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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1935
Page
5
The Woman's Missionary Society will hold a meeting in the Friendly Class room of the Methodist Church on Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, September 9. Members are urged to attend.
The Ladies Aid of the Congregational church will hold a porch party at Mrs Jameson’s home at the corner of Donnelly and Eighth on Friday September 6 at 3 p.m. Mrs Jameson will be assisted by Miss Margaret Lewis.
Miss Flora Morley and Mr Nelson Morley hosted an informal dance at their McDonald street home on Tuesday evening with a guest list including Edna MacNeil Roberta Widmer Ruth Harvey and others. Mrs Ruby Haygood of Apopka hosted a banquet for the WGM of the OES Mrs Della Green in Apopka in honor of an official visit to the Orange Chapter. The Worthy Grand Matron presided and Mrs C Womble of Apopka sat opposite with Mrs V A Stewart providing piano selections.
Miss Jean nette Pike assisted her sister at a serving. The N Club meeting at eighth avenue featured a midnight waffle party with attendees including Clayton Tremain and Claude Carter families. W C T U met September 3 with devotionals, minutes, and treasurer report showing $8.00. proposed disbanding and dues to support Eustis State Convention attendance.
A surprise birthday party for J D Mosteller was held at his Grandview Street home with a neighborhood treasure hunt led by Glenn Chapman. Miss Vivian Thompson performed a Gracie Allen impersonation and a nursery rhyme contest awarded wreaths to Thompson and Robert Stuart. Guests included Vivian Thompson Lurlene Green Delphia Norman Alice Franklin of St Petersburg Willie Mae Gresham Kathleen Galloway and several young men from the area.
Miss Jeannette Hayes daughter of the late Fred L. Hayes and Mrs. Hayes of Montreal formerly of Toronto married Mr. Harry Clark son of the late J. A. Clark and Mrs. Estella Clark on Saturday at 4 30 in the bride's brother Fredric Hayes home. The gown featured princess lines with pink velvet buttons and a pink lace cap. A reception followed. The couple will spend two weeks in Lake Simcoe then New York before settling in Mount Dora.
Personal notes report Robert Perkins arriving from Fort Scriven Georgia and Stella Owens to lead Story Bros after September. Various locals plan returns and trips including Vincent family from Wisconsin Peggy Champ resuming at Stetson University and Tom Madden visiting from Jacksonville Labor Day.
Social notes detail visits and trips among Jacksonville Daytona Beach and Gainesville residents. Names include Miss Grace Butterfield Miss Carrie True Mr. and Mrs. Harold Overhiser Miss Doris Camp Mr. George Ragan and students at the University of Florida. Also mentions trips to New York Nashville Toronto and Thousand Islands with family and friends.
A Busy Round of departures and visits includes Mr. J. M. Smitheran in Daytona Beach with Mrs. Smith and Frances, Mr. Robert Stuart returning to Granville Ohio, the Sarvers planning a Connecticut visit, and Gordon Coffin visiting Johnstown Georgia. Also noted are a leg injury to Mrs. Mary Torrey, tours by Mrs. E. C. Kee and Mrs. Mary W. Simpson, and Floridian travels including Professor Roseborough en route from Jonesboro Tennessee, plus Mount Dora residents at Daytona Beach for Labor Day and updates on the Whitehead family after a storm strike.
Mr and Mrs W F Jones and guests Miss Freda Worthing and Don Worthing left Sunday for Maine. Wilton Lyons of Waxahachee Texas visits with aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs C M Bell. Mr and Mrs Ralph Osborne and son Harold Mr Carroll Pugh and Miss Lillian McLucas left Monday for a week at Daytona. Miss Joy Harmon of Orlando visits Miss Helen J Holtz this week. Ruth Osborne returns Tuesday from Webster where she is teaching.
A movie column touts an amazing group of upcoming pictures with a varied and strong lineup. It highlights Radio's superb slate and noted adaptations and star roles including Tarlington and Lionel E. in standout titles, signaling Hollywood poised for a vibrant year.
A collage of upcoming releases lists stars like Ruth Chatterton Fredric March Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper in a mix of dramas musicals and adventures. Titles include Three Musketeers style spectacles Anna Karenina Mutiny on the Bounty and Peter Ibertson among others with Universal Paramount and United Artists films highlighted.
The Mount Dora Theatre shows The Raven a Bela Lugosi chiller adapted from Poe with Irene Ware Lester Matthews and Inez Courtney. Harmony Lane a Stephen Foster musical romance stars Douglass Montgomery Evelyn Venable Adrienne Ames William Frawley and the Shaw Choir. Matinees both days with 25 cent student policy after Monday matinee. Also Silk Hat Kid with Lew Ayres and Mae Clarke. Kneeland and Gere will not visit Mount Dora this season due to illness.
Mount Dora announces that nine girls will depart next week to attend the coming term at Florida State College for Women in Tallahassee. They are Misses Jean Smith Helen Stuart Elizabeth Fenn Jane McCown Mary Joyce Moorhead Jane McCarthy Ruth Loveless and Francys Sadler.
The Legion Auxiliary meeting originally set for Tuesday night at Mrs. Jack Wilkinson’s home in Mount Dora is postponed to Wednesday evening September 11. It will be held at Mrs. H. H. Chamberlain’s home in Tangerine with all members urged to attend for the state convention report.
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