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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1952
Page
7
A holiday mood sweeps Mount Dora with bright decorations and a landmark tree in Donnelly Park. Central Florida scenes span from sunny days and blooming azaleas to cool evenings, citrus glow, and starry skies reflecting in Lake Dora’s skyline as residents embrace December charm.
A fragment from ANNA J. SEE describes a early morning bird song that fills with holy angels and a Christ Child theme. The text conveys a sacred, peaceful message of peace on earth as the air carries carol like music.
The Business and Professional Women's club hosts its annual Christmas party at City Hall clubrooms Tuesday at 7 pm. Jean Patterson chairs the program with Earl LaBarre presenting colored slides of Hawaii as entertainment. A gift exchange will send all gifts to the Florida School for Girls in Ocala.
Mr and Mrs Charles M Barthel of 421 Ninth Ave describe how they discovered Mount Dora while touring Florida and chose to relocate from St Petersburg. After retiring from Connecticut Power Co where he led sales they spent a year wintering in St Pete, then built a new Mount Dora house and began living there full time.
A 1952 polio surge is recounted with stark figures and names of those affected. The year saw about 55 000 people stricken in the United States and a rapid rise through the summer with weekly cases surpassing 4 000. The outbreak spread from Texas and Louisiana to the Mississippi Valley and beyond, marking one of the era’s worst epidemics.
The article highlights Mrs. Tallant and the King's Daughters distributing clothing from a collection and baskets of groceries to families facing unemployment, illness, or emergencies. It recounts a blind colored girl aided by the Florida school for the blind and notes compassionate, tailored assistance.
Eighth graders top the six week honor roll at Mount Dora School with 37 percent of the class listed. The complete roster includes named students across grades eight through twelve, such as Ronny Aldrich and Phyllis Ferrone in eighth grade and Linda Woodham in tenth grade, among others.
A reflective line notes that material gifts and pastimes dull the spiritual idea in consciousness, leaving individuals solitary and without His glory. The quote attributes the thought to Mary Baker Eddy and emphasizes inner devotion over worldly comforts.
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