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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1941
Page
5
Announcement reports the marriage of Miss Hazel Key and Griggs Walters on Wednesday June 18 at 7 p m in Bushnell Florida. After the ceremony the couple will reside in Georgia.
The King's Daughters gathered Monday evening at Sorrento, at president Mrs. Ronald Christie's home. Sixteen members attended as many have left for summer. relief fund reductions due to public funds shortages were discussed. refreshments followed. The next meeting will be Monday July 13 at Mrs. J. M. Turner's home with Mrs. W. A. Vincent hosting.
Mrs Adam Hazelwood hosted an informal afternoon gathering at her First Avenue home on Wednesday from three to five o clock in honor of Lanora Mae Dunaway and Alvin Dunaway of Jacksonville visiting their grandparents Mr and Mrs T C Jensen on Fifth Avenue. Guests played games with prizes awarded then moved to a decorated dining room for a teable laden with refreshments prepared by Mrs C C Dooley and Mrs E.
Mrs. E. Latham Mosteller and Mrs. Jensen welcomed guests for an afternoon event. Attendees included Phyllis Turner Emily Coffin Doris Harding Patty Claflin Frances Smith and Clyde Mosteller in attendance with the honored hosts.
The Temple No 12 Pythian Sisters held their annual banquet Tuesday at the Dutch Kitchen in Eustis with a decorated table in temple colors. A dinner was served and a meeting followed in Mount Dora, listing attendees including Fannie Spilky Lotta Weeks Eleanor Jackson Ruth Williams Ruth Chamberlain Ablyn Finzel Adah Williamson Mae Fenton Thelma Mosteller Ruth Williamson Josephine La Breck Ruby Chapman Ada Moon and Ida Sellers.
The Pythian Sisters met on June 17 with a program including Dorothy Adams piano solo Blue Danube Waitz Earl Wilder accordion solo Tyro Waitz Clyde Mosteller recitation The Flag Goes By Na talie Spilky and violin solo Carry Me Back to Old Virginny Wesley Wilder with Mrs Claude Wilder on piano. A flag drill was performed and entry cost five cents. prizes of pies and cake went to flag holders. Refreshments followed and funds were raised for Venetian blind fund.
Mrs. Wm. Prinz hosted a dessert bridge and shower in Mount Dora to honor Miss Geraldine Williams bride elect. Guests included Mrs. R. V. Parker, Mrs. James Cooper, Miss Lindman and many others from Tavares Umatilla Eustis Leesburg Tallahassee and Mount Dora.
Personal Misses Carrie and Mary True spend a week at Daytona Beach. Mr and Mrs J D Pease spent several days last week on the west coast. Mrs M M Hill returned Sunday after a week in St Peters. Mrs G Arthur Palmer left Tuesday for Unadilla New York to spend the summer.
A long list of residents and visitors travel for summer months. Many visit relatives in Florida and other states while others relocate temporarily to coastal resorts or northern cities for work or rest.
Mr. G. E. Philbrick and Miss Mildred plan a summer move to Portsmouth New Hampshire in Philbrick's car. Mrs. Tallant will visit Providence Rhode Island before joining Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Hall for a several week stay in Hopkinton New Hampshire.
Mr and Mrs Harry Clark announce the birth of a son John born June 11 at Lake County Medical Center Eustis. Mother and baby are doing well. Mr and Mrs L J Drawdy Jr announce the birth of a daughter Martha Elizabeth born Sunday evening June 22 at Lake County Medical Center. Mother and baby are both doing well.
Notices show Barber leaving for Toledo with daughters for summer. Mrs. Wyer goes to Maine, Captain Crowley travels to Marine City, Miss Mouliere visits from St. Petersburg, Miss Walker and Miss Hall join Mrs. Lola for July. Iris Battle Martin vacationing in Jacksonville, Fred Norton to Wyoming camp, Parsons family awaiting Golden Wedding, Conroy hosts Ladies Church Aid Society.
Miss Mary Wright and James Lloyd Eason became the first couple to marry on Stone Mountain summit, choosing Memorial Day just after midnight as their time. Justice of the peace Betty Tuggle performed the ceremony by flashlight as the couple ascended the mountain. They will reside in Atlanta where Eason works at Nunnally and McCree.
Florida implements a new dollar freshwater fishing license effective July 1. The license, with a 25 cent issuing fee, applies state wide except in home counties for barefoot or cane pole fishers, and exemptions include children under 15 and residents over 65.
The 1941 legislative amendments set license fees for Florida residents and non residents to fish fresh water with a single pole and line in specified waters including St Johns River Doctor's Lake Lake Okeechobee Lake Istokpoga Crescent Lake and Dunn's Creek. Non residents may obtain a ten day license for 2.00. Residents aged 15 to 65 may fish for 1.00 with the same gear in the same waters except residence county limits.
Mr William Thomas Edwards aged 88 died Monday morning June 23 at his son James A Edwards home after a brief illness. A Georgia native from Lumpkin County he moved to Florida twenty years ago settling in Mount Dora. He leaves four sons William James A Charles and Henry Lee and two daughters Mrs M L Rhodes and Mrs A J Mosteller, all of Mount Dora. Graveside services were held at Forest Cemetery Tuesday morning with Rev Floyd Montgomery officiating.
Winter resident of Mount Dora and Waterford Michigan, Dr Frederick M Thompson died Sunday June 15 at his Waterford home after a brief illness. He is survived by his widow and son Major Frederick M Thompson of Fort Knox. Funeral services were held in Waterford Tuesday. The Thompsons spent their winters in Mount Dora at the Parker home on Grandview street and Ninth avenue for years.
Defense bond sales in Lake County averaged 1 802 78 per day across June 12 13 and 14 totaling 5 408 35 with a three day total of 88 687 40. Reports show post office reporting to the Lake County Defense Council in the Chamber of Commerce office Court House Tavares. Future reporting will occur four times monthly on the 8th 15th 23rd and last day. The First State Bank at Eustis led three day county sales.
Last week post offices and banks reported bond and Defense Savings Stamp sales across multiple towns. Summaries include Mount Dora $1 625 in bonds across institutions, Groveland $300 bonds and $2 66 stamps, Clermont $50 bonds and $16 90 stamps, Umatilla $25 bond to child Sandra Fielding, Kee Park $13 45 stamps, and other small sales in Eustis Leesburg Howey-in-the-Hills and nearby areas.
Mount Dora Public Library announces new fiction including Dark Lightning by Helen Topping Miller Not Without Peril by Marguerite Allis They Came To a River by Allis McKay and gifts Shavings by Joseph Lincoln No Mr Brown by Gertrude Knevels Valley of Decision by Margaret Flint Juvenile Best Stories To Tell To Children by Sara Cone Bryan Two bound National Geographic volumes for 1940 are now available.
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