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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1935
Page
5
There will be a call meeting of the Ladies Aid Society of the M. E. church on Friday afternoon at 3 00 o clock in the Friendly Bible Class room.
The P. T. A. Annual Reception to teachers will be held in the Community Hall Friday evening at eight o'clock. The public is urged to attend.
The first meeting of the P. T. A. was held Tuesday September 17 with strong turnout and discussion of upcoming school activities and volunteer roles.
George shares vivid memories of Mount Dora school days from 25 years ago. Betty West describes today’s school opening while Vivian Thompson discusses home to school transition and Joan Stanley notes the Opportunity Group for extra help. First and eighth grades win attendance prizes. Mrs. Vincent chairs hospitality serving refreshments. Next PTA meeting is in two weeks at 3 30 PM on Tuesday October 1.
Local life notes show residents traveling and visiting family across Florida and beyond. Families, sorority pledges at Florida State College for Women in Tallahassee, and Daytona Beach visitors appear alongside theatre events and vacation plans including trips from Onekama Michigan to Mount Dora and a motorboat cruise toward Key West.
A chain of travel mentions includes Mr. Everett Woods of Johnson City Tennessee planning a motorcycle tour from Mount Dora to Fort Myers Miami and Havana with a stop in Johnson City. Harry E. Backus returns from New England while son George recovers from typhoid contracted at a boys camp in Maine. Mrs Belle Sanborn of Swanton Vermont plans a visit and possible permanent move to the locality.
Sorrento residents and guests are noted in a roundup of local events. Families enjoy vacations through Georgia Virginia and North Carolina while Ethel Lent registers as a Maryville College freshman. Teachers and church activities fill the week with choir plans and Sunday School duties.
Miss Margaret Stewart returns to college at Tallahassee. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Osborne left Sunday for a visit in Miami. Miss Martha Ryan of Ludovict Georgia is visiting Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Stewart.
The Girl Scouts held their first meeting of the season at Scout headquarters in the Library building after summer break. A special dance number by Esther Shubert highlighted the evening. After a chili supper, plans for the year were discussed and officers listed among attendees.
Colonel W. J. Sanborn urges Mount Dora residents to beautify street and lot fronts for visiting Northerners this season. He will provide ferns and roses for display, asking only that plants be kept to improve the city and not discarded at the dump.
A cast of ZaSu Pills Lew Ayres Claire Trevor Tara Birell and others star in Spring Tonic at Mount Dora Theatre Friday. The riotous story follows a meek reporter a loose lion and a glamorous lion tamer seeking her pet with unusual charm.
Honorable J Hardin Peterson will address Montverde Community Church on Sunday morning September 22 at 11 00 o’clock The service moves to Conrad Lehmann CE Chapel on Montverde School campus due to large anticipated crowd Public invited Commenting on ongoing speaker series Peterson a Methodist layman will lead the event with planned guests every second and fourth Sunday October’s speaker is Dr Ladd M Spivey of Southern College Lakeland.
Mrs Luena I Richey wife of W H Richey and Leesburg civic leader died suddenly at her home. She aged 66 and had lived in Leesburg for years with ill health. Survived by her husband and many children including Mrs Lucy McQuaig Montverde and Mrs Alice Whitcomb Lake Jem. The notice notes her Lake County service and family.
Rollins College announces a Florida essay contest on Historical Landmarks of My County open to junior and senior high school students. Two gold medals prize the winners. essays must be under 800 words and submitted by January 15 1936 to A J Hanna Rollins College Winter Park Fla. The six best essays will be memorized and presented from memory at Gate o Isles Mr Bachellers estate Feb 21 1936 during Rollins founding observances.
County Agent Clifford R. Hiatt attended a county agents meeting in Winter Haven on September 12 to outline the Irish potato adjustment program. The program, effective December 1, 1935, requires tax exemption stamps to sell potatoes and imposes a 75 cent per 100 pounds tax if stamps are not used. County agents will handle application blanks. a meeting for growers and those planning to plant this fall or spring is set for September 27 at 2:30 p.m. in the Tavares courthouse.
Leesburg now has a chamber of commerce renamed Builders of Leesburg by unanimous vote. The two hundred members approved keeping officers and directors, confident the change will raise prestige and boost community service with Mount Dora's chamber of commerce cited as a key supporter.
State Commission of Game and Fresh Water Fish pays the first reward of 100 dollars under its information filing program. J C Buckles of Putnam County received the payment for aiding the arrest and conviction for taking quail out of season. Perry Hanna, a Putnam conservation officer, made the arrest. J A Black, Fifth District chief, verified the case. Commissioner C G Magruder certified the claim.
Recent rains damaged young eggplants and peppers and slowed growth by at least two weeks, according to B. E. Lawton, county agent in Hernando County.
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