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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1944
Page
5
Waite Soper Purdy and Mrs Houston host luncheon while Mrs Weeks oversees bridge at five hundred. Following minutes and treasurer report, players enjoyed cards. Shonen won the bridge prize and Mrs Barnhart the five hundred prize in a week event.
Auxiliary members attended the District Conference at Sanford Sunday with Mount Dora leaders presiding. Mrs. Helen Westfall of Miami was the Departmresident and Mrs. Sidney Geiger was elected District president. Mount Dora delegates included Mrs. Jackson and four others. A joint luncheon with the Legion followed, and celery bouquets served as souvenirs.
Miss Joyce Elaine Thompson daughter of Mrs Marie Thompson Mount Dora and Sergeant William H Conliffe wed in a quiet ceremony at the home of Rev Otis W Foye on North Donnelly Avenue The couple will reside in Mount Dora with Mrs Thompson after a brief honeymoon Attendants were Albert A Thompson and Mrs Thompson with corages of gardenias listed for the bride and her matron of honor.
Mount Dora Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star honored past matrons and patrons at last Thursday night’s meeting with the Seventh Degree. Doris Camp and Twila Camp were highlighted for Grand Chapter leadership roles as 57 Florida Grand Representatives. Pearl Camp plans to attend the Tampa Grand Chapter session April 4 to 7.
Mrs Marie Thompson visits Jacksonville to see her son Albert Thompson and family. Mary Morse suffered a broken arm last week after a fall on the street. Mr and Mrs James C Clark are mentioned in the scene.
A string of short notes lists residents and visitors in Browns Mills Orlando Tampa Sorrento Mount Dora Crescent City Detroit Miami Rochester Jacksonville and Pensacola, including Captain Edwin McBride Mrs Estella Clark Mr Vernon Slough Mr and Mrs L A Brantley Miss Hattie M Allen and Captain Walter Fowler visiting or returning home, with illness and service updates.
Pythian Sisters names Mrs Curtis Wise and Mrs James Williams as chairmen of the organizing committee with the two women guiding the upcoming event. The women oversee duties and coordinate volunteers for the lodge activities.
Mesdames Milton Willard and Freeman Hill completed two Sunday sessions of a Den Mothers Training Course sponsored by the Central Florida Council, Boy Scouts of America. Elston V. Miller of Pack No. 61 Winter Park taught the course, Hill will receive a certificate, while Willard missed the final session due to illness.
The drive ends this Friday and readers are urged to subscribe now. The appeal stresses patriotism and calls on individuals to participate.
Members of the American Legion Auxiliary and the Monday Club supplied cookies for the Service Men's Club through March. Auxiliary duties ran March 1 to 21 and the Monday Club from March 15 to 31. Donors from the Auxiliary included Mary Marshall as chairman, with Mrs. McCabe, Mrs. Conklin, Mrs. Carr, and Mrs. Overhiser among the contributors.
Obituary notes a Paterson born 1917 who lived in Jersey City then Mount Dora. He was a Mason Shriner and Eastern Star member and active in the Chamber of Commerce Lawn Bowling Kiwanis nine year perfect attendance. Surviving widow daughter Geraldine son Calvin, two brothers, and a funeral held Saturday at 4 pm.
Five outstanding citizens receive honorary memberships following a plan begun by Karl Lehmann. Recipients include Governor Spessard L. Holland and U S Senators C O Andrews and Claude Pepper, plus Congressman J Hendricks and Willis Powell. Special blue imprinted cards feature the Lake County map and red borders with the year 1944.
Lake County Home Demonstration agents report a busy 1943 canning season with about 800 containers canned at the Tavares kitchen and 3,000 more at Mount Dora. Volunteers and clubs supplied centers with equipment. Thelma Silver received a War Saving Stamp for her Mount Dora efforts and statewide stamps honored outstanding food conservation work.
Mrs Miller calls for a well equipped canning center in every Lake County community as a symbol of patriotic duty. The report notes pigs will begin eating green feed at two weeks old as part of the agricultural discussion.
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