Lions Club Meeting Highlights Charity Event and New Members
The Mount Dora Lions Club hosted Dr Samuel Ruegg of Tavares with a focus on sight preservation and civic causes. Proceeds from Funzapoppin and a baby contest funded eye care Girl Scouts and other community work. New members Reid and Downs were inducted and future programs announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Ruegg
Tavares
Et Seco
Ruegg
Russia
America
Lion Rehbaum
Dorothy Ann Tremain
Dorothy Ann Sadler
Martha Drawdy
Mount Dora
Lew Thompson
Alfred Rehbaum III
John Kirk
Clayton Tremain
Ben Cook
Robert Wise
Dora
David Denslow
Yacht Club Officers for 42743 Elected
The annual yacht club election was held at the Thursday business meeting. Officers elected include Commodore George D. Church Vice Commodore W M Kennedy Rear Commodore Alfred Rehbaum Jr Secretary Treasurer John A Murray. Committees named include Regatta House Membership and Entertainment with chairmen Alfred Rehbaum Sr and A E Bell respectively. The meeting followed the regular Thursday supper and drew a large attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George D. Church
W. M. Kennedy
Alfred Rehbaum, Jr
John A. Murray
House
Alfred Rehbaum, Sr
Richard Edgerton
George J. White
J. B. McDonald
Paul Milner
Regatta Commttee
Wm. Patterson
Q. M. Simpson
A. A. Tanner
E. B. Jaques
Carl Broom
R. Taylor
E. Miller
F. Crane
L. £. Klatte
A. Rehbaum, Jr
Gordon Folger
A. C. Johnson
Fifty homeowners urged to file Homestead Exemption
Tax Assessor L. R. Tremain notes at least fifty homeowners missed this year’s Homestead Exemption filing. Applications must be filed by April 1 or the property is taxed at full value. Tremain has blanks at his office and at the city hall for convenient filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. R. Tremain
Tremain
Art League to Meet at Mrs. Eason’s Home
The Mount Dora Art League will convene at 2 pm this afternoon at the home of Mrs. Jack Eason on North Clayton Street to discuss upcoming exhibitions and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Jack Eason
North
Clayton Street
Lawn Bowling Club Evening Bow for the Summer
The Lawn Bowling Club opens Wednesday and Friday evenings at 7 30 on two rinks offering interclub play as migrant members return. Notable participants include John B McDonald of East Liverpool Ohio and William Louthan, with several others from New Jersey Pennsylvania Massachusetts and Indiana joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapiag
John B. ‘McDonald
East Liverpool
Ohio
William Louthan
Henry A Ritchie
Ridgewood
New Jersey
Joseph H. Tracy
Jenkintown
Pennsylvania
Joseph E. Walworth
Andover
Massachusetts
Edmund M. Wasmuth
Huntington
Indiana
Frederick A. Wheeler
East Longmeadow
Breckenridge
Thomas
Hill
Nelson
Steinmetz
Swift
Central Florida Lawn Bowling League
Mount Dora
DeLand
Seenee
Major Cooley Home on Furlough
Major Thomas H. Cooley arrived unexpectedly last Friday for his first furlough since he was called to active duty as provost marshal at Camp Davis North Carolina six months ago. His duties keep him on the job twenty four hours a day but he is in fine shape and has gained weight. He left Wednesday to return to camp for special training in mechanized warfare as he is to go into active service in charge of a mechanized division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas. H. Cooley
Camp Davis
N. C
Staff Instruction Course at Defense Center Tuesday
A Staff Instruction Course will be held at the Defense Center on Tuesday March 31 from 2 to 5 PM. All staff group members are expected to attend this course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defense Center
Mount Dora student pledged to Pi Kappa Phi at UF
James W. Shaw of Mount Dora is among seventy three UF second semester pledges listed by twenty fraternities. He is pledged to Pi Kappa Phi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Shaw
Mount Dora
University of Florida
Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity
Notes About Our Men In Service Add Thurman Pierce to Honor Roll
Thurman Pierce of Lake Jem has been missing from the Honor Roll but is now listed. He has served three years in the armed forces and is currently in the Panama Canal Zone. Also noted are Toby Greene in Australia by cable, Cliff White stationed at Camp Blanding, and William McCown training in Douglas Georgia who made his first solo flight after eight hours eleven minutes of flying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurman Pierce
Lake Jem
Armed Service
Panama Canal Zone
Toby Greene
Australia
Cliff White
Camp Blanding
William McCown
Douglas
Band Boosters Club Meeting Tonight At School Auditorium
The Band Boosters Club holds a 7:30 pm meeting in the School Auditorium. Mrs. W A Vincent chairs the membership drive and invites nonmembers to join. Dues are 25 cents per person to fund new music for the band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Vincent
Red Cross Yarn Available From Margaret Lewis
Miss Margaret Lewis in charge of Red Cross knitting reports receipt of yarn for men sweaters and socks. Knitters can collect items from her home at 728 McDonald Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Lewis
Red Cross Knitting
McDonald Street
Castletown angler nets 15 lb 9 oz bass on St Johns River
Mrs. R.S. Bridge of Castleton on Hudson New York caught a 15 pound 9 ounce black bass in the St Johns River on March 7. It is reported as the largest bass in Lake County this season with a photo by Powers from the Lake County Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.S. Bridge
Castleton-on- Hudson
N. Y
St. Johns River
Lake County
Chamber of Commerce
Powers
Six New Members Join Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce
The Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce reports six additional memberships for 1942 bringing total to 131. New members are Lewis Carroll Florida Public Service Co G W Malone R F Porter Mrs Etta Austin McDonald A P Phillips Avd Co Orlando. The article urges other local businesses to join to support community advertising and benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Chamber’ of Commerce
Maine publisher visits Topic in Mount Dora
Frank B. Nichols proprietor of the Bath Daily Times and two weekly papers visited the Topic on Tuesday. He and Mrs. Nichols stayed at Mount Plymouth Hotel with Mr. and Mrs. George Ca and attended Lawn Bowling Club closing matches. Nichols praised the Topic’s well equipped shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Nichols
Bath Daily Times
Bath
Maine
Nichols
Mount Plymouth
Mount Dora
George Ca
Keller
Winners announced in 1941 42 National Bass Tournament
The Leesburg Florida event closed March 13 with prizes awarded in multiple divisions. Notables include Mrs F C Towers and Mrs Viola Jenkins of Leesburg earning top and tied bass prizes, Fred Butler and Bill Folsom among winners in Men’s Tourist and Resident divisions, and W L Reynolds taking a 11 lb bass prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leesburg
Lake County
Florida
Wilma J. March
Viola Jenkins
Lees
Bass
Fred Butler
West Springfield
Mass
Lamar Tompkins
A. K. Sheffer
Alliance
Ohio
Bill Folsom
Abner Keeling
L J Drawdy Dies After Brief Illness In Mount Dora
L J Drawdy 52 a Mount Dora contractor and church member died Sunday after breakfast while playing with his granddaughter. Born in Seneca in 1890 he moved to Mount Dora with his family about 21 years ago. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 3pm at First Baptist Church with burial in Umatilla cemetery. He leaves a widow two daughters Lorraine Dixon and Elizabeth four sons L J Jr James Jerald and Julian and two brothers Arthur and Duncan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Jackson Drawdy
Seeem
Woodland Avenue
Mr. Drawdy
Seneca
James Albert Drawdy
Dora Ann Drawdy
United States Engineers
Lake Dora
Drawdy
Gertrude Elizabeth Rutherford
Mount Dora
First Baptist Church of
Golden Triangle Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Lorraine Dixon
Perry
Elizabeth
James
Jerald
Ranger
Julian
Navy Hospital
Brooklyn
N. Y
Arthur
West Palm Beach
Duncan L
Miami
Arthur Drawdy
Lois Drawdy
Mildred Harter
First Baptist Church
Floyd Montgomery
Entertainers Delight Tourist Club with Varied Program
The Tourist Club in Community Hall enjoyed a Tuesday evening performance by Gladys Cornell Frederic Welsh Charles Piers and Edna Rankin piano. A diverse program earned encores and high praise from members. Next Tuesday will feature Jack Rank performing The Taming of the Shrew in a return engagement at the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Gladys Cornell
Frederic Welsh
Charles Piers
Edna Rankin
Jack Rank
Rank
Florida Forest and Park Association to Meet at UF
The twentieth annual meeting of the Florida Forest and Park Association will be held March 27 at the University of Florida Gainesville. The group aims to boost forest conservation fire prevention private forestry and the creation of state parks and demonstration forests while preserving Florida’s historic and scenic areas. Members contribute to sustaining timberlands recreation and permanent citizenship progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida Forest and Park Association
University of Florida
Gainesville
Florida
Switzerland Talk Delights Mount Dora Kiwanis and Tavares
Mount Dora Kiwanis and Tavares clubs heard Prof. Rudolph Fischer of Rollins College discuss Switzerland day by day life, history, and industry. Films showed four language regions, transport, cattle, watches, and Swiss military routines as 30 members attended and refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora Kiwanis Club
Tavares Club
Switzerland
Rudolph Fischer
Rollins College
J. Fischer
Florida
New England
Canada
United States
Godling
Basle
Fischer
Geneva
Mount Dora Kiwanis
J. M. Smith
Harry Johnson
Tavares
Mount Dora Group
George White
W.L. Barnett
Florida Forest and Park Association
Committee On Agriculture
W. L.E. Barnett
Young Methodists Stage Two One-Act Plays Friday
The Methodist church youth will present two one act plays in the Community Auditorium on Friday evening April 10. Tickets may be purchased from the young people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Methodist Church
Good Friday Service Set at Methodist Church
A union Good Friday service will be held from two to three o'clock on April 3 in the Methodist Church. Dr. James A. Richards will preach. Further announcement will be found in next week's Topic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
James A. Richards
Grease application guidance for stored equipment
The guidance notes that grease should be applied to all bright metal parts, not only bearings, when equipment is stored to prevent corrosion and wear.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lions
Yacht Club
ART League
Lawn Bowling Club
Wilmot
Maben
Roland Morse
Vaz
Brandon
Wilcox
Baldwin
Lone
Antry
Loughridge
Gould
Horny
De-Landers
Converse
Mayo
Bridgman
Detloff
Carmick
Hollister
Charles Edwards
Denbroeder
Shepard
Degmore
Lockwood
Brumstead
Daytona
Orlando
Frank Parker
Cameron Urquhart
R. C. Thomas
J. G. Kirby
Alfred Maben
James A. Nelson
Gilbert W. Jones
Harry H. Swift
Jessie Gould
Harold M. Morse
Helm Road
Brockton
Morse
Major Cooley
Kiwanis Club
Red Cross
Riley
Grady Simpson
O. M. Simpson
A. M. Engelhard
Geo. J. White
Carl S. Graves
J. E. Fortner
W. LE. Barnett
C. M. Brown
Harry T. Mathews
Mrs. Simpson
D. F. Crane
Wm. J. Barker
A. C. Quixley
Lake County Chamber of Commerce
Band Boosters Club
Local C. of C
L. J. Drawdy
Forestry and Park .Association
Kiwanis News
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