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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1954
Page
7
At a Mount Dora Kiwanis luncheon guests from the Tavares club heard Carl Graves urge members to complete the Boy Scout fund drive, reading a list of lax supporters. Judge Troy Hall downplayed the tirade, praising Mount Dora as a leader in local civic drives.
The Junior IceHouse claims possession of the Mount Dora playhouse on Charles street following the adult season. A three one act plays lineup includes She Loves Me Yes directed by Merle Cleary with Mount Dora actors Patty Johnson Tommy Cleary Pat Reese Charles Wareing David Cox Penny Godfrey Ronnie Butler Jo Osborn Nancy Hamilton and Mike Hamlin. Another play Thank You Doctor a quickie comedy was shown last year and directed by Bleeker Wilkerson.
Mount Dora Kiwanis members head to Miami for Kiwanis International five day convention May 9 at the Orange Bowl. Delegates include Debolt and Quixley with DeGarmo Sleight as alternates and Uriah Davis, Frederick Sleight, Robert Quixley, James De Garmo, Dwight Whitehall, Roy her. Speakers include Gen James A Van Fleet Paul Martin and H Roe Bartle. A reception and ball honors Kiwanis International president Donald T Forsythe.
Mary Anna Kelly, brunette winner, takes the $25 savings bond and $10 BPW prize, with her winning letter advancing to the state contest. Verline Hughes placed second. both attended the BPW meeting Tuesday evening alongside last year’s winner Margie Kenyon.
Mount Dora observed Easter 1954 with a union sunrise service at Lake Gertrude led by Rev. C. A. Carrier Rev. David Coffield and Rev. H. Mauriece Felton. The First Baptist choir sang as pastors urged spiritual rebirth and the deeper meaning of Easter in daily life. The Community and Methodist churches echoed calls to transcend bodily death through spiritual renewal.
Leesburg opens the melodrama Dirty Work at the Cross Roads by Melon Patch Players at Lee Elementary School auditorium. Showtimes Friday and Saturday nights promise humorous entertainment depicting a Gay Nineties theatre scene in a Lake County venue.
A sermon decries secular Easter celebrations and urges renewal of meaning in Holy Week. The speaker argues that the Resurrection brought spiritual power to the early church and insists Christ’s risen presence can renew society today.
Mrs Eleanor Alderman was elected BPW president at a Peppermint Stick dinner meeting. Officers named include Mrs Dorothy Leinbach as vice president and Mrs Sophia Story as second vice president. District 5 recording secretary Doris Camp will be installed in Ocala. A $50 contribution was made to IceHouse Players' building fund, and Florence LaBarre reported on her Ocala trip with Easter outfits for sponsor girls.
Mayor Lou L. Heaton was the featured speaker before the Clermont Kiwanis club Tuesday. His talk, Freedom of the Press, traced the history of the struggle for press freedom in America and the ongoing global fight.
The city council approved buying a foaming attachment for the new fire truck at 189 dollars plus 300 feet of hose. Fire Chief Harold Larsen said the hose would cost 600 dollars and is needed for fighting chemical or oil fires.
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