Lady Astor Visit Highlights Mount Dora Club News
Delegates from Mount Dora attended a district federation meeting in St. Cloud. Reports noted Lady Astor received a two women's club gift in London and Princess Elizabeth reportedly sent a banquet set from the U S Women’s Federation. State president Mrs L J McCaffrey urged food conservation and aid for overseas relief. Attendees included Mrs W D Patton and other Mount Dora members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astor
Mount Dora
St. Cloud
J. L. Jair Buck
London
Elizabeth
U. S
D A R Reports On Continental Congress At Mount Dora
Members of the Ocklawaha chapter Daughters of the American Revolution heard a May Continental Congress report during their November meeting at Mrs. Arthur Ward Bertine's Mount Dora home. Miss Hattie Allen and Mrs. Alice Bolton read resolutions sent to the president and government branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocklawaha
Daughters of American Revolution
Continental Congress
Arthur Ward Bertine
Mount Dora
Hattie Allen
Alice Bolton
Miss Allen
Lyde Walter Bickers
Winnie Estey
Pram
Fac
Beth Miller
Welcome Home Mount Dora Returns Chronicle
A Mount Dora community note greets returning residents and visitors in autumn. Local households from Mt. Kisco to Rome gather for seasonal welcome, with names like Harry T Mathews Florence M Davis Jessica Gould and Ellen Winton among those featured. Visitors from Northwood New Hampshire Fairlee Vermont and Buffalo arrive, while Garden Club plans meet at Mrs M E Bulske's home. A mix of travel, letters, and local hospitality paints a picture of a bustling season ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry T. Mathews
Mt. Kisco
N.Y
Mount Dora
Fairlee
Villa Dora
W. B. Ferguson
Ligonier
Donnelly St
Dorothy Thompson
Pennsylvania
South Heights
Grandview
N. S. Mayo
Dora
Ellis Winton
Lake Beauclair
Wadsworths
Willard
J. T
New York
Maine
Wadsworth
Florida
Enen
S. S. Dihers
Daughters Memorial Service Cites Five Late Members
Five candles honored the lives of late King’s Daughters members as Dora organization members held a memorial service Monday at the Community Building. Mrs. Wilhelm Bertine state president led the service and tributes noted the work of members who lived and died before 1947 including Miss Carrie True Mrs Minnie Sheldon and Mrs Jennie Eddy. Volunteers distributed four Thanksgiving baskets to local families led by Mrs Wilson Smith and Mrs Jennie Stovall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora
Communi Iiding
Wilhelm’ Bertine
Carrie True
Minnie Sheldon
Jennie Eddy
Bertine
Wooal
Wilson Smith
Jennie Stovall
Mount Dora Social Roundup Includes Visits and Departures
Local guests gathered at Piers on Lake Lane for a party honoring a sibling and visiting family from Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Conner left Mount Dora after the death of Mrs. Conner’s father. Peter W. Wagner and wife mark their sixth winter in Mount Dora, residing at 131 Eighth Ave. W. E. Jones, brother of Pearl Downs, has journeyed to Atlanta. Jones Elliot, a new Franklin Park member, hosted out of town guests praising Mount Dora’s charms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Tibbitts
Plymouth Dells
Mount Dora
Ocklawaha
Silver River
W. N. Fortescue
Nicholas
Charlotte
Virginia
Gussie Metz
Hendersonville
N.C
Tibbitts
Emma Leavenworth
Car
McLachlin
Martin Hirst
Atlanta
Howard Wetz
Mr. Wetz
Lake Jem
Mary Elizabeth Hirst
Wetz
Walter Olsen
California
Peter W. Wagner
Old Forge
N.Y
W. E. Jones
Pearl Downs
Pearl
Jones Elliot
Franklin Park
Jay Lee Turner
Robert Walker
Walter Pittsford
Community Church to Hear Dr Dunham in Sunday Service
Dr Chester F Dunham of Toledo will occupy the pulpit at 11 00 a m Sunday at Community Church. Appeals for foreign relief clothing and small bags of useful articles have been received by the Women Association with donations due at Miss Madelene Milner home Friday November 21, the association's next meeting. A church business meeting is set for Wednesday evening November 19 at 730. Dr A P Pratt and Mrs Pratt along with Mr and Mrs F E Bridgman attended the Florida North Association meeting in Melbourne Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester F. Dunham
Toledo
Madeleine Milner
A. P. Pratt
F. E. Bridgman
Community Church
Florida North Association of Congregational and Christian Churches
Melbourne
Church Debate Set On Doctrinal Differences
Rev. W. A. Black of the Church of Christ in Alabama City and T. J. Meade of Mount Dora bishop of the Church of God will hold public discussions on church differences. The first session is November 17 in the Church of Christ building, with three subsequent talks at the Community building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of God
Church of Christ
W. A. Black
Alabama City
Ala
T. J. Meade
Mount Dora
Crescent City and Mount Dora Residents in Seasonal Moves
The passage notes Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Mills planning to spend the year in Mount Dora instead of Toledo summers. It mentions the Mills return to 119 Rhodes Ave and references Mrs Effle longing for a snow storm. It also describes the Carl Wilson home at 200 Pine St filled with music and Nadine Eggleston, a Cleveland voice student visiting with her parents from Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. L. Mills
Mount Dora
Toledo
Rhodes Av
Carl Wilson
Pine St
Nadine Eggleston
Cleveland
Homer Eggleston
Stoney Brook Farms
Chagrin Falls
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Lady Astor
D.A.R
National Report
Jerusalem
Florence M. Davis
Jessica Gould
New Ham
Frank W. Chamberlain, Jr
Northwood
N.H
Mrs. Chamberlain
Dora Colony
Texas
Monticello
Yacht Club
Dihels
East Longmeadow
Mass
Frederic A. Wheelers
N. Clayton Stome
Mountra
Williams
Rome
Edith James
Sunset St
Garden Club
M. E. Bulske
Eustisrd
William Buyers
Buffalo, N.Y
Lake County Supply CO
Tavares
Kine
Lake Lane
Mary
Vernon Conner
Lynchburg
Mrs. Conner
Leonard Barker
S. Orange Ave
Orlando
Ross Morgan
FX For Christmas
Crane Furniture Company
St. Petersburg
Sue Hunter
Margaret Pickett
Drs. Marsh and
Devorsak
Alexander
Evening Star
F. L. Rose
Kroehler
Adt A
Mather of
Eustis
Howe
Federal
Insurance Corporation
First National Bank
Mount Dora, Florida
Member
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Perfection Stove Company
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Rehbaum
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