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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1955
Page
8
Jim DeGarmo and Newton Dabolt visit homes collecting for the annual Boy Scout and underprivileged children's fund. At one house a gruff man refuses to contribute citing bird feeders costing $1.50 a week, while suggesting boys shoot birds.
A Newton narrator describes a generous scene as a wheelchair user and his wife offer pennies to support Boy Scouts. The Easter fire prompts small acts of humor, with a store sign and a heroic child guiding others. Fire chief Harold Larsen returns from a conference to respond to the Mount Dora blaze.
Second Lt. Davis T. Moorhead, son of Mrs. D. E. Burress Donnelly Jr., a Mount Dora high school graduate, is now in Mainz Germany. He will spend the next 18 months with the armored tank division of the Army.
The column asks about bloom timing from spiral initiation to bloom for the century plant near Andersons and invites local experts to share experiences. It also notes the Volunteer Fire company meeting and publishes Mount Dora telephone numbers for fire emergencies day and night.
Tangerine notes recap visits and social arrivals. Rev. Louis H Johnston and wife host guests at their new home with open afternoons. Several families pinched by travel plans across Connecticut Kansas City Vermont Ohio and Tennessee are mentioned along with trips to Memphis and New York.
Local ads show Packard and Studebaker cars and trucks, Mack's Office Outfitters, Globe Werincke Metal Equipment, Gibson's Supplies, permanent pigments, books for children and adults. Leesburg Paint Co at 1322 W. Main, Leesburg lists paints and Duralite wallpapers.
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