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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1954
Page
5
Central Floridians report record heat in Washington while Shipes and Conner families tour the capital. Sylvan Shores draws new residents as Wendy Husebo and others build homes and transfer from Ohio Michigan and Kentucky. Birthdays and family visits cap a busy week with a Dora cruise celebration and a Gilbert Park party.
Church listings for Baptist, Methodist, Church of Christ, Presbyterian, Latter Day Saints, Church of Christ Scientist, Faith Lutheran, and St Thomas Episcopal in Eustis detail service times Sunday School and worship, with pastors named. Printed timetable covers Bible School at 9:45 a.m. and morning services around 11 a.m. plus midweek and choir events.
Miss Janet Burleigh daughter of Mayor E. S. Burleigh of Tavares sails from Seattle on August 13 to Japan to teach in an American school run by the U S Air Force. A Lake Erie College graduate with a master's from the University of Florida she previously taught at Kirby Smith School in Florida and at Clearwater.
Our column notes visitors Mrs. D. Fletcher Crane at Mr. Wise’s home and Mr. Joel Grossman with family from Kingsport Tenn visiting Mrs. Spilky in Fifth Avenue. The Grossmans plan two weeks in St Petersburg and Hendersonville NC before taking Mrs Spilky home. Also departing for Santa Monica Calif are Mr and Mrs R L Beach. Mrs Joseph H Jubb leaves Sanford Road to live in Lancaster Pa. Mount Dora club members attended District Five meeting in Daytona Beach with talks on Education in Finance for Women.
The article lists several relocations and visits: Miss Peterson, niece of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Peterson, and cousin of Mrs. A. T. Johnston, with connections to the Max Bulske home on Lake Mitore drive. Other arrivals include Mr. and Mrs. John McGrail from Massachusetts. Mary J. Holmes and daughter Margaret at 422 11th Ave.. Russell Reichard of Elyria purchasing C. A. Green home on S Grandview St.. Mr. and Mrs. John Newton of Tampa with five children settling in the Bradshaw home on Normandy Street. and visits by Mrs. Bunny Tetzloff and her son Robert with nephew Buzz Markert, plus plans for travels and family time.
Beverly Seaberg, formerly of Mount Dora, married Dickinson of Brockton at Warren Avenue Baptist Church Brockton in a candlelit ceremony. Attendants included maid of honor Miss Jean Gogan and bridesmaids Miss Margaret Dickinson and Mrs. George Savage. The couple plan a brief trip to New Hampshire and Southern Maine.
Elder H P Kelley, elder of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, will serve as pastor of the Mount Dora church on Fifth Avenue. He succeeds Robert Wise, who moves to Maitland and will pastor the Orlando church. Mr. Kelley arrived from Miami and will reside with Mrs. Kelley in Tangerine.
A Baptist church group of girls will attend the Junior Girls Auxiliary camp opening Monday in Tampa. Names include Joann Jones Shirley Jones Elizabeth Sikes Dickey Jean Sharon Reich Marlene Dake Corinne O Hara Mary Helen Huett Janet Burchett Ann Carol Joyce Coffield.
William E. Breckenridge came home Tuesday after a short stay at Orange Memorial hospital Orlando for observation. The hospitalization canceled the couple’s planned vacation trip to North Carolina.
The Methodist church announced the second Sunset Vesper Drive In at Gilbert Park Sunday featuring Rev. H Mauriece Felton preaching on We Have the Answer. The service will include music and a sunset worship atmosphere. Nearby churches will also hold morning and evening services with various topics and visiting pastors.
The Lakes and Hills Garden club helped organize a Daytona Beach conference to expand a statewide anti litter program. Mrs. Slater Cox highlighted the national "Don t Be a Litterbug" effort backed by 30 organizations with Clint Anderson of Keep America Beautiful. A Florida coordination meeting will plan a winter highway unification and anti litter drive.
The Official Board of the Metho dist church will meet Monday evening at 7 30 in Fellowship Hall.
A concise reflection on Montesquieu arguing that moral standards should guide actions where law falls short. It contrasts legal obligation with ethical restraint, suggesting morality can preempt the need for formal enforcement.
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