Year Of Progress Reported By Boy Scout Committee
The Kiwanis Club heard the Boy Scout committee report last Thursday. The 1941 comparison shows Troop 19 of Mount Dora earned 276 Merit Badges, more than the other nine Lake County troops combined, with 110. The troop’s growth included 23 Scouts and 7 Tenderfoot rank candidates, and 438 merit badges across the troop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Carl Graves
A. Lee French
George Cof
Carl Broom
W. J. Barker
Graves
Lake District
Troop
Mount Dora
Lake County
Emergency Service Corps
Florida
Red Cross Roll Call Reaches Mount Dora Quota
Memberships in the annual Red Cross Roll Call come in and Mount Dora reaches its 400 member quota while the branch area including Sorrento nears full participation. Gift Fund contributions accrue alongside the Roll Call and War Relief Fund. A complete report is due next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Mount Dora
Sorrento
Tke Jem
Kiwanis Observes 150th Bill of Rights Anniversary Program
Kiwanis members hosted a patriotic program at the meeting to mark the 150th anniversary of the Bill of Rights adoption. The event featured remarks by Harold Pace Orlando Boy Scout Executive for Central Florida District and Scoutmaster Paul Hitchcock Mount Dora Troop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis
Boy Scout Committee
Harold Pace
Orlando
Central Florida Istrict
Paul Hitchcock
Mount Dora
George White
Pace
Hitchcock
Ross Crane
Gainesville
A. P. Phillips, Jr
E. Hood Wilkerson
Eustis
J. M. Smith
Harry T. Mathews
C. M. Brown
L. C. Smith
George Keller
Hurlburt
Christmas Services at Community Church Sunday
The Rev. Dr. A. P. Pratt will preach the Christmas sermon at the Community Church Sunday morning. Special Christmas music includes Celia Stein Claflin singing The Birthday of a King Neidlinger and Manuel lo performing Silent Night as trombone offertory. Mrs Hanscom will play O Little Town of Bethlehem and Angels from the Realms of Glory as prelude and postlude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Pratt
Celia Stein Claflin
Neidlinger
Manuello
Gruber
Mount Dora
Gasoline driven lighting plants wanted for defense work
In Lake County Florida the Lake County Defense Council seeks gasoline driven lighting plants with at least 500 watt 110 volt 60 cycle AC output. Direct current plants are not suitable. Notify Max E Wettstein county chairman Division of Communication and Transportation Leesburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County Defense Council
REA
Max E. Wettstein
Division of Communication and Transportation
Leesburg
Florida
Local Woman Wins Crochet Award in New York Exhibition
Mrs. C. C. Dooley earned honorable mention for her crochet piece shown in a New York City exhibition of American crochet. The display, sponsored by the National Needlecraft Bureau, featured four thousand pieces chosen from more than 400000 entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Dooley
New York City
National Needlecraft Bureau
Morehan
Residence Lot Purchases Reported In Local Market
Mr. M. P. W. Krentz of Wellesley Hills Mass buys a corner lot at McDonald Street and Eighth Avenue from N. W. Morley and plans a modern home. Harold G. Morse buys another Sylvan Shores lot to expand his grounds. Sales through J. J. West Realty Co. office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P. W. Krentz
Wellesley Hills
Mass
McDonald Street
Eighth Avenue
N. W. Morley
Harold G. Morse
Sylvan Shores
J. J. West Realty Co
Vesper Pageant at Community Church Scheduled
The Community Church hosts a Christmas pageant at 4:30 PM directed by picid e with narrator Mrs. Etta M. McDonald. Soloists Celia Stein Claflin and Mrs. A. A Stanley join a choir and traditional singers for carols and pageant roles led by Kai Kelly and supporting cast including Nell Marie Conner and Billy Bland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unity Church
Picide
Etta M. McDonald
Celia Stein Claflin
A. A Stanley
Florence Gilfost Vercume
MacDonald
Jo Anna Barclay
Buddy Combs
Madonna
Juanita Combs
W. A. Vincent
Kenneth Maglathlin
C. E. Estey
J. C. White
W. A. Vincent, Dr. A. R. Rietz
Henry Stein
O. M. Grimstad
R. M. Hall
Millard Reid
Bobby Vincent
Claudia Vincent
Esther Maglathlin
Winifred Estey
Johnnie Mae Stanley
Delphia Norman
Dancing Pleasure Yacht Club Night Draws 50 Members
The Yacht Club of Orlando hosted a dancing event for about 50 members with decorated tables and a midnight buffet by stewards Mr and Mrs Collins. The club plans another Thursday supper and a regular meeting on December 27 to welcome the new year with Card games music and open house New Year’s Commodores Tea January 1 from 4 to 6 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando
Collins
Cleveland Professor Buys Lake Gertrude Home
O F Tower of Cleveland Ohio purchased the W H Drake residence on Lake Gertrude Sylvan Shores at Sylvan Drive and Pine Wal. The Towers will move in With furniture arriving Thursday and plan Sylvan Shores as their permanent home. Tower a chemistry professor at Western Reserve University will retire February first and return to Cleveland after Christmas holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. F. Tower
Cleveland
Ohio
W. H. Drake
Lake Gertrude
Sylvan Shores
Sylvan Drive
Pine Wal
Notice to Civilian Defense Registrants
A meeting at the fire station is set for Thursday night at 8 o clock to organize an Auxiliary Fire Department. The town seeks every able bodied man ages 16 to 65 to participate, hear details, and sign up if desired. December 18 at 8 pm. Ernest P. Mosteller, Chief Fire Department.
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O. K
Ernest P. Mosteller
Red Cross Knitting Drive Seeks Volunteers and Yarn
Miss Margaret Lewis of 738 McDonald Street has Red Cross yarn on hand for sweaters, children's suits, and socks. Volunteers are urged to pick up yarn and knit, as she requests more sock yarn and hopes to receive it soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Lewis
McDonald Street
Red Cross
Senator Cooley Sends Greetings From Camp Davis
Lake County's State Senator Thomas H. Cooley of Mount Dora, serving as a major in the U S Army at Camp Davis, N C, has written the secretary of the military department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Thomas H. Cooley
Mount Dora
United States Army
Camp Davis, N. C
Cooley Urges United American War Effort in Lake County Letter
In a December 10 letter to Secretary Karl Lehmann, Major Thomas H. Cooley commends Florida’s civilian defense effort and urges greater national unity and increased military resources. He recalls Pearl Harbor and calls for mobilization of men, planes, tanks, ships, and munitions, pledging enduring resolve to defeat the Axis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Pearl Harbor
United States
Axis
Army
Navy
Thomas H. Cooley
Post Office Opens Thursday Afternoon for Public Convenience
For the convenience of the public the post office will stay open Thursday afternoon this week instead of closing for the usual half holiday.
Community Christmas Festival at Local Building
Santa Claus will visit a community building on Christmas Eve to give gifts to every child. A short program starts at 7:00 PM and continues until Santa arrives. Sponsored by religious civic philanthropic and ice organizations in the community.
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Santa Claus
Santa
Christmas Cantata At Methodist Church Sunday Evening
The Adult Choir directed by Mrs. O. M. Gudgeon presents a Christmas Cantata Sunday December 21 at 7 30 p m at Wilson Hymn No 92 scripture lesson and twelve numbered numbers including The Child Hail the Savior s Birth and The Christmas Message with solos duets and choirs followed by Closing Hymn 106 and a postlude Rejoice The Lord Has Come
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Methodist Church
O. M. Gudgeon
Wilson
Jude
Banks
Sidel
Sapp
Judean Hill
Alfred Rehbaum, Jr
God
A. P. Sidel
Mary
Dale
W. Whitehead
B. Ray
H. Arise
Harriet Bank
J. G. Rays
Waltz
Rally boosts Tourist Club despite poor weather in Mount Dora
Officers praised strong turnout at a Community Building rally led by Alexander Kerr. Mayor Simpson and Chamber president George White spoke on club value. The Wise Orchestra provided music as refreshments were served. Tickets sold well, with helpers named. A first entertainment is set for January 6 and tickets are available at local venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Kerr
M. W. Simpson
George White
Mount Dora
Chamber of Commerce, Public Library
A. C. Quixley Realty Co
Mount Dora Publishing Co
Curb Service Abolished by Local Druggists
Cooperation with the Eustis Health Council leads druggists in Eustis to abolish curb service effective after December 15. Mount Dora and other Lake County towns plan to end curb service as a means to improve street sanitation and clerk health amid cold weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eustis Health Council
Lake County
Lee
Mount Dora
Junior Play Tish to Be Staged by Students
The junior class presents a dramatization of Tish adapted by Alice Chadwicke from Mary Roberts Rhinehart stories. Chosen by Miss Cassady and a junior committee, the production debuts January 16, 1942, in the Community Building auditorium with eager rehearsals underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Roberts Rhinehart
Saturday Evening Post
Alice Chadwicke
County Offices to Close for Holidays
County officers announce all county offices will close from Wednesday noon December 24 to Monday morning December 29 to observe Christmas. State offices will be closed Tuesday evening December 23 to Monday morning December 29.
Lions Amp Up Defense Savings Stamp Campaign
Lions club members led by Lion Parker promote weekly Defense Savings Stamp raffles at regular meetings to encourage each member to start a stamp book and strive to complete it for a Defense Bond. Lion Marshall was birthday victim this week, leaving the meeting with "Divey out the Stogies" after the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty
Lion Parker
Uncle Sam
Lion Marshall
Red Cross War Relief Fund Seeks Mount Dora Total
A Red Cross drive aims for a 50 million war fund as President urges nationwide support. Mount Dora targets 1000 with early contributions totaling 204 from 20 donors plus a $25 club gift, names asked for publishing but not all granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Mount Dora
Lake County
Margaret Lewis
McDonald Street
George Keller
New Haven Woman Arrives in Mount Dora For Winter Visit
Miss Marguerite Allis of New Haven Connecticut arrives in Mount Dora with Miss Margaret Lewis on McDonald Street for a winter stay. Allis wrote Connecticut River and Connecticut Trilogy and the novel Not Without Peril a New England story of dramatic interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Allis
New Haven, Conn
Mount Dorais
Margaret Lewis
McDonald Street
Allis
New England
Mount Dora Band Debuts At First Concert
The Mount Dora School Band led by Bandmaster Manuel Sedano performed its first formal concert at the Municipal Auditorium last Friday evening. Several hundred listeners praised the effort and community support, as the band opened with The Orange and White under student band leader Miss Dorothy Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Manuel Sedano
Municipal Auditorium
Uf Young Ansrelens
Dorothy Adams
Sedano
Christmas Topic Out Wednesday
Readers are asked to submit news items and advertising copy to the office by Tuesday noon with a final deadline Tuesday at 5 p m. The Topic will publish next week on Wednesday afternoon December 24th to observe Christmas Day.
Lovely Gifts Made From Native Florida Woods
Visitors are invited to Swift Woodcraft gift shop on Lake Jem Road to view and purchase items crafted from native Florida woods. The shop, in a separate building from the machine shop, features a wide range of quality gifts suitable for Christmas or bridge prizes, with daily hours and Sunday openings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Swift Woodcraft
Lake Jem Road
Swift
Dr James A Richards to Preach at Oberlin Area Church
Dr James A Richards pastor of the First Congregational Church of Oberlin Ohio will preach at Aunt Dora Community Church Sunday Morning December 28th. He is noted as a gifted orator and has preached in Winnetka Illinois for about ten years. Everyone is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Richards
First Congregational Church
Oberlin
Ohio
Aunt Dora
Richards
Ben Reeta
Ore
Winnetka, Ill
Health Council Mount Dora Meeting Scheduled
The Mount Dora Health Council holds its regular monthly meeting Monday at City Hall. The session begins at 1 30 p m local time with discussion on health initiatives and city programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
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