Mount Dora Social Roundup Highlights 90th Birthday Plans
Personal notes from Mount Dora recount Alexander Kerr turning 90 with a Villa Dora dinner and planning a 100th celebration with Carl Graves. Guests included P Gordon Green and Claire Davis. The piece also mentions Florida weekend visitors and local students earning honors, plus staff and guest arrivals at various homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Kerr
Villa Dora
Carl Graves
P. Gordon Green
Beverly
Mass
Claire Davis
Cora Armstrong
O. H. Conway
A Bridge Word To The Wise
A discussion on what makes an expert in bridge, comparing an expert to a very good player. Both groups err on distribution and bidding faults, but over time the expert loses fewer hands and wins more on tricky situations. The expert’s fun comes from solving difficult hands and clever defenses.
Local Graduates and Celebrations Highlight Mount Dora News
Chris Ray earned an Associate of Arts from Orlando Junior College and plans to attend the University of Florida. Marcia Pease celebrated her fifth birthday at Cross Nursery School with classmates and parents. Florida State University lists Dean's List honorees from Mount Dora, including Nancy Ann Smith Patricia G. Wason and Sandra D. Spear. Oscar D. Stephens rests at Lake City VA Hospital after surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Ray
J. G. Ray
Orlando Junior College
Mount Dora High School
University of Florida
Jack Pease, Jr
Marcia
Mrs
Florida State University
Tallahassee
Mount Dora
Nancy Ann Smith
Patricia G. Wason
Sandra D. Spear
Oscar D. Stephens
Lake City
Duplicate Winners The Lake County Duplicate Bridge Club
The Lake County Duplicate Bridge Club met Monday night at the Umatilla Community Building with nine tables in Mitchell movement. Winners N S were: Mrs. Ray Breeden and Mrs. Keith Fowler first, Mrs. Bernard McCabe and Memory Martin second, Mrs. Wesley Elston and Mrs. Jack Bornman third, John Fahs and Don Carle fourth. Winners E-W: Mrs. Frank Boll and Mrs. J. Sparks first, Ed Dean and Russell Somers second, Mrs. George Caldwell and Bill Friedman third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Duplicate Bridge Club
Umatilla
Mitchell
Ray Breeden
Keith Fowler
Bernard McCabe
Memory Martin
Wesley Elston
Jack Bornman
John Fahs
Don Carle
Frank Boll
J. Sparks
Ed Dean
Russell Somers
Tangerine Community News Highlights Social Events
Tangerine notes Asa Ladd visits Hartland and brothers in Maine. A Feb 5 wedding united Louis Wiley and Phylis Hickey at First Baptist Umatilla. Cabaret plants decorate Community Hall for Tangerine Society meeting. Guests include Whiteside and Shulz. hostesses list. Nearby guests travel from Sylva, Md., and Montclair among others. Several local visits, New Year events, and an upcoming Tea and Food Sale announced by the Woman's Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Southworth
Asa Ladd
Hartland
Maine
George Southworth
Louis Wiley
Phylis Hickey
First Baptist Church
Umatilla
Tangerine Society
T Misses Cent
Whiteside
Old Beach
Francis Shulz
Montclair
N.J
James H. Wright
John Hull
Allen Smith
Cornelia Tarbell
Curtis Poling
Harry L. Hershey
Robert Harding
Sylva
N.C
George Platt
Ridgewood
N. J
Irving Horn
Silver Spring
Arvid Anderson
Richard Fain
Rockledge
Fla
J. O. Harris
Adolph Dawson
Jake
Maurice Tynan
Tangerine
Deerfield Beach
Gerald Shaddinger
George R. Stege, Jr
C W. Legetmeyer
Chicago
Ill
Pauna Valley
Calif
Karl L. Jopke
Stege
Iva Kime
Beatrice Crocker
Betty
Paul Ashbaugh
Winnie Estey
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Woman’s Society of the Tangerine Community Church
Community Hall
S. M. Whinery
R. D. LaRue
Scott Fullerton
Columbus
Ohio
Alice Benson
Newark
Grace Ely
Asbury Academy
Wilmore
Claudia Albert
Robinson, Ill
Evelyn Maglathlin
Nantucket
Mass
George Vaughn
Thedford
Mount Dora
Harry E. Davis
Olive Whitney
Jennie Cormie
Christine Durnford
Walter Sayrs
Milo Harris
Huntington
Ind
Alva Myers
Ways and Means
Tangerine Community Hall
OES Chapter Regular Meet Stated Tonight in Mount Dora
OES Chapter 103 will hold its regular stated meet ing tonight at 8 p.m. in the Masonic Temple with Mrs. Evelyn Hodges presiding as Worthy Matron. An Invatory Ceremony will honor Vera Newman and Katharine Ferrell joining by Affiliation. Installation of officers set for Saturday Feb 20 at the American Legion Hall in Mount Dora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
OES
Masonic Temple
Evelyn Hodges
Vera Newman
Katherine Ferrell
Hodges
Valentine
Alice Jackson
Curtis Jackson
Clara Atkins
Freeman Lee
Mary Klein
Louise Lee
Jean Maleski
Lola Berato
Raymond Elliott
American Legion Hall
Lovelady Rites Held for Cora Lovelady at 48
Mrs Cora Lee Lovelady 48 died Sunday. Services were held at Rehbaum Chapel with Rev Frank Stoff Jr officiating. Graveside rites followed at Pine Forest Cemetery. Survived by husband Sellers two sons John W Leesburg William E with USMC state dept Washington DC one brother James C Cooper Mount Dora two sisters Mrs J T Graves Tavares and Mrs H W Davis Jacksonville father J Collier Cooper Mount Dora and one granddaughter Tammy Lovelady Leesburg. Rehbaum Funeral Home in charge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Lee Lovélady
Rehbaum
Frank Stoff, Jr
Pythian Sisters
Pine Forest Cemetery
Mount Dora
Sellers
John W
Leesburg
William E
U. S. Marine Corps
State Department
Washington, D.C
James C. Cooper
J. T. Graves
Tavares
H. W. Davis
Jacksonville
J. Collier Cooper
Tammy Lovelady
Rehbaum Funeral Home
Priscilla Circle to Meet at First Methodist Church
Priscilla Circle of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at First Methodist Church will host a covered dish luncheon at noon Tuesday in Fellowship Hall. Mrs. O. H. Conway will speak about her recent trip to Panama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priscilla
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
O. H. Conway
Panama
Engagement of Ann Elizabeth Taylor and Jonathan Gillett
Kin of former resident announces the engagement of Ann Elizabeth Taylor to Jonathan Newell Gillett. The couple’s families include Elizabeth Fenn of Mount Dora and the Fenn and Taylor lineages. Ann Elizabeth is a Winter Park High School and Hollins College alumna. Gillett is grandson of James A. McGraw and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Taylor
Winter Park
Ann Elizabeth
Jonathan Newell Gillett
E. Kendall Gillett Jr
Scarsdale
N. Y
Elizabeth Fenn
Mount Dora
H. T. Fenn
Dr. Fenn
W. J. Taylor
Leesburg
Winter Park High School
Hollins College
Roanoke, Va
Gillett
James A. McGraw
Sunshine Circle Honors New Members At Meeting
Sunshine Circle of the International Order of King's Daughters and Sons will recognize new members at the Monday meeting at the Mount Dora Community Building. The 8 p.m. session includes a brief business meeting followed by a program by Mrs. Henriette Walford from Eustis on the Order's work among Indians. All members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Circle
International Order of King’s Daughters and Sons
Mount Dora
Henriette Walford
Eustis
Gillett Family Ties Highlight Taft School Alumni
Montclair New York figures and Norfolk Connecticut residents note the late graduate from The Taft School and Washington and Lee University. He was a Pi Kappa Alpha member, linked to Kendall Gillett Sr. and his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montclair
N. Y
E. Kendall Gillett, Sr
Norfolk
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Kerr
Florida
George Wheeler Buck
Norman Himes
Buck
Bennington
Sarasota
Charles Reid
M. C. Reid
William Randolph Hearst
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
All Florida Magazine
Charles
The
Gainesville
Arthur Jewell
Overlook Dr
T. A. Pugsley
Nova Scotia
Jamaica
Samuel Mason
Toronto
Canada
Mount Dorans
Palm _ Beach Shores
Riviera Beach
J. Y. Gould
A. Paul Heinze
George Amory
Harry Wulfing
Elsie Clanghan
Gould’s
Gould
Alva Smith
Thortown
Philip H. Marvin
Admiral Farragut Academy
St. Petersburg
Honor Naval School
United States Naval Academy
Millicent Schaefer
Bangor, Mich
Lester C. Doerr
Alma Chapman
Weston
Ontario
Fred Powers
Penn Yan
Murray B. Frazee
Maj
Betty Frazee
Valley Forge General Hospital
Phoenixville
Amy Amizich
Fitzsimmons General Hospital
Denver
Colo
George L. Bidwell
Towson
Baltimore
Nellie McLachlan
Broomall Presbyterian Home
Jenkintown
Francis E. Peck
Killarney
Stetson University
Fifth Ave
Candies
Whitman
and Hollingsworth
Grace Clifton
C. E. Poling
Cora Lovelady
Garden Gate
Jennie Logas Coffee
Jennie
Alexander St
Ane
LyyWill
Pring Flowers
Mums
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