Notes On Our Men In Service At Sea And Camp Grant
Letters from Walter Johnson stationed at Camp Grant Illinois in the Medical Corps describe his fall induction and new postings. He recalls Mount Dora visits and hopes local servicemen stationed nearby meet him. A Rhodes Street resident reports two letters from Thomas Scott describing Middle East duties and a Cape Town stop with comments on heat, desert conditions, and an English ship. Censor preserved both letters intact and the paper solicits photos of the servicemen for publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Army
Camp Grant, Ill
Mount Dora
Elizabeth Scott
Rhodes Street
Thomas Scott
Middle East
Capetown
Africa
Observers Earn Arm Bands At Topic Office
Observers with over 50 duty hours since mid June will receive armband awards in a few days. Harry Allen Presley Atkins Mrs R M Brown Helena Bell John Coffin Eugene Downs E H Holliger Florence Holmes O D Stephens Clayton Tremain are listed. Also notes a war information booklet Design and Operation of United States Combat Aircraft available for reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of War Information
United States
Harry Allen
Presley Atkins
R. M. Brown
Helena Bell
John Coffin
Eugene Downs
E.H. Holliger
Florence Holmes
O. D. Stephens
Clayton Tremain
Allen
Mr. Holliger
Simpson Hotel
Carr
Sorrento Families Gather for Thanksgiving Week in Florida
Sorrento residents and relatives from Jacksonville Daytona Beach and Georgia visited relatives in Sorrento and nearby towns over Thanksgiving week. Guests included Iris Battle Rabun Battle Ralph Battle and Mary Battle plus Ford and Josephine Ford from Ohio. Local families hosted and shared meals while others returned from Indiana Michigan and Georgia. A notable note: J K Ashmore of Eustis grew a 30 pound watermelon for Thanksgiving dinner illustrating Lake County's diverse crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lola Ely
Jacksonville
High Ee
Dixie Ne
Umathla
En Thomas
Miami Beach
Iris Battle Olarks
South Jacksonville
Rabun Battle
Daytona Beach
Ralph Battle
Mary Battle
Ford
Heckelton
Josephine Ford
Sorrento
Highland Park
Ill
Alex Stupple
Alice Strite
Sally
Strite
Mount Dora
Graybille Battle
Emory Gresham
the Eustis Hospital
Lake County
J. K. Ashmore
Eustis
Notice of Tax Deed and Adoptions in Lake County
Notice announces Bowman and Brown filing for a tax deed on Tax Certificate No 102 issued August 1 1992 for Lot 302 Clermont Heights Clermont Lake County Florida with sale to highest bidder January 1943 at 11 am. Also advertises intentions to apply for adoptions of Carl Donald Nelson Zona Lorraine Baisden by their petitioners. Mount Dora town election details set for December 8 with multiple offices and petition requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowman and Brown Company
Lake
State of Florida
Clermont Heights
Clermont
Mary FP. Patten
Thiess
Tavares
Fla
Carl Donald Nelson
C. B. Koonce
Circuit Court of
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Lake County
Ald
Zona Lorraine Baisden
J.C. Koonce
Circuit Court
State of
Florida
Baisden
M. Baisden
Thanksgiving social notes reach Zellwood area
Zellwood residents and relatives share meals and greetings during Thanksgiving weekend. Guests include Marchant Phillips Vincent and family visiting from Archer and Washington DC. Local events feature surprise parties and a Vincent Flower Shop gathering with numerous local families and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Marchant
Norman Phillips
Norman, Jr
Archer
W. O. Marchant
James G Vincent
Miss. Banella
Vincent
Washington, D. C
S. R. Barber
Sorrento
W. D. Lovelady
Helen Worthing
W. S. Jones
Leon Osborn
Marion. McDonald
Carroll Pugh
W. J. Uptagraft
Byron Reiff
Lake County Medical Center
Set
Francis Boyd
Orlando
John Sorlinga
Frank Morton
John L. Morton
Wesley Fly
DeLand
E. W. Fly
G. H. Culpepper
Zell
Jackie
St. Antine
E. D. Austin
Lucie Ray
Umatilla
R. W. Vincent
Geo . Vincent
Paul Oydan
A. Vincent
Joy
L. S. Mc Larry
George
L. B. Vincent
Agnes Vincent
Lester Bill Vincent
Carl Henderson
Gardner McGraw
Divorce Notice for William B Lambeth in Lake County
Order for constructive service to William Bryan Lambeth in a divorce case filed by Margaret W Law. He must appear by January 4 1942 in Lake County Florida or the bill will be confessed and a decree pro confesso entered. Copy to be published weekly for four weeks in the Mount Dora Topic before the deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bryan Lambeth
State OF
Florida
Margaret W. Law
Circuit Court
Fifth Judicial Circuit
State of Florida
Lake County
Mount Dora
Gro. J, Dykes
Grace H. Cox
D.C
Mount Dora Roll of Honor Names Amid War Service
Mount Dora and vicinity lists numerous local servicemen and volunteers serving in the armed forces. The Roll of Honor invites readers to submit additional names to ensure all who serve are recorded, naming many individuals across various ranks and units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida Motor Lines
Mount Dora
Bac
Paul Tilford
Ault
Danny Averitt
George Backus Starry
Thomas Barber Corp
Beasley
George Moye
Frederick C. Beardsley
Harvey Beasley
Benwell
Ray Blanchard
Louie Melton Branch
Walter Brantley
Charles Edward Brooks II
Orville R. Brown
Joe Clarence Brown
Joe Clarence Brown, Jr
Donald Myron Burt Floyd Cordell Bumalough
Charles Emmett Burchett
Alfred B. Carter
Milton Chapman
Ralph EB. Chapman
Roy Christopher
Leon B. Cheek, Jr
David Coffin Andrew. Bradley Cole
Orville C. Cooper
Woodrow W. Coleman
George Collins Lemuel Colson, Jr
Leroy Nelson Cookinham
Thomas HI
Cooley
Floyd Cooper
D. C. Davis
Percy Davis
Felton Dean
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J. B. Ah Ae
Zellwood
Horace Maskins
Corp
Lyle Hecker Mile Edwin Helm
Bert B. Hollingsworth
Orion Watts Hollow
Harry J. Hopcraft
Homer Morris
Texaco
U. S&s. Highway 441
Thomas D. Hurlburt
Alvin Eb, Hutchinson
George C. Jerne
James Jones
Glessner
Lee Jones
Do Kimball Thomas Kimball
John F. Knight Howard Blair Kramer
Harold Lane
William Badger Lawrence
William B. Lawrence, Jr
John Neal Lewis
P. Marion DD. Marshall, Jr
CG Mortensen Curtis D, Minkley
Ernest L. Minkley
Seehowe
J. Mortimer McCown, Jr
William McCown James Gordon McDonald
Reet Atolls
James William Shay
Richard G
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Wilson Sly
Donald Slack
Tommy Shipes
Frederick
James Hicks
Oscar Stephens, Jr
Bill Stevens
William Stew
Cecil Stevenson
Donald Strickland
Roy Stocktos Woodrow
Wilson S
Tommy Sumerali Pickens
Talley Carswell Thompson
Donald Thompson
John Tisdaleee Townsend i Turrentine
Monro Oodard
Willia
Lucy Wo
Richard Yoor
Wilbur
Ells Alton Lee
White Tech
Cliff W Richard
James Widn
Arnold Robert Widri
Lward
Devd Singae Wiley Claile L. Caentes
Woodseram Woods
John Irvin Woods Wilbur L. Woodruff Lake
Jem Capt. M. B. Allen
Tom Caldwell, Jr
Dale Cross
Robert
William Marker
Bud Merker
Ernest Pierce Thurman Pierce
Donald Verigan
Owen Verigan
Clayton Bagwell Thomas Edwin Battle James Pink Branton LaMar Conantee Ferris
Noel E. Gulledge
Fred L., Norton
George Norton
Robert Schwind Wilbur David Spivey
Oliver E Waite
Edwin T. Wade
Tangerine
Bayard Roberts, Jr. Mid, Stuart T. Sadler
Homer White Milan Svrilinga
Rufus Osborn UI
Everette Baat Horter
Kenneth Ross
Ft. Benning
Willard Goolsby
J. Wesley Fly _o
W. Fly Fane C. King
India
Clyde Morton
George Francis Morton, Jr
Paul VY
Morton Robert Lee Morton Marion
Sheddan
Leon W. Stenstrom
Jerry Svrlinga ~ Hayes, Jr
David Lunsford
Lonnie Bryant
Edward Peters
William Peck Leonard
Feet Jr
George A. Vincent Paul Potsko
Earl Surrency
Ernest Parkhurst
Felton Ackey
Willie Anderson
Mathew Bush John William Bynum
John Lee Brown
Louis Bailey
George Dawson
William Dorsey J.D. Fuller
Henry Gaines
John Gaines
Calvin Gamble Sylvania
Gordon Lovett
D. Graham
Henry Green
Willie D. Hicks Haynes Holliman Dothan Jackson
Timothy Jackson
Samuel Jenkins
Johnnie Kemp
George Leary Benjamin Lesley. Lewis Ren Lewis
Adam Medlock
Horace McKenny
Jack Nelson
Col Reeves
Form Lacy War
Edward S Williams
Joseph Williams Oo Cc
Williamsrthur
L. Woodbury
J. J. West Realty CO
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