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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1941
Page
5
Miss Johnnie Mae Stanley entertained her bridge club of two tables last Friday evening at her McDonald street home for her sister Miss Irene Brooks who is summering with Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Brooks. Card tables were set up on the porch.
The King's Daughters gathered Monday evening at Mrs. J. M Turner’s home with hosts Mrs. Turner and Mrs. W. A. Vincent. No members attended. reports were routine and a social hour followed with refreshments. Next meeting planned at Mrs. James L. Matpancrestine’s home with activities and a boat trip on the City of Dora postponed due to showers.
Kennebunkport resident Ken L Atwood exchanges engagements with East Wareham Mass private Ellsworth C Atwood of Camp Edwards. Miss Robinson daughter of Charles and Mrs Robinson of Kennebunkport and correspondent for Biddeford Daily Journal. Both are well known among Mount Dora and Tangerine winter residents and tourists.
After spending several winter seasons together, Dora and Tangerine have no definite wedding plans yet. Both young people receive sincere congratulations from many friends and relatives.
Mrs. Charles Marsh visits her mother in White Cloud Michigan while Mr and Mrs J C Aquhart head to Chicago for a stay and will return in fall. Minnie M Rogers arrives from Indianapolis to visit Rev and Mrs Kenneth Rogers. Eddy family travels to North Dakota after Mrs Eddy’s father’s death. A J Miles undergoes surgery in Winter Park Florida. Alfred F Hathaway family to visit near Cleveland Ohio. Galloways return from Elberton Georgia. Chief W L Story vacationing in Washington DC. Vivi a Craig and Mount Dora teaching post at Lakeview High Winter Garden. Glendy Graham Sadler passes Georgia medical exam with eight Florida candidates. Florence G Hanscom travels to California Vancouver Lake Louise on return. Epworth League members at Deer Lake institute. Barker family travels to New York for a death in the Daly family. Clement Campbell visits Lantana en route to North Carolina. Dunn family guests of Hall in Daytona Beach. M V Simpson home after Lake County Medical Center care for a broken leg. Fletcher Crane returns from Daytona Beach. plans August at the beach.
Mrs Daisy Baumgardner of Or lando visits sisters Mrs J L Lotz and Mrs Marie Thompson. Several relatives travel from Columbus Minnesota and Orlando, with campers and scouts visiting Daytona Beach and St Albans Hotel. Edith Wentworth visits DeKalb Illinois while Irene Brooks and friends plan a Virginia motor trip. Families from Coraopolis Pennsylvania and Mount Dora Florida spend time with relatives before departures north.
Summer visitors to Vero Beach can again ride the screened jungle cruisers at McKee Jungle Gardens. The vehicles carry guests through tropical trails to view thousands of imported plants and hundreds of monkeys, offering comfort and an accessible way to enjoy the garden’s many wonders.
Florida launches the expanded highway patrol on September 1 under State Safety Director Gilliam. About 100 recruits train in Lakeland with 25 percent in a driver examination course. The 1941 law sets speed limits, signaling, passing rules, and equipment standards to align with national practice.
Karl Lehmann secretary of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce on leave to work for the Defense Savings Staff travels through Northwest Florida organizing counties for the defense savings campaign. He meets officials in Tallahassee Pensacola and Pensacola areas and attends Kiwanis charter ceremonies in Port St. Joe.
Agricultural workers under Dr. Wilmon Newell urged extension agents to aid in a nationwide aluminum collection. Farmers and wives asked to donate old utensils and parts such as pots pans radio components toys shakers screening and washing machine parts to bolster defense equipment production.
County Agent R. E. Norris and Home Demonstration Agent Mrs. Lu cie K. Miller will supervise rural collections for aluminum scrap. The drive starts the week of July 21 with 4-H and club members visiting farm homes to gather items like frames, cups, and kitchenware. Ten thousand pounds are needed for fighter planes and current collection aims to yield 20 million pounds for smelting into first class aluminum.
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