Thanksgiving Notes Highlight Wide Family Gatherings
Thanksgiving notices recount a nationwide web of reunions as Capt. and Mrs. Elden Oakley return from Korea to visit relatives in Florida. Families from Brandon, Winter Haven, Gordon Military College and New York join at various homes for dinners. Dr. Robert F. Wason attends dental sessions in San Francisco and Gainesville. A wedding shower honors Miss Ann Kirkland, golfer Tommy Wood heads to Los Angeles for the PGA tour, and William Fink turns 90 with wintering in Mount Dora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Korea
Elden Oakley
Lloyd Bennett
Oakley
Ft. Rutgers
Ala
Elizabeth Seiss
F. R. McCullough
Betsy
Brandon
Robert F. Wason
American Dental Assn
San Francisco
Calif
Federation Dentaire Internationale
Wason
Gainesville
J. Hillis Health Center
Tommy Wood
Mount Dora Golf Club
Los Angeles
Mount Dora
Carolinas
Dettra Engagement Announces Christine Louise Dettra
Mr. and Mrs. Howard C. Dettra of 725 Alexander Street announce the engagement of their daughter Christine Louise Dettra to David Langford Billings, son of Mr. and Mrs. George L. Billings of 8637 Cherokee Road Richmond. Christine is a Mount Dora High School graduate, class of 1961, and a Bryan College senior in Dayton Tenn majoring in elementary education. Billings attended Bryan College and works for Dietz Press in Richmond. A summer wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard C. Dettra
Alexander Street
Christine Louise
David Langford Billings
George L. Billings
Cherokee Road
Richmond
Miss Dettra
Mount Dora High School
Bryan College
Dayton
WSCS Meeting Slated for December 3
The Executive Committee of the Women's Society of Christian Service will meet on Thursday December 3 at 9 30 a m in Fellowship Hall. On Friday December 4 the group will tour Tampa visiting the Rosa Valdes Home and Wolf Settlement.
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Women’s Society of Christian Service
Fellowship Hall
Society
Tampa
Rosa Valdes
Wolf Settlement
Full Day Slated By Garden Club At Fashion Fete
Dorans will host a Lakes and Hills Garden Club fundraiser at Mount Dora Community Club on Friday December 4 starting 9 a.m. with the bazaar and Coffee Hour followed by a sandwich luncheon and a two o’clock fashion show titled Fashions and Flowers featuring four scenes Spring Shopping for the Bride Autumn and White Christmas. The event includes beeswax candles bird cages tree decorations and fur displays with proceeds benefiting the Poinsettia Circle projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorans
Lakes and Hills
Founders Circle
Holly Circle
McCain-LeRoy
Poinsettia Circle
la Belle
Orlando
Henry Land
E. P. Elmore, Jr
H. Herrick Price
van Marker
Robert Travers
Alfred Rehbaum, Jr
Mesdames
Glenn Brown
Walter Farnsworth
Robert Eichelberger
T. D. Galloway
Bernard McCabe
Henry Shires
Geri
W. T. Bland Jr
Sheila Croak
Robert Crow
Carroll Griggs
Jerry Powell
Judy Wright
Lakes And Hills Garden Club Celebrates 15th Anniversary Tea
Members of the Lakes and Hills Garden Club were praised for years of service at the 15th anniversary tea. Mrs. Carroll O Griffin, Florida Federation official, stressed community involvement and noted past state leaders in attendance. Past presidents were honored with corsages and floral arrangements, and guests included district and federation figures.
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Lakes and Hills
Roy Williams
Carl Graves
A. M. Garrison
E. A. Nimnicht
John A. Heist
Charles J. Brown
John
Alden Murray
Robert Hodges
Slater Cox
Daniel Bishop
Williams
W. J. Chennell
District 7
Conner
Federation
Leslie Jackson
Graves
Hodges
Bishop
Robert Travers
Ted Cummings
George Stege
Harold Overhiser Jr
Joseph Barker
Leonard Day
Vincent Phipps
Club Women Hear Nichols Talk On Speech
The Mount Dora Business and Professional Women's Club met at the Community Building for a 6:30 p.m. turkey dinner with a Thanksgiving theme. Guest speaker Byron Nichols, band director and speech teacher at Mount Dora High School, discussed speech as the most used and misunderstood form of communication and stressed speaker responsibility. He used tape recordings to review committee reports, drawing amusement from voices. The next meeting will be the annual Christmas party at Garden Gate on December 9 with a planned Christmas program.
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Business, and Professional Women’s Club of
Mount Dora
Byron Nichols
Mount Dora High School
Nichols
Garden Gate
Style Show Tickets Benefit Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Mesdames Vernie ard Valerie Johnson Wilbur Welsh George Wilson George White Jr and W J Wingler Sally Dress Shop model Barbara Adams and others. Tickets for the style show are 1.25 a donation. They may be purchased from Lakes and Hills Garden Club members or at the door.
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Mesdames
Vernie
Herard
Valerie. Johnson
Wilbur Welsh
George. Wilson
George White, Jr
Sally
Barbara Adams
William Gillis
R.V. Parker
H. Herrick Price
James Sheddan
George Stege
The
Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Pratt Lanpher Engagement Announced In Three States
Mrs. Susan Pratt of Haverford and Friendship Me announces the engagement of her daughter Susan Huntington Pratt to Edward Gibson Lanpher son of Mr and Mrs Henry Lanpher of Alexandria Va and June Lake Calif The couple’s families include connections to Mount Dora Greenfield Mass Dana Hall Wellesley and Phillips Academy Andover and Brown University Providence Scheduled for future nuptials.
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Robert Armstrong Pratt
Haverford, Pa
Friendship
Susan Huntington Pratt
Edward Gibson Lanpher
Henry Coe Lanpher
Alexandria
June Lake
Calif
Miss Pratt
Arthur Peabody Pratt
Mount Dora
Second Congregational Church
Greenfield
Mass
Dana Hall School
Wellesley
Pembroke College
Providence
R.I
Lanpher
Phillips Academy
Andover
Brown University
Exclusive Films On Christmas Shown To Mount Dora Club
The Mount Dora Woman's Club will present two Christmas films for members and guests. The Nativity Story from the Bible will be shown, followed by the Mabel Beaton marionettes in The Night Before Christmas. Mrs Paul Snowberger chairs hostesses for the event after the ten hour business meeting and program.
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Mount Dora
Hospital Patients List at Mount Dora Memorial
Mount Dora Memorial Hospital in Eustis lists patients this week including Glenn Nichols Dennis Hortenstein Wade Cowart Dorothy Ober George Hicks William Hayward Maude Beiser Michael Gerwig Stephanie Gerwig Harold Bibby Mabel Wise Marian Bertram Helen Holmes Timothy Douglas Constance Fenske Bertha Cook Helen Kurras and Alice Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Waterman
Memorial
Eustis
Glenn Nichols
Dennis
Hortenstein
Wade Cowart
Dorothy Ober
George Hicks
William Hayward
Maude Béiser
Michael . Gerwig
Stephanie Gerwig
Harold Bibby
Mabel Wise
Marian Bertram
Helen Holmes
Timothy Douglas
Constance Fenske
Bertha Cook
Helen Kurras
Alice Wood
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Tor
W. S. Dunn
Sammy
Matt
Winter’ Haven
A. Paul Heinze
Dunn
John Ingles
Gordon Military College
Barnsville
Howard C. Ingles
Henry C. Kincaid
Ft. Lauderdale
Audrey S. Flynn
Larry Smith
J. M. Smith
New York
Flying Hawk
Isbrandsten Lines
Barcelona
Spain
Leghorn
Genoa
Italy
Beirut
Lebanon
Massawa
Ethiopia
Karachi
Pakistan
Cochin
India
Singapore
Saigon
Vietnam
Hong Kong
B.C.C
Keelung
Formosa
Pusan
Kobe
Nagoya
Shimizu
Yokohama
Japan
L. W. Osborne
Tomahawk
Wisc
Osborne
Florida
Wilise Apartments
LeRoy Spilatore
C. H. Melbourn
Warner Robins
Air Force Base
Melbourn
Spilatore
Ernest Bellizio
Mr. Bellizio
Dr. Spilatore
Florida State Dental Association
Ann Kirkland
Timothy Croak
Clarence A. Beall Jr
Ronald Christie
Croak
Mesdames Carroll Griggs
C. M. Hand
Robert Bowie
Neil Stoothoff
Earl Hodges
Ruth Lee
Lloyd Atkins
Craig Brock
Ellen Bryant
W. J. Wingler
Leslie Kirkland
Dorothy Powell
Sanford
Mara Croak
William Fink
Lena Brothers
Wauconda
Ill
Austin Phelps
Christine Louise Dettra
Woodward Ave
Eustis, Fla
Landseair Travel Service
AVIS
Christine Dettra
WSCS
Chemstrand
Lakes and Hills Club
W. Fifth Ave
Timothy Crook
Clarence Beall, Jr
Miss Kirkland
Susan Pratt
Lake County
Slim Jims
Spe
Donnelly, Mount Doraf
Lake Dora
Waterfront Property
Jennie Logas
Jennie
Alexander St
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