Community Meeting and Card Games Invite
Visitors and residents are cordial invited to attend. Business meeting at 2 p m with card playing starting at 2 15 p m.
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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1943
Page
5
Visitors and residents are cordial invited to attend. Business meeting at 2 p m with card playing starting at 2 15 p m.
Mrs. Riley Clouse of Sorrento announces the marriage of his daughter Marie to Staff Sergeant Richard E Nichols of Dillendale Ohio. The ceremony occurred on her seventeenth birthday in 1943 at Camp Chapel Camp Forrest Tennessee. The couple plans residence with an aunt in Tennessee. Marie is visiting Sorrento due to her grandfather's death.
The Women s Society of the Methodist Church will meet in the Parish House Tuesday at 3 o clock with president Mrs Shelton presiding. The King s Daughters meet Monday evening November 8 at 8 in the social rooms of the building. Mrs E H Eddy, Mrs Ray Moody, Mrs N W Dean and Miss Jessie Gould will be hosts.
The Ocklawa Chapter D A R holds a regular meeting on November 4 at 2 30 p m at Umatilla the Regent Mrs DeVault hosts with the State Regent Mrs Roy Frierson presenting the program.
The Monday Social Club will hold its season kickoff at the Community Building on Monday afternoon in November. Members are invited to attend as the club begins its activities for the new season.
The Wo man s Association of the Community Church plans a Friday luncheon at 1 p.m. hosted by chairman Mrs Hanscom 831 Grandview. Attendees should bring their own service covered dish and sandwiches. The November business meeting follows with President Miss Lemert presiding.
Miss Doris Camp entertained with three tables of bridge on Monday evening. Winners included Mrs Lee second Mary Neel traveling and Miss Witdisie Berdeen as consolation. Decorations on Gorham street featured red roses with a patriotic theme and refreshments of pumpkin pie coffee mixed nuts and mints. Attendees included Miss Mary Neel Miss LaNelle Vandiver Mrs Esther Maglathlin Mrs Nana Laney Miss Virginia Bardeen Mrs Helen Parker Mrs Alice Strite Miss Betty West Mrs Julia Lee Miss Twila Camp and Mrs Pearl Camp.
A long list of seasonally returning residents and guests is noted. Harriet C. Foster arrives at Kill-Kare Lodge Meriden. Rev. and Mrs. Garfield return from Bustins Island. families from Charleston Lexington West Palm Beach and beyond converge for the winter at homes on Glenwood Ave Mount Plymouth and various addresses. Several travelers from Maine New Jersey Ohio and Michigan also reported. One resident, Mrs. Wyer, travels with a companion. Mrs. Sprague remains critically ill at Waterman Memorial Hospital Eustis following surgery.
Mrs Roy Anderson of Los Angeles visits her sisters in Florida and Georgia before heading to Alabama and South Carolina to be with her mother and Mr Anderson's mother. Lieut. Greene returns soon from the South Pacific after earning his wings and commission. E M Greene and wife travel to Moody Field to see their son J M Greene graduate as second lieutenant. Wm L Waring Jr and wife guest with Norman Tuckett in Sylvan Shores while their son Norman Jr, a University of Florida freshman, is home. Robert Wise and son Dennis return from Wayzata Minnesota. Eva Donley of Minneapolis joins them for a few months after visiting Washington, D C and Vern Spruzem.
Mr and Mrs Roland Stutzman of Twinsburg Ohio announce the birth of a son Dale Dean on October 9. The baby weighed 9 pounds 10 ounces. Mrs Stutzman is formerly Miss Viola Perry.
Dr. and Mrs. Henry Stiles Bradley celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary at the Villa Dora Hotel in Mount Dora with 125 guests from town and beyond. The event featured floral decor, music by Harry Day, and hosting led by George D. Church and others. The couple, married November 1, 1893 in Bondville Georgia, have lived in Sylvan Shores since 1937.
Mount Dora Public Library Committee praises Have You Read The St Johns from Riv ers of America series by Branch Cabell and A J Hanna with Doris Lee illustrations. It lauds accuracy and vivid depictions of people, from Jean Ribaut to Cora McNeil, tracing the river’s long, varied white settlement history.
The author, B L B Chastain of the Church of Christ Mount Dora, cites Solomon from Ecclesiastes to argue worldly wisdom brings vexation and pleasure is fleeting. He concludes by urging fear of God and keeping commandments as the only path to peace in life and eternity.
Personal Major and Mrs Charles L Marsh arrived Monday for a short stay at their Lake Beauclair home. Mrs John M Welch of Mount Plymouth has returned after spending the summer in Detroit. Dr James A Richards will address the Eustis Rotary Club at its meeting tomorrow. Mr and Mrs S L Kittrell spent Wednesday and Thursday in Quincy and Panama City on business.
The Lake County Chamber of Commerce in Tavares reports daily letter inquiries about Lake County. Messages from Illinois and Indiana express interest in literature, corrections of addresses, and plans to visit or receive more information. Some notes mention wartime travel and general appreciation of the area.
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