Ladies Aid Meeting at Community Church Friday
The Ladies Aid Society of the Community Church will meet Friday at 2 30 in the church. All interested ladies are invited to attend. Mount Dora Chapter No 103 Order of Eastern Star will hold their next meeting Thursday night at 815. Members and visitors are requested to attend.
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Ladies Aid
Ladies Aid Society
Mount Dora
Order of Eastern Star
Eleanor Jackson
Mae Fenton
Kiwanians Schedule Clermont Ladies Night Banquet and Dance
Kiwanians of Central Florida are invited to a Clermont Kiwanis Club Ladies Night at the Clermont Yacht Club on Thursday October 24. Dinner starts at 7:30 p m and the dance at 9:30 with a floor show after dinner.
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Kiwanis Ladies Night
Central Florida
Clermont Kiwanis Club
Clermont Yacht Club
Thursy
Woman's Club Opens Season With Defense Theme
The Lake County Federation of Woman's Clubs launches its 1940-41 season with a fall meeting on November 15 hosted by the Umatilla Woman's Club. Karl Lehmann of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce will speak on Home Defense and International Relations.
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Lake County Federation of Woman’s Clubs
Umatilla
Federation meeting of clubs from several towns
Representatives from Ont, Mount Dora, Leesburg, Tavares, Umatilla and Groveland meet under Mrs. Harold Hull to organize at 10 a.m. in Umatilla with sessions running until about 2 p.m.
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Ont
Mount Dora
Leesburg
Tis
Tavares
Umatilla
Harold Hull
Groveland
Federation
P. T. A. Executive Board Meeting Notice
The P. T. A. executive will hold its regular monthly meeting in the school library on Wednesday October 30 at 315 p m Members are encouraged to attend to learn the procedures used in PTA business.
Jacobsons Host Bridge Evening for Orlando Guests
Mr and Mrs Jacobson entertained a group of friends with a bridge party Thursday evening at their home. Guests included Mr and Mrs F B Simonet Mr and Mrs Chas Burge Mr and Mrs August Klettner Mr and Mrs Claud Margette all of Orlando and Mr and Mrs O W Conner of Lake City.
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Jacobson
Chris Jacobson
Bridge
F. B. Simonet
Chas. Burge
August Klettner
Claud Margette
Orlando
O. W. Conner
Lake Em
Couple Entertained For Beasley Wedding Reception
Mrs P D Jones and Mrs Maxine Hamlin hosted a Friday dinner party for Mr and Mrs John Beasley with pink and white crepe decor and red rose centerpieces. The bride received many gifts as friends and relatives attended, including the Beasleys, William Beasley, Russell E Clark, Helen Conant, Henry Hamlin, Nancy Redditt, Ed Redditt, Sonny Hamlin, De Jones and Maxine Hamlin.
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P. D. Jones
Maxine Hamlin
John Beasley
William Beasley
Russell E. Clark
Helen Conant
Henry Hamlin
Nancy Redditt
Ed Redditt
Sonny Hamlin
de Jones
Maxine Hamin
Engagement and forthcoming marriage of Willa A Whittemore
Mrs. Mary A Whittemore announces the engagement of her daughter Willa Agnes Whittemore of Sebring to Mr. Charles Woodfin Ezzard of Mount Dora. Willa is a Sebring school faculty member and Florida State College for Women alumna. Charles is a Mount Dora High School business instructor and a University of Florida graduate. The wedding is planned for late fall.
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Mary A. Whittemore
Bradenton
Fla
Chautauqua
New York
Willa Agnes
Sebring
Charles Woodfin Ezzard
Mount Dora
Miss Whittemore
Bradenton High School
Florida State College For Women
Alpha Gamma Delta
Phi Ka Phi
Kappa Delta Pi
Ezzard
John T. Ezzard
Winter Garden
Orlando
Mrs Pease Entertains Mount Dora Junior Club
Mrs John D Pease sponsor of the Mount Dora Junior Woman's Club entertained the club on Wednesday night with a dinner and bridge. She was assisted in serving by Mrs J G.
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Pease
John D. Pease
Mount Dora
J. G
Dinner TeB: Club Officers Lead After Meeting with Cards
Mrs. Clayton Tremain presided at a short business meeting following dinner for Kirby, Mrs. Pickens Tally, and Mrs. J. G. Ray Jr. Present as hostess and guests included Millard Reid, Mary Elizabeth Simpson, Robert Wise, Tremain, Mary Neel, J. M. Green, Cecil Parker, Glenn Cha, D. S. Simpson Jr., E Spain Jamerson, Hi Land, Glenn Brown, Ro Hall, Edith Cookinham, Robert Sadler, Kenneth Maglathlin, Johnnie Mae Stanley, Martha Fenn, Frankie Lou Morris, Lewis Carroll, Kenneth Rogers, Wilmer Stokely, L. J. Drawdy Jr., and Patton.
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Hi Land
Glenn Brown
Ro! Hall
Edith Cookinham
Robert Sadler
Kenneth Maglathlin
Johnnie Mae Stanley
Martha Fenn
Frankie Lou Morris
Lewis Carroll
Kenneth Rogers
Wilmer Stokely
L. J. Drawdy, Jr
Patton
Velma Rosevelle Little Weds Matthew Beasley in Lake County
Miss Velma Rosevelle Little wed Matthew Beasley on October 14 at Russell E. Clark home with Rev. Kenneth G. Rogers officiating. Bride wore a dark ensemble with a rosebud corsage. The couple will reside at 225 Tremain Street.
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Beasley-Little
Perry D. Jones
Velma Rosevelle Little
Matthew Beasley
John Beasley
Lake Hon
Russell E. Clark
Kenneth G. Rogers
Donald Strickland
Harry Barber
P. D. Jones
Maxine Hamlin
Henry Hamlin
Russell Clark
Helen Conant
Mary Conant
Sonny Jones
Beasley
Mount Dora
Lake County P. T. A. Holds First Grove Land Meeting
The Lake County Council P. T. A. met at the Grove land schoolhouse on Monday October 21 with a covered dish supper. Mrs. Kenneth Loucks presided as the budget was adopted and plans discussed for the year including sessions led by regional VP Mrs. Frederick Holch. The next meeting is set for January 20 in Tavares.
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Lake County Council P. T. A
Groveland
Kenneth Loucks
Leesburg
R. W. Holsclaw
Howey
Frederick Holch
DeLand
Holch
G. W. Coffin
Mount Dora
H. L. Pringle
Florida
Parent Teacher
Tavares
Gorhams Celebrate Sixtieth Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs E E Gorham of Norwalk Connecticut and Mount Dora celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on September 14 with a family dinner at the Norwalk home. They wed September 14 1880 in East Norwalk by Rev G Hausenback of East Avenue Methodist Church. Mrs Gorham nee Annie E Hoyt from Elizabeth New Jersey has long been active in East Norwalk community work and church life. Mr Gorham born about 80 years ago across the street from his current home opened a paint store in 1890 that grew into a major business and he has served as a Third Taxing District commissioner.
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Norwalk
Conn
Mount Dora
East Norwalk
G. Hausenback
East Avenue Methodist Church
Gorham
Annie E. Hoyt
Carlton Nurseries Hosts Wedding Guests From Chicago
In the southern part of the state the Heist brothers welcome guests at Lake Jem after November first. The Carlton Nurseries owners hosted Miss Bennett and the bridggrooms guests including Mrs. Timothy Bennett, Daisy-mother of the bridggrooms, and Mr and Mrs H M Gaskill of Chicago, sister and brother of the bridesgrooms.
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Lake Jem
Heist Brothers
Carlton Nurseries
Miss Bennett
Timothy Bennett
Daisy
Jose Fiorita
H. M. Gaskill
Chicago
Banquet Honors Mount Dora Temple Leaders and Guests
District Deputy District Three hosts a three-sided banquet for thirty three members. Immortelles and ferns decorate tables with white chrysanthemums. Miss Mary Elizabeth Simpson presides as Excellent Chief, Mrs. Ablyn Finzel speaks, and guests include Bertha Tone Vadna Kickliter Della Roton and Willa Alma Ownby.
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Mary Elizabeth Simpson
Mount Dora Temple
Ablyn Finzel
Bertha Tone
New Smyrna
Vadna Kickliter
Della Roton
Willa Alma Ownby
DeLand
Thelma Mosteller
Orlando Temple
Brock Golden Wedding Observed in Hamden CT
Mr and Mrs Charles Walter Brock celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary at home in Hamden Connecticut on October 23 1940. The couple wed fifty years earlier at North Haven Center with Reverend William Reynolds officiating. They hosted many friends with their six children and fourteen grandchildren in attendance. Mrs Brock born Minnie Cora Hurd, descends from John Hurd and Thomas Minor. Mr Brock from early New England settlers in Connecticut.
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Charles W. Brock
Charles Walter Brock
Carleton Street
Hamden
Connecticut
North Haven Center
William Reynolds
Brock
George H. Priess
John F. Fredrickson
Carl Y. Lendroth
Branford
Ernest J. Bornemann
West Haven
C. Raymond Brock
Myron H. Brock
Minnie Cora Hurd
Woodbury
John Hurd
Stratford
Thomas Minor
England
John Winthrop
Pequot
John Minor
Mr Brock
New England
Boston
Middletown
Clintonville
Walter Patten
Heist Bennett and Heist Mann Wed in Orlando Ceremonies
Miss Quida Bennett of Orlando married John Alden Heist of Oak Park Illinois at St Luke's Cathedral with Dean Melville E Johnson officiating. Immediately afterward Miss Louise Mann of Chicago wed Robert Heist of Oak Park at Dr Lindsay E McNair's home in a private family ceremony.
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Quida Bennett
Orlando
John Alden Heist
Oak Park
Ill
Lake Jem
St. Luke’s Cathedral
Dean Melville E. Johnson
Louise Mann
Chicago
Robert Heist
Lindsay E. McNair
First Presbyterian Church
Miss Bennett
Legion
Brock Family Dairy Pioneer Passes On
Henry F Brock of Hamden and Northford built a dairy empire from a Milford route to North Haven and Montonese. He founded Brock & Sons Inc in 1923 with sons C Raymond and Myron H. Brock, led the Brock Hall Dairy & Company, ran a Northford farm with Ayrshire cattle, helped form Whitneyville groups, served in Hamden town government, and spent winters in Mount Dora with his wife Mrs Brock.
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Hubert F. Potter
North Haven
Samana
Connecticut
Clover
Montonese
New Haven
Aoe
Hamden
Connecticu
Hat
Mr. Brock
C. Raymond
Myron H
Co. On. Brock & Sons, Inc
C. Raymond Brock
Eae
Henry F. Hall
Geo George B. Hall
Brock
Brock- Hall Dairy &Company
Northford
Conn
Ayrshire
Whitneyville Improvement Association
Whitneyville Volunteer Fire Department
General Assembly
Whitneyville
Visitors and locals mingle at Grand View and area
Personal notices list winter visitors and residents at Grand View Hotel including Mae Rundle of Greenwich and H P Wilder of Brookline. Several locals attend a County Council meeting while others travel between Sylvan Shores Sheridan Road and Indianapolis. Navy furloughs and family moves noted along with garden dahlias from Ruth Camp Smith.
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Mae Rundle
Greenwich, Conn
Grand View Hotel
Winter visitors fill Mount Dora and Tangerine
Mr and Mrs Forrest G Clowes of Three Lakes Wisconsin return for the winter and stay at 535 Eleventh Avenue. Mrs Mary Branning Jacksonville Grand Chief of Florida Pythian Sisters visits Mount Dora Chapter. Henry Brown Ludlow Vermont and C H Scott and Julia Howard Plymouth Vermont arrive to spend winter in Tangerine homes. D F Monroe and Paul Jernberg plus child arrive from California at 916 North Tremain Street for the season. Monroe is an interior decorator and Jernberg a linotype operator.
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Forrest G. Clowes
Three Lakes
Wisconsin
Wis
Mount Dora
Eleventh Avenue
Mary Branning
Jacksonville
Florida
Pythian Sisters
Mary Elizabeth Simpson
Henry Brown
Ludlow
C. H. Scott
Julia Howard
Plymouth
Vermont
Mrs. Brown
Howard
Paul Jernberg
California
North Tremain Street
Monroe
Jernberg
Card of Thanks from Horace Blunt
Horace Blunt thanks friends for kindness during illness. He notes inquiries while unable to see people, and appreciation for flowers and cheering messages.
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Horace Blunt
Annie Dodge Taylor Dies After Car Crash in Lake County
Mrs. Annie Dodge Taylor 63 of Howey-in-the Hills died Saturday at Lake County Medical Center from injuries in a collision near Bushnell the prior Wednesday. A Michigan native, she moved to Howey 13 years ago with her late husband Dr. E. C. Taylor. Survived by son Dodge, developer of Howey, daughter Nana Taylor Laney, Mount Dora school faculty, and sister Mrs. C. B. Arbuy of Detroit. Funeral Sunday at Page Funeral Home Leesburg. interment in Jackson, Michigan mausoleum.
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Annie Dodge Taylor
Howey-in-the-Hills
Lake County Medical Center
Bushnell
Taylor
Michigan
Howey
E. C. Taylor
Dodge
Nana Taylor Laney
Mount Dora
C. B. Arbuy
Detroit
Mich
Page Funeral Home
Leesburg
Kenneth G. Rogers
Mount Dora Methodist Church
To. Jackson
Calendar of Church and Civic Group Meetings
Baptist Circle Theo Lambert Mary Simpson and Overhiser Circles meet monthly. Community Church Ladies Aid on 1st Friday. Sewing on 2nd. Missionary 3rd Friday. Methodist Woman's Society meets first Wednesday. American Legion First Monday. Legion Auxiliary First Thursday. King's Daughters meet second and fourth Mondays. P T A meets first Tuesday. Woman's Club announced later. second and fourth Wednesdays. Junior Woman's Club first and third Wednesdays. Kiwanis 12 15 luncheon Thursdays. Lions Wednesdays at 7 PM. Masons first and third Thursdays. O E S second and fourth Wednesday. Pythian Sisters first and all nights at the Temple. Past Chiefs Club Sisters. Lake County Guard Thursdays.
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Theo Lambert
Mary Simpson
Overhiser
Ladies Aid
Methodist Church
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
American
Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
King’s. Daughters
Kiwanis
Lions
Masons
First National Bank
Pythian Sisters
Chiefs Club
Lake County Guard
Ced
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Linda Hayes
Fred MacMurray
Patricia Morrison
Albert Dekker
Rangers OF Fortune
Geo. O’brien In
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Tyrone Power
Linda Darnell
Brigham Young
Brian Donlevy
Jane Darnell
Tubs
Wed
Richard Dix
Ritz Brothers
Andrew Sisters
W. J. Patton
Patton Metal Works
Ezzard-Whittemore
Frigidaire Electrical Appliances
Paul B. Brown Co
Fiegin Bldg
Eustis
Lyon & Healy
Louise Sellers
Mary S. Koebke
Marion K. Hadlock
Highland
Esther
Atwater Ave
Lew Ayres
Lionel Barrymore
Dr. Kildare
Kent Taylor
George O’brien
Triple Justice
Brigham Young Frontiersman
P. T. A. Council
E. E. Gorham
Mount Dora Electric Company
Highland Ave
Coleman’s
Bennett
Heist-Mann
Velveeta
Harry
Crossman’s Fresh Seed
Mrs
A. A. Tanner
Miami Beach
G. E. Ganin
S. H. Eddy
Waukon
Iowa
Woodland Avenue
Richard McCoy
Akron
Ohio
Mrs. B. Claflin
Sylvan Shores
County Council
E. E. Truskett
Oklahoma
Tulsa
I. Mossbacher
Freeport
Long Island
Grand View
Eleanore Minkley
The
Chamber of Commerce
H. P. Wilder
Brookline
Mass
the Grand View
George M. Cornelius
Indianapolis
Ind
Lake
Gertrude
J. Burton Webster
Penri Mutual Insurance Co
Lee Broom
Saint Joseph, Mo
Carl Broom
Fred Eustis
George S. Grimes
Lewis ‘Nichols
C. W. Carlton
Minneapolis, Minn
H. E. Bennett
Agnes and
Frances Bennett
Raiford
F. G. Davis
Donnelly Avenue
Julian Drawdy
Navy
Norfolk
San Diego
Calif
Ruth Camp Smith
Highland Avenue
Mrs. H. M. Gaskell
Chicago, Ill
Mrs. Gaskell
Daisy Heist
First National Bank OF
Federal Reserve System
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Sherwin-Williams
Sherwin-William
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Mt Dora Hardware Company
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