Community Club Meetings and Hostess Details
Social Ladies Aid meets May 8 at 2 30 pm at 822 Alexander Street with members and friends urged to attend. Kings Daughters convene May 11 at Grandview and Eleventh at home of Mrs E D Parker with Mrs Purdy and Miss Edna Dennis as hostesses. Mount Dora Home Demonstration Club gathers May 13 at 2 30 pm in Community Building social rooms.
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Ladies Aid
Ladies Aid of the Community Church
Alexander Street
King's Daughters
King’s Daughters
E. D. Parker
Grandview
Purdy
Edna Dennis
Mount Dora
Leesburg Chapter 0. R. C. Sewing Room Hours
The sewing and knitting room at chapter headquarters Leesburg will be open each Monday Wednesday and Friday from 1 00 to 4 30 p m. Office hours for everything else as before each Monday Tuesday Wednesday Friday and Saturday from 9 00 a m to 5 00 p m.
Streeton and Ames Wed in Orlando Ceremony
Miss Hilda Streeton and Mr. Ches ter C. Ames were married Thursday April 30 in Orlando by County Judge John D. Baker. They reside at Mr. Ames home on Scenic Drive Lake Ola and plan to spend the summer there with possible return to town for winter.
Miss Rehbaum Hosts Weekend House Party
Miss Mary Louise Rehbaum entertained four Stetson University classmates at her parents home in Sylvan Shores over the weekend. Saturday night they attended the Country Club supper and dance, and Sunday additional guests included three Orlando Air Base men and Roy Chris.
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Rehbaum
Mary Louise Rehbaum
Stetson University
Alfred Rehbaum
Sylvan Shores
Orlando Air Base
Roy Chris
Two Youths Enjoy Lake Gertrude Boating Thrills
Topher and Billy Lawrence of Monfit Dora showcase motor boating and aquaplaning on Lake Gertrude for entertainment. The young ladies returned to DeLand Monday morning.
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Topher
Billy Lawrence
Monfit Dora
Lake Gertrude
DeLand
Monday Social Club to Continue Card Parties
The Monday Social Club will keep hosting afternoon card parties led by Mrs. A. Schonenberger as the season runs late. About thirty ladies attended the closing luncheon earlier this week with seven tables playing contract and five hundred. Members honored retiring president Mrs. George De Muth with a War Savings Stamp book containing $2.50.
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A. Schonenberger
George DeMuth
Boat Ride for Mount Dora School Band Enjoys Lake Tour
The Mount Dora School Band spent last Saturday aboard a boat hosted by Captain Harry Wise and band director Manuel Sedano. After Lake Dora cruising they picnicked at Trimble Park with a bountiful supper organized by Mrs. Grady Simpson. Two boys briefly got wet while disembarking, but no harm occurred before the boat returned to the dock around nine.
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Mount Dora
Harry Wise
Manuel Sedano
Lake Dora
Trimble Park
Grady Simpson
Band Boosters’ Club
Residents set for summer at homes far and near
Personal notes list multiple residents leaving for summer homes in New Hampshire Ohio North Carolina and New York plus others returning from winter locations. Names include Mrs. George C Battle J J West A R Odell Waite Winston Stephens R T Gould Jessie Gould Frank Theall Nettie Theall Charlotte Greenleaf George S Horton Marian Gorham Marian Peabody W G Shipley Vernell Mabel Honour C C Softeiss Andrew J Ziegler and relatives. Some travel to Fire Island and Yonkers with family events noted.
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C. C. Softeiss
Ocean Beach
Fire Island
N.Y
Harrisburg
Mount Dora Woman's Club Receives Thank You Letter
A 1942 note from Edith N Wesel R N at Waterman Memorial Sanitarium in Eustis thanks Mount Dora Woman's Club for sixty dollars donated by the club's Hospital Committee. The letter invites approval to use remaining funds to buy linoleum from Crane Furniture and Hardware Company and mentions a food conveyor purchase. Ethelyn P Zell filed the item.
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Mount Dora Woman’s Club
Waterman Memorial Sanitarium and Hospital
Lake County Medical Center
Eustis, Fla
Mary C. Marshall
Mount Dora
Florida
Marshall
Crane Furniture and Hardware Company
Edith N. Wesel
R. N
Ethelyn P. Zell
Have You Read Seven Grass Huts by Cecile Hulse Matschal
Mount Dora Public Library Committee notes Cecile Hulse Matschal as author of Suwanee River. Her memoir chronicles life as an engineer's wife across South and Central America with vivid jungle scenes and charming anecdotes.
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Cecile Hulse Matschal
Suwanee
South
Central America
Matto Grosso
Pampas
Patagonia
Paraguary
Chaco
Amazonia
Mount Dora
Obituary for Rev. David T. Johnson of St. Thomas Eustis
The Rev. David Thomas Johnson, 69, rector of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Eustis for 18 years, died suddenly at home after months of ill health. Survivors include his widow Katherine, son David Thomas Jr., daughters Mrs. Randolph Watson and Mrs. Thomas H. Walker, and five grandchildren. Funeral at St. Thomas with Bishop Wing. burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers from Mount Dora and Eustis. active pallbearers listed.
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David Thomas Johnson
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Eustis
Eustis Church
The
Masons and the Elks
Eustis Kiwanis
Bishop Wing
Greenwood Cemetery
J. G. LaDue
Frank C. Irvine
George M. Cornelius
Mount Dora
Stin Haselton
Wm. E. Seacole
John M. Mowery
Longtime Lancaster official Rollin J. Brown dies at 85
Rollin J. Brown 85 of Lancaster and Mount Dora died April 26 at his Lancaster home after a year of ill health. Born February 14, 1857 in Northumberland he served as Town Clerk and Treasurer of Lancaster for 49 years and worked at Thompson Manufacturing as bookkeeper and treasurer before retiring eight years ago. He married Helen French in 1888 and spent winters in Mount Dora for twelve years. He was active in Masons Eastern Star and Knights of Pythias. Funeral held April 27 at Lancaster Congregational Church with Rev. William T. Thistle officiating.
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Rollin J. Brown
Lancaster
N.H
Mount Dora
Mr. Brown
James Brismade
Helen Patterson Brown
Northumberland
Thompson Manufacturing Company
Masons
the Eastern Star
Knights of Pythias
Helen French
Strathford
N. H
East Eighth Avenue
Cora Brown
Lancaster Congregational Church
William T. Thistle
Mrs Charline Abbott, longtime temperance leader, dies
Mrs Charline Abbott, born in Lewiston Missouri aged eighty two, long viewed as a winter visitor in Mount Dora at the Simpson Hotel, died Saturday night. A Rochester High School teacher in youth, she led Rochester WCTU as secretary and president, directed New Hampshire WCTU from 1920 to 1931, and remained active in the Methodist Church for 65 years. Funeral was Tuesday in Rochester First Methodist Church with Rev William B Locke officiating. Burial followed in Rochester Cemetery.
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Boston Herald
Charline Abbott
Mount Dora
Simpson Hotel
Abbott
Lewiston
Charles Munger
Rochester, N. H
John J. Abbott
Rochester
Rochester First
Drunk Drivers in Florida Cause 29 Deaths in Three Months
Florida highways saw 29 deaths and 291 injuries in the first quarter from drunk driving, per Charles R. Jones of the American Business Men's Research Foundation. He notes this is nearly five times the fatality toll from other drivers. Authorities back a yearlong moratorium on drunken driving to curb record highway tolls, as last year logged about 45 000 traffic deaths.
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Florida
Charles R. Jones
American Business Men's Research Foundation
Highway Patrol
Jones
Moss Company Workers Buy War Savings Stamps
C. K. Snelling of Central Moss Company Groveland reports his twenty five employees are cooperating 100 percent on the payroll allotment program of the U S Treasury War Savings Staff. Each payday every worker buys at least one war savings stamp.
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C. K. Snelling
Central Moss Company
Groveland
U.S. Treasury
Lake County Sets May War Bond Quota At 56000
Lake County’s May quota for war bonds and stamps is 56000 set by the U S Treasury based on average sales since May 1 last year. George J White of Mount Dora, chair of the Lake County Defense Savings Committee, says the county should meet and exceed the quota as recent months show over 100000 in monthly defense security sales.
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Lake County
U. S. States Treasury Department
George J. White
Mount Dora
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Canada
Leslie Howard
Raymond Massey
Lawrence Oliver i “Phe
Sun
Henry Fonda
Gene Tierney
Bill Elliott
Tex Ritter
the Marines
Victor McLaglen
Edmond Lowe
Olsen & Johnson
Martha Raye
Jellzapoppin
Theahw
Victor Metngree
Mon
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Hellzapoppin
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Gentleman After Dark
Central
Ismimurtes
MT Dora
George C. Battle
Sorrento
J. J. West
Grandview Street
A. R. Odell
Winston Stephens
North Clayton Street
East Longmeandow
Mass
R. T. Gould
Jessie Gould
Contoocook
New Hampshire
R. F. Porter
Helen Street
Easton
Maryland
A. E. Bell
North Carolina
Horse Shoe
Hendersonville
Asheville
Frank Theall
Nettie Theall
Charlotte Greenleaf
Lakeshore Drive
George S. Horton
Union Springs
N. Y
South Clayton Street
Jack Brandon
New York
Marian Gorham
Norwalk
Conn
E. E. Gorham
George H. Peabody
Troy
Miss Marian Peabody
Berea
W. G. Shipley
Vernell
Warren
Ohio
Mabel
Honour
Chicago
Ill
Andrew J. Ziegler
E. C. Routzahn
Yonkers
Scarsdale
Massachusetts Tech
Crane Furniture Company
North Bay St. Eustis
Frank Gause
North Bay St
Green
Ball’s
Mammoth
Zinnias
Heim Road
Sylvan Drive
W. C. Hartline
D. T. Johnson
MR. Rollin J. Brown
Mrs
Frigidaire Electrical Appliances
Paul B. Brown Co
Brown Bldg
United States
First National Bank OF
Mount Dora, Florida
Member
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Eaton
Montag
Martha Washington and
Hollingsworth
Yowell-Drew CO
Moss Company
J-M
Peee Lee
Johns-Manville
Tdea
Mt.Dora
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