Poinsettia Ball Debutantes Highlight Leesburg social pages
The Leesburg Woman's Club Poinsettia Ball on December 27 draws local debutantes. Barbara Ann Prosser, granddaughter of Mount Dora resident Mrs. B Parker Morava, and Patty Johnson of Mount Dora are noted society figures, with coverage of Thanksgiving gatherings and regional residents visiting Mount Dora.
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Leesburg
Johnson
University
Leesburg Woman’s Club
Patty
Paul Johnson
State President Install New Dora Auxiliary In Mount Dora
Mount Dora Fire Department hosts annual banquet at the Community building with Mrs. Oma Lee Edwards, state firemen’s auxiliary president, as guest of honor and installing newly organized Mount Dora auxiliary officers including Opal Larsen as president and Richard Shipes Jr as vice president.
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Oma Lee Edwards
Firemen’s Auxiliary
Mount Dora
Opal Larsen
Harold Larsen
Richard Shipes, Jr
Paul Snowberger
George Wilson
al Uhl
Arthur Womble
Mount Dora Could Become Art Center
Mount Dora may outrank Orlando in art per capita if the Art League gains civic backing. Dr. Howard J. Crum urged focused painting study and a tutoring class, noting local interest exceeds that of Orlando. Col. Paul Bronson spoke on books as essential to enduring culture, and John G. Tradinger led the league meeting.
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Howard J. Crum
Orlando
Mount Dora
Art League
Crum
Chamber of Commerce
Col
Paul Bronson
John G. Tradinger
League
Christian Home and Bible School
Church Women Council Plan Is Advanced
Eighteen women from churches and local groups met at the Methodist church to lay plans for Mount Dora s World Day of Prayer set for February 17 1956 the first Friday of Lent. They discussed forming a Mount Dora Council of Church Women to coordinate behind the scenes for World Day of Prayer World Fellowship Day and World Community Day in Lent May and November respectively. The group urged local women to save February 7 on their calendars.
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Woman's Club
King’s Daughters
Parent- Teacher Association
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Methodist Church
Mount Dora
Church Women
George Keller Nearing 90 in Florida History
George Keller ex publisher of the Topic will be 90 on December 12. He and Edith Edeburn founded the Topic nearly 40 years ago and sold it in 1947. A veteran newspaper man, he once owned the Orlando Evening Reporter and later worked with Morganthaler Linotype Co. He is recovering from a major operation and lives in a McDonald Street home.
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George Keller
The
Topic
Keller
Florida
Edith Edeburn
Morganthaler Linotype Co
Palm Christmas Tree Idea Demonstrated in Central Florida
Miss Reba Harris of Garden Barn in Eustis demonstrates decorating palm trees as Christmas trees. She promotes The Palm the First Christmas Tree and will show garden clubs across Central Florida how to use little palms at home, linking the idea to the Middle East origin of Christmas. A. A. Willits advises seeking the silver lining in difficulties.
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Reba Harris
Eustis
Middle East
Florida
Mrs Graves to Speak at Orlando Garden Club Event
Lakes and Hills Garden club president Mrs Carl S Graves will address the Garden club of Orlando at the new Garden Center on Rollins avenue near Lake Estelle. She speaks at 8 p m Friday December 9 and 3 p m Saturday December 10 during a combined flower show and Christmas arrangement sale with Mrs J Y Lynwood Price of Jacksonville. The event runs 2:30 to 10 p m December 9 and 10 a m to 10 p m December 10 with many Lakes and Hills members planning to attend.
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Carl S. Graves
The
Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Garden Club of Orlando
Rollins Av
Lake Estelle
Florida Sanitarium
Graves
J. Y. Lynwood Price
Jacksonville
Lakes and Hills
Golden Wedding Anniversary Observed in Mount Dora
Mr and Mrs James F Croak celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a private family gathering in Mount Dora. They wed November 29 1905 in Rockland Massachusetts and spent most of their lives in Whitman Massachusetts where he ran an auto repair business before retiring. Now residing at 1082 Washington Rd Sylvan Shores they have six grandchildren Sheila Michael Jimmy Mora Peggy and Jackie Kane and two sons Patrick H Croak and Timothy J Croak unable to attend the Florida observance.
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James F. Croak
Mount Dora
Carol Spang and William Hunt Wed on Thanksgiving Day
Miss Carol Spang of Sylvan Shores married William Carroll Hunt in a Methodist church ceremony with Rev. H Mauriece Felton officiating. The wedding joined families including Brig. Gen. L S Conelly and Emil Spang. Out of town guests attended from Ohio and Florida.
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Carol Spang
William Carroll Hunt
L. S. Conelly
Carl Spang
Sylvan Shores
H. Mauriece Felton
Aline Paul
Mount Dora
Mr. Hunt
Don Denson
Weirsdale
Verdual Hamlin
Judy Priest
Jody
Daniel Bishop
Evelyn Peters
Ceiving Line
General Connelly
Ae Ohio
Emil Spang
Lakewood
Ohio
Raymond Conelly
Bedford
Martha Circle Meeting At Local Church
The Martha Circle of the Methodist church will meet next Tuesday at 2 30 p m at the home of Mrs Peter Weaver Helen street and 11th avenue with Mrs T R Finn and Mrs Mabel Barnhart as assistant hostesses.
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Martha Circle
Martha Circle of the
Methodist Church
Peter Weaver
Helen St
T. R. Finn
Mabel Barnhart
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Duke “University
A. R. Kinsey
Cuba
Helen Rutz
Camaguey
Dan
Charles Kinsey, Jr
Ceballos
Montverde School
South Lake County
Charles Kinsey
A. R. Kinseys
Montverde
N. K. Williams
Fr. Pierce
Kinsey
Molly Pat
Ginny
Coleman Fielder
W. D. Aubrey
H. W. Kuhlman
Hazel
Beulah Lawrence
T. Park
Saratoga Springs
W. E. Ratcliffe
Indianapolis
Ralph Powers
Simpson St
L. S. Ayers
Indiana
G. M. Davis
Frank Burkart
Burkart
Sylvan
San Francisco
Davis
Guam
Cina Wil
L. T. van Norman
Brock‘way Pa
Jesse Sumner
Wallace, N. C
Eastern Carolina
Mrs. Sumner
Ernest Johnson
Johnsons
Claude F. Storer
Cleveland
James S. Rae
Connecticut
Virginia
Falls Church
Guy Lewis
Norris Wagner
Leonard Woods
Clayton Applegate
J. C. Earl
California
Harrist Reynolds
Pearl Downs
Bob Applegate
John Williams
Griffin
Florence Jd
DeLand
Arthur Jewell
Grand View Hotel
Philippine Islands
Mount Dora High School
Stephen Ross Bogen
Bob Bogen
Carol Swort
John L. Swort
Bogens
Philippines
Cavite
Inez Thomas Hat Shop
Donnelly St
WATS
Dora
Gamaliel Bradford
Villa Bora
Dorothy's Gift Shop
Dorothy A. Leinbach
Fifth Avenue
Church Women Council
A. A. Willits
Mrs, Croak
Charis
Louise Martelock
9Th Ave
Fila
Texas
Collins St. Bakery
Lake County
Pilot Club
Marianna Clark
Sara McCain
Fannie Spilky
Ruth Wells
Helen Kurras
Mabel Norris Reese
Crane Furniture Company
William Hunt
MR. and
Mrs. Hunt
Orion
Chrishmeas
First Federal Savings & Loan Ass’n
W. Main St
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