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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1942
Page
5
The Ladies Aid of the Community Church schedules an all day sewing at 10 a.m. Friday March 13 with a covered dish meal. A luncheon and musical are planned for 1 p.m. Friday March 27 in the parlors, promoted as a premier social event of the season. Miss Lemnert and Mrs. Hanscom urged participation.
Mount Dora Chapter No. 103 O ES holds regular meeting at 8:00 p m in Ma sonic Hall with initiation ceremony. Mrs Mamie Lander of Orlando Right Worthy Grand Conductress of the General Grand Chapter and her mother attend before Mrs Lander leaves March 14 for the Eastern Star Grand Chapter Ses sion.
Mrs. Ida Sellers chairs the event and refreshment committee invites All Stars to attend in Tennessee with refreshments provided.
The Monday Social Club met for its monthly luncheon with strong turnout and a generous school lunch fund collection. Prizes went to Minnie Walcott in contract, Ray Blanchard in five hundred, and Jeannette Babcock in pinochle. next meeting hosts listed for contract, pinochle, and five hundred.
Mrs. George M. Cornelius hosted a bridge luncheon at the Sylvan Shores Hotel last Wednesday. Four tables played in the afternoon with guests including Mrs. L. R. Heim and Mrs. Alta Belshe among others.
Mrs Cary and Mrs George Cary hosted twenty four ladies for a dessert bridge at Sylvan Shores Hotel with guests including Mrs Belding Tower Pratt and Poole. Prize winners named were Pratt Schoeninger Whitney and Tower. Later Mrs Heim hosted a bridge luncheon with pansy decorations and boutonnieres. First prize went to Mrs Wilmot, second to Mrs Cary, third to Mrs Rehbaum, fourth to Mrs Birkbeck and fifth to Mrs Quixley.
Personal Chief W L Story stays at home with flu. Henry Stein travels to Akron for mother’s illness. Corporal Thomas Hurlburth returns from Fort Benning on furlough. Mrs W H Sprague back from Florida Sanatorium Orlando. Lawrence Cassidy visiting Lake Carlton home of W L Connor in Lynchburg. Ray Eckholdt goes to Tampa for welding work. family to join later at 1402 Bay Villa Place. H J Rutherford visits sister in Norfolk. he serves aboard USS Alcar. Edna Wilson of Freedom PA heads to St Petersburg and Miami after visit. Beatrice Stein Dietz arrives from Los Angeles for ten day visit. to Akron March 17 then Lu sels via air train to Akron area.
Weekend guests include Mr. and Mrs. Jack Parker and son Jackie of McIntosh visiting R. W. Vincent and family in town. Others travel from Fort Lauderdale Orlando and Willamsport Tennessee. Social events feature Fairfax Circle at Mrs. W. O. Merchant’s home and local families hosting relatives.
Mrs. W D Lovelady Mrs. Helen Worthing and Mrs W S Jones motor to DeLeon Springs Sunday. Mrs E S Rockey and son Stanley and Mrs C L Hewson of Sanford were guests Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs L W Stenstrom. Miss Agnes Vincent of Orlando spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Lester B Vincent.
Mount Dora Woman's Club urges attendance at Princess Theatre on March 19 and 20 to view Sullivan's Travels starring Joel McCrea. Proceeds support library, Lake County Medical Center, Red Cross, school luncheons, Audubon Society, Tuberculosis Band, Town Band, and other local causes.
Mrs H E Page entertained sixteen guests at luncheon and bridge in honor of Mrs Harold Lane of Ridgewood New Jersey who is visiting the Grand View. Additional arrivals include Mr Herbert McMullen Evanston NL Miss Elmira Lodor Philadelphia Pa and others from South Carvel Mass Washington DC West Palm Beach Fla Maplewood NJ and Waterloo Iowa. The Mount Dora Art League will meet this Thursday afternoon at the Grand View.
Florida Civilian Defense News details Lake County’s centralized action divisions in Eustis with a Citizens Defense Corps, local financing by municipalities, and coordination under County Coordinator Colonel C. E. Lester and Red Cross liaison E. Huey. The Chamber of Commerce office at Tavares directs other units under David Denslow. the two offices operate as a united defense team.
Miss Katherine Myers of the American Red Cross met with Lake County Chapter leaders in Leesburg on March 9 to discuss a tentative Volunteers Nurses Aides program. Attendees included R Ns from Mount Dora Leesburg Eustis Fruitland Park and the secretary.
Mrs. Cash E. Riddle 72 of Orlando died Monday at 8 p.m. in Orange General Hospital after several years as a Mount Dora resident.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Jensen of Jacksonville announce the birth of a seven and a half pound daughter named Joan on Thursday March 5 at St Lukes Hospital Jacksonville. Mother and baby are doing well and at home joins the grandparents Mr and Mrs T C Jensen and Mr and Mrs A P Sidel of Mount Dora.
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