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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1944
Page
4
A family din tre aoe home marked a special Sunday with Mr and Mrs Jimmie oe of Pa Dora and their daughter Ruth visiting Limona. The event centered on a home occasion celebrated by multiple relatives.
Members of the Young Adult group enjoyed a boat trip aboard the City of Dora as a Mother's Day finale. Guests included Mr and Mrs Caxton Doggett and extended family and friends from New Summa and surrounding areas, sharing songs, coffee, and food on the cruise.
Mount Dora School faculty members hosted a delicious fried chicken dinner at the Mount Dora Hotel tea room on May 9. The evening ended with bridge at the hostesses’ apartment and prizes awarded in a clever way. Guests included Miss Virginia Bardeen Miss Doris Camp Miss Twila Camp Miss Evelyn Cassady Mrs Esther Maglathlin Mrs Helen Parker Mrs Maurice Pike and Mrs Alice Strite.
A senior picnic at Santando Springs featured a supper with weiners potato salad baked beans pickles cabbage salad cake and cold drinks. Seniors enjoying the event included Gladys Irene Crane Dorothy Geiger Allene Moon Jane Johnson Grace Lee Merry Robertson Mildred Holloway Dorris Keller Ellis Williams Earl and faculty members Doris Camp Twila Camp Evelyn Cassady Nany Laney Mary Neel LaNelle Vandiver Alice Strite and D D Roseborough.
Miss Jean Budlong daughter of Dr and Mrs George Budlong formerly of Mount Dora and Harry Madison Gunnett of Baltimore Maryland were married May 2 in Baltimore They plan to live there She attended Mount Dora Clermont Minneola high schools and trained as a nurse at Orange General Hospital later did post graduate work in Chicago and Philadelphia She worked at Columbia Hospital for Women before joining Johns Hopkins in Baltimore Mr Gunnett is a Bethlehem Steel staff member from Maryland The wedding date coincided with Dr Budlong's birthday anniversary
A birthday party was held in May at Mrs Hildur Bjork’s Providence Rhode Island home to honor Mrs William E Simmons on her eightieth birthday. Guests included Mrs May Hill of Auburn Reta and James Ames of Soap Meadows and several Providence and East Providence residents.
Mrs Morea presided at a dainty tea table decorated with gardenias where a decorated cake and candles were lit. Adrianne Norton helped serve crumpets cookies and cake after the cake was cut by the honored guest. Present were Mrs Uithoven Amos Adams Ray Daniels James Stout and Richard with Doris Norton Morgan Adrianne Norton and Betty Jo McDonald. Others invited but unable to attend were Mrs William Wingler and Mrs Eugene Downs.
Mrs H A Dahm is spending a few weeks at Webster Groves Missouri. Dudley Adkins has returned from Amory Mississippi where he visited his mother Mrs Lillie Adkins for several days to be with her on Mother's Day. Mrs Adkins is making
Local notices list residents and guests heading for summer destinations. Families, including Dr. Francis A. Poole and Mrs. Poole, travel to Cliff Island and Bus tines Island. others depart for Maine, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, or the Carolinas.
After six months at Kill-Karey the party plans to return to their Meriden Connecticut home and expect to come back in fall for another winter season there.
Paul Thomas was born to Mr and Mrs Arthur Haskins on Saturday May 6 at Waterman Memorial Hospital Eustis. Mother and baby are reported to be doing finely.
Mount Dora Public Library Committee presents a brisk, engaging portrait of Arab life. The work contrasts pagan and religious life while noting Arab cities with colleges free hospitals baths libraries and public amenities. It credits Moslem Arabs with transmitting key knowledge to the Christian west.
The U S Department of Agriculture warns against home canning powders, noting they do not preserve and may contain dangerous substances. Heat processing and proper methods are essential to safety, with boiling water baths for fruits and tomatoes and steam pressure canning for vegetables, meats, and poultry.
District Welfare Visitor positions lead May merit exams, offering on the job training in social work. Other openings include typist stenographer and interviewer grades. Applications available at local welfare unit or Merit System Office Gainesville.
A Marine combat correspondent reports a parrot-like bird added to signal the alarm, imitating whistle blasts used to set conditions for anti air defenses in the Southwest Pacific. The bird’s mimicry has caused soldiers to wake from cots and reach foxholes before others awaken.
After two and a half years of war the report states American forces have sutured seventy five cases of total blind. The line emphasizes the toll on personnel and the ongoing medical response.
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