Christmas Notes From Mount Dora Busy Holiday Reports
Vida Grumman updates from Mount Dora on three months serving at the Methodist Church Center for the United Nations in New York. She describes cold weather, subway nerves, and adapting with a quirky hat and fur boots while friends anticipate her return next September. The piece also notes the 64th wedding anniversary of Joseph D Webster and wife Elsie May with an open house at 1226 E Fifth, Mount Dora. It covers the Tangerine Garden Club Christmas party, Mount Dora Woman's Club luncheon with a carol-focused program, and holiday moves for Captain and Mrs Kennedy and Colonel and Mrs Downs with their children visiting back home before Korea service and university students joining the family for the holidays.
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Vida Grumman
Mount Dora
Methodist Church Center
United Nations
Vida
New York
Father Winter
Joseph D. Websters
Fifth Street
Florida
Conneaught
Ohio
Elsie May
Presbyterian Church
Lemuel Downs
John
Pat
Chris
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Pearl Downs
Lemuel
Michael
University of South Florida
Cecil Barks
Leslie Keller
Tangerine
Darlene Coleman
Sanford
Jennie Wilson
Bowie
Paris
Alice Toy to Join Girl Scout Senior Roundup
Miss Alice Toy of Troop 31 Mount Dora will attend the Girl Scout Senior Roundup with Heart of Florida Girl Scout Council. The encampment runs July 15 to 28 1965 at Farragut Idaho on Lake Pend Oreille. The event gathers about 9000 girls and 2000 students for a progressive youth experience.
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Alice Toy
Mount Dora
Heart of
The clearsighted sustain and console the world
A concise quotation attributed to Agnes Repplier notes that clear perception does not govern power but supports and comforts humanity. The line emphasizes insight as a stabilizing force in difficult times.
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Agnes Repplier
Lavonia Bowie Weds Jack Drawdy in Mount Dora Church
Lavonia Raye Bowie and Jack Pierce Drawdy wed December 19 1964 at First Baptist Church Mount Dora with Rev. David Coffield officiating. The ceremony featured ivory silk gown lace veiled bride and attendants in moss green gowns, followed by a reception and wedding trip to the Carolinas.
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Cecil Henley Bowie
Mount Dora
Lavonia Raye Bowie
Jack Pierce Drawdy
Jack Sherman Drawdy
Webster
Florida
First Baptist Church
David Coffield
Baptist Social
Azalea Circle Trims Tree At Civic Building
The Azalea Circle of Lakes and Hills Garden Club decorates the Community Building social room tree for its December meeting. Mrs. Paul Johnson and committee members led the effort. Edmund Treadwell of Food Fair donated the tree and will host a Christmas Eve dinner for staff.
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Azalea Circle
Azalea Circle of Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Paul Johnson
Ruth Collins
A. E. Whiteside
Victor Hutchins
Lloyd Atkins
C. H. Junghans
Edmund Treadwell
Food Fair
Garden Club
Sadler Chesley Marriage Told in Gainesville Florida
Mr and Mrs Robert Given Sadler announce the marriage of their daughter Mary to Sanborn Webster Chesley son of Mrs Phyllis Chesley on November 27 1964 in Gainesville Florida The couple will reside in Raleigh North Carolina
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Robert Given Sadler
Mary
Sanborn Webster Chesley
Phyllis Chesley
Gainesville, Fla
Raleigh
North Carolina
Lynne B. Jaques to Wed in Eustis
Announcement of the marriage between Lynne B. Jaques of Eustis and Robert Walter Knorr of Philadelphia set for Sunday December 27 at 4 30 PM at First Presbyterian Church Eustis. Attendant is Mrs Paul Elrod of Brandon with Walter Knorr as best man. Reception follows in Fellowship Hall.
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Howard B. Jaques
Eustis
Lynne B. Jaques
Robert Walter Knorr
Philadelphia
Groom Is UF Junior in City Wedding Note
A groom who is a University of Florida junior steps into a city wedding tied to family ties and local celebrations. The announcement details the couple and their plans, highlighting the groom’s UF status and the community's support.
Pilot Club of Lake County hosts Christmas Party in Eustis
The Pilot Club of Lake County held a Christmas Party dinner at Lake Shore Acres Restaurant in Eustis on December 10 with many Pilots and guests attending. President Mrs Bleeker Wilkerson presided. Mrs Essie Duncan led carols and music. Miss Bette Kennedy acted as Santa. The January 28 meeting will feature Civic Night with press and radio guests.
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Pilot Club
Lake County
Lake Shore Acres
Eustis
Bleeker Wilkerson
Essie Duncan
Tavares
Robert Mathias
Florence Meeks
Fanny B. Hale
Margaret Henley
DeLand
J. N. Brannon
Charleston
S.C
Anna Parker
I. N. Kennedy
Jane Jones
Bette Kennedy
Santa
Selma Pearce
Mrs. Ethel Darrow Dies in Mount Dora at 73
Mrs Ethel Darrow of Mount Dora age 73 died Saturday December 19 she had lived in Mount Dora eleven years formerly of Edinboro Pennsylvania She belonged to the Mount Dora Shuffleboard Club the Orange Blossom Circle of the Lakes and Hills Garden Club and Rebecca Lodge Survived by husband Burr Edgar two stepdaughters ten grandchildren five great grandchildren Funeral services were held at the Chapel of the Rehbaum Funeral Home Mount Dora Tuesday at 10 am Kenneth Book officiating then body went to Edinboro Pennsylvania for interment
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Ethel Darrow
Mount Dora
Edinboro
Rehbaum
Kenneth Book
What all men are really after is some form of peace
A compact reflection attributed to Joseph Conrad. The quote suggests that across humanity the underlying pursuit is a basic desire for peace, framed as a universal formula or form sought by all men.
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Tangerine Garden Club
Randolph Shepher
Nan Langdon
Betty
Ashbaugh
Logan Dickie
Bernard Cremin
Harry Campbell
George Jolley
Wilbur Langdon
Gerald Shadinger
Audrey Welsh
Girl Scout Roundup
Jack Pierce
Drawdy
Jack
Sherman Drawdy
John Douthat
Wildwood
John Lofton Brown
Joseph Jenkins III
Eddie Barks
Michael Robinson
Lake Gem
Dedrick Newsome Dollar
Eau Gallie
North
South Carolina
Gaines
Sally Dress Shop
Sadler-Chesley
Joseph Conrad
Wee
Jennie Logas
Garden Gate
Alexander St
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