Gilbert's WAC to Army Air Base Clerk Move at Morrison Field
Lucy A. Gilbert of Mount Dora moves from civil service to a Clerk in the Finance Center of an Army Air Base as a private in the Women's Army Corps. The former Justice Department employee completed basic training at Pensacola and Fort Oglethorpe, now stationed at Morrison Field West Palm Beach. She notes learning Army travel voucher duties, aims to go overseas, and praises the WAC's roles for women in the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Air Base
Woman’s Army Co
Lucy A. Gilbert
Mount Dora
Gilbert
WAC
Pensacola
Fort Oglethorpe
Georgia
Morrison Field
West Palm Beach
Arm Air Forces Air Transport Command
Pvt
Department of Justice
John T. Wigginton
Milton
Wac’s
Lake County Votes Democratic in General Election
Lake County backed Democrats in the November 7 election in line with national results. Four precincts went Republican Mount Dora Lake Jem Eustis and Fruitland Park. Soldier vote favored Roosevelt about three to one with some Democratic candidates exceeding ten to one. Roosevelt Pepper Hendricks Akerman Caldwell Watson Johnson and other totals shown.
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Lake County
United States
Mount Dora
Lake Jem
Eustis
Fruitland Park
Roosevelt
Pepper
Hendricks
Akerman
Caldwell
Aker
Watson
Schad
Johnson
von Gerglau
Armistice Day Mystery Stirs Sanford Area Rumbling Boom Sighting
Residents heard a loud rumble and a fluttering blast at about 11 am on Armistice Day. Reports describe a rapid whirring sound overhead and shaking homes across Sanford DeLand Daytona Beach and Mount Dora. Some feared a bomb or cannon, others suspected air activity. Capt. Smoot leads an investigation with no public conclusion yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford
DeLand
Daytona Beach
Mount Dora
O. P. Smoot
Sanford Naval Air Base
Rush Order for Red Cross Sweaters This Winter
Local Red Cross has a rush order for sweaters. Yarn supply and knitting directions will be distributed by Miss Margaret Lewis at 728 McDonald Street. The program starts December 16 and continues through the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Cross
Margaret Lewis
McDonald Street
American Legion Armistice Day Service on Baker Street
Armistice Day observance Saturday morning featured a patriotic service sponsored by the American Legion on Baker Street facing the Legion monument. Speakers included Thomas H. Cooley and clergy from local churches. guests of honor were Col. S. C. Morrell, Capt. Connelly, and Capt. Harriman. Local businesses closed from 10 am to noon to allow attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Baker Street
Legion
Fom Seventh
Donnelly
Ers
Ee A Legion
Ion Auxiliary
Oon
Lino
Thomas H. Cooley
Caxton Doggett
First Methodist Ch
James H. Sutley
First Baptist Church
Col
S. C. Morrell
Connelly
U.S. Army
John Harriman
Navy
Visit Your School Day Featured by P T A
The school hosts a visit in session replacing the regular meeting. Third grade led attendance with 67 percent and eleventh grade with 64 percent. Home economics pupils served juice and cookies. grade mothers plan a membership drive and memberships are due by November 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Maglathlin
Evelyn Cassady
Evalyn Teter
Joe Turner
Florida Extends Hunting Privileges to Military Members
Florida allows military and naval personnel stationed in the state to buy hunting licenses as Florida residents. Dr. I N Kennedy, head of the Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, says service members may use licenses on par with residents, saving over higher nonresident fees. Exemptions exist only for residents 65 plus and children under 15. License costs vary by residency and duration, with county judges handling sales and including their fee.
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Florida
I. N. Kennedy
Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission
Kennedy
National Bible Week Campaign Urges Scripture Focus
National Bible reading month runs from Thanksgiving to Christmas with the American Bible Society directing a nationwide drive to spotlight the Book of Books. Universal Bible Sunday falls on December 10 with church programs, a sound film titled The Romance of the Book of Books offered for showing, and media cooperation requested to publicize daily scriptures.
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American Bible Society
Mount Dora Yacht Club to Hold Member Meeting
An organizational session of the Mount Dora Yacht Club is set for Thursday evening November 16 1944 at eight o'clock in the downstairs club room. All members and interested parties are urged to attend.
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Mount Dora Yacht Club
Baptist Church Announces Evening Worship and Musical Program
The church schedules 7 p.m. evening worship with a sermon "Lessons From a Lost Soul" and varied music including "Old Hundredth" and "To Thee, O Country." A Sunday message by Mr. Sutley on "God and this War" draws a large audience. plans note a November 26 concert and a new carpet for the auditorium. The church shares sympathy for Dr. Otis W. Foye whose wife Mrs. Foye is critically ill after a stroke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbott
Delphia Norman
Peele
Green
Flavell
Otis W. Foye
Community Church welcomes guest pastor and sermon themes
Last Sunday at Community Church guest minister Rev Caxton Doggett of the Methodist Church preached on being alive and warned of two deaths a physical and a spiritual one He urged justice love and active response to today s problems A Woman s Auxiliary meeting is set for Friday Nov 17 at 3 PM at Miss Milner s home 206 Ninth Avenue Dr Richards will preach Christian Comfort next Sunday morning
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Church
Caxton Doggett
Methodist Church
James Austin Richards
Woman’s Auxiliary
Woman's Missionary Society
Community Bible Class resumes with 22 lessons on Palestine
The Community Bible Class returns Sunday November 26 at 10 a.m. in the Community Church parlor led by Frank E. Bridgman. The series covers Israel’s history from Exodus to Solomon, featuring setting emphasis and archeological notes, with blackboard maps and five minute talks on manuscripts and Zionist themes. Visitors welcome. regulars gain historical and geographic insights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Bible
Community Church
Frank E. Bridgman
Palestine
Promised Land
Mount Dora School Band Opens Season Concerts
On Friday November 17 the Mount Dora School Band directed by Manuel J. Sedano performs its opening concert at the Community Building at eight o clock All new numbers purchased by Mr D Jess are featured Admission is free and the public is invited to attend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Manuel J. Sedano
D . Jess
Notes About Our Men In Service Cpl Donald Thompson Returns
Cpl. Donald Thompson has been returned to Italy from France. In a letter to his mother, Ma rie Thompson, written in France on September 14, he said he likes it there more with time. He visited Marseilles on a pass and found it very nice. He notes France’s towns are cleaner and people dress neater, with women grooming hair and cosmetics. He describes sitting at sidewalk cafes watching the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Donald
Thompson
Italy
France
Marie Thompson
Marseilles
War era notices highlight service and losses in Florida community
Ens William Thomas Shipes on short carrier patrol leave. parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Pike Sr., visit with relatives in Orlando. Capt Edwin J. McBride transferred to San Antonio from Bowman Field. Mrs. McBride and children join later. Captain Robert C. Hale of Monroe, Ga., wounded in August, died November 2 in Michael, France. Lt John M. McCown Jr. awarded Bronze Star for forward observer work in Italy. Michael Anthony Gargano, Aviation Radioman second class, missing and presumed killed in Guadalcanal area March 22, 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin J. McBride
A. M. Cameron
Bowman Field
Louisville
San Antonio
Texas
Otis M. Hale
Robert C. Hale
Monroe
Hale
War Department
Michael
France
Citadel
Central America
U. S
John M. McCown
J. M. McCown
John M. McCown, Jr
Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Armored Regiment
Italy
McCown
Mount Dora
Florida
W. E. Prichard
U. S. Army
Gargano
Guadalcanal
Marco Gargano
Club Rudo
Navy Department
Michael Anthony Gargano
United States Naval Reserve
Lawn Bowling Opens Season at Mount Dora Club
The Mount Dora lawn bowling season begins Monday November 13 with play at 2 p.m. New arrivals include Joe Walworth Eardley Wilmot Frank Bridgman and Jim Clark. Bill Bryant sends regrets he cannot attend this winter and best wishes for Mrs Bryant’s health. The courts look in excellent condition and league members Orlando Daytona DeLand and New Smyrna are expected to start strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Walworth
Eardley Wilmot
Frank Bridgman
Jim Clark
Bill Bryant
Bryant
Mount Dora
Orlando
Daytona
DeLand
New Smyrna
Service Men Club Hosts November Hostesses and Wedding
The Service Men's Club lists November hostesses including Mrs Holmes and Miss Gould with helpers Soper Spencer. A bride and groom, Sgt and Mrs Harvey Partridge, were married November 5 in Barre Vermont. Partridge recently returned from ten months with the 9th Air Force in England. Battery C orchestra entertained and a dance drew the younger set with guests including Miss Richardson and Miss Partridge. The paper notes Soldier Cecho, pianist with Battery C's orchestra, was previously omitted.
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Mrs. Holmes
Brockett
Parker
Eckholdt
Morse
Burr
Swift
Schoeninger
Nelson
Gould
Maben
Marshall
Tucker
Turrentine
Shipes
Stovall
Smith
LoFroos
Williamson
White
Dutton
Sarver
Cornish
Carr
Allen
Fenn
Soper
Spencer
Harvey Partridge
Barre
Vermont
Claude Partridge
Mount Dora
England
9Th Air Force
Battery “C
Miss Richardson
Miss Crawdy
Miss Wight
Minkley
Geiger
Battle
Miss Battle
Partridge
Miss Allen
A Conner
Monroe
Soldier Cecho
Battery C
Villa Dora Hotel opens 20th season with improvements
Villa Dora Hotel begins its 20th season on November 1 with both outside and inside improvements plus spring landscaping to keep the property in first class shape. The Sheldon House at Pine Orchard hosts Mr and Mrs Graves on opening day with expectations of a busy winter season as reservations hold strong across Florida and nearby resorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villa Dora
Sheldon House
Pine Orchard
Conn
Florida
Kenneth MacDonach
Mount Plymouth Country Club
Alabama Hotel
Winter Park
Minnie Bishop
Oyster Harbors Club
Oysterville
Mass
Cloisters
Sea Island
Mabel Norris
Lavonne Lashar
Maplewood Club
Maplewood
N. H
Kent House
Greenwich
Con
Dorothy Lie
Zellwood Land Sales Reported in Florida Auction
Land sales in Zellwood total 1 140 acres fetching 120 000 dollars. Florida Humus Co sold 700 acres to David E Barnes at 85 dollars per acre. S H Ransom Jr of Wichita Kansas bought 326 acres from William Ristig and 12 from Lake Jem Land Co per acre. The parcels were linked to Oviedo Zellwood and others as the Florida Higinus acreage nears change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zellwood
Florida Humus Co
David E. Barnes
S. H. Ransom, Jr
Wichita, Kan
William Ristig
Lake Jem
Ransom
Oviedo-Zellwood
Wartime Fat Conservation Slogan Urges Local Butchers Adopt
In a wartime appeal citizens are urged to save every ounce of fat for the war effort and to regarrison waste fat by turning it into local butchers. The exhortation emphasizes frugality and resourcefulness amid shortages.
Sixth War Loan Drive Launches Monday
The Sixth War Loan Drive begins Monday and runs through December 16th, outlining a regional fundraising effort supported by local officials and community groups.
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Det
Sixth War Loan Begins in Lake County
The Sixth War Loan starts November 20 and ends December 16 in Lake County with a $1,105,000 local quota. Florida aims $14 billion nationwide. Lake County’s share includes $379,000 in E Bonds across 24 communities.
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Lake County
Lo Save
Irene
Tad
Lehmann
H. Frank Isted
George J. White
Ralph Arey
Altoona
Astatula
Astor & Park
Cassia
Clermont
Eustis
Ferndale
Fruitland P’k
Grand Island
Groveland
Howey
Lady Lake
Lake Jem
Leesburg
Mascotte
Minneola
Montverde
Mount Dora
Okahumpka
Paisley
Sorrento
Tavares
Umatilla
Yalaha
George J. White Elected President Lake County Chamber
George J. White president of Mount Dora’s First National Bank was elected president of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce at the annual Tavares meeting. He succeeds State Senator J Edwin Baker who also nominated him. Karl Lehmann was re elected secretary for his ninth year. County Judge A S Herlong Jr was re elected treasurer and several vice presidents and committee chairs were re appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. White
First National Bank of
Mount Dora
Lake County
Baker
Karl Lehmann
Montverde
Florida War Finance Committee
U.S. Jary
A. S. Herlong, Jr
E. C. Huey
Harold G. Hull
O. W. Smith
C. Harold Hippler
Caryl B. Hipson
J. B. Prevatt
O. B. Smith
Town Council Approves Bond Purchases and Land Offer
The Town Council meets with Mayor, Clerk, and Attorney present. Treasurer authorized to buy 14000 in 2 percent Treasury Bonds and 2500 in Series G War Bonds from Foreclosure Property Fund and Place Refunding and Sinking Fund respectively. Land offer of $1 to convey adjoining property accepted if taxes are assumed. Regular debris cleanup and cemetery work progress. General election ads authorized for December 12 with three council seats and two park commissioner terms on ballot.
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Parker
Simpson
Griswold
Kennedy
Treasury
Waltz
Water and Light Committee
Robert C. Smith
Light Department
Smith
Morse
Cleary
Lawn Bowling Club
Shuffleboard Club
Ration Books Updated and Coupons Validated in 1944
The newly numbered A books become valid November 9 1944. Coupon No. 13 three of the No 13 coupons have been cancelled by the Office of Price Administration. The remaining coupons are valid until December 21 and allow four gallons each. This maintains the standard four gallons weekly two gallons per person. Coupon No. 14 A-14 becomes valid December 21 at midnight.
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Office of Price Administration
King's Daughters Toy Drive Seeks Used Goods
The King's Daughters appeal for new or used toys to fill Christmas baskets for needy children. Donors may leave items at Mrs. Anna Hildwein’s home, 408 North Tremain Street, for repair and renovation, with requests to contribute promptly.
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King’s Daughters
Anna Hildwein
North Tremain Street
Kiwanis Meeting Delayed by Illness and Speaks
Kiwanis Club will meet at the Villa Dora Hotel due to Mrs Banks illness. Major Joseph J Marsh of AAFTAC Orlando will discuss Military Police of AAFTAC. Last week Eustis guests praised a fine dinner and State Senator J Edwin Baker spoke. Harvey Kimball joined Mount Dora club as new member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Villa Dora
Banks
Joseph J. Marsh
Aaftac
Orlando
Eustis Club
Cleary
J Edwin Baker
Harvey Kimball
Mount Dora
Eleanore Cox
Outstanding Mount Dora 4-H Girl Spotlight
During National 4-H Achievement Week the Mount Dora 4-H program features Carol Swort a Lake County youth whose sewing baking and child care work earned county honors. She completed three years of 4-H sewing outfits baked prepared foods and kept clubs records while earning two $25 war bonds and a $50 cash fund for wardrobes and helped at county achievement day.
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Lake County
Mount Dora
Carol Swort
Sixth Wari Joan Drive Opens Monday
The Sixth Wari Joan Drive starts Monday and runs through December 18th.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lucy Gilbert
Lake
National Bible Week
Donald O. Thompson
William Thomas
Maurice S. Pike, Jr
U. S. Naval Reserve
Lawn Bowling News
Service Men’s Club
Zellwood Land Sales
Lake Co. C
Ration News
Kiwanis News
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