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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1945
Page
5
Social Jene Schaff Betty Stockton Alice Williams and Miss Trudie Williams invite all ladies to a club meeting on Wednesday August 22 at 3 pm to finish a crepe paper card project. Crepe paper scissors paper paste shellac will be furnished by the club. All interested are welcome.
Mrs Lucille Williams Garcia and Sipaint announce the engagement of Terry Elizabeth to J Leamon Chaney son of Mr and Mrs J B Chaney of Jacksonville The couple planned for August 24 at Saint Marys Episcopal Church in Jacksonville The Garcias formerly lived in Mount Dora and now reside in Sylvan Shores Mrs Garcia is a former president of the local PTA
Mrs. Fannie Dickey and Mrs. G W Jones hosted at their River view apartment in Lakewood Ohio serving a turkey dinner with all the fixing. Mount Dora guests included Mrs Chas Abbott and Simmons, Mrs Edith Myers and Cowles and Edith, Mrs Andrew Odell and Leona, Mrs J W Swartz and Moyer with Nancy Judith, Mrs Jones and Bob Jones Jr. Hope transportation would allow an early return for the next Mount Dora meeting.
Miss Jane Van Cleve, daughter of Mr and Mrs William M Van Cleve, married SSgt Web M Brown son of Mrs Hez Brown at 9 30 this morning August 6 in St James Episcopal Church Rev J Pres ley Pound officiated They plan to report to duty in Miami Florida The couple will be remembered by friends in Macon Missouri.
Pfc Corrine F Day of Portland Oregon wed T Sgt Arnold D Widmer of Mount Dora at the Ferrying Division chapel Homestead Field The couple both serve at the large South Florida four engine transport base Chaplain David E Weaver officiated with Lt Ivy M Wade presenting the bride Her attendants included Cpl Virginia LaMarche maid of honor and S Sgt Lawrence E O Donnell best man The ceremony featured organ music by Mable Ruth Pope and singing by William B Tanner The bride wore a rose crepe dress with lattice sleeves and rose sequin hat The matron of honor wore a two piece crepe ensemble Flowers were white tube roses The bride is the daughter of Mrs Virginia Cook and served as a WAC since last year The groom is the son of Mrs Mable Pauline Northrop and has service in the Air Corps with North Africa duty prior to his current assignment in Homestead Field's Ferrying Division day to day duties noted.
In Miami, Sgt and Mrs Widmer will honeymoon in Miami Beach. They intend to make their home in Homestead while on duty with the South Florida Air Transport Command base.
Personal notes report engagements travel and illness. Frank Burkart couple at Clearwater Bea. J S Dean and Z N Brock spent weekend in Lakeland visiting brothers. Miss Mary Emma Jones left for Johnson City Tenn. Miss Martha Treadwell and Mrs Johnnie Adams visited Jacksonville. Mrs H L R Blair ill in Eustis hospital. Cal Jones returned to Atlanta after two weeks with Downs family. Major Thomas H Cooley returned.
The subject spent a few days away last week then returned to Indian Rocks to rejoin his family and will stay there until the 26th.
Mr and Mrs Henry Stein came back Saturday from the north. Stein says many people he met there expect to spend the winter in Mount Dora.
Winifred Harding returns home for the weekend to visit her parents amid work at a Oak Ridge factory contributing to the atomic bomb. George L. Ficklin and family search for a small home in Mount Dora while traveling from Safety Harbor Florida. Mrs. Alvin A Knight of Gainesville vacations in Mount Dora with Carl and Loveless parents as her husband serves in the Philippines. Mr. and Mrs. F Stewart Roberts and children Sandy and Frank of
Jacksonville families host guests visiting from Pensacola, Tampa, Kansas City, and Lake Worth while others tour cities from Baltimore to Los Angeles. A correction notes Billie LeFroos’s Lake Worth trip. Prentice family attends a Pennsylvania wedding. Mount Dora residents host relatives and friends in August.
A son named Nelson William Morley Jr. was born to Mr and Mrs Nelson William Morley of Akron Ohio on August 1 weighing 9 pounds 10 ounces at birth Grandparents are Mr and Mrs N W Morley of Mount Dora Florida This item notes the family birth announcement without further details.
The Grand View Hotel lists recent guests from Pensacola, Washington, D C, Chicago, Miami, Atlanta and other places. Names include Jayne Smith wedding party members, Mr W Bax ter Jr and wife, Mr and Mrs R Hart and daughter, Rev A H Jones, Miss Grace Anderson, Dr and Mrs Berkshire, Mrs Helen Little, Pfc Gerald Christ, E C Bramblett, J O Prevatt, I S Shapoff, Bess Spanner, R O Smith, J Bennett, G P Lawrence, and Capt Marshall Collins among many others.
Editor Warren Roberts notes Lake County has expanded grape production though perishable crops cause losses. He cites Dr. Chas Demko of Altoona and upcoming hybrids as key to meeting commercial and home growing needs and boosting grape use and shipment.
A report notes officials discussing a tax on expenses at dance spots, with critics arguing the levy costs residents nothing while supporters say it could fund local services. The piece highlights public debate and differing viewpoints on the proposal.
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