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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1953
Page
6
County Agent R E Bob Norris advises rose care in summer with fertilizer every 30 to 40 days water in and avoid leaf moisture. Flood irrigation preferred to curb black spot. if sprinkling, water early so leaves dry before night. Weekly fermate spray and pruning as blossoms fall. remove diseased wood and trim cane length in late July to boost fall blooms.
Marty Frary, former Lake County Pilot Club president and Eustis businesswoman, ordered wigs from a New York costume house using Pilot club stationery. The package addressed to Lake County Florida without a city name caused a mysterious misdelivery, highlighting mail handling quirks in a three-city cluster including Eustis Mount Dora and Tavares.
A frantic signature by Marty M Frary President of the Lake County Pilot Club leads to a mistaken wig shipment. The costume house misread the letterhead and addressed the package to Marty M Trory President Pilot Club Cake County Florida, causing a humorous mix up despite timely delivery.
Mrs. L. J. Gilbert offers excess ferns and shrubs to neighbors as a good deed since items are not for sale. The note highlights kindness in the community and a shift from disposal to giving.
The Bakey Circle of W.S.CS. will hold its May meeting at Gilbert Park for a covered dish luncheon at noon Tuesday. The year’s activities will be closed and members are asked to bring their penny bags.
Glenn Middleton explained the Amos n Andy program mechanisms to a Umatilla Kiwanis audience. He described audience targeting, the rapid writing process, and the use of a gag writers team that reshapes old jokes into new ones through the switch technique. Middleton noted the show relies on quick rewrites and a large, varied writing staff.
Traffic on U S 441 the Orange Blossom Trail between Ocala and Leesburg in March shows 212 percent higher than March 1942 and 143 percent higher than March 1952. State Road department traffic division report to Lake County Chamber notes an average daily volume of 8,127 cars and calls the highway the state’s second most travelled road.
Mount Dora's Girls 4-H club hosts Achievement Day Saturday in the Tavares Demonstration building. Tiny Larsen of Mount Dora will preside as Lake County Council president. Exhibits from 15 clubs are judged, with dress revue and raffle of 4-H scholarships funded by the Lake County Board of Commissioners.
Mrs. Marietta Sue Doster mother of Miss Ruby Doster a Western Union operator died at Eustis Waterman Memorial hospital after a fall at home. A Mount Dora resident for 13 years she was active in the Baptist church. Survived by four daughters including Ruby. funeral held April 26 at the Baptist church with Rev. Coffield and Rev. Sutley officiating. Burial at Pine Forest park. Rehbaum Funeral home in charge.
The schoolmaster Lott is chosen to speak, tears in his eyes as he faces the crowd. He steadies himself, studies the door crack, then declares a dedication to a potential great edifice to the age of joy character and peace.
The entry presents quotes from Elton Trueblood of Earlham College on bold commitment driving knowledge, and a line by Lascelles Abercrombie asserting faith endures through song. The piece juxtaposes intellectual boldness with poetic belief.
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