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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1952
Page
3
The Florida State Board of Health schedules a two week mass chest X-ray survey in Lake County from January 31 to February 14 1953. Dr J B Hall notes the public can participate free if over 15 and provides criteria for who should get screened. Early TB detection improves cure chances.
A salesman enters the August office of Julius J Grouch and greets Willie the office boy. Willie bluntly reveals the boss has only been dead a week, setting a terse, darkly comic tone for the scene.
Miss Edith Eudora White wed John Duggan Whiddon in Trinity Methodist Tallahassee on August 16. The bride, daughter of Mrs. Joseph J. White and the late Mr. White of Mount Dora, wore white lace with an Eton jacket. Attendant was her sister Mrs. Paul E. Pate. The ceremony was performed by Dr. C. B. Clayton. The couple will reside at 225 S. Gadsden Street after September 2.
Mr and Mrs J T Sills announce the marriage of daughter Virginia Christine to Archie Eckert son of Mr and Mrs Roy Eckert of Oakland Iowa. The couple wed August 20 in Nahunta Georgia. The bride, a Mount Dora high school graduate class of 1951, now becomes Mrs Eckert. The groom serves in the U S Navy.
The Alexander Springs association seeks 1000 within 30 days to start work on Lake County scenic attraction development. Funds will cover a caretaker cabin and monthly salary as the project advances with Forestry department cooperation. Memberships support the civic effort, with eight extension memberships totaling 1950 and varied donor amounts from 5 to 25.
Time worn ruts rack the wheels and jagged stones tear tires as a poemic drive reveals a view that stirs loftiest desires. AFFA WOOD HUBBELL
A traveler records a week of Florida skies and sea from Mount Dora to Ormond Beach. He notes cooler nights, shifting clouds, beach fires, pelicans at dawn, and a growing sense of hurricane season as moonlight over Lake Dora highlights a peaceful, starry coastline routine.
Rehbaum Hardware in Mount Dora begins a modernization project this week to refresh its storefront. Crews will remove the overhead sign at the corner and install a marquee entrance with a windowed, ceramic tile facade. The Fourth Avenue side is also being updated with large windows and tile construction.
Lieutenant Don Bales returns to civilian life with wife Evelyn Vaughan and 6 month old son Jeffery in Mount Dora after a vacation through northern states. He is the son of Howard J. Bales and former Mount Dora resident. He had been stationed at Fort Sill Oklahoma.
Mount Dora’s Navy trio known as the Three Musketeers Sonny Bond Donald Seaberg and James Sills returned from leave to report for assignment Seaberg to Radio Technicians school Bond to shore duty in Japan and Sills to board a transport for destination unclear.
The piece argues Florida should advance toll freeways to link metropolitan areas, citing New Jersey and New York Thruway tests. It notes bonds of up to 500 million dollars, per-mile tolls, and season passes, predicting reduced accidents and smoother travel with a modern expressway.
The quote emphasizes that mistakes are not final and that failure is about staying down rather than falling. It encourages seizing a new day as an opportunity for a fresh start whenever one chooses.
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