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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1956
Page
6
A holiday roundup notes Christmas lights going up around town and festive cards arriving. Senior and Junior play chatter plus prize results from a school event highlight student life. Fred Kurras earns all conference honors as the Rainbow queen race and school holidays are slated.
Thirty percent of the senior class made the second honor roll, leading all grades in scholarship. The list includes seniors Jane Atkins and Mary Anne Robinson, plus other verified names across seventh to final grades.
The Tangerine Woman's Society of the Tan Community Church reports a season themed meeting with pledges and a Tales the Money performance. The Tangerine Improvement Society held a supper and discussed street signs, local gifts for charity, and new members. Notable items include the arrival of Nolan C. Creasy and wife at the John DeJong house, plus graveside services for Richard Broughton in Pine Forest cemetery.
The Daughters of the American Revolution Ocklawaha chapter hosts a Jan 19 card party at the Community building to raise funds for refurbishing the D A R room at Waterman Memorial hospital in Eustis. Tickets are sold by four members. A Feb 7 National Defense luncheon features Dr. William Fort of Rollins College as speaker. New member Pat Frank of Mount Dora joins during the recent meeting.
A daughter, Deborah Kay, weighing 7 pounds 3 ounces, was born on November 24 to Mr and Mrs Ernest McRee of the area.
At a recent reception at the club house new members were welcomed including Mr. and Mrs. John A. Mueller and William Kearsley with several other couples. A Christmas party is set for Wednesday December 19 at 7 30 p m at the club rooms with an appeal to donate to the Christian Home and Bible School for dining hall improvements. Entertainment and refreshments planned.
The Cedar Hill College for Girls junior class staged a farce titled Mr. Co Ed at the community building last Friday night. Edwin Woodham earned hero praise for a spring dance in a floral ballet outfit, with strong performances from Mary Kay Rehbaum Judith Sadler Gwynne Gottel Linda Lane and Gordon Schieber enhancing the comedy with lively emotes and a surprising finale.
A concise pair of quotes discusses God expressing in man an infinite developing idea and man as the crowning wonder of creation. Eddy frames the divine idea expanding endlessly in humankind while Gladstone lauds the study of human nature as the world’s noblest pursuit.
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