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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1930
Page
2
The Woman's Club will omit its regular meeting on Armistice Day the 11th. The second meeting of the month will be held on the usual day the fourth Tuesday of the month.
Eleven members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union met in the Community church chapel on November 3. Miss Fitch led a program on Maintaining of Law Prohibition in Canada Great Britain and China from Union Signal and Congregationalist. Mrs Carr listed candidates for Tuesday's election and debate followed.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church will meet Monday afternoon November 10 at the church. A supper will be served at 5:30 pm. all members and friends are invited. Bring sandwiches or a covered dish. supper is twenty five cents with proceeds aiding a girl in Africa's schooling.
The King's Daughters gathered with Mrs R Lee Hunter on Fifth avenue October 29 for a brief business session and friendly chat. The room was decorated in orange and black with homemade doughnuts and hot chocolate served on Halloween napkins and plates. Next meeting is Wednesday November 12 at the Community building hosted by Mrs Harriet Smith and Miss Florence Davis.
Homecoming Saturday November 8 honors the new stadium dedication on campus. Florida Gators face the University of Alabama as several Mount Dora and Rollins College students travel to Gainesville for the game. plans include multiple local groups.
The Senior B Y P U held a Halloween bash last Thursday evening in a vacant house near the railroad trestle, with orange and black decor and lantern lighting. Mab Ray wore the standout costume while Otis Hale appeared as the most mysterious character. Bettye Bouterse supervised the fortune telling booth before continuing festivities.
A freshening of hot chocolate and wafers accompanied a hair-raising true ghost story. Attendees included younger guests plus Mr. J. G. Ray, Mr. C. M. Brown of Sorrento, and Reverend M. J. Bouterse with Mrs. Bouterse.
The Mount Dora public school sixth grade held a Hallowe'en party Friday evening at Mrs. Pray’s Fifth Avenue home. Twenty three children attended with Sara Margaret Pooser and George Pray. Prizes went to Howard Rutherford for most children recognized and Cyril Hopcraft for the string chewing contest. Emily Battle and C. C. Dooley won best costume prizes while Idella Stevenson claimed the tackiest costume. Ghost stories preceded refreshments of Witch's brew ginger snaps and corn candy with festive decorations and favor horns. Mrs. Pooser was assisted by Mrs. Nina Pray and other ladies.
The primary department staged a healthy lesson on temperance with songs and a health play about vegetables curing illness from pickles and candy. City officials and local leaders urged abstinence and citizenship while visitors attended the program. A separate Halloween dance at Mrs. J B Swift’s Tangerine home featured lights decorations records and treats for the young revelers.
Barnett and Raymond Perkins host a gathering with three Eustis boys arriving later Harry Feigin Pokey Porter and Jo Eckholdt. Other guests included Mr and Mrs Capp Johnson and Mrs and Mrs David Simpson arriving during the evening.
Mrs Alfred Rehbaum hosted a Halloween party at the Liberty Street home for 23 children in costume. The group visited a haunted vacant house acted by Mrs Emma Taft Nelle Hague and Edith Hunt, enjoyed games and bobbing for apples, then returned for pumpkin pie doughnuts candy and cocoa.
Mrs Elizabeth Van Loon of Jacksonville visits Mr and Mrs Peaston on Fourth Ave. Ferdinand Smith stays at the Martin home Grandview. Univers ity men Paul Conrad Charles Barnett and Raymond Perkins home for the week. Miss Blaich remains in Mount Dora. Frank Weeks of Rockville Center New York return to Highland Ave for winter. Huestis Eddy and son Richard motor from Waukon Iowa for winter on Woodland Ave. Mabel E Parker of Portland Maine home for winter at the erennnen in the Donnelly ing. F H Begole from Marquette Mich arrives for winter in Mount Dora Tre main Court. Fashion Show tonight at Mount Dora theatre by Frock and Frill Shop with The Runaway Bride. Frances B Harvey and family from Indiana in Sixth Ave home. Julia Harn staying east side Fourth Ave from Gainesville. Tracy Kramer visited Dunedin with his mother Mrs E R Kramer. Florida tourist traffic praised. William Umlauf and wife return to Mount Dora on Tavares Road for winter. H W Fish arrive from Mt Kisco New York to spend winter at Helen and Tenth Streets. Bertha Eddy and Mabel Dunlevy visit Mount Dora. Dunlevy staying a few weeks. H H Clark and wife from Lakeport New Hampshire in Tremain apartments for the season. W B and Willard Wadsworth back in town after wintering elsewhere.
A stream of visitors and winter residents arrive in Mount Dora including M. Young Boston, Miss Blake and Mr. Jack I Montverde, Dr. and Mrs. Conklin with Geraldine, Helen Gallimore and Harry Gallimore from Cleveland, and families from New York Ohio and Massachusetts. They plan to stay through the season with local hosts on Clayton and nearby streets.
The Mount Dora Art League announces its first meeting on Thursday November 6 at Mrs A C Houghton’s residence. The program focuses on Architecture with Edith Hanneman as committee chair. Craft chair Mrs Davidson proposes tea tiles and pottery, with local firing at a Orlando area kiln. The group meets monthly on the third Thursday at the Congregational church. all interested in art or craft are welcome.
The article discusses efforts to introduce strictly selective immigration legislation at the next session of Congress. It argues such a policy would lower unemployment and hasten a return to sound economic conditions in the country.
The list shows students earning honor roll for the second month across grades one through six. First graders include Maxine Cleary, T. J. Colling, Bess Barney Davis, and others. second graders Betty Blanchard, Felton Dean, Joan French. up to sixth graders Emily Battle, Willie Kate Grantham, Dorothy Loveless, Nina McCurley, and more.
Epworth League members held a Halloween party at Daniel H. Bishop's home. Alfred Carter chaired a committee with Frances Elder, Margaret Sidel, and Marie Slack as they hosted games, flour diving, and bobbing for apples in a submarine style. Punch and sandwiches were served, and members voted to hold monthly gatherings.
The text argues favoring immigrants who fill needed fields and respecting country quotas. It warns that current workers already meet demand, so further entry would raise unemployment and lower wages. It predicts immigration will need to be entirely restricted as a self-protective measure.
A historical recipe outlines peeling and sugaring ripe guavas, mixing pulp, rolling in pastry, and baking 25 minutes at 375 degrees. It includes a lemon or orange sauce with marmalade and a separate orange sauce recipe, credited to Isabelle S Thursby.
Mount Dora note records Mount Dora hotel leased by Mount Dora residents Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Slade of Minneapolis Minnesota. The transaction marks a new ownership arrangement for the property.
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