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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1947
Page
5
Mrs L J Drawdy Sr and Mr E L Riley married Wednesday March in Folkston Ga. Newlyweds plan a Florida George sightseeing honeymoon and will live at Rileys Park. Mount Dora youths held a Thursday night event at the Dora Youth Den praising basketball and football season work with a grand reception.
The March Hares born in March and friends held their annual picnic on Sunday the sixteenth. Weather prompted moving from Rock to the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Conrad where 22 attended and all reported a fine time.
Eight bridge tables played in the afternoon with Mrs. Etta Elmore winning the prize. Five hundred games at five tables saw Mrs. Alice Keenan as prize winner. A nominating committee was appointed: Miss Edith Taylor, Mrs. Mills, and Mrs. Frank Drake. Next week Mrs. Elmore hosts the bridge, Mrs. J L Mills the five hundred.
Miss Anna Margaret White was guest of honor at a kitchen shower in DeLand hosted by the Pi Beta Phi sorority at Stetson University. Attendees included Anita Caldwell Ma Sanders Nancy McCollum Audrey Smith Betsy Buch Joyce Duggan Betty Ward Barbara Ann Walters Margaret Dickey Eleanor Dookey Noreene Geyer Patricia Robertson Jean Adair Clark Janet White. Refreshments of cookies punch and nuts complemented the gathering.
Ocklawaha Chapter D A R met at the Eustis Woman's Club with guests at the door Mrs E L and Mrs C M Tyre. A Memorial Service honored two members since 1946 led by State Chaplain Mrs W H Adkinson. Officers and delegates to the Florida State Conference will attend in St Augustine March 25 27.
Personal notes show Beverly Sellers vacationing with grandparents in Orlando. Mr and Mrs Backus spend a week in Atlanta visiting their son George. Arborio family guests include Joan Carol and Johnnie Wilder. Buckman party travels to Palm Beach and Miami by auto. Sillance heads home to Manchester Connecticut from the Mount Royal Hotel. Malone returns from Jacksonville visit by plane. Dorothy Thompson travels from Beaver Pennsylvania for a death related call.
A steady stream of guests arrives and departs in Mount Dora. Families from Ohio New York and New Jersey visit relatives at addresses on Simpson Street and Seventh Avenue while several locals plan summer trips. The Gregors of Garden City New York return for another winter stay and announce plans to relocate permanently next spring.
Mr and Mrs A R Wilder announce the birth of son Robert Raymond weighing 544 ounces on Thursday May 6 at Waterman Memorial Hospital in Eustis. Mr and Mrs Nicholas Danesky are the parents of daughter Martha Dian weighing 4 pounds 2 ounces born Saturday March 8 at the hospital in Eustis.
The First Methodist Church hosts a Thursday afternoon series on India led by Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Bancroft with a climactic session led by Dr. and Mrs. E. S. Johnson. Mrs. Johnson will deliver the main address on India and display salarpenting objects including suttee feet. An Indian dinner prepared by the Bancrofts at noon costs 50 cents and reservations are requested.
The Mount Dora Art League holds its monthly meeting March 26 at 2 30 p m in the Community Church parlors Donnelly and Seventh. Miss Marian Peabody will present Treasures from The newly elected officers are President Mrs Eugene E Simpson Vice President Miss Elmira Loder Recording Secretary Mrs Melvin White Corresponding Secretary Mrs Josephine Paddock Treasurer Mrs Charles Shaw Auditor Mrs Simpson.
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