East Town Notes on Community Hope and Ailing Residents
A Mount Dora community column praises local progress at East Town and St. Marys Baptist Church. It highlights school leadership, church activity, and an improving public spirit while listing congregants and neighbors briefly as some remain ill or recovering from health issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
East Town
St. Mary’s Baptist Church
Cauley Lott
Julia Thomas
Sis Catherine Williams
Mae Rawling
Americus
Sis Rawling
Loving Home Band Meets Tuesday Night
The Loving Home Band held a meeting Tuesday night while Helping Hand and Better Building Citizenship Clubs continue to meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helping
Obituary of Mr Lewis Frickey
Mr Frickey died at his home after a lingering illness. He is survived by his wife Prada and brother Charles R Frickey of Rochester New York. He once operated a New York grocery business before moving to Mount Dora in 1925 where he resided. His hobby was gardening and flowers from his garden brightened many friendships. Funeral services were held Friday at 3 pm at Rehbaum parlors with Henry C Henrickson officiating. Burial followed in Forest Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Frickey
Welbiedas
Prada
Charles R. Frickey
Rochester
New York
Frickey
New York State
Mount Dora
Itian Science
Rehbaum
Henry C. Henrickson
Forest Cemetery
Child Dona Ann Carter Dies After Short Illness
Dona Ann Carter fourteens months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Claude E Carter of Fort Lauderdale, died Wednesday night after a brief illness. The death notice lists family details and burial arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dona Ann Carter
Claude E. Carter
Fort Laudardale
Highenee
Lake Exhibit at Florida Orange Festival in Winter Haven
County officials shelved fair exhibits this year while fruit shippers fund a display at the Florida Orange Festival in Winter Haven February 18 23. Ralph Arey leads arrangements with volunteers from Clermont Eustis Tavares Montverde and others. Shippers include Eustis Packing Co Harris and Wade B G Anderson Co Roe E Gaines Lake Region Packing Assn Campbell and Prosser Growers Marketing Service A S Herland and Co and Lake County Citrus Sales Co Inc. Also notes leaf cutting bees harm control methods and winter lull in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Winter Haven
Lake County
H. C. Brown
Clermont
Col
C. E. Lester
Eustis
J. C Hunter
Tavares
C F. Evans
J. M. Lowry
Montverde
Eustis Packing Co
Harris and Wade
Howey Development Spotlighted by Tavares Kiwanis Club
The Tavares Kiwanis Club heard a briefing on Howey in the Hills development led by C. V. Griffin since July 1940. Officials noted five years of industrial growth, a $3.82 million gross business, $1.6 million spent in Lake County and Florida, and rising tourist attractions drawing 6,000 guests with $350,000 in accommodations. Burke Chester praised the area and new members Joe Jenkins and Herman Dykes joined the club with Dexter Ward presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lor
Tavares Kiwanis Club
Hitching Post
Howey Arch
Montverde
Groveland
Uty
C. V. Griffin and Associates
Lake County
Florida
Canada
Howey
Burke Chester
Tavares
Boy Scouts of America
Kiwanis
Lloyd Harnage
Dexter Ward
Joe Jenkins
Herman Dykes
New Sugar and Egg Price Rules Issued for Lake Sumter Area
The Lake Sumter Price Control Board announces February 15 sugar ceiling updates for store groups with new listed prices and mandatory display rules. Egg ceilings cover January 31 to June 5 with a February 20 27 period and weight classifications. meat prices must be posted in all markets. New staff include price clerk Delphia Norman and assistant clerk Dorothy B. Scott resigns to Gainesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie Crys
Br’n
Lake-Sumter Area
Lake-Sumter
Dorothy B. Scott
Gainesville
Robert Scott
Delphia Norman
Mount Dora
Lake Sumter
Scott
Miss Norman
Leesburg
Lillian D Severat
Ww. Hardman
Mount Dora Chamber Launches 1946 Membership Drive
The Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce begins its 1946 campaign aiming for five hundred new members. Local residents are urged to join and help meet the goal by taking out at least one membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Shuffleboard Club Faces Ice Like Courts In Florida Visit
Members recount a clash where Clermont players dominated on smoother boards while visitors from Wisconsin and Michigan struggled to adapt. The piece notes two wins by George Shepherd and Eugene Allen, plans for a rematch, hospital absence of A I Hall, a social pot luck dinner missed by the scribe, a beach ride with Irene Hall, and mentions new club members added since the last update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clernagtadios
Hay
George Shepherd
Kenosha
Wis
Eugene Allen
Swartz Creek
Mich
A. I. Hall
Gonic
N. H
Eustis Hospital
Irene Hall
Medford
Mass
Daytona
Mount Dora Chamber Launches Annual Membership Drive
The Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce begins its yearly membership drive with 205 men enrolled in the Mount Dora Shuffleboard Club, a new high, as Mrs Anna Muecke and others from Mount Dora plus residents of Spring Lake Irvington Plainfield New York City join in. Be ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Muecke
Mount Dora
Drae and
Dickyeens
Spring N. J
Amacher
Irvington
N. J
William Allen
E. F. Rau
Plainfield
J. Gomez
New York City
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Highland Ave
Burton’s Garage
N.ap.a. Auto Parts
Wrecker Service
D. Clare
William Adair
Magnolia Eustis
L. A. Tremain
Donnelly Ave
Triangle Gas Co
MR. Lewis Frickey
Donna Ann Carter
Lake
Orange Festival
Home Town News
Crane Furniture Company
Howey-In-The Hills
Shuffleboard Club
W. P. Wingler Insurance and Real Estate
A. M
Masonic Hall
Donnelly St
L. D. Simonson
Orlando, Florida
R. G. Sadler
Duane P. Hopkins
First Federal Savings and Loan
Main St
Leesburg, Florida
A. D. Johnson
Telephome
Ingram Building
Fifth Ave
Bennie Pickren
Twelfth Avenue
Clayton Street
Spencer
Auto Parts Co
Denhata
Archibald G. Reid
Archibald George Reid
Herlong, Jr
Smilie Frances Husmann
Thomas H. Cooley Roy Christopher Attys
R. G. Pohlman
Riley’s Sub
Elk 4
Pine St
Price
Uilding
Mount Dora Florida
J. B. Griswold
Homer Rodman
Grandview Terrace
Clayton Cor. Orange
Lakh County
Elizabeth
Seem
Elizabeth C
Frevida
Herlong
Ofice
D. Tcher Crane
Elizabeth C. Beem
Thomas Hi. Cooley
Circuit Court
Fifth Judicial
Circuit
State OF Florida
Harrell
Doris Annie Bell Harrell
Hartsfield
Georgia
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Chancery
Geo. J., Dykes
Grace H. Cox
D. C
Thomas H. Cooley Roy Christopher Attorneys
Homer Morris
Texaco
Jimmie’s
Eustis Road
C. A. Killian
J. R. Watkins
Sylvan Shores
W. M. Kennedy
Thomas H. Cooley
Riley’s Park Trailer Park & Miniature Homes
Fila
Florida Telephone Corporation
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