Mount Dora School Band Timeline of Wartime Community Activities
The Mount Dora School Band lists numerous events since its first public appearance on December 14 1941. Activities include concerts in the park and Community Building, trips to Tavares to send off soldiers, Armistice Day parade, July 4 memorial concert, Bond Drive theater work, football games, parties, Memorial Day and graduation services, Music Week, Kiwanis dinners, class plays, Epworth League play, a boat ride for soldiers, and church performances all within a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallowe'en
Bions
Epworth
Social MRS Entertains for Mrs Vincent and church notes
Mrs. Robert M. Hall entertained at cards Friday afternoon at her Seventh Avenue home for Mrs. W A Vincent. Guests included Mrs. Truskett Mrs. Simpson and Mrs. Tremain who won War Stamps prizes. The Baptist Church planned circles meetings for October 26 and Sunbeams for young mothers. The Community Church choir held a four o’clock tea at Mrs Hanscom's home to honor Mrs Vincent now in Athens Georgia with Lieut W A Vincent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Hall
Lloyd McNaughton
Eustis
Turskett
Simpson
Tremain
Ladies of the Baptist Church
Lambert Circle
Marie Thompson
Overhiser
Jean Hendrie
David Sellers
Sunbeams
Dorothy Adams
Community Church
Hanscom
W. A. Vincent
Athens
Vincent
C. H. Estey
Kenneth Maglathlin
M. B
E. E. Truskett
C. EB
Ji Davis
Miss Bertha Morley Shares Life as Teacher and Missionary
Last Wednesday the Ladies Aid of the Community Church heard Miss Bertha Morley recount her years as a teacher and missionary in Greece. She described Smyrna refugees, Armenian schools near Athens, and Evangelical efforts across fourteen places. Her talk highlighted Greek resilience and broad support from attendees despite no formal offering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Morley
Ladies Aid
Community Church
Miss Bertha Morley
Greece
House
Thessalonike
Athens
Miss Morley
Smyrna
Travelis
McCalimos
Local Residents Return From Summer Relocations
Personal notes report Mr. and Mrs. William Young back from the Great Smokies. Mrs. Wilson G. Smith returned from St. Petersburg after a two week visit. Mrs. W. C. Williams returned to the Tavares road after Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. George S. Horton arrived for winter from Union Springs New York. Mrs. D. S. Simpson Jr. returned from Evanston Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. James C. Clark back from Browns Mills New Jersey to their winter home at 629 Seventh Avenue. Mrs. Henry H. Jackson arrives from East Orange New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Young
Great Smokies
Wilson G. Smith
St. Petersburg
George S. Horton
Union Springs
N. Y
James C. Clark
Browns Mills
N. J
Seventh Avenue
Residents and visitors head south and return north
The column lists residents visiting Donnelly and Ninth avenues and returning from summer trips. It notes Mr. and Mrs. George DeMuth back on Rhodes Street, Miss Suzanne Sawyer and Miss Eleanor per visiting Vero Beach, T. J. Brotherson at a Florida Lumber conference, and several families returning from Onsted Michigan and Ashbury Park. It mentions travel to Daytona Beach for Lakeside Inn openings, and a Brockton Morse family postponing south plans after son John’s military call. The piece ends with a Decatur stop for a family wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George DeMuth
Rhodes Street
Suzanne Sawyer
Leesburg
Eleanor Per
Mrs
James Die
Vero Beach
Harold G. Morse
Brockton
Mass
Mount Dora
John
Morse
Robert Williams
Library adds new fiction and non fiction titles
Mount Dora Public Library announces new holdings including The Boy From Maine The Glass Mountain The Lieutenant s Lady Surgeon in Charge The Damyank See Here Private Hargrove They Were Expendable So Your Husband s Gone to War and From Dust to Divinity Authors include Katherine Brush Mary Frances Doner Bess Streeter Aldrich Elizabeth Seifert William McLeod Raine Marion Hargrove Quentin Reynolds W L White Ethel Jordan Margot Austin Anna J Rossiter Elwood C Nance Gifts Royaliew 1881 Stayform customers invited to Burke Apartment October 23 1 to 5 PM
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy
Maine
Katharine Brush
Glass Mountain
Mary Frances Doner
Bess Streeter Aldrich
Elizabeth Seifert
Willaim
McLeod Raine
Private Hargrove
Marion Hargrove
Quentin Reynolds
W. L. White
Ethel Jorham
Gabriel Chirchkitten
Margot Austin
Royaliew
Florida
Anna J. Rossiter Stowe
Elwood C. Nance
Mount Dora Public
Red Cross Notes Highlight Local Surgical Dressings Drive
Lake County units push to meet quotas for surgical dressings with Mount Dora first to finish. Materials stored at Leesburg headquarters and distributed countywide under Mrs. Emil Yde and Mrs. Fred Herlong. Mary Elizabeth Casson to visit high schools October 23 to view Junior Red Cross box activity for refugee children overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Mount Dora
First National Bank
Leesburg
Emil Yde
Fred Herlong
Mary Elizabeth Casson
The
American Red Cross
Junior Red Cross
Henry L. Pringle
Junior Redross
Harry A. Kenning
Red Cross
Tavares
Joyce A. Barker
Mary Richey Carter
Karl Lehmann
Jack Morrison
Anthony F. Stecher
Louise Cox
M. O. Barker
J. M. Butler
O. L. Carter
James Martin Lowry
C. L. Spottswood
Montverde
Elisabeth A. Geiger
Blanche D. Kessler
R. N
Lucie K. Miller
Elsie A. Turner
Ivan E. Beyers
E .C. Butler
K. W. Loucks
R. Donald Padgett
Juanita C. Boyd
J.R. Jeffrey
Agnes Johnson
Viola G. O’hall
Government War Controls and Ration Rules Highlight 1942 Memo
Wartime guidance outlines training for 18 19 year olds to boost army effectiveness and conserve resources. It details tire restrictions, vehicle eligibility, ration boards, and efforts to curb shortages with price ceilings. Citizens urged to save shells, feathers, and venison rats while Mint promotes coin conversion for copper conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
U. S. Mint
Meatless menus offer protein from plants and eggs
Plan meatless meals with diverse sources to meet protein and B vitamin needs. Eggs, milk, cheese, poultry, fish provide high quality protein. Beans, soybeans, nuts, whole grains supply accompanying niacin thiamine and riboflavin via diet.
District Welfare Board Meets In Clermont
The District Welfare Board for Polk Lake Sumter and Marion counties met at the Clermont Clinic building. Due to a 20 percent state-mandated cut, the board reorganized to continue services. They limit commodity distribution to those with urgent need while aiding school meal programs and employment efforts. The State Welfare Board's Leland Hiatt outlined rehabilitative aims and urged cooperation with Red Cross and PTA groups to build community assets and self reliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk, Lake, Sumter and
Marion
Clermont
J. M. Douglass
Weirsdale
State Welfare Board
Leland Hiatt
Jacksonville
Clermont Kiwanis Club
Hiatt
Red Cross
Also Mentioned on This Page
Princess Theatre
Spencer Tracy
John Garfield
Hedy Lamarr In
Bette Davis
Frances Langford
SUN
Lionel Barrymore
Phillip Dorn
Dr. Gillespie
Laurel & Hardy In
Richard Dix
Dorothy Lamour
Richard Denning
Maureen O'Hara
West Point
State Theatre
Hawaii
Mon
A. Sullivan
John P. Sousa
Patricia Johnson
John Marsell
Frank Hall
Mrs. Vincent
D. S. Simpson, Jr
Evanston, Ill
Henry H. Jackson
East Orange, N. J
Mrs. Stanley Holmes
Donnelly and
Ninth Avenues
T. J. Brotherson
Florida Lumber and Mill Workers Association
E. L. Riley
Onsted
Michigan
Carl Graves
Ernest Brotherson
Sanford
T. A. Brotherson
Loretta Brotherson
Richard Edgerton
Norwalk Conn
Lakeside Inn
James Reer
Bernard McCabe
David Harvey
J. R. High
Sorrento
University of Florida
Gainesville
Wm. J. Johnson
Chazy
N.Y
Clifton
A. H. Oakley
Newark
Daytona Beach
Ivy Lane
Patricia Saltsman
Ashbury Park
Thelman Saltsman
North
C. E. Burchett
Atlanta
Corp. C. E. Burchett
M. D. Tech
Lawson General Hospital
Fred W. Cross
Royalston
Massachusetts
Stone House
Bull Run Battlefield
Virginia
Mr. Cross
J. M. Hanson
Battlefield
Hart-will
Burke
Rehbaum
R. W. Horsley
Practical Jeweler
South
Clayton Street
Mount Dora, Fla
Red
Kenning
Sadye T. Colbert
Benjamin A. Morse
Mary M. .Alexander
Julia Cato Inez H. King
T. D. Dansby
Lee Ella Gamble
Virginia L. Lawson
Ethel B. McFadden
Prudence E McHardy
Cauley Lott
Emma B. Russell
Jennie C. Wallace
Ruth I. Townsend
Annie Ll
Ation Offic
Railway Express Agency
Tvo
WPB
OPA
District Welfare Board
U.S. War Savings
JU. S
Mount Dora, Florida
Member
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Hale’s
Monarch Finer Foods
Charles Sorte
United States War
Sherwin-Williams
Eac Ae
Mt.Jora Hardware Company
Sherwin-Williams Paints
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