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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1945
Page
5
The Eastern Star Dora Chapter announces a regular meeting this Thursday night at 8 o’clock. Visiting members of the order are cordially invited to attend.
Personal notices record Mr. Solo visiting Javille and Kaan Wank in Eustis while Miss Louise Roberts plans a summer with her sister. Several locals travel or recover, including Mrs. Stovall, Mrs. Pike, the Ransbottoms in Michigan, and Miss Carrie True shopping in New York. Charles Javens goes to Davidson College for a summer course and Sheila Spilky graduates in Georgia. Mrs. Mahony moves to Washington DC for the winter, and Mrs. Wentworth faces ill health. Local business and society updates include B O Bowers at Topic, Beverly Sellers visiting Orlando relatives, and Mount Dora resident Edward Grove registering after moving from Ohio.
J M ae and family enjoy a two week Mount Dora visit while Mr Smith vacations with Pan American Airways. They reside at J M Turner cottage 926 East Fifth Avenue as Frances joins Mount Dora Girl Scouts at Silver Glen Springs. Mrs Cecelia Palmer plans a quick return from Australia for her daughter's wedding plans.
The Lake County Republican Women's Club held a well attended annual meeting at The Hitching Post in Tavares with 90 percent of members present. Officers and directors were elected for the coming year and remarks urged converting registered Democrats to Republicans to boost party strength.
Clothing specialists from the U S Department of Agriculture urge careful fitting of paper patterns before cutting. They note many women have figure irregularities that require changes to the pattern or to a basted dress for proper fit.
A government bulletin explains how to measure figures and adjust patterns to reduce waste. It advises choosing a simple shirt waist with a six gored skirt, making a muslin basic pattern, and updating it yearly to keep shoulder armhole and waist in fashion. Request a free copy from the USDA in Washington DC.
The State Board of Health warns to refrigerate staple foods during hot weather. Seasonal guidance targets ham poultry salads and cream pastries common at picnics church suppers and large gatherings. Do not prepare foods a day ahead especially those with salad dressings. Serve hot or cold and eat immediately after preparation.
Growers are advised to remove grass growing close to onion beds by hand to protect bulb integrity and prevent damage during cultivation.
An autobiographical portrait of the Walkin Preacher of the Ozarks by Guy Howard. The preacher travels about the Ozark region, averaging four thousand miles yearly and earning about fourteen dollars a month. He serves as pastor teacher and advisor in many communities and shares candid stories of revival meetings school building and life in hill homes.
Nine Lake County 4-H Club girls returned from the State Short Course in Tallahassee with scholarships. They attended June 2 to 9 sessions at Florida State College for Women with Home Demonstration agents and Extension specialists, taking classes, workshops, and social events. Joyce Merritt of Groveland was elected State Junior Council chairman. attendees included Tripp, Peacock, McCraney, Maxwell, Allen, Berghurst, Gaskins, Pike, and more.
U S Department of Agriculture tips for stretching the four month sugar allotment per person. Favor fresh fruit desserts, save syrup from canned fruit, dissolve sugar fully, use corn syrup, make sugarless beverages, cook cereals with dried fruit, limit frosting, and bake with alternative sweeteners when available.
Mrs Josephine LaBreck formerly of Mount Dora died suddenly early Friday morning June 8 in Alachua Hospital Gainesville from a heart attack. She worked at the hospital as matron and resided with her daughter in the city after staying at the hospital Thursday night following a minor foot operation. She was the daughter of the late Dr Charles and Mrs Mary Gleason Gilbert who settled in Mount Dora.
A young Mount Dora girl active in the Kings Daughters Pythian Sisters moved to Eustis then Gainesville where she worked at a hospital. Funeral services were held at 5 PM at Zeler Rehbaum Funeral Home with burial in Forest Cemetery Mount Dora and Pythian Sisters officiating at the grave. Surviving are daughter Mrs George Reeves of Gainesville two sisters Mrs Margaret Urquhart Orlando and Miss Lucy Gilbert Morrison Field WAC and niece Miss Virginia Urquhart Orlando. She was a cousin of Orin W Sadler and Mrs David S Simpson Sr of Mount Dora.
Mrs. Emma Clifford an elderly Mount Dora resident died Thursday at a nursing home near Orlando where she had lived the past year. Services were held Saturday.
Emma Gertrude Thyng Clifford born January 4 1853 in Brentwood New Hampshire died recently after a long illness. She lived in Boston for many years and later resided in Vermont and Mount Dora before moving to care of relatives. Burial will be in Lexington Massachusetts at a later date. Surviving relatives include a niece Mrs Dolly Hayden of New York and a grand nephew Joseph Blanchard now in service overseas. She was active in the local Baptist church and women’s groups until her hip injury four years ago.
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