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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1945
Page
5
Mount Dora community notes announce the January 9 P T A meeting at 3 30 pm in the Community Building Social Room with Mrs Alice Strite presiding and a quiz program led by Mrs Paul Johnson. Visitors welcome.
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Nina Virginia Frick to Richard Robert Van Voorhis N AR M on December 18. Mrs Frick of Norfolk Virginia is the bride’s mother and Mr Van Voorhis is the Navy veteran son of Elliott H Van Voorhis of Mount Dora. The couple resides in Norfolk where he is based.
Miss Evelyn Turrentine entertained guests at a dessert bridge on Wednesday afternoon December 28 at her West Eleventh Avenue home. Yuletide decor created a festive setting. Winners were Wilma Vaughn high score and Mrs. Reich consolation. guests included Miss Mary Allen Miss June Fenn Miss Anna White and others from Mount Dora and Eustis.
The Baptist Church choir presents Prof Charles Rollins Tucker of Middleboro Mass and his collection of lantern slides in the church auditorium at 8 pm Thursday January 4. Mrs Florence Gilbert Hanscomis narrator. No admission charge but an offering to benefit the choir. Public invited.
Mr L Moore of San Bernardino California announces the marriage of his daughter Mary Gertrude to Pvt James Martin McIntire of Indianapolis Indiana. The ceremony occurred Christmas Eve at First Baptist Church Mount Dora with Rev James H Sutley officiating.
Mount Dora Chapter No. 103, Order of the Eastern Star completes its last regular meeting of the year in the Masonic Hall. Pearl Camp presides with Ward Estey, two initiates conferred, and Twila Camp sings Star of the East.
Personal Harry Clark returns from the east coast and Mrs. E H Van Voorhis heals at home from Orange General Hospital. Miss Emadene Kelley back from a three month Pensacola visit. Mrs. Jane G Leary arrives from Brooklyn to spend the season at the Mount Dora hotel. Mr and Mrs James Lidford visit for the season at The Homestead. Mrs Minna Hegeman and Mrs H Anderson with granddaughter as Christmas guests of the Caley family. Dr Miller Wells returns from an operation and is recovering well. Mrs Halle Anderson hosts New Years Day dinner at Lakeside Inn. Miss Hazel and Ruth Harmon from Meriden occupy a garage apartment on Eleventh Avenue west. Mr and Mrs Anse Franklin of Brooksville and daughter Beatrice Franklin of Atlanta visit Mrs Franklin’s sister Mrs H A Harrold for New Year. Mrs E L Stewart and children Edwin and Joyce Marie stay in an apartment at The Homestead. Mrs Walter Campbell Taylor Caabella Taylor arrives from Boston to winter with sister Miss Fanny Noonan at 822% Alexander Street.
From Mount Carmel Connecticut residents state they cannot reach Florida this winter but keep in touch through the Topic with friends met last year. Mrs Gee L Bidwell of Towson Maryland heads to Mount Dora and Villa Dora for the season, leaving New Year’s Day and traveling with Mrs Helen Given from Washington DC. Dudley Adkins returns from Amory Mississippi after Christmas visit to his mother Mrs Lillie Adkins and sister Mrs T K Roll. Mrs Adkins asks to be remembered to Mount Dora friends. Mr and Mrs John Lewis of Jacksonville visited sister Miss Margaret Lewis over New Year weekend. On New Year’s Day they were joined by Mrs Arthur Lewis Miss Helen Lewis and Mr and Mrs Rodney Lehman and baby of Winter Park for a family reunion and dinner.
Sorrento and surrounding towns hosted Christmas gatherings with families including the Weinmann, Cowart, Moliere, and Battle clans. A New Year vesper service at the Presbyterian Church followed by tea and social time at the Community Building reflected local community life. The issue also includes home canning recipes for orange and combination marmalade with step by step instructions and storage guidance.
The Home Agent reports Bulletin No 100 is out of print and no copies are available locally. They will mail popular citrus utilization recipes to the paper weekly. Readers may request others by writing Mrs. Lucie K. Miller.
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