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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1944
Page
5
Mount Dora Chapter OES holds its regular meeting at 8:00 p.m. in the Masonic Hall. An obligation ceremony will be led by the Worthy Matron Worthy Patron Chaplain and Star Point officers with soloist Mrs. R N White. Members and visiting members are invited.
Miss Peggy Barker was honored Saturday evening January 29 as the Service Men's Club hosted a farewell dance before she resumes studies at Rosemont College Kent Fes. The event featured a perfume gift as a token of thanks for her help at the club during her weeks home from college.
Seven tables of five hundred and five tables of bridge were played at the weekly Social Club event. D. W. Tencork won the five hundred prize while Mrs. Emma Jones took the bridge prize. reports and treasurer's accounts were presented and approved at the Ancisiiress meeting, with February notes.
Mr and Mrs H Abrahamson celebrate their Golden Wedding anniversary at home 1251 East Eighth Avenue Friday. They married February 11 1894 in Perth Amboy New Jersey. He a Dane arrived in 1889 she 21 when she came to the States 60 years ago. They have lived in Mount Dora seven years and are favored with many friends wishing happiness.
Mrs Estella Clark visits Crescent City with her daughter and family. Guests include Mrs A W Birkbeck Cedar Skis and Jack Brandon of New York visiting relatives in town. Visitors from San Bernardino Jacksonville Wilmette Brooksville and Chicago donate to blood drives and family gatherings mark a busy weekend.
Rev and Mrs Kenneth G Rogers of DeLand announce the birth of a daughter named Maxine May on January 31 in DeLand The couple expresses hope that friends in Mount Dora are well and happy.
Mrs. John Treadwell and family express gratitude for kindness and sympathy shown after the death and funeral of their husband and father. They note several flower cards were lost in shipment and thank all donors and senders of sympathy cards.
The family expresses thanks to Mrs. Bouterse and Miss Norman for singing two selections and to friends who sent flowers furnished cars or assisted at the funeral of Miss Emma Brown. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Storer and Mrs. Ruth Risley also conveyed thanks.
Homemakers are invited to a February 15 1944 demonstration on meat cookery by Ruth Chambers from the National Live Stock and Meat Board at the Florida Public Service Lounge in Eustis. The event starts at 2 30 P M and is hosted in part by the Florida Extension Service and Lake County Home Demonstration agents urging attendance.
This week at Lakeside Inn in Dera a late winter social and sport program featured a formal dinner for twenty four guests followed by a boat ride on Lake Dora aboard the City of Dora with Captain Wise. Activities included a Prof Quiz on Wednesday won by Mrs Shepardson Ms Cotterill conducted. a Friday croquet and stamp award event. Saturday bridge and hearts prizes. and a Sunday Cotterill Sisters concert in the lounge with a marimba piano violin ensemble and Brahms Bizet Schubert MacDowell Kohlmann works. Late arrivals included guests from Burlington New York Chicago and Jenkintown among others.
A Mount Dora Public Library Committee note extols Maxeda F. Von Hesse’s Inherit the Wind set in Chozen Florida. The review praises characters Doc Aunt Abby Jude Cynthie and the Sebastians, noting vivid Everglades imagery and a tense race and crime plot centered on Lil Bob Tester’s murder.
Lake Jem tops the list with over 1000 percent and 7500 dollars from a 700 dollar quota. Montverde follows at about 400 percent on a 1600 dollar quota. Altoona Ferndale Okahumpka and Sorrento also reported strong E Bond sales.
The Mount Dora lawn bowling scene notes chairmen reserving control over rulings while several couples, including Leslie R. Moore of Concord and Charles K. Parry of Camden, are listed among new members. The Sylvan Shores Meteos were beaten by Florida Crackers 22 to 11 in a doubles match. In early February rounds Kerr and Steinmetz won 18 to 10, Blackburne and Breckenridge 21 to 10, Converse and Dickson 17 to 7, and Stoner and Moss 15 to 8. Fourteen ends were bowled as four strong teams were chosen to represent Mount Dora at the De Land interclub in March. Tomorrow, Wilmot, Blackburne, Swift and Bradner meet Converse, Edwards, Steinmetz and Nelson. Stoner, Dickson, Bridgman and Maben face Breckenridge, Church, McDonald and Harold Morse. Membership passes 120.
The Mount Dera branch asks members to prepare two garments or two liner pieces or money for contributions to local children. Ingathering Day is postponed. new members urged to join via a listed director. Men may join. avoid cross-list confusion. Ida Lacey, Secretary, coordinates invitations and directs volunteers to the nearest chief organizer.
Mrs. Mabel T. LaBreck, 53, died suddenly from a heart attack Thursday night at Kill-Kare. A Mount Dora resident for over twenty years she moved here from Mount Kisco New York. Surviving: husband G R LaBreck one sister Mrs Robert Smith Mount Kisco and one brother Leroy Turner Sr New Jersey. Funeral Saturday at 3 p m from Rehbaum parlors officiated by Dr James A Richards cremation followed.
Henry Peter Victor aged 75 died Monday morning February 6 after a weeks long illness at Waterman Memorial Hospital Eus tis. He arrived from Akron Ohio with his wife and fell ill shortly after. He leaves a widow a son Lt William Victor US Army stationed in Macon Georgia and two sisters. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 1 30 p m from Rehbaum funeral parlors with Rev Caxton Doggett officiating. The widow and son accompanied the body to Akron after the service.
Elmer Dayton Parker 82 died suddenly Monday afternoon at 849 Grandview street. A winter resident of Mount Dora for twenty years he previously lived in Norwalk Ohio. Survived by widow Corinna Parker and several nephews and nieces. Funeral plans await arrival of Mrs Parker’s niece.
Emma Delphine Brown aged eighty eight dies Wednesday at her sister Mrs Carrie Brown Storer home after a lingering illness. Born in Madison New York she moved to Mount Dora Florida in 1927 and lived with her sister. She was a member of the First Baptist Church Mount Dora. Survived by three nieces and one nephew. Funeral Friday at 4 PM at her home with Dr Otis Foyce and Rev Caxton Doggett officiating. Burial at Forest Cemetery Mount Dora. Pallbearers named Gridley Earl Horton Blunt Uithoven Chapman.
Barton Cassady 71 longtime Lake County sheriff died Thursday morning February 3 in a Jacksonville hospital after six weeks illness. He was born in Lisbon and served as sheriff from 1917 except 1932 to 1936. Survived by widow four daughters one son and two sisters. services at Page Funeral Home Leesburg 3:30 Saturday with burial in Tavares cemetery.
A brief note announces a basketball game tomorrow night at Hi Re Gym. Details on teams and start time are unclear in the fragment but local readers are urged to attend.
Recruiters urge women with mechanical aptitude to join the WAC at once. The Army needs 239 types of jobs filled by trained and untrained women. Get details at the nearest U S Army Recruiting Station or write The Adjutant, 4415 Munitions Building, Washington DC.
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