Woman's Society Meets at Parish House December Event
The Woman's Society of the Methodist Church will hold its monthly meeting Tuesday December 14 at 3 o'clock in the Parish House. The marriage of Miss Martha Fenn and Lt Leon B Cheek Jr is announced for December 16 at Mount Dora Community Church with invited friends and families.
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Woman's Society
Woman’s Society of the Methodist Church
Martha Fenn
Harry T. Fenn
Leon B. Cheek, Jr
Mount Dora
Ocklawaha D A R Holds December Music Meeting
The December meeting of Ocklawaha Chapter D A R was hosted by Mrs. Walter Rush in Eustis. The program focused on American music with Mrs. Koonce performing a trio of songs.
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Ocklawaha
Walter Rush
Eustis
Koonce
Three Poems by Joyce Kilwah Read by Miss Nan Rooney
Mrs Daniels hosted a reception with three Joyce Kilwah poems read by Miss Nan Rooney. Coffee and Washington cream pies were served, with hostesses arranging the event details.
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Nan Rooney
Joyce Kilwah
King’s Daughters Hold December Christmas Meeting
The King’s Daughters plan a December gathering Monday at 8 o’clock in the Community Building with hostesses Mrs. Henry LaGier Mrs. E. D. Parker and another Mrs. This will be the only December meeting and will be the Christmas meeting Members are asked to bring a toy for the Christmas baskets and plans for packing and delivering them will be discussed Visiting Daughters are invited to attend.
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King's Daughters
King’s Daughters
Henry LaGier
E. D. Parker
Fairfield Friends Honor Hardwicks at Dinner in Mount Dora
Mr and Mrs William Hardwick of Fairfield Connecticut recently bought the Dr Spooner home on North Donnelly and became permanent Mount Dora residents They were honored by Fairfield friends with a November dinner at Duncans Inn A purse was presented Mr Hardwick, longtime lighthouse keeper at Penfield light before his two year retirement.
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William Hardwick
Fairfield
Conn
Dr. Spooner
North Donnelly
Mount Dora
Florida
Duncan’s Inn
Hardwick
Penfield Light
Parker Honored on Birthday by Parker-Daniels Party
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry M. Daniels hosted Monday evening December 6 honoring Mr. E. D. Parker on his birthday. Decorations featured Christmas colors and an oxcart centerpiece. Parker, sight limited, had his secretary Mrs. Parker cut the cake served with homemade ice cream. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Banks, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sarver, Mrs. Edith Meyers, Mrs. Claudia Brockst, Mr. Frank Lawrence and others.
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MR. Parker
Jerry M. Daniels
E. D. Parker
Parker
Henry Banks
Frank Sarver
Edith Meyers
Claudia Brockst
Frank Lawrence
Monday Social Club Pots Luck Dinner and Card Games
The Monday Social Club held a 1 PM dinner with a 2:15 PM card session at the Community Building. Officers were elected: A Schonenberger president, G DeMuth vice president, R Blanchard secretary, C Purdy treasurer. Nine tables played contract and five hundred. Evans won contract and DeMuth won five hundred.
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A. Schonenberger
George DeMuth
Ray Blanchard
Clare Purdy
Evans
DeMuth
Leary
Red Cross
Mrs Oda B Champe Visits Dublin Friend
Mrs Oda B Champe of Dublin Indiana visits her sister Mrs Frances Harvey. James Orr returns home from Eustis hospital recovering from pneumonia and is listed as recovering nicely.
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Oda B. Champe
Dublin, Indiana
Frances Harvey
James Orr
Eustis
Winter Guests and Local Residents Update
A regional social notice lists visitors and residents at Villa Dora and local homes. Names include Mrs Frances Harvey, Mr and Mrs Homer Morris, Mrs Pearl Wonder of Greenville, S C, and Mr and Mrs John A Stoner of New York City, with others returning from travels or illness.
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Mrs
Homer Morris
Mrs. Morris
Pearl Wonder
Greenville, South Carolina
John A. Stoner
New York City
Villa Dora
Local family visits and furlough reunion reported
AAFTAC Orlando plans to have him with them again on Christmas. A college son is mentioned as a shum of their son. Mrs Lurany Dixon and Jerald Drawdy left Perry Georgia after visiting Mrs L J Drawdy Sr and family to be with their brother Julian during his furlough.
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W. A. Baker
Contoocook, N. H
Harold Morse
John Morse
St. Simon Island
U. S. Navy
Aaftac
Orlando
Lurany Dixon
Jerald Drawdy
Perry
L. J. Drawdy
Julian
Edward W Torrey Returns From Japanese Internment Camp
Edward W Torrey son of the late Mrs Mary Torrey and nephew of Mrs Elizabeth Wentworth returns to the United States aboard the Grips holm after over a year in a Japanese internment camp. He had worked for the National City Bank of New York at Tientsin China for years before the occupation. Wentworth as next of kin other than his wife has been kept informed by the War Department from internment to arrival.
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Edward W. Torrey
Mary Torrey
Elizabeth Wentworth
United States
Gripsholm
National City Bank of New York
Tientsin
China
Wentworth
War Department
States
Birth of Lewis John Lehman in Winter Park
Mr and Mrs Rodman Lehman of Winter Park announce the birth of a son Lewis John on December 2. Mother and baby are doing well. Mrs Lehman is remembered as Miss Katharine Lewis of Winter Park formerly of Mount Dora. Miss Margaret Lewis of 728 McDonald Street is the great aunt.
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Rodman Lehman
Winter Park
Lewis John
Lehman
Katharine Lewis
Mount Dora
Margaret Lewis
McDonald Street
Wings of Song program at First Methodist Church Sunday
A program titled Wings of Song will be presented Sunday evening at 7 30 in the First Methodist Church. Charles S Given will narrate with I H Meredith, editor of Jehovah s Praise, taking part. The event features hymn tunes including Stowell sung by the choir with Mrs C M Brown directing.
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First Methodist
Indian Tenor to Sing He Is So Precious To Me
Soloist Chief Ho-To-Pi will perform Charles Gabriel's hymn He Is So Precious To Me as part of a program featuring solo, duet, and chorus nun and congregational singing. The event showcases diverse hymn interpretations by distinctive vocalists.
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Ho-To-Pi
Charles Gabriel
Cookie Jar drives care for troops from Mount Dora club
The Christian Science Church Service Men’s Club hosts The Cookie Jar project in November led by Mrs. Walter Patton. A long list of volunteers from Mount Dora and Eustis, including Mrs. Elva Best and Mrs. Rose Hoodelmier, contributed with Mount Dora Woman's Club supplying December cookies under Mrs. J. J. Alvord.
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The
Christian Science Church
Service Men’s Club
Walter Patton
Ted.ors
Elva Best
Ray Blanchard
Rose Hoodelmier
Elizabeth Fielding
Frank Hadlock
Mary Koebke
Prada M. Frickey
Adeline Raymond
Jones
W. J. Patton
W. Piowaty
Henry Stein
C. C. Dahm
Jos. Etchells
Anna Lindman
Dickey
Roland Morse
Mary Lindman
Mount Dora
Richmond Bishop
Elizabeth Paterson
Haas
Anna Mersereau
Henry Henrickson
Richard Jones
George Park
Delaware Kramer
L. Victor Teeple
Thomas T. Kennedy
Katherine Kalb
Harry Morse
Louise Graber
Eustis
Honor Roll Grades Seven to Twelve Listed By Class
The document lists honor roll students by grade levels with percentages of the class achieving honors. Grade 7 includes Patty Claflin Adrianne Norton Barbara Shipes Sally Strite. Grade 8 lists Mary Jo Burr Gordon Folger Mary Elizabeth Harris Frank Keller James Padgett Virginia Perry Ann Pike Carol Swort Margaret Von Herbulis. Grade 9 records Sue Bond Dorothy Eckholdt Mary ann Hadlock Doris Harding Lucille Minkley Lila Rhodes Laura Rose borough. Grade 10 shows Ashton Brown Lois Rhodes Ruth Shipes. Grade 11 presents Lucile Harding Trudie Williams. Grade 12 features Gladys Irene Crane Dorothy Geiger Marilyn Johnson Grace Lee Allene Moon Merry Robertson Richard Young.
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Patty Claflin
Adrianne Norton
Barbara Shipes
Sally Strite
Mary Jo Burr
Gordon Folger
Mary Elizabeth Harris
Frank Keller
James Padgett
Virginia Perry
Ann Pike
Carol Swort
Margaret von Herbulis
Sue Bond
Dorothy Eckholdt
Maryann Hadlock
Doris Harding
Lucille Minkley
Lila Rhodes
Laura Roseborough
Ashton Brown
Lois Rhodes
Ruth Shipes
Lucile Harding
Trudie Williams
Gladys Irene Crane
Dorothy Geiger
Marilyn Johnson
Grace Lee
Allene Moon
Merry Robertson
Richard Young
Have You Read A Whale of a Book by Ray Chapman Andrews
Mount Dora Public Library Committee reviews a biography of Ray Chapman Andrews director of the American Museum of Natural History. The work covers his early start sweeping a lab floor to leading the museum and his world travels studying whales. Also notes vivid travel scenes in Yokohama Shanghai Manila Borneo Menado and Japan. Also mentions a junior play Mrs Blake's Family at the Community Building Friday night.
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Ray Chapman Andrews
American Museum of Natural History
Yokohama
Yoshiwara St
Shanghai
Indies
Manila
Borneo
Menado
Japan
China
Mount Dora
Library Committee
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Chicago
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Marquette, Mich
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Golden Label
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