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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1939
Page
5
Mr and Mrs Harold Overhiser celebrated their nineteenth wedding anniversary on Tuesday with a surprise party hosted by friends and the Kings Daughters. Twenty six guests attended the event.
An informal open house will be held next Monday evening at the Parsonage hosted by Rev and Mrs Kenneth G Rogers for Miss Vivia Craig. No program will be observed but friends are welcome to call from eight o'clock onward.
Mrs A J Waltz and Mrs Clifton White host a church social and benefit tea at 3 to 5 PM on Fifth Avenue. A short meeting follows then games including Chinese checkers. Proceeds benefit the church general fund.
Miss Lois Jane Rae daughter of Mr and Mrs James S Rae and Mason D Squier were married Sunday in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Miss Lois Jane Rae daughter of Mr and Mrs James S Rae of 635 Ninth Street married in Bel Air Maryland at the church with Rev Mr Old officiating. Miss Frances Rae sister served as her only attendant. An evening reception followed at Ingelside hosted by Mrs Thomas Rae and Mrs James E Brinckerhoff.
The Tangerine P A opened its first session of the year on Monday at the newly painted schoolhouse. Biweekly vacation gatherings boosted the treasury, with hostesses rotating each date from June to August. Miss Stanley delivered a talk on The Spirit of Learning after the meeting, tea served by Mrs. Smith and a social hour followed.
A Friday afternoon shower at Mrs H T Fenn's home honors Mrs Donald Strickland. Hostesses Mrs W J Taylor of Winter Park and Mrs Roy Morgan of Eustis oversee a gathering of local friends and relatives with high score won by Miss Johnnie Mae Stanley and bingo prize to Miss Jane McCown.
Personal items note Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Kramer spending last week at Daytona Beach. Messrs Darrell Jansen and F H Bourley of Leesburg visited Mount Dora on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs W E Lackey returned from a pleasant West Coast trip. Mr Frank Burkart on a business and pleasure trip to New York City and other eastern points. Mr and Mrs George Evans are
Local notes recount residents vacationing in North Carolina and Pennsylvania, relocations to Mount Dora and Kissimmee, new teaching appointments, job changes, church activities, and plan to issue drivers licenses as Judge Herlong operates from the Chamber of Commerce office today and tomorrow.
The Girl Scouts held a regular meeting in the Scout Room on Monday night. The Beaver and Live Wire Patrols merged and elected Ida Hiley as Patrol Leader Betsy Kramer as Assistant Patrol Leader Martha Williamson as Treasurer Rita Daniels as Scribe. The combined unit chose the Green J s as their new name. The Toadstools elected Grace Lee as Patrol Leader Allene Moon as Assistant Patrol Leader Geiger as Treasurer and Marjorie Daniels and Florence Lee as Scribes.
Ginger Rogers co stars with David Niven in Bachelor Mother at the Princess Saturday and Sunday. Rogers plays a salesgirl who finds a baby and is believed to be the mother, triggering a string of comic complications with Niven as her boss and Coburn as the grandfather.
Mr and Mrs J A Crosswhite of Ft Worth Texas on first Florida visit praise Mount Dora as ideal for a retired businessman They plan a return trip next winter The Crosswhites traveled with Mrs White and Dr Carpenter The doctor leads mosquito control work for Arkansas Public Health Service and has published work used in universities and requested by Berlin and London universities
Sunday and Monday at State Theatre Eustis feature Spencer Tracy as Stanley in the Zanuck epic Stanley and Livingstone. The star-studded cast includes Nancy Kelly Richard Greene Walter Brennan Charles Coburn Sir Cedric Hardwicke Henry Hull and Henry Travers in a Henry King directed production filmed on location in Africa.
Mrs Emma Frances Irwin Clark 78 died September 8 at the home of Mr and Mrs Charles Hornberger 102 Church Street Mohnton Pa after illness following a visit to relatives Surviving son Russell E Clark Mount Dora Fla sister Mrs Jesse Noble Columbus Ohio funeral at Kindt Memorial Home Shillington Pa Rev F S Borkey burial in Belleville Ohio
Mrs. Emma Taft received a telegram announcing the death of J. J. Stitzel, winter resident of Sylvan Shores. Stitzel died last Friday morning in Loudonville, Ohio, with details unavailable at press time.
Mrs. Florence Rose of Marquette Michigan died suddenly of a stroke at her home Monday evening September 18. She was a sister of Mrs. Page Laughlin and had spent several winters at Mount Dora staying at the Villa Dora Hotel and was loved by many friends. No further details available at press time.
Lake County receives nationwide publicity through Grit and Southern Sportsman with Lake County Chamber of Commerce arranging costless photo features. The region boasts semi tropical flora bougainvillea flame vine oleanders azaleas, well paved highways, clean towns, oak arbors, strong churches and schools, friendly people and tourist connections across counties.
Pomona Davidson lauds Lake County as best place to live praising diversified interests and strong crops. Citrus industry worth 3.5 million dollars in 1936-37 boosts Florida climate and lake scenery with 1400 lakes and rolling hills moderating temperatures year round.
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