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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1929
Page
4
Mrs George Zell hosted a card party for Donnelly Park at the Villa Dora hotel on Friday afternoon. Thirty two ladies played bridge and five hundred with ten prizes awarded. The event raised 23 dollars from donations and ticket sales.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Congregational Church will hold its annual bazaar and sale of Christmas gifts on Thursday afternoon December 5 in the church parlors. The event features fancy articles aprons rugs candy cut flowers and potted plants plus a pot luck feature and country store with bargains. Supper will be served at 6 o clock and a large attendance is hoped.
The King’s Daughters announce the annual Christmas barrel to the Children’s Home Society in Jacksonville. Donations of food clothing or games may be left at the Bank of Mount Dora building through December 10. Clothing of all sizes is usable for wards from infant to adult. Mrs C R Javens pres and Mrs E J Tallant sec.
The King's Daughters were entertained November 20 by Mrs. E. J. Tallant and Miss Hilda Streeton. They planned Thanksgiving baskets for a needy family and other local work. During the social hour, games were played. The next meeting is December 4 at the Grand View Hotel with Miss Marietta Dyson and Miss Ryan.
The regular P T A meeting will be held at the School Auditorium on Tuesday December 3 at 7 30 p m Mrs Margaret Spencer Davidson a Mount Dora artist will speak and demonstrate her talk All parents and friends of the school are urged to attend for strong turnout.
The Garden Club will hold a meeting in the parlors of the Congregational Church. Members are invited to attend and discuss upcoming flower shows and club activities.
On Wednesday afternoon December 4 the club will elect officers for the ensuing year and discuss several important matters. The club also plans to make and sell Christmas wreaths to raise funds for the treasury with details to be announced later.
Personal notes from Mount Dora record Miss Anna Reynolds of Mount Kisco New York in a private sanitarium in White Plains and hoping to visit Mount Dora in January. Dorothy Heath leaves for New Orleans to join fiancé W W Patrick for Thanksgiving. Helen Gallimore arrives from Gates Mills Ohio to spend the winter. Mr and Mrs Hugh LeFever and Mrs H F Merrick return from Oak Harbor Ohio to their Mount Dora home. G W Schwartz of Medina Ohio arrives to spend winter, met at Chattanooga by A J Waltz. Estella Clark returns home from Madison Georgia after visiting daughter Mrs Fred McDowell. Rev J H Elder and family depart for St Petersburg to attend Epworth Institute. Elder preaches at Allendale church in his absence Christie of Eustis will fill pulpit. Elders hosted by B Allen in St Petersburg. Mr and Mrs Blake of Burlington Vermont stay at Villa Dora for winter. V Schuler of New York returns to spend the season at Villa Dora. Mr and Mrs H V Fish return from Mount Kisco New York to their Mount Dora home. Mr and Mrs Kornegay return to Mount Dora.
Residents and visitors arrive for the winter season at Mount Dora including Mr and Mrs Thompson from Hartford and Mr and Mrs Bidwell from Connecticut. The WCTU gathers at Dr Cornelia Clapp's home while the Dora Gild sews for Jacksonville Home. Evangeline dramatization by Evans' Sunday School supports Jacksonville Children’s Home.
Paris fashion notes show milliners embracing feather trimming after the war. Tiny aigrette brushes, flat pads, and small cog feathers appear on hats to break silhouette. Placement shifts to sides or back, color contrast used, usually in twos or threes. Some hats feature a single quill or tucked feather in the crown.
Folds of chiffon lace velvet and flowers join trimming options in millinery. The piece highlights new decorative materials shaping hat design trends and expanding artisan choices in headwear.
A fashion note explains that the cloche loses its hold as dressier silhouettes dominate. It states that one hat no longer fits all costumes, urging varied millinery wardrobes, with brims defining seasonality and sport or dress uses. Rose Descat offers a formal cloche variant for glasses wearers.
The article guides using color to create a balanced room with neutral backgrounds and accent pieces in strong color. It warns against walls in bold colors overpowering objects, suggests small vivid items, and explains harmony through related shades with strategic red accents. It notes lighting effects: dark rooms favor yellows, large spaces need neutrals, light colors enlarge, dark colors shrink.
Slice five small peeled oranges and one unpeeled orange, add to canned peaches. Let stand several hours, then bake until thick like peach butter.
D B Spencer pastor leads Sunday School at 10 a m and Morning Worship at 11 a m with Christian Endeavor at 7 p m Billy Coleman to speak December 1 The Ladies Aid Bazaar is December 5 Rev Christie of Eustis conducts next Sunday services with morning sermon The Misunderstood Christ night message outlines
Sunday school at 10 00 A M led by T H Cooley in September. Epworth League meets at 6 30 P M in the Friendly Class Room. Mid week prayer and Bible study Wednesday at 7 30. The public is cordially invited to attend all or any of these services. James H Elder pastor.
The article lists Sunday School at 9 45 a m with preaching at 11 a m and 7 30 p m by Pastor D P Montgomery B Y P U at 6 30 p m and a Wednesday prayer meeting at 4 30 p m all are invited to attend all services.
Corner Grove Street and Lemon avenue lists Sunday services at 11 a m and Sunday school at 9 45 a m. A testimonial meeting is held Wednesday evening at 8 p m. Reading room open Tuesday and Saturday afternoons 2 4 in the church edifice. All are welcome.
Continuation notes Mount Dora students want to play football. If no football is available locally they may transfer to Eustis or Tavares. A front page notice barred students from attending those towns to participate in athletics, forcing a hoped for return and funding push to support a Mount Dora team.
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