Eastern Star Meeting At Mount Dora Temple
The Order of the Eastern Star will meet Thursday night at 8 in the Masonic Hall with all members urged to attend. Dessert bridge hosted by Mrs. Frederick W. Sleight at her Sylvan Shores home featured pink and white decor and spring flowers. Several guests joined the event. Mrs. Henry Land hosted a formal tea at the Orlando Country Club honoring Mrs. William Kennedy of Mount Dora and Mrs. Warren Kerr now in Tangerine with yellow white gladioli adornments and a lace serving table arrangement.
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Mount Dora
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Frederick W. Sleight
Win C. Sleight
Sylvan Shores
Sleight
J. G. Ray
Melissa Cornish
James Nelson
Alfred Rehbaum
Howard Simpson
Millard Reid
Chester Conelly
Lemuel Downs
Betty Seiss
Robert Eichelberger, Jr
Henry Land
W. Kennedy
W. Kerr
Country Club
Orlando
William Kennedy
Warren Kerr
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
W. M. Kennedy
S. S. Sadler
Harry Clark
Eustis
Bennett Land, Jr
Local residents announce summer plans and travels
Personal notes show Mr J W Shaw returning from Washington. Mrs Reggie Parker hosts Imogene Patterson of Alabama as guest. Miss Mildred Edwards vacations two weeks at Daytona Beach. Florence M Davis heads to Mount Kisco New York for the summer. James Thompson of Orlando visits Mount Dora. Joyce L Duggan works at Topic office for summer. Dorothy Vertey visits Atlanta. Mrs J Burr and children go north for summer. Bob Allen to study at University of Florida. Bernard McCabe to begin summer studies at Stetson University. Richard Shipes returns to New Orleans after leave. Mr and Mrs Owen Conner stay at Bradenton Beach. Adrianne Norton visits. Mrs J E Guy leaves for Tallahassee P T A convention. Opal Hutcheson visits Georgia before college. Dick Reich family moves to Savannah. Several women attend Daytona Beach last Thursday. Ruth Shipes leaves for North Carolina to attend Southern Baptist Assembly. Carrie A True travels to New York buying trip and gifts show in Philadelphia.
Local travelers and visits noted from North Carolina to Georgia
Mr and Mrs Curtis Minkley return from a three week visit in Efland North Carolina to see Mrs Minkley’s parents. Mr and Mrs Thomas H Cooley with daughter Betty Cooley and Earl Jones spent last weekend at Clearwater Beach. Mrs C Morris and daughter Juanita Morris plan a two week Savannah Georgia trip starting Friday. Tommy Kelly has stayed two weeks at Daytona Beach before Navy induction later this month. Miss Allene Moon joined Mr and Mrs D F Crane for a trip to Iowa for a graduation event.
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Mrs
Curtis Minkley
Efland
N. C
Mrs. Minkley
Thomas H. Cooley
Betty Cooley
Earl Jones
Clearwater Beach
Tommy Kelly
Daytona Beach
Navy
Allene Moon
D. F. Crane
Iowa
Mount Dora Social Notes Detail Summer Visitors
Miss Gladys Irene Crane has returned. Jim Allen, home from the Navy, attends the Missouri School of Mines in Rolla. The Rev and Mrs Turner of Scottsboro Alabama visit Mrs Gibson. The Smiths of Miami vacation in Mount Dora at Sylvan Shores. Ernest Minkley returns from Rhode Island visiting before moving to Orlando. Anna Margaret White is home for the summer, studies at Stetson University. Grace Burke takes a three week vacation, Anna Margaret White substitutes at the Chamber of Commerce. J M Horton and wife travel to Washington and New York for a short vacation. Vernelle Shipley at Stevens College in Missouri and Lucille Harding at Florida State College for Women are home for summer. Donald Thompson and Bettye Lotz visit Donald’s mother in Mount Dora after graduation. H S Soper go north to Theresa NY for summer, return in October. Jacqueline Rae Ober heads north to spend summer before attending Florida State College for Women in September. Henry L Huttler and Rita Huttler visit Mount Dora ahead of their daughter Renee’s marriage. Alvin McDaniel returns from St. Petersburg with Jerald Drawdy. two-week vacation in DeLand with McDaniel parents. Dr F F Purdam, Navy officer, returns from overseas with family to Welaka area. Marie Thompson, William H Conliffe and others join a Sunday gathering in Welaka with extended relatives and a picnic supper.
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Marie Thompson
William H. Conliffe
Welaka
Florida
Obituary of George V. Benschoten Leitch of Germantown and Mount Dora
George Van Benschoten Leitch 72 longtime Dexter Folder Co. vice president died May 19 in Germantown Hospital after illness. Funeral May 23 at Oliver H. Blair Germantown. Survived by wife Abbie Stanley Leitch and two daughters Mrs. Robert H. Lloyd in Honolulu and Mrs. Holls P. Breeding of Abington. He wintered in Mount Dora at Lakeside Inn and belonged to several clubs and lodges.
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George van Benschoten Leitch
Germantown
Mount Dora
Germantown Hospital
Oliver H. Blair
Dexter Folder Co
New York
Leitch
Lakeside Inn
Ork Lane Presbyterian Church
Union League
Old York Road
Lawn Bowling Club
Abbie Stanley Leitch
Robert H. Lloyd
Honolulu
Holls P. Breeding
Abington
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DE Mount Dora Teta Florida
Marsha Hunt
John Carroll
Usha Wd
Kirby Grant Armida
Fuzzy Boa Dai
Eve
Tarzan
Border
Boston
J. W. Shaw
Washington, D. C
Reggie Parker
Imogene Patterson
Alabama
Miss. Mildred Edwards
Florence M. Davis
Mount Kisco
N. Y
James Thompson
Joyce L. Duggan
Topic Office
Dorothy Vertey
Atlanta
Georgia
J. Burr
Mary Jo
Jack Burr
Bob Allen
The
University of Florida
Bernard McCabe
Stetson University
DeLand
Richard Shipes
New Orleans
Mrs. Owen Conner
Bradenton Beach
Adrianne Norton
J. E. Guy
Tallahassee
Dick Reich
Savannah
Mr. Reich
Ruby Chapman
Hazel Avery
Mildred Green
Fritz Paul
Virginia
Dumas
Ruth Shipes
North Carolina
Southern Baptist Assembly
Carrie A. True
Philadelphia
Hume Cronyn
Margaret O’brien
Wallace Beery
Mount Dora Electric Company
Highland Ave
Dial
W. A. Smallwood
Florida Telephone Corp
CLUB
RUDO
Gladys Irene Crane
Jim Allen
Missouri School of Mines
Rolla
Missouri
C. C. Turner
Scottsboro, Ala
George Gibson
Gibson
J. M. Smith
Miami
Sheridan Road
Ernest Minkley
Rhode Island
Anna Margaret White
Grace Burke
Chamber of Commerce
J. M. Horton
Vernelle Shipley
Stevens College
Lucille Harding
Florida State College For Women
Donald Thompson
Bettye Lotz
Jacksonville
Donald
Jacqueline Rae Ober
North
Henry L. Huttler
Renee Huttler
Rita Huttler
Alvin McDaniel
St. Petersburg
Jerald Drawdy
Mr. McDaniel
F F. Purdam
W. A. Conrad
Purdam
East Brady
George W. Leitch
First National Bank
Mount Dora, Florida
Federal Reserve System
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Cape Cod
L. M. Hines
LJ Pay
Telephone
Tavares
Motorola
Philco Service
Surrounding Territory
State of Florida
G. I. Bill
G. B. Jones
Mount Dora Auto Parts, Inc
Complete Line
Distributors of
Napa
Delco-Remy
Auto-Lite
Fifth Ave
Jack Groves
Milrora Hardware Company
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