Pythian Sisters Initiate New Member At November Meeting
The Pythian Sisters held their November meeting initiating Mrs. Lillie Mae Barks. Grand Chief Mrs. Clarice Brown of Bartow and District Deputy Mrs. Bessie Wilhelm of Orlando visited Mont Dora Temple No 12 for official duties. A large attendance enjoyed refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythian Sisters
Lillie Mae Barks
Clarice Brown
Bartow
Bessie Wilhelm
Orlando
Mont Dora Temple No. 12
Albert Fenton
Mount Dora
Munt Dora Temple
Monday Social Club Brings Bridge and Five Hundred Play
Four tables of bridge and three of five hundred were played this week at the Monday Social Club with Mrs. Frank Drake in charge in the president's absence. Mrs. Drake hosted bridge and Mrs. Earl Dodd led five hundred. prizes went to Mrs. R. Jones and Mrs. Boggs. Next week, Mrs. Jones hosts bridge and Mrs. A. H. Dickey leads five hundred. Games start at 2 15 and all are invited. The club meets in the Community Building social rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gamring
Frank Drake
Drake
Earl Dodd
R. Jones
Boggs
A. H. Dickey
November club meeting plans and donations noted
The group reports many members and visitors returned for the November meeting. The treasurer authorized a Thanksgiving donation to the Children's Home Society in Jacksonville. Basket committee members Mrs Fenton and Miss Gould prepared local baskets. New officers to begin duties January. December meeting set for Monday 13 at 8 pm in the Community Building with hosts Mrs Hen Z LaGier, Mrs E D Parker and Frank Bridgman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ene
Children’s Home Society
Jacksonville
E. D. Parker
Frank Bridgman
Double Birthday Celebration at Grand View Hotel
Mrs J A Thompson hosted a November 8 gathering at the Grand View Hotel honoring her husband Private J A Thompson and Mrs Jane Millard on their birthdays. Guests included Mr and Mrs Harry Kingston Sgt and Mrs Paul Hyke Cpl and Mrs Charles Maier Cpl and Mrs Floyd A Meade Pvt and Mrs Frank Mahon A C Minkley Paul Keser Judge and Mrs J L Millard and Pvt and Mrs J A Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Thompson
Grand View Hotel
Jane Millard
Harry Kingston
Paul Hyke
Charles Maier
Floyd A. Meade
Frank Mahon
A. C. Minkley
Paul Keser
J. L. Millard
Miss Martha Fenn Honored at Shower by Parker Morhead
Wednesday evening shower at Mrs. R V Parker home honored bride elect Miss Martha Fenn. Guests included Mrs. R N White Jr, Lem Downs, David S Simpson Jr, Henry Land, James Cooper, W M Norris, Glenn Chapman, Cecil Parker, Ruth Brooks, Thomas McKenney, Roy Morgan, J G Ray Jr, William Prinz, Howard Simpson, R H Schmittauer, Libby Drawdy, Frances Moorhead, and the hostesses. James Cooper won first prize, Miss Fenn second, Mrs Moorhead third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Fenn
R. V. Parker
Mary Joyce Morhead
Parker
R. N. White, Jr
Lem Downs
David S. Simpson, Jr
Henry Land
James Cooper
W. M. Norris
Glenn Chapman
Cecil Parker
Ruth Brooks
Mrs Luce Receives Birthday Surprise at Kill-Kare Lodge
Mrs B P Luce, an annual winter resident at Kill-Kare Lodge, received a birthday party last Wednesday evening featuring rummy and a pink rose iced cake with candles. Guests included Elwood Carpenter, Ronald Christie, A W Bertine, Olive Mansfield, Harriet Foster, Annie Reynolds, Ray LaBreck, Cora Burbank, Alexander Kerr, Isabel Van Loon visiting from Fort Lauderdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luce
B. P. Luce
Kill-Kare Lodge
Elwood Carpenter
Ronald Christie
A. W. Bertine
Olive Mansfield
Harriet Foster
Annie Reynolds
Ray LaBreck
Cora Burbank
Alexander Kerr
Isabel van Loon
Fort Lauderdale
Winter Visitors Arrive for Annual Stays in City
Personal notices list Charles Thorp and family arriving from Fairfield Connecticut and Mae Rundle from Greenwich at Grand View. Robert Godman and family depart to Canton Ohio for work while Irene Haislip returns from Staunton to winter with her sister in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Rundle
Greenwich, Conn
Grand View
Irene D. Haislip
Staunton, Va
W. C. Wil
Seasonal Guests at Local Hotels Oversee Florida Links
A stream of visitors and seasonal residents are noted at area hotels. Iva Buck and Nina Geddys split time between Ravenna and Kent, while Jane Sewell and Marion Soule stay at the Villa Dora after arriving from Maine. Other guests include Mr and Mrs Page from Vermont, Dr and Mrs Rinear and sister Mrs Kennedy, and Lieut and Mrs House with family in Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iva M. Buck
Ravenna
Ohio
Nina Geddys
Kent
Simpson Hotel
Jane Sewell
Marion Soule
Villa Dora Hotel
South Berwick
Maine
H. F. Page
Fairlee
Vermont
Mrs. Rinear
Sylvan Shores
Sherridan Road
Mr. Rinear
Mrs. Kennedy
Community Club Secretary Resigns in Regret
The Community Club accepts the resignation of Mrs. Caxton Doggett from the secretary position with sincere regret. The successor will be chosen at the first meeting of the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caxton Doggett
Residents and Visitors Report Mount Dora Area Movements
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Meitin move from Orlando to Sylvan Shores at 1120 Oakland Drive with two children. Zell wood Fruit Distributors staff member is stationed at Leesburg then transferred to Orlando. Various visitors and residents, including families from Macon Georgia and Concord New Hampshire, are noted with moves, arrivals, and seasonal stays in Mount Dora and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Best
Mount Dora
Sylvan Shores
Ralph Meitin
Orlando
Oakland Drive
S. M. Arthur
William Barber
Grand View Hotel
Leesburg
Winter residents and visitors add to Mount Dora season
Mrs Sherman Laskey from Toledo joins family plans and will winter with Dr Mildred Marsh. Dr Devorsak pursues a Chicago course and may be away a month. Mrs Allen Cochran leaves for West Palm Beach after a three week visit, sharing talks on missionary work. Mrs Isabel Van Loon from Fort Lauderdale attended a birthday party and returns to Red Cross USO duties. Mrs B D Peaslee, in Hillsboro NH, rents her Mount Dora home to Mr and Mrs Charles Thompson. illness keeps her away this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Marsh
St. Petersburg
Devorsak
Chicago
Allen Cochran
M. M. Hill
West Palm Beach
Cochran
New Yorkolums
Montana
California
B. D. Peaslee
Hillsboro
N. H
Mount Dora
Clayton Street
Charles B. Thompson
Facts About the WACs Booklet Released for Recruitment
A new booklet titled Facts You Want to Know About the W A C is available at the W A C Recruiting headquarters in town. It is issued from Washington D C and aims to inform parents and prospective W A C recruits about army roles pay and training. Governor Holland has proclaimed a statewide W A C campaign from September 27 to December 7 urging women to enlist and release men to fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Malone
Washington, D. C
Red Cross Defense Room
Army of the United States
Army Air Forces
Army Service Forces
Army Ground Forces
Holland
Obituary of Edith Estelle Riley of Mount Dora
Edith Estelle Riley 73 wife of Ernest L Riley died suddenly Sunday at her Riley s Park home after months of ill health Funeral services set for Thursday 11 am at First Methodist Church Mount Dora with Rev Caxton Doggett officiating Burial in Forest Cemetery Born August 20 1870 on a Michigan farm later living in Adrian Manitou Beach Irish Hills and Mount Dora Surviving are husband one daughter Thelma Simpson three grandchildren and one brother R Finn Plymouth Also notes the first Christmas Seal sale in 1907 Wilmington Delaware by Miss Emily P Bissell to fund a tuberculosis hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Estelle Riley
Ernest L. Riley
Riley’s Park
First Methodist Church
Mount Dora
Caxton Doggett
Forest Cemetery
Edith Estelle Finn
Clayton
Michigan
Adrian
Adrian High School
Manitou Beach
Irish Hills
The
Baptist Church
Riley
Thelma Simpson
R. Finn
Plymouth
Mid
Tuberculosis Death Rates Then and Now
The article notes current tuberculosis deaths at one per nine minutes, contrasting early 1900s fatalities at about one every three and a half minutes. It discusses the historical severity and the progress in reducing deaths from the disease.
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Gini
Savung
Joe E. Brown
Marguerite Chapman
Ture No
Conwa James
Tluson - Cosmiskeee Sonson
Lynch Law
Onda
Penny Singleton
Arthur Lake
Larry Simms
Hugh Herbert
Johnny Ra Brown
Clavortite Colbert
Paulette Goddard
Veronica Lake
Aaa Cre Maa
State Theatre
Eustis
Texas
Social
Carter-Carroll
Bettie Jean Carroll
Ray Eugene Carter
W. A. Carter
Mount, Dora
Ponca City
Oklahoma
Carter
Dorr
Aero Inca
Charles Thorp
Fairfield, Conn
Robert Godman
Canton
Maynard J. Esmay
New York
Lakeshore
Mary B. Johnson
Middletown
Conn
Seventh Avenue
Belle Rogers
Miss. Jessie Dodge
Frederick J. Porter
Freeport
Long Island
John G. Bailey
Middletown, Conn
Ninth Avenue
Millie Wheeler
Pelham, New York
Mrs. Elwood Carpenter
Highland Avenue
Blondie
the Princess
Alexander
Timothy Brewster
Henry A. Stein
Mrs
N. C Peters
Sylvan Shores Hotel
William H. House, Jr
Benning Hills, Ga
Roland J. Morse
Lieut. House
William Swartz
Tampa
Anna Blaich Shafer
Tucson
Arizona
Florida
George Barnard
Concord
Mount Dornell
George H. Peabody
Mondlay
Brookline
Mass
Troy
George DeMuth
Rhodes Street
Toledo
Mount Dora Electric Company
Highland Ave
Apopka
Zellwood
Sally Dress Shop
Coats
Sherman Laskey
Kill Kare Lodge
E. P. Luce
Red Cross
WACS
E. L. Riley
United States
Wilmington
Del
Emily P. Bissell
Agriculture and Banking
First National Bank of
First National Bank
Mount Dora, Florida
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Hale’s
Pillsbury’s Best Flour
Pillsbury
Pillsbury’s Fancake
CLUB
RUDO
Angelo
Shorty) Martino
E. C. Devorsak
Princess Theatre
Best B
Lovett
Vigoro Complete Plat
Mt.Dora
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