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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1946
Page
5
The King's Daughters plan their April meeting for Monday April 8 at 8 p.m. in the social rooms of the Commutine. Hosts are Mrs. Frank L. Judd and Mrs. Henry LaGier.
The Auxiliary of St Thomas Woman's Church will meet at 410 Center Street in Eustis next Tuesday April 9 at 2 30 p m Mrs Stin Haselton chairs the program with the topic Ways and Teachings of the Church All members are invited to attend.
Mrs. Walter D. Patton hosted a Monday supper and card party at Eleventh avenue to honor Mrs. J. Page Laughlin on her birthday and to bid her farewell before she leaves Wednesday for Leesburg Virginia. Guests included Mrs. Laughlin and ten other Mrs. Patton friends.
The Monday Social Club concluded its season with 39 ladies attending a luncheon. Prizes went to Mrs. J. C. Cooper for bridge and Mrs. Bessie Best for five hundred. Officers elected for 1946 47 include vice president Mrs. T F Wagner secretary Mrs J C Cooper and treasurer Mrs Bessie Best.
Mr and Mrs LaBreck hosted a farewell party at Kill-Kare on Tuesday night inviting about thirty guests. Mrs Laskey arranged entertainment featuring Mrs Boyer who showed colored moving pictures from Florida Colorado and Ohio farms with large mechanized operations. The display highlighted forty acre corn cabbage and miles of apple trees with blossoming orchards pleasing attendees. Refreshments followed along with a social hour.
Mr and Mrs H L Hettler of New Hampton Iowa announce the engagement of their twin daughter Renee Delores to George W Malone Jr son of Mrs George W Malone and the late George W Malone of Mount Dora The couple plan to wed June 29 1946 with a future home in Mount Dora Renee a New Hampton High School graduate and drum majorette activities member of the International Twins Association now employed in Jacksonville and Orlando George a Mount Dora High School graduate grows citrus in Florida
Miss Jo Anne Williamson of Milton Tennessee married Roy Nelson Cookinham son of Mrs Lottie Cookinham of Mount Dora Florida in a Milton Baptist Church ceremony officiated by Dr W M Wood. Music was by Mrs John Dixon and Mrs Clyde Reager. Bride given in marriage by her brother Dr Burn Williamson of Birmingham. Maid of honor Martha Ann Haynes. Best man Melvin Knight with ushers Donald Knight and Ralph McKee.
The bride wore a bouquet centered suit of roses marking the first wedding at Milton Baptist Church in 37 years. Mrs. Cookinham, UT graduate and former American Airlines stewardess, and Sergeant Cookinham, a 1936 Army Air Forces volunteer, share the ceremony with out of town guests from Tennessee and Alabama.
Personal notice states Mrs J Page Laughlin and Mrs Jane Wolfert departed Wednesday morning for their Virginia home Mon Tresor at Leesburg after three months at Mrs Laventa s winter home on Lake Carlton.
Residents and guests linked to Mount Dora report multiple winter stays and travels. Mae Wienedie of Yonkers visits Mrs. Wilson G. Sealth for five months, Mrs. George L. Bidwell sails home from Towson after a winter at Villa Dora, J. Ryan heads to East Liverpool, Ohio, and Mr. and Mrs. Duval sell their Belmont Heights home and return to Norman. Thurber of Patchogue and Harry Soper host guests, Mrs. Wheeler recovers from a knee sprain, and Mrs. Whitney departs for Works Se canine wintering at Mount Dora. The Conliffes visit Jacksonville before returning to Flint.
The Grand View Hotel says its dining room closes April 15 and will reopen December 15. Mount Dora visitors may still use accommodations this summer, aided by a newly installed air cooling system.
A long list of winter residents and visitors in Mount Dora and nearby towns includes Mr. Alan Whiting recovering from pneumonia, Rev Aubrey Mercer relocating to Lake Wales for ministry, and Pvt Robert Turner on a 15 day furlough from Fort Bragg. Also noted are travels to Daytona Beach Boston and Cleveland, a family reunion in Orlando, a Florida apartment hunt, a hospital promotion for Ossie Ginther Daniel, and plans for summer visits with spouses and in Europe.
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