Revival by Rev Paul Montgomery at Mount Dora
Rev Paul Montgomery of Winchester Kentucky will lead revival meetings at First Baptist Mount Dora starting Easter Sunday April 13 with two daily services at 10 am and 730 pm. His wife, a noted Southern Baptist soloist, will accompany him and sing each evening. The program continues through April 27 with public invitation.
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Paul Montgomery
Winchester
First Baptist Church of
Mount Dora
Montgomery
Wise Boating News Lists Florida Outing Guests
A long list of names from Massachusetts New York Ohio and other states attends a Florida boating social in April 2 issue. Mrs Douglas V Wallace hosts a luncheon and boat trip on the Dora with guests from Winter Park Longmeadow Boston and Chesire among others. An April 11 Apopka Zellwood canal excursion to view the white ibis is planned with 1:30 pm departure from the Yacht Club dock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heartiful Dogg
Gruber
Woodbury
Agnes Macas
Flushing, Island
George R. Spearampton
Mass
F. E. Focket
Lansing
Mich
Babcock
Ravena
Ohio
R. C. Kilgour
Sagenaw
F. A. Schuckert
Caro
Gilbert Jones
Mount Dora
W. L. Voner
M. T. Bridgeport
Conn
Bedford Hills
N. Y
Miscitta Warner
Northampton
Geo. P. Jones
Leominster
Walter J. Wilcox
Orlando
Fla
Mabel L. Prevean
Florence M. Miller
Lillian King
Florence Lowe
B. C. Middleton
Birmingham
Ala
James Nelson
Iva M. Buck
Mae Croy
Cuyahoga Falls
Elwood _ Carpenter
Bridgewater
Mas
Orrin Martin
Sarah L. Campbell
Chesire
Annaer
Douglas V. Wallace
Longmeadow
Winter Park
Dora
F. Wallace
Florida
Henry Loziar
Groton
Long Point
Robert Pennington
A. Burnett
Boston
John’ Robinson
Anita Richardson
John C. Campbell
Suffield
Apopka and Zellwood Canal
Yacht Club
Allan Family Returns Home From Vacation
Mr and Mrs Archie Allan and daughter Beverly have returned to Riverside Drive Birmingham Michigan after several weeks here They plan to return in July for a few weeks Mr Allan suspects Mr Harlow told him a tall tale about our climate in summer months
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Archie
Allan
Beverly
Riverside Drive
Birmingham
Michigan
Harlow
Mount Dora Baseball Club Seeks Players For Lake-Orange League
Mount Dora Baseball Club President Rollin Javens calls a meeting for Monday night April 14 at eight in the Chamber of Commerce office. Interested fans are invited to help organize the town team for the 1941 season and enter the Lake-Orange League, a long running amateur circuit. The high school schedule lists games against Winter Garden Apopka Clermont Eustis and Tavares through May 9 with home admission 10 and 25 cents.
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Rollin Javens
Mount Dora Baseball Club
Chamber of Commerce
Mount Dora
Lake- Orange
Lake-Orange
Apopka
Winter Garden
Clermont
Eustis
Tavares
Groveland
Program of plantation music at Tangerine Hall
The Tangerine Colored Chorus presents a program of plantation music this Thursday at 8 p.m. in Tangerine Hall across from the Sanitarium. It features negro spirituals jubilee singing and readings with no admission charge.
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Tangerine Colored Chorus
Tangerine Hall
Colored Baptist Ryle Ang
Sanitarium
Yacht Club Suppers Continue Through April
Thursday night suppers at the Yacht Club will continue through April. Reservations must be made with Mrs Lashar by noon each Thursday.
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Yacht Club
Hotel Mount Dora Welcomes Regional Visitors
Last week the Hotel Mount Dora hosted a mix of guests including Mrs. B. G. Middleton of Birmingham Alabama, Mrs. Joe W. Howell from Knoxville Tennessee, Mr. Frank Taylor of Hudson Massachusetts, Mrs. Eva T. Mc Dermott also of Hudson, Mrs. M. Connely of Detroit Michigan, Mrs. Annie Gruber and her mother, Mrs. A Macas of Flushing New York, and Mr. and Mrs. F. Konosky of Flushing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
B. G. Middleton
Birmingham
Ala
Joe W. Howell
Knoxville
Tenn
Frank Taylor
Hudson, Mass
Eva T. McDermott
Hudson
Mass
M. Connely
Detroit
Mich
Annie Gruber
A Macas
Flushing
L. I
F. Konosky
Pancake and Sausage Supper Hosted by Pythian Sisters
The Pythian Sisters announce a pancake and sausage supper on Friday night April 18 at 6 o clock in the Community Building. Menu features Pillsbury pancakes syrup Swift s Brookfield sausage and coffee. Public invited.
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Pythian Sisters
Pillsbury
Swift
Brookfield
Florida State Rose Show Opens In Orlando Next Week
Orlando hosts the Florida State Rose Show with display items from state growers. The event runs April 16 to 17 at the Co to free hotel, as part of the Florida Horticultural Society meeting April 15 to 17. Judging will precede public opening. entries accepted April 15. Information from director R. H. Ellis Box 513, Orlando.
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Florida
Orlando
Florida Horticultural Society
R. H. Gibbs
Florida Bank
Men’s Garden Club
R. H. Ellis
Court Of Honor For Boy Scouts At Mount Dora Troop 19
Mount Dora Troop 19 held a bi monthly Court of Honor capturing first place with 290 points. Tavares placed second with 260 and Eustis third with 240 as twelve of twenty five enrolled scouts earned advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tavares
Mount Dora
Eustis
Troop
W. J. Barker
Robert McMurray
William Barker
John Barker
Ray Blanchard
Tommy Kelly
Glenn Rhodes
Paul Mosteller
Dwight Mosteller
Odell Reed
John Coffin
Bobby Allen
Norman Tuckett
Fred Beardsley
Kiwanis
Aunt Dora
Lake's Oldest Lawyer Dies in Columbia Hospital
Judge J. B. Gaines 84 of Leesburg, oldest practicing attorney in Lake County, died in a Columbia hospital after pneumonia. A Kentucky native, he studied law there and was admitted in 1881. He served as Florida assistant attorney general 1921 26 and eight years on the Lake County Criminal Court of Record. Funeral arrangements through Beyers Funeral Home in Leesburg are incomplete.
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J. B. Gaines
Leesburg
Lake County
Columbia, S
Dixon
Lamepurg
Florida
Beyers
Stores To Close For Good Friday Service
Mount Dora stores will close tomorrow afternoon from 2 to 3 o clock for the union Good Friday service in the Community.
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Mount Dora
Union Goodey
Leesburg Hosts Annual Spring Flower Show Dates
The Leesburg Garden Club holds its annual spring Flower Show on April 17 18 at the Community House in Venetian Gardens.
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Leesburg
Mrs Claflin to Sing at Easter Church Service
Celia Stein Claflin will assist the Community Church choir during the Easter Sunday service at eleven o clock and will perform the offertory solo.
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Celia Stein Claflin
Visit of the Stork Announces Judith Lee Hill Birth
Mr and Mrs Alan Hill of Miami Florida formerly of Mount Dora announce the birth of a daughter Judith Lee Hill born March 31 at St Francis Hospital Miami The parents are listed as the couple and the location is Miami with Mount Dora as a former residence.
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Alan Hill
Miami, Florida
Mount Dora
Judith. Lee
St. Francis Hospital
Miami
Kiwanis Easter Program Topics and Speakers
The Kiwanis club will host an Easter program at today’s meeting with J C Urquhart as emcee and Frank Bridgman as speaker. Florence Gilbert Hanscom leads sealant numbers while Delphia Norman sings two selections Open the Gates of the Temple and I Am the Resurrection. Dr N S Mayo previously gave a Caribbean travel talk to a good crowd with no visitors present and Louis Denbroeder won the attendance prize.
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Kiwanis
Committee On of Churches
J.C. Urquhart
Frank Bridgman
Florence Gilbert Hanscom
Delphia Norman
N. S. Mayo
Caribbean
Louis Denbroeder
Lions Club Dinner Doles Five Dollar Bet Funds
Doc Devorsak presided at Camp Blanding training dinner replacing Leon Cheek. A. D. Marshall handed a five dollar check as Cheek's bet payment to Al Rehbaum, to fund club activities. Next Monday is Ladies Night with entertainment planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doc Devorsak
Leon Cheek
Camp Blanding
A. D. Marshall
Lion Cheek
al Rehbaum
Easter Cantata The Dawn of the Kingdom at First Baptist
The Easter cantata The Dawn of the Kingdom by J Truman Wolcott will be sung at First Baptist Church Mount Dora on Sunday evening April 13 at 8 oclock. Rev J Percival Huget D D selected arranged the text. Part I Prophecy Part II Dawn of the Resurrection Part III The Dawn of the Kingdom. M Sedano of Mount Dora Hotel will play The Holy City trombone solo with Mrs Floyd Montgomery directing and Miss Kathleen Galloway at the piano. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Sedano
Mount Dora
Holy City
Adams
Floyd Montgomery
Kathleen Galloway
Easter Services At Methodist Church
Easter schedule at the Methodist Church includes a 6 30 a m sunrise service at the Lakeside Inn led by Rev. Floyd Montgomery, 10 a m Church School with classes for all ages, 11 a m Easter Dawn sermon and Junior Church for children, and 4 p m Evening Vesper Service for meditation and worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakeside Inn
Floyd Montgomery
Knights of Pythias Meeting Enlivens With Delegations
Last week's K of P gathering featured visiting Dokies from Orlando Eustis and Altoona. Pythian Sisters hosted a surprise luncheon. Mount Dora Lodge sent its third rank team to Apopka to confer Knight rank on Apopka Lodge candidates.
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K. of P
Orlando
Eustis
Altoona
Mount Dora Lodge
Apopka
Apopka Lodge
Mount Dora Loses Opener to Eustis Panthers
Mount Dora High School baseball opened the season against Eustis on the Eustis field last Wednesday. Despite two years without a team, Mount Dora performed well holding Eustis to 8 6 with Ernest Minkley earning the start and allowing only four hits.
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Mount Dora
Eustis
Mount Dora High School
Eustis Panthers
Ernest Minkley
Hurricanes
Panthers
Ab R. Mosteller
Dean
Minkley
P O
Cssi
McCabe
VOM
Estes, Sey Sear
Davis
Gulledge
Lf Or
X. Teasley
Choir Sponsors Florida Pictures At Community Church
The Community Church hosts an evening social with a 7 30 start featuring an organ recital by Mrs Hans followed by Florida Beauty Spots pictures shown by Karl Lehmann Lake County Chamber of Commerce secretary and noted Florida speaker Guests may enjoy refreshments and a social hour plus samples Tickets are sold by choir members or at the Topic office Hostesses and ushers are named and local ladies assist with tea service and door duty
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans
Florida
Karl Lehmann
Lake County
Mesdames Church
Stein
Mallory
Pickett
Sipp
Bradley
Poole
Reed
Denbroeder
Whiting
Truskett
Eckis
Belshe
Morley
Saltsman
Miss Norman
Stanley
Vincent
Maglathlin
D. D.roseborough
W. A. Vincent
C. H. Estey
Kenneth Maglathlin
Lawn Bowling Club Adds Desk and Reports Spring Events
The Lawn Bowling Club unveils a desk donated by President Robert C. Thomas. A four team DeLand match on March 4 produced DeLand 78 over 52 with winners Brackets including Orr and Race. The April 8 Gilbert Park picnic drew about seventy members and guests with arrangements led by M. Louis Denbroeder and a reunion planned for Saco and Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Thomas
Earl
DeLand
Converse
Bryant
Parker
Bradner
Gere
Wilcox
Spehard
Gould
Wilmot
Swift
Dickson
Linton
Orr
Irwin
Spencer
Race
Bridgman
Engelhard
Nelson
Thomas
Brandon
Hunt
Hollister
Perry
McLachlan
Hadsall
Marsh
Edwards
Cooley Heads Important Senate Welfare Committee
Senator Thomas H. Cooley of Mount Dora was named by Senate President John R. Beacham to chair the Welfare Committee. The public welfare program, including old age pensions and aid to dependent children, cost Florida 1940 disbursements of $15,394,000, 22.6 percent of total. Brookings Institution notes 36,579 cases received aid last September, with 2,416 blind cases and 7,378 children aided. administrative costs were $620,376.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Cooley
Mount Dora
John R. Beacham
Senate
Florida
Brookings Institution
Boy Scouts Reguler Meeting Notes and Rank Advances
The Boy Scouts held their regular meeting with twenty four Scouts present. Mr Graves reported on the Eagle Patrol baseball game from last Saturday. Mount Dora won the first place banner for the past month on Monday night. We won because many Scouts advanced in ranks and aim to repeat the success.
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Boy Scouts
Wage-Hour Inspectors to Visit Mount Dora Areas
Inspectors from the U S Department of Labor will reach Mount Dora in a few days to inspect citrus deciduous fruit and vegetable packing, canning and processing plants. The two month drive aims to inspect up to 700 establishments under an agreement with the Florida Citrus Growers Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Labor
Mount Dora
John R. Thomas
Thomas
Miami
Tampa
Philip B. Fleming
Florida Citrus Growers Association
Union Good Friday Service at Community Church
A Good Friday union service will be held at two o’clock in the Community Church with ministers from cooperating churches taking part. Rev. Kenneth G. Rogers will preach Facing the Cross, with prayers by Rev. Floyd Montgomery and conduct by Dr. Reed. Business places will close for the hour to permit attendance.
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Kenneth G. Rogers
Floyd Montgomery
Reed
Order OF Worship
Doige
Hanscom
Jesus
Mr. Rogers
Mr. Montgomery
Diack
Miss Saltsman
Christ
Orman
J. S. Bach
Teacher Roll Cut Reduces Lake County Staff for 1941 42
The Lake County Board of Public Instruction decided Monday to employ fourteen fewer teachers for the 1941 42 term than this year. The reduction follows poor attendance caused by influenza and measles epidemics, which lowered pupil numbers and hence the needed teaching staff. Mount Dora schools impact not yet determined.
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Lake County
County Board of Public Instruction
Mount Dora
Correction on China Relief Legion membership cost
A corrected note clarifies the China Relief Legion membership is 100 dollars, not one. The funds could finance quinine to cure malaria, burns treatment, cholera or plague immunizations, and other aid. Contributions are to be sent to Mrs. Charles L. Marsh via the Topic office.
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China Relief
China Relief Legion
Charles L. Marsh
Mrs M V Simpson Returns Home After Fall
Mrs M V Simpson comes home Sunday from Lake County Medical Center after a January 6 fall in Eustis left a broken leg. Doctors advised rest for several weeks while the bone knits, despite her wheelchair use and cheerful visits from friends.
New Mail Schedule Begins April 7 1941 For City
Beginning Monday April 7 1941 the new mail schedule lists incoming times 8 45 A M 9 45 A M 4 00 P M and outgoing closing 9 15 A M 3 30 P M with 5 30 P M air mail star route and Sunday star route only incoming regular and air mail.
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MR. and
Mrs. Paul, Montgomery
Wise Boating News
Sun Mon
Baseball News
Gene Downs
Tangerine
Lake
Columbia, S. C
Mrs, Claflin
Kiwanis News
Lions 8 News
Methodist Church
Sheila Spilky
Florida Pictures and Sample
Lawn Bowling Club
Cooley
BOY Scout
Gackep
Circus Fong
Harry-Anna
Umatilla
Union Good Friday
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