Dinner at Villa Dora honors long service with Western Electric
Lake County Personalities notes a dinner next Tuesday at Villa Dora hotel honoring Harry A. Ewing retiring after 35 years with Western Electric. Absentee host, the firm, will be represented by expressions of good wishes. Guests include many retired employees from around Mount Dora and nearby towns.
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Lake County
Villa Dora
Wich
Harry A. Ewing
The
Western Electric Co
Ewing
Mount Dora
Company
Morris Deering
City
William Hunter
Eustis
Paul Ashbaugh
Tangerine
Frank Bussey
Sorrento
Gus Johnson
Winter Park
Jim Moon
Floyd Becker
Fred Fisher
Orlando
Conservation Of Trees To Be Discussed
An illustrated lecture on creating beauty on the Florida landscape by planting trees will be given before the Mount Dora Men's Garden Club at the Community building Monday November 10 at 8 p m The speaker Edwin A Menninger of Stuart Fla a newsman by profession and former president of the Florida Press Association is known as the Flowering Tree Man He urges constructive action to reverse forest decline and protect natural resources He co authored Shade and Ornamental Trees for South Florida and Cuba The meeting is open to members families house guests and invited prospective members and their wives.
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Florida
Mr. Menninger
David Sturrock
South
Cuba
Meeting of Lake County Audubon Society Moves to Friday
The Lake County Audubon Society will hold its first meeting of the season at the Community Building on Friday November 14 at 8 p.m. A film titled Birds of North America directed by President Frederick Sleight will be shown. All interested are invited.
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Lake County Audubon Society
Birds of
Two Daughters Born To Local Families In Leesburg
Two girls were added to Mount Dora's population this month at Durham Young hospital Leesburg. A daughter joined Mr and Mrs Carrol Flavell on November 1 and a daughter joined Mr and Mrs Phillip Cookie Ricks on November 4.
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Mount Dora
Lake County
Carrol Flavell
Phillip “Cookie” Ricks
Durham Young Hospital
Leesburg
Rites Unite Alexander Kerr Myrtle Martin
A simple ceremony at the Conway home on Lake Gertrude united Alexander Kerr and Myrtle Martin. Rev. Robert M. Blackburn officiated with Mrs. Conway as matron of honor and Mr. Conway as best man. A wedding dinner followed at the Angebilt hotel in Orlando.
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O. H. Conway
Lake Gertrude
Alexander Kerr
Myrtle Martin
Robert M. Blackburn
Conway
Acacia symbolism and growth across cultures and uses
The piece surveys Acacia for its symbolic meaning in cultures from Moses and Isaiah to the Greeks and Hebrews, highlighting immortality, fidelity, initiation, and friendship. It notes Acacia’s many species, uses from gum arabic to medicine and timber, and basic cultivation tips.
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Moses
Isaiah
Hiram
Paintings Inspire Mount Dora Art League Meeting
Mrs. Carl S. Graves urged members to see beauty in their yards and master floral arranging using wild and cultivated flowers. She noted UNESCO lectures use her World United in Beauty globe of flowers, among 6 500 images from last year’s Lake County Flower Show. Charles Edgar Shaw displayed recent beach paintings.
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Carl S. Graves
Mount Dora
Lake County
Unesco
Charles Edgar Shaw
League
Florida
Connecticut
Thanks PTA Praise From City Officials After Quiet Halloween
Mayor Lou L. Heaton and the police join Dorans in expressing thanks to the Parent-Teacher Association for a peaceful Halloween. Police Chief Richard Shipes calls it the sanest Halloween the city has seen with minimal vandalism and few soaped windows. Downtown merchants reported no smeared plate glass and only isolated vandalism on Saturday morning.
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Lou L. Heaton
Parent-Teacher Association
Heaton
Dorans
Richard Shipes
Fall Roundup on the Flower Ranch Show at Tavares
Azalea Circle of the Tavares Garden Club hosts a Flower Roundup and silver tea titled Fall Roundup on the Flower Ranch on November 11 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the American Legion Hut in Tavares. Mrs. Burke Chester chairs the event with Mount Dora enthusiasts invited to participate and non members urged to view the displays.
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Azalea Circle
Kiwanis Honor Tinys 4-H Trip Reward
The Kiwanis club awarded Tiny Larsen a traveling case for her food and nutrition skills. The 4-H chairman, T. A. Townsend, led the board to present the prize to accompany her trip to the National Congress of 4-H in Chicago starting November 29.
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Kiwanis Club
Tiny Larsen
T. A. Townsend
4-H
Kiwanis
Tiny
Chicago
Acacia varieties described as ornamental plants
The passage discusses upright branches and narrow phyllodes of Cultriformis and Pordalyriaefolia with bluish or grayish foliage. It notes fragrant blooms in terminal racemes, soft downy hairs on branches, and silvery phyllodes. It mentions uses in pots, suitability for Florida, and the Australian name Wattle blossom.
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Florida
Garden Circles Name Delegates To Conference
Lakes and Hills Garden club assigns Mrs Slater Cox and Mrs John Alden Murray to the Flor ida Federation Fourth district meeting in Leesburg on Friday with Mrs Vernon L Conner as district chairman. The program opens at 9 30 a.m. and includes a garden therapy discussion.
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The
Lakes and Hills
Harry Backus
Armer Johnson
A. M. Garrison
Gretchen T. Elliott
Hibiscus
Owen Conner
Millard C. Reid
Poinsettia
Collier Cooper
Paul Johnson
Azalea
E.A. Austin
Walter Olsen
Magnolia
Local Churches Schedule for Sunday Services Volume
Community houses list church services across several denominations including Morning Worship at 11:00 a.m. and Bible School times. Personnel include Rev. Robert R. Reed D D at one church and Rev. A Austin at another with multiple midweek meetings and choir rehearsals noted.
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Seventh Av
Donnelly St
Robert R. Reed
Baptist Church
Sixth and Tremain
ST. Thomas’ Episcopal Church
Lemon and Mary
F. A. Pope, Jr
H. C
Y.ps.l
Sermons Promote Faith in God at Local Churches
Rev Robert M Blackburn preaches at First Methodist on Sunday morning with the topic How Much Do We Want God The evening service features congregational singing and a theme The Problem of Human Nature Dr Robert R Reed speaks at Community church on In Praise of Folly Miss Joyce Hetzel sings Return Unto Thy Rest at the First Church of Christ Scientist the lesson topic Adam and the Fallen Man
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Robert M. Blackburn
God
Mr. Blackburn
Community Church
Robert R. Reed
Bergh
Adam and the
Fallen Man
First Church of Christ
Scientist
Holiday House Plans Discussed At Garden Club Meeting
Founders Circle members of the Lakes and Hills Garden Club discussed the annual plant sale and the Holiday House program planned for December 12 at Mrs. J. W. Shaw's home. The plant sale, led by Mrs. Marshall Collins, will run Friday and Saturday November 14 and 15 at the Graves house opposite the Post Office, featuring azaleas crotons fish-tail palms and garden supplies. An accredited flower show with two nationally accredited judges and a student judge will be part of Holiday House, along with garden therapy displays handmade articles and garden supplies. Colored slides of flowering trees shown by Mrs. Olive Williams and Miss Rheba Harris highlighted the meeting. Hostess was Mrs. O. M. Jack Simpson with assistants Miss Evelyn Page and Mrs. Margo Hosford.
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The
Garden Club
J. W. Shaw
Shaw
Olive Williams
Rheba Harris
Golden Triangle
O. M. “Jack” Simpson
Evelyn Page
Margo Hosford
Dorans Assist In Sponsoring Festive Bazaar
Mount Dora and Eustis residents from St. Thomas Episcopal Church take key roles in the annual Woman's auxiliary bazaar to be held at 2 30 p m next Thursday November 13 in the garden of Mrs John G Fischer 332 Center Street Eustis General chairman is Mrs C J Brown Supper co chairmen are Mrs Henry W Land and Mrs O W Conner Sale of home canned delicacies led by Mrs Norman Tuckett Doll booth managed by Mrs Lucille Oren and small children nursery by Mrs Paul Patsko Baked goods candy and handiwork booths organized by listed volunteers Tea served 4 00 to 5 00 p m in a Japanese garden setting with assistants Tea host Miss Helen Metzner and others Supper 5 00 p m parish house nearby
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Mount Dora
St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church
Eustis
St. Thomas’ Church
Thursay
John G. Fischer
Center Street
C. J. Brown
Henry W. Land
O. W. Conner
Norman Tuckett
Lucille Oren
Paul Patsko
Donald Conkling
Charles E. Zinck
Gladys Williams
Frank Stevens
Frank Arnall
Annie Finell
Celia Whitaker
Heflin Mooty
Gordon Durrance
J. G. Houck
John Wilkerson
J. B. Kirkpatrick
John N Mowery
Helen Metzner
E. H. Squire
H. C. Dart
Circle Meeting At First Methodist Church
The Rose Wood Circle of the First Methodist Church will meet in Fellowship Hall Tuesday at 2 p.m.
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Rose Wood
First Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
Winter Residents Arrive in Local area from Vermont to Florida
Tangerine notes arriving last week list couples who will spend the winter in area homes. R J Moffatt and wife in Jepson apartments, F Hubard and wife in lakefront home, John Blair and wife in Cremin cottages. Charles Bradford and wife from Wordsboro Vermont visiting daughter Mrs Robert Jackson for a month. Richard Broughton and daughters Lucille and Bruce return from Cape Cod. Hertzing family from California and Florida visit their father George Hertzing in Bellmont and St. Petersburg. Clarence Estey and family dined in Bradenton with Roland Morse and Helena Johnson with son Philip on army leave. R C Keene and wife winter residents from Hanson Massachusetts arrive.
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Wilmington
R. J. Moffatt
Jepson
F. Hubbard
Lakefront
John Blair
Cremin
Charles Bradford
Wordsboro
Robert Jackson
Richard Broughton
Lucille
Broughton
Bruce
South Wellfleet
Cape Cod
George Hertzing and Sons
Bellmont
Cal
John Hertzing
St. Petersburg
George Hertzing
Clarence Estey
Bradenton
Roland Morse
Mount Dora
Sarasota
Helena Johnson
Eustis
Phillip
R. C. Keene
Hanson, Mass
Artist Daughter Earns National Honor in New York Show
Mrs. James G. Stradling Jr of Atlanta has been named a member of the National Association of Woman Artists and her scene Those That Watch was selected for hanging in the Spring Academy of Art show in New York.
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Howard Spear
Bake Sale Slated by American Legion Auxiliary
The American Legion auxiliary plans a bake sale at the Princess theatre this Saturday starting at 9 a.m. The event supports local veterans programs and community activities.
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The
American Legion Auxiliary
Princess Theatre
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