Lake Dora Social Club Meeting Draws Local Guests
A Saturday night gathering at Lake Dora featured Mr. and Mrs. George Malone, Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Widmer, and several couples. Mrs. Kenneth Maglathlin hosted a Sunday buffet at Tangerine with Mount Dora Public School teachers and Lake County Reading Work Shop staff in attendance. A pleasant social hour followed the menu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Dora
Dora
George Malone
Bobby Widmer
Grace Lee
Bobby Vincent
Florence Lee
Joe Melvin
Anna Margaret White
Jack Pease
Jennie Nimnicht
Bernard McCabe
Pat Partridge
Charles Lewis
Kenneth Maglathlin
Tangerine
Mount Dora
Lake County Reading Work Shop
Engaged Florence Lee to Joseph Melvin of Milton
Mr and Mrs R E Lee announce the engagement of their daughter Florence Julia Lee to Joseph E Melvin of Milton. The couple plans a September fifth wedding at the Methodist Church at eight in the evening. Florence is a Mount Dora High School and Florida State College for Women alumna with a UNC BS and Phi Eta Sigma member. Joseph attended Milton High, Georgia Tech, then the University of Florida, where he served on the Honor Court and plans medical school after graduation. Invitations are not sent. friends are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Lee
Florence Julia
Joseph E. Melvin
Milton
Methodist Church
Miss Lee
Mount Dora High School
Florida State College For Women
University of Florida
University of North Carolina
Kappa Epsilon Pharmaceutical Sorority
North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association
Naval Air Corps
Mount Dora Residents Plan Short Trips and Visits
Local residents list upcoming travels and visits spanning North Carolina Ohio Illinois Florida Indiana and Cuba. Families include Mrs. Mattie White Mrs. Meadhe Mr. Williams and many others visiting relatives friends or vacationing in Greensboro Wheaton Bradenton Beach Jacksonville Miami and Mount Dora with trips ranging from a few days to three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Thompson
Jacksonville
Lake County center arrival noted in society notes
The report states a person arrived home from Lake County Medical Center and is with her parents Mr and Mrs M B Allen at Lake Beauclair. It also mentions Mr W F Duggan returning last week from a four month business and pleasure trip through twenty states, including California and Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County Medical Center
M. B. Allen
Lake Beauclair
W. F. Duggan
California
Mexico
O'Hara couple to return home from Cortland
Mr and Mrs J L O Hara who spent the summer at Cortland New York expect to arrive at their home 834 Alexander street this week They say they had a nice time but will be glad to get back to Mount Dora Mrs Anna Moorhead of North Donnelly avenue has returned home after a six weeks vacation visiting relatives and friends at Buffalo New York and in Georgia and South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Alvord
Ninth
Alexander
Unadilla
New York
Mount Dora
I. F. Sarver
Fifth Avenue
Longmeadow
Massachusetts
J. L. O'Hara
Cortland
Alexander Street
Anna Moorhead
North Donnelly Avenue
Buffalo
Georgia
South Carolina
Herbert Trenham
Herbert, Jr
Peter
Grandview Street
Deansboro
Herbert
Mr. Trenham
Tavares
Whitehead family returns from Tampa visit
Mrs. H. S. Whitehead and her two daughters Sidnia and Ruth have returned from a visit in Tampa with Mrs. Doris Proctor and Mr. Karl Behrens, cousins of Mrs. Whitehead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Whitehead
Sidnia
Ruth
Tampa
Dooleys Return From Hot Springs Visit
Mr and Mrs C C Dooley complete a month long stay at Hot Springs Arkansas. En route home they pause in Athens Georgia for a brief visit with Mr Dooley's brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. C. C. Dooley
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Athens
Georgia
Mr. Dooley
Atlanta visitor joins Drawdy and Downs families
Mr. C. L. Jones of Atlanta arrived Tuesday to visit his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Drawdy Jr., and sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Downs. Mrs. Jewel Reid had an appendectomy at Waterman Memorial Hospital in Eustis last Wednesday and is recovering at home expected next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Jones
Atlanta, Ga
L. J. Drawdy, Jr
E. L. Downs
Jewel Reid
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Eustis
Lieutenant Bou Terse II Assigned to Pensacola Naval Station
Lieutenant Commander M. J. Bou Terse II receives orders to report to Pensacola Naval Station for assignment as chaplain. His family will accompany him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Bouterse II
Pensacola Naval Station
Miss Sheila Spilky to Wed in September
Sheila Spilky daughter of Mr and Mrs Sol Spilky arrived last Wednesday from Oak Ridge Tennessee. She will stay with her parents until her marriage planned for September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheila Spilky
Sol Spilky
Oak Ridge
Tennessee
Kennedy and Hosford Families of Mount Dora
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Kennedy and Mrs. Margo Hosford, of Mount Dora, figure in a local social item noting family ties and community connections in the area.
Local Social Notes Mention Travel and Tragedy
Mr and Mrs W C Kennedy celebrate a big speckled trout catch. Miss Betsy Kramer returns from Charleston with plans to visit Fay Rogers in college. Mrs B F Williamson learns of niece Eleanore Pittman’s death in Albany New York with details unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Kennedy
Port
Betsy Kramer
Charleston
South Carolina
Fay Rogers
Chua
Florida
Arling ton Visitor Ties To Williamson Family
Mrs R M Thompson of Arlington Virginia has been the house guest of Mrs B F Williamson for weeks. Dr and Mrs Thompson have visited Mount Dora several times. Thompson is a niece of Williamson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Williamson
Otto, N. C
O Thompson
Arlington, Va
R. M. Thompson
B. F. Williamson
Thompson
Mount Dora
Williamson
Local families return from visits and vacations
Mr and Mrs Dale Hartman and son Ronald from Memphis returned home after three weeks visiting Mrs Hartmans parents the Wise family. Herbert Trenham city clerk Ta vares and family came back from Deansboro New York. Mount Dora Methodist Institute attendees reported home and O M Simpson family shared a Smoky Mountain vacation to Gatlinburg and Little Switzerland with Mary Martha traveling by plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Hartman
Ronald
Memphis
Birth of a daughter to the Bakers in Leesburg
Mr and Mrs Fred L Baker welcomed a daughter named Susanne Francis born August 25 at O Kelly Hospital Leesburg. The mother is formerly Miss Bet tie Sanders. The baby weighed 6 pounds 14 ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Baker
Susanne Francis
O'Kelly Hospital
Leesburg
Baker
Bettie Sanders
Zellwood Bridal Shower at Graces Tea Room
Miss Julia Haynes and Margie Henderson hosted a bridal shower Friday August 23 at Graces Tea Room honoring Mrs Ramon Thorsey former Evelyn Sue Elliott. Guests enjoyed contests gifts punch and cake with attendees including Mrs Willie Elliott Mrs Eddie Elliott and many others. Alma Sharsen and Joann Prescott spent the weekend in Miami visiting friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
Julia
Haynes
Margie Henderson
Graces Tea Room
Ramon
Thorsey
Evelyn Sue Elliott
Willie Elliott
Eddie Elliott
Lee Rawlings
J. S. O’neal
H. W. Morton
C. E. Malt
Alma S. Sharsen
Joann Prescott
Miami
Lake County to Get Extra State Patrolman Soon
Col H N Kirkman announced in Tallahassee that Lake County will receive another State Highway Patrolman within weeks. The move follows requests from Mount Dora and Lake County Chambers of Commerce, supported by State Senator Harry P Johnson, for expanded highway police presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
H. N. Kirkman
Tallahassee
Harry P. Johnson
Mount Dora and
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Anster
Faye Marlowe Ote Ane
Martha Stewart Henry Morgan Arate Ese
Rdeo
Jack Carson
Gundss
Meredith Hurd Hatfield
Francis Lederer
Tere Bill Elliott
Red Ryder
Listrie
Frank James
Kadie
Mattie B. White
Meadhe
Hillcrest Art
E .P. Williams
Greensboro
N. C
Wheaton
Illinois
Frank Davidson
Captain
Mrs
Harry Hopcraft
Ashland
Ohio
Mrs. Hopcraft
Jane Millard
Bradenton Beach
George Malone, Sr
Edward Brooks, Jr
North Carolina
Mrs. Reid
E. P. Williams
Johnston, S. C
Frank Drake
North Carolina Mountains
Pamela Lippman
Mrs. George Coffin
Mountoa
Mrs. Fletcher Crane
Harold Lees
Mr. Larsen
Naomi Larsen
Cuba
Carolyn McMurray
Tadhanapolis
Indiana
Gerald Christ
Ann Sheridan
Dennis Morgan
Alexis Smith
Princess Theatre
Staurday
Mount Dora Electric Company
Highland Ave
Minna Lee
Park Ave
Winter Park
Paul Turrentine
William Turrentine
Washington, D
Eleanore Pittman
Albany
Methodist Institute
Lakeland
Frances Smith
Doris Harding
Adrianne Norton
Judith Mills
Betty Jo McDonald
Roy Dutton
Clyde Mosteller
Ross Dutton
Mrs. O. M. Simpson
Miss Mary Martha
Gatlinburg
Smoky Mountain National Park
Little Switzerland
Mrs. Simpson
Mary Martha
Mr. Simpson
American Bankers Association
United States
America
First National Bank
Mount Dora, Florida
Member
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
L. J. Beville
Mabbett St
Kissimmee, Fla
Mount Dora Auto Parts, Inc
Complete Line
Distributors of
Napa
Delco-Remy
Auto-Lite
Jack Grove
Zellwood
Miami Beach
Fort Lauderdale
Coral Gables
Grace’s Tea
Zellwood, FloriDa
Apopka
Grand View Hotel
A. C. Bowdish
Sylvan Shores Hotel
Oscar E. Schubert
Ecko Pressure Cookers
RCA
Remington Electric Razors
International
Rogers Bros. Silver
Scooters
Mt.Dora
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