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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1942
Page
4
A Lake County Chamber of Commerce note discusses safeguarding troop details from enemy eyes while urging public duty and loyalty. An anonymous writer sent blank application envelopes, illustrating concerns about protecting sensitive military information and personal data in wartime.
George Lawrence Briles of Briles Motor Co. Leesburg will celebrate his 48th birthday Sunday Jan 3. Born 1895 in Hanover Kansas he serves as a W P A supervisor in Orlando. He is Lake County Chamber past president Leesburg Kiwanis past Fruitland Park school chair trustee church treasurer and Lake County Fair director. He is a Mason Shriner hunter and boats hobbyist.
First Lieutenant Clifford R. Hiatt of Tavares observes his birthday Sunday January 3. Born at Harper North Carolina he attended Gonzales Florida grade school Marianna Florida high school and the University of Florida Gainesville. He is on active duty with the United States Army and a former Lake County Agricultural Agent active in local civic affairs.
The Mount Dora Public Library announces new fiction non fiction and juvenile titles added this month including The Rock and the Wind The Valley of Decision and Mystery of the Ivory Charm among others. Notable gifts feature a Christmas story set and a large type Vanity Fair 1941 edition purchased for the collection.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the First National Bank for Mount Dora Florida will be held at the bank office on Tuesday January 12th 148 at 3 00 PM for electing directors and transacting any other business. George J White president.
The Mount Dora Roll of Honor lists numerous service personnel including Kay Fyota, Barber George, Walter Brant Lieut., and many others. The lengthy roster mentions ranks from Private to Lieutenant and includes individuals connected to Ft. Benning, India, and local communities, indicating a memorial-style dedication to those who served.
A long list of personal names including Earl Surrene Ernest Parkhurst Felton Ackey Willie Anderson Mathew Bush John William Bynum John Lee Brown Louis Dorey Gaines Calvin Gamble Sylvania Gordon Lovett Henry Green Willie Hicks Haynes Holliman Dothan Jackson Timothy Jackson Samuel Jenkins Kemp Leary Lewis Benjamin Lesley Lewis Adam Medlock Horace McKenny Jack Nelson Coleman Reeves James Tillman Lacy Ward Edward Williams Joseph Williams Oliver Williams Arthur Woodbury. The fragment presents a roster style mention without additional context or actions.
John C. Deaver of Umatilla was named chairman of the Lake County Agricultural Conservation Association at the annual convention in Tavares. He also leads the Lake County USDA War Board and related committees as the 1943 production quotas loom. County Agent R. E. Norris was re-elected secretary and R. A. Adams treasurer, with J. P. Lynch and Captain E. K. Brockway as county committee members and alternates W. A. L. Booth and Hugh Bourlay.
Basic explanation of point rationing aims to ensure fairness and efficiency. Consumers use a set of point coupons to obtain items within a group, with denominations 1 2 5 and 8 points. Different items carry different point values based on scarcity, and government lists set point values and validity periods. War Ration Book Two uses blue stamps for one group and red stamps for another.
A winter visitor came to the Lake County Chamber of Commerce in Tavares after seeing a small ad in a sports magazine. He bought fishing and hunting licenses totaling $62 for himself and his wife and plans to remain all winter, likely spending hundreds of dollars.
Calendar of church civic clubs and fraternal groups shows meeting days for Baptist Church Lambert Circle Mary Simpson Overhiser W M A Community Church Ladies Aid Methodist Church Woman s Society of Christian Service American Legion Auxiliary City Hall Band Boosters Club School Auditorium Woman s Club Kings Daughters PTA Kiwanis Lions Masons O K E S Knights of Pythias Pythian Sisters Past Chiefs Club Home Demonstration Club and other groups with regular monthly schedules and venues in Community Building and local temples and halls.
Local churches publish their weekly services and classes. First Meeredio and First Baptist list sermon times Bible School and youth programs. Community Church led by James Austin Richards hosts Bible class and member reception. Church of Christ presents Bible study and Sunday services.
St Marys Catholic Church at Grove St and Badger Ave in Eustish lists Sunday services at 8 30 and 10 AM weekday 7 30 AM Friday 4 PM mass Confessions on Saturdays Eves of Holy Days and First Fridays at 5 PM and Chinese service Sundays after mass Church societies meet first Sunday at parish house 234 Badger Ave phone Reverend William O Farrell pastor
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