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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1954
Page
6
Louise May and Linda May display a portion of the May collection at Weeki Wachee Springs. Granddaughters of J. P. May the pair show giant Madagascar moths among brightly colored butterflies, part of a 50 year global insect study.
At Weeki Wachee Springs near Mount Dora the May father son team unveils May's Tropical Exhibit. Housed in a new building, the display spans 100 showcases of tropical creatures including stunning butterflies and oddities. Visitors enjoy a one hour tour plus the mermaid underwater theatre at the Springs.
The Mays exhibit a vast collection from Colorado Springs to Florida featuring iridescent butterflies moths and beetles. Notable denizens include the South American Elephant beetle famed for immense strength owl butterfly and Congo scorpions. James May born in Britain bred through Africa Europe and the Amazon while son John May expanded the collection now housed in Florida with two daughters aiding. The display showcases communication among species and living exhibits from a museum lineage spanning decades.
Tom Potter recalls his distant roles during the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo when President McKinley was shot. He describes being near Curtis, Curtis’s memory of the attack, and Sousa’s meet with Scott Snow as Colt’s band performed on the platform.
In a Florida retirement town two witnesses recall the assassination moment when Sousa stepped to direct the band and the shot rang out. Curtis, with Gilmore's band, avoided duty at that fair yet attended the Sousa performance and heard the Colt band invitation.
The Sorrento-Mt. Plymouth Civic club turned over 77.10 to Paul McDonald for the Sorrento-Mt. Plymouth Volunteer Fire company building fund. The baby shower honored expectant mothers Mrs Blair Fleming Mrs Helen Knox Mrs Dorothy Shankle Mrs Furman Driggers and Mrs Sarah Connor. O C Wilcox family and Harry Snyder family have returned from vacations in Silver Glen and West Virginia.
A Mount Dora homeowner weighs pool plans amid concerns of congestion and resort image. The writer urges locating a new pool near schools to serve children, supports Donnelly Park’s refusal, and warns about health risks and broader community impact.
Poet Maurice mourns danger and fate in a literary line urging readers to meet life’s bold days with song and courage. The verse reflects optimism amid peril and frames daily risk as a stage for resilience.
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