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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1945
Page
5
Next Monday the Social Club holds its regular monthly luncheon followed by card playing. Mrs. Belle Rogers will be expected to preside or participate in the event.
Miss Edith Taylor acted as hostess for a bridge session at Five Hundred week with four tables in play. Miss Ruth Harmon led teams on head table while contestants vied for wins and scores.
The Woman's Auxiliary of St Thomas meets at the home of Mrs R W Ted ford Place Eustis February 13 at 3 p m The meeting topic is The Church and Rural Areas Mount Dora members needing transportation should call Mrs Eu Simpson at 3153 Mount Dora
On January 2 1945 the Pythian Sisters held a blue installation of officers with Grand Chief Ruth Williams Grand Manager Flora Wingler and Grand Seneerevere rac cers in long white dresses Present were Most Excellent Chief Edna Paul Excellent Senior Mildred Green Excellent Junior Alma Mills Manager Lillie Mae Barks Mistress of Records and Correspondence Mae Fenton Mistress of Finance Frances Harvey Protector Ruby Chapman Guard Ada Banks A social hour followed the meeting with all in attendance.
Personal notices list residents and guests across Florida and Illinois, including Mr. and Mrs. Leach visiting New York City, Mr. and Mrs. Piowaty hosting Chicago relatives, and others visiting Deansboro Orlando and Plant City. Inductees for military service February 28 are named, with travel plans and recoveries noted among Mount Dora and surrounding towns.
Chief petty officer is stationed in Norfolk while Sgt. Conliffe attends a teletype course at Chanute Field and plans to report to Dallas for orders. Wisconsin resident J. Ross Porter winters with the O’Hara family in Mount Dora after past Florida visits. Charles Robinson and family stay at 123 Sixth Avenue East. A Norwalk couple visits, Dunlop plans future development, and Charles Norris, POW survivor from Corregidor, messages his aunt and uncle in anticipation of a homecoming next year.
Mr and Mrs William Everly of Mount Dora announce the birth of their son Bruce Henry on Monday January 22.
Florida research notes oilseed and by product industries expanding postwar. Tung nuts crown the main oilseed with 2000 tons yearly. Florida taps 645000 gallons of marine oils in 1944 from shark liver and menhaden. Tall oil potential exists but none is produced locally. crude tall oil is used as fuel or shipped out.
Umatilla high school hosts a boys and a girls basketball doubleheader tomorrow night in the school gym. Both teams look to build momentum as they face a local rivals and aim for strong showings under the lights.
The article notes oils produced in small quantities such as sesame and cottonseed. It highlights growing peanut oil production and recent copra development as key state products.
Lake County Chamber of Commerce at Tavares reports 774 memberships led by sustaining members Florida Telephone Corporation and Florida Power Corporation. Mount Dora Publishing Company adds a sustaining membership. numerous individuals and firms from Mount Dora, Tavares, Leesburg, Eustis, Clermont and surrounding areas renew or join.
I N Kennedy director of the Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission announced a deer restocking drive across six Florida counties. Since January 1 Hendry Collier Glades Osceola Highlands and Orange have been declared tick free, enabling rapid replenishment after a tick eradication campaign.
County Agent outlines adding formaldehyde to whitewash to deter decay and disease in farm structures and reduce odors. It cites disinfectant and deodorant benefits inside stables and coops, with a 14 quart mix recipe and notes on applying benzol injections to heal fly larvae in cows.
A simple wheeled portable chute allows farmers to load hogs into trucks with less labor than lifting by the legs. The device can be hauled behind the truck to any part of the farm, increasing efficiency.
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