Local clubs schedule January meetings and events
The Kings Daughters meet January 11 at 8 PM in the Community Building with hosts Miss Gertrude Thorne Mrs W A Sheldon and Mrs C Smith. The Home Demonstration Club meets January 13 at 2 30 PM in the Community Building to discuss posture effects. Ocklawaha D A R holds a meeting today at 1404 Donnelly with sewing at noon and a 2 30 PM business session. Monday Social Club reports a well attended covered dish luncheon and prizes for Mrs Leslie Purdy and Mrs Odell with hostesses planned for next week.
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King’s Daughters
Gertrude Thorne
W. A. Sheldon
C. Smith
Ocklawaha
D A. R
Monday
Monday Social Club
Leslie Purdy
Odell
M. Barnhardt
M. Caley
O Hara Picnic Club Holds New Year Dinner
The O Hara Picnic Club hosted a New Year dinner, gathering members for a social evening. Attendees shared light refreshments and discussed upcoming community events.
New Year Dinner and 1943 Officers at Tavares Woman's Club
The Tavares Woman's Club held a New Year dinner and annual meeting on New Year's Day with sixty five attendees. Officers elected for 1943 were President J. L. O'Hara, vice president W. A. Conrad, secretary Joe Mii, and treasurer A. H. Hathaway. guests included Mrs. Fannie Dickey and Mrs. Clara Davis from Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tavares Woman's Club Tavares
J. L. O'Hara
W. A. Conrad
Joe Mii
A. H. Hathaway
Mary Buckley weds Lieutenant Heath at Kamshatka mansion
Miss Mary Aloise Buckley daughter of William Buckley Sharon Conn and Camden S C and Lieutenant Benjamin Wild Heath son of Frank Heath Camden were married Tuesday December 29 at Kamshatka South Carolina's old antebellum mansion. Ceremony conducted by Father Edward Burke of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Camden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Aloise Buckley
William Frank Buckley
Sharon
Buckley Heath Nuptials At Historic Home In Sumter
The wedding of Miss Priscilla Buckley and Lieutenant Heath featured a coronet of blossoms and a sapphire blue theme with white orchids and bouvardia. Attendants included Miss Julia Fisher and the Buckley sisters. Lt Degnan served as a man and ushers from Shaw Field and Fort Clark. The reception followed at the ceremony and the couple planned a Sea Island honeymoon before settling in Sumter, South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Jefferson
Priscilla Buckley
Wrgan
Julia Fisher
Sally Fisher
Jane Buckley
Patricia Buckley
Maureen
Carol Buckley
Kate Greenway
Juliette
Sid Buckley
Heath
Frances Degnan
Shaw Field
John Hancock
William Frank Buckley
Frank Howard Heath
Sea Island
Georgia
Sumter
S. C
Nightingale-Bamford School
New York
Smith College
Northampton
Mass
France
England
Lieutenant Heath
Mount Dora
Engineering
Marquette University
Milwaukee
Aeronautical School
New York University
Tau Beta Pi Fraternity
Winter visitors and moves at Mount Dora and area
Personal notices list Tracy M. Kramer Jr leaving for Miami on radio work with Pan American Airways. Florence M. Davis to spend winter in Mount Dora. Charles R. Wilmot and wife arrive from Orange NJ for the season at Grand View Hotel. Floyd Miller and Laura Hackett travel from Flint and Lansing to Mount Dora for several months. Betty Kramer and Mary Helen Hill visit Miami for the Orange Bowl. Betty West and Edna Dennis relocate to 410 Grandview Street. Dr. Delbert Stover visits Mount Dora with shipbuilder work in Brunswick GA. C L Jones leaves to teach welding in a defense school in Jacksonville. Manuel Sedano and family return from hospital. Sedano recovering from Christmas Eve heart attack. Walter G. Bullard of Marblehead MA at Gould cottage and in Lake County Hospital Eustis.
Family notices and seasonal travels in Mount Dora
Miss Stella Jones died Tuesday morning prompting Mary Emma Jones to return from Little Rock to Jonesboro. John D. Anthony and wife from Donner's Grove Illinois, wintering at 610 Tremain Street, recall the 1935 freeze in Mount Dora. They later moved to St Petersburg but plan to return seeking a quieter lake and hill area amid wartime concerns. Anthony long served with the Erie Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Emma Jones
Little Rock
Ark
Jonesboro
Tenn
Stella Jones
Mount Dora
John D. Anthony
Donner‘s Grove
Ill
Tremain Street
Edgerton Grove
Donnelly Avenue
Anthony
Erie Railroad
Technicolor Neptune's Daughters at Princess Theatre
Floridian Technicolor short Neptune's Daughters filmed at Cypress Gardens near Winter Haven features water ski stunts by Barbara Chambliss and other diversely trained performers. Jack Kuhne filmed the piece for Fox Movietone, highlighting slow motion and bold color in a nationally distributed Florida publicity reel.
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Florida
Florida Cypress Gardens
Winter Haven
Princess Theatre
Ed Thorgerson
Jantzen
Barbara Chambliss
Ace
Jack Kuhne
Fox Movietone
Book notices on The Robe and The Flying Tigers
The Robe by Lloyd Douglas traces Marcellus conversion and early Christian history within a modern dialogue style. The Flying Tigers by Russell Whelan details the 1941 42 fighter group organized by Chennault, covering origin training seven months of combat and morale impact on China. Mount Dora Public Library committee note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Douglas
Marcellus
Douglas
The
Flying Tigers
Russell Whelan
Claire L. Chennault
Burma Road
SORRENTO RESIDENTS RELOCATE TO BRIDGEPORT AND HOLIDAY GUESTS VISIT
Sorrento resident Mr Dufour left for Bridgeport Conn to make it his home while Mrs Dufour remains there. Mrs Mabel Beyer of Tampa stayed with her aunt Mrs Anna Matlock during the holidays. Numerous local families hosted relatives and friends in Sanford including the Cowarts Battle and Bartholomew clusters with several members traveling from Jacksonville St Augustine and New Jersey for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dufour
Sorrento
Bridgeport
Laura Gradick
Harriet Cull
Jacksonville
Miss Allen
Cowart
Rabin Battle
Betty Lou Battle
Miss Battle
Ralph Battle
Molly Bartholomew
Ford
Mrs. Cowart
Mrs. White
Anaaitior
Sanford
Mount Plymouth Club Opens Season With Seasonal Guests
The Mount Plymouth Club opened for the season on Friday January 1 1943. The club house hosts a goodly number of guests booked. Mr and Mrs Showalter and their son have returned to Miami after visiting Mrs Showalter’s parents Mr and Mrs Cowart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Plymouth
Call for 150,000 WAACs in Central Florida enlistments
Five Central Florida women joined the WAAC after passing exams at Camp Blanding. They will be enrolled and called to active duty at the WAAC Replacement and Training Center in Des Moines Iowa or Daytona Beach Florida. The effort aims to build an authorized WAAC strength of 150,000, with recruitment open to women ages 21 to 44 through the Army Recruiting Office in Orlando.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Camp Blanding
WAAC
Des Moines
Iowa
Daytona Beach
North Africa
Ting
Army Recruiting Office
Orlando
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Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
Congo
Ona Munson
Don Terry
Stuart Erwin
N. Y
Johnny Weissmuller
Maureen O’sullivan
BODIE
Buck Jones
Tim McCoy
Batt R Med
Paul
CIA
Stellan
Jas
Hollywood
State Theatre
Maureen O'Sullivan
Manila
Lloyd Nolan
Carole Landis
Tales OF Manhattan
Rita Hayworth
Ginger Rogers
Boyer
Henry Fonda
Laughton
Mary More
Hong Kong
Andy
Dennis O’keefe
J. Valentine
Tish
Marjorie Main
Zasu Pitts
King's
O'Hara
O’hara
Fannie Dickey
Clara Davis
Ohio
Gilbert
Mallet
Silas Kimballs
Ortons
Highland
Thomases
A. J
East Liverpool
Patterson
Brown
Tracy M. Kramer, Jr
Miami
Pan-American Air Lines
Florence M. Davis
Mount Kisco
Ninth Avenue
Charles R. Wilmot
Orange, N. J
Grand View Hotel
Floyd Miller
Flint, Mich
Ray W. Stillman
Glen Ridge
New Jersey
Frank Morley
Coast Guard
Submarine Chaser
Laura Hackett
Lansing, Mich
Norma Gardner
Tavares
Betty Kramer
Mary Helen Hill
Betty West
Edna Dennis
West
Grandview Street
Vincent
Delbert Stover
Brunswick, Ga
J. P. Williams
Stover
Brunswick
Johnson, City, Tenn
George Keller
C. L. Jones
E. L. Downs
Manuel Sedano
Eustis
Mr. Sedano
Walter G. Bullard
Marblehead
Geo. J. White
L. R
HEIM
Alfred Rehbaum
J. M. McCown
H. L. Banks
First National Bank OF
Mount Dora, Florida
Federal Reserve Bank
Total
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
John Sheffield
Weissmuller
Brooklyn Bridge
Technicolor
Cypress Gardens
Princess
Mt-Dora Hardware
Hale’s Grocery
Kellogg
Kellogg's
Kellogg’s
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