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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1941
Page
3
The Home Demonstration Club meets Wednesday November 12 at 2 30 in the Community Building social rooms. Topic is Planning Christmas for Others with simple home made gifts. All interested women invited. Ladies Aid to Meet Friday at 3 p m in the chapel of the Community Church.
Mrs. Charles S. Hager of Vergennes Vermont visiting Mount Dora with Dr. Hager will be a special guest at the society meeting and all ladies of the church are invited to meet her.
The Mount Dora Woman's Club begins its season next Wednesday November 12 at 2 30 p m at the Yacht Club. Civics Committee leads the program with Mrs R E Stevens Daytona Beach prominent in state federation active in women’s club work.
The talk features Mrs A A as speaker followed by a set of solos with Mrs Brown accompanying. The session will come after the monthly business meeting.
Mrs D. Fletcher Crane and Mrs A A Tanner hosted a Sunday moonlight boat ride on the City of Dora. Guests sailed Lakes Dora and Eustis into River then tied at Dora Canal for a buffet supper and full moon canal excursion, an unforgettable experience for many first-timers. The party included Mr and Mrs Fletcher Crane, Mr and Mrs A A Tanner, Mr and Mrs Gerald B Hurlburt, Mr and Mrs Vernon L Conner, Mr and Mrs C H Lichliter, Mr and Mrs George Keller, Captain Wise, Mrs Edwin Stevens, and the Misses Adeline Wise Peggy Everhart Maribel Carroway Harriet Wise and Gladys Irene Crane.
A list of residents and visitors arriving for the winter in Mount Dora includes Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Bigelow at 644 Alexander street, Mr. and Mrs. Gridley at Simpson Hotel, and many others from Guilford New York Bridgeport Conn Easton Md Stockton Springs Maine Fall River Mass and Mexico Missouri. Names such as Ruth Loveless Carl G Loveless and families like the Lovelesses Metcalfs and Kerrs are noted along with multiple addresses and hotels marking the season’s start.
Judith Ann arrived from South Norwalk Conn to winter at 649 Eleventh Avenue. George Coffin remains home with a broken ankle and torn ligaments from a Saturday accident. Herbert Harlow and family returned from a five and a half month north visit to Massachusetts. W M Kennedy returned from Pensacola after illness of Mrs Kennedy’s mother Mrs Cottrell. she was improving. Maribel Calloway Peggy Everhart and Harriet Wise spent a Tampa day for beauty operator exams. Mrs Ray W Stillman and Miss Margaret Simpson arrived for winter, Stillman from Milford Conn and Simpson from Scotch Plains N J to Villa Cora Hotel. Paul Ault and wife returned from a Gladwin Mich trip. Mrs Ault resumes post office duties. W C Williams returned from Staunton Va and awaits sister Miss…
Mrs. Williams reports her mother-in-law Mrs Betty A Williams who was happy and contented at her old home until a late summer fall broke her crippled leg and she died September 2. Mr W H Morrell returns from Medina Ohio to his Baker Street cottage finds a summer break in with ransacked home with stove and coffee pot disturbed and lunch scraps left.
Miss Shirley Coen of Mount Dora has been initiated as an active member of the Beta Psi Chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha at Stetson University. She is a sophomore and the daughter of Mr and Mrs S M Coen.
Walter W. Radcliffe 86 retired industrialist of 215 Coram Avenue Shelton died from carbon monoxide poisoning in his garage last Monday. Funeral services were held Thursday at his home with Rev. Donald H. Frazier officiating. City officials, business leaders, and fraternal organizations attended. Burial followed in Riverside Cemetery.
Miss Ida C Kinsey 61 of Orange New Jersey died Saturday October 22 in an Orange nursing home after a long illness. Born in Newark she lived in West Orange and East Orange summers at Ocean Grove and winters in Mount Dora. She belonged to Roseville Methodist Church Newark Ohio and attended Mount Dora Methodist Church. Funeral services were held Monday October 24 at the Colonial Home East Orange with burial in Fairmount Cemetery.
The article notes that bovine tuberculosis has been practically eradicated in the United States, highlighting significant progress in controlling the disease across cattle populations. It discusses the impact on farming and public health measures contributing to the decline.
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