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Mount Dora Topic

Location

Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America

Date

Feb 05, 1942

Page

5

Monday Club Luncheon Ends With Card Prizes

The Monday Social Club held its monthly luncheon followed by an afternoon of cards. Winners include Mrs. C A Wurtzen for sevened prize, Mrs. J C oe five-and, and Mrs. Freeman coach prize. Next week contracts and pinochle events set with Mrs Freeman and Mrs Dan Sullivan. Playing begins at 2 15. On February 18 the club hosts an annual men's night with husbands as guests.

Cc. A. Wurtzen J.C Freeman Dan Sullivan D. W. TenBroeck

Home Demonstration Club to Meet at Community Building

The Home Demonstration Club will hold its regular meeting on Wednesday February 11 at 2 30 p m in the Community Building. The 4 H Club girls will present the demonstration. The originally planned exhibit for the 1942 Lake County Fair was to be flower arrangement but the fair was postponed until 1943. All women interested in Home Demonstration activities are invited to attend.

Ladies Aid Frida Hugo John Newton Center Massachusetts Clara Barton The Red Cross Home Lake County Fair the Fair Association

Winter visitors and students return for mid year in Mount Dora area

Personal notes list residents and guests in Mount Dora and nearby towns. Mr and Mrs O W Sadler expect home from Panama City, Florida. W D Barcus of New York City stay in Mount Dora for winter. Curtis Minkley in the Naval Air Corps visits. Bernard McCabe and son from Vero Beach spend a few days in Mount Dora. Mrs Grant Sipp and Mrs Pickett arrive from Ridgewood to winter on Sylvan Drive. Florida university students return after injuries, and several Stetson and University of Florida students are home for the mid year holiday.

W. D. Barcus New York City Mount Dora Clayton Street Bernard McCabe Bernard, Jr Vero Beach McCabe Grant Sipp Pickett Ridgewood N. J Mr. Sipps Sylvan Drive Sylvan Shores Lake Gertrude Mary Louise Rehbaum Shirley Coen William Turrentine Stetson Roy Christopher J. W. Shaw University of Florida Billy Hunt Georgia Tech

Saintly visits announce two local births

Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Sadler announce the birth of a seven pound son, Robert G. Sadler, Jr., on February 4 at Lake County Medical Center. The infant and mother are doing finely. Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Baggot of Forest Hills Long Island report a son Atmore born January 25. the Baggo ts are frequent guests at the Lake side Inn.

Robert G. Sadler Robert G. Sadler, Jr Lake County Medical Center Harry A. Baggot Forest Hills Long Island Atmore Mrs. Baggot Lakeside Inn

Woman's Club meeting opens at Yacht Club January 28

The Woman's Club met at the Yacht Club on January 28 with a flag salute and America. Mrs Clayton Tremain received a Past President's Junior pin. New members were welcomed with pink gladioli corsages and reports were heard from all standing committees. The club voted to give 10 dollars to the President's Birthday Fund for the war against infantile paralysis, five dollars staying with the fund and five dollars sent to Newark. A nominating committee was appointed set to include Mrs Maben, Mrs Pease, Mrs Nelson, Mrs Morley and Miss Milton Nirs. McDonald introduced the...

Yacht Club America Clayton Tremain Maben Newark Sheldon Pease Nelson Morley Milon Nirs McDonald

Women’s club program highlights patriotism and defense

Mrs A T Mey Orlando District Director spoke on women’s clubs and the State Federation. She urged defense work in nutrition food conservation and consumers’ interest. Mrs McKay stressed the motto Be Patriotic Go to Church and urged a Back to Church movement. Music by Sedano Dresensated Tabelly Adtene and Edward Klatte followed adjournment for tea. Next meeting February 11 at 2:15 pm in the Osort Department chaired by Emma Sears Marsh with Frederic Allen Whiting to discuss Art is Life.

A. T. Mey Orlando McKay Sedano Aha Dresensated Tabelly Adtene Edward Klatte Osort George D. Church Walter B. Ferguson

Honor Roll Names From Jr Sr High

The list shows Honor Roll recipients by grade levels from 3rd period including students such as Dorothy Eck holdt Maryannock Doris Harding Lucille Minkley Lila Rhodes Laura Roseborough Frank Teague Wallace Verigan Martha Alice Morton and others across grades 9 to 12 with numerous names noted in each class.

Dorothy Adams Jimmy Allen David Franch Mildred Edwards Mary Estey Lena Harding Marjorie High Paul Mosteller Sara Roseborough Norman Tuckett Bobby Vincent Gloria Watts Alma Boyd James Christie Maxine Clery Wilma de- Loach Anna Laura Futral Florence Lee Ernest Minkley Martha Williamson

Social notes highlight Kansas City connections and Florida visit

Mr Bordwell of President Steamship Line travels to China next month. Mr and Mrs Carl Broom hosted a sunrise birthday for Mrs Howard Fuqua of Kansas City at the Grand View. Fuqua owns St Andrews Golf Club in Kansas City. A Hungerford School quartet performed at Maitland Florida, playing spirituals and old time songs. Howard Page hosted a dinner and bridge for twenty eight with red white and blue decor.

Bordwell President Steamship Line Egvern Bong Hungerford School Maitland Florida Howard Page

Death of Mrs Amelia Lamoreux in Mount Dora

Mrs Amelia Hellings Lamoreux 68 wife of George W Lamoreux died February 3 after a long illness at her home in Mount Dora Florida. Born in Philadelphia she lived in Orange New Jersey before moving to Mount Dora over twenty years ago. Survived only by her husband funeral services Thursday at 3 pm at Rehbaum Funeral Parlors with Rev Kenneth G Rogers officiating burial in Forest Cemetery Pallbearers J M Smith Frank Johnson Luther Greene D F Crane and George Keller

Amelia Hellings Lamoreux George W. Lamoreux Philadelphia Albert T. Waite Lamoreux Orange N. J Mount Dora Hea Rehbaum Kenneth G. Rogers Forest Cemetery Messrs J. M. Smith Frank Johnson Luther Greene D. F. Crane George Keller

Death of Mr Gustav Scharfhausen in Mount Plymouth

Mr Gustav Scharfhausen aged 73 died Friday January 30 at his Mount Plymouth home where he had lived fourteen years. Survived by widow three daughters Elizabeth Scharfhausen of Jacksonville Bertha Farson of Payette Idaho and Myra Birkle of Orlando and son Harry of San Diego. Burial at Apopka Cemetery Monday at 4 PM.

Gustav Scharfhausen Mount Plymouth Elizabeth Scharfhausen Jacksonville Bertha Farson Payette Idaho Myra Birkle Orlando Florida Harry San Diego California Apopka Cemetery

Lake County volunteers aid candidates to Wildwood

Mr. Collier and the First Aid Committee of Sumter County Chapter A R C commend the Lake County Civilian Defense Council led by Col Lester and Frank Banning for coordinating transportation of thirty Lake County candidates to and from their homes to Wildwood. The Lake County Chapter expresses gratitude for the cooperation and volunteer spirit.

Collier Sumter County Lake County

Kiwanis Frolic At Princess Theatre This Week

Kiwanis Frolic plays at the Princess Theatre on Thursday February 26 and Friday February 27. Event features local entertainers and fundraising for community projects. Proceeds support youth initiatives and service activities.

Princess Theatre

Grand View Hotel Sees Notable Seasonal Arrivals

Recent arrivals at the Grand View include Mrs. John B. Diho of Millburn New Jersey Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Smith of Kansas City Missouri famed maker of Kenneth Smith golf clubs Mr. and Mrs. Paul H Bordwell of Shanghai China visiting Mr. and Mrs. Howard Page

Grand View John B. Diho Millburn New Jersey Kenneth Smith Kansas City Smith Paul H. Bordwell Shanghai China Howard Page

Obituary: John D Secor of Ridgewood Dies After Long Mount Dora Ties

Word has been received of the death of John D Secor of Ridgewood New Jersey who died last week. The Secors were winter visitors for years and later settled on Dixon residence at McDonald Street and Eleventh Avenue Mount Dora where they lived many years. They were active Yacht Club members and leaders in the Mount Dora Improvement Society including the minstrel show and bazaar held in the old Town Hall to finance the society. Mrs Secor died years ago in Mount Dora.

John D. Secor Ridgewood N. J Old Town Hall

Card of thanks from Mrs. Henry Hamlin

Mrs. Henry Hamlin thanks friends in Mount Dora for support after a coronary thrombosis. She reports safe arrival in Ticonderoga New York and expresses gratitude to nurses at Lake County Medical Center and to Atlantic Coast Line New York Central and Delaware and Hudson Railroad for kindness and help in returning her home to Mountcalm Street Ticonderoga NY.

Henry Hamlin Inlaw Maxine Hamlin Mount Dora Ticonderoga N.Y Lake County Medical Center Atlantic Coast Line New York Central Delaware and Hudson Railroad Mr. Hamlin Edward M. Hogan Mountcalm, St., Ticonderoga, N. Y

Montverde School Student Becomes Page in Congress

George Brown, 13, eighth grade Straight A student from Montverde School, has been chosen to serve as a House pages in Washington. Dr H P Carpenter praises his dependability, intelligence, and balanced judgment and notes he will study while living with Pages in Washington under supervision. Congressman Hendricks, a Montverde alumnus, helped arrange the appointment.

Joe Hendricks Montverde House of Congress Washington H. P. Carpenter George Brown George

Real Cooperation Binds Red Cross Chapters in Florida

The Lake County Chapter of the American Red Cross publicly expresses appreciation to the Sumter County Chapter for allowing access to their Instructor Class in Wildwood in February. The note highlights national unity and interchapter support within the disaster response network.

Lake County American Red Cross Sumter County Wildwood

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Princess Shirley Temple In “Kathleen Brenda Marsall Singapore David Bruce Marshall Wayne Morris Smiling Ghost Tonto Basin James Cagney Brenda Marshall Wayne Morris Smiling Gary Cooper Sergeant York Merle Oberon Alan Marshall Lydia Crane Beauty Shop Lake Franklin House Chamberlain Walter H. Drake Henry Stein Sylvan Shores Hotel Ginther-Daniel Ossie Pearl Ginther Sorrento Robert S. Daniel Panama City Tavares W. Ginther Donald Swanson Eustis O. W. Sadler Curtis Minkley Naval Air Corps Mrs Curt Minkley Robert Quixley Brugs Kennedy Gainesville Gerald B. Hurlburt Eleanore Monkley Thomas Hurlburt Fort Benning Woman’s Club Amelia Lamoreux First National Bank OF Mount Dora, Florida Member Federal Reserve System Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Uncle Sam Columbus (Ohio AY Ron Shvines Grand View Hotel John WM. Abbott Esther Blue Atwater Ave Frigidaire Electrical Appliances Paul B. Brown Co Brown Bldg Leesburg, Fla Duncan Hines Crossman FERRY Gulf SprAy Zellwood Inn Zellwood M.E. Letsinger Mt.Dora
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