Surprise party for Mrs Slack at Ninth Avenue home
Mrs J M Daniels hosted a Monday evening surprise party for Mrs Anna Slack on Ninth Avenue with D O Davis assisting. Guests enjoyed games and refreshments. Mrs Slack received a glass cheese and cracker dish as a wedding gift. Mr Harry Hildwein, the groom to be, was warmly congratulated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Daniels
Ninth Avenue
Anna
Slack
D. O. Davis
J. Era
Hildwein
Bette
Caxton Doggett
A. Schonenberger
L. R. Tremain
J. M. Turner
C. A. Killian
Earl Dodd
A. J. Waltz
M. Miller
Hildwein Surprise
Local residents head to summer spots and visits
Personal notes list residents traveling for the season. Miss Natalie Spilky returns from Crescent City to teach. Mr and Mrs E L Riley depart for Irish Hills Michigan. Carey Colley returns from Marion Alabama as a Marion Military Institute student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natalie Spilky
Crescent City
E. L. Riley
Irish Hills
Michigan
Carey Colley
Marion
Ala
Marion Military Institute
Carl Graves
Graves
James O'Sullivan
Leominster
Mass
Mount Dora social notes on graduates and travellers
Miss Marie Harris of Piichard visits Sylvan Shores for Nancy Hollingsworth's Mount Dora High School graduation. Several residents travel for graduations, summers, and weddings, with relatives visiting Avon Park, Sanford, Leominster, Greenwich and Coconut Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Harris
Piichard
Alabama
Bert Hollingsworth
Sylvan Shores
Nancy Hollingsworth
Mount Dora High School
D A R Board Adopts War Aid Project at Lake Wales Meeting
The Florida D A R board adopted the National Society war effort project for the coming year focusing on funds for the Mobile Blood Plasma Unit and medical equipment. Mrs Roy Frierson of Tampa was elected Regent and Bradenton hosted the 1944 meeting invitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida Daughters of the American Revolution
Lake Wales
National Society
Roy Frierson
Tampa
Bradenton
Aircraft: Warning Service Joins Air Surveillance Network
The Aircraft Warning Service announces its alliance with regional air defense groups to monitor and report unidentified aircraft, enhancing early warning capabilities for civilian and military aviation. Local observers are urged to report unusual flights to the control center.
Lawn Bowling Club Reporter Describes The Game And Jacks
A Providence Journal observer gives an informal guide to lawn bowling terms and play. He explains what constitutes a draw a shot a skip and how scoring mirrors horseshoes with bowls nearer the jack counting. He recalls trying bowling in a team one man short and enjoying the sport's subtle strategy and polite applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence Joural
Jack Galley
Have You Read Black-out in Gretley
Humphrey Neyland a counter espionage operative is sent to Gretley to uncover a leak of valuable information. He faces home grown and imported Nazis in a tense blackout era setting using brains luck and audacity to trap suspects and outwit danger.
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Gretley
J. B. Priestly
Humphrey Neyland
Mount Dora
Acknowledgment by Florida Auxiliary Veterans Convention
The twentieth annual Florida Department Auxiliary United Spanish War Veterans thanks Mount Dora city leaders Chamber of Commerce and local camps for warm hospitality and support during the Ocala based gathering. Resolution by the committee members expresses sincere appreciation to Mayor and citizens and to Albert W. Gilchrist Camp No 21 Eustis and Camp No 18 Orlando plus Auxiliary No 23 No 10 and others for making the stay a happy experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Florida, Auxiliary
United Spanish War Veterans
Mount Dora
Chamber of Commerce
Albert W. Gilchrist
Eustis
Elmer. R. Sherburne
War Ration and Camp Life Notes Highlight Activities
Rationing rules allow turpentine workers to transfer camps without approval while penalties apply for changes. OPA outlines new stamps and dates for fuel and food rationing as wartime measures. Mount Dora Encampment notes praise Commander Patton, local band director Manuel Sedano, and hotel host Mrs. Carr with lively reminiscences.
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Manuel Sedano
Manuel J. Sedano
Mount Dora
Rockaway
N. J
U. S. Ployment Service
Jacksonville
W@r Manpower Commission
WMC
OPA
Membems
Armed Services
Black
Simpson Hotel
Simpson
Mount Dora High School
L. W. Camp
PDC
Walter D. Patton
Clark
Alice
Bettie
Laura
Mary
Susan
Walter Patton
Beau-Brummel
PDC of
Michigan
Neil Hume
Hume
Neil
Echoes from the Camp Bulletin of Gen. Leonard Wood Camp
The Topic acknowledges receipt of the Camp Bulletin monthly issue of Gen. Leonard Wood Camp No. 8 United Spanish War Veterans. It quotes random paragraphs and notes excerpts from the bulletin for readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onard
Literacy rules may be eased for Army induction
Congressman Bob Sikes says the War Department plans to lower literacy standards so men can be inducted without reading or writing English at a fourth grade level. He notes only ten percent of illiterates were inducted and says the policy has defered many capable men, especially African Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Bob Sikes
Army
Sikes
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Highland Ave
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Ocala, Florida
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Ethel McGovern
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Robert Young
Laraine Day
the Princess
Regiment of Agriculers
Stfck
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Patton
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Mount Dora, Florida
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Hale’s
Monarch Finer Foods
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America
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