Yacht club hosts last summer gatherings before August closing
The Lake county yacht club limits Thursday social events to two more sessions before its August shutdown for Steward and Mrs. Merrill Turner’s vacation. The Turners plan trips to North Weymouth Massachusetts and Nantucket visiting relatives and friends, with other members also away at various getaways. The club will reopen in September with new plans for the coming season.
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Yacht Club
Lake Countians
Steward
Merrill Turner
W. R. DeYoung
North Weymouth
Mass
Gordon Folgers
Nantucket
Carl
Helen Graves
Sheldon House
Pine Orchard
Conn
Dick and
Marie Edgerton
Crawford House
New Hampshire
Waterftont Clas
Marie Crawford
Howey-inthe
Starch and Shoe Polish Haunt Carolyn on China Trip
Carolyn Downs shops for starch and white shoe polish ahead of a two year stay in China. The piece notes her planning lists and mentions her husband, two young boys, and visits with friends like Major Lem as they keep up with daily life in Mount Dora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downs
China
Carolyn
California
Lem Downs
Michael
John
Carolyn Downs
Lem
Lake
Methodist minister to lead four Sundays at Mount Dora church
Rev. Joseph Vatcher, member of the Northern Baptist Convention, will serve as minister at the First Methodist church for four Sundays. He and Mrs. Vatcher recently moved to Mount Dora Florida and will lead worship at 11 a.m. with Miss Adrianne Norton as soloist and Mr. Fred Mauk at the organ. Sunday school meets at 9 45 a.m. Youth activities at 7 p.m. will include reports from delegates to the Methodist Intermediate Camp. Attendees this past week included Ann Bowers Aline Paul and Mary Grace Conboy.
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Joseph Vatcher
First Methodist
Mr. Vatcher
Northern Baptist Convention
Montana
Vatcher
Florida
Mount Dora
Adrianne Norton
Fred Mauk
Methodist
Ann Bowers
Aline Paul
Mary Grace Conboy
Lem Kennedy Heads to China as Army Advisory Board Member
The passage follows Lem Kennedy's impending departure for China to join Gen. David Barr's advisory board in Nanking. Carolyn and Lem's family weigh travel options from New Smyrna to the West Coast or direct sea voyage as orders and port calls determine their next moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude
Atlantic Ocean
Lem
Oklahoma
Red
Christine Kennedy
Pearl Downs
Carolyn
John
Michael
Kennedy Beach
New Smyrna
Downs
Liberty
China
Gen
David Barr
Nanking
San Francisco
West Coast
Brock Engagement Noted for Mary Evelyn Brock and Joseph Wilkinson
Mr and Mrs Z M Brock announce the engagement of daughter Mary Evelyn to Joseph Biddle Wilkinson of Tavares son of Mr and Mrs M C Wilkinson Wilkinson a WWII veteran who served two years in Japan and now works in Tavares Plans for the wedding to be announced later Also in Eustis First Church of Christ Scientist reads Truth as Sunday Lesson Sermon with biblical citations and passages from Science and Health for July 25 Zondervan
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Z. M. Brock
Sanford Rd
Mary Evelyn
Joseph Biddle Wilkinson
Tavares
M. C. Wilkinson
Brock
Mount Dora High School
Wilkinson
Japan
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Corner Grove St
Lemon Av
Eustis
Churches of Christ, Scientist
Mary Baker Eddy
Two Boys Cheerful Plan for Swift China Flight
A narrator describes hopes of a lively pair accompanying a traveler on a bold journey. She envisions them riding with Lem and taking a fast airplane to reach China where she imagines landing high in the air.
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Lem
China
Family packs luggage amid shortages for a four member group
Hopes rise as a family of four plans to travel with a full set of items despite shortages, including starch and white shoe polish. The note suggests a practical scramble to ensure essentials are available for the trip.
Card of Thanks for Mr J M Daniels Death
We express our thanks for sympathy from neighbors, cards and flowers sent after the death of Mr J M Daniels. Mrs J M Daniels, Ray Daniels and Family.
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Ray Daniels
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