Ruth Crosland, Pearl Haynes, Ann Thompkins, and Charlotte Lester.
The Home Demonstration Club meets Wednesday at 2 30 in the social rooms of the Community Building. All ladies invited to attend. The report omits Mrs Grant Cowles from new officers list. she is a council member and served.
The club honored Mrs. Frank Finzel for eight years as president with a miscellaneous shower at Mrs. H. A. Vinton's home. June through October hosts are listed for social gatherings. A bazaar with baked goods cooked foods and novelties is scheduled for December 2 and 3, with details to follow.
Esther Katharine Cadman and Kenneth Horace Maglathlin wed in an intimate ceremony October 29 at the Cadman home on Eustis Road Lake Gertrude. Dr Andrew M. Brodie officiated. The couple will reside in a new home built by Horace Maglathlin stretching from US 441 to Lake Dora Drive with a Sunday reception for guests.
Mrs. M. O. Adams of Weymouth Nova Scotia returns for the winter. Mrs. Joe Etchells departs Friday for New York on a trip for the Frock and Frill Shop. Lemuel C. Downs transfers to Key West from Fort Benning. Several couples plan winter stays in Daytona Beach Orlando and Lake Carlton. Mrs. Page Laughlin and Mrs. Jane Wolfert scheduled to spend the winter at Lake Carlton. Mrs. F. P. Gutelius returns from Montreal to stay home. Miss Connie Vickers attends Mount Dora church Homecoming Day. Mrs. Andrew M. Cameron ill but improving at Lake Shore Drive. Families plan winter stops at Grand View Lakeside Inn and Ambler Pennsylvania. Mr. A I Hall and Olive Hall to winter in California after visits in Rochester New Hampshire.
A parade of winter guests is listed in Mount Dora with their origins and residence details. Mr. and Mrs. David T. de Derby arrive from Rutherford New Jersey and stay at the Drugg house on Alexander Drive. Others include Mrs. F M Thompson and Miss Margaret Chamberlain from Waterford Michigan at 849 Grandview Street, and Mr. Russell McKinney from Coldwater Kansas visiting relatives P. W. Turrentine. The list covers dozens of families visiting for the season at various addresses including Sylvan Shores and Tremain Street, with multiple local host arrangements and Homecoming Day attendance noted.
At his father's home in Sylvan Shores the subject plans a brief Fort Myers stay then returns to Mount Dora. It is undecided whether Mr and Mrs Grant will winter there. Mrs Grant's health has improved and Mount Dora friends are pleased. Mr and Mrs William F Marsh and son Charles William of Los Angeles left after a two week visit with Major Charles L Marsh and Mrs Marsh at Lake Beauclair. They will tour the Pacific coast, stopping at Biloxi New Orleans Tulsa and other points over ten days. Mr Marsh works in Los Angeles city electrical department.
The author reflects on the world not ending as predicted, praises the P T A jamboree, and celebrates a successful fish tale and community show. He notes the state road surface treatment on State Road No. 2 between Ocala and Lowell in Marion County has been completed.
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