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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1942
Page
5
Mr and Mrs Grady Alberson of Eustis announce the marriage of their daughter Mary Ethel to Robert Gurden Wells son of Dr and Mrs Miller Wells of Mount Dora.
On Wednesday in Sanford Miss Helen Wells and Oscar Stephens Jr were their only attendants. The snippet notes the presence of these two individuals at the ceremony.
The King's Daughters will meet Monday July 13 at 8 p m at Mrs R M Brown 1252 Alexander street Mount Dora. Mrs Harold Overhiser serves as associate hostess with Mrs Brown. Members from other circles visiting Mount Dora are invited.
Personal notes from Mount Dora area list Edward Dunphy improving in Mount Dora Hospital and M V Simpson recovering after emergency operation. Others visit relatives in Jacksonville Orlando and Palatka while Miss Eleanor Minkley and Miss Mary Louise Rehbaum handle chamber duties.
Mrs S C Colley traveled to Washington with her party for a brief visit with sister Mrs Thomas Long, secretary to Congressman Joe Hendricks. Miss Mary Morley of Dallas returns from summer with her parents to Lexington to be with sister Mrs Hugh O Neill. Marion Van Voorhis, ill at home, was moved to Eustis hospital after a back injury from a Tangerine First Aid class. James Thompson spent the weekend in Mount Dora with his mother as he pursues NYA welding training at Camp DeSoto, where nearly 300 boys study. Mr and Mrs Jas L Eason of Atlanta visited in Mount Dora and Orlando. they donated old and new rubber to Firestone station in Orlando and the Orlando Air Base before leaving for Gainesville to work for an Orlando construction company.
The War Production Board enforces fabric conservation with an April 8 start for manufacturers and August 17 for retailers. Restrictions span men's and women's garments, children’s clothing, and home-made items, banning many embellishments and accessories while allowing specific exemptions for bridal robes, religious vestments, infants, maternity wear, and persons with special needs.
Mrs. Nancy Davis Redditt died July 5 at her daughter's home in Mount Dora after a year of declining health and a stroke earlier in the spring. Born April 22, 1861 in Aurora, N C she lived in Citra Florida before moving to Mount Dora ten years ago. She leaves ten children seven in Florida and one in Colorado and two in Georgia with twelve grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The body was moved to Citra for graveside services and the Episcopal service was led by Rev Floyd Montgomery of Mount Dora. Pallbearers were longtime friends from Citra and Grove Park with Rehbaum Co of Mount Dora in charge.
The family of Mrs. Nancy Redditt thanks their male friends for innumerable acts during the illness and after the death of their mother. Special thanks to Rev. Floyd Montgomery for his kind attentions and for conducting the funeral services.
Mrs. J B Haynes visits sister Mrs Harlan Winn in Jacksonville. L S McLarry and son George and Miss Vincent go to Panama City for work. Vincent extends to Albany Ga. Cogbill family returns from Lyons Ga. Families Pugh, Hendersons and Lovelady enjoy holidays and retreats. Owens visits Seaford Long Island. Cone returns from Washington DC. Winns stay with Haynes. Vines guests of J W Vines. Whitehurst sisters visiting Tarpon Springs. Bell family passing through. Fairfax Circle gathering hosted by Mrs W O Merchant.
Sorrento Mrs Robert Daniels of Panama City visited grandparents Mr and Mrs Koontz over the weekend. Mrs Daniels formerly Ossie Ginther greeted by friends on her first return since marriage in February. Strite family weekend visits include Nashville and Clear Springs guests. Rabin Battle now in Daytona Beach hosted by Mr and Mrs Battle Sun ny. Doris Cowart spent past week with friends at Southern College Lakeland. Carl Walker's family in Jacksonville visiting Lola Kennedy. Oscar Tolbert returned from Cuthbert Ga after his mother’s death. Conant family celebrated July 4 with dinner. LaMar Conant of Ft Benning unable to attend. Knight visited Everett Wilcox.
A wartime appeal stresses using ten percent of every paycheck to buy War Bonds, warning that money wasted translates to wasted lives and urging readers to allocate funds to support the war effort.
Mr Hugh Redman ONeill of Lexington Kentucky died Saturday afternoon July 4 after a short illness Surviving are his widow Flora Morley of Mount Dora and his parents in Lexington one brother in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Mar guerite Lyon and her husband, city transplants, recount life on Sunrise Mountain Farm in the Ozarks. The narrative blends humor with details of farming, dry summers, water scarcity, and local reactions to innovations like outside plumbing, portraying gaiety and gentleness along with everyday inconveniences.
Don Flynn and his Rambling Mountaineers from MacDill Field Tampa will perform an hour concert at Silver Springs next Sunday July 12 at 3 PM. The free show mirrors Silver Springs policy of major attractions Sundays and Thursdays. The seven member band is based in Tampa and serves top entertainment veterans. Direct Ocala bus service on Sundays has drawn crowds to the event.
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