Chatterbox Club Christmas Party and Local Christmas Programs
The Chatterbox Card Club held a Christmas party at Mrs. E D Austin s Mount Plymouth home with Santa gifts and games. Members listed include Mrs William Hoover and Mrs John Cope of Sylvan Shores. A Sorrento Presbyterian Fellowship Hall Christmas program featured the Nativity play and readings by Steve Stewart and Mrs Francis Geddes, with Santa visiting and carol singing.
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Chatterbox Card Club
E. D. Austin
Mount Plymouth
Austin
William Hoover
John Cope
Sylvan Shores
William Paul
Joseph Story
Sorrento Presbyterian Fellowship Hall
Joe Paul
Tiny Lynn Ged
Steve Stewart
Francis Geddes
Santa
Food Fair Opens Huge Golden Triangle Supermarket
Fair Weather For Food Fair as Mayor Guy C Bliss cuts the ribbon to formally open a large new Food Fair supermarket in Golden Triangle Shopping Center. Henry Kramer president of the 450 store chain appears with executives and staff. Milton W Pepper of Pepper Enterprises oversees final center details and targets January 25 for a grand opening of the entire Mount Dora center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy C. Bliss
Food Fair
Golden Triangle
Henry Kramer
Rhode Island
Florida
Clayton Webster
Frank James
Bliss
David Nihart
Elkin Kreitzer
Ken White
Eva Smith
Nihart
Milton W. Pepper
Pepper Enterprises
Mount Dora
Mr. Pepper
Pastoral Notes and Local Updates from East Town
The East Town column notes a last Sunday service at St Marys M B Church with visiting ministers from nearby cities such as DeLand. Rev Smith led the 7 30 service, the 1961 taxes are due, and prayers are requested for sick members Kattie Hardy Julia Mitchel Catherine Jones Dora Fletcher and Deacon Will Chapman. Royal and Leola Minns return from Nassau after visiting a sick mother and island cruising. a final reflection urges safe driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Marys M. B
DeLand
Kattie Hardy
Julia
Norris Advises On Citrus Care
Field experiments at the Citrus Experiment Station explore pruning old crowded canopied citrus trees by hedging four sides to a 15 foot height and removing small wood. Dr. D W Kretchman leads work showing first year yields drop but second year yields approach or exceed unpruned trees. A topping machine was built and initial tests show higher power needed for topping than hedging.
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Citrus Experiment Station
Florida Agricultural Experiment Station Unit
D. W. Kretchman
H. I. Borders
Florida Experiment Station
Lake County
Savings Bonds Hit Peak In 61
George J. White Sr the Chairman of the Volunteer Savings Bonds Committee for Mount Dora announced a 15 year peacetime record in Series E and H bonds. In the first eleven months of 1961 purchases reached 74,574,526 dollars, about four million more than all of 1960. Lake County purchases totaled 782,820 dollars toward a yearly goal of 782,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. White, Sr
Volunteer Savings Bonds Committee
Mount Dora
Lake County
Prosperity as Tool Not Deity, Calvin Coolidge Quote
A concise quotation from Calvin Coolidge asserts prosperity should serve as a tool, not an idol to worship. It emphasizes practical use of wealth and economic strength rather than reverence for mere riches.
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Calvin Coolidge
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sorrento
Bill Paul P. O. Box
Victor Lent
J. M. Way Jr
Sanaa
John F. Kennedy
Federal Savings and Loan
Jim Hardester
Tommy Houser
Morton Hopson
Dixie Drive Inn
East Town
Leola
Minns
W. M
Secretary Royal
Nassau
Bahamas
R. D. Hitchcock
Best
Bob’s
Eustis
Mount Dora Rd
Norris
Bob Norris
George O. Pringle Eustis
Albert F. Hane, Mov
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Merry Christmas
al Rehbaum Sr
al Rehbaum III
Anne K. Mills
Oscar Grantham
Charles H. Heck
E. M. Greene
al Rehbaum Jr
Erich Rehborn
Carol Graves
Ruth Williams
Eugene Grantham
Ben Gilyard
Rehbaums Hardware
Mount Dora, Florida
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