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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1941
Page
5
The Recreation Committee of the Parent-Teacher Association announces a dance for young people at the Community Building on Tuesday evening August 26 beginning at 8 30. There is no charge for couples at these dances.
A Tuesday evening weiner roast at Gilbert Park in Crawfordville Georgia honored Misses Lillie Mae and Martha Atchison. Attending were Joyce Elaine Thompson Virginia Chapman Lillie Mae Atchison Martha Atchison Alvin McDaniel Carswell Thompson Cliff Dumas and James Thompson.
Mr and Mrs Alfred Rehbaum Jr hosted a bridge dinner on Wednesday evening at their home at the corner of North Clayton and Liberty streets. Guests included Mr and Mrs Travis Slayden Mr and Mrs Millard Reid Mr and Mrs J G Ray Jr Mr and Mrs Harry Repard of New Port Richey Miss Mary Louise Rehbaum and Mr David S Simpson Jr.
Miss Kathleen Galloway hosted her bridge club Friday evening at Esther's Dutch Kitchen for dinner and at her Ninth Avenue home for bridge. Mrs. M. B. Claflin won high score, with guests including Mrs. Thomas H. Cooley Mrs. Frank Morley Mrs. J. G. Ray Jr. Mrs. Harry Clark Mrs. Henry W. Land and Miss Alicia Fortner.
Mrs Lila Allen of Georgetown announces the marriage of her daughter Mary Louise Woodward to Julius E Horton Jr both of Georgetown The wedding occurred at a home on W P Way Ridgeland on Saturday August 9 Mrs Horton formerly of Mount Dora is an honor graduate of Dora High School Class of ... Horton Sr of Ridgeland is employed by Southern Kraft Cor.
The Fidelity Club of Lake County met Monday evening at Mrs. Jock Marshall’s home in Eustis. After a brief business session treats were served. Attendees included Mrs. Alfred Rehbaum Jr of Mount Dora and members from Eustis Leesburg and nearby towns. The next meeting will be September 15 at Mrs. Alfred Rehbaum Jr’s home in Mount Dora.
Mrs. Thomas H. Cooley and Miss Kathleen Galloway hosted a Coca-Cola Party at Mrs. Cooley’s Sylvan Shores home on Thursday afternoon to honor the newly married Mrs. Frank Morley. The guest list included Francys Sadler Johnnie Mae Stanley Mary Alicia Fortner Delphia Norman J G Ray Jr Harry Clark Henry W Land Pickens Talley M B Claflin Millard Reid Donald Strickland James Cooper Cecil Parker Alfred Rehbaum Jr Howard Simpson and R V Parker.
Edith Grace Cookinham and Lt. Richard Marion McCoy wed Saturday Aug 16 at 8 pm in Maxwell Field Montgomery Alabama. The bride a Mount Dora High School and Mohler College graduate wore a navy blue and white outfit with orchid corsage. The groom a Basic Flight Instructor at Gunter Field attended by LaMar Silver as best man and a host of local friends. They will reside in Montgomery.
A series of visits and departures are noted including Miss Virginia Mae Jepson from Tallahassee visiting her father in Tangerine, Mrs. Ray W. Stillman from Laurel Beach Connecticut staying with the Bells, and Miss Vada Ham traveling to Washington D C for a month. Also present are Mr. and Mrs. Travis Slayden hosting visitors from New Port Richey, and several trips to Ohio Jacksonville Day tona Beach Hendersonville and Alabama for vacations and family events.
Mrs. Frank Burkart visited friends in Jacksonville last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. J M Gga spent last week at Indian Roc. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Simpson returned from Jacksonville. Miss Suzanne Sawyer visited Mount Dora last Tuesday. Thomas McCabe joined the flying cadets at Ellington Field Texas. LaDue and Lashar families spent the weekend at Daytona Beach. Dr. R E Lee leaves for two weeks vacation in Asheville North Carolina. Mrs. Harry Hopcraft of Orlando visits daughter Mrs Clayton Tremain. Mrs. Floyd Montgomery returns from visit with parents in St Louis. Miss Jean C Hendrie and Miss Delphia Norman return from Indian Rocks. Miss Lucille Minkley returns from Anna Maria Beach.
Winter Haven and surrounding areas buzz with weekend visits and arrivals. Libby Drawdy attended a relative's wedding in Winter Haven while vacationing relatives in Orlando and Daytona Beach are noted. Numerous residents travel to Mount Dora, Eustis, and Miami for visits, with several movers, hospital recoveries, and social events mentioned including the McCoy graduation and a military ball in Maxwell Field.
Mrs oon ae returned to ay morning after four weeks with her husband Mr Dur wood Sellers at Fort Walton Florida where he is employed in civil service at Elgin Field On her way home she spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Frank McCarty at Daytona Beach Mrs Sellers will start her winter music class this week.
Mr and Mrs James Blaine announce the birth of a daughter on Friday August 8 at Verside Hospital. Mrs Blaine was formerly Miss Esther Roberts of Tangerine.
Carolyn McMurray thanks friends for flowers telegrams and sympathy following the death of her son Robert in a recent bereavement.
Beulah Elizabeth Bratton Hutcheson wife of Arch L Hutcheson longtime Mt Pleasant resident died at home on South Main Street Wednesday July 30 after a long illness She was active in the Methodist Church and in the Order of the Eastern Star The funeral was at the Mt Pleasant Methodist Church Friday with Rev James R Cox assisted by Rev Alvis J Davis and Rev H B Reams Burial followed at Arlington Cemetery in Mt Pleasant She is survived by her husband a daughter Mrs Paul H Johnson of Mount Dora Florida a granddaughter Patricia Johnson and several nieces and nephews Funeral arrangements included nephews James Bratton James Woody Leslie Kinzer Clyde Pigg Irwin Bratton Herscel Boehm Kinzer Boehm Harold Bratton and Eugene Page as pallbearers with honorary pallbearers listed.
Eleanora Blood age 60 of 420 N Clayton Street died suddenly Thursday night after six years in Mount Dora arriving from Trenton New Jersey. Survived by sisters Anna Beach Ida Evans both of Mount Dora and Rose Reynolds of Toronto Canada. Funeral services were held Saturday at 3 p.m. from Rehbaum Funeral Parlors.
Mrs. Arabelle E. Miles 75, wife of Andrew J. Miles of 761 East Eighth avenue, died at Florida Sanatorium Orlando at 6 p m Friday August 15 after a short illness. Longtime Mount Dora resident, private funeral at Carey Hand Orlando, cremation, ashes sent to son Frank Miles in Cuyahoga Falls Ohio for interment. Survived by husband, a son Frank R. Miles and a daughter Ruth M. Lawrence.
Library notes new arrivals Twin Sombreros by Zane Grey and This Above All by Eric Knight join The Keys of the Kingdom by A J Cronin. The Cronin tale follows Father Francis from Tweedside youth to priestly vocation.
The Mount Dora Public Library committee reports donations of several detective and juvenile books this month. Notable titles include The Citadel style works and Hangman's Whip by Mignon, J. Eberhart, Rex Stout, and Erle Stanley Gardner, plus Peter Churchmouse by Margot Austin.
Karl Lehmann secretary of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce on leave to serve as Deputy Administrator of the Treasury Department for Defense Savings organized Defense Savings offices in Hillsborough County Winter Haven Alachua County Duval County and St Johns County last week. He spent time in the Lake County area.
A county chamber of commerce office was en route between Winter Haven and Gainesville on Wednesday morning.
More than 250 NYA girls aged 18 to 34 attend Camp Roosevelt for national defense work and education. They rise before dawn for morning exercises to stay fit and then join work experience projects with boys in defense sheet metal units, starting classes at 5:30.
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