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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1948
Page
5
Ladies of the Home Demonstration club bid farewell to president Mrs Forest Clowes as she heads to Mexico for the summer. The group presented notes and stamps for her correspondence and a surprise party followed the meeting.
Summer church services at the Community church ended last Sunday. Dr and Mrs Robert R Reed left Monday for Columbus Ohio where the new Dora pastor will pursue hand treatment. Dr Reed said he plans to return this fall and the first services back will be the third Sunday in October.
Leesburg's Peggy Pemble will address a joint Baptist missions meeting at the local church Sunday at 7 pm. Director Art Hodges notes she returns from the Rachel Sims Memorial Mission in New Orleans and will present slides. Pemble is headed to Waponga Oklahoma to work with Cheyenne Indians this summer. Public welcome, arranged by Mrs Slater Cox of Mount Dora Mission Society.
The American Legion auxiliary and the men’s organization in Mount Dora formed plans for Memorial Day on May 30. Edna Conelly was installed as president, with Kathleen Burchett and Lillian Christie as first and second vice presidents. Plus Cora Sadler treasurer and Mary Alicia Mitchill chaplain among new officers. They approved moving monthly meetings to the fourth Monday for a trial period and set an executive committee for Memorial Day including Pearl Overhiser and Elsie Chamberlain.
The winter quarter honor roll at Stetson University lists four Mount Dora students. Grace Lee Vincent, Eudell Sutley, Robert Petruschell, and Joyce Duggan are noted. Sutley is interning at Mount Dora High School teaching Spanish and ranks in the top ten percent of juniors and seniors, also a Scroll and Key candidate.
Davenport plans a museum outing for 18 pupils as part of classroom study but 5 drivers are unavailable. Miss Davenport seeks volunteers to chauffeur the students to Sarasota, offering a rare school outing if enough cars can be secured. The article also notes Florida receives 25 percent of national forest income for county use.
Glenn Rhodes and Charlotte Robertson announce their engagement and upcoming marriage. Charlotte Robertson is from Orlando Florida with roots in Sylacauga Alabama. Rhodes is employed by the First National Bank of Orlando and has Army Air Force service. The couple plans to wed June 6 at the Chapel of First Methodist Church in Orlando.
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