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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1945
Page
5
The W. S. C. S. of the Methodist church will hold its March meeting Tuesday afternoon. Iggins Pickard of Orlando and missionary Miss Rose Mace will attend. All members urged to be present. Wilmaines Circle invited.
Mrs Irving G Shuman Jr entertained Wednesday at a one o clock bridge luncheon honoring Miss Nancy Gaskill niece and house guest of Mr and Mrs Jack Heist. Guests included Miss Gaskill Mrs Vernon Conner Lake Jem Mrs Henry Land Tangerine Miss Ruby Prevatt Tavares Mrs J G Ray Jr and Mrs Lewis E Klatte Mount Dora.
The ladies of the rummy group at Hotel Mount Dora hosted a surprise lunch Saturday night for the men who had entertained them weeks earlier. The private dining room served a delicious repast at eleven o'clock. Attendees included Mrs Leary Mrs Hall Mrs Rundle Mrs Gollwitzer Mrs Kelleher guest Mrs Capri Miss McClench Miss Purchase Miss Weidman and Messrs Gollwitzer Schmidt Ryan Kubla and Suttner.
Miss Evelyn Cassady entertained at Esther's Dutch Kitchen in Eustis for a Monday dinner station followed by bridge at her Tavares home. Lois Cooper won high score and Alice Strite took the chance prize. Attendees included M. B. Allen Kenneth Maglathlin Howard Wetz Twila Camp Virginia Bardeen LaNelle Vandiver Doris Camp Nana Laney Robert Caudel and Lena Shinn of Washington D. C.
Mr and Mrs Howard H Chamberlain Tangerine announce the engagement of Doris Madge Chamberlain to First Lt Miles Leeman Sikes Jr pilot US Army son of Mr and Mrs Miles Leeman Sikes Sr Kissimmee. The ceremony will be at 4 pm Sunday March 11 at First Methodist Church Mount Dora with Rev Caxton A Doggett.
The recipient is noted for receiving the Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster. No invitations are being sent but all friends are invited to the ceremony.
Personal J L Redd of Quincy studies at Marion Institute Alabama. Mrs S Capra of Irvington New Jersey visits Hotel Mount Dora. Gilbert Jones of Cleveland spends March at 625 North Tremain. Mrs J Page Laughlin and Mrs Jane Wolfert from Leesburg stay Lake Carlton for winter. Mrs C D Key in Houston for ill daughter. Mrs A L Andrews to Houston with her. Tibbetts and Bowen host dinner for Shumanns of Orlando. Shumanns vacationed at Plymouth Dells Hendersonville NC. J C Earl returns from Deansboro New York amid blizzard and heavy snow. Cpl Donald Bryant Camp Gordon and wife visit Grandview Street. they perform sacred concert at Baptist Church.
Mr. A. E. B. Tanner of Woodbury Conn. visited his father Mr. A. A. Tanner who remains very ill in Waterman Memorial Hospital Eustis. The father is not enjoying solitude.
A patient recuperating in a hospital room looks forward to a week or two of able to receive occasional visitors as healing progresses.
Mr. J. M. Thompson now employed at Beaufort South Carolina visited with his daughter Mrs. T. W. Woodward and her young son Tommy for a few days last week. They traveled from Tampa to High Springs visiting another daughter Mrs. O. M. Pritcher and family along the way.
Mr and Mrs R M Hall announce the birth of a son William on Saturday night February 24 at Waterman Memorial Hospital Eustis. Mother and son are reported well. Mr and Mrs W O Wilder announce the birth of a daughter Sharon Grace February 3 at Holland Hospital Leesburg. Baby weighed 8 pounds 6 ounces. Mother and baby doing nicely.
The regular meeting of the Pythian Sisters will be held Tuesday March 6 with initiation of two candidates. All members are urged to attend and visiting Sisters are invited.
John Red Davis of the Orlando Sentinel notes Mount Dora treats basketball as a major sport with large crowds at tournament games. He observes crowd sizes exceeding paid admissions for OHS games in Orlando, highlighting strong local support.
Lakeside in Mount Dora features concerts by the Trio and operatic program reception for guests and locals. New arrivals include the Labiskys and Spears party from Paris Kentucky and Harrisburg Pa. Guests enjoy Silver Springs boating shuffleboard croquet and swimming while reports note a minor alligator incident and George Hutchinson’s hospital improvement.
A Florida statehood centennial program will be staged Saturday at 3 p.m. on the old courthouse steps in Orlando with streets roped off and benches for guests. Judge T. P. Warlow will recount Orange County’s growth, James Burden will serve as master of ceremonies, and Rev. Danby will give the invocation. The event closes with a local square dance featuring Mary Wilcox and the Swingsters, as Gov. Millard Caldwell’s proclamation is circulated by Alta Wright of the Orange County Museum and Antiquarian Society.
A series of public meetings organized by Lake County legislators aims to gauge citizen views on potential legislation. The first session, sponsored by State Representative Tim M. Sellar, is set for Thursday March 1 in Leesburg, with Clermont to follow.
State Senator Harry P. Johnson of Tavares will speak at the Kiwanis luncheon on March 6. The third meeting, sponsored by State Representative C Harold Ferran, will be at Eustis City Hall the same day. Attendees can offer suggestions and criticism. a stenographer will record input for lawmakers.
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