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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1941
Page
4
Mount Dora O E S invites Stars and Masons and their wives to a pot luck supper at a building labeled sane. Attendees are asked to bring their own table service and food for the meal.
The Monday Social Club held a pleasant meeting this week with a pot luck luncheon and an afternoon of cards. Forty two ladies attended the gathering and the business session was led by Mrs. George De.
Muth was reelected president and Mrs Fi Drake treasurer. Mrs Javens won the prize at five a and Mrs Ray Daniels the contract. His next Monday will be Mrs F G Clowes for contract and Mrs Belleers for five hundred. Playing starts at 2 15 with all ladies invited especially winter visitors.
Dr and Mrs S C Colley entertained friends at fried chicken supper Sunday at their Sylvan Shores home with Mr and Mrs A A Tan Kennedy. Mr Keller was teased for his lack of appetite while Mrs Keller took the blame. The group paused for radio news announcing the outbreak of war.
A shower breakfast at Lake Jem Road hosted by Mrs T Wadsworth celebrated Miss Francys Sadler, bride-elect. Guests included Mrs S S Sadler, Mrs B F Williamson, Mrs Edward F Miller, Mrs Chas J Brown, Mrs John Kauffman of Grand Island, Mrs J Kimball Richmond of Orlando, Mrs S S Sadler Jr of Winter Park, and the hostess.
Miss Johnnie Mae Stanley hosted a luncheon at Sylvan Shores Hotel for Francys Sadler ahead of her wedding to Lieutenant Robert N. White Jr. The event featured a white and green wedding bell theme, a Bell shaped cake, mirrored centerpiece, and place cards with bells and fern. Guests included Mrs. S. S. Sadler and several local friends and relatives.
Miss Pearl Music of Alma Georgia and James Albert Drawdy of Mount Dora were married Sunday December 7 at 9 am in First Methodist Church. Rev Kenneth G Rogers officiated. Attendants included Libby Drawdy and L J Drawdy Jr. The couple honeymooned at Daytona Beach and plan to reside in the Simpson Hotel.
Ocklawaha Chapter D A R held its December meeting at Mrs King s home in Eustis. Mrs F H McAnally spoke on Ellis Island work by D A R and past Alabama residence described D A R helpers aiding refugees, language teaching, and employment. A collection was taken, hostesses served refreshments, and praise was given to Ellis Island coordinator Mrs Tyre. War news then noted the United States faced Japan.
Florida chapters organize for War Service and Red Cross work sending Bundles for Britain and aiding army camps and sewing rooms. Miss Allen, state chairman, reports continued activity and urges members to participate. Also promote Story Hour for children at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Local notices list Mrs. Stewart Roberts visiting from Lake City to see her parents the Schon enbergs. Various couples and individuals relocate for winter, including Hoppenraths at 619 East First Avenue, H P Victor in Seventh Avenue winter home, and Dr. Horace G. Keith in Lake Dora apartments. Several travel to East Orange and Montclair for brief stays, hospital visits, or extended winters.
Harold G Morse and wife of Sylvan Shores prepare to leave on the 21st for holidays with their sons J H Morse of Brockton MA, Chester W Morse a Harvard Medical School senior, and H R Morse a Dartman College sophomore. They will return to Mount Dora after New Years for the season.
Poem expresses devotion to Jesus Christ as the guiding light for the reader. It references the Holy Word, the story of the baby Jesus, and the wise men following the star. The speaker asks for continual light and guidance from the Christ Child as the world’s true light.
Mount Dora Public Library Committee notes the 1939 novel Black Narcissus by Rumer Godden set in an Indian village near the Himalayas. A group of Anglican nuns establish the Convent of Saint Faith and confront powerful passions stirred by a prince and a lingering memory.
Henry L. Drugg died Thursday December 4 in an Orlando hospital after an operation. He lived at 146 West Eleventh avenue Mount Dora for eight years after moving from Proctorville Vermont. He owned the Drugg Variety Store until shortly before his death. Survived by three sons Proctor, Burbank and Roger of Vermont, and a daughter Mrs Frank N Morley of Mount Dora and DeLand. His wife died in August 1940. Cremation at Cary Hand mortuary. ashes to be taken to Vermont.
John Wentworth Norton 34 died Tuesday afternoon of a heart attack in Mount Dora. He leaves wife Doris Parker Norton and three children Adrianne Barry Charles. parents Mr. and Mrs. George Norton of Sorrento. siblings in Detroit Lafayette and Sorrento. He lived in Lake County nineteen years and Mount Dora recently. Funeral Wednesday 3 pm at Methodist Church officiated by Rev. Kenneth Rogers. burial Forest Cemetery. Pallbearers named Eckholdt Bechells Turner Williamson Harding Conboy.
Minnie Hale wife of Otis M Hale of 835 East Eighth avenue died Saturday December 6 after extended poor health. She lived in Mount Dora 15 years formerly of Monroe Georgia. Survived by husband two daughters Rose Hale and Mrs John Treadwell a son Otis L Hale five sisters and three brothers. Funeral in Mount Dora then Monroe with burial at Mount Vernon Christian Church.
The Leesburg Lions at their weekly meeting bought 4650 dollars in United States Defense Savings Bonds and 40 dollars in Defense Savings Stamps. George Rast leads stamp sales, marking the first time bonds were sold at a club meeting and likely the first such sale in the state. The event highlights local patriotism amid trying times.
Tech nical Sergeant William S. McCoome of Groveland becomes first sergeant of a 150 man detachment at Camp Gordon Georgia. He will lead the military police at the new army post after enlisting July 17 1940 and attaining technical sergeant rank in under 16 months. He is not yet 21, his birthday is February 15 1942.
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