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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1950
Page
3
In Lake County a group of four unnamed men quietly decides to honor a friend with a meaningful Christmas gift. They debate a suit of clothes or a simpler gesture as they express sincere community support and generosity in a season of goodwill.
Word from Lexington Kentucky reports the death of Eliza Grimmer mother of Mrs Eugene E Simpson a former Mount Dora resident and past president of the Mount Dora Art League. She died after a long illness while in a hospital. She was a member of St Thomas Episcopal church in Eustis and loved Mount Dora Florida.
Mount Dora high school presented its Alma Mater by Charles Gordon Rex and a Christmas setting titled Christmas Morn. The Glee clubs showcased soloist Ann Bowers and a robust ensemble, delivering Bach pieces, Blessed Is the Nation, and holiday numbers with Rex’s conducting praised as superb.
Tommy and Jean Vanzant write to Santa asking for work for their father and a home in Mount Dora. They request a friendly town for kids, new clothes, a baby doll, a dump truck, and a cowboy outfit if possible, while hoping to be good.
Plans are shaped for the Mount Dora Invitational Junior Tennis championships sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce to be held January 26 and 27. Sanctioned by the U.S.S.P.A. the event is expected to draw several district champions with Tennis Pro Harold Trezise providing input.
A Lake county Marine, Harry E. Knight, 23, of Leesburg, wounded November 27 in Korea near the Chinese front, has been flown out and may be sent home. His brother Ernest Knight of Mount Dora confirms the injury and expected return, noting the back injury and fractured leg. Knight works for Rehbaum's.
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