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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1938
Page
5
The King's Daughters announce a regular meeting to be held Monday evening September 12 at the home of Miss Hilda Streeton on Fourth Avenue West.
The Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church will meet at the church on Monday September 12 at 3 o'clock. The gathering will set plans for the year ahead, making it an important session.
Announcement reports the marriage of Miss Liona Virginia Odell daughter of Mrs Andrew Reuben Odell of 3092 Euclid Boulevard Cleveland Heights Ohio on September 1 to Mr Marvin Stevens of Farmington Ohio. The bride wore white organza. a simple ring ceremony followed with cousin Miss Mary E Cowan as maid of honor and Walter Kerber as best man. Rev J H Goldner officiated before about seventy relatives. The couple will reside at 410 Fifth Avenue Mount Dora Florida after October 1.
Mrs Cliff White, Mrs Paul Pate and Miss Eudora White hosted a surprise birthday party for Mrs J B White at her home from 8 to 10 pm. Guests included Mr and Mrs J B White, Mr and Mrs Cecil Parker, Mr and Mrs Robert McMurray, and several friends. Mr White plans to resume studies at the University of Florida.
Mrs J C White and Mrs Paul Pate hosted a birthday party at Mount Dora Dairy for Annie Bell Pate turning eleven on September second. Eudora White assisted. guests included Eve lyn Vickers and Charles Wilkinson among others. cake, iced punch, and games featured in a festive lawn and home setting.
Personal Miss Lizzie Barrett has returned after a two months stay at Daytona Beach. Mr and Mrs Ed Moorhead and their children arrived the first of the week from Tyler Texas for an extended visit.
Jane Withers returns in Keep Smiling opening Sunday at the Princess Theatre. Gloria Stuart and Henry Wilcoxon lead a strong supporting cast as a comical yet poignant tale follows Jane in a boarding school to Hollywood where she helps her uncle regain his career.
Mr. Frank Harding is in Lake County Medical Center Eustis recovering after tonsil removal on Tuesday. Households report trips to Miami Atlantic Beach Washington DC Daytona Beach Cedartown Ga Kennebunkport Maine and a 6200 mile coast to coast trip with no car trouble.
Mr and Mrs Ray E Daniels announce the birth of a six and one half pound daughter Monday morning at Lake County Medical Center in Eustis Both mother and baby are doing nicely The notice also promotes a subscription to the go campaign closing next week
Thomas Armstrong of Mount Dora died September 6 at his home on Grandview Street. He was born in New Brunswick and came to the United States as a young man, working thirty years with Powers Mercantile in Minneapolis. He became a U.S. citizen in 1906 and leaves a niece, Mrs. Helen Merritt Davidson, and longtime associate Mr. J. J. West. He would have turned 91 in two months.
Mercantile Company at Minneapolis and a key organizer brought Mr. Armstrong to his home. He leaves many others and nieces. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 3 p.m. Rev. D. B. Spencer officiating. Body to be cremated and ashes later taken to St Johns Nova Scotia beside his wife.
Miss Josephine Likowski, 77, died at her Grandview Street home Sunday night September 4 after a long illness. Born in Columbus Minnesota to Polish parents, she moved to Mount Dora in 1883 with family scouts. Survived by brother John Likowski of Weleetka Oklahoma, she spent years as a recluse yet remained loyal to her adopted town. Funeral service held Wednesday at Rehbaum parlors, Rev. Kenneth G. Rogers officiating, burial Forest Cemetery.
The article notes Mr and Mrs James Cooper occupying the Dablia house currently. Theodora Estey has returned to Jacksonville from her grandfather C H Estey's home after a vacation. Blanche Briggs left Monday to visit friends and relatives in Maine Massachusetts and New York City.
Sorrento residents report returns from vacations and visits. Families such as Mr. and Mrs. Strite and daughter from Daytona Beach, Mr. and Mrs. Brown from Indian Rocks, Mrs. Glenn Brown and baby from Lake County Medical Center, and others coordinated with friends in Sorrento, Apopka, St. Augustine and Mount Dora.
The article outlines how national and state forests and parks are expanding recreational facilities as cars and leisure time grow. It highlights scenic highways, roadside observation points, and landscape planning to preserve natural beauty, with visitors from Florida seeking mountains in North Carolina and Tennessee.
Moviegoers praise the Irving Berlin musical starring Alice Faye Tyrone Power Don Ameche Ethel Merman and Jack Haley. Critics call it the most entertaining picture of the year with a three day engagement starting Saturday September.
The state highlights its extensive outdoors including a long coastline and many lakes as key to attracting more scenic and recreational developments. Officials emphasize Florida residents also value these natural advantages and support continued growth in this area.
Florida National Exhibits workers collected several Torreya or Stinking Cedar trees from the Florida Gravel Company in Chattahoochee for shipment to the New York World's Fair. The tree is linked to Noah's ark tradition and reportedly grows only in the Apalachicola River Valley of Florida in North America.
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