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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1951
Page
4
Public notice lists filing and postage details with a published date of Thursday August 16 1951. The item references second class matter status April 7 1916 and the Mount Dora Florida post office under the 1879 act.
Residents weigh a city vote on installing meters in Mount Dora to curb seasonal congestion and ensure fair parking. City Council backs meters, citing equitable time use. merchants oppose, urging enforcement and voluntary action. A six month meter trial is proposed by Walter Patton to resolve the dispute.
Dorans praise Lieut- Col Lem Downs for a talk on Korea stressing United Nations aims and morale of service members. His sincere message urged home front support, noting the UN’s peacekeeping role and the need for unity over petty criticism.
A Mount Dora column recounts a humid week in Florida with mixed sun and storms. It chronicles daily observations from Thursday to Tuesday, highlighting warm nights, brief cool breezes, the Dora Canal visit, and a calm Sunday under clouded skies.
A reflective essay on modern life and nervous strain urging calm contemplation. The speaker argues for a long view of history to gain perspective, warns against fragmented short shots of events, and invokes Whitman to find solace and spiritual balance amid a restless era.
Dr. S. C. Colley and Dr. Glendy Sadler announce plans to build a modern clinic as an addition to their offices on Donnelly street. An architect will submit temporary treatment center plans today and a government building authority approval will follow. The clinic will be built on the lot beside the present office.
A remark prepared for the Fifth Congressional District Florida Press Association meeting in Mount Dora and included in the printed program.
A veteran editor reflects on William Allen White's influence, arguing that a weekly must take a public stand guided by What is Right notWho is right. The piece contrasts metropolitan glamour with small-town responsibility and urges editors to speak courageously for truth.
Martha Perry Cobb of Highlands North Carolina, daughter of Mr and Mrs Wilton Hughes Cobb, will wed Albert Leclerc Chalker of Clemson South Carolina on August 25. He is son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Foster Chalker and grandson of Mr and Mrs C L Stokley of Mount Dora. Miss Cobb graduated from Fassifern School Hendersonville and studied at Wesleyan Conservatory Macon Georgia. Mr Chalker graduated from Clemson A M College after two years with the Air Force and works as a heating engineer for Crane Co in Greenville South Carolina.
The Sisters of Our Ladies of the Christian Doctrine arriving at St Mary of the Lakes in Eustis will host a public reception at their new home located at 728 Center Street, corner of Badger, on Wednesday evening August 22 from 7 to 9 p.m.
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