Mount Dora brief list of travels and visitors
Local residents plan trips and host guests with voyages across Europe aboard the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth. The piece outlines itineraries through England, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Italy, Monaco, and Paris, followed by visits to Cleveland and Mount Dora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Holland
Hague
Rotterdam
Belgium
Luxemburg
Germany
Black Forest
Alps
Liechtenstein
Vaduz
Austria
Brenner Pass
Venice
Florence
Rome
Mediterranean
Monaco
Paris
States
Cleveland
Mount Dora
Ruby
Glenn Chapman
Parrot Cuca Charms Judy Font and Family Tale
Judy Font visits Mount Dora with her Spanish speaking parrot Cuca who greets her husband Carlos in English and with a kiss. The parrot, kept aboard a cherished gift in a shoe box, chats in Spanish with Carlos away at sea, while the family plans a Florida or California reunion and a final move to San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton A. Mills
Page Jane
Judy
Carlos Font
New Orleans
California
Carlos
High Seas
Orient
Cuca
San Diego
Mexico
Mount Dora
Florida
Charles. Javens
Chapel Hill
N.C
Rolin Javens
oOc
L. Grady Simpsons
Cal
L. G. Simpson, Jr
Mary
Terry
Lieutenant Simpson
Simpson
Cleveland
Ohio
Wade
Maria Evans
Ouv
James Mease
Dan
Esther Bishop
Bishop Gate
Fairview
Order of Eastern Star
Shaw asks orchestra to play chess joke turns on dining room
The story recounts a dinner where Bernard Shaw, amid a noisy restaurant orchestra, asks the head waiter if the band can play on request and then requests chess as the piece to play. The anecdote showcases Shaw's sharp wit in a dining setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaw
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Sue Brown
Marilyn White
Patsy Conner
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Jean Turner
Gerry Croak
Mary Anna O’brien
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Robert Wells
Roy Christopher
Ken Jorgensen
Overhiser
New York State
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King’s Daughters
Chatauqua
Harold
Finger Lakes District
New Jersey
Howard Simpson
Jimmy
Bobby
New York City
LeRoy Cookingham
Air Force
Mark
Stephen
Timothy
Lottie Cookingham
Alexander St. Cwo Cookingham
Seymour-Johnson Afb
North Carolina
Gretchen Elliott
Everett Ward Jones
Fort Myers Beach
J. A. Williams
Fairview Av
E. J. Fleming
Miami
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Williams
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Mary Crosswhite
Dorothy Thompson
Wareings
Smoky Mountain Lodge
Hendersonville
A. M
Garrisons
Guy Carrels
Carrels
New England
White Mountains
Nova Scotia
William D. Lovelady
Zellwood
West Southport
Maine
J. H. Lennerts
Pocasset
Mass
Midwest
Cao
A. H. Moore
Judy and
Mich
Huntersville
N. C
J. H. Jubb
Lancaster
H. M. Arters
South Euclid
Lakeside Inn
Lakes and Hills
Daytona
Methodist
Daytona Beach
Cattleya Bowringiana
Cattleya Skinnerii
Marie
Laelia Anceps
Laelia
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Idium
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Laelia Superbeums
Lycaste
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Lake Jem
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American Express
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