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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1942
Page
5
Mrs Ellen Williams of Sylvan Shores hosted an afternoon bridge session with three tables of players. Mrs W J Barker entertained guests including Madame la Baronne de Boe cop and Monsieur la Comte de Noue, plus Mr A Fischer.
The Monday Social Club announces Miss Edith will host the gathering next week, with duties including coordinating activities and greeting members as they arrive.
Mrs. H J Baker announces the marriage of her daughter Beulah Louise to Robert Lee Bishop on Sunday in Bushnell Florida. Beulah Louise is Jennings High School Class of 1940 graduate. Robert Lee Bishop is employed by Louis Carroll. The couple will reside in Mount Dora.
The Ocklawaha Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution hosts an event featuring speakers to discuss chapter activities and heritage preservation. Members and guests attend the meeting to hear remarks and share plans.
A well attended meeting at Mrs. Walter van dia 100 ao Harry F wie presiding featured Harold Hippler on Lake County Council praising DAR work and urging unity. C B Treadway spoke on Salvage for Victory urging members to save papers rags metals and rubber. Melissa Jane Cornish shared stories from foreign lands before a social hour hosted by several members.
Mount Dora Chapter No. 103 OES held a Valentine themed meeting in the Masonic Hall with Miss Doris Camp as Worthy Matron and several substitutes. A charity card party yielded 15.50, Sophia Story was named to join local health committee meetings, and the Past Matrons and Patrons will be honored February 26. Friendship Night is set for March 26 with visiting officers and members from other chapters invited.
Mrs Dorothy Group of Washington D C and Mrs R B King of Waycross Ga were weekend guests of Mrs Lewis Carroll in Highland avenue. Mrs Willard and Baby Lewis Carroll Jr show improvement while Billy Carroll recovers from flu. H Sprague recovering from three weeks pneumonia at Florida Sanitarium Orlando. Mr and Mrs Edgar Thorne of Montreal spent two weeks at Villa Dora then Daytona Beach until April. Mrs H B Dahl and Miss Daisy Templin from Washington Court House Ohio plan to stay winter at 236 Fifth avenue. Miss Joyce Thompson and Mr and Mrs Albert Thompson with daughter Rose Marie spent weekend in Reo and Jacksonville with relatives.
Edwin E. Stevens and Captain Harry Wise spent Tuesday and Wednesday visiting Silver Springs aboard Mr. Tanner's cruiser the Smee. Dr. and Mrs. James H. Cook of Quincy Massachusetts and Damariscotta Maine are at the Villa Dora for a month. Mrs. Cook is sister to Mrs. George Bidwell. Mrs. Henry Root, long-time Mount Dora winter resident, is seriously ill after a stroke at Farran Hospital Montague City. C W Ezzard, former Mount Dora High School teacher, visited town before reporting to Camp Blanding. his wife remains in Apopka where he had ROTC training.
Mrs Edwin E Stevens of Mountain Lake New Jersey leaves for Maryland today. She will stay with Mr and Mrs T Harold Brown at Cedar Farm Rising Sun for several weeks. She and the Browns, who have been visiting the Tanners, drive north in Stevens car.
Julian Drawdy thanks friends for cards and encouragement after his accident and hospital confinement. He reports he is recovering and able to work in the X ray department.
Mr I L Mosbacher of Freeport Long Island died February 7 after seven months illness. He leaves two sons and two daughters. A winter visitor to Mount Dora for years he had many local friends who mourn his loss and extend sympathy to his bereaved family. War time reduced sunlight and forced the paper to press with only 61 percent of possible sunshine.
The Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce urges each property owner and business person to join and recruit members for 1942. Officers elected include George J. White as president and Alfred Rehbaum as first vice president with a board featuring A. C. Quixley M. W. Simpson George C Keller E P Mosteller and Richard Edgerton.
The Ocklawaha Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution mourns the loss of charter member Maud Moore Wakelin. She served as first Vice Regent, later Chaplain, and contributed 25 years of service with devotion to family and community. Her Revolutionary ancestry and tale of a Savannah grandmother who warned Allied forces reflect her enduring legacy.
Lake County residents bought almost 200000 in Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps in January, boosting nine month county totals to about 600000. Leesburg banks and post offices led receipts with substantial bonds and stamps totals across several towns including Eustis Clermont Mount Dora Tavares and Umatilla.
Dr and Mrs Douglas Crane of Mount Kisco New York plan a visit to his parents Mr and Mrs L Belden Crane at their winter home on Eighth avenue east. Mrs Crane formerly Miss Eileen Mae Molberg of Wayzata Minnesota was married to Dr Crane Tuesday morning of this week. The romance began last winter in Mount Dora when Crane visited his parents and Molberg visited her cousin Mrs Robert Wise.
Mr and Mrs Harold C Suit of Zellwood announce the birth of a son William Dennis on Saturday January 31 at Lake County Medical Center Eustis Florida Mrs Suit previously was Miss Laura Merle White.
Lake County Tire Rationing Board 128发布周Ending February 14 1942列出购买新轮胎或气筒的证书及 recipient 名单。 Lewis Carroll 3 拖车 Ray M Blanchard 2 乘用车 2 气筒 Mrs Mar bel M Dean 1 乘客 1 气筒 Nell R Baker 4 乘客 已废旧类型。 该名单依 1941 年 12 月 30 日颁布的 rationing 规定第801条第8章公布，并张贴于 Mount Dora 办公室。 ALFRED REHBAUM 等签名。
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