Luncheon parties honor guests at Villa Dora in Mount Dora
Mount Dora hosted two large gatherings. Mrs. Fred G. Wolff entertained twenty eight guests including Mrs. J. B. Hare of New York City with magnolia jasmine and gardenia decor and a bridge prize win by Mrs. Edwin Belsche. A second luncheon honored Frances Mallory Wyckes and librarian Ray Moody with retirement plans while Flys to Monterrey marked the Clowes golden wedding anniversary for former residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred G. Wolff, Tremain Sr
J. B. Hare
New York City
Villa Dora
Graves
Wolff
H. A. Willis
E. Fullam
Claire Whitney
Ray Porter
Harry Matthews
Arthur Pratt
Howard Spear
N. E. Carpenter
Livermore
Robert Miller
Elizabeth Tower
Charles Dillenbeck
John James
Pauline Wilson
Howard Page
Larry Hoffman
A. M
Ed Peterson
W. Eardley Wilmot
W. J. Phelps
Louise McCrady
Russ Jenks
Walter B. Ferguson
Doran
Frederick Wyckes
Frances Mallory
H. H. Mallory
Monterrey
Mexico
Dorans
Forest G. Clowes
William E. Hughes
Hughes
Colonia del Valle
Clowes
Chicago
Milwaukee
United States
Stanley G. Slavens
Associated Press
Mount Dora
San Juan
Tex
Mexico City
D A R Chapter Honored At State DAR Meeting
Ocklawaha chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution won three awards at the Sarasota state convention including funds for Florida Indians and high transportation percentage plus honorable mention for press relations. The chapter's enrollment stands at 72 with new member Mrs. Hubert Clark welcomed. Plans are under way for the Continental Congress trip to Washington, D. C., by Mount Dora area DAR leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocklawaha
Daughters of the American Revolution
Sarasota
G. J. Hayslip
Mount Plymouth
R. C. Conklin
State Society
National Building Project
S. T. Bolton
Melvin L. White
Hattie Allen
C. H. Estey
Hubert Clark
Mount Dora
Miss Allen
Hazel Cowart
Aleene Cowart
Grace Edna Hicks
Lakeview Av
Eustis
Continental Congress
Washington, D. C
Local Churches Schedule and Service Times Listed
Churches and ministers share weekly worship times across multiple creeds. Baptists Methodists Congregationalists Charismatic and Protestant groups announce Sunday hours and midweek meetings including Bible study and choir rehearsals in Eustis Sorrento and Tangerine areas.
Lavonne Williams to Wed George C Jerue in Spring
Engaged Lavonne Williams daughter of Mr and Mrs H J Williams Lake Jem to George C Jerue son of Mrs L C Jerue Grandview Mount Dora. Miss Williams a Mount Dora High School graduate employed at First National Bank. Jerue served with the Marines in World War II. Wedding is planned for late spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Finlayson
Mount Dora
Janet
Eastern Illinois College
Charles Marsh
Lake Beauclaire
H. J. Williams
Lake Jem
Lavonne
George C. Jerue
L. C. Jerue
Grandview Sr
Miss Williams
Mount Dora High School
First National Bank
Jerne
Homeward Bound Residents Return to Towns and Homes
Cowart and several couples plan departures for various cities this week. J W Swartz and Mrs Swartz head to Lakewood Ohio while others return to Deansboro Georgetown Pa and New Hampshire. Mrs A E Lobeck Edges back from New York to Mount Dora. Mr and Mrs John Seabury settle in Mount Dora after visiting Holyoke Mass and friends host a wedding reception for Laura Kathryn Arnold and Donald McGowan Herzog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W Swartz
Lakewood
Ohio
John Barker
Deansboro
N. Y
Clare J. Trager
Georgetown
Percy Bohannon
New Hampshire
John L. Scott
Mount Dora
Edgewood
R. I
John Seabury
Holyoke
Mass
Carl Seabury
E. 10Th
J. L. Swort
H. R. Henderson
Groveland
Laura Kathryn Arnold
Donald McGowan Herzog
Sworts
Sunday Worship No. 1: Bancroft at First Methodist
Retired missionary Rev W E Bancroft will occupy Moll of the First Methodist church Sunday morning while Rev Robert M Blackburn attends a district retreat for Young Adults in the Orlando district. Bancroft’s topic is A Divine Lament. Blackburn returns for evening services with The Romance of Faith. Robert R Reed begins a new Community church sermon series The Right Attitude Toward Life. Esther Wyatt Bishop sings I Hear the Voice of Jesus Calling with Ruth Gudgeon at the organ. Baptist Revival continues nightly through April 23 led by Pastor C L Hargrove of Tavares and song leader Dennis Small with Harold Larsen and Gus Newton at organ and piano. revival begins 7 45 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Bancroft
First Methodist Church
Robert M. Blackburn
Methodist Church
Orlando
Mr. Bancroft
Esther Wyatt Bishop
Jesus
Harriss
Ruth Gudgeon
The
Baptist Church
C. L. Hargrove
Tavares
Dennis Small
Harold Larsen
Gus Newton
Northerner Visitors Head Back as Local Guests Return
George Barton-Ore tours Mount Dora with Mr and Mrs Ralph E Pierce who own a Fifth Avenue home and plan October return to make it permanent. They compare Mount Dora to New York Finger Lakes and its lakes and hills. Pierce family member Elmer Fuller will stay until late May 2. Mrs Maurice Pike departs Wednesday to Riverside Rhode Island, with Mrs Alice Mosher of Worcester accompanying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Barton
Ore
Ralph E. Pierce
East Fifth
Dundee
N. Y
Mount Dora
Finger Lakes
New York State
Elmer Fuller
Mr. Fuller
Maurice Pike
Riverside
R. I
Alice Mosher
Worcester
Mass
Pageant Planned at Umatilla School Ground Sunday
A Good Will Pan American Flag Pageant will be held on the school ground in Umatilla this Sunday at 3 p.m. Free to the public, the event will feature several ministers and chairs and include a speaker from Columbia, South America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umatilla
Columbia
South America
New Books at Mount Dora Public Library Worth Noting
The Mount Dora Public Library adds new titles including The Wall by John Hersey and Something for Nothing by Dixon. Also featured are Like Lesser God by Tomasi, The Daffodil Blonde by Frances Crane, Lora Johnnie by White, Cloak of Folly by Boyce, Brief Gaudy Hour by Barnes, Richard Walden's Wife by Eleanor Mercein Kelly, The Feast by Margaret Kennedy, My House of Life by Jessie B Rit tenhouse, and I Married a Dinosaur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hersey
Mount Dora Public Library
Dixon
Tomasi
Frances Crane
Lora Johnnie
White
Boyce
Barnes
Richard Walden
Eleanor Mercein Kelly
Margaret Kennedy
Jessie B. Rittenhouse
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Mrs. Wyckes
Roger
Michigan
Frances
Corp
Don Schubert
Oscar Schubert
Japan
Nagoya Air Base
Claire
St. Joseph's Academy
St. Augustine
Don
C. W. Brock
Simpson
D.A.R
G. S. Eversole
Escanabe
Mich
Florida
Wisconsin
Gerald
Timothy
Deborah
E. F. Eversole
Ryne Ao
W. Concord
Tim M. Sellar
House of Representatives
Lake County
J. G. Ray, JR
Donnelly ST
Sixth and Tremain
James H. Sutley
Robert R. Reed
Church OF Charist
H. E. Taylor
Tangerine Community Church
Eustis First Church OF Christ Scientist
Lemon and Grove
Sorrento Presbyterian Church
Cowart
A. E. Lobeck
Neeps As
Ge Fred W. Sage
Fila
Senator Pepper
Vaid
HOTEL
Avalon Blue
Claude Pepper
U. S. Senate
Mount Dora, Florida
Member
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Jane Evans
Gail Carogny
Bembergs
Jane Rawley
Berkshires
Berkshire
Miss Swank
Phoenix
Batist
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