Style Show Opens New JWC Year
The Junior Woman's Club kicks off its season with a Florida fashion preview for Fall and Winter presented by Mrs. Sara McCain and Mrs. Inez Thomas among others. They plan a Yuletide dance on Dec 22 and a Jan 19 community presentation of Chanticleers to raise funds for the Youth Center. Hostesses were Mrs. Merle Adams and Mrs. Val Tyre with several guests in attendance.
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Florida
Sara McCain
The
Smart Shop
Inez Thomas
Karhara Thompson
Georgia Phillips
Florence Melvin
Betty Fellows
Chanticleers
JWC
Merle Adams
Val Tyre
Gladys Crane
Margaret Lafroos
Mildred Anderson
Melvina Bleeker
Susan Horton
Lenora Schultz
Esther Maglathlin
Mildred Camburn
Azalea Clark
Little Cup Remembers 1896 Journey to America
Alex Kerr preserves a small China cup from his 1896 voyage from Glasgow to New York as a symbol of his 60 years in the United States. He left London seeking independence, faced early hardship in Malden and Malden printing, later built a successful career, served as a civic leader, and still honors the cup at his lakeside home.
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Lakeside
Alex Kerr
America
Mr. Kerr
London
Glascow
Furnesia
Alex
London Sunday Times
Farnesia
Abraham Lincoln
New York City
Mount
Opera
Malden
Mass
States
England
Methodist Church
Board of Trade
Young Men’s Christian Association
Massachusetts Constitutional Congress
Masonic Lodge
Massachusetts
Kerr
Adaline
Little Lake Gertrude
Old
Eastiard
Donald
Gertrude
Geraldine Frasier Kerr
Boston
Lake Gertrude
Independence
Baptists to Install Officers Sunday at Church Service
New church officers will be installed during the Sunday evening service led by Rev. David Cofield. Named include Robert Caudell as clerk, Howard Dettra treasurer Haas and Shelby Caudell as trustees, C. L. Keen Gordon Gore and W. H. McCullough as deacons, and W. C. Stokley as Sunday School superintendent.
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The
Baptist Church
David Coffield
Robert Caudell
Howard Dettra
Haas
Shelby Caudell
C. L. Keen
Gordon Gore
W. H. McCullough
W. C. Stokley
Caudell
Keen
W. A. Keen
Sue Bond
Mitchell Rawls
Dettra
Gore
Ernest O. Hobdy
Lawrence Blue
J. W. Brown
Lee Dettra
Stokley
Weld
A. A. Adams
No patience, no wealth of patience a poor measure
A wartime line about patience and virtue, reflecting on how lack of patience erodes both character and fortune. The quote attributes moral weight to restraint and endurance as gateways to better outcomes.
Men of Vision Daring Needed As Statesmen
Rev James Jones urged churchgoers to pursue bold visions like the Panama Canal builders. He argued leaders must dream big and translate dreams into action to advance humanity and Christian missions worldwide.
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Panama Canal
James Jones
Methodist Church
China
Mount Dora rainfall totals and political quip in columns
The Mount Dora area recorded 6 inches of rain for the week with the Mount Dora Growers Cooperative noting 38.5 inches for the year to date, versus 49.2 inches at this time last year. The Washington Daily News reports Hagerty dismissing partisan attention to ex-President Truman and suggesting he should have consulted ex-Governor Dewey.
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Mount Dora
White House
Hagerty
Truman
Dewey
Washington Daily News
Horrible Memory For a Truck Driver
A truck driver trembles at the memory of killing two migrant workers in the dark near Sorrento. Officers identify the victims as Henry Dinkins of Sorrento and Alonzo White of Louisiana, both about 24, found near the road beside a half empty whiskey bottle after a night accident.
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Sorrentord
Henry Dinkins
Sorrento
Maryland
Alonzo White
Louisiana
Mount Dora
George Ober
Cheatham
Last Rites Held For Frank Crockett
Frank Fenno Crockett 85, a Maine native and longtime Mount Dora resident since 1940, died at Waterman Memorial Hospital Eustis. He belonged to the Mount Dora Lawn Bowling club and Wilday Lodge of Odd Fellows in Brewer. He leaves a sister Addie B. Hichborn of Mount Dora and several cousins. Funeral service was held at Rehbaum Funeral Home with Rev. James Jones officiating. Interment planned at Mount Prospect Cemetery Springs Maine.
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Frank Fenno Crockett
Maine
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Eustis
Tremain St
Mount Dora
Crockett
Mount Dora Lawn
Wilday Lodge of Odd Fellows
Brewer
Addie B. Hichborn
Rehbaum
James Jones
Mount Prospect
Springs
Woman's Club To Hear Senator Boyd In October Meeting
Lake county's new state senator J. A. Tar Boyd of Leesburg will address the Woman's club next Wednesday October 3 at 2 30 p.m. in the Community building. Mount Dora High School reps Bess Davidson and Nancy Ellis will discuss Girls State experiences.
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Lake County
J. A
Tar” Boyd
Leesburg
Woman’s Club
Bess Davidson
Nancy Ellis
Mount Dora High School
Girl’s State
N. E. Dabolt
Boyd
William Lofroos
Oree Come
J. Ed Baker
Wee House
House
Florida
State Junior Chamber of Commerce
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Rod Cameron
SUN
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Samuel Goldwyn
Marlon Brando
Jean Simmons
Sinatra
Vivian Blaine
Swamp Women
Stooge
Colenm
Estodiavke
UTA
Dora
Land of the Free
Opera House
Cup of Memory
Dorothy's Gift Shop
Baptists
W William Shakespeare
Paul M
Snowberger
General Contracting & Repairs
Ninth Avenue
Central Florida
Henry Stein
Sylvan Shores Hotel
Sylvia Cobb
Dancing
Frank Crockett
Senator
Cypress
Neptune
Johnson
Dunphy
Wise Boat Works
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