Woman's Club History And Early Founding Details
The article recalls the Mount Dora Woman's Club origin sparked by Mrs. R N White Sr and Mrs. Keller editor of the Topic. A June 1919 notice invited interested women to meet, forming the club with four charter members receiving perpetual cards from Mrs. W D Patton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keller
W. D. Patton
White
Emma J. Tallant
Emma O’hara
Dan Bishop
Patton
Milwaukee Conservatory of Music
The
National Federation
Melvin L. White
Florida
Woman’s Club
Clermont Honors Lake Presidents at Presidents Day Event
Clermont Woman's Club hosted Lake County clubs for Presidents Day drawing many guests from Mount Dora. Performances by Mount Dora singers included Celia the contralto with Love and The Rose of Tralee. Clermont officials plus six other club presidents were honored, with reports from each club and calls for district meeting attendance.
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Clermont Woman’s Club
Lake County
Mount Dora
Woman's ‘Club
Celia
Betgood
Woman's Club
W. Patton
Dora
Joseph L. Egan
Eustis
Leslie Hines
C. B. Treadway
Tavares
R. F. E Cooke
Leesburg
Ellis Moore
Umatila
D. L. Doyle
Grovean
Izetta Koonce
Lake County Federation
Rose Hoodelmier
H. L. Dederer
Mary K. Cooper
Melvin White
Daniel H. Bishop
Elmira Loder
B. O. Bowers
Patton
Charles Haines, Jr
Clermont
E. K. Brockway
Tralee
Yacht Club Opens Season With Large Crowds
The Yacht Club held an opening dinner last Thursday drawing about 75 members. Stewart Merrill Turner notes it was first time all called in for reservations. Sunday dinners began with 32 guests on family day, signaling a growing club routine.
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Yacht Club
Stewart Merrill Turner
Teen luncheon marks Mount Dora social week
A group of attractive teens held court at Mary Ann's Crooked Lake Drive home with a stylish luncheon. Sponsored by Donna McDonald and Betty Jo, the gathering featured eleven named guests and a cordial local crowd as winter visitors returned.
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Mount Dora
Mary Ann
Crooked Lake Dr
Donna McDonald
Betty Jo
J. Fred Bradford
Baptists Offer Recreation Plan for Youth
The Baptist church announces a new healthful recreation program for children starting this week. Activities include volleyball badminton horseshoes croquet and basketball every Saturday 10 am to noon at the church playground. Mr and Mrs Jack Dillard will oversee the opening session with church helpers assisting Rev James Sutley.
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The
Baptist Church
New Baptist Church
James Sutley
Jack Dillard
Archie Tucker
Ettan
Slater Cox
Jerald Drawdy Promoted To National Rehabilitation Office
Jerald Drawdy common consent promoted from state service officer of the VFW at Don Ce Sar to the National Rehabilitation office in a Tower building in Washington DC. He previously served with the Veterans Administration office at Don E L Riley’s Park and has roots in Mount Dora. A Navy veteran for two years, he attended a service officers school in Michigan to prepare for veterans duties assumed in January 1945. He was the only accredited VFW representative in Florida authorized to prosecute claims before the Veterans Administration.
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Jerald
Drawdy
VFW
Don Ce Sar
National Rehabilitation Office
Washington, D. C
Veterans Administration Office
Don E. L. Riley
Riley’s Park
Washington
Mount Dora
Navy
Service Officers
Michigan
Florida
Veterans Administration
Levi announces birth of grandson Edward in Washington
Mr and Mrs Edward Robert Levi of Washington DC announce the birth of their son Edward who weighs five pounds eleven ounces. Mrs Levi is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Sol Spilky.
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Edward Robert Levi
Washington, D. C
Edward
Meteorology term origins and air science overview
The word meteorology derives from Greek, reflecting study of the air and atmospheric conditions. It notes science explaining weather and related phenomena through study of the atmosphere.
Weather Week Wrap: Florida Sunshine and Shifting Skies
A retrospective weather column notes a stretch of late summer warmth with highs in the low 70s, breezes, and cotton-cloud skies. It tracks a frost and smog in Lake County and Mount Dora, drenching rain interrupting activities, a burning storage building, and a rainbow after sunset.
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Lake County
Akron
B. J
John Wood
Mount Dora
Mount Plymouth
Florida
Joe Miller and a Noted Joke Book Legacy
Joe Miller, famed for joke books, was an actor whose humor brought him lasting renown. After his 1738 death, John Mottley published Joe Miller's Jests, but only three jokes in the collection referenced Miller himself.
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Joe Miller
Miller
John Mottley
Joe
Early Venetian Glass Makers Guarded Secrets
Venetian glass artisans protected trade secrets with severe penalties for nonreturning makers. Any craftsman who carried the art into a foreign state faced death by emissaries from Venice.
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Venice
DORANS INVITED TO ALLIANCE MEETING IN EUSTIS
The Christian and Missionary Alliance holds a regular meeting in the library auditorium at Eustis Sunday afternoon at 4:00. Rev. Glenn E. Smith leads the session and will discuss a topic titled Whatsoever Not of.
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The
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Eustis
Glenn E. Smith
D A R Seeks Clothing For Mountain School In Crossnore
D A R asks members to contribute clothing for the mountain school in Crossnore North Carolina. Items are to be delivered by the November meeting at the home of Mrs Arthur W Bertine in Orlando. The October session marked by grave markers for deceased members and reports on Red Cross work and community health plans.
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Mountain School
Crossnore
N. C
D.ar
Hattie Allen
Ocklawaha
Arthur W. Bertine
Stella Bloodgood
Mount Dora
Maude Wakelin
Leesburg
Delia Wright
J. Ray Arnold
Ovando
Mildred Craycraft
Eustis
Red Cross
Lydia Bickers
Umatilla
C. H. Estey
Tangerine
O. B. Koonce
Della Blake
Methodist Church to Welcome Substitute Pulpit This Sunday
Rev George Gibson returns home after surgery in Orlando but cannot preach this Sunday at First Methodist Church. Rev Bob Blackburn will lead morning worship at 11 with lectors Robert Turner and Ross Dutton. Sunday school at 9:45, Youth Activities at 7, choir rehearsals and Bible class scheduled through week.
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George Gibson
Orlando
First Methodist Church
Bob Blackburn
Robert E. Turner
Ross S. Dutton
C. M. Brown
Chancel
King's Daughters Meet October Meeting Announcement
The October meeting of the King's Daughters will be held Monday at 8 p.m. at the Community Building. Mrs. Rose Searing is the president.
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King’s Daughters
Rose Searing
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Yacht Club Notes
BY Margo
Nelle Conner
Frances Smith
Sally Strite
Lynn Miles
Dot Peterson
Martha Simpson
Barbara Shipes
Betty Cooley Black
Ann Pike
Col
Harold Willis
N. Baken St
Daytonaers
Salt Springs
George McKellar
Memphis
Edwin Miller
Mrs. Arthur Tanner
E Fletcher Cranes
Florida Southern
Lois Meinke
Lois
John F. Wedon
Shaker Heights
Cleveland
Nancy Stuart
Mechanicsville
Richmond
Minnie Nickel
California
Kansas City
Louisville
Texas
Fred Wolff
Marjorie Pringle
Mt. Rose
Mich
Betty Cooper
J. Collier Coopers
Betty
Federal National Bank
Jacksonville
Rose Rose
Hipodaimeler Fa
Visi
Tomer Va
Ester, N. Y
Auburn
Ind
Canton
Ill
Lillian Thompson
Ocean Bluff
Mass
Louis Denbroeder
Fifth Av
Ore
William Sumner Simpson
Marie Edgerton
Coas
Sea Island
Bridgeport
Conn
Arthur Peabody Pratt
Friendship
Sylvan Shores
Stewart Roberts
Mr. Roberts
Mrs. Roberts
Dolphe Shonenberger
Clayton St
Stewart Roberts, Sr
R. M. Woodworth
Weymouth Beach
Nantaskett
Mrs. Woodworth
Boston
Worth
William Doty
Canada
Ohio
J. W. Bakey
N. Baker St
Baptists
Gospel Meeting
Emerson J. Estes
Montgomery
Church OF Christ
Fifth Avenue
Lake Dora
Jim Tew Oford
Gilbert Park
Donnelly Street
WM. P. Wingler
Insurance and Real Estate
F. W. Matteson
Crane Furniture Company
Chase
First National Bank
Mount Dora, Florida
Member
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
COE
Rehbaum
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