Riley's Park Golden Wedding Anniversary Celebration
Our Golden Wedding anniversary party at Riley's Park drew over 200 guests as 23 couples celebrated. Notable attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Barney Thompson, Dr. Lester O. Schriver, and park managers Thelma and Grady Simpson. The event honored Charlie Ogle stones and Kimber and Agnes Thomas for 60 and 59 years of marriage, with a 50th anniversary cake for the couple.
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Barney Thompson
Mount Dora
Lester O. Schriver
Thelma and
Grady Simpson
Ruth McLouth
Thelma Berryhill
Florence Arnott
Tavares
Eustis
Charlie Oglestones
Kimber
Agnes Thomas
Thompson
Wray Kindswatter
Steubenville
Ohio
Schneidmill
McLouth
Irene Foster
Lorena Martin
Mary Green
Thelma Simpson
Milton C. Ebberts
Aliquippa
W. A. Schaeffer
Clint Ed
Mount Dora Shuffleboard Club Reports Mixed Results
On Feb 16 Red and Black played across 14 courts with Fred Steele in charge. Clyde McCauley and Mary Simchock won Red best with 255, Harland Wheeler and Jessie French led Black at 244. McCauley Simchock triumphed 106 to 62. Second Red team Selmer Nilsen Kay Therrien posted 239. Anderson Olson led Black 243. Anderson Olson won 101 to 52. Officials listed. notes include club members and vacations. Mount Dora Club hosted 16 teams Feb 17 with DeLand visiting. Mount Dora won 27 games to 19. Feb 19-16 Lake County Men’s Singles at Tavares saw Mount Dora entrants placing in main and consolation events. Roy R. Worrall, longtime member, died Feb 21 at Wa t erman Memorial Hospital Eustis. Northern District Doubles at Sanford saw Mount Dora teams Wayne Wood and Joe Smith win. Ray Wood and Ray Therrien second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Steele
Clyde McCauley
Mary Simchock
Harland Wheeler
Jessie French
McCauley- Simchock
Selmer Nilsen
Kay Therrien
Lake County
Tavares
Mount Dora
Lyle Wood
Joseph Savoie
Carroll Patch
Bill Nolet
Fred Greenstreet
Mary Klein
Patch-Nolet
George Vaughan
Clarence Owen
Ted Beckhold
Grace Dooley
Roy R. Worrall
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Eustis
Sanford
Joe Smith
Ray Wood
Ray Therrien
East Town Library Open House Slated
An Open House will be held in early March at the new Mount Dora Public Library branch in East Town. Friends of the Library sponsored by the Woman's Club of Mount Dora have donated a large number of books already shelved. Community members may donate books at Mount Dora.
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Mount Dora
Death of Former Visitor George Warren Bridge
George Warren Bridge 92, longtime winter visitor to Mount Dora, died in February at Mercy Hospital Cadillac Michigan. He worked 57 years at Burroughs Adding Machine Co before retirement, was a Masonic member, and had no immediate survivors after his wife died in 1945. He had lived with Mr and Mrs Clare Dorland of McBain Michigan. Services were held at Veldsma Funeral Home led by Rev David.
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George Chambers
Sunset Blvd
Warren
Mich
Hugh M. Gilkey
West Middlesex
Sammy
Isabel Sampson
D. R. Miller
Bay Town
Texas
F. I. van Wagnen
Ben Fay
Clawson
East Main
Ictor Adams
Ira Johnson
West Main
Simpsons
Louie Meyers
Ruth
New Zealand
Australia
Hawaii
Mount Dora
Newark
President Polk
Honolulu
Wirt
Vera Newman
George Warren Bridge
Mercy Hospital
Cadillac
Burroughs Adding Maching Co
Masonic Order
Clare Dorland
McBain, Mich
Veldsma Funeral Home
David
Barstow officiating at graveside service in Detroit
A graveside service took place at Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit Michigan with Barstow presiding. The brief ceremony honored the departed and reflected on their life and legacy.
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Barstow
Woodlawn Cemetery
Detroit
Mich
Tune in The Earl Nightingale program
The message promotes listening to The Earl Nightingale show each morning at 7:40 on WLBE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Nightingale
WLBE
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Riley’s Park
Vera Brown Newman
Mount Dora, Fla
Melina Mercouri
SUN
George Maharis
Robert Morse
Frank Stewart
Sylvan Shores
J. G. Ray, Jr
Builders Supplies
Hiway
Smokey Bear
Hayden Burns
Florida
C. H. Coulter
Coulter
Smokey
By Fred Steele
Arthur Anderson
al Olson
Anderson- Olson
Bill Stambaugh
George
Gus Harvery
Thomas Wallingford
Jack Buxton
Wheeler- Buxton
R. G. Cassady
Lake Jem Sorrento
Cassia Paisley
Umatilla
Astor
Altoona
Lady Lake
Lisbon
Grand Island
Ferndale
Montverde
Minneola
Clermont
Grovel
Leesburg
City Hall
Astor Supply Co
Geo. Gastfield’s
Postice
Ferngro
Ato
East Town Library
Chevrolet
Bay St
Eustis, Florida
Golden Triangle
First Federal Savings Ee. Fan Association of
Gustis
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