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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1945
Page
5
Guests were Mesdames Hugh O a a Cooper Paul Howardson J G Ray Jr Ernie Green Cecil Parker R V Parker Wm LaFroos Bardwell and Mrs J t. Prize was won by J G Ray Jr second by R V Parker guest Mrs Wm Stewart.
Local residents and families trace weekend trips and homecomings from Florida to California. Notices mention reunions with soldiers returning from overseas, vacations to Waynesville and Coronado Beach, and visits to relatives in Gainesville and Jacksonville as circles of friends and former servicemen reconnect after the war.
Belmotn Heights couple George Craw announce Beverly Jean born August 4 in Bay City Michigan weights 5 pounds 4 ounces. A Clyde Brockman and wife welcome John Michael born August 12 at Waterman Memorial Hospital Eustis weight 7 pounds 2 ounces. Raymond Daniels reports baby girl born August 20 at Waterman Memorial Hospital Eustis mother and child fine. Perry B James and wife announce Perry B III born August 16 at Weems Hospital Sebring weight 8 pounds mother and baby fine.
Col Karl I Best a 66 year old former Cleveland architect and World War I officer died at his Mount Dora home Saturday August 18. A Dayton native, he served in the Ohio National Guard from 1902 rising to major and later lieutenant colonel as he joined the Mexican border alarm and the 37th Division overseas. He was wounded in the Argonne campaign and had been a member of the Cleveland Grays since 1920.
Survi him are his wife the former Al She eer of Dayton a daughter Miss Mary Ann Best Cleveland and a son William K Best now with the army in the Pacific area Funeral services were held from the Rehbaum Funeral Home Monday morning at 11 o'clock.
Henry Banks died at five o'clock in the County Medical Center Eustis after a short illness. He was born in Swanzy New Hampshire in 1864 and lived in Mount Dora since 1920. He married Ada Moon in 1942 and survived by his daughter Edith Ingham and granddaughter Dorothy Ingham. Funeral services were held at Rehbaum Funeral Home with burial in Forest Cemetery.
Lake County citrus outlook for 1945-46 brightens despite heavy bloom shedding. County Agent R. E. Norris notes trees shed bloom as they recover from drought, yet prospects are better now. He adds a Coastal Bermuda grass planting from 1944 is yielding material for farmers, grown at Hazelton farm near Eustis with stock from the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station.
The Lake County Chamber of Commerce in Tavares reports a plan to accommodate a record winter influx. Officials urge cooperation of property owners to maximize available space as construction and rentals lag, aiming to house the largest number of vacationists yet.
A short note explains the gold lapel button awarded by the government as a small but significant symbol of honorable service. It’s described as the emblem nobody knows, to be worn by veterans in civilian clothes, with the hope that many more will soon return home and wear it.
A public notice urges residents to lower loud radio volumes to avoid disturbing the peace. It reminds readers that a town ordinance allows arrest or fines for disruption and appeals to the Golden Rule.
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