Vacations Uptake Leads Mount Dora And Area Travel News
Local readers learn of June vacation plans as residents and visitors depart for Cuba New York City Cleveland and Canada. Notables include Chamber of Commerce Secretary Betty Siess and Mount Dora Kiwanis delegates traveling to the national convention. Families and friends- journeys span Florida Ohio New York and New Brunswick with returns and relocations noted from Indianapolis to Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Chamber of Commerce
Betty Siess
Barbara
Carol
Cuba
John D. Pease, Sr
Siess
Cleveland
Ohio
Monroe-Near Doran Engagement of Marge Phillips to Gibson Treadwell
Mr. and Mrs. Macon Phillips of Monroe Georgia announce the engagement of their daughter Marge Frances to Gibson Treadwell son of Mrs Modelle Treadwell and the late Johnny Treadwell of Mount Dora. Marge Frances is an honors graduate of Monroe High School Macon where she led Beta Club annual staff Glee Club Appalachee Music Society president two years and Girls Basketball manager. She works for the V F W Georgia quartermaster. Gibson Treadwell attended Mount Dora High School Orlando Vocational School and National Administration School Ocala now serves in the Navy stationed at Key West. The couple will wed August 9 at Bethel Baptist Church in Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon Phillips
Monroe
Marge Frances
Gibson Treadwell
Modelle Treadwell
Johnny Treadwell
Mount Dora
Monroe High School
Macon
Appalachee Music Society
V.F.W. of
Georgia
Treadwell
Orlando
National Administration School
Ocala
Navy
Key West
Bethel Baptist Church
State Federation Sets Event Dates for Garden Clubs
District 4 meeting scheduled at Daytona Beach on November 10 at Princess Isaena hotel. State convention and flower show to Orlando March 30 31 and April 1 with theme Pascua del Florida. Nature study camp at Highlands Hammock near Sebring week of April 26 1954 and short course at University of Florida in June replacing February date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon L. Conner
District 4
Florida Federation of Garden Clubs
Slater Cox
Lakes and Hills
Rainbow Springs
Mount Dora
Orlando
Local residents plan extended travels and maid nurse shifts
E L Dean and nurse Pearl Day depart for Hull's Cove Maine for several months while H M Killinger couple leave North Baltimore for Gravenhurst Ontario. Barbara Louise Sherwood, now a graduate nurse from Lynn Mass, visits with her parents for the summer. Mrs A V Jones hosts a Hollywood bound guest as Mr Greene joins film circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Dean
Pearl F. Day
Hull’s Cove
Maine
Themer
H. M. Killinger
Baltimore, Ohio
Gravenhurst Ontario
Dorans
vOa
Barbara Louise Sherwood
Lynn
Mass
E. C. Sherwood
Lynn School of Nursing
Lynn Hospital
M. Green
Hollywood
Oyee
A. V. Jones
Rome, Ga
Mrs. Greene
Lakes And Hills Vote On 441 Mile Of Beauty
Lakes and Hills Garden club endorses an Orange Blossom Trail Mile of Beauty on Highway 441 from city limits to Grand View hotel. District Four clubs adopt the model mile for 1953 54, with awards including Lake County Chamber of Commerce Trophy and Jessie Conner Award. Roadside Development and Landscape committees lead the project in Mount Dora with air layering demonstrations offered by Captain Marshall Collins and club president John Alden Murray invites participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Highway 441
Grand View Hotel
District Four
Vernon L. Conner
Daytona Beach
O. J. Priebe
Clermont
Lakes and Hills
Mount Dora
8. C. Colley
W. B. Louthan
Magnolia Circle
Hazel Havens
Azalea
Jack Pease
Poinsettia
Harry Backus
Founders
Lloyd Bennett
Hibiscus
J. C DeGarmo
Camellia
Dan Bishop
Landscape
Fred Saywell
Magnolia
Earl A. Anderson
Howard Simpson
Marshall Collins
Gayla Bissell
Gretchen. Elliott
H. G. Spring
John Alden Murray
Ruth Stary Circle Meeting at Mrs Stary’s Home
The Ruth Stary Circle of the First Methodist church will meet tonight at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Earl Stary on the Old Eustiard.
Church Schedules Across Downtown Faiths
Local religious listings show sermons and services for Baptist, Methodist, Church of Christ, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and Episcopal congregations. Times include Bible schools at 9:45 a.m., morning worship at 11 a.m., and evening services from 7 to 8 p.m., with midweek meetings and choirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church OF Christ
Arthur E. Haskins
General Assembly
Church OF Christ Scent
Lemon and Grove
Vacation Bible School and community notices in Sorrento and Mount Plymouth
Sorrento and Mount Plymouth community news note a Vacation Bible School ongoing at the Baptist church, a busy Sorrento Home Demonstration club delivering five pajama pairs and two boxer shorts to Crippled Children's Home in Umatilla, and an upcoming plant exchange and white elephant sale. Local visitors include families from Miami, Toledo, and St. Louis. residents formerly abroad return home from New York and Dallas Theological Seminary. several host guests are named along with social gatherings at Rock Springs and Mount Plymouth residences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Plymouth
New York
Ross Rainey
Dallas Theological Seminary
Dallas
Tex
Lillian Encelmair
St. Louis
George Rainey
Frank Machacek
Bobby
Billy
Crown Point
Ind
Fourth of July Observed With Bank Closings and Wide Notice
Notices went out to merchants that Fourth of July will be observed as a holiday with shops closed. The item notes the holiday falls on a Saturday and hints at customary rhythms of observance.
Churches Welcome New Pastors in Florida Conference Shuffle
Methodist and Baptist congregations across DeLand plan Sunday worship with Rev. H Mauriece Felton and Rev. Robert M Blackburn taking over at Trinity and the minister David Coffield presenting sermons on Great Fathers and The Christian's Bible. Coffield reflected on Nehemiah and the Walls of Jerusalem last week stressing teamwork, prayer, and deliberate action as a model for service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
H. Mauriece Felton
Sant One
Florida
Robert M. Blackburn
Trinity Methodist Church
DeLand
First Baptist Church
Rae David Coffield
Mr. Coffield
Walls of
Jerusalem
Nehemiah
Sirmons Stephens Rites Set for July 8
Miss Elsie Annette Sirmons of Tavares and Oscar Stephens Jr of Mount Dora set July 8 for their wedding at the First Baptist church in Tavares at 6 30 p m with a reception to follow at the Grand View hotel in Mount Dora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Annette Sirmons
Tavares
Oscar Stephens, Jr
Mount Dora
First Baptist Church
Grand View Hotel
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Dwight Whitehill
Tangerine
New York City
Mount Dora Kiwanis
Whitehills
Statler Hotel
Lake County
Karl Lehmann
C. Harold Hippler
Whitehill
Harry ‘Hopcraft
Mount Dora Club
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Quentin Brelsford
Edward C. Dwelle
Charlotte
N. C
Mount View House
Whitefield
N. H
John Bukey
Pottstown
John L. Hronek
Springfield
Scott Babey
Mr. Babey
Florence Babey
Frank A. Rooke
Louisville
L. C. Fowlkes
Bluefield
W. Va
E. J. Best
Helen Ann Perry
my _Minn
Pearl Downs
Lem Downs
Downs
Michael
John
Patrick
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Helen Kurras
Frederick
Bertha Bradley
Chaumont
Ontario
Can
Bob Bowers
Milwaukee
American Newspaper Publishers _association
L. W.coleman
Baker Sr
Mr. Coleman
E. E. Coleman
Pahokee
Fla
R. L. Odum
Jimmy
Judy
West Frankfurt
Ill
William H. Cannon
Dogtona Beach
Seventh Av
Cannon
Harold Moynelo
Claire
Bill Seabrook
San Francisco
Daniel Bishop
Bill
William Seabrook, II
Umatilla
Rex Sullivan
Hartford City
Dan Sullivan
Orange Memorial Hospital
Sullivan
William Kearsley
Frank MacHattie
Arlington
N. J
Uriah Davis
Birmingham
Mich
C. H. Estey
New England
New Brunswick
Canada
Formica & Textilize
Wayne Pearson
COR
Alexander
Dad
J Feige
Jayson
Ider
House OF
Doran
Sage Jewelers
By Tuer Cox
Baptist Church
Sixth and Tremain
David Coffield
Latter da Seine
Robert Wise
Schoo
ST. Thomas’ Episcopal Church
Lemon and Mary
F. A. Pope, Jr
H.C
Asveeven Sanitone
Sorrento
Mt. Plymouth
By Elenor Sammons
Mary Baker Eddy
Inez Thomas
Donnelly St
Sirmons-Stephens
Publilius Syrus
First National Bank
Mount Dora, Florida
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Frigidaire
General Motors
Rehbaums Hardware
Tnt
Frigidelee
Modest Meem
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