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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1944
Page
4
The regular meeting of Ocklawa Chapter DAR is set for Thursday at 8 p.m. Chapter No. 163 OBS will meet at 2:30 p.m. at the regular meeting location.
Mr and Mrs Bailey of Middletown Conn and Mount Dora will celebrate their golden wedding with an open house at the First Church Mount Dora Saturday January 29 from 7 to 9 pm. The ladies of the church host the reception after their January 30 1894 marriage at the bride's home.
Mount Dora couple announces the marriage of Marjorie S Daniels to Corporal Frank M Prentice in a home ceremony. Rev P A Fletcher officiated, with Joyce Thompson maid of honor and Sergeant William Conliffe best man. The couple will reside in Williston Florida.
Personal notices list Mr and Mrs Horace Kuyckinch of Rising Sun Maryland at Lakeside Inn plus Mrs J Page Laughlin and Mrs Jane Wolfert arriving from Leesburg Virginia for a winter on Lake Carlton. Other items note Mrs A A Cooper moved to Waterman Memorial Hospital Eustis for illness.
Public library lists new arrivals such as White Victory and The Blackbirder, plus The Wind and the Rain and The Saint Steps In. Nonfiction titles include Between Tears and Laughter and Complete Book of Marvels, with many works by noted authors.
Lakeside Inn hosted a busy week with croquet putting in the lounge formal dinner and bridge led by Mrs. Mary B Hoffman Miss Clara Whitney along with a movie travelogue and musicales. Prize winners at Saturday bridge included Miss Anna Coleman Mrs. Wm L Taylor Mrs Jos S House and others. The Cotterill Sisters performed Sunday evening. Arrivals included guests from Pittsburgh East Liverpool New York City Columbus Wayne Burlington Milwaukee Westfield Racine and others. Dr. Lawrence T Cole returned for his annual Lakeside Inn winter sojourn after serving as Dean of Trinity School for Boys in New York City for 25 years.
The Law'n Bowling Club schedules its annual meeting at the clubhouse on Monday evening at eight. New arrivals include Miles L. Hadsall in Birch Run and Frederick A. Wheeler who joined from East Longmeadow. Eleven new bowlers are listed, with residences at East Eighth and Lakeside Inn, as membership reaches 111.
Field & Stream profiles Florida's freshwater bass quail and dove hunting and its top wintering grounds for ducks. Harold Titus notes conservation progress under the state Department of Conservation and the Fresh Water Fish and Game Service, praising Florida as a model for resource management.
The honor roll list records seventh grade students including Patty Claflin Adrianne Norton Barbara Shipes and others led by Lorene Bethea Marc Burr Gordon Folger Ma Harris Frank Keller James Gett Carol Swort Juanita Vander oef and Margaret Vanderbulis. Ninth through twelfth grades feature names such as Sue Bond Lucille Minkley Lila Wage Lucile Harding Trudie Williams and Gladys Crane.
County Agent R. E. Norris advises gardeners to select a sunlit site away from large trees, plow under weeds, and apply light fertilizer if needed. Plan varieties and quantities, order seed early, treat seed, and map crop spacing. Protect the garden from rabbits and chickens with a wire fence and set row spacing before planting.
State headquarters for Florida Veterans for Upchurch clubs were established in St. Augustine to coordinate the governor campaign. George Bennett of St. Augustine is temporary chairman, with Gale Merchant as secretary and PR director and others on the executive committee including R. O. Holton, C. L. Mickler, Emmett Gardner and H. B. Symmes. The group aims to unite veterans statewide in supporting Frank D. Upchurch for governor.
The U S Army Fourth Service Command assigns captured German fighting gear to Lake County for the Fourth War Loan Drive. A cavalcade will visit Saturday February 5 stopping one hour in each major community led by A P Pix Pierson and local War Finance chairmen. School bands officials and committee members will participate to boost E Bond and Treasury Security sales.
Community message urging participation in the Fourth War Loan Drive. It argues incomes are rising and that many families are income earners, urging readers that they cannot afford not to buy Extra War Bonds to secure their future and support the war effort.
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