Observers Steady Post Crews and Christmas Socials
East Hartford observers report varying duty loads from graveyard shifts to daytime watches. Volunteers fill gaps during holidays while a recital by Dan Layne offered music to attendees at Community church parlors with reception and Christmas decor at a nearby sale event attended by about one hundred ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beca
Mrs. Johnson
Bell
Schwartz
Armer Johnson
Alfred Rehbaum
Army Command
The
Observer Post
East Hartford
Bill
Dan Layne
Indiana
Debussy
Himlf
Layne
Musian
Mesdames Pratt
Spear
Cook
Harold Morse
William Prinz
Stanley Holmes
C. E. Tincher
Abe Davis
Barden
Grace Davis
Ricksher
Mrs. Prinz
Prinz
Mabel Cleary
Open House at Methodist Parsonage
Mr and Mrs Caxton Doggett will host open house at the Methodist parsonage Sixth avenue Monday December 21 from 8 to 10 pm All members and friends of the arch are invited to call during those hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caxton Doggett
Methodist Parsonage
Sixth Avenue
the Arch
School Sells Second Load of Metal Scrap
The second weighing 21 hundredweight load of 650 pounds was carried by Dora school to Orlando Iron and the company for the PTA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seco
Dora School
Orlando Iron
Ompany
Lions Club Meets At Mount Dora Hotel
The Lions Club held its regular weekly meeting at the Hotel Mount Dora Monday night. Regular routine business was transacted and attendance reached one hundred percent due to a Lions International ruling allowing members in the armed services or on defense work to be marked present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Mount Dora
Lions International
Lawn Bowling Club Alphabet Poem Ends Year on High Notes
The Lawn Bowlers report two wins despite a 40 degree morning and share a themed alphabet poem listing members from Mr. and Mrs. Church to Alfred Rehbaum. The verse extols bowling skills from Run to Zounds and notes the social spirit and close matches as winter approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrnter
George D. Church
Roland J. Morse
William M. Ford
Mathias Caley
Robert C. Thomas
Mabel E. Richards
Bertha E. Andrews
Elizabeth Brockway
Louise R. Schoeninger
Nelson S. Mayo
John B. McDonald
Frank R. Parker
Win C. Sleight
Olin F. Tower
W. Eardley Wilmot
Hiram R. Bradner
Will T. Patterson
George
United
Wingler Named Real Estate Agent in Mount Dora
William P. Wingler of Mount Dora has been licensed as a real estate agent by the Florida State Board, adding to his insurance business. He will handle real estate from his current Post Office building office and use his wide contacts in Mount Dora and beyond. This week he reports the sale of the Barnard home at Tremain and Woodland to Sam G. Westbury of Daytona Beach and the rental of Mrs. Birkbeck's home to J H Voss of White Plains New York, with Ellsworth Grant's Sylvan Shores home going to Dorothy White of Fayetteville New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Wingler
Mount Dora
Florida State Board
Wingler
Florida
Barnard
Tremain and
Woodland
F. J. Ledger
Sam G. Westbury
Daytona Pea
Birkbeck
McDonald
White Plains
N. Y
N. Y., and Mrs. Ellsworth Grant’s Sylvan Shores
Dorothy White
Fayetteville, N. Y
Mount Dora Rationing Details For Sugar Oil And Tires
The Mount Dora Rationing Board outlines sugar coupons valid Dec 16 to Jan 31 for 3 pounds of sugar and oil coupons usable until used up. Meat rationing is not yet in effect while general rationing and Point Book issuance will start early next year. Gasoline rations for salesmen begin after the new year and tire allocations focus on essential occupational driving cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Christmas Cantata at First Baptist Church Mount Dora
The High School Glee Club directed by Manuel Sedano performs Ira Wilson The Music of Christmas at 7 30 Sunday evening at the First Baptist Church Mount Dora. Between thirty and forty voices sing in three parts with guest winter attendees invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Mount Dora
High School
Manuel Sedano
Ira B. Wilson
Miss and Adams
Christmas Music Program At Local Methodist Church
The Methodist Church Choir directed by Mrs. C. Gudgeon presents a Christmas concert Sunday evening December 20 at 7 30 featuring Prelude Angels from the Realms of Glory Silent Night Processional hymn Joy to the World Anthem I Bring You Good Tidings solo I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day mixed quartet Cantique de Noel and other carols including While Shepherds Watched Their Flock and O Little Town of Bethlehem with offertory and benediction plus postlude March of the Magi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Methodist Church Choir
C. Gudgeon
Richolson
Robert Wise
Banks
Whitehead
Bethlehem
Notes About Our Men In Service
Local column details service members during wartime. Dr Glendy Sadler is called to active Navy duty after leading Lake County Health at Tavares. Roy Beasley writes from Guadalcanal saying he is well. Otis Hale serves at Stewart Field New York. Maurice Pike Jr. and his wife are at Key West. James Drawdy awaits assignment near Philadelphia with family in Alma Georgia. A D Marshall Jr with Builders Supply may be in northern Africa. Tom Brotherson reports Navy Yeoman third class status and distant postings. Readers invited to provide photos of servicemen for future publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendy Sadler
Navy
Lake County
Tavares
Maurice Stewart Pike, Jr
Carpenter
Key West
Petty
James A. Drawdy
Willow Grove
Philadelphia
Jacksonville
Alma
A. D. Marshall, Jr
Builders Supply Company
Mount Dora
Christmas Cantata by Mount Dora High Glee Club
The Mount Dora High School Glee Club directed by Manuel Sedano performs a Christmas Cantata titled Christmas Music on Sunday afternoon December 20 at 3 p.m. in the Community Building. Soloists include Mary Estey and Gloria Watts with Grace Lee and Daniel Layne also featured. The program includes an overture, several solos, choruses, and a piano piece with the school band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High School Glee Club
Mount Dora
Manuel Sedano
Glee Club
Mary Estey
Gloria Watts
Grace Lee
Daniel Layne
George Sanders
America
Rev. Caxton Doggett
Lee
I. H. Meredith
Glee Ub
Angels Chorus
Franz Gruber
Ira Wilson
Chopin
Manger Babe
Grant C. Tullar
George Handle
Floyd Montgomery
F. S. Key
Lamper eel observed in local lake questioned classification
Report notes a water jar specimen claimed to be a lamper eel with eel like body feathery gills and two legged features. Advisers say it should not be returned to water due to harm to fish though it was captured near a local lake.
Missionary Couple to Speak at Mount Dora Church
Rev and Mrs Willie King from Indiana will speak at the First Baptist Church in Mount Dora Wednesday night at 8 oclock. They are missionaries to Indians in Florida employed by the Southern Baptist Convention. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie King
Indiana
First Baptist Church
Mount Dora
Southern Baptist Convention
Dians
Florida
Kiwanis Members Tour Brown Lumber Company Mill
Kiwanis Club members toured the Brown Lumber Company on the Eustis Road with Charley Brown guiding. They viewed the mill processes from logs to milled timber, saw drying in a 40 foot circular kiln, and the central heating plant powering the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Kiwanis Club
Mary D. Learnd
Lake County
T. M. Kramer
Mount Dora
Augie Engelhard
Committee On Business
Brown Lumber Company
Eustis Road
J. J. West
Dr. Dickson
William Watson House, Sr
Roland Morse
Carl Graves
Tom Brotherson
Kiwanian
Tom
Charley Brown
Army
Navy
Brown Lumber Co
Builders Supply Company
Eustis
Charley
Augie
Lake CofC Sees Rapid Growth in 1943 Membership Drive
Lake County Chamber of Commerce reports 554 memberships received in the 1943 drive through last Friday. Leesburg leads with 191 members, followed by Eustis 67 and Montverde 41, with various towns contributing solid support to the county effort. Minneola tops at 250 percent of its five member goal, Fruitland Park 180 percent on ten, Montverde 162 percent on 25, and Lisbon at 100 percent on its five member target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County Chamber of Commerce
Leesburg
Eustis
Clermont
Montverde
Tavares
Groveland
Mount Dora
Minneola
Fruitland Park
Lisbon
Fies
The Cookie Jar Donation Timeline in a Stateline Issue
The Cookie Jar was filled from November 29 to December 12 by the Kings Daughters with a list of donors including Mrs. Mary White Miss Ruth Butts and Mrs. C Smith. Extra cookies came from Harriet Whitehead Miller and Lydy. From November 15 to 28 the Parent Teacher Association provided cookies led by Mrs. M B Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King’s Daughters
Mary White
Ruth Butts
C. Smith
Nancy Stuart
C. C. Ames
I. F. Sarver
Gertrude Thorne
Mary True
Rollin Javens
George Coffin
Josephine Simpson
Sol Spilky
Ronald Christie
Anna Slack
Harriet
Whitehead
Long Distance Lines Strained by Defense Demands
Florida Telephone Company executive cites unprecedented long distance traffic due to armed forces and Civil Defense needs. Wartime calls from observation posts swell load, with limited ability to add lines because War Production Board constraints. Officials urge public patience, emphasize defense first and material conservation, while payroll defense bond participation reaches 100 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Max E. Wettstein
Florida Ee Corporation
Mr. Wettstein
Buy And Use More Christmas Seals In Fight Against Tuberculosis
Lake County tuberculo sis and health group urges residents to buy Christmas seals and place them on outgoing mail and parcels. The campaign seeks broad support to expand services, with volunteers collecting payments in a blue envelope and tracking remittances to accelerate progress amid wartime challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
United States
Tuberculosis and Health Association
Brugs Kennedy Home From Stetson For Christmas Break
William Kennedy son of Mr and Mrs W M Kennedy of Sylvan Shores returns home for a three week Christmas vacation from Stetson University. He is a member of Sigma Nu and in the Marine Corps Reserve program. Two friends plan a boat trip to Silver Springs during the stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kennedy
W. M. Kennedy
Sylvan Shores
Stetson University
Kennedy
Sigma Nu Society
Marine Corps Reserve Program
Stetson
Jack Causier
Palm Beach
Silver Springs
Also Mentioned on This Page
Observation Post
Lions News
Lawn Bowling Club
W. P. Wingler
Mount Dora Red Cross
E. H. Holliger
H. E. Backus
W. Riddell
F. Cornish
William Norris
H. Allen
George Zell
W. Lawrence
G. MacArthur
J. Fortner
H. Fenn
M. B. Claflin
F. Silver
C. E. Brooks
G. Malone
J. D. Pease
Baptist Church
Ictory
A. M. Green
Roy Beasley
Guadalcanal
Otis Hale
Stewart Field
West Point
Lamper
Eel
Kiwanis News
Lake Cofc
Brugs Kennedy Home
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