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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1961
Page
2
The Lawn Bowling column passes editorship to Alexander Whiteside of the Mount Dora Lawn Bowling Club. The piece notes Frank’s esteem, wish for a volunteer writer, a social April 19 match with Orlando, and seasonal northern departures. It also ponders the word mural beyond its wall meaning.
J. W. Hagan of Mount Dora won a free trip to Nassau at the Lions Club Fish Fry and White Elephant sale held last Saturday, part of the annual fundraiser. Sam Williams bought Oscar the donkey, the top auction item, while R. D. Hutchinson won a television set in the drawing as about 600 people were served.
Lavoy Windy Winton of 241 South Clayton Street won the Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce 13th Annual Bass Tournament with a 15 pound 3 ounce largemouth bass from Lake Dora. His catch topped B S Pierce of Tavares at 13 pounds 9 ounces as 107 fishers entered and 48 bass weighed over seven pounds.
Gainesville Florida announces the retirement of J Francis Cooper after 36 years with the University of Florida. Cooper led the Agricultural Experiment Stations and the Extension Service and wrote thousands of editorials under his name and the pseudonym Spuds Johnson. Willard Fifield lauds his role in advancing Florida agriculture.
Major Charles L. Marsh learned last week of the death of his son William F. Marsh aged 51 in Los Angeles California from leukemia. An electrical engineer at Hoover Dam he had recently been promoted to a supervisory post. He leaves his wife a son and a grandson his mother Mrs Albert Marsh and his brother Lawrence F of Missouri.
Winter visitors depart as the club prepares for next season with nine greens and tees remade and reseeded. A hole in one by E. A. Marshall on the 7th and two eagles by Phil Thayer mark the golfing week, with Vern Connor breaking 80 for the first time.
Florida Trend profiles ex governors views on allowing governors to succeed themselves. Only Doyle Carlton and one other support the change, while Spessard Holland Doyle Johns and others oppose it, citing past limits and concerns over extended rule. The piece notes Farris Bryant’s 1956 critique of big government alongside Collins’ push for lifting the ban.
Florida's second annual Theatre Festival will run the week of June 11 at Daytona Beach Little Theatre. The Florida Theatre Conference sponsors the event with nightly productions by community college groups, a theatre techniques seminar, and a Bal Masque to close. Maurice Geoffrey, chairman, expects an even larger Week of Theatre. Albert Crone, festival committee member and president of the Florida Theatre Conference.
The Martha Circle of the Woman's Society of Christian Service will hold a breakfast at 9 30 am Thursday April 13 at the home of Mrs Joseph A William. Mrs Ira Kellogg will lead the program.
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