Christmas Cheer and Local Happenings in Mount Dora
A feature blends holiday whimsy with community notes from Mount Dora Florida. Santa sightings at Grandview Hotel spark smiles while Eddie Jones ships out from the USS Nereus to the Piedmont. A Tangerine Garden Club party, a 50th wedding anniversary, theater plans, and college honors populate a lively local section with multiple named residents and institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nereus
Piedmont
Eddie
Fae
Far East
Hawaii
Subic Bay
Yokahomma
Sasebo
Tawain
Hong Kong
Vietnam
Sleewood
S. S. Sadler
Tangerine
Tangerine Garden Club
Sadler
Logan Dickie
Richard Insinger
Monroe Dickinson
C. A. Martensen
W. 9Th St
Martensens
Eustis
Mount Dora
Rena Reid
Hartford
IceHouse Theatre
Engagement Announced For Toni Walker And Thomas Hurlburt Jr
The engagement of Toni Michelle Walker daughter of Dr and Mrs G Robert Walker to Thomas D Hurlburt Jr son of Mr and Mrs Thomas D Hurlburt is announced. Walker a Holly Ball debutante of 1962 studied in Ellwood City and Mount Dora and works as secretary at First National Bank of Mount Dora. Hurlburt a Mount Dora High School graduate attends Lake Sumter Junior College and served in the U S Army Special Forces. No marriage date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Fl
Georgetown College
Georgetown
Randy Cox
Mount Dora
Mount Dora High
Randy
Beta Upsilon
Tri Beta
Pat
Twinsburg
Ohio
Charmaine van Arsdale
Robert Sabo
Sabos
Elyria
Robert Zoeller
Sara Whitney Olds
Toni Michelle Walker
G. Robert Walker
Thomas D. Hurlburt Jr
Thomas D. Hurlburt
Walker
Holly Ball
Ellwood City
Mount Dora High School
Jones College
Zeta Alpha
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
First National Bank of
Lake Sumter Junior College
U. S. Army
Art Classes Return Near Decor Delite Gallery
In January the Zoeller family resumes art classes and invites the public to visit Zoeller's Gallery next to Decor Delite for more information. The calendar shows ten days remaining in the current sequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zoeller’s
Decor Delite
Community group notices from Mount Dora area December events
Local clubs announce December meetings and events. The King's Daughters and Sons meet December 19 at 7 30 p m at the Community Building with gifts for the Santa Gift Shop and cookies for the elderly. Mount Dora Yacht Club hosts a bridge luncheon December 19 at 1 p m at Garden Gate with reservations due December 17. Golden Triangle Grange gathers December 7 at Moose Hall and plans future meetings at Community Building Mount Dora. Republican Women meet December 19 at the Community Building with coffee at 9 30 a m and a 10 a m program by Rev Nicholas B Bosworth. The Women’s Club of Mount Dora Christmas luncheon is December 21 at 12 30 p m in the Community Building with readings and dancing. reservations via Mrs. Summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King’s Daughters and Sons
Santa
Howard R Upright
Carl Risley
Mount Dora
Garden Gate
Jennie
Dwight Cook
Golden Triangle
Grange
Republican Women’s Club
Nicholas B. Bosworth
Cocoa Beach Riverside Presbyterian Church
San Francisco
Women’s Club of
Beatrice S. Crocker
Sandy Grantham
Harold H. Plummer
G. W. van Atta
W. C. Birge
Summer
A Bridge Word To The Wise In Superstitions At The Card Table
A humorous piece explores common card table superstitions such as seating according to the deck cut and the belief in lucky chairs. It notes players seem to enjoy convincing rivals of these rituals, recounting a game where luck shifts with seating and deck choice until a hostess reveals a rabbit’s foot as a supposed charm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stete
Bride-Elect Anita Kirkpatrick Fetes In Garden Affair
The Garden Gate hosts a December 10 luncheon and linen shower for Anita Louise Kirkpatrick, future bride of H James Simpson Jr. Daughter of Howard and Mrs. Kirkpatrick of Treasure Island, she receives congratulatory honors from family and friends, with poinsettias and a tea service for over 100 guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Gate
Anita Louise Kirkpatrick
H. James Simpson Jr
Miss Kirkpatrick
Howard James Kirkpatrick
Treasure Island
Mr. Simpson
Howard Simpson
Helm Read
Mary Simpson
Milard Reid
J. G. Ray
Ross V. Swartsel
Frances Simpson Crook
Emergency Parking At Waterman Hospital Announced
Waterman Memorial Hospital provides temporary emergency parking for ambulances and vehicles at the current emergency entrance due to north bound Grove Street traffic. The setup improves safety during patient unloading and will be part of the Spring 1967 renovation project, expected to be operative within about a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterman Hospital
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Grove Street
Hospital Association
Virginia Meredith Engaged To Wed Sonny Hughes
The engagement of Virginia Meredith of Stateville North Carolina to Sonny Hughes of Mount Dora was announced. They plan a December 16 ceremony at Forrest Park Presbyterian Church Stateville with a home in Fort Oglethorpe Georgia after a wedding trip. Also noted is Joyce Martin from Mount Dora joining Stetson University journalism honors and Sigma Pi Kappa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Meredith
C. C. Foster
Stateville
N. C
Sonny Hughes
Alvin Hughes
Mount Dora
Forrest Park Presbyterian Church
Ft. Oglethorpe
Hughes
Stetson University
Joyce Martin
Richard H. Martin
Emeralda Drive
Joyce
Reporter
Sigma Pi Kappa
Tea honors at Crook home for Mr Simpson kin
Ivory lace cloth and long-stemmed roses framed the tea table with silver candelabras in the garden room. Mrs. Crook invited relatives of Mr. Simpson to pour at the tea, including C R Javens W W Haygood Wallace Pike Earl Stanley Alan Hamlin O M Simpson Wm Kennedy Thomas Houser. Close friends welcomed the guests of the late Mrs. Simpson.
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Wm. Kennedy
Thomas Houser
Mount Dora
Mrs. Simpson
Mesdames
Robert Travers
Ross Swartsel
J. G. Ray
Millard Reid
Henry Land
Robert Eichelberger
Ellen Bryant
Glenn Brown
C. E. Brooks II
Rab bits, prairie dogs and arid land habits noted
The text mentions a superstition about never sitting down to play without a rabbit's foot. It also describes prairie dogs drinking after showers leave puddles and not drinking in dry spells, aligning with other arid land dwellers.
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Spunyarn
Jackie Bowman
Grandview Hotel
Val Johnson
Eddie Jones
Toni Walker
Yarn and Antique Shop
Wed. & Fla
Highlands St
Mount Dora, Fla
Sally Dress Shop
Cantre
By Claussner
CLUB
Grace Clifton
The
King’s Daughters Thrift Shop
Grandview St
Anita Kirkpatrick
Phyliss Dobay
Duncan Glazes
Greenware & Supplies
Mary Brethauer
N. Grandview
W. Fifth
Alexander St
Estrozin
Lolsene
Oak Avenue
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