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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1946
Page
5
The Wilma Rogers Circle of the First Methodist Church will meet Tuesday night, June 25, at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Ray Eckholdt on Eighth avenue.
The Pythian Sisters met on a Tuesday in June and asked each member to bring two gifts. The gathering also celebrated several birthdays and ended with a social hour.
Mr and Mrs Eugene L Downs hosted a Liberty street birthday dinner for their daughter in law Mrs Lemuel C Downs. Attendees included Mrs Howard Hosford Robert Quixley Charlie Norris Verina Britt L J Drawdy Jr William Kennedy and Major and Mrs Lemuel C Downs. Guests enjoyed a Georgia style fried chicken meal.
Mr and Mrs Carl Minkley hosted a Thursday dinner in their DeLand home honoring Rev and Mrs Ralph W Acree former Mount Dora residents and former First Baptist Church pastor The Acrees attended the Baptist assembly in DeLand Rev Acree now serves at a Blountstown Florida church
Miss Marilyn Johnson daughter of Armer C Johnson of Mount Dora married Ensign John Carr Burkart son of Mr and Mrs Frank Burkart Mount Dora in a white First Methodist ceremony officiated by Reverends Kenneth Rogers and George Gibson. Attendants Ver Nell Shipley Dorothy Geiger. best man Bob Burkart. ushers Edward Klatte and Wilfreda Nashville.
A banquet at the Aurora Inn celebrated Mr and Mrs Horton with relatives from Elmira Ithaca Washington and New York. Attendees included Charles Fay Evans family Barbara Richard and Jeannete Janice and others. Benson family en route to Logan Utah for a reunion. Mrs Horton formerly Belle Jeanette Hites. Horton retired from Metropolitan Life Insurance Co rising to supervisor in Auburn New York.
A wedding described with the mother in a rose crepe gown and Mrs. M. M. Brown as organist. Songs included Ich Liebe Dich and In a Luxemburg Garden. A reception followed at Villa Dora Hotel with silver candelabra, roses, and jasmine. Out of town guests came from Nashville, Waukegan, and Decatur. The couple, both Mount Dora High School graduates, will spend two weeks at Daytona Beach before Ensign Burkart’s flight training in Jacksonville.
Miss Virginia Huff, daughter of Cassia residents, wed John W. Conley, son of Sorrento residents, at First Baptist Church of Sorrento. Rev George Gibson officiated. Sister Minnie Huff gave the bride in marriage. Reception at Mt Plymouth relatives home featured gladioli and red roses.
Mr and Mrs George S Horton of 11 Chapel Street Union Springs New York longtime Mount Dora residents observed their golden wedding anniversary.
Mr and Mrs Horton marked their 50th wedding anniversary with a gathering where telegrams and timely remarks were read. Their granddaughter Ruth Benson, 12, penned a poem honoring the couple and projecting plans to return to Mount Dora in the fall.
Personal notices list Mr. and Mrs. William Jay Barker and family heading north for a brief vacation. Miss Carrie L. White leaves for a summer home in New Bedford. The R. T. McClellans spend summer near St. Petersburg at Pass-a-Grille Beach. Miss Virginia Hollon attends a Holiness Church camp meeting in Wimauma Florida. William Parker returns to North Carolina after visiting cousins in the Oakes. Mrs. Mary D. Learned travels to Nanasket Beach Massachusetts for the summer. Harold F. Overhiser, recently discharged from the Navy, completes service at Jacksonville. Charles J. Brown family depart for Canada staying at Shawinigan Falls Quebec. Edward C. Dwelle moves from Mount Dora to Charlotte North Carolina for summer. Gibson Treadwell at Charleston Navy Yard has shrapnel removed and recovers. R. W. Horsley returns from North Carolina, hospitalized at Waterman Memorial in Eustis. Frank Harding and daughter appear in brief note.
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