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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1946
Page
3
The Monday Social Club hosted eight bridge tables and six five hundred games at this week’s gathering. Hostesses for next Monday include Mrs. Raymond Jones for bridge and Mrs. J. W. Swartz for five hundred.
Mr and Mrs C E Brooks Sr announce the marriage of their daughter Johnnie Mae Stanley to Yeager. The ceremony was officiated by Dean Harold Gardner at an Episcopal church in Boise Idaho. The bride a Wesleyan College graduate from Macon Georgia returns from college to Mount Dora. Mr Yeager an electrical engineer a University of Washington graduate is in business in Alaska. They will live in Ketchikan Alaska until fall and then move to Anchorage.
Sunday afternoon March 10 a reunion of relatives gathered at Gilbert Park Mount Dora guests included Mr and Mrs J E Lea A P Sidel J P Williams J R Mills W F Harding Ruth Carol Ann Eileen Cellion Whitehouse Ohio and others After a picnic lunch hosts Mr and Mrs J P Williams led the group aboard the City of Dora for a cruise of Lake Dora and connecting lakes and canals Weather was ideal and the trip was greatly enjoyed.
Mrs. L J Drawdy announces the engagement and approaching marriage of her daughter Elizabeth to Alvin McDaniel formerly of DeLand now Mount Dora. Miss Drawdy is a Mount Dora High School graduate class of 42 and works at Mount Dora Pharmacy. McDaniel is the son of C R McDaniel of DeLand and served three and a half years as a Navy motor machinist's mate in the Pacific. he now manages the Piggly Wiggly meat market in Mount Dora. The wedding is planned for April.
Mount Dora Chapter No. 193 initiated four new members on March 14 at the Masonic Hall. Mrs Sadie M Trimble Mrs Bessie Best and Mr and Mrs Owenine were welcomed with floral tributes as songs were performed by Mrs Bessie Fisher and accompanist Mrs Ruth Gudgeon The Worthy Matron and Mizpah Chapter leaders spoke and visitors praised the event a social hour followed with refreshments served by Mrs Ruby Chapman and Mrs Annie Gorhead.
Personal Gilbert Page, recently discharged from the Marine Service, is the house guest of Mrs Frances Harvey. Miss Florence Yost of Philadelphia is visiting Miss Alice Davis at her North Donnelly home. Mrs Harold V Morse of Oberlin Ohio is visiting Dr and Mrs
James A Richards plans to leave Monday for home. Denver guests of I M Short include Mr and Mrs Charles Sweet and Mr and Mrs Ed Smith. William L Holt fresh from Navy discharge visits sister Mrs Glenn L Chapman. Mrs H S who resold her Sylvan En home. Isabelle Robertson from New York moves to Mount Dora living with Mrs Hanscom and works in Tavares. Stephen Gregor of Garden City and wife return from Lakeside Inn and plan Mount Dora as a future home. Leo Barker and family return to Maine Michigan after touring the state and Cuba by plane. May D Lewis of Watertown New York recovering from stomach operation in hospital.
The column lists guests and residents in Mount Dora including Miss Stella M. Lewis and Miss May Lewis recovering at home. It mentions Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Alphard with relatives visiting, and several families from Tennessee and Libertyville staying at local hotels. Plans are noted for winter residents to return, and a Hollywood to Puerto Rico trip by Mrs. W. A. Swords and her son accompanies her husband’s naval posting.
Miss Fannie Noonan of Mount Dora sustained a broken hip when she slipped and fell while getting into a car after an evening at a friend's home in Orlando. She is at Orange General Hospital undergoing treatment and likely undergoing an operation to pin the bone. her condition is described as improving.
A week of social events at Villa Dora Hotel features card parties, bingo, and tea hosted by local couples. Highlights include the Chamber of Commerce visit from Jacksonville Beach, a garden party by Dr. and Mrs. Mayo, and a St. Patrick themed card party with Judy Graves presenting shamrocks. Attendees include Grace Bushnell Mae Murray and George White with guests from Chicago Greenfield Bridgeport and Worcester.
Weekly Lakeside Inn activities featured boat rides on Lake Dora and canal routes, bowling, shuffleboard, croquet, putt ing and pool. Magician Bellcamp and H M Duyckinck entertained with magic and films. Late arrivals included Mrs Knowles and guests from Cedar Rapids and Wilmington, with Cotterill Sisters Irish concert closing the evening.
The summery weather keeps Grand View Hotel guests outdoors with hiking shuffleboard boating and other activities while winter visitors depart. Talks of reservations and trains hint at an approaching end to the season as departures continue.
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