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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1946
Page
5
Social clubs note the marriage between Miss Doris Hunt and Mr Ernest L Minkley. The ceremony occurs at Saint ee Rectory Woonsocket Rhode Island at ten o'clock on Saturday June first. A wedding breakfast follows at Duncan Inn Blackstone Massachusetts, with a reception from one to four PM at the same venue.
The Episcopal Auxiliary at St Thomas Wonsan met at 10:30 in Eustis for the annual gathering. Rev A L Burgreen officiated. Mrs John Fischer hosted a luncheon at her Center Street home. Officers installed include Mrs H B Blake president and others for Christian Education and Social Relations roles.
announcement of a marriage at First Methodist Church Kissimmee. Miss Phoebe Franklin wed William N Sutton in a ceremony led by Rev. Jesse E Waller. Mrs Sutton is from Grace Franklin of Lockhart with Mount Dora ties. Mr Sutton from Conetoe NC, served four years in the Army Air Forces Medical Corps, and now with Sears Orlando, soon to move to Bethel NC.
Local notices list numerous residents leaving for seasonal homes and vacations. Frank A Parker heads to Salem Massachusetts with his wife. H F Hutchborn to Stockton Springs Maine. families Simpson and Land plan Mississippi and Hot Springs Arkansas visits. several others depart for Hudson Massachusetts Mechanicburg Ohio and Plymouth Dells North Carolina summer retreats.
Al Va to visit their son then Ogunquit Maine. Mr and Mrs Thomas Finn head to Plymouth Michigan for summer. Riley's Park and Mrs Leachwane's Deytaen Smenh Bowes amid winter stays. K I Best and daughter motor to San Jose California then Cleveland Ohio before Mount Dora return. J M Schmirer’s fall and six week NY trip. Dr and Mrs James A Richards to Bridgton Maine via Smokies and New Haven. James Rae and wife travel by plane for medical reasons. J H Sutley and family visit Fort Myers and Punta Gorda then high school sermon. Frank Burkart and son John attend Annapolis graduation and June Week events.
The article details relatives visiting for graduation events in Mount Dora and Charleston. Richard G. Shipes Jr. and Thomas Shipes plan to attend siblings Ruth and Faye's Mount Dora High School graduation. They will travel from New Orleans and Ft. Lauderdale to Florida, with a bus trip interrupted by a two hour delay at Zellwood due to heavy rain. The group also plans summer stays in Connecticut and Massachusetts before returning to Mount Dora in October. I. F. Sarver and Mrs. Storer join the trip to Hendersonville North Carolina for two weeks, then summers planned in New England.
Mr and Mrs J L Moody conclude a two week motor journey to Vermont and Connecticut. They accompanied Mrs Moody's parents Mr and Mrs Henry Brown on the northern excursion.
A brief note describes Sear reveling in the near unbelievable beauties of spring as it unfolds along the journey.
The Mount Dora Legion approves the Memorial Day program for May 30 with a 3 p.m. parade lineup at City Hall and a 3:15 assembly at the Congregational Church. Following ceremonies, Servicemen and spouses will join a fish fry at Gilbert Park hosted by World War I veterans. Initiation rites were held for several members as Hurlburt leads the post.
The State of Florida to Belle F Sumner et al and Franklin heirs must appear on the 1946 Sunday before the Lake County Circuit Court to answer a bill to quiet title to lands in Lake County described as N% of SW of SW of Section 28 and related parcels. The Mount Dora Topic is named as the publication newspaper for four consecutive weeks commencing June 3 1946.
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