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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1960
Page
2
Vermont reports a third hunting fatality in two days while Central Florida reports multiple gun injuries to hunters over the weekend. The piece mentions Clarence Davis and local hunting activity, with notes on leagues, meetings, and social bowls in Florida’s North Central region.
Mount Dora Kiwanis Club honored the High School Varsity and Junior Varsity football teams and coaches at a recent gathering. Dr. E. J. Pendergrass, minister of the First Methodist Church in Orlando, spoke on Thanksgiving Day as a Protestant foundation of American freedom and faith.
Mrs Helen Kendall 71 died at Kissimmee Hospital after an automobile accident. A former Port Huron Michigan resident and longtime Tangerine resident she taught in New York City Michigan and Virginia. She is survived by sister Miss Sarah Farrand of Port Huron and Tangerine. Services were at St Edward's Episcopal Church officiated by Rev John Mangrum. Rehbaum Funeral Home in charge.
A pipe smoking man from New England squeezed into a crowded Boston subway car. He tucked his pipe into his pocket as passengers packed tightly along the car benches. A buxom woman on his side glared and moved away toward the far end of the car.
National Alcoholism Information Week highlights that more than 103 000 Floridians are among five million Americans with alcoholism. E A Shepherd of the Florida Alcoholic Rehabilitation program notes treatment is possible especially when detected early. Florida clinics operate in Miami Jacksonville Tampa Pensacola and Avon Park hosts a 50 bed in patient facility. The program offers treatment rehab and workshops for professionals across the state.
The article notes Lyle Wood of Trimble County Kentucky serves as Master Commissioner and was named an honorary Kentucky Colonel by the Governor. It describes recent community events including Red and Black games, school tales of melon raids, and details from multiple social gatherings and bake dinner.
The Florida State Board of Health report ranks diabetes as the tenth leading cause of death in Florida in 1959. It affects nonwhite females most, with 83 percent of deaths in people 55 or older. The condition, linked to insulin deficiency, has hereditary tendencies and about two percent of the population infected. The report urges blood sugar testing annually after age 40, especially for relatives of diabetics, noting well controlled patients face fewer complications and postponed late effects.
Karl Lehmann secretary manager of the Lake County Fair led a panel on whether fairs contribute to public schools and education during a Central Florida Clinic on Fair Management in Orlando. Bill Nixon Lake County farm agent assisted with fair exhibits livestock poultry shows and agricultural youth activities.
The Lake County Unit of the American Cancer Society meets in the Florida Power lounge at Eustis on Wednesday December 7 at p.m. Dr Margaret E Waid of the University of Florida Gainesville will speak. All members and interested persons are invited.
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