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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1960
Page
4
The Mount Dora Topic editorial page announces subscription options for national content, offering one year or six months with single copy availability. This notice outlines pricing and access terms for readers seeking standard editorial coverage.
George M Johnson serves as Editor and Publisher with Mrs Valerie K Johnson as Associate Publisher and James E Ryan as Production Manager in the newspaper leadership lineup.
The Topic editors reflect on Christmas as a season of peace and goodwill and urge sustaining the spirit beyond the holiday. They note the trend toward a 35 hour work week and call for applying the Christmas spirit to every week of the year.
American medical students enter a three continental program funded by a 180000 grant from Smith Kline and French. The Association of American Medical Colleges administers it to foster grassroots medicine, public health work, and international leadership among about 90 students over three years.
Mayor Guy C. Bliss presided over a notably light docket with just 10 cases. Total fines assessed reached 95 dollars as the week’s outcome.
Mount Dora patients at Waterman Memorial Hospital Eustis listed as Dr. Walter Hyde and Mrs. Glendora Town this week.
The city will observe two holiday Mondays for Christmas and New Year with many residents attending church services and family gatherings. Winter visitors arrive and students return home. Local schools close for the holidays as the Chamber notes many retail establishments will close Mondays while essential services run on emergency basis.
Paul P. Pfeil, 74, died at home Saturday. Formerly of Nutley, N J, he lived in Mount Dora since 1951 and belonged to St Mary of the Lakes Church and the Mount Dora Shuffleboard Club. Survived by wife Nan and brother William of Union City N J. Rosary at Rehbaum Funeral Home Monday evening. Requiem Mass at St Mary of the Lakes Tuesday. Interment Pine Forest Cemetery. Rehbaum Funeral Home in charge.
Close-up views of the American egret during nesting season enhance Audubon Wildlife tours in South Florida. The two day tours travel by station wagon and boat, offering extended wildlife viewing.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Bowie will mark their 60th wedding anniversary with an open house hosted by their son Robert N. Bowie at 522 East Seventh Ave. in Mount Dora. They wed in Townville, South Carolina, and have lived in Mount Dora about ten years. The Bowies attend Eustis Presbyterian Church and have four children, two sons in Mount Dora and two daughters in Eustis and Greenville, plus five grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Mrs. Marion Bowden, chair of the Hemispheric Friendship Committee, urged increased US engagement with Latin America after returning from a regional trip. She described extreme poverty in Calacas and noted growing communistic influence in Panama and Guatemala, with housing issues complicating reforms.
Local church directories list services at Baptist, Methodist, Church of Christ, Presbyterian, Episcopal, Disciples of Christ and Community Church with times for Bible school worship and programs. An analyst notes Latin American sentiment toward U S policy, language barriers, and the need for cultural respect to counter communism.
Eustis First Church of Christ Scientist located at Lemon and Grove offers Sunday services and Sunday School at 11 00 a m and a Wednesday evening service at 8 00 p m.
H Jack Ponce leads services at Lake Ola Baptist Chapel with Sunday School at 9 30 a m Morning Worship at 10 30 a m Training Union at 7 p m Evening Worship at 8 p m and Mid Week Prayer Service at 7 30 p m
Sunday School starts at 10:00 A.M. Worship Service follows at 11:00 A.M. Dr. G J Schillerstrom serves as minister.
Rev. Louis Johnston will lead Sunday service at 11:00 a.m. at Tangerine Community Church. Local residents are invited to attend and participate in the worship hour.
The Monday Social Club will skip meetings on December 26 and January 2. A note adds that the farmer's share of the consumer food dollar has fallen from about 50 cents to 39 cents, citing The Progressive Farmer.
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