Birthday Party for Miss Betty Cooley Highlights School Friends
Miss Betty Cooley celebrated her birthday on Saturday September 23 with a small group of school friends. The entertainment included horseback riding and roller skating followed by refreshments. Guests listed include Lucille Minkley Doris Harding Joyce Duggan Faye Shipes Mary Ann Hadlock Sue Bond Dorothy Eckholdt Ruth Shipes and Laura Roseborough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Cooley
Lucille Minkley
Doris Harding
Joyce Duggan
Faye Shipes
Mary Anne Hadlock
Sue Bond
Dorothy Eckholdt
Ruth Shipes
Laura Roseborough
Engaged: Joanne French to Captain Eben Hinton
Mr and Mrs A Lee French announce the engagement of their daughter Joanne to Captain Eben Floyd Hinton son of Mr and Mrs E F Hinton of Rocky Mount North Carolina Captain Hinton is a graduate of East Carolina Teachers College and is stationed at Bergstrom Field Texas The wedding is planned for October 15 at 4 PM at the First Methodist Church Mount Dora Florida
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Lee French
Joanne
Eben Floyd Hinton
E. F. Game
Rocky Mount
North Cora
Bergstrom Field
Texas
First Methodist Church
Mount Dora
Purdy Couple Mark Golden Wedding in Gagetown
Mr and Mrs J L Purdy of Gagetown celebrate a golden wedding anniversary with open house from 8 to 11 pm renewing vows at 10 pm in the original wedding garments. The couple married October 30 1894 in Cass City Michigan. About 200 relatives attended with a church dinner preceding the celebration. Mr Purdy also marked his seventy fifth birthday and the pair planned a trip by boat to Mackinac Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Purdy
Gage- Se Oenn Iversary
James L. Purdy
Cora O. Warner
Cass City
Michigan
George S. Farrar
C. T. Purdy
Edith Warner Ipprandt
Mrs. Purdy
Mr. Dafoe
Saginaw, Mich
Gagetown
Purdys
Gagetown Methodist Church
Purdy
Mackinac Island
Local residents listed in travel and homecomings
Mrs Ninna Hegeman visits friends in Clearwater while Police Chief W L Story attends FBI school in Daytona Beach. Mrs A E Bell spends weeks at Daytona Beach. Carrie L White returns from New Bedford to 916 Baker St. Mr and Mrs A A Tanner return from Rising Sun MD to Woodland Ave. Mrs Stanley Holmes arrives from New Jersey to 909 Donnelly Ave. Mildred Wilson travels to Baltimore to visit her son John H Wilson. Mr and Mrs C C Dooley go to Watkinsville GA to aid ill father. W F Duggan Jr visits family in Sylvan Shores. Lizzie M Barrett heads home from Daytona Beach. Mr and Mrs M L Denbroeder return from Ocean Bluff MA. Barbara Ann Dixon welcomed by family. Delta Tau Delta UF plans active year. Norman Tuckett Jr a Delta Zeta member. Dr and Mrs James A Richards return from four months away via CO, PA, and DC.
Dr and Mrs J E Guy and Family
A brief family notice for Dr. and Mrs. J E Guy and their relatives, listing the Guy household and extending greetings or acknowledgments.
Local residents move into new homes and travel notes
Readers report moves into the bought Alexander Street home once owned by the Lashar family and Mrs J L O Hara. Summer occupancy of the W B Barker Lake Beauclair house by Dr and Mrs Guy is noted. Mrs H W Andrews visits relatives Major and Mrs Thatcher at Wrightsville Beach, then stays at Brightwaters Lodge in Hendersonville. Ensign Donald R Pohlman earns wings at Corpus Christi and is stationed in Fort Lauderdale. Mr and Mrs H H Swift return to Mount Dora after a hurricane travel ordeal from Raymond NH, remarking they would not repeat the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Street
Lashar
J. L. O’hara
Guy
W. J. Barker
Lake Beauclair
H. W. Andrews
Charles A. Thatcher
Wrightsville Beach
N. C
Camp Davis
Andrews
Brightwaters Lodge
Hendersonville
Frank W. Pohlman
Fort Lauderdale
Ensign Donald R. Pohlman
Ensign Pohlman
Saginaw, Mich
Corpus Christie
Texas
Naval Air Station
Mrs. H. H. Swift
Raymond
N. H
Mount Dora
Fifth Avenue
New York
Birth Announcements From Various Families in 1944
Mr and Mrs George Deen announce the birth of an eight pound daughter Joyce Annette at 1 30 pm Sunday September 24 1944. The baby and mother are doing nicely. Ernest Dixon announces the birth of Barbara Ann on September 22 weighing 9 1/2 pounds at birth. Mother and baby are fine. L J Drawdy Sr of Mount Dora is the maternal grandmother. C E Moorhead announces Jacqualine Michelle born September 17 1944 with mother and baby doing fine. John H Adams announces the birth of son John Dennis at Waterman Memorial Hospital Eustis born September 11 weighing eight and three quarters pounds. Mrs Adams is former Zera Dean daughter of J I Dean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Deen
Ninth Avenue
Joyce Annette
Ernest Dixon
Perry, Ga
Barbara Ann
L. J. Drawdy, Sr
Mount Dora
C. E. Moorhead
Sand Hill Road
Route 2
Middletown
Conn
Jacqualine Michelle
John H. Adams
John Dennis
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Eustis
Citrus Price Ceilings Advertised by OPA
An advertisement on page 4 highlights citrus price ceilings set by the Office of Price Administration, relevant to growers and shippers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price Administration
P T A Sets Fathers Night With Major Cooley Speaker
The Mount Dora Parent Teachers Association opens its season with a Fathers Night at the Community Building on October 3 at 8:00 p m Major Thomas H Cooley recently returned from the European theater of war will speak to parents and friends Mrs Alice Strite urges officers committee chairs and grade mothers and fathers to attend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Local Loss Sparks Mutual Aid for Alabama Family
A barn fire caused about 1000 dollars in damage after furniture and new tools from Miami were stored there. No insurance covered the barn or its contents. Johnson store closure ends a carless convenience for neighbors. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Cowart of Mascotte and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Royal of Barberville. Mrs. Kennedy hosts Mrs. Ida Battle of Miami visiting Alabama relatives. A September 8 letter from Haskel Ferris in France reached Sorrento friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Local residents noted weekend visits and community events
Zellwood guests the Schofields of Orlando. Miss Goolsby visiting Savannah. J T Pugh improving at Orange General Hospital. A P T A elected officers Mrs George Yon president and others. Birthday gathering for three year old John Lovelady featured Mount Dora visitors and local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Schofield
Orlando
Leon Osborn
Lucille Goolsby
Savannah
J. T. Pugh
Orange General Hospital
Marian King
Estelle King
A. R. King
Betty McIntyre
Wesley Fly
John Fly
E. W. Fly
Edwin Fly
Janice
George Yon
L. H. Humphrey
J. B. Haynes
C. M
John L. Morton
W. D. Lovelady
John Lovelady
Mount Dora
R. S. Lovelady
Plymouth
Seilers Lovelady
John and
William
W. S. Jones
Earl White
M. W. White
Harold Suit
Marriage Announced For Miss Bartholo And Mr Buxton
Sorrento friends report the marriage of Miss Mollie Bartholo and Mr Walter Buxton in Cleveland on September first. They reside in Mr Buxton’s Worthington Massachusetts home and plan to depart for Florida on October twenty fifth pending travel arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie Bartholomew
Walter Buxton
Cleveland
Ohio
Buxton
Worthington
Mass
Florida
Sorrento
Cookies For The Boys In Service By Home Demonstration
Mrs. Lucie K. Miller recommends crisp cookies for the boys in service and lists Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Brownies Fruit Bars Pecan Squares Crescents and Peanut Butter Crunch as good options. Recipes include Oatmeal Cookies Peanut Crunch Cookies Crescents and Pecan Squares with steps and bake times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucie K. Miller
Also Mentioned on This Page
Weincossi Es Tri
Mount Dorash Florida
Neves
All
Ruth Terry George Byron
Arte Ee
Joan Davis
Aare Frovee
Jody Gark Pod Haymes
TV Wita
Randolph Scott
Ella Raines
Barry Fitzgerald
Andy Devine
A Cabvoral Perera
Russell Hayden
Betty Grable
John Harvey
Charlie Spivak
Eugene Pallette
Dorothea Kent
H. Aldrich
Pareet
Ninna Hegeman
Clearwater
W. L. Story
FBI Law Enforcement
Daytona Beach
A. E. Bell
Whitehall
North Atlantic Avenue
Carrie L. White
New Bedford
Baker Street
Mrs
A. A. Tanner
Rising Sun
Maryland
Woodland Avenue
Stanley Holmes
New Jersey
Donnelly Avenue
Mildred Wilson
Eighth Avenue
Baltimore
John H. Wilson
C. C. Dooley
Watkinsville
Georgia
Mr. Dooley
W. F. Duggan, Jr
Lillie Duggan
Joyce
Sylvan Shores
Lizzie M. Barrett
Tremain Street
M. L. Denbroeder
Ocean Bluff
Barrara Schwartz
H. S. Bradley
Brightwaters
North Carolina
George M. Cornelius
Barbara Ann Dixon
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
University of Florida
Norman Tuckett, Jr
Delta Zeta
James A. Richards
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Lewisburg
Washington, D. C
J. E. Guy
James Brown
Universal
Mondy
Major Cooley
First National Bank
Mount Dora, Florida
Member
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Zellwood
Princess Theatre
Mount Dora Electric Company
Highland Ave
Bargain Center
M. V. Simpson
Donnelly Ave
Hale’s Grocery
Rc Finer Foods
Ferry
Ferry Morse Seed CO
Detroit
San Francisco
Leesburg
Sanford
Tavares
C. Dooley
Crane Furniture Co
Peeny
MtDora Hardware Company
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