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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1943
Page
5
The King's Daughters will gather Monday at 8 o clock in the social room of the Community Building. Miss Mary True Mrs Fenton and Mrs Barnhart will serve as hostesses for the event.
Miss Vernice Barnette of Orlando married Sergeant Robert I. Pinkston who returned from the South Pacific and is on furlough from Camp Beale California. The ceremony occurred Saturday at 3 30 p m at the Park Lake Presbyterian parsonage with only the bride’s mother Mrs Lota Barnette and the groom’s sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs W D Morrow as attendants. The bride wore a light blue crepe suit with white accessories. Sergeant Pinkston is a stenographer in AFSAT Air Field Headquarters.
After a brief wedding trip the couple will be at home at 835 Magnolia Avenue in Orlando. The note places the event in Florida with Mount Dora as the earlier location. It states their residence after marriage and travel plans.
Mrs. Charles Stokley visits son William C. Stokley in Miami while Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Cook move to Panama City for war work. Several residents plan trips or return from travels including Gatesville, Daytona Beach, Waynesville, and Mount Dora.
Warrent Officer Kurtz is stationed abroad as part of a foreign service deployment. Local authorities confirm his assignment while he serves overseas.
Sergeant and Mrs. E C Mitchell return to Columbia South Carolina after visiting Mrs Mitchells parents Mr and Mrs J E Fortner Mrs J E Fortner Jr of Long Island who spent days with the Fortners has gone to Miami to visit her parents Mr and Mrs John Dunn
The Lake County News published by the Lake County Chamber of Commerce in Tavares has spurred rising requests for property information. Retirees seek homesites for vegetables and poultry, with literature and Lake County real estate dealer lists mailed to inquirers.
Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt told the House Appropriations Committee that America has an unseen army of about 660,000 elderly who refuse federal pensions and remain at work. He noted 600,000 aged workers could qualify but have not filed claims, and 60,000 have left retirement rolls to return to or seek work.
A vivid Viking tale featuring Orm the Red an Arab galley slave who escapes to Denmark fights with Harold Bluetooth become English ally wins a bride at Maldon and converts to Christianity with Brother Willibald guiding further forest adventures.
The article instructs a simple homemade ice cream method using two eggs two thirds cup sugar two tablespoons vanilla whipped evaporated milk two cans pineapple or fruit optional and a freezer chill until firm. It claims no ice forms and results rival store bought ice cream.
Civil Aeronautics Board chairman L Walsh Pogue says thirty passenger airliners will handle much of Florida’s postwar tourist traffic. He argues the key benefit of domestic air service is its high frequency, not total passenger capacity.
A note states fourteen hundred lakes exist in Lake County and suggests the puzzle of locating Big Ben in any of them.
Thomas Gurney of Orlando and L D Long of Winston-Salem sold a 52 acre citrus grove between Tavares and Howey to H D Hazen of Orange County. The Lake County sale, valued around 14000, reflects growing investor interest as citrus acreage remains in demand and local crop year totals rise toward 15 to 16 million dollars.
The National Safety Council reports 40,000 Americans killed in traffic since Pearl Harbor versus 15,132 in armor forces. The 1943 toll is projected around 24,000, 15 percent below 1942's 28,200. Government lists 21,860 wounded and 33,697 missing. 1,400,000 injured with 100,000 permanently disabled. Of traffic deaths, 22,500 were workers.
The Protestant Episcopal Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York City recorded seventeen hymns for broadcast to soldiers and sailors at home and overseas. OWI engineers produced the recordings, with selections including Abide With Me and Now Thank We All Our God and others.
A gatekeeper at a famous race tract withdrew his life savings of 1200 from the bank to aid his nephew’s eastern college pursuit. He quips that since many bet on horses and lose, betting on a human being might offer a better chance at a big return.
The March of Time issue highlights operations of Jack & Heintz a Cleveland based industrial group. It notes the firm grants paid vacations to its employees in Florida, emphasizing vacation benefits and company practices.
Organization of the Women's Field Army for the Control of Cancer moves through the state under Mrs. A Malcomb Smith. Civic clubs and fraternal groups are urged to support the effort and enlist members in the state organization headed by Mrs. Spessard Holland as state chairman.
Henry J. Kaiser, famed shipbuilder, is reported by the American Machinist to be considering a postwar motor car project. The plan envisions a light weight, economical vehicle selling for about $400 through filling stations on a cash-and-carry basis after the war.
A terse directive urges family members to purchase war bonds through a payroll savings plan on a do it yourself basis, emphasizing self reliance in funding the war effort.
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