Social Estey honored on seventy third birthday
Mr. and Mrs. Ward Estey hosted a dinner Sunday at their Tangerine home to honor Mr. C. H. Estey on his seventy third birthday. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Estey, Mr. and Mrs. Ward Estey and family, Ted Estey with Theodora and Stella of Crescent City, Leon Estey with Wayne of Orlando, and Miss Mary Estey of Jacksonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward Estey
C. H. Estey
Ted Estey
Theodora and
Stella
Crescent City
Leon Estey
Wayne
Orlando
Mary Estey
Jacksonville
Clemence Voorhees Engaged to wed Lt Hurlburt
Mr and Mrs Charles Ashley Voorhees of Orlando announce the engagement of their daughter Clemence Pinch Voorhees to Lt Thomas Dyson Hurlburt of the US Army son of Mr and Mrs Gerald B Hurlburt of Mount Dora The bride to be is a 1943 Orlando Senior High School graduate and a member of the Orlando Sub Deb Club Her father is a prominent Orlando contractor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Ashley Voorhees
Orlando
Clemence Pinch
Thomas Dyson Hurlburt
United States Army
Gerald B. Hurlburt
Mount Dora
Miss Voorhees
Orlando Senior High
Voorhees and Hurlburt to Wed in Wisconsin
The couple includes Miss Voorhees granddaughter of A C Voorhees of Orlando and descendant of Richard Stockton and Commodore Robert Stockton. Lt. Hurlburt son of Gerald B Hurlburt of Mount Dora, secretary of Mount Dora Growers Cooperative, stationed at Camp McCoy. Their wedding is planned in La Crosse, Wisconsin, with the mother of Hurlburt accompanying the bride north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Voorhees
Orlando
Richard Stockton
Trenton
N. J
Stock
U.S
Miss Annie Myrtle Harriett Weds Corporal James Adams in Sanford
Miss Annie Myrtle Harriett daughter of Mr and Mrs W B Harriett married Corporal James Wilton Adams Army of the United States son of Mr and Mrs Amos Adams at the bride’s home on Saturday evening August 21 1943. Rev Caxton Doggett officiated and a fern mantle with white gladioli and candles adorned the backdrop. After a reception the couple left for a short honeymoon. She wore white garbardine with white accessories and a purple throat orchid. Miss Harriett is a Sanford High School alumna class of 1942 and recently worked as a cashier at Piggly Wiggly. Corporal Adams is stationed at Camp Blanding Florida and the couple will reside in Starke Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Myrtle Harriett
W. B. Harriett
James Wilton Adams
Army of the United States
Amos Adams
Caxton Doggett
Corporal
Starke
Florida
Toe Weide
Ote Kenard
Owen Coop
Sanford
Dinner honors local couple leaving city for West
Mrs. Hackett once Miss Martha Wells honored at a bohemian dinner by Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Runciman in Gorsline-Runciman funeral home recreation room. Walter Hackett, motion picture editor, and wife plan two weeks in Grand Haven before indefinite stay in Los Angeles and Hollywood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
Lansing State Journal
Press Club
Hackett
Grand Haven
The
State Journal
Lansing
California
Laura Hackett
Mount Dora
Mr. Hackett
George O’conner
Murdoch Taylor
Ellis Gregg
Harlan Henry
Robert Innes
George D. Greer
Hayden Palmer
J. Francis Smith
Isadore Hineline
Harold G. Lee
William Jamieson
Wanda Brintnall
Local Personal Notes From Town Weekend Gatherings
Personal items list residents traveling and visiting in the area. Mrs. E. E. Truskett departs by train for a Tuklahoma vacation. W. T. Treadwell Jr. hosts as a second guest with Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Treadwell. Mrs. Edward Nutter and daughter Peggy vacationing at Daytona Beach. Mrs. A. C. Johnson and Marilyn Johnson enjoy a Middle West trip. C. E. Brooks returns from a North Carolina vacation. Roy Morgan of Eustis visits with the Treadwells. Ernest Mosteller, proprietor of
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Nutter
Peggy
Daytona Beach
Roy Morgan
Eustis
W. T. Treadwell
Local residents take various short trips and return
A long list of area residents report vacations and returns from trips to Perry Georgia Athens Georgia Washington New York California and other points. Notables include Miss Libby Drawdy Mrs Harold Wilson Mrs Mary Louise Rehbaum Duane Hopkins and many others visiting family friends or performing duties near Sylvan Shores Maxwell Field Camp Blanding and St Vincent s Hospital.
Norwegian lass in Steinbeck adaptation plays Princess
Dorris Bowden delivers a dynamic performance as the courageous Norwegian heroine in The Moon Is Down. The film, adapted from John Steinbeck, screens at the Princess on Tuesday and Wednesday and is hailed as one of the era’s top pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorris Bowden
John Steinbeck
Broom Family Travel Plans Hurried Home to Saint Joseph
Mr. Lee Broom left for home in Saint Joseph Missouri feeling unwell and unable to travel alone. His son Carl Broom accompanied him on the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Broom
Saint Joseph
Missouri
Carl Broom
Holler Opens Chevrolet Dealership in DeLand
William E. Holler Jr moved to DeLand last week where he will open a Chevrolet dealership. His mother Mrs W E Holler Sr who has been staying with him has returned to Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wise
Wie York
New Hampshire
Mr. Philbert
Miss Mildred
North
William E. Holler, Jr
DeLand
W. E. Holler, Sr
Detroit
Mount Dora News and Visitor Notes Compiled
Local notes record Ralph Paul returning to Mostelter's Service Station after illness and vacation. Sgt. Melvin A. Mason visits Mount Dora from Billings Montana and plans to return after the war. Homer Morris reports a Seaboard Silver Meteor ride and a great trip. Clergy couple Rev. Kenneth and Mrs. Rogers vacation at Daytona Beach and visit Mount Dora friends. Guest visits from Georgia, Florida, Tennessee with plans to relocate and a professor planning return trips for The Topic readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin A. Mason
Billings
Montana
Air Corps
Leesburg
Mount Dora
Homer Morris
Spartanburg
Greenville
S.C
Seaboard
Kenneth Rogers
First Methodist Church of
De-Land
D. D. Roseborough
Jonesboro
Tennessee
Mount Dora Addrdess
Miss Anna Fitzgerald Visits Florida on Ohio Visit
Miss Anna Fitzgerald of Cleveland Ohio, chief operator for the Pennsylvania Railroad, is touring Florida. She has spent time with her sister Mrs J F Burke in Lake Worth and with Mr and Mrs E H Holliger on Lake Shore Drive. She praises Florida views, especially Mount Dora’s hills and lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Cook
Netter
Georgia
E. Keen
Anna Fitzgerald
Cleveland
Ohio
J. F. Burke
Lake Worth
E. H. Holliger
Lake Shore Drive
Florida
Mount Dora
Hills and Lakes
Reverend James Recalls Vacation at Sylvan Shores
The Rev and Mrs Perry B James and daughters Dorothea and Katherine visited Mr and Mrs C A Killian at Sylvan Shores during his vacation from the First Methodist Church Sebring pastorate. James attended the Leadership School at Lake Junaluska August 5 to 18 and has a long Methodist ministry history in Florida and across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry B. James
Dorothea
Katherine
C. A. Killian
Sylvan Shores
James
First Methodist Church
Sebring
Lake Junaluska
N. C
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Florida
Tamiami Temple
Miami
War Bonds Push Amid War Time Urgency
Readers are urged to channel personal anger over the conflict into purchasing additional War Bonds. The appeal emphasizes civic duty and patriotic participation to support military efforts.
Dancing Saints by Ann G Leslie
Orville Thatcher, central to a Shaker world, confronts love and duty in a novel about faith and family. His pull between Thankful and the Shaker way tests his devotion as he faces a decisive return to his spiritual home. Mount J D&s Public Library Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann G. Leslie
Leslie
Orville Thatcher
Thankful
Orville
Flora
Emergency Farm Labor Plan for Lake County Farmers
Lake County farmers will receive help obtaining farm labor for essential war crops. An emergency farm labor office opens in Tavares with Dr. T. S. Kennedy as assistant. A survey will determine local needs, Bahamans may be sent where required, housing and transport arranged, and recruiting offices to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
R. E. Norris
Tavares
T. S. Kennedy
Lake Countian
Lake
Dr. Kennedy
Lucie K. Miller
Land Army
U. S. Crop Corps
Victory Farm Volunteers
Agricultural Extension Service
Farm Labor Office
Bank of Tavares
Additional Restrictions on Cameras at Ocean Beach Resorts
Public Proclamation No. 5 by Lieutenant General Hugh A. Drum tightens camera use in the Eastern Military Area. Only armed forces members on official duty may operate a camera during flight. violators face immediate exclusion and penalties under Title 18, including up to one year imprisonment and a $5,000 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean Beach
Hugh A. Drum
Eastern Defense Command
First
United States
Florida citrus industry forms conservation motor truck committee
A state committee to plan conservation of motor truck equipment for the Florida citrus industry was organized at a Lakeland meeting with Office of Defense Transportation officials. James C. Morton was elected chairman, with J. R. Bynum as vice chair and John A. O'Rourke as secretary. area committees will be appointed for Tampa Orlando and other citrus regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Lakeland
Office of Defense Transportation
James C. Morton
Waverly
J. R. Bynum
Titusville
John A. O’rouke
Orlando
Tampa
Miami Districts and Industry Advisory Committees
Officials discussed forming district and county committees under the Division of Motor Transport to represent the dairy livestock cotton and other producers. The committees will be appointed after director approval and will advise state and area panels to ensure broad industry representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Division of Motor Transport
Washington
C. A. Wendorf
Florida
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Lon Chaney
Ann Sheridan
Jack Oakie
Martha Raye
Mystery Masters
Basil Rathbone
Nigel Bruce
Sherlock Holmes
Roy Rogers
King of the Cowboys
Cedric Hardwicked
Henry Travers
J. Cobb
State Theatre
Eustis Today
Henry Aldrich
Shanghai
Islands
Clemence Voorhees
Hurlburt
Adams-Harriett
E. E. Truskett
Tuklahoma
W. T. Treadwell, Jr
Clearwater
Mrs
A. C. Johnson
Marilyn Johnson
Middle West
C. E. Brooks
North Carolina
Ernest Mosteller
Mosteller’s
Libby Drawdy
Mount Dora Pharmacy
Perry, Ga
Harold Wilson
Paul R. Mahony
New York
Lena
Winifred Harding
Methodist Young People’s Assembly
E. M. Green
J. M. Green
Maxwell Field
Alabama
Sheila Spilky
University of Georgia
Athens
Wilson G. Smith
Jennie Stovall
Indian Springs
Otto McGaughey
Princess Theatre
Roger Hughes
Sergeant Hughes
Santa Maria Air Base
Mary Louise Rehbaum
Green Cove Springs
Duane Hopkins
Lastee
Charleston
S. C
Robert Daniels
Kissimmee
Miss Lewis
P. B. Goethe
C. J. Cartee
W. E. Keen
Adrianne Norton
Patty Claflin
Juliette Low
Patty
Adrianne
Roland J. Morse
Friendship
Maine
Fifth Avenue
Arthur Layton
Ben Carr
Laytons
Macon
Rita Daniels
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Frank Burkart
John
Annapolis
Bob
Aberdeen
Maryland
Baltimore
A. O. Marvel
Ae James Hospital
Chicago Heights
Inos
Helen Irvine Kennedy
Philadelphia, Pa
Frank C. Irvine
Jack
Clyde E. Wallace
Lurlene, Greene
Blanche Marie
Richmond
Camp Peary
Virginia
Jessie Pike
W. W. Haygood
J. Wilton Adams
Corporal Adams
Camp Blanding
Miss Doggett
New Smyrna
Floy and
LaVerne Townsend
Massey Business Business College
T. A. Townsend
Tangerine
Frank Sarver
Ralph Paul
Mosteller
Flora Morley O’neal
TSCW
Denton
Texas
Cecelia Palmer
Houston
Lexington
O’neal
N. W. Morley
Miss Palmer
Adelaide Wise
Mount Dora Electric Company
Fistures
Highland Ave
Mount J
First National Bank
Mount Dora, Florida
Member
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Hale’s Grocery
Monarch Finer Foods
America
ODT
Ben Newman
Atlanta
Ed Rowland
Jas. E. Vandergrift
Geo. T. Eidson
Johnson
Mt.Dora
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