County Chamber Starts Its 1945 Member Drive
County Chamber begins its 1945 membership drive led by O B Smith of Fruit. First major renewals include G G Ware President of First National Bank of Leesburg who sent 100 and 25 dollars for sustaining and Ming memberships. Other groups from Montverde Mount Dora Leesburg and Jacksonville contribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Chamber
O. B. Smith
G. G. Ware
First National Bank of
Leesburg
Ware
Chamber
Lake County
Amber of Commerce
Service Men's Club At the Club 1944 Glows With Christmas Spirit
Mount Dora Service Club features a Christmas dance for soldiers with jeep convoys, a Christmas tree, candlelight, and cheerful hostesses. Letters praise the club for making the men feel at home and spreading festive spirit across the town.
License tags on sale January ninth in Mount Dora
A representative from the county tax collector's office will be in Mount Dora at the Chamber of Commerce on January 9 from 9 30 a m to 5 p m to sell automobile license tags for 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Chamber of Commerce
Community Church Plans and Christmas Reflections
The article recalls Christmas meaning through biblical themes and community events. It notes a church calendar with Communion Sunday on January 7 featuring new communion table plans, affilia ted membership, and a joint offering. It mentions a January 24 annual supper and business meeting, plus a band concert and a basketball game at the high school gym.
Shuffleboard Club Enjoys Merry Christmas Gathering
Members of the Shuffleboard Club celebrated Christmas with a dinner at the Coffee Shop. Mr Spangler of Bluefield WV gave the blessing, then games followed after a long meal. Later, gifts were exchanged in a numbered table draw with cocoa cake and cookies served.
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Spangler
Bluefield
West Virginia
Jenney
Mr. Shepherd
Mrs. Judd
Mrs. Dodd
Woman's Club December Notes Record Card Party
A December card party at the Community Building ran 28 tables with a substantial sum raised. A mid year gathering is set for January 3 at Lakeside Inn at 1 15 p m with reservations required and paid by December. Edith from our club won a prize.
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Lakeside Inn
Decemr
Edith
Kiwanis Club Hosts Dean Melville Johnson Guest Speaker
Kiwanis meeting guests included Dean Melville Johnson of Orlando who spoke on the New Year and the meaning of Jesus birth and life for today. Dr. A. P. Pratt delivered a Christmas talk praised for its conciseness. Attendees included W C Weddle and four service members Cpl Otis Hale Sgt Bob Quixley Pvt Bill Barker and Pvt Bill Piowaty. Jeff Caruthers won the attendance prize War Stamp which he donated to underprivileged child work.
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Dean Melville Johnson
Orlando
Kiwanis
A. P. Pratt
Jesus
W. C. Weddle
Pop” Brown
Cpl
Otis Hale
Bob Quixley
Bill Barker
Bill Piowaty
Jeff Caruthers
Lawn Bowling Notes From Mount Dora Club and Interclub Action
Milwakee writer and Mount Dora Lawn Bowling Club members send New Year greetings. Interclub matches at Sunshine Park Orlando featured the Sylvan Heim Termites losing 16 to winners Tower McDonald Church Harold Morse and later Grandviews defeating Cracker Crumbs 21 to 16 Blackburne Jones Swift Bradner. Dorans edged to a 14 to 13 comeback after a 2 to 7 deficit in a December 21 seed date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Weeks
Milwaukee
Mount Dora Lawn Bowling Club
Willard M. Bryant
West Hartford
Blackburne
Jones
Swift
Bradner
Sunshine Park
Orlando
Ersistent
Dorans
Y. Wilmot
Loyalty Day Focus At Mount Dora Baptist Church
Large crowds attended Sunday worship at the Mount Dora Baptist Church with Rev. Clovis A Brantley of New Orleans delivering the message and the evening concert overflowing the auditorium and ladies parlor. Loyalty Day activities were planned for next Sunday with members asked to pledge support and collect offering envelopes. A Mount Dora businessman donated a second hundred dollars to aid finishing the exterior of the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clovis A. Brantley
Southern Baptist Rescue Mission
New Orleans
Louisiana
Mount Dora
Youth Fellowship Plans College Night Worship Service
The Methodist Church Youth Fellowship announces a College Night worship service next Sunday at 7 30 p m in the church. Doris Harding leads the service with Lena Harding Jane Smith and Sarah Roseborough among the core participants. Grace Lee will sing solo and many local college students are invited.
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Youth Fellowship
The
Methodist Church
Doris Harding
Lena Harding
Y. F
FSCW
Jane Smith
Stevens College
Columbia
Mexico
Sarah Roseborough
Grace Lee
University of Georgia
Gladys Irene Crane
Johnson
Merry Robertson
Pete Burkart
Evelyn Turrentine
Anna Eae Ee Ee
Alene Moon
Kramer
J Helen Wells
Notes About Our Men In Service
Lieut. William Victor remains in England with reports a week old. James Christie has been sent overseas. David on Ver.eee Navy is confined with a disability and discharged home this week. Ernest Minkley leaves for Hunters Point to report for reassignment after a Navy furlough. Fred C. Beardsley Jr. volunteers for Navy Hospital Corps and trains at Camp Peary, now at Bainbridge Md. Cpl. Otis Hale returns to Stewart Field after furlough. Ensign Jerry Davis at Pensacola Navy Base visited Mount Dora family, earned his wings last month. Sgt. Robert Quixley joined him in Miami for a visit. John Gibson Treadwell sent overseas from Fort Pierce in November, reports palm trees and Florida oranges in the Pacific. James Byers Allen graduates Navy Liberator crew training in Jacksonville, awaiting Pacific duty. Major Thomas Niles Liles, Purple Heart, wounded in Aachen, treated in England, recovering in the States. Lt. Hurlburt returns home for Christmas after European infantry service, Bronze Star and Purple Heart. Major F. C. Beardsley ill in Air Corps Evacuation Hospital in the Pacific, to be returned to the States. he is on his 22nd overseas month. Ensign William T. Shipes, USNR, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Shipes.
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Jerry Davis
Pensacola Naval Base
Mount Dora
Miami
Jerry
Sgt
Robert Quixley
John Gibson Treadwell
Fort Pierce Naval Advanced Training Base
Pacific
Modelle Treadwell
Florida
Pacific Coast
James Byers Allen
USNR
Navy
U. S. Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Jacksonville Municipal No. 1
Jacksonville
Carl F. Nieberke
USN
Allen
M. B. Allen
Thomas N. Liles
States
U. S
Chateau Tierry
Stark General Hospital
Charleston
S. C
Cpl
Niles
Aachen
England
U. S. Army
Liles
Thomas
Hurlburt
New York
Orlando
G. B. Hurlburt
France
Germany
2Nd Infantry Division
Walter M. Robertson
F. C. Beardsley
13Th Air Force
Atlanta
Beardsley
Lydia S. Little
Pine Castle
Full Mount Dora Church Forum Schedule Announced
Arrangements for six Sunday forums beginning January 7 at 7 30 are complete. Speakers include President Hamilton Holt Rollins College and Dr Royal France Rollins professor of economics with topics on postwar crime, Germany, China, the Western Hemisphere, and the Negro problem. The forums run January 7 to February 11 at two churches with audience questions after each talk.
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George H. Peabody
Caxton
Mount Dora Church
Note
Henry M. Edmonds
Rollins College
First Church
Birmingham
Alabama
Methodist Church
Community Congregational Church
S. C. Colley
D. D. Roseborough
W. M. Kennedy
James A. Richards
Caxton Doggett
Helen Lemert
W. A. Sheldon
W. E. Breckenridge
Hamilton Holt
Dumbarton Oaks
L. F. Chapman
Florida State
Raiford
Royal France
Rollins
Germany
John Goudy
China
Katherine Abbey Hanna
Florida State College For Women
Tallahassee
Florida
United States
Hanna
Latin America
Knowles Memorial Chapel
Ramonisas
South
Mount Dora
Mrs Eleanore Cox Injured In Orlando Automobile Crash
Mrs. Eleanore Cox sustained a back injury in a New Year’s morning auto crash in Orlando at North Orange avenue and Concord street. A Pine Castle Army Air Field soldier allegedly struck her Buick driven by Cox, then tried to flee but was arrested. Co passengers included Ernest Minkley and Bettye Lotz. Lotz suffered a bruised knee. Cox returned home after hospital care. Charges of car theft hit and run driving and driving without a license were filed.
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Eleanore Cox
Chamber of Commerce
Orlando
Orange Avenue
Concord Street
Pine Castle Army Air Field
Green Tree
Ys Cox
Cox
Ernest Minkley
Bettye Lotz
Manuel J. Sedano Memorial Band Concert Friday Night
The Manuel J. Sedano Memorial Band, directed by Charles Javens, presents a Friday night concert at the Community Building. The program includes tap dancing and singing by Mrs. Paul Johnson's class. Eight o'clock start. all are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel J. Sedano
Charles Javens
Paul Johnson
Mount Dora Angler Catches Twelve Pound Bass
C. E. Abbott, Mount Dora's leading angler, landed a twelve pound bass last Friday morning. He described the male fish as long and slender and the most beautiful bass he has seen. This season he has totaled two five pounders, two seven pounders, two eight pounders, and many smaller fish.
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C. E. Abbott
Dora
Fishermen Bring In Twelve Bass From Griffin
A party including Mayo Griner and his wife from Fruitland Park with W W Edenfield of Jacksonville and others brought in twelve bass from Griffin. Largest catches were Mayo Griner 10 lb, Mrs Mayo Griner 9 3/4 lb, W W Edenfield 9 lb, and E C Edenfield 7 1/2 lb. All bass were caught with Dalton 2000 special plugs.
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Mayo Griner
Fruitland Park
W. W
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Great Atlantic and Pacific Co
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Margaret Cooke
J. E. Fortner
Citrus Culture Corporation
E. L. Alias Ceca
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Service Men’s Club
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Andy Carlton
Silver Springs
Florida Press Association
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Edwin A. Menninger
Stuart News
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Kiwanis News
Lawn Bowling News
William Victor
Raports
James Christie
David On
Eee
E Aadro
Calif
Hunters Point
San Francisco
Mrs
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Fred C. Beardsley, Jr
Navy Hospital Corps
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U. S. N. Hospital Corps School
Bainbridge
Stewart Field
N. Y
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Martha Treadwell
William T. Shipes, Usnr
R. G. Shipes
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