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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1937
Page
5
After returning from Chicago a brief social gathering was held with guests including Mr. and Mrs. A. Schonenberger and Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Jensen joining the host for a short visit.
Mrs. Mabel Cleary came back from a summer visit in the New England States. Mr. Tracy M. Kramer is improving after surgery and will leave the hospital this week. Dr. and Mrs. F A Poole have returned from Cliff Island Maine to their home on Sheridan Road Sylvan Shores.
Mr and Mrs Geo F Cary return to Sylvan Shores after summer in Casco Maine. The Eckises come back from Hillsboro New Hampshire to winter at Sylvan Shores. Kinseys from Ocean Grove New Jersey plan to winter at Mount Dora. Francis Moorhead improves after brain surgery at St Vincent Jacksonville. Most entering Mount Dora for winter include Hortons from Union Springs New York and Hazelwood from Chicago. Several families travel from Maine to Mount Dora, with others staying at Crane Apartments and visiting from Cape Cod and Holyoke.
A famous medical aphorism attributed to Dr. J. Harvey Kellogg extols daily oranges as a safeguard against aging, reflecting early health reform ideas in a concise nutritional claim.
Warner Bros musical Varsity Show debuts at the Princess Theatre with Dick Powell star and Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians leading an all star cast. Ted Healy Lee Dixon Priscilla Lane Rosemary Lane Buck and Bubbles Walter Catlett Johnny Davis and Bobby Atwell appear. Busby Berkeley crafts a lavish finale over an hour of musical comedy.
The article explains new fabric blends and how to identify them without labels. It describes tests including burning to distinguish silk and synthetics and a lye boil to separate animal from vegetable fibers, plus a method to detect acetate contents and a Florida exhibit on phosphate production.
Mrs Lunsford and Mrs Beck with brother Mr Roy Watson traveled to South Georgia on Saturday after their father died and their mother lies seriously ill. Sherman Cutting of Niagara Falls visited Osborns last week while Mrs Jones hosted sixteen ladies quilting for the Woman's Missionary Society and a pot luck meal. Mrs Ida Battle of Sorrento called on Mrs Jones and Sue Lillivik visited Zellwood Sunday.
The Zellwood P T A debated uniform entrance laws for state schools and voted down a motion to require two weeks prior attendance. They will send a representative to the State P T A Conference in Daytona Beach on October 29. The By-Laws will change to meet on the second Wednesday monthly. Mrs Walker Akerman is invited to the November 10 meeting. Some members plan to visit Tangerine P T A on October 18. Miss Edith F Davenport spoke on The Value of Art.
Florida Southern College speech students study public speaking and record their voices onto new tapes. A $600 moving picture and recording system is used daily in the campus radio studio and class to test students for programs broadcast locally from 2 30 to 3 00 pm. Southern is among the few colleges with both moving picture and recording facilities for speech students.
Girl Scouts met on Monday October 18 with all Patrols singing then moving to Patrol corners. Live Wire Patrol had eight members present three pursuing first class and the rest second class. Officers named Libby Drawdy president Florence Lee secretary treasurer Alma Boyd scribe. Beaver Patrol meeting featured wet weather stove making eight members listed Joann French Geraldine Richardson Rita Daniels Winifred Harding Jean Shipes Iris Moon Betsy Kramer scribe.
The Coast Guard and Life Saving Service were consolidated in 1935 as the Coast Guard. Since then about 80,000 lives and $900,000,000 in property have been saved.
Preparation directions mention adding two quarts water one large tablespoon butter and three level teaspoons salt then cover and boil for 45 minutes. The text lists cookie flavors including Jersey Cream Coconut Chocolate Frosty Freeze Linden Lemon Cream and Scotch Crunch.
A Pan American broadcast series titled Brave New World will run from November 1, 1937, to April 25, 1938, weekdays 10 30 to 11 pm EST on CBS. Thirty episodes will explore Latin American history culture and current issues tied to the Buenos Aires Conference with endorsements from diplomats and education officials.
The French government issued a 1 franc 75 centimes stamp commemorating the 150th anniversary of the U S Constitution. The design shows two female figures with a plaque bearing E Pluribus Unum and Federal Constitution of the United States of America, September 17 1787, with flags in the background.
The Sanford Production Credit Association reports lending hundreds of thousands of dollars in Central Florida and notes no delinquent loans in Lake County, a record not matched in other counties where they operate.
The Sanford Production Credit Association serving Lake Volusia Brevard Osceola Orange and Seminole counties reports record growth and a large Lake County share. Secretary treasurer S E Andrews notes loans rising since 1933 with Lake County eight of forty five district visitors and a July to June fiscal history detailing deficits and gains. Board members and unit supervisors attended a meeting outlining eligibility appeals and staff roles.
Three hundred seventy five old age assistance applications were approved at the District Eleven Welfare Board meeting on October 16 at the District offices in Leesburg. This brings the total number of assisted persons in District Eleven to 1,472. Two are fifty of these are in Lake Co Tonese handling of the
Karl Lehmann secretary of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce spent a week in New England en route to the National Secretaries Convention in Buffalo. He spoke in Boston Cambridge New Bedford Worcester and Portsmouth as part of a reciprocal advertising and publicity campaign between Central Florida and New England via the Florida Public Service Company and its affiliates.
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