Mount Dora Roll of Honor Names World War I Heros
Mount Dora lists local servicemen and Black residents among Roll of Honor members. The compiled names include Paul Tilford Ault, Frederick Co. Beardsley, and many others with ranks from private to ensign. The roll also mentions Mount Dora Negroes among the honored.
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Mount Dora
Notes About Our Men In Service Continued
Names and postings of Mount Dora area servicemen and cadets with details on where they serve or study. Includes Sergeant William Victor at Camp Breckenridge, Lieutenant Leon B. Cheek Jr. at Fort Sill, Harvey Beasley heading to naval duty, W A Vincent at Chapel Hill training, and Aviation Cadet Townsend at Maxwell Field. Also lists tire rationing certificates and issuing board notice.
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Setanta
Tee
United States
Paul Tilford
Ault Pence
Rerne
Frederick Co. Beardsley
Edward Frank Benwell
M. Bevill
Ray Blanchard, Jr
Louie Melton Branch
Walter Brantley
Charles Edward Brooks II
Orville
R. Brown
Joe Clarence Brown
Donald Myron
Burt Floyd Cordell
Charles Emmett Rage
Alfred Brter
Charles Edward Carpenter
Milton Chapman
Ralph_ Epman
Roy Christopher
Leon BK. Cheek, Jr
David Coffin
Andrew Bradley Cole
Cooper
Woodrow W. Coleman
George Collins
Lemuel. Colson, Jr
Leroy
Nelson Cookinham
Thomas H. Cooley
D. O. Davis
Percy Davis Felton Dean Ray Detten
Robert W. Dickson, Jr
H. S&s
Dismakes
James Drawdy
Jerald Drawdy
Julian Drawdy
Lieut
Lemuel C. Downs Cliff, Dumas
Arnold Durham
William. Watson Flagel
A. Lee French, Jr
Frank
Marion A. D. Marshall, Jr
Leon C. Mortensen
Curtis D. Minkley
Ernest II. Minkley
Carl Henry Minkley
Thos. F. McCabe, Jr
J. Mortimer McCown, Jr
Wm. McCown J. DD. McKenny Daniel Kenneth McKenny
Dempsey Moore
Lloyd Morris
Nelson W. Morley
Charles Norris Arden Orr
Maurice 8
Pike, Jr
Roger 1
Pinkston
Charles Pohlman
Robert Pohlman
Henry Heyward Porter Robert Andrew Quixley
Gordon Kleiser Richardson
Douglas DeVault
Roseborough
Sars
Nicholas Roth
Edward Sadler S. Gould Sadler
James Scott Thomas Scott James William Shaw
Richard G. Shipes
Ralph Wilson Shaw
Donald
Slack Tommy Shipes
Frederick Sleight
James Hicks Snell
Oscar Stephens, Jr
William Stewart
Cecil Stevenson
Strickland
Roy Stockton
Woodrow Wilson
Tommy Sumeral Pickers
Talley Carswell Thompson
Donald Thompson
John
Tisdale
Ralph Townsend
William. Turrentine Monroe Woodard
Willian DeLacy Woodard
Richard van Voorhis
Wilbur van Zant
Robert Wells
Alton
Lee White Tech
Sergt
Cliff
White Richard James Widmer Arnold Robert ‘Widmer
David Bryan Wiley
Bnd Wingler
Col
George M. Woods
J Hiram Woods John Irvin Woods
Wilbur L
Woodruff Lake
Jem
William Victor
Mount Dora
Leon B. Cheek Jr
Field Artillery School
Fort Sill
Okla
Cheek
L. B. Cheek
N. Pine St
Ocala
Florida
Builders Supply Co
W. A. Vincent
J. G
Chapel Hill
N. C
Navy
Bruce Barnes
California
Moon Mullins
Thomas Ralph Townsend
T. A. Townsend
Zellwood
Army Air Forces
Maxwell Field
Sage
Montgomery
Townsend
Southeast
Army Air Forces Training Center
Mount Dora High School
University of Florida
Army
Aviation Mechanics
Keesler Field
Miss
Lake County Tire Rationing Board
Citrus.Culture Corporation
Lake Carlton Fruit Company
Bert Royal
D. L. Sellers
J. H. Woods
Mount Dora Growers Cooperative
Mt. Dora Growers Cooperative
Lewis Carroll
D. C
Fifth Avenue
Donnelly Streets
Billion Dollar Bond Drive Rally Seeks Public Support
A community rally led by Mr. White promoted a billion dollar war bond campaign. Bonds were bought in honor of many named individuals with proceeds benefiting service members, while organizers urged donations through the First National Bank and promised continued publications next week.
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White
Mount Dora
Leon Cheek
Eddy
Dr. Fenn
Mortimer McCown
Manuel Sedano
J. M. McCown
George Jerue
Harriet Banks
William Turrentine
True
Robert W. Dickson
Oscar
Thomas McCabe
J. White
Robert Quixley
Zell
Capt .Allen
Jimmy Allen
Wm. Turrentine
Ed Sadler
Bill Flavell
Charlie Norris
Ed Fortner
A. D. Marshall
T. A. Brotherson
Edward Brooks
Ralph Chapman
J. E. Fortner
Mr. White
Minkleys
Carl
Curtis
Ernest
Crandy
James
Jerald
Julian
Richard Shipes
Hubbard
LeRoy Cookinham
Pickens Talley
Floyd Bauman
First National Bank
American Legion
Shelia Spilky
Mary Allen
America
Legion
Red Cross Updates Leesburg Chapter Organization
The Lake County chapter of the American Red Cross announces new yarn stock allocations for branches after meeting old quotas. Mary Dungan Learned becomes chair of volunteer special services as she studies with the Boston chapter before November. E C Huey leads chapter coordination of staff, hospital, home service and canteen corps.
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Leesburg
F. O. Hawkins
Mary Dungan Learned
Mount Dora
Lake County
American Red Cross
Hospital and Recreation Corps
Home Service Aides
Florence Butler
Hortensia Hall
Vera Hungerford
Mildred Kelly
Grethel MacKenzie
Marguerite Hancock
Eustis
Ann Tompkins
R. N
Theresa Holland Hospital
Hancock
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Marion T. Jeffries
Florida
Jeffries
Defense training scheduled at Montverde
Three members of the Citizens Defense Corps staff will conduct bomb defense and gas defense sessions at Montverde on Tuesday September 8. O M Grimstead Bomb Reconnaissance Agent G A Sauer Gas Casualty director and Herbert McKay from Col Lesters staff will teach the program.
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Montverde
Citizens Defense Corps
Lake County Defense Council
War Manpower Commission Warns of Rationing and Duty
Wartime measures reshape daily life as new orders limit mail delivery and travel, ration supplies, and convert camps into detention centers. Schools may supply harvest crews, taxies restricted, and civilians urged toward war work. Canned foods are redirected to military needs, and price ceilings touch housing, ginning, and storage.
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America
Southeastern War Manpower Commission
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Tennessee
WPB
OPA
Chers
Licenses On Gill September 15th Announced
Lake County Tax Collector Mrs. Pearl Cullen announced liquor license sales start September 15 at the Tax Collector's office in the Court House Tavares. Licenses must be displayed by October 1 with no extension. Liquor licenses cost 600 yearly, package stores 450, beer and wine 30, city licenses may apply reducing county and state costs to the same total inside or outside city limits.
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Pearl Cullen
Court House
Tavares
Robert Z. Johnson
A. D
Florida
Geo. J. Dykes
Circuit Court of
Lake County
A. J. Harnage
Ienry Shelton
Lake
Sey
Anna E. Sanders
Uniess
Fla
Circuit Court
Lane County
D. Cc
State of Florida
Jas. Meadows
Geo
J. Dykes
Court of
D. C
Rescue effort organized by Clermont Minneola boat owners
Ira E. Burtis of Clermont heads the Clermont Minneola Waterways Association which organized last week to speed rescue response on southern Lake County lakes. Over 30 boat owners with inboard and outboard craft from nearly a dozen lakes will post names, phone numbers and boat types at Clermont Fire Station to summon the nearest boatman for rapid rescue in water and air accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
Minneola
Lake County
Ira E. Burtis
Clermont-Minneola Waterways Association
Fifty Inductees Accepted At Lake County Draft
Of the 84 white men inducted from Lake County 50 were accepted for military service and 34 were rejected. Some rejected will be reinducted after correcting minor physical defects as noted on August 18.
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Lake County
Florida Leads in Army Contracts For Week Ended Aug Twenty Fifth
Florida led seven southeastern states with 21 contracts awarded by the Army Engineers during the week ending August 25. Headquarters, Fourth Service Command, Atlanta, Ga., announced the figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Army
Headquarters
Fourth Service Command
Atlanta
Thrift Is the Foundation of Home and Nation
A speech emphasizes thrift as core values for households and national strength. It urges prudent spending, saving, and self reliance, linking frugality to stability, prosperity, and civic duty for citizens and communities alike.
Clermont Wardens Receive Civil Defense Instructions
Air Raid Wardens and Clermont Defense Council officers met last week in Clermont to receive guidance from Col. C. E. Lester of the Citizens Defense Corps and staff. Instructors included O. M. Grimstead Bomb Reconnaissance Agent G. A. Sauer Director Gas Casualty and Herbert McKay member of Col. Lester's team.
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Clermont Defense Council
Clermont
Col. C. E. Lester
Eustis
Citizens Defense Corps
Lake County Defense Council
Col. Lester
O. M. Grimstead
G. A. Sauer
Herbert McKay
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Punta Gorda
Cooley
Futch
Senate
State Senate
Thurman
G. Futch
Crane Furniture Company
Capt
M. B. Alien
Tom Caldwell, Jr
Dale Cross
Ernest Pierce Thurman
Pierce Donald Verigan Owen
Verigan
Sorrento
Clayton Bagwell
Thomas Edwin Battle
James Pink Branton
LaMar Conant Haskel
Ferris Noel E. Gulledge
Fred. L. Norton
George Norton
Robert Schwind
Wilbur David Spivey
Oliver V. Wade
Edwin. 'T. Wade Tangerine
Bayard Roberts, «Jr
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Stuart T. Sadler
Felton Ackey
Willie Anderson
Louis Bailey
John Lee Brown
Mathew
Bush John William Bynum
George Dawson J
D. Puller
Gaines Calvin
Gamble Sylvania Gordon Lovett D, Graham
Henry Green Benjamin Lesley Lewis Dothan Jackson Samuel. Jenkins
Johnnie Kemp
George’ Leary
Ben Lewis
Adam Medlock
Horace McKenny James Tillman
Edward Williams
Joseph Williams
Oliver .C. Williams Sorrento Negroes
Arthur Lee Collier
United States War
Ters
Ralph
Harvey Beasley
John Beasley
Lake Jem
Harvey
Wentworth Institute
Boston
Mass
D. Fletcher Crane
Red
Home Service
ANS
Gill
South Lake County
Homer Morris
Texaco
U. S. Highway 441
C.t.a
James J. Chapman
A. 8. Herlong, Jr
E.ta
Claud Chapman
Henry Shelton
Growers Loan & Guaranty Co
J. Ey Kes
D.C
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William Leon Taylor
Parther
Florda
A.D
George J. Dykes
Grace H. Cox
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