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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1945
Page
5
Social clubs ae Hee eens ene oat meets Tuesday June 26 with Mrs Paul Johnson on Simpson street All members urged to be present.
Local notices detail numerous residents planning summer trips and seasonal stays from Mount Dora to Daytona Beach. Names include Mr John A Murray Miss Florence Davis and Miss Fannie Noonan with destinations Chicago Mount Kisco New York Boston and other towns. Families such as the Smarts Ames Akehurst and Rinear plan extended visits in Easton Madison and Traverse City.
After two years in Canada Mrs George M Watson and her daughter Margie left Mobile for Graham North Carolina. Lieut Watson’s Philippine leave was cancelled. Mrs Watson, known as the mother of Miss Nan's baby, will be missed by local friends who hope for a future return.
Mount Dora Public Library announces new acquisitions across fiction nonfiction and juvenile sections. Notable titles include Ask No Quarter and Commodore Hornblower among fiction pairs and One God and The Pan Highway in non fiction, with several children authors also featured.
The Jacksonville Florida OPA issue lists Blue Stamps N2 P2 Q2 R2 S2 and others with expiration dates June 30 July 31 August 31 and September 30. Sugar Stamp No 36 remains valid for 5 pounds through August 31.
New rules require each car owner to write license numbers on coupons and present mileage records with every passenger car gasoline ration. The OPA lifts meat prices with a foldable list to curb black markets, while canned milk is being increased for infants and patients. A July liquor holiday won’t affect sugar supplies, and dealers must keep precise tire and parts records for a June 30 inventory with July 10 filing.
Dr. Murrill notes Florida as the birthplace of American botany and describes over 600 new Florida plant species, including 20 hawthorns. The pamphlet, part of a New York Botanical Garden tricentennial tribute, covers early and modern botany and Florida’s botanical education and future. It lists the pamphlet for sale at $2 in Bronx Park, New York.
Clermont Minneola High School in Lake County reports total bond and stamp sales of 63 578 40 with 43 489 20 from the Seventh War Loan. Five students earned Second Lieutenant or higher. Dorothy Jane Kennedy led with 41 bonds and Lieutenant Colonel rank. Ruth Brockway sold 29 bonds totaling 11 506 25 and is a Captain. one more bond could promote her to Major.
The Lake County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis calls its annual meeting for Monday June 25 at 3 30 p m in the Home Demonstration Building at Court House Grounds Tavares. Officers will be elected and several important decisions for the program in Lake County will be made. All who are interested are urged to attend. Lacy G Thomas County Chairman.
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