O. E. S. Have Closing Meeting and Picnic
Mount Dora Chapter No. 103 O. E. S. held a closing meeting at the Masonic Temple after their summer picnic supper. The reception and dining rooms were adorned with zinnias and roses and guests included Masons and their wives, visiting Stars and Masons, and local officials and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Masonic Temple
Order
Clarence Gudgeon
H. V. Davis
Rolin Javens
M. V. Simpson
R. Christie
A. M. Cameron
Edith Oats
C. A. Killian
Leslie Jackson
W. K. Newman
A. J. Camp
A. L
Kennedy Silver Anniversary Observed in Pensacola
Mr and Mrs Walker M Kennedy celebrated their silver wedding with a Sunday night two course supper. Guests included Mr and Mrs Charles Cottrell Miss Genie Bogart Mrs Cora Peet Hammond and many Kennedy relatives from Pensacola Leesburg Mount Dora and Tavares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Walker M. Kennedy
St. Catherine's
Episcopal Church
Pensacola
Charles Cottrell
Genie Bogart
H. Duncan
Marion Creme
Cora Peet Hammond
Carl Duncan
O. J. Farmer
W. J. Rogers
Lucille Tally
Cottrell Tally
Addine Pratt
Tavares
Jennings Cottrell
Emmett Talley
Leesburg
Kenneth G. Rogers
E. L. Downs
Calvin Jones
Lem Downs
Reverend and Mrs Rogers honored at community get together
A June 28 gathering at Gilbert Park celebrated Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth Rogers returning to Mount Dora for a third year. Attendees enjoyed a pitch in supper and steak fry while songs and a bells contest honored the couple with Kipling poems and a pocket engagement book as prizes. Local ministers attended from Tavares Eustis and Sanford conference arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth G. Rogers
Gilbert Park
Kenneth Rogers
Mount Dora
Daytona Beach
Christian Life Institute
George White
Kipling
Rogers
Elliott van Voorhis
Od Fortner
Otis Hale
J. W. Shepherd
Tavares
Leonard Vandenwater
Eustis
Personal Miss Virginia Urquhart Visits Mount Dora
Personal visitor Urquhart of Eustis is the guest of Miss Mabel Claire Wyatt this week. Ed Moorhead of Middletown Connecticut is in Mount Dora for a visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Urquhart
Eustis
Mabel Claire Wyatt
Ed Moorhead
Middletown, Conn
Mount Dora
Mount Dora Social Roundup Shows Many Summer Plans
Local residents and visitors are listed planning summer trips and stays. Celia Goethe returns from Titusville. Miss Kitty Daly visits Orlando relatives. families head to Maine, Rome, Ga, and Vermont for vacations. School friends and scouts, plus several couples, announce travels to Daytona Beach, St. Petersburg, Bay Pines, and various New England locales.
Mrs Newton Strite and family depart Mount Dora
Mrs Newton Strite of Sorrento has gone to Gainesville for summer school. Mr Strite and their daughter Sally travel to Washington DC for the summer. Mrs Calvin Jones and daughters from Detroit leave Mount Dora after wintering with the Downs family, traveling via Atlanta to their home. Calvin Jones is Mrs Downs’s brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. T. A. Board
P. T. A. Excutive Board
George Coffin
Frank Davidson
Montverde
Mount Dora
Grendview Street
Frank M. Hadlock
Maryann
Richard Koebke
Three Lakes
Wisconsin
Henry Moorhead
Fitzgerald, Ga
C. C. Moorhead
Newton Strite
Sorrento
Gainesville
Mr. Strite
Sally
Washington, D. C
Calvin Jones
Dorothy
Detroit
Mich
4B. L. Downs
Atlanta
Mr. Jones
Downs
Cal
Mount Dora High School
Birth of Mary Lou Davidson
Mr and Mrs Frank Davidson announce the birth of a daughter Mary Lou on June 19th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Davidson
Mary Lou
Florida CCC enrollment opens as federal funds flow
Florida receives about 3 million dollars annually from the Civilian Conservation Corps. State Welfare Commissioner C. C. Codrington announces the quarterly enrollment, July 1 through the month, with 1,881 spots for unemployed single US citizens aged 17 to 23. Applications through the District Welfare Board offices. quota may fill quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Civilian Conservation Corps
C. C. Codrington
CCC
United States
Welfare Board
CCC Enrollment Reaches 4700 Youth in Florida
The Commissioner announced enrollment will reach about 4,700 young men in Florida. Each enlistee will receive at least 30 dollars monthly plus subsistence as part of the CCC program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
CCC
County Red Cross Nears 3200 Quota In Lake County Drive
Lake County contributions to the American Red Cross show a marked rise with about 600 more turned in. Leesburg leads the county with 800, followed by Mount Dora 500, Eustis 462.14, Clermont 271.65, and others adding to a county total of 238.87 toward the 3200 goal. County Chairman E C Huey praised the response and expects to hit the quota within the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
American Red Cross
Rogers
Clermont
Leesburg
Mount Dora
Eustis
Groveland
Tavares
Fruitland Park
Montverde
Howey
Astatula
E. C. Huey
Key West Blackfly Eradication Shown Effective in Latest Inspection
State Plant Board reports no blackfly evidence in Key West after years of eradication efforts from 1934 to 1938. Dr Wilmon Newell notes reinfestation risk due to boat and people traffic between Florida bays and Cuba. R G Miller conducted citywide check with no flies found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
State Plant Board
Wilmon Newell
R. G. Miller
Newell
Florida Bays
Cuba
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