Lake County Motor Corps Seeks Women for Civil Defense Team
The American Red Cross Lake County Chapter forms a Motor Corps open to American women aged 20 to 50 in good health. Candidates must complete a motor course by Miss Mary Jo Key and hold an advanced Red Cross first aid certificate, commit to 50 hours yearly, and be available for grave emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Lake County
Mary Jo Key
Mount Dora
Red Cross
Miss Key
Civil Defense
There Is Work for All in Defense
Citizens of Mount Dora are urged to volunteer for Civil Defense and write Uncle Sam Jr. at the Topic with their readiness and skills. The notice promises to find work for every willing American, though it warns there may be little glamour or glory, and it ends with a Wake Up America call recalling Pearl Harbor and Wake-Yes Wake Up America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Uncle Sam, Jr
Pearl Harbor
America
Mount Dora Band Concert Sunday in Donnelly Park
The Mount Dora School Band performs Sunday at Donnelly Park at 3 30 PM with sacred numbers a vocal solo by Grace Lee a trumpet solo by Buddy White and several military marches. The first appearance of the Twirlers will be celebrated as Colors are retired by the local Guard Unit. In case of rain the event moves to the Community Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Donnelly Park
Grace Lee
Buddy White
David Coffin Receives Army Air Corps Commission
David P. Coffin Jr., nephew of Mount Dora residents Mr and Mrs George Coffin, has been commissioned as second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps. A University of Florida engineering graduate, he completed an officers training course at Scott Field and is assigned to Chanute Field Illinois, home to the Air Corps largest training school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David P. Coffin, Jr
George Coffin
Mount Dora
Army Air Corps
Coffin
Oes of Engineering
University of Florida
Scott Field
Chanute Field
Ill
Air Corps
Red Cross Sewing Day Moved to Tuesdays
The Red Cross sewing sessions will now be held weekly on Tuesdays instead of Thursdays. This week’s sewing is omitted. Meetings take place in the Community Church chapel and are sponsored by the Woman's Club. All women are urged to assist in this important effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Woman’s Club
Local Lawn Bowlers Lead Harbor City League Opening
Last week arrivals Mr and Mrs Eardley Wilmot of Bridgeport Connecticut joined Orlando bowlers as the Central Florida Lawn Bowling League opened its 1942 season. Four teams faced league champions with mixed results, Mount Dora defeated Daytona 83 to 60 on home courts in four games. Women bowlers from four local teams contest prizes this week with results due next Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eardley Wilmot
Bridgeport
Innecticut
Orlando
Central Florida Lawn Bowling League
Breck
Roland Moree
Combine
Enridge
Swift
An Maben
Villa Peste Bryant
Reeabice Fateen
Hela
Shott
Odes
Major Marsh
Blackburne
Brown
Mayo
Longin
Cornwall- McQuiston
James Nelson
Converse
Crockett and
Urquhart
Harold Morse
Dr. Poole
Frank Parker
Ballard
Jack Converse
Frank Crockett
Louis Denbroeder
Bryson
Roland Morse
Will Breckenridge
al Maben
Joe Frank
Nelson
Skip Marsh
Ed Blackburne
Dr. Mayo
Frank Bridgman
Munson
Juniors stage Tish based comedy at Mount Dora High
Mount Dora High School junior class presents a three act comedy based on Mary Roberts Rinehart stories. Letitia Craberry called Tish, a blunt middle aged spinster, pursues a simple life with friends Lizzie and Aggie as nephew Charlie flies in to join the misadventure.
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Mount Dora High School
Tish
Alice Chadwicke
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Saturday Evening Post
Letitia Craberry
Lizzie
Aggie
Charlie Sands
Charlie
Eagle Hotel
Tish Samy
Kiwanis Officers to be Installed in 1942 Meeting
J Edwin Baker a past District Governor will install the 1942 officers at today's Kiwanis gathering. Reports for 1941 were presented by officers and committee members. Dr Dickson updated on the Red Cross War Relief Drive and urged full support. Rev Floyd Montgomery invited members to Baptist Church services Sunday. J Tuck of Detroit was the sole guest. Kenneth Rogers won the attendance prize from R T Gould.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edwin Baker
Dickson
Red Cross
War Relief Fund
Floyd Montgomery
Jan Wee Oe
J+ Tuck
Detroit
Kenneth, Rogers
R. T. Gould
January Events At The Mount Dora Yacht Club
The Mount Dora Yacht Club hosted its Commodore's Tea and open house to mark the New Year. Members mingled among pine boughs and floral displays while red and white gladioli adorned the center table. The event featured tea and punch from 4 to 6 pm with Commodore graves and other officers in the receiving line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora Yacht Club
Commodore
Carl S. Graves
Ogg Edgerton
Freday Armer Johnson
Klatte
Aton
W. T. Patterson
George Church
Punch
John Alvord
Thomas Lasher
Collins
Percy Davis Injured in Naval Hospital Fall
Percy W. Davis of the Navy is in Portsmouth Virginia Naval Hospital with both feet and one arm in casts after a December 28 fall. He was suspended in a bosn chair from a bridge when a knot came untied and he fell 25 to 30 feet, breaking bones in his right foot left tibia heel and left radius. He received emergency aid on a nearby pier before admission and will remain for several weeks.
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Percy W. Davis
Navy
Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
A. E. Davis
Orange General Hospital
Orlando
Christ
Percy
P. W. Davis
Norfolk Naval Hospital
Army and Navy Sweaters Drive Urges Local Help
Citizens Committee for the Army and Navy calls for immediate knit sweaters for men in the armed forces. Mrs. Mary Koebke offers yarns and directions at the Gift and Antique Shop in Highland Avenue, Hadlock plant, with Navy specs for dark blue, long sleeves, high neck. Local women and visitors are knitting and others may obtain supplies and instructions at this site.
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Citizens Committee For the
Army and Navy, Inc
East 36Th Street
New York City
Army and Navy
Mary Koebke
Highland Avenue
Hadlock Fruit Company
Citizens Committee
Army
Navy
Navy Department
Mount Dora Woman's Club to Host Florida Federation Speaker
The Mount Dora Woman's Club plans a mid year luncheon on Wednesday of next week with a Florida Federation speaker. The event showcases club activities and community engagement for members and guests.
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Mount Dora
Florida Federation Woman Speakers at Mount Plymouth Hotel
On January 14 at 1 p m at Mount Plymouth Hotel Mrs Thurston Roberts of Jacksonville president of the Florida Federation of Women’s Clubs and member of the Florida Defense Council will discuss Florida Federation and National Defense. Luncheon reservations with Miss Madeleine W Milner 206 Ninth Avenue phone 2751 due before noon January 12. Former members visiting club women and guests may attend with reservations.
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Mount Plymouth
Thurston Roberts
Jacksonville
Florida Federation of Women’s Clubs
Roberts
Florida Defense Council
Florida Federation
National Defense
Madeleine W. Milner
Ninth Avenue
Town Council Reviews Air Raid Preparations Amid Cost Fears
Mount Dora officials, led by the mayor and council, discussed air raid protection and short wave service. They note Washington and Tallahassee guidance could bankrupt a town of their size. A committee will report at a called meeting next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lichliter
Overhiser
Mosteller
Washington
Tallahassee
Mount Dora
Tourist Club Opens Series With Maude Dulaney Arts Program
Tuesday evening at the Community Auditorium Mrs. Maude Martin Dulaney led a five member artist troupe featuring Christine McCrary on piano Walter Myer baritone and guitar Lucy Howland Sinclair soprano and whistler and Carmen Fernandez a Spanish dancer singer. The varied program pleased a large audience and the club announces next week The Lestas Americas Favorite Mystifiers now touring colleges and service clubs worldwide with global magic feats. Tickets available at the Chamber of Commerce office.
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Maude Martin Dulaney
Christine McCrary
Walter Myer
Lucy Howland Sinclair
Carmen Fernandez
America
Ettn
Chamber of Commerce
First C of C Member for 1942
The Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce drafts its 1942 membership. Sally Dress Shop owner Miss Mary Dopkeen becomes the first enrollee by submitting dues and an application. The chamber has not yet launched the full membership drive.
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Mount Dora
Population surge and quirky colonial dish noted
The text claims India's population rose by 38 million in ten years to exceed 360 million. It also mentions a colonial-era dish of sausage links boiled in chocolate, described as a tonable or tonable-like item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Story Hour Resumes at Public Library This Week
Miss Jessie Gould restarts Saturday morning Story Hour for children at the Public Library at 10 00 a m. The program continues weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Gould
Lions Club hosts Dr Wood speaker and zone meeting
Mount Dora Lions Club welcomed Dr. Wood of Evans ton Indiana as guest speaker recounting the origins of Lionism and the Order of the Roaring Lions. The club reports 100 percent Red Cross Relief Fund support and notes an attendance contest led by P. W. Turrentine over R. V. Parker 68 to 37. A zone meeting for Zone III clubs is set for January 26 1942 at the Mount Dora Community Building with delegates from Eustis Leesburg Wildwood DeLand and Sanford expected.
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Mount Dora
Wood
Red Cross Relief Fund
P. W. Turrentine
R. V. Parker
Youngest Dean Spent Holiday Season Here
Charles W. McCracken 24 year old dean of men at Muskingum College New Concord Ohio spent Christmas with his parents at their Mount Dora cottage He is noted as the youngest dean of men in an accredited college He studied at Duke and the University of Pennsylvania and has served in student personnel investigations He is a Phi Kappa Delta member and listed in Leaders in Education His brother Edward is a Rus Kingum student and sister Janet teaches in Elkton W Va
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America
Mount Dora
Charles W. McCracken
Muskingum College
New Concord
Ohio
C. C. McCracken
Lakeshore Drive
D. C. McCracken
PE Ren College
Erian
Dean McCracken
Muskingum
Mac
Ahat
Duke University
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia High School
White-Williams Foundation
Te University of Pennsylvania
Presbyterian Board of Education
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
American Council ‘of Education
Phi. Kappa, Delta
National Association of Deans of Men
Leaders In Education
Schools and Society
Edward
Ruskingum College
Janet McCracken
Elkton
W. Va
Charles C. McCracken
Mary Ruth
Philadelphia
Baltimore
McCracken
Hotel Mount Dora Welcomes New Seasonal Guests
Recent arrivals at the Hotel Mount Dora include Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Brydon of LaGrange Illinois Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Chane of Kansas City Kansas Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Snow of Newton Center Massachusetts Mrs George Luther of Greenwich Connecticut Mrs M L Urann and Mrs M McGown of Hanson Massachusetts season visitors gathered at the hotel for the season.
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Mount Dora
J. H. Brydon
LaGrange
Ill
C. G. Chane
Kansas City
Kan
W. L. Snow
Newton Center
Mass
George Luther
Greenwich
Conn
M. L. Urann
M. McGown
Hanson
Religious Play at Methodist Church Sunday Night
A one act religious play titled The Beginning of the Gospel depicting the writing of the Gospel of Mark will be presented at 7 30 Sunday evening at the Methodist Church. The cast will consist of local people. A new car with careful driving should last about 100 000 miles.
US Exports 1467 Planes January to June 1940
United States shipped 1467 aircraft abroad in the first half of 1940, with production and export patterns reflecting wartime demand and allied supply needs. Authorities indicate continued growth in aerospace exports through June.
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United States
Mount Dora Chosen Host To State Basketball Tournaments
Mount Dora is selected to host the State Class B Basketball Tournaments. A confirmation letter to Prof. D. D. Roseborough notes the move from Gainesville, University of Florida, to Mount Dora. The decision signals a notable hosting role for the Central Florida town.
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Mount Dora
Central Florida
D. D. Roseborough
University of Florida
Gainesville
Mount Dora Roll of Honor Names and Call for Additions
Mount Dora and nearby men serving in the U S armed forces are listed followed by a note inviting readers to submit any missing names to the Topic. The roster includes ranks from private to lieutenant and spans Army and Navy personnel.
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Mount Dora
United States
Roy Beasley
Charles Edward Brooks II
Ralph E. Chapman
Leon B. Cheek
Kenneth McKinley
Walter C. McWhorter
Charles Norris
Roger I. Pinkston
Bayard Roberts
Edward Sadler
Mid
Stuart T. Sadler
Richard G. Shipes, Jr
Frederick Sleight
William Stewart
Tommy Sumeral
Richard van Voorhis
William. van Zant Arnold
Robert Widmer
William L. Woodruff Lake
Jem Tom Caldwell, Jr
Sorrento
Fred L. Norton
Robert Schwind
Youngest Advanced First Aider in United States Believed
Mount Dora Florida Boy Scout Troop 19 led by fourteen year old John R Barker has completed both Standard and Advanced Red Cross First Aid courses. The Red Cross allows juniors who finish sophomore year to enroll, and scouts say Barker may be the youngest to achieve the title Be Prepared. Troop 19 operates as an Emergency Service Training unit with two Emergency Service Corps Patrols.
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Kiwanis
Mount Dora
Florida
Red Cross
United States
John R. Barker
Bat Patrol
American National Red Cross
John Barker
Emergency Service Corps
No Time Extension for Auto Licenses
Governor Holland announces no time extension for car licenses and that the 1042 license must be on all cars motorcycles trucks and trailers by January 15.
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Holland
Cafeteria Supper by W S C S of Methodist Church
The W S C S of the Methodist Church will host a cafeteria supper at the Community Building on Friday evening January 9 at 5 30. All are welcome.
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W. S. C. S. of the Methodist Church
Mount Dora to Host Florida High School Class B Tournament
Florida High School Athletic Association announces the Class B basketball tournament will be held in Mount Dora with Principal D D Roseborough and Coaches Vincent and Hall. Dates tentatively set for March 12 1314 as details unfold, noting the move from Gainesville is a high honor reflecting local facilities and planning.
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Florida High School Athletic Ass
Gainesville
Florida
D. D. Roseborough
Mount Dora High School
Mount Dora
Fla
Roseborough
Vincent
Hall
Florida High School Athletic Association
Central Florida Council Boy Scouts Dinner Meeting Planned
The Central Florida Council Boy Scouts of America will hold its annual dinner meeting in Mount Dora on Tuesday January 27 at 6 30 p m. Lake County hosts the seven county council gathering with Dr W S Allen presiding and a noted speaker expected. Arrangements were finalized by Carl S Graves Frank Stebbins and Ivan Beyers during a Mount Dora meeting at Villa Dora Hotel. Reservations are available at the Orlando council headquarters.
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Lake County
Central Florida
Boy Scouts of America
Mount Dora
E. Pine Street
Orlando
W. S. Allen
Stetson University
Central Florida Council
Carl S. Graves
Frank Stebbins
Eustis
Ivan Beyers
Leesburg
Villa Dora
Daytona Beach
Lake
Red Cross Nears Goal for Mount Dora Fund Drive
The Mount Dora Branch and Lake County Chapter appeal for donations toward the War Relief Fund and Gift Fund. About $100 remains to hit the $1,000 goal for Mount Dora, with Mount Dora as a branch of the Lake County Chapter seeking $200 more for ongoing Red Cross activities.
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Red Cross
Mount Ra
Mount Dora
Lake County
Cone Sn
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United
Lake County Motor Corps
David Coffin
Lawn Bowling Club
Kiwanis News
Percy Davis
Federation of Women’s Clubs
C. OF C
Lions News
Dean
Methodist Church
Earl B. Ferson
Florida Boy Scouts
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