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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1946
Page
5
A brief notice notes members living in Mount Dora Florida as of August 23rd. The group is described as sociable clubs and societies with current arrangements inside the town.
A group of young married couples gathered in Rock Springs last Wednesday evening for a hamburger fry. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Chapman, Mr. Bee, Cliff Dumas, and several other local residents plus Miss Yvonne Vey and Mr. Jack Kennedy.
Mrs Frank Burkart hosted a rehearsal dinner at her Shores home for Miss Florence Lee and Mr Joe Melvin as they prepare for a First Methodist ceremony. Guests included Grace Lee maid of honor Doris Corkhuff matron of honor J W Shaw best man and ushers Des Vincent and David French among others.
Personal notices list many locals taking vacations and visiting family. Names include Otis Hale Daniel Bishop Howard Dill and Millard Reid, Mary Lindman and Doris Camp, plus trips to Indian Rocks Beach Daytona Beach Bangor Maine and New York City. Travelers also cite moves and weekend visits with relatives in Mount Dora Crescent City and Kennebunkport.
A compiled note lists seven families and individuals visiting or returning from trips. Donald Thompson from Jacksonville visited Marie Thompson and family. Shipes vacationed at Buver Green Savings. W. E. Rorabaugh returned to Clermont after a week with relatives. Billy Goodman attends vocational school in Orlando and spent the weekend at home. James A. Drawdy and family visited his mother with relatives. Paul Johnson and daughter Patricia returned to Mount Dora after trips in Alabama and Tennessee.
Miss Vernell Shipley will leave for Stevens College where she will enter as a senior. Her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Shipley will drive her in their car from Mount Dora on Helen Street.
Mrs. Wilson G. Smith came home last Tuesday after visiting her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Charles Leach and their son Charles Jr in Jackson Heights New York.
Mr and Mrs Roy Sanders and Miss Mildred Snell returned Wednesday from Jacksonville where Mrs Sanders took her state board examination as senior beauty operator.
Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Sennett and their son arrive by auto from Chicago. Mr. Sennett plans to return by plane Monday while Mrs. Sennett stays at Sedano House awaiting the completion of their home in Sylvan Shores.
Doctors Devorsak and Marsh attend the National Chiropodist Convention in Cleveland Ohio where they meet Mrs J G Kirby. They send regards to Lions.
Mr B O Bob Bowers representative of the Mergenthaler Linotype Company and a new Mount Dora resident left Sunday for Jacksonville to attend the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association Mechanical Conference.
Mrs Millard Reid came home Sunday after an appendectomy at Lake County Medical Center. Her mother Mrs L B Walker of Bradenton left Sunday for home after staying with the Reid family at Alexander and Eleventh to enjoy visits with grandchildren Charles and Janice.
Mr and Mrs Graham Thomsen and Joe Jo visited cousin Mrs Pearl Camp while en route to Orlando where Thomsen begins at Orlando Memorial High School. Pattie Bowers leaves for Brenau College Gainesville. Alan Quixley discharged from Umatilla home after polio recovery. Richard Shipes on 18 day leave from Naval Reserve Base New Orleans visits family. Hawkins family new arrivals in Mount Dora. Dr Hawkins joins First Methodist Church staff and leads school music program.
William Lyon and William Smith of Miami purchased a fifteen acre tract on the Dora Canal at Tavares opposite Rivercrest Trailer Camp. They plan to build homes as soon as materials are available, with occupancy expected soon.
The Sylvan Shores Hotel hosts a bingo night in its cocktail lounge this evening inviting guests to try their luck for prizes. Attendance is open to the public with doors welcoming players at the bar and lounge.
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