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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1955
Page
3
Harold Larsen, chief of Mount Dora Fire Department, elected vice president of the Firemen's Association at the state convention in Clearwater. The honor marks recognition for a volunteer department.
The Mount Dora Art League will hold its annual meeting Friday evening after a 7:45 business session during which officers are elected. The event takes place in the Community building and features a talk on music as an art by Mr Colaianni, along with performances by the league's top band.
M. O. Buster Williams is doing well after a serious accident in DeLand. He remains confined to Halifax Memorial hospital in Daytona Beach with a badly shattered left leg, while his right leg was spared due to his quick action on the running board.
Pretty Barbara Fromberger acts as Cinderella in a Diil oe my diil Women’s Club production at the IceHouse theatre May 13 and 14. Joyce Stewart plays the stepmother with Betty Colaianni as the fairy godmother and Patti Willmott as Anna Belle.
Chester C. Ames 88 a Mount Dora resident for 30 years died last Sunday in a Leesburg nursing home. He leaves a wife two daughters five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Rehbaum Funeral Home handled arrangements with last rites planned in Waukegan.
Anna Marie Spilatore died after a brief illness at her Crestview Drive home last Saturday. Survived by husband James, sister Miss Vivian DeMarco of Greenwich Connecticut, and Martin DeMarco of Teaneck. A former Rahway resident, she was a senior at St. Pauls Episcopal Church and attended services at the Rehbaum Funeral Home with Rev. Edward W. Manning. Interment was planned in Rahway.
Albert M. Fraser died on April 16 in Hobart Indiana after leaving Mount Dora. He leaves his wife Jessie Fraser and two sons George and John. He was a member of the Shuffleboard club and the Hobart address for the Frasers is 1116 Cleveland Av.
Lake County will host at least six youth camps this summer including Camp McQuarrie near Astor Park run by University of Florida Extension Service and Camp La Na Che near Paisley operated by the Central Florida Council of Boy Scouts. The Montverde school plans a 150-camper summer program, while Center details note more than 50,000 dollars invested in the camps. Bobby Bowie, Mount Dora ninth grader, will tour Washington as a schoolboy patrolman sponsored by Kiwanis in recognition of safety work at Fifth Avenue School.
Creditor notice for the estate of Frederick Edward Thompson deceased requires all claims to be presented to Judge W. Troy Hall Jr at the Lake County Courthouse within eight months from the first publication. Administratrix Capple Lucille Thompson names Roy Christopher as attorney in Mount Dora Florida.
Announcement in Atlanta details the engagement of Miss Sheppard of Atlanta to Lealern Grady Simpson Jr. of Mount Dora. She is daughter of Mrs. William Daniel Sheppard. he is son of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Simpson of Riley's Park and trains as a pilot at Hutchinson Kansas with a July commission. The couple plans a July wedding.
Miss Hattie Elliott of Villa Dora was elected president of the Business and Professional Women's club at last week’s meeting. She will be installed May 17. Other officers include Grace Shipley as first vice president Wiltrude as second vice president Sarah Toy as recording secretary Kathleen Burchett as corresponding secretary and Mary Burr as treasurer.
Mount Dora student Pam Brown won the $5 first prize in a soil conservation speaking contest sponsored by the Lake Soil Conservation district and the Florida Association of Soil Conservation Supervisors held Monday at school. She advances to the county contest Monday at Groveland High School cafeteria at 8 p.m. during the Lake County Farm Bureau meeting. other contestants included Tommy Cleary Kay Elliott and Shirley Smith.
Two cases of extenuating circumstances led to suspended fines that normally total 25 dollars for offenses. Samuel Hobbs of Orlando and James Tindell of Apopka received suspended sentences for passing in a no passing zone. Hobbs cited rushing to Orlando with a sick child, while Tindell claimed recent child loss. Other fines included Fred Banks 25 dollars for public intoxication and assault, Pink E. Davis 25 dollars for no license, Rachel Riley 15 dollars for profane language and threats, and Charles M. Darnell 10 dollars for speeding in a school zone.
Reports from the Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution will be presented to the Ocklawaha chapter at the May 6 meeting in the St Thomas Episcopal parish house Eustis. Delegates include Mrs M F Cowart and Mrs C Edward Busch with Miss Hattie M Allen as alternate. The annual meeting with officer election and installation will follow a covered dish luncheon hosted by Mrs E L Schumacher Mrs John Wilkerson Mrs Mildred Craycraft Mrs H R Smith and Mrs John Mowery.
A brief quotation attributed to Dickens asserts that those who learn endurance treat the whole world as their brother, emphasizing universal brotherhood as a character ideal.
The Mount Dora Service Group, which makes dressings and other sick room supplies, will hold a meeting at the Community building Friday at 9 30 a.m. The session will last two hours and welcomes all who wish to help.
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