Eastern Star Meeting Tonight in Mount Dora
Mount Dora Chapter No. 103 of the Order of the Eastern Star hosts its last summer stated meeting tonight at the chapter rooms inviting all members. The Pythian Sisters note two initiations on the 19th with Mrs. Gertrude Drawdy and Miss Elizabeth Drawdy honored amid fine decorations and corsages. The charter is draped for the late Mrs. Josephine LaBreck with nine birthdays celebrated and gifts given after the business meeting.
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Eastern Star
Mount Dora Chapted No. 103
Order of the Eastern Star
Pythian
Pyth
Ian Sisters
Gertrude Drawdy
Elizabeth Drawdy
Josephine LaBreck
Holy Family Church Weds Claire Trimble and Edmund Mayhall
Claire Margaret Trimble and Edmund Gillett Mayhall married at Holy Family Church Cincinnati. The bride’s mother gave her away. Rev Joseph Dauwe officiated. Best man was William F Mayhall. brothers Bruce Mayhall and others noted. bride trained as nurse. groom a USNR petty officer with South Pacific service.
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Mayhall
Salina
Sas
Bruce Mayhall
Pacific
Roy J. Trimble
Lake Jem
Tavares
Florida State College For Women
Tallahassee
Cincinnati
Ohio
Kosath Bridge
South Pacific
San Francisco
West 8Th St
Engagement Announcement for Jayne Smith and Rev J Robert Mackey
Mr and Mrs Homer A Smith of 1355 Donnelly Avenue announce the engagement of their daughter Jayne to the Rev J Robert Mackey pastor of Beach Methodist Church Jacksonville Beach The wedding is set for Sunday evening July 29 at 5 30 in the First Methodist Church Mount Dora Miss Smith a Stephens College graduate attended the University of Mexico Rev Mackey son of Mr W C Mackey and the late Mrs Mackey of Pensacola is a graduate of Emory University Theological Seminary and has served as minister of Beach Methodist Church Jacksonville Beach for five years
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Homer A. Smith
Donnelly Avenue
Jayne
J. Robert Mackey
the Beach Methodist Church
Jacksonville Beach
First Methodist Church
Mount Dora
Miss Smith
Stephens College
Columbia
University of Mexico
Rev. Mackey
W. C. Mack
Social notes of visitors and relatives across several towns
Personal residents travel and guest updates list visits to Cleveland Tennessee St Peters burg Orlando Winder Georgia Winston Salem Jacksonville and other places. Names include Hanslid Hollow Johnson White Glanton Colley Baker Thayer Jensen Sidel Lee Gudgeon Wells Crane and Grace Lee with family ties and educational affiliations.
Town Folks Take Summer Trips And Home Moves
Mrs Glenn Chapman and Miss Jane Smith return from New York and Chicago with Miss Mary Dopkeen who summer's at Whitman Massachusetts. The Walrods buy Mrs Mahony's Sylvan Shores home and redecorate. Tracy M Kramer Jr arrives from Miami for summer with his family.
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Glenn Chapman
Jane Smith
New York
Chicago
Mary Dopkeen
Whitman, Mass
Tracy M. Kramer, Jr
Miami
T. M. Kramer
Pan American Air Lines
Sergeant Confronts Mose Over Risks on Return
A sergeant derides Mose for fleeing and suggests death is his true home. Mose responds in dialect that he knows he is not yet home, signaling fear and acceptance of danger.
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Mose
Heaven
Sarge
Library Adds New Books and Announces Reading Contest
Mount Dora Public Library announces new fiction and non fiction titles including works by Fast Brand Forester Mc Fee and Dark. A children’s book contest rewards readers who complete the approved list, with thirty enrollments and one prize already earned as parents support the program.
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Howard Fast
Max Brand
David Keith
C. S. Forester
William McFee
Eleanor Dark
Harry Hamilton
Crespi
Lee
J. B. Bern
Ruth Brindze
Richards
Bob
Mr. Bunny
Strange
Billy
Ted
McCarthy
Dyer
Billy Whiskers
Keene
Stefansson
Fitchy
Webber
Gaul
Shurtleff
Mount Dora
Birth Announcement for Charles Thomas McWhorter
Mr and Mrs Walter C McWhorter announce the birth of a son named Charles Thomas on Saturday morning June 23 at Waterman Memorial Hospital in Eustis. The baby weighed nine and a half pounds and both mother and child are doing well. Father expresses happiness with a smile.
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Walter C. McWhorter
Charles Thomas
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Eustis
Peaches Abundant Nationally Prompt Diet Push
J M Williams of the War Food Administration urged consumers to add peaches to diets as the crop peaks in the next two weeks. He noted 13 southern states would yield about 430,000 bushels, with national crops well above 78,000,000 bushels, stressing drying canning and freezing options to prevent waste and noting vitamins A and C.
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J. M. Williams
War Food Administration
Office of Supply
Williams
New amphibious tank joins Alligator and Water Buffalo
The Lakeland Ledger reports a new amphibious tank named Caribou joining the Alligator and Water Buffalo in the fighting fleet. Built at the Food Machinery Company plant in Lakeland, it is touted as a work horse to haul supplies through jungles and flooded terrain where other vehicles fail. Military officials say thousands will be needed in the war against Japan.
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Lakeland Ledger
Food Machinery Company
Lakeland
Japan
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Mount Dora Guy
Florida Ane
Charles Quigley
Robert Benchley
Edward Arnold
Hume Cronyn
Selena Royle
Dan Duryea
Dorothy Morris
Davis
Sia
Claude Rains
Walter Abel
OL Boyd
Andy Clyde
Jimmy Rogers
Pat Orrin
Y Carole Landis
Ee Ddi
George Wurphy
Tanina Mtt
Ting
Garland
Robert Walker
Skeffington
Bobby
Waterloo Bridge
Hanslid
Virginia Hollow
Cleveland, Tennessee
Larry Johnson
Michigan
R. E. Lee
Anna Margaret White
Libby Dent
Orlando
James B. Glanton
Army Medical Corps
Mrs. Glanton
Mrs
S. C. Colley
Burgess Thayer
Winder
Georgia
Thayer
H. J.baker
Paul Baker
Helen
Jacksonville
Florence Lee
Chapel Hill
N C
Grace Lee
Raeanna Straut
Winston- Salem
N. C
Clarence M. Gudgeon
Gudgeon
Winston-Salem
Kenneth’ Jensen Sp
Lenora Wells
Columbus
University of Georgia, Athens
Gladys Irene Crane
Lamoni
Iowa
Graceland College
Selena Boyle
Mr. and
Mrs. Fletcher Crane
C. J. Walrod
Detroit, Mich
Paul Mahony
Sylvan Shores
R. M. Hall
Daytona Beach
Seventh Avenue
Robert N. White, Jr
Babs
Fayetteville, N. C
Captain White
Fort Bragg
A .E. Bell
Sheriton Plaza
Mr. Bell
Rollin Javens
Davidson
Charles
Davidson College
Mr. Javens
Sanford Naval Air Base
Jerry M. Daniels
North Carolina
Plymouth Dells
Hendersonville
L. A. Tibbitts
George Keller
McDonald Street
Annie R. Reynolds
Oxford Road
White Plains
N. Y
H. J. Akehurst
Akehurst
Miss Reynolds
Mount Dora Electric Company
Highland Ave
the Sierras
Joaquin Miller
Grand View Hotel
A. C. Bowdish
Sylvan Shores Hotel
H. A. Stein
Bettye Davis
Mr. Skeffington
Richard Waring
American Home
American Poultry Journal
Aviation
Christian Herald Coronet
Etude Music Magazine
Farm Jrs
Farmer's Wife Flower Grower Household
Liberty
National Digest Monthly
Nat'l
Nature
Parents
Poultry ‘Tribune
Progressive Farmer Reader's Digest
Science Illustrated Scientific
Southern Kult Sports
the Homemaker
Woman
U. S
Walt Disney
St. Or R. FD
Post Office
First National Bank
Florida
Federal Reserve System
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Hale’s Grocery
Rc Finer Foods
Ferry
Ferry Morse Seed CO
Detroit
Lake Abstract & Guaranty Company
Ome
Jane Schleicher
Westinghav
Westinghouse
Mt.Dora
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