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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1943
Page
5
The King's Daughters will hold a July 12 meeting at 8 o'clock in the Community Building with hostesses Miss Betty West Miss Edna Dennis and Mrs Mabel Cleary.
Mrs. Sarah Huntress of Mount Dora now living in Eustis will celebrate her 100th birthday on Friday July sixteenth. She is bedridden in the home of Mrs. Louise Graeber at 509 Lemon Avenue, reads without glasses, and keeps up with the war through newspapers. The Huntress family moved from Pittsfield Massachusetts to Mount Dora in 1884, later returning to Massachusetts before settling again in Mount Dora about thirty three years ago on Alexander Street. Mr. Huntress died some years ago.
Mrs Huntress remained in the home then moved to Eustis about six months ago due to frail health. An original Reading Circle member, she helped found a neighborhood group that still exists. Her son Edward resides in Pittsfield and Lewis in Palmer, Mass. Granddaughter Miss Erminie Huntress of New York teaches Biblical History after studying at Radcliffe College and Union Theological Seminary, with studies at Marburg University and the American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem.
Personal notes list return from Daytona Beach. property purchase near Lake Ola in Orange County. visits in Jacksonville, Orlando, Lake County, and Fairfield Conn. Summer plans include work in Bridgeport air plant and trips to Holcomb N Y. reports from Mount Dora and Fort Myers.
Mrs J G Ray Jr and children and Mrs Millard C Reid and children left for Minneapolis to join relatives in war work. They will stop in Atlanta to visit J G Ray Sr and family. Mr and Mrs S H Mickelson moved to Mount Dora from Lake Delton Wisconsin after visiting Plant City. Betsy Kramer Stetson adviser selection announced for 1943 44. LaMar Silver in Orlando for weeks after CAA training and prior Mount Dora visit.
A mother’s view of a soldier’s life from birth to legend. The piece follows Napoleon Bonaparte through his childhood, youth, and ascent, seen through his mother Letizia and her candid, steadfast guidance. Mount Dora Public Library Committee endorses the work.
A poem circulated in the Cincinnati Enquirer on June 24 by William M. Talbott of Paris Kentucky imagines a national strike by military forces. It speculates on the impact if arm workers refuse orders and protests escalate across sailors fliers and soldiers.
A whimsical wartime poem references Mother Goose figures and the rationing era. The King, Queen, and maid appear in scenes of home front labor while a blackbird’s fall signals scarcity as meat remains scarce and food choices shrink.
Junior Red Cross asks families to donate pocket-size books, five hundred needed, to stock kit bags for service members headed overseas. Books to be left at Red Cross rooms as schools in Lake County contribute. local chapters organize day rooms for Army units at Leesburg and other towns.
Florida considers adopting the All Year Club of Southern California approach to attract service members stationed in the state. Promoting booklets outline local attractions and how to reach them. The program aims to capitalize on the frequent era of travel by servicemen visiting points of interest.
Lana Taylor, known as a soda jerker in Slightly Dangerous, helps debut a new Banana Royale at the MGM commissary. The indulgent banana based snack blends banana cottage cheese fruit corn flakes and whipped cream and becomes a favored studio item shown with Lana on screen and off.
Sgt. Fred Norton visits family in Sorrento while stationed at Meridian Mississippi. Mrs. Robert Daniel arrives from Jacksonville and joins her husband from Sebring. Iris Battle and Mary Battle attend July 4th weekend events. Local residents host guests from Jacksonville Miami Kissimmee and Tavares. Mrs. Ida Battle returns to Miami after visits, and the Cowarts host dinner.
Mrs. Shelton tells six year old Tommie to stop disturbing her as she declares she is out of patience. The boy protests and asks for patience, then helps with cleaning and setting the dinner table, finding the activity enjoyable despite his mother’s tension. He asks where to find patience and assists with utensils and salad preparation while she watches conflicted.
A narrator recalls telling a child to stay out of the rain and to run along. The scene shifts to Tommie prompting action as the child seeks connection, asking for patience literally and figuratively. The dialogue ends with a plan to call the father for guidance.
Florida railways Seaboard Coast Line and Florida East Coast faced heavy crowds as buses filled and stations stayed jammed during the weekend holiday period. Officials warned of crowds and urged patience while managing the inflow of travelers.
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