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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1957
Page
8
An August 1957 Mount Dora Topic column argues that children are the nation’s most precious possession. It stresses that a strong home foundation builds confident citizens, capable of future scientific progress, diplomacy, and peaceable leadership, with emphasis on happiness and health.
Miss Doris Camp and her twin sister Mrs Twila Dismukes returned from the University of Florida where they assisted Florida school principals in writing a bulletin titled Administering the School Personnel in Florida under Dr G Ballard Simmons. Four U S Navy ships have borne the name Florida, the latest a Utah class battleship.
The city reviews a proposal by Realtor Talbot Simpson to grant a permit for a radio station. The decision rests on planning and zoning considerations and is under advisement pending further guidance from officials.
Dr Charles Chester McCracken a renowned educator and youth ally died at Waterman Memorial hospital aged 75. A former president of the University of Connecticut he served Lake County youths from his Lake Shore Drive studio for decades and taught at multiple universities. He helped Ruby Elzy attend Ohio State and study at the Institute of Musical Art before her rise in Porgy and Bess. Funeral services were held at the Congregational church in Tavares with interment at Pine Forest cemetery Mount Dora.
City council heard a prospective real estate purchaser discuss building a radio station in Mount Ra and leasing city land on Sanford Road for 10 years with an option to buy. Members opposed the lease plan due to concerns it could tie up land for potential industrial use.
Mrs Ed Nimnicht and Mrs Roland Cooper captured first place in the Lake County Duplicate Bridge club event this week. Other winners in the Howell movement from Mount Dora included Mrs William Clifton second and Mrs Paul Johnson with Mrs Merit Clifton visiting from Pittsburg.
Carl Graves recalls a DeLand night when John Donnelly appeared on a pillar near the Donnelly building in a night shirt with a shotgun. Donnelly waited vigilantly as a joke or warning on New Year’s Eve, while the author notes the anecdote and credits Beecher’s line about mothers and children.
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