Social Daughters Host Boat Ride on City of Dora
Mrs Eine Wise to entertain the Daughters this afternoon with a City of Dora boat ride. The event will be aboard with a pot luck supper as the City of Dora leaves the Yacht Club dock at 3 p m. Baptist Women Meet Lambert Circle holds all day gathering at Mrs C C Moorhead s home with covered dish luncheon and study reports. Mrs J M Smith greeted with two stork showers from Eastern Star and card club guests, gifts and refreshments noted.
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King’s Daughters
Eine’ Wise
S Daughters
Dora
Yacht Club
Lambert Circle of the Baptist Church
C C. Moorhead
Eustis Road
Basil Lee Lockett
Smith
J. M. Smith
Boat Trip and Supper Honoring Mrs Raymond Young
Mrs Raymond Young was guest of honor at a Monday boatride and surprise birthday party hosted by friends. The group departed from the Yacht Club dock in Dora at six, cruised Lake Beauclaire, and anchored for servings of a birthday cake. After supper guests enjoyed a moonlit cruise past Deer Island.
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Raymond Young
Yacht Club
Dora
Lake Beauclaire
Captain Wise
Deer Island
Eagles Nesting In Fork High In Pine Tree
A pair of eagles nest in a fork high in a pine tree as Mrs. Young hosts a gathering. Attendees include Capt and Mrs Wise Miss Adeline Wise and many couples such as Mr and Mrs Arthur Tanner Mr and Mrs W M Kennedy Dr and Mrs Harry W Reed Mr and Mrs George Keller Mrs Fletcher Crane Mrs Thomas Cooley and Mr C H Lichliter. Absentees were Mr Cooley on a Bartow trip and Mr Crane away fishing.
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Young
Wise
Adeline Wise
Arthur Tanner
W. M. Kennedy
Harry W. Reed
George Keller
Fletcher Crane
Thomas Cooley
C. H. Lichliter
Mr. Cooley
Bartow
Crane
P. T. A. Entertains Seniors and Faculty Picnic
The P. T. A. treated the senior class and faculty to a Sanlando picnic after school. Mrs. Coen and team organized the event which featured a springs swim, hikes, open-air dancing, and a duck pilau lunch with ice cream. Fifty one attendees left for home after the outing.
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Sanlando A
Spinsters Hold Beach Party at Daytona Beach
Misses Martha Fenn and Eleanore Minkley hosted the Lake County Spinsters Club beach party at Daytona Beach on Sunday May 19. Attendees included Dorothy Jones Pegsy Champ Georgia Iby Mount Dora Ann Moses Gwendolyn Lake Charlotte Lester Eustis and others plus Mr Tracy Kramer Sam Sweiger Pickens Talley Leon Cheek Jr Thomason Mount Dora Earl Wolfe Cornelius Howard Gob Atkinson Umatilla. A special business meeting is set for Monday May 27 at 7:30 p m at Miss Fenns home.
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Martha Fenn
Eleanore Minkley
Lake County
Spinsters Club
Daytona Beach
Dorothy Jones
Pegsy Champ
Georgia Iby
Mount Dora
Ann Moses
Gwendolyn Lake
Charlotte Lester
Eustis
Messrs
Tracy Kramer
Sam Sweiger
Pickens Talley
Leon Cheek, Jr
Thomason
Mount
Summer travel notes from local residents
Personal notices list residents heading to campuses and abroad for the summer. Cora White departs for Cornell Wisconsin while Robert Quixley returns from the University of Florida. Families vacation in Bronson Michigan Evanston Illinois Daytona Beach and Harmon on Hudson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Quixley
University of Florida
Killian Named Among 114 Florida Southern Degree Candidates
Miss Killian of Sylvan Shores and Mr and Mrs C A Killian is listed among 114 candidates for degrees at Florida Southern College Lakeland. She will graduate May 27 with a Bachelor of Science in business administration with education. She is active in Alpha Chi Omega Pi Gamma Mu Who's Who and campus activities.
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Ae Rie Ken Ugha
C. A. Killian
Sylvan Shores
Florida Southern Sex
Lakeland
Miss Killian
Alpha Chi Omega Woman's Fraternity
Pi Gamma Mu
Florida Southern
Southern Singers
Woman’s Chorus
the Songsters
Alpha Chi Trio
College Heights
Vagabonds
Campus Aramatic Club
Choral Readers
Static Club
Orchestra
Y.W.C.A
Mount Dora High School
Residents Headed for Summer Homes and Trips
Mrs M M Hill moves from Kill-Kare Lodge to Daytona Beach for a few days then plans a summer stay at Kill-Kare. Mr and Mrs J L Mills depart after eight months in the DeMuth home to spend summer in Rome and return in fall. Miss Carrie L White leaves for New Bedford Mass after seven winter months on North Baker Street. Mr and Mrs Donald Slack visit Day tona Beach and their families in the area. Mrs W G Porter goes to Pittsford Vermont by motor, with Mountain Lakes New Jersey on the route. DeWitt Corle travels to Portland Oregon then southern California before returning east. Mrs Howard Flaherty and daughter Vivian Flaherty depart for Providence Rhode Island after wintering here, Mr Flaherty follows by car. Mrs B P Luce and Mrs Melvin White leave Kill-Kate Lodge for home. Dr and Mrs W S Randall and Mr Herbert W Dibbel motor to West Harpswell Maine then Chevy Chase Maryland to visit their daughter. Dr and Mrs Paul Conrad arrive from Barberton Ohio to spend vacation with Mr and Mrs W A Conrad of Roby Beeman Terrace. Dr and Mrs S C Colley plan to visit Columbia Tennessee to see son Carey Colley at Columbia Military Academy and return. Julian Crawdy heads to Cleveland Ohio for mortuary course with Al Ramsdell, traveling by motor as chauffeur for J B McDonald. Mr and Mrs David Edgerton and family depart for Meresy Conn to Riversea Inn. Sains Shirley Drugg accompanies them as secretary. Mr Howard A Humiston leaves for New York City, the Colo nel noted as missed by Mount Dora friends.
New York City Corporate Lawyer Faces New Scrutiny
A New York City corporate lawyer, associated with a major firm, faces renewed scrutiny over recent regulatory inquiries. The case centers on governance practices, potential conflicts of interest, and adherence to fiduciary duties within high profile client relations.
Reading About Ruth Comfort Mitchells New California Tale
A Mount Dora Public Library commission notes a new book Kindness by Ruth Comfort Mitchell, detailing Mary Banner’s escape at seventeen and marriage to Ed Banner. The San Joaquin Valley dairy ranch life and Marys determined fight for human kindness are highlighted as inspiring and stirring.
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California
Eeen
Ruth Comfort Mitchell
Mary Banner
Ed Banner
San Joaquin Valley
Mary
Mount Dora Public Library
Lake County 4-H Boys Head to State University Short Course
Twenty two Lake County 4-H Club boys will depart early Monday for a week at the University of Florida College of Agriculture. County Agent R. E. Norris announced the trip and selection criteria, noting a mix of practical and academic study in farm machinery livestock poultry and crops. G. T. Huggins will accompany the group and the list includes boys from Leesburg Eustis Mount Dora Umatilla Tavales Groveland Clermont and Mascotte.
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Lake County
R. E. Norris
University of Florida Colege of Agriculture
Florida Agriculture
Civic Clubs of
Board of County Commissioners
G. T. Huggins
4 H
Gainesville
Leesburg
David Littleton
Jimmie Littleton
Maxwell Magruder
Lloyd Pennington
Eustis
Jack Emercon
Harry Shaw
Henry Swanson
Mount Dora
David French
Walter Tucker
Umatilla
Irving Reedy
Arthur O
Methodist minister founds Home Laboratories in Eustis
Dr. John I. Wean, a retired Methodist minister of forty five years service, establishes a small laboratory business in Eustis named Home Laboratories. He manufactures a popular remedy and sells it successfully across the United States.
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John I. Wean
Eustis
United States
Wean
Home Laboratories
Early American hotel life and traveler safety rules
A look back at early hotel life with traveler tips and strict rules from revolutionary times. The piece notes simple bolted doors and loud crockery to deter thieves, historic bans such as no boots in bed and organized grinders sleeping in the wash house, and cites modern hotel safety spending of seven million dollars annually in the United States.
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United States
Miss Mary Elizabeth Clapp Dies at 84 in Mount Dora
Mary Elizabeth Clapp 84 died Monday morning at 207 East Eighth Avenue after a brief illness she had been well until Sunday. Born in Montague Massachusetts she taught there and later became a winter resident of Mount Dora for 21 years with sisters Dr Cornelia and Miss Harriet Clapp. Surviving brother Charles Utica New York and five nephews. Funeral at 11 this morning at Rehbaum Funeral Parlor with Dr Harry Westbrook Reed officiating.
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Mary Elizabeth Clapp
East Eighth Avenue
Ter
Miss Clapp
Montague
Mass
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Dora
Cornelia
Harriet Clapp
Charles
Utica
N. Y
Rehbaum ‘Funeral
Harry Westbrook
Reed
Teachers Examinations Set Across Nine Counties
Examinations will be held July 5 and 6 in Alachua Dade Duval Hillsborough Lee Leon St Lucie Volusia and Walton counties. Certification bulletins and application blanks have been sent to county superintendents for those seeking information. Applications must be filed with the State Department of Education at least one month before the exam.
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Alachua
Dade
Duval
Hillsborough
Lee
Leon
St. Lucie
Valusia
Walton
State Department of Education
Mail Schedules and Rural Delivery Times
Daily mail schedules show outgoing and incoming deadlines with specific bus service notes. Air Mail and Regular routes dispatch at 9:15 A. M. and 5:30 P. M. on weekdays, with Sunday changes and bus only constraints. Rural delivery will leave the office.
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Air Mail
Regular
Dispatch
Wainwright Gaining Support for State Treasurer Bid
W M Bill Wainwright, candidate for State Treasurer, toured Lake County this week thanking supporters and reporting strong local backing for the second primary Tuesday. He has urged a promotion from State Auditor, citing his Army France service and Florida roots in Gainesville and Bradford County. He promises an honest efficient economical administration and cites a proven record.
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W. M
Bill) Wainwright
Lake County
Wainwright
W. V.knott
France
Lake County Tops Florida in Baby Bond Sales
Lake County led Florida in Baby Bond sales with three of the state's five top second class offices. Clermont under postmaster Mrs S H Bowman sold $40 807 50 in 1939, the highest in the state, followed by Monticello Leesburg DeFuniak Springs and Eustis.
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Lake County
Florida
Chamter of Commerce
Clermont
S. H. Bowman
Monticello
Leesburg
DeFuniak Springs
Eustis
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Lana Turner
Joan Blondell
George Murphy
Broadway
Johnny Mack Brown
Pasco Basin
Edison
MAN
Anna Neagle
Ray Mill
Frigidaire Electrical Appliances
Paul B. Brown Co
Bloch Bldg
Cora White
Cornell, Wis
Wm. Schmid
Fifth Avenue
Bronson, Mich
Robert Wise
Dennis Paul
Harriet Wise
S. F. Hayward
E. Fred Wideman
East Orange
N. J
Jennie C. Sullivan
Ninth Avenue
Evanston, Ill
Philip Bachert
Buffalo
Mary MacDonell
Donnelly Avenue
Mount Dora Hospital
Eudora White
Charlevoix
Mich
H. D. Steiner
Belvedere Hotel
Miss White
Esther
Atwater Ave
Lionel Barrymore
Lew Ayres
Dr. Kildare
Sat
Sun
Edison the
Genius Edison
Lover
Jev
M. M. Hill
Kill-Kare Lodge
Kill-Kare
J. L. Mills
DeMuth
Rome
Carrie L. White
Yesterda
New Beaford
North Baker Street
Donald Slack
Mr. Slack
Mrs.lack
Mrs. Slack
Mr. J .M. Thornberry
W. G. Porter
Sylvan Drive
Pittsford
Mountain Lakes
DeWitt Corle
Portland
Oregon
Col
A. W. Cleary
Howard Flaherty
Vivian Flaherty
Providence
R. I
Mr. Flaherty
B. P. Luce
Warren
Melvin White
Mt. Vernon
Kill-Kate Lodge
W. S. Randall
Herbert W. Dibbel
Wouter
West Harpswell
Dea
Chevy Chase
Mrs. Randall
Paul Conrad
Barberton
Ohio
Paul
W. A.’ Conrad
Roby Beeman Terrace
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
S. C. Colley
Columbia, Tenn
Carey Colley
Columbia Military Academy
Julian Crawdy
Cleveland
al Ramsdell
J. B. McDonald
East
Liverpool
David Edgerton
David Jr
Jane
Meresy Conn
Riversea Inn
Edgerton
Sains
Shirley Drugg
Wil
Mr. Edgerton
Howard A. Humiston
Easter Armstrong
New York City
Paebol Club
Humiston
Ac and Corporation Lawyer
Lake
State University
Donald Wetz
Inesson
Mrs
Howard Wetz
National Hotel
Mary E. Clapp
Mount Dora Electric Company
Highland Ave
Coleman’s Bakery
First National Bank
Mount Dora, Florida
Member
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Spessard L. Holland At
WDBO
Ebsen Dance Revue
Buddy and
Wilma Ebsen
Orlando City Auditorium
Seais
San Juan
Orlando
Ete Bendix Te Suias
Bendix
Aundry
Mtora Hardware Company
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