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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1943
Page
5
The Community Church forms a special choir and holds a rehearsal Saturday at 7 p m at the church to prepare music for the Christmas service. The Monday Social Club reports welcome newcomers and approves secretary and treasurer notes.
The Ameri can Legion Auxiliary schedules its regular meeting for Monday evening December 6 in City Hall auxiliary quarters. A joint meeting with Mount Dora Eustis Tavares and Umatilla posts occurs Wednesday December 8 at 7 p.m. in the Mount Dora Community Building social room with state president Mrs Helen Westfall and district president Mrs Eleanor Jackson as honored guests.
Brigadier General L. Connelly and his wife were honored in a civic ceremony. The event recognized their service and dedication to the community with remarks from local officials and fellow service members.
General Connelly was honored at a Thanksgiving dinner at the Sylvan Shores Hotel in Mount Dora hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stein. Guests included Col. and Mrs. Earl I. Best, Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Drake, Mrs. L. Franklin Vobeyda, Mrs. George Cornelius, and Mrs. Evelyn Peters of Akron. Connelly, former commander of the first American troops in New Zealand, spoke of leaving for new duties at Camp Blanding on Monday. Mrs. Connelly will reside at the Sylvan Shores Hotel during the leave.
Local residents and visitors are listed with recent travels and stays. Earl Beebe and family from Lansing return to Ninh Avenue. J C Earl, Florence M Davis, Roy Warneke, E E Gorham, and others are noted at winter homes or visits in Mount Dora, Orlando, Tangerine, Leesburg, and Gainesville. A community club plans Tuesday meetings from January 4 to March 25. Sgt Bill Conliffe visits Joyce Thompson. Mrs Josephine Vinton returns from Miami. W S Sprague shows signs of recovery after surgery at Waterman Memorial Hospital.
A short item notes that Drake is in a hospital. The report lists several residents visiting or staying in Mount Dora during winter, including Mrs. Charles J. Brown improving after a heart attack and others from New Haven and Providence. It mentions travel disruptions as R C Thomas and wife arrived after a detoured streamliner due to a wreck on the line.
Donald Slack and Mrs Slack announce the birth of a son Donald junior on November 24 in Richmond Virginia. Mother and baby are reported well. Mrs Harry Hildwein of Mount Dora welcomes her first grandchild.
The speaker urges turning enemies into friends as the only path to lasting peace after war. He cites Lincoln, warns against carpetbagger anger, and stresses universal, generous, nonretributive patriotism and statesmanship.
Mrs. R M Blanchard departed Tuesday for New York City to assist her daughter Mrs Charles Drake who is ill. A telegram was sent calling her to the court.
A wartime statement asserts commitment to loving the country and opposing Axis totalitarianism. It emphasizes faith in victory for the United Nations and the prospect that peace will follow the hard war effort.
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