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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1941
Page
5
The Women s Society for Christian Service of the Methodist Church will meet next Wednesday afternoon September 10 at 3 00 o clock in the Parish House. The meeting agenda includes fellowship and planning activities with church members in attendance.
The Home Demonstration Club will meet at the Community Building on Wednesday September 10 at 2 30 p m The meeting will feature an exhibit of home made rugs All ladies interested in this craft are invited to view the display.
On Friday afternoon Miss Betty West hosts Mount Dora Schools elementary teachers at her Grandview Street home. Guests include Mrs. Sally Strite, Misses Doris and Twila Camp, Virginia Bardeen, and Mary Neel.
Mrs. W. A. Vincent led the afternoon session at the After noon Bridge Club on Grandview Street. Guests included Mrs. Frank Burkart and others. after the games, delicious refreshments were served.
The Mount Dora Club attended the annual Four-County home demonstration picnic at Rainbow Springs on August 22. Attendees included Betty Masten Edna Cowles Flo Blanchard Oresta Nettleton Lottie Daniels and Frank Cowles and Frank Neetleton. The picnic dinner was served at noon with a discussion of club work.
Mrs. Howard Simpson hosted a swimming party and buffet supper last Thursday honoring girls from Mount Dora and Eustis who are heading for college. Stetson University alumnae assisted, including Mr Betty Ferran and Miss Ruth Ohme of Eustis, Mrs. Pickens Talley, Miss Adelaide Key, Mrs. O. M. Simpson of Mount Dora, and Mrs. J. Schrup of Mount Plymouth.
A moonlit Friday night outing aboard the City of Dora featured Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wise enjoying supper aboard the vessel with Mr. and Mrs. (names given in source). The event highlighted a social boat trip as part of local leisure activities.
James Cooper hosts a reception with prominent guests including Mr. and Mrs. Millard Reid, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Dooley, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Ray Jr, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Rehbaum Jr, Mr. and Mrs. LaMar Silver, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Tremain, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Drawdy Jr, Mrs. Drawdy, and Mrs. Marguerite Inz attending social event hosted at a private residence.
Mrs Ernie Green was honored at a shower and party at the home of Mrs Glenn Chapman on Thursday evening of last week with associate hostesses Mrs Cecil Parker and Mrs Henry Mahart of Orlando. The guests enjoyed cards with four tables of bridge and one of rummy. Bridge prizes went to Mrs J M Greene for high score, Mrs Paul Johnson for second high, with Mrs James Cooper taking the traveling prize and the honoree the consolation. Rummy high score was won by Mrs Austin Simpson. Attendees included Mesdames Paul Johnson Millard Reid Harry Hopcraft Howard Chamberlain William Prinz Robert Wise J M Greene Clayton Tremain James Cooper La Mar Silver Donald Strickland W A Hunter R V Parker Roy Morgan Carl Foster George Ramsdell Paul Chapman Austin Simpson Ray Eckholdt Cecil Bowie and Miss Virginia Chapman.
Personal notes list guests and travelers including Mr. and Mrs. Frank Morley hosted by Mr. H. L. Drugg. Several residents return from trips to Chicago Bay Pines Miami Beach Daytona Beach and Hartford. Names include Miss Betty Jean Johnson Miss Bettye Lotz Lucille Walden Gertrude Thorne Willie Kate Grantham Jackie Lott and others with family and residence ties in Jacksonville Tangerine Winter Park Plant City Mount Dora and surrounding areas.
Local notes reveal Nancy Turner returning from the north with J M Turner heading to Indiana for a short visit before returning home. Numerous residents, including Mrs M B Swift Mrs L C Smith Dr C L Quixley and families, report visits to Coronado Beach Daytona Beach and Georgia with relatives and friends.
Miss Wee Ede Sawyer visits Mount Dora with friends before joining the Leesburg school faculty this year. Mr. Roland Morse returns to Mount Dora from Center Ville Massachusetts where he spent part of the summer. Mrs. Morse is expected home about October first.
Miss Betty West and Miss Edna Dennis returned Monday afternoon from Daytona Beach. Nancy Stuart, their guest for a few days, accompanied them home. Mrs. H. S. Masten and Mrs. J. M. Daniels attended the Four-County bow Springs. Mrs. Daniels drove her new car to this picnic. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Hall and daughter Frances returned Friday from Pendleton, S. C. where they have been guests of Mr. Hall's mother Mrs. W. E. Hall.
Local residents and visitors include Richard Van Voorhis visiting Mount Dora family before departing to Jacksonville for Naval Air School. A. E. Bell returns from Alaska then rushes to Shelton Connecticut for ill mother. George Cary and wife head to Waynesville North Carolina then Wilmington Delaware and back by November. Mary Wathen’s wedding in Sanford draws Daniels family attendance. New Stetson University entrants, Mildred Bartlett and Elizabeth Kramer, join Mount Dora ties as campus opens.
Miss Affa Hubbel, beloved local teacher, visits Mrs. Carolyn McMurray and will remain through Friday. She invites former pupils to call on her during the visit.
Mrs. Kenneth Downing and Kenneth Jr. left by bus Monday for Detroit after visiting her sister Mrs. L. J. Drawdy Jr. Mrs. Drawdy's mother Mrs. C. L. Jones remains with her for the present.
Miss Lou Kellar a Harrisville West Virginia school faculty member visiting her sister Miss Phyllis Kellar an efficient clerk at the Iuns 5 and 10 store left Sunday to resume her school duties. She is fond of Mount Dora and expects to return for the Christmas holidays.
Miss Shirley Coen spent time at Daytona Beach with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Sam Goen. Weekend guests included Miss Dorothy White and Midshi Stuart Sadler. Miss Eleanore Minkley visited during Labor Day. Mrs. Eugene L. Downs learned her nephew Rev. Cullen B. Jones was commissioned first lieutenant in the 152nd Inf Camp Shelby Miss as chaplain. Both Lemuel C. Downs and Cullen B. Jones are first lieutenants. Jones is a cousin of Og Jones and Mrs. J. L. Drawy Jr.
Local residents visit relatives across Florida during summer and holiday weekends. Sorrento families host visitors from Titusville Miami Jacksonville St. Augustine Mascotte and Mercedes Texas while others travel to Nashville Detroit and Miami for work and school openings.
A profile of Alex MacTay, a young Scotch immigrant who arrives in 1890 America and rises from farm hand to steel magnate in Western Philadelphia. The romance with Meggy shades a portrait of ambition, resilience, and enduring character across a sweeping, vivid tale.
The Treasury Department and Federal Reserve Banks announce free safekeeping for Defense Savings Bonds. They will hold bonds securely at no charge, simplifying asset management for savers and ensuring safe custody.
The Florida Municipal Record comments on Hitler as a spellbinder telling people what they will get while omitting what they must give. The remark frames a stark comparison to leadership expectations.
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