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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1945
Page
5
The Milma Rogers Circle of the Methodist Church will meet Tuesday night July 24 at the home of Mrs George Simgg on North Clayton street.
Mrs Ronald Christie hosted a dessert bridge at her home for W A Vincent. Guests included Mesdames Moody R E Lee Frank Burkart Paul Turrentine J M Turner Kenneth Maglathlin. High score winner was Mrs Turrentine and low was Mrs Burkart.
Edith M. Young of Mount Dora Florida and Percy F. Palmer of Alliance Ohio married Sunday July 8 at 3 30 in the First Presbyterian church Alliance. They were supported by Mr and Mrs Frank Myers and Mr and Mrs Earl Smith all of Minerva. A dinner followed at a Lincoln Way inn. They reside at 748 South Lincoln Avenue Alliance. Palmer is a retired detective for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Miss Patricia Charlotte Gardner of New York City marries Lt. Francis P. Marion U S N R formerly of Mount Dora at the Naval chapel on Sunday noon. Bridesmaid Miss Margaret Bruner and best man Harold Voorhis attend as Chaplain Berry officiates. The couple will spend the week in Daytona Beach before returning to New York where Marion is stationed.
Ward has accepted a position with Brown Builders Supply Co. Mrs. Zera Adams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Dean, is home for a few days from Jacksonville where she is taking a business course at the Massey College.
Mrs Paul Baker and daughter Helen returned to Jacksonville after three weeks with Mrs H G Baker. Mrs Robert Pohlman and a young daughter stay with Mr and Mrs Lafe Pohlman as Robert serves with troops on Okinawa. Mrs Manuel Sedano will open soon the Manuel J Sedano House a small family hotel overlooking Lake Dora formerly the Dickson home.
Peggy Guy and Betty Mae Whitehead recover after tonsil operations in Orlando hospitals. The Lauramore family visits Jacksonville for two weeks with J. D. Carruthers at Dunravin. Mrs J M McCown attends her son John Mortimer Jr’s wedding in Louisville. Lorain Able family vacationing in Daytona Beach. C M Brown travels to Indian Rocks until September. Brown family plans August visit. The Steins attend a wedding in Akron. Frank D Clement travels to Greenville and Chatham then stays until October.
Miss Jane Smith of 1335 Donnelly Avenue returns from Jacksonville to attend the wedding of Jane Smith and Miss Betty Draper of Downers Grove Illinois. The ceremony is set for Sunday July 29.
Mr and Mrs R H Turner with Miss Isla Jane Porth of Orlando visited. Bobbie Turner from Maritime Service Training Station St Petersburg spent the weekend. He entered the service on June 25.
War Food ration offers full publications on request to home canners and others planning to dry can or process peaches. Publications include home canning of fruits and making Velve fruit at home along with pickle and relish recipes and peach preservation methods. Requests should be sent to Office Supply CCC War Food Administration Western Union Building Atlanta Georgia.
Mrs Leila Mather accompanies H Kimball and her baby daughter Eleanor to a CG ball event. The scene includes Kimball as their guest and highlights family attendance at the social function.
Mrs Ada Silver returned from Fayetteville North Carolina where she visited her son Flighter LaMar M Silver and his wife During the trip LaMar had a furl and they visited relatives in Wisconsin and Ohio
Mr and Mrs Rollin Javens return from a North Carolina trip with son Charles at Davidson College and visits in Waynesville and surrounding sites. Wayne Moon and family visit Mrs Henry Banks. Wayne heads to Camp Blanding for induction while Billie Carroll enjoys travel memories to New York and Washington. Miss Rhoda Simpson plans a two month stay in Waynesville before returning to Warner Robins Georgia for government service with orders expected for Hawaii.
Mr and Mrs Fred Baker announce the birth of a baby boy at O Kelley Hospital Leesburg on July 16. The infant weighs five pounds and is named Frederic Lawrence Jr Betty Saunders, formerly manager of the Piggy Wiggly here, is noted as the mother.
Mrs. Mattie Jane Atkins 78 died Saturday July 14 at her Simpson Apartments home after a lingering illness. Born in Hart County Georgia she attended Rock Branch Baptist Church for 35 years in Elberton. Surviving are her husband J D Atkins three daughters and five sons with Mount Dora winter residency noted. Funeral services were held Tuesday July 17 in Elberton with burial at Rock Branch Cemetery.
Mrs W H Foucar 54 of Mount Dora and Muncy Pa died at her home 640 Baker St on July 11. She spent winters in Mount Dora and summers in Florida for ten years and was a member of the Eastern Star and a Christian Scientist. Survived by son Corporal William W Foucar U S Army in the Philippines. Funeral and burial set for July 23 in Muncy.
Practical home canning guidance notes flavor loss without sugar and advises hot packing for all fruits. Heat before packing to preserve juice, use corn syrup to stretch scarce sugar, and process jars in a hot water bath for twenty minutes. Figs require partial sugar with corn syrup and a quick soda soak.
Instructions describe canning peaches with sugar half cup per quart and hot water rinses, then process jars twenty minutes. Pears may require ten minutes parboiling, then either sugar or no sugar with boiling-water method and twenty-five minute processing.
A buffet supper at the Estey residence honored Sergeant Aubrey Young of Monroe Louisiana, recently returned from twelve months overseas duty with paratroopers in Europe. Guests included Grace Lee Marilyn Johnson Dorothy Geiger Vernell Shipley Donnie French and Pvt. Bernard McCabe. The event featured flowers candles and corsages for the guests.
The Rationing Board office will close every afternoon until further notice.
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