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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1940
Page
5
The elementary teachers will meet Friday afternoon at three o clock at Miss Betty West home for a social gathering and to discuss plans for the coming year. They will also meet Saturday at 1 30 p m at the elementary building with Professor Roseborough for a formal session.
The Mount Dora Junior Woman's Club held its first regular season meeting on September 4 with new president Mrs. Alan Hill presiding. Members discussed upcoming fundraisers and socials to be announced.
The Junior Woman's Club votes to hold its next regular meeting on September 18. Members are urged to attend and participate in planned discussions and arrangements for upcoming community service projects.
i B s Jacanada and Dr D T Johnson announce an evening meeting on the club theme America Welfare Our Duty with a large attendance hoped and guests urged. KING'S DAUGHTERS Edna Dennis and Miss Betty West hosted 17 members at 4 Grandview Street. They thank the community for help in outfitting children white and colored. Next meeting September 23 at Mrs Fannie Spilky's Fifth Avenue home.
Miss Mary Louise Rehbaum hosted a bridge party at the Yacht Club last Thursday. Attendees included Miss Jeanne Colley, Miss Frances Booker of Virginia Beach, others from Mount Dora, Howey-in-the-Hills, Tavares, Eustis, and Leesburg. Frances Booker won first prize and Emily Faulhaber second.
On ember second twenty eight people including nineteen winter residents from Mount Dora gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Irving Lock in Weston Connecticut. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cheemar Mr. and Mrs. Frank Judd Mr. Kennell Mrs. Jessie Paden G. B. Kellogg and others from Connecticut Ohio Michigan and Massachusetts.
The ceremony occurred Saturday September seventh at four p m at First Presbyterian Church in Miami with close friends and relatives present. Dr Thomas pastor officiated. Mrs Van Court once lived in Mount Dora and many local friends wish the couple happiness. Mr Van Court is retired from Public Utilities and has East Coast business interests. the couple will reside in Miami.
Harriet Banks received a miscellaneous shower hosted near Miss Mary’s home with gifts and a bursting gift basket. Guests included Georgette McCown Lillian Banks Jerne Javens Whitehead Davidson Coffin Dean Overhiser Tallant Lewis Ashley West Dendis Dyson Banks Stuart and others.
Elisabeth Craven Page of Hempstead Long Island will wed William S. Simpson of Bridgeport Connecticut. The couple announced at a August luncheon with Page’s sister Mrs. Richard Orton present. Page is a Wellesley College alumna Tau Zeta Epsilon and Simpson is a Taft School and Williams College graduate Phi Sigma Kappa. He works for Raybestos Manhattan Inc. in Bridgeport. A wedding is planned for October.
Miss Jeanne Colley entertained with a bridge luncheon at her Sylvan Shores home for house guest Miss Frances Booker of Virginia Beach Virginia. Attendees included Elizabeth Simp am Bartlett Adelaide Key Mary Louise Rehbaum Dorothy White from Mount Dora and others from Tavares Eustis and nearby towns. Prizes went to Mildred Bartlett Marjory Pace and Marian Ellis Rogers and a guest prize was awarded to Miss Booker.
Personal notes listed include Mr. and Mrs. James Moody at Coronado Beach last week, Mrs. E P Ford and Mr and Mrs W L Taylor moving to Barton, Miss Frankie Lou Morris becoming cashier at Princess Theatre, and several others visiting Kill-Kare Lodge Daytona Beach Orlando Crawfordsville Albany New York Oak Park Grandview Newark Toronto and Albany. Families from Worthington Indiana Rockville Indiana and Mount Dora are noted with travel and vacations.
Mrs. Graves' mother Mrs. Tricot hosts in Leominster Massachusetts while Libby Drawdy visits Perry Georgia with plans to return by September 14. Families relocate and teachers resume posts in Howey-in-the-Hills and Sorrento. Visitors include Miss Ayers in Jacksonville and Miss Verne Sanders heading to north Florida for weeks. Multiple trips to Daytona Beach and Boston reflect summer departures and homecomings.
Frank Pooser left Tuesday for Gainesville to re enter the University of Florida. He is a junior in the department of law and will again serve as a monitor for the university activities.
A compilation of personal travels and visits across Florida and the Southeast. Mentions include Daytona Beach Labor Day socialites Mildred Bartlett Joanne French Betsy Kramer Carowin Hall and Buster Battle with others, Georgia trips by Claude Chapman family, Frances Harvey and son David planning to re enter the University of Florida, and various relatives returning from trips to Indianapolis Bloomington and New Smyrna.
Miss David son is staying with her uncle and aunt in Trenton New Jersey until mid September. She plans to enter Simmons College to train as a nurse after the visit.
Word from Miss Pomona Davidson reports a fine excursion north with her uncle Professor Paul Spencer. They paused several days in Washington D C and visit other points of interest during the journey.
Mr and Mrs Charles Barnett are proud parents of Suzanne Marcelle born Sunday September 1 at Orange General Hospital Orlando. Both mother and baby are reported doing nicely.
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