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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1940
Page
5
The Lambert Circle of the First Baptist church met Monday for its regular monthly session at Mrs. Jennie Stovall's Fifth Avenue home. Officers were elected and plans laid for the coming year. A social hour followed the business.
Mrs Pearl Camp entertained her Five Hundred Card Club at her Gorham street home on Tuesday afternoon last week. Refreshments of ice cream soda cookies and mints were served. While Mrs R M Blanchard is vacationing in Massachusetts Mrs Frank Nettleton will substitute and entertain the club this week.
Miss Peggy Champ and Mr Sam Swiger hosted a wedding party spaghetti supper Wednesday night at 626 Donnelley Street future home. Guests included Roxanna aes, Adelbert Swiger, Lela Mae Jennings, Dan Crosland, Charlotte Lester, Frank Burkart, Alfred Rehbaum, Alan Hill, Carl Foster, Martha Fenn, Leon Cheek, and Woodfin Ezzard.
Members of the Community church choir gathered Thursday at Mrs. Florence G. Hanscom's home on Grandview street for a pot luck supper and a business meeting led by Prof. Roseborough. Plans for 1940 41 include a December Vesper service a Christmas play and Ash Wednesday music plus funding for new electric fixtures.
A local event featured the Magillathlin offer to install fixtures free of charge appreciated by attendees. Games were enjoyed, and participants left late at night feeling the occasion was both pleasant and profitable for the community.
Mrs C L Dean entertained Friday at her Sylvan Shores home with a card party and wash shower honoring Mrs Johnnie Adams. Guests included local women from Mount Dora Leesburg Eustis Zellwood Wildwood and Lake Jem reflecting a community social event.
The King's Daughters met last Monday night at Mrs. Ronald Christie's Sorento home with 26 attendees. Officers agreed to serve another year, led by President Mrs. Christie and Vice President Mrs. David S. Simpson.
Mrs. Eleanor Jackson entertained Wednesday in Mount Dora honoring Minnie Cogan of Tampa Worthy Grand Matron of the Grand Chapter of Florida Order of the Eastern Star. Red white and blue decor and gifts highlighted the event plus Mabel Colbert and Kathleen Galloway among guests. The gathering marked the 56th wedding anniversary of Mr. Jacksons parents.
Mrs. Swiger became the bride of Mr. Swiger in a double ring ceremony at the Mount Dora parish with a Queen Anne style gown of white satin. Attendants wore satin gowns and bouquets of bronze chrysanthemums. The reception followed at the parish house and the couple plans a North Carolina motor trip before settling at 626 Donnelly Street. The bride, a Mount Dora native and Stetson graduate, is active in campus societies. the groom, from Salem, Virginia, is a former All State football pick and A&P manager in Mount Dora. Out of town guests included relatives and Stetson University officials.
Mrs. L. H. Myers of Sixth avenue has come back from Seymour Connecticut. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Lawin returned from Eden New York to their Sylvan Shores winter home. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Holst came back from Twitchell Lake Big Moose New York. Otis McCullom and family of Leesburg spent Sunday with his mother Mrs. McCullom. Harry H. Hildwein arrived from Fremont Ohio and stays at 936 East Fifth avenue for the winter. Geo. F. Cary returned from Portland Maine to his Sylvan Shores home on Helm Road. Harold Blunt, ill, has improved and returned home from Lake County Medical Center Eustis.
Mrs F G Davis and the Misses Davis arrive after summers on Cape Cod. The Folger family return from Nantucket and settle at Sylvan Shores. Thealls relocate from Stow to Lake Dora. Numerous visitors and arrivals include Miss Skipper, Mrs Pohlman, Mr Waaser, and others as Mount Dora prepares for the upcoming winter season.
Residents report summer journeys across the north west and south to Mount Dora Florida. Abbott duo return from Minnesota and Canada while Jo Etchells travel from Kenneport Maine. Mrs. Simpson heads home from the west after Alaska trip with Miss Steinmetz. Hazelwood returns from five months visiting Chicago Milwaukee Waukeagan and more. Walden family visits Florida coast and Hollywood and Miami relatives. Jamison returns to spend the winter with Simpson family in Mississippi.
Mrs. Emory Spier and her baby daughter Sue Amoret returned Sunday from Sanford where the child was born September 28. Both mother and infant are reported well and Mr. Spier, manager of the Piggly Wiggly store, is glad they are home.
The library reports new additions including Amos by Locke Cutters by Aldrich Spooky Hollow by Wells Bright Yellow Gold by Bennett They Wanted War by Tolischus Sky Service by Lansing Secret Cargo by Pease Sky Cruiser by Brier The Hidden Staircase by Keene Why Europe Fights by Millis This is an authoritative and stir.
Refugee by Clara Leiser recounts Nazi Germany through a former Berlin bookkeeper now in America. A Doctors Holiday in Iran by Rosalie S Morton explores healing work in Iran. Perto Rico and the Virgin Islands by Daisy Beck offers a photographic tour of Caribbean possessions. Several new titles appear this month with notable notices from the Library Committee.
The speaker notes that none of the toothpastes powders or liquids perform as announcers promise. The critique highlights a gap between marketing claims and actual results.
Monthly and weekly meeting times for church groups civic clubs fraternal orders and social service bodies listed with churches American Legion auxiliary Kiwanis Lions Masons OES Knights of Pythias Pythian Sisters Past Chiefs Club Lake County Guard and others in the city hall community building and local homes. Meetings occur on specified days including Wednesdays Thursdays and first or second Fridays with times such as 12 15 pm and evenings at various locations.
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