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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1944
Page
5
Twenty eight members attended the O Hara Picnic Club gathering at Gilbert Park last Wednesday. After supper each member shared childhood memories in a varied and engaging program. The club plans another picnic on the evening of the 31st at the same location.
Mrs Helen Parker hosted a bridge gathering at her mother’s Alexander Street residence Friday night. Miss Doris Camp won high score, Mrs Ralph Paul took second. Guests included Mrs Lois Cooper Mrs Ruby Chapman Mrs Mildred Green Miss Doris Camp Mrs Doris Norton Mrs Evelyn Wise Mrs Vera Parker and Mrs Ralph Paul with cake and punch served in three progressions.
The marriage of Ruth Helen Beerbower and Corporal Howard Blair Kramer will be on Saturday May 27 at 8 PM in St Francis Chapel Rolls College Winter Park. Attendants are Mrs Edward Brooks as matron of honor and Tracy M Kramer Jr as best man. Beerbower is the daughter of Mrs Edna Beerbower of Winter Park and formerly Tangerine. Kramer is the son of Mrs Tracy M Kramer of Mount Dora and has just returned to the States after 19 months overseas with the Fifth Army 540th Engineers.
The Ocklawaha Chapter D A R met May 4 in Eustis to hear officer and committee reports. Elections were held and installed for 1944 45 with Regent Mrs G V DeVault Umatilla and Vice Regent Mrs C H Estey Tangerine among others. Refreshments were served by the hostess committee.
Four year old Al Story enjoyed a party hosted by his mother Mrs. W. L. Story at 334 Ninth Avenue. Seventy six children attended though some were ill. Outdoor games, refreshments, and a four candle cake with green yellow and white decor marked the celebration. Each child received a lollipop as a keepsake and Al opened many gifts.
The Florida D R Society met at the Woman's Club in Eustis on May 18 with 9 State Officers 15 Chapter Regents and several committee chairs present. They reviewed National meeting reports and highlighted Florida's 1944 45 plans and gains including membership growth blood plasma donations and war bond purchases.
Joan Leslie and James Cagney star in a scene from Yankee Doodle Dandy coming to the Princess Theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday with a special presentation.
The Ocklawaha Chapter hosted a 1944 Good Citizenship luncheon inviting seven high schools' girls with only three attendance. Miss Gladys Irene Crane Mount Dora Miss Etty Sperry Tavares and Miss Ellen Atkinson Summerfield received certificates and pins from State Chairman Miss Abernethy Winter Haven.
Personal notes list Mr N W Dean’s return and recovery, several families heading to Daytona Beach for June to four months, others visiting or returning from trips to Ohio New Jersey Washington DC Maine and Rhode Island. Mentions include the Wood Hooper Gould Theall Minkley Adams Pease Marvel Ault Willard and Downs with health updates.
Foster son of Mr and Mrs D L Sellers joins the Merchant Marines after twelve Navy years. Mrs Stewart and children Edward and Joyce Marie plan to live in Mount Dora until his return. Lieut Richard ggonker U S N R Sup ply Corps arrives from Boston for a short leave then reports to Naval Center Geneva. Mrs Edgerton and daughters will join him in Geneva. Mr and Mrs W J Gridley travel to Deansboro N Y for three months. niece Miss Marjorie Snow will accompany them to New York. Mrs W C Williams and sister at Netta Springs Penn Laird Va note ideal weather and birds. Mrs George L Zell reports to Chester Pa for sister's death. Mr and Mrs Carl Graves leave for Pineorchard Conn to manage Sheldon House. A Rea Ball proprietor. Mrs Hugh L Ratteree and daughter arrive from Atlanta for Irene Carter funeral. J G Ray Sr and granddaughter Lucy accompany them. Mr Wilkie in Navy near Atlanta.
In Washington DC Mrs George C Marshall forms the Grandmothers League to honor grandmothers who buy War Bonds for their grandchildren. She supports her three grandchildren Tupper Brown age 1 Jimmy Winn age 2 and Kitty age 9 months as Bonds aid education and future privileges.
The notice lists relatives spanning Grove Park Jacksonville and Ft. Pierce with one nephew in the amphibious forces. It notes Wayne Redditt at Cecil Field after a transfer from Enid Oklahoma and Gail Redditt serving on a Navy transport ship. Dr and Mrs James A Richards plan a Baton Rouge visit to the Roy family and a Colorado geology camp trip, then fall visits to Bucknell University in Lewisburg Pennsylvania.
Ptc. and Mrs. Donald J. Greener announce Michael James born May 18 at Waterman Memorial Hospital Eustis weight seven pounds six ounces. Grandparents Amos Adams proudly note the birth. Roy R. Lewis Jr. and Marie Slack announce Roy Robert II born May 19 at Halifax Hospital Daytona Beach. The family resides with Marie while Roy serves overseas with the navy.
The Mount Dora Public Library announces new acquisitions across genres. Fiction titles include The Bradshaws of Harniss by Joseph E Lincoln and The Razor's Edge by W S Maugham. Nonfiction features Empire of the Air by Mathew Josephson and The World of the Arabs by E J Byng. Juvenile volumes include The Bobbsey Twins on the Pony Trail and A Three Cornered Mystery.
Mrs Lee Sikes and baby have returned home after a Georgia trip prompted by her sister’s illness. Miss Virginia Lou Morton of Orlando visited grandparents Mr and Mrs John Morton. Sgt Jim mie Copeman is listed as missing over Europe. Mrs Laura Suit and child of Ohio visit Mrs M W White. Orange State Packing House closes for season. Mr Coen hosted employees. Sgt Dale Croppt recently with Mr and Mrs Carl Henderson. Harold Creech, newly inducted, stationed in Virginia. Mr and Mrs Robert Foote announce birth of a son May 19 at Orange General Hospital. Miss Marguerite Vincent visiting Marietta Georgia and attending R W Vincent Jr’s graduation in Valdosta. Mr and Mrs R W Vincent with Mrs Hortense Parker and Jackie go to Valdosta to see the graduation.
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