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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1959
Page
5
August brings school reopens and summer departures as Mount Dora residents and visitors share travels and family events. Notables include anniversaries, local reunions, and accompanying guests from Ohio, Florida, and Georgia with updates on health and recovery.
Rally day for Lake county Girls 4-H Clubs was held Tuesday. A morning tour through the Umatilla Honey Cooperative preceded a picnic lunch, swimming, and relays at Alexander Springs.
A lazy summer baked cheese and shrimp puff recipe served as a complete self-serve meal. Layer bread butter cheese and shrimp with a milk custard, bake 40 minutes at 350, and serve immediately with salads fruit and cookies. Makes 5 to 6 servings.
Mrs Fannie Spilky president of the Pilot Club of Lake County will report on the Pilot International convention she attended in Chicago at the dinner meeting at Brownies in Tavares on August 13. Members make clown dolls for sale to fund The Lake Pilot School for the Exceptional Child and plan rummage sales and card parties to support projects. Old glasses and frames are collected to recondition for charity. Pilot signs have been posted in Mount Dora Tavares and Eustis with meeting details.
Five Mount Dora 4-H girls visited a Hazelton dairy farm north of Eustis last Friday. They watched the milking process, took turns at a riding horse, and enjoyed a picnic lunch with Nancy Sharp Judith Rose Lee Connelly Doreen Geddes and Mrs Jennings in attendance.
Southern Savoyards seek vocalists for Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Gondoliers to be staged in November in Orlando. Tenors and basses especially needed. Rehearsals begin next week Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Dr. Phillip Reece home 1361 Highland Rd Winter Park.
Mr and Mrs James M Johnson of Miami announce the birth of a daughter named Janis Kimball born August 18 at Doctors Hospital in Coral Gables. Mrs Johnson is formerly Irene Risley, daughter of Carl Risley. Mr Johnson is a senior at the University of Miami School of Medicine.
Waterman Memorial hospital in Eustis welcomed two newborn girls this week. A 7 lb 6 oz daughter arrived Aug 2 to Mr and Mrs David Sellars Jr. A second daughter weighing 8 lb 4 oz named Georgeanne was born Aug 3 to Mr and Mrs Howard Brose.
Mount Dora bridge club results list top placers led by Mrs Ed Nimnicht and Mrs Ruth Cooper first place. Second and third tied between Mrs Anna Walker Memory Martin and Mr and Mrs Merritt Reeves. Fourth went to Mrs S C Colley and sixth to Mrs Paul Johnson.
The Men’s Garden Club plans a meeting next Tuesday at 8 p m in the Community building. Charles Putnam will speak on Color Photographs in the Garden and show colored slides on how to take better pictures.
A concise pairing of two literary maxims. Edward Young warns that delaying tasks steals time while Douglas Jerrold notes a natural beauty in loving something, reflecting on motivation and affection.
Lake County Agent urges gardeners to plant winter and spring bloom flowers now. Seed sowing windows run through Oct 15 for calendula pansy petunia snapdragon statice stock verbena. soil prep, organic matter, balanced fertilizer, and proper drainage boost germination and transplant success.
A compact reflection argues that attempts to force virtue corrupts people while true goodness comes from living righteously yourself. The aphorism recalls McDonald’s emphasis on inner integrity and moral consistency as a path to moral influence.
Weekend visitors filled Tangerine area homes with relatives from Melbourne Baltimore and Mount Dora. George and Bryan Kennedy earned honors at the Orlando State Swimming meet where Mary Kennedy was a judge and George Kennedy Sr managed events.
The Diary of Anne Frank film debuts at the Princess Theatre on August 21 for an extended run. Millie Perkins stars as Anne in a two show daily presentation, recounting a Jewish girl hidden in World War II and her diary’s postwar success.
Joyce Marie Stewart and Junior Franklin Woods were married at the Naval base chapel in Norfolk Virginia on July 22. The ceremony was officiated by the base chaplain with the bride’s uncle Walter L Whitehurst of Norfolk giving her in marriage.
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