Kiwanis Club Sees FBI Talk On Espionage War Effort
James H Fitzgerald of the Miami FBI office spoke at a Mount Dora Kiwanis interclub meeting alongside local officials. He praised wartime sabotage prevention, noting mass arrests on and after the declaration of war and commended local law enforcement cooperation. Judge J Hunter urged support for the Harry Anna Crippled Children's Home, Lt. Gov. Sid Herlong Jr. proposed forming a Kiwanis club at Bushnell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Butter
James Sutley
James H. Fitzgerald
Miami
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States
United Sttes
FBI
Jeff Carruthers
Mount Dora Club
Lake Count
Tavares
Mount Dora
J Hunter
Harry- Anna Crippled Children’s
Umatilla
Ltt
Sid Herlong, Jr
Bushnell
Hold On To Harry-Anna Crippled Children’s Home
Lake County residents urge residents to attend a June 16 mass meeting at Umatilla to oppose moving the Harry-Anna Crippled Children’s Home to Orange County. The Elks of Florida funded operations after threats of closure, and locals press Crippled Children’s Commission to cooperate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry-Anna
Lake County
Umatilla
Orange County
H. R. P. Miller
The
Elks of Florida
Service Men's Club Faces Transformation Amid Mosquito Strife
The club undertook a face lifting and energy boosting program after a campaign against blind mosquitoes and web pests. Leaders like Martha Williamson and Pat Partridge were thanked, as members planned a hay ride to Santando Springs and a recent boat outing, with a Saturday dance adding to active social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Williamson
Arene Moon
Pat Partridge
Angel Partridge
Dot Geiger
Mary
Two Front War Call to Action in Lake County
Wartime plea urges Florida residents to support the home front by maximizing War Bond purchases and salvaging fats and waste paper. Lake County reports near 80 percent of its E Bond quota and urges immediate action, listing essential wartime materials produced from used fats. The Lake County Chamber of Commerce at Tavares stresses citizen responsibility and urges participation.
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Europe
Japan
Hirohito
Pacific
Lake Countians
State Office
Florida War Finance Committee
Lee County
St. Lucie County
Fats
Lake County
OPA Announces Gasoline Ration Changes and Sticker Update
U S coast wartime rationing notice from OPA Jacksonville details that windshield stickers are no longer required. Endorsed serial coupons determine allotments while June 11 applies to B rations with new tables ensuring full post June 11 allotments.
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OPA
Roy M. Coffey
Jacksonville
Oe Eeded
Methodist Church to Host Sunday Service and Meeting
The Rev. George Gibson will preach at 11 o clock Sunday at the First Methodist Church on The Church Faces Its Hour of Emergency. Mrs. C M Brown will provide a piano solo and choir directing. Youth Fellowship meets at 6 30 p m. Mr Gibson leads Hymnology discussion. Official board meets Monday at 8 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gibson
First Methodist Church
Gibson
C. M. Brown
Rev George Gibson Takes Post As New Mount Dora Minister
The Rev George Gibson succeeds Rev Caxton Doggett as pastor of the First Methodist Church of Mount Dora arriving with his wife. A Birmingham native, he joined the Florida Conference in 1939 and previously served St Petersburg Venice posts. His first sermon drew praise and optimism for his ministry here. Doggett departs for New York City to serve as Secretary of Student Work. Kenneth Rogers, former Mount Dora pastor, moves to Winter Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gibson
Caxton Doggett
First Methodist Church
Mount Dora
Gibson
Birmingham
Alabama
Florida
St. Petersburg
Venice
New York
Board of Missions and Church Extension
Methodist Church
New York City
Kenneth Rogers
DeLand
Methodist
Winter Park
War Bond Appeal From MoH Sgt Keathley Letter
The letter appeals to readers to buy war bonds during World War II. Sergeant George D. Keathley of Amesa Texas, mortally wounded, urged his comrades to do their part after driving off Nazis. The editor closes urging maximum war bond purchases to support the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George D. Keathley
Amesa
Texas
Sgt. Keathley
Pacific
Baptist Church Holds Regular Services and VBS Closing
The Baptist church schedules morning and evening services next Sunday with the pastor preaching at both. A Wednesday 8 pm service features prayer praise and Bible study on Romans chapter ten. The Vacation Bible School ends Friday with exercises and handwork display. over a hundred enrollments and strong attendance. A Lake Ola picnic last Friday hosted sixty children, with watermelons donated by Mr and Mrs Wheeler and iced by Mr Huff of the A P store.
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Lake Ola
A. S. Wheeler
Vernon Huff
A&p
Post Office Regulates Overseas Subscriptions Beginning July
Beginning July first the Post Office Department forbids new or renewed subscriptions sent to personnel in any service branch overseas without a written request on file. Subscriptions must be paid by the service member or a relative or friend and the request may be sent to the Topic or the payer for on file inspection by the postmaster. Subscriptions continue until expiration but not after without the written request. Papers to personnel with temporary APO numbers await permanent APO addresses.
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Post Office Department
Ugly specimen of green worm found in street by Rebecca Williams
Rebecca Williams brings a hideous green worm to the Topic office on Wednesday morning. The four inch creature is bluish green with a yellow head and red end, black horns and spines, and resembles a tobacco worm though it differs in several ways. Mr. Hardy notes similar worms on cotton in Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca’ Williams Banks
Co. B Members Train in Orlando Week
Mount Dora unit of Company B participates in a special State Guard training course in Orlando this week led by top Reserve Guard instructors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Co. B
Miovide Top Guard
Orlando
Provincial Lawn Bowling Open Set for 1945 in Toronto
The Provincial Lawn Bowling open tournament runs August 13 to 17 at the Boulevard Club in Toronto, inviting members from Canada and the U S. The piece notes Mount Dora’s potential involvement and includes letters praising Mount Dora Lawn Bowling Club and updates on former members and their plans for next season.
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Canada
U. S
Boulevard Club
Toronto
Mount Dora
Washington
Secreta Rettie
American Lawn Bowing Association
Emmet L. Richardson
Alba
Richardson
Milwaukee
Arch Paterson
St. Petersburg
St. Pete L
Winter Paradise
Herbert A. Sillence
Benton Street
Manchester
Connecticut
Herbert
Hartford
Lakeside Inn
Lakeside
Villa Dora
Etta McDonald
George Church
Frank. Parker
Roland Morse
Charles Marsh
Neon Wyer
Harry Wilt
Summer band school invites registered children to report
Special notice calls all registered students to report Monday morning June 18 at 9 oclock in the band room. Bring instruments and instruction books. prospective attendees must enroll with Mr or Mrs Dresser by Saturday. Absolute beginners welcomed into the summer course. Classes run one hour daily five days a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel J
Jean Atkins
Mooré
Ann Tremain
Betty Stockton
Ann Edwards
Patsy Wells
Mary Ann Brotherson
Kay
Josephine Brown
Cathy Land
Barbara Jean Lawson
Jessie Lee Dresser
Frances Hall
Annette Minkley
Wendy
Marty Bardwell
Evelyn Brock
Patricia Dean
Jean Parker
Martha Simpson
Barbara Teasley
Virginia Perry
Patricia Johnson
Sally Strite
Jean Pike
Mary Grace Conboy
Betty Joe Eckholdt
Mary Anna Kelly
Betty Jane Pollard
Linda Raulerson
June Bowie
Sestina Larsen
Sara Jo Land
Rosemary Huff
Sue Scott
Helen Whitehead
Johnson
Mr. Dresser
Lloyd Atkins
Clayton Tremain
Prof. Roseborough
Dresser
New Residents From Wildwood Arrive in Lake County
NEW RESIDENTS Mr and Mrs Frank A Jones and daughter Eleanor have moved from Wildwood NJ to make their home here. They are staying at Riley's Camp. Mr Jones is brother of G B Jones of Helen Street and plans to open a sign manufacturing shop in Lake County. They visited last November and decided to relocate.
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Frank A. Jones
Eleanor
Wildwood
N. J
Riley’s Camp
Mr. Jones
G. B. Jones
Helen Street
Lake County
Keeping Soldiers Clean With Soap Ration Idea
A wartime note suggests 15 bars of soap monthly per man to prevent disease. It states one pound equates to about six bars of soap. The text reflects concerns over hygiene for troops.
Notes About Our Men In Service
Dispatches recount servicemen visiting in Mount Dora and returning from overseas. Officers Captain William Stewart Captain Mortimer McCown Lt Cecil Parker and Corporal Archie Tucker share news of expected homecomings and transfers while Tec. 5 Raymond Meade and others are processed for new assignments after long campaigns in Europe and the Pacific. A veteran letter from Scotland describes a march from Tilbury to Ostende with detailed travel hardships and camaraderie aboard ships and in barracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Meade
Leona Marie Meade
Mont Dora
Army Ground and Service Forces
Miami Beach
Cpl. Meade
Armed Forces
Navy
New York
Bremerhaven
Germany
Scotland
Purfleet
Thames
Tilbury
Channel
London
Bremen
England
Ostende
Edgerton
Dick Edgerton
Haverford
Bob Lunt
van Thomas
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Kiwanis News
Service Men’s Club
Ted R. Gamble
Treasury
War Finance Division
Ted, Jr
Gambles
Oefi Price Administration
Jacksonville 2, Fla
Oes
Iwo Jima
Lawn Bowling News
Donald Strickhome
Cecil Parker
Cecil R. Parker
la Harve
France
States
William C. Stewart
Fort Jae S. C
Captain Stewart
Ben Carr
Mortimer McCown
Camp Butner
N. C
J. M. McCown
Italy
Archie Tucker
Cpl
Archie R. Ticker
Army
APO
Care
N. Y
Henry Land
Land
ETO
Field Artillery
Normandy
Ardennes
Patton
Bastogne
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