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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1943
Page
5
The Monday Social Club held its usual afternoon of cards with Mrs. David Ayers at contract and Mrs. Nina Gettys at five hundred. Prize winner at contract was Mrs. Jane G. Leary at five hundred, with Mrs. Printzhorn noted for defense stamps. Next week on March 8 is the monthly pot luck luncheon at 1:00 p.m. Cards begin at 2:15.
The article details a double ring ceremony at Mount Dora with bride Miss Irene Brooks and Lt. James J. Woody as guests and family gather for a Lakeside Inn reception. Attendants include Ruth Beerbower and Sylvia Jones among sorority sisters. musicians Miss Mary Mack and Miss Mary Katherine Ramsey performed prenup music. The bride’s gown featured Alencon lace and a veil with orange blossoms. reception included a three tier cake with lilies of the valley and champagne punch. The couple plans a short Gulf coast honeymoon before settling at Drew Field in Tampa.
Ms. and Mrs. S. M. Coen hosted the Coen Brooks bridal party at a pre rehearsal dinner Friday night at the Lakeside Inn. The long table featured white lace, crystal candleholders, and bowls of white petunias with cocktails served in the lounge before the meal. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Coen, Shirley Joy Coen, Ruth Beerbower, Sylvia Jones, Marie Hisey, Mary Mock, Mary Katherine Ramsey, Lt. Charles Edward Brooks, James J. Woody, Lt. E. Richard Calkin, and Lt. Sanford M. Arthur.
Mrs Lysle Campbell Stevens of Lake Worth announces the marriage of her daughter Mildred to Corporal Robert Harold Dennerle of Cleveland Ohio. Dennerle is stationed near Key West and Mildred resides with her sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Harris C Honour of Lake Worth.
Ocklawaha Chapter of the D A R will meet at 132 East Eighth avenue Mount Dora on Thursday March 4 at 2 30 p m Hostesses include Mesdames Clark Hazelwood Nutt Sadler Burkart Land The speaker will be Mrs Melissa Cornish.
The Home Demonstration Club meets Wednesday March 10 at 2 30 p m in the Community Building. Dr Mildred Marsh will speak on Exercise and Health and will address the group first after opening. Members should arrive on time for the session and business portion.
The Women s Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church will hold their monthly business meeting on Tuesday the ninth in the Parish House. Mrs Emma Osborne a missionary who recently returned from Japanese occupied China will speak. She was a passenger aboard the Gripsholm Own a home on a Florida lake in Lake County Florida.
Personal notices list residents and guests in Mount Dora area. Hermon Walters of Pratts Hollow New York visits Sons on North Donnelly Avenue. John Van Dellen from Belmont Michigan and family arrive for a month on North Donnelly. Margaret Dunham of Quincy Massachusetts arrives to enjoy a vacation with local families. Thomas D. Sisk and daughter Adria of Norwalk Connecticut visit Ralph and Mrs. Edwards at 649 Eleventh Avenue. Alta Belshe arrives and stays at 327 East Seventh Avenue before Palm Beach then Mount Dora then summer northern trip. W L Bryant from Springfield Vermont spends time in winter home at Tangerine. Anne Platt and Ruth from Buffalo stay with Bryant. H. H. Levi Sr of Washington DC and Cadet Stuart B. Levi on furlough visit Sol and Natalie Spilky and enjoy Mount Dora.
Emma Elizabeth Vannerson, three, died at home in Sorrento Friday morning. Survived by mother, father, and brothers Rodney A. and Norman W. Funeral held February 21 at Zeller & Rehbaum in Eustis, burial Greenwood Cemetery. War Production Board urges heavy machinery owners to register. many loggers and county officials have not.
Crabs edged lobsters 26 ends tense affair as both sides swapped leads through eight ends and final end. Skip Bridgman and Skip Edwards led dramatic rally with a four count to tie, while crabs averaged 5 feet 5.5 inches and 145 pounds against lobsters at 6 feet 1 inch and 192 pounds. Breck Enbridge and Marsh won the Doubles 21 to 14. Mount Dora entrants and Orlando dominance noted in inter club playoff at DeLand with 18 end final.
At a regular Mount Dora Art League meeting Mrs Caxton Doggett hosted and the group set 2 pm work meetings on March 4 with Mrs Wilson G Smith 1021 East Third Avenue March 11 with Mrs A P Bigelow 644 Alexander Street March 18 with Mrs Caxton Doggett 400 block East Sixth Avenue and March 25 with Mrs Claire Spra gue 337 Simpson Street April 1 with Mrs Bigelow 644 Alexander Street The April 5 business meeting will be with Mrs Frank E Bridgman 760 Tremain Street A presentation by Mr Curran L Spottswood featured Kodachrome slides of Western National Parks.
Mount Dora Public Library lists new fiction including Eddie and the Archangel Mike by Barry Benefield and The Quiet Lady by Norman Collins, non fiction such as Guadalcanal Diary by Richard Tregaskis and A Treasury of Great Poems, edited by Louis Untermeyer, plus gifts like The Spanish Cape Mystery by Ellery Queen.
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