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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1939
Page
5
The Parent Teacher Association hosts a benefit bridge party on Thursday December 7 at 8 p m in the Community Building social rooms. Tickets are 20 5 cents and all are invited. Mr and Mrs W A Conrad entertain for their grandson Arthur Kellogg with a six o clock dinner and an evening of cards by friends staying for the winter.
The next meeting of the Woman's Club of Mount Dora is set for Wednesday afternoon December 13 at 2 30 p m at the Yacht Club. The Library Committee will run the program with Mrs O W Sadler as chairman.
The Ladies Aid of the Congregational church will meet in the chapel Friday December 1 at 3 p m. There is important business to handle and the group hopes many members attend.
Miss Mary Louise Rehbaum hosted dinner Friday for Ver don Wilhite of Cullman Alabama visiting her and her parents Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Rehbaum Sr. The guests included Mr. and Mrs. Rehbaum Miss Rehbaum Mr Wilhite J W Shaw Thomas F McCabe Jr Miss Dorothy White and Miss Betty Davis of Stetson University.
Mon day afternoon twelve tables of contract auction and five hundred were played at the Monday Social Club. Mrs. A Schonenberger won the contract prize, Mrs. C C Gravice won the auction prize, and Mrs. Ray Blanchard won five hundred. Mrs. Lottie Weeks was elected president succeeding Mrs. Frank Drake. Hostesses next Monday will be Mrs. Belle Rogers and Mrs. Drake. Open to Mount Dora residents and visitors.
Mrs W A Vincent and Mrs W L Zeller entertained the Couples Card Club at Mrs Zeller's Eustis home with a bridge party and shower for Mrs R M Hall. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Zeller, Mr and Mrs Vincent, Mr and Mrs Hall, Mr and Mrs J M Turner, Mr and Mrs Grady Simpson, Mr and Mrs E E Nutter, Mr and Mrs Harold Overhiser, Mrs Mary E Truskett, Mrs Lloyd McNaughton and Mr Woodfin Ezzard. Ladies prize went to Mrs Simpson, second to Mrs Truskett. Gents top score was Mr Hall, second Mr Simpson.
The W. M. S. of the Baptist church met on Monday November 27 to plan the annual Lottie Moon season of prayer. A combined prayer service and Foreign Mission program with offerings will be held at the church Friday December 8 starting at 1:00 pm. A preparation study was led by Mrs. Maurice Brantley of Mascotte on November 22. The P. T. A. will meet Tuesday December 5 at 3:30 pm in the Community Building.
The County School Board led by D H Moore and Doris Camp from the local faculty prepares a program with musical numbers by the high school glee club. They urge donations of toys or canned goods for King’s Daughters baskets and a social hour to follow with eleventh and twelfth grade mothers as hostesses. Sur prise Shower Honors Mrs Wise with pink blue and white decorations and gifts from a "Wishing Well" event.
Ocklawaha Chapter D A R invites members to an informal luncheon with State Regent Mrs. T C Maguire at the Villa Dora Hotel at 12 30 and a regular meeting at Mrs Hazelwood’s home at 2 30 on December seventh. Hostesses listed and a follow up luncheon in DeLand on December eighth honors Mrs Maguire with tickets priced at 1 00.
Friends of Patricia Johnson gather at the Johnson home on Simpson Street to mark her second birthday with games, a fish pond, a colored movie, and a decorated cake. Guests include Mrs. E. S. Marshall and children Ellen and John, Mrs. Thomas Kelley and Mary Anna, Dr. and Mrs. R. W. Dickson, Mrs. Clayton Tremaine and Ann Patricia, and Paul Johnson.
A parade of winter residents arrived in Mount Dora and settled into local homes. Nellie Hooper from Rockport sits with Jeannette Nelson and Bessie Norton. Boston couple Frank and Mrs Bridgman stay at Tremain Street. Several guests from Hillsboro, Toronto, and Conn. share homes with local hosts.
John van Guilder explains three film types for amateurs orthochromatic for outdoor scenes with wide exposure latitude fine grained panchromatic for enlargements and high speed panchromatic for night and dull days. He notes double coating extends shadow detail and overall usefulness across conditions.
Miss Alice Graham returned from a six month trip through the West visiting California the Fair and friends in New Orleans before resuming life at Mrs J L Ohara’s cottage on West Ninth Ave with plans to rest after travel and recall memories from her journey
Mr and Mrs Abert M Ramsdell welcomed a baby daughter born October 5 in Ohio after living in Mount Dora. The arrival details include photographs of the infant.
Mr and Mrs J G Ray welcome a son born Saturday November 25 at Lake County Medical Center Eustis. The Topic has not learned the baby's name.
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