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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1943
Page
5
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Christie announce the marriage of their niece Florence Fenton to Sergeant Roger Hughes of Richland Center Wisconsin. Sergeant Hughes is stationed at an Army air base near Leesburg and expects to be transferred soon.
Miss Virginia Chapman daughter of Mr and Mrs Claud Chapman Mount Dora and Sergeant James Clifford Dumas formerly of Mount Dora married Tuesday June 1 in Crawfordsville Georgia The bride a Crawfordsville native moved to Mount Dora as a child and graduated from Mount Dora High School Dumas once worked at Story Brothers Grocery in Mount Dora and is now stationed at Daniels Field Augusta Georgia Guests included the Chapmans and numerous relatives and friends
The King's Daughters gathered Monday evening in the Community social rooms with leaders Mrs. Forrest Clowes Mrs. Emma Jane Tallant and Mrs. Kenneth Mag. The event focused on member activities and upcoming community projects.
Fourteen members attended a short business meeting and voted to contribute ten dollars to the fund for Annie Terrentine. Refreshments were served during the social hour after the session.
Mrs Elvin Powell of Jacksonville hosts Miss Joyce Lane Thompson while many locals report summer journeys. Families visit relatives in Miami Pensacola Daytona Beach and Greenwhich Conn. Several members leave for military and civil service assignments with mentions of Rosemont College and Naval connections.
Frank Bird details differences between bowling on southern marl and grass at the Boston Bowling Green Club. Describes courts, fencing, seating, maintenance, schedules, markers, and grass rotation, plus the social drawing method to form teams and ensure balanced play among skips and players.
Bridgman concludes he will be glad to get back to the Mount Dora rinks after the recent sessions. The remark reflects a desire to resume familiar ice play and finish the current stretch of games without delays.
Red Cross rooms will stay open through summer to supply armed forces. Lake County seeks 30 000 two by two inch sponges and 9 000 four by four inch sponges for July and August. Leesburg volunteers fill kit bags at banks. Mount Dora and Clermont participate with weekly sewing and cash donations. Bags filled will be sent to embarkation points for distribution to men in foreign service.
Mount Dora Public Library Committee spotlights Time of Peace exploring a father son bond set against growing global tension from isolation to war. The book traces warm, small moments—births deaths weddings schools dinners and trips—amid era headlines and world events.
A colorful adage notes lipstick in a woman serving a similar purpose to whiskey for a man, suggesting mood or confidence shifts from cosmetic or libation. The remark reflects humorous gendered views on allure and vice in social culture.
The notice details ration dates for meat cheese canned milk fats blue and red stamps, sugar, coffee, shoes and gas as well as fuel oil changes. It warns about improper use of fuel stamps and urges displaying only the highest sticker. It also reports on gasoline savings and practical letters to servicemen plus job calls for women in Signal Corps and engineers.
The text invites women aged 20 to 36 to join the Marine Reserve, promising full training and service in ground air units with roles such as link trainers parachute riggers aircraft mechanics and aviation storekeepers. It notes women must meet enlistment qualifications.
The notice invites women to join the Marine Women's Reserve, listing requirements of two years of schooling and height and weight standards, and no children under 18. It notes assignment to duty after basic training for those with civilian-military skills, or two to six months of technical training, with 40 training specialties available. Applicants are directed to write Marine State Headquarters in Orlando, Florida.
A speaker laments colleagues orchestrating last minute tasks to push four hours of work into the final minutes of the day. The remark highlights frustration with perceived conspiracy to extend the shift unexpectedly.
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