Dora Mount Dora hosts first Community Sing at Christmas shrine
More than 200 people gathered at Mount Dora to sing familiar carols before a life size Nativity scene titled Adoration of the Magi. The event, led by Mrs. Robert Wason with volunteers, featured children and adults joining in Silent Night as the painting-based display, carved by Mount Dora High School students, drew inspiration from Botticelli.
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Mount Dora
Bethlehem
Lake Dora
Florida
Robert Wason
Esther Wyatt Bishop
Carl Graves
Mary White
Piero di Medici
di Medici
Botticelli
Miss Davenport
Library of Congress
United States
America
Ivar Nielsen Dies in Suspected Suicide at Lakeside Lodge
Ivar Nielsen, 49, partner in Nielsen Busch famed for Swedish dishes at Lakeside Lodge New Hampshire and Grand View hotel, was found strangled in his apartment utility room after his illness worsened. Investigators await coroner verdict with wife present. burial planned at Woodlawn Cemetery New York.
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Ivar Nielsen
Nielsen-Busch
Urban Busch
Lakeside Lodge
New Hampshire
Grand View Hotel
Nielsen
Busch
New York
Woodlawn Cemetery
Dora Youngsters Enact Christmas Pageant in Mount Dora Area
Nineteen youngsters from Mount Dora and nearby areas will present the Christmas Story at St. Thomas Episcopal Church parish house in Eustis at 7 p.m. tonight. The annual pageant is titled Bel en. Cast includes Bess Mary Lou David Bardwell and Gary.
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Mount Dora
St. Thomas Episcopal
Eustis
Belen
Bess
Mary Lou Davidie Bardwell
Gary
Gulfport Editor Wins Fifty Dollar Prize at Mount Dora
Sadie Weidra editor of the Gulfport Tribune won the $50 prize for best editor writing at the Florida Press association convention held in Mount Dora November 26 to 28. Bartow editor Loyal Frisbie took second with $25. Judges highlighted Mount Dora hospitality and beauty in entries featuring the city.
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Sadie, Weidra
Gulfport Tribune
Mount Dora
Gulfport
St. Petersburg
Florida Press Association
Loyal Frisbie
Polk County Democrat
Bartow
Weidra
George J. White
First National Bank
J. E. Fortner
Citrus Culture Corpora
LaDue-Lashar Realty Co
Russell Kay
Lake Dora
Dora
Frisbie
Orlando
Florida
Mount Dora Regatta Set for February 6
Feb 6 is the definite date for the annual Mount Dora regatta sponsored by the American Power Boat Association the Chamber of Commerce and the Yacht Club Tickets will be on sale soon for the winter highlight that drew thousands last year to watch the water sport on Lake Dora.
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Mount Dora
American Power Boat Association
Chamber of Commerce
The
Yacht Club
Lake Dora
Topic Takes Off For Yale Vacation
Merry Christmas and happy holidays from the Mount Dora Topic staff as the Topic and Mount Dora Publishing Co. offices close Friday and Saturday for the holiday.
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Topic
Yale
Mount Dora Topic
The
Mount Dora Publishing Co
Messiah Receives Praised Local Critic In Mount Dora
The Mount Dora presentation of Handel’s Messiah drew an enthusiastic audience from local towns, with the chorus and soloists praised for surpassing prior renditions. Ruth Woodman Stanley led soprano solos, Rollins Conservatory artists filled the other voices, and Station WEUS broadcast the program.
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First Methodist
Ernie A. Walker
Dorans
George Gibson
Ruth Woodman Stanley
Mary Louis Rothermel
Ernie Walker
Michael Malis
Mount Dora
First Methodist Church
Winter Park
WEUS
Robert E. Turner
Glenn Woodworth
Rollins Conservatory
Mount Dora man popularizes orange pecan honey health lunch
Fred M. Wescott of Mount Dora advocates a daily Yoga lunch built from fresh Florida orange segments pecans and honey claiming it sustains him for 30 years with two meals a day and no doctor visits. He aims to popularize the bowl across Florida and ties its origins to his railroad career and travels.
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Florida
Mount Dora
Orlando Sentinel
Fuller Warren
Fred M. Wescott
Roades Jr
Mr. Wescott
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
Norwalk
Ohio
Panama
Toledo
Wescott
States
New York City
Rochester
Railroad man Fred Wescott’s bakery tale and quiet Florida life
The article recounts Fred M. Wescott who built a bakery baking 200 loaves daily before selling the business. He moved to Florida with his wife, a former college instructor, and now enjoys reading and writing. He contributed to Railway Age, had a runaway train story published in Short Story magazine, and learned it was rejected by a railroad magazine for lacking drama before earning a check from Short Stories.
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Boston
Wescott
Florida
Mid-Western College
Railway Age
Railroad
Yule Giving And Business Pulse In Mount Dora 1948
Gloomy Gus aside, Mount Dora boosts Yuletide giving with a new 1948 record. Christmas seal drive totals rise above 1947 in early weeks as residents spend in town, buying durable goods and gifts for Dec 25.
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Gus
Mount Dora
Christmas worships across Lake county churches
Lake county churches plan a series of Christmas season services starting Friday night. Mount Dora hosts a 7 p.m. children and adult program at First Methodist ending with a candle light Nativity festival at 11 p.m. Dr. William E. Bancroft will preach on Sunday. Community and Tangerine churches feature Christmas themes with choirs and Bible class discussions. St Thomas Episcopal and Baptist churches hold midnight and Sunday services with guest speakers and song performances.
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Lake County
Mount Dora
First Methodist Church
Doris Norton Morse
George Gibson
Santa Claus
IceHouse Players
Methodist Youth Fellowship
William E. Bancroft
India
Robert R Reed
Esther Wyatt Bishop
Cobb
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Eustis
James H. Sutley
The
Baptist Church
Paul Mosteller
Andrew Mosteller
Kentucky
State Teachers College
Murray
Be In Dora Sure Thing Santa Reads Mount Dora Plan
Santa Claus leaves the North Pole to visit Mount Dora on Friday at 4 30 PM. The Merchants association organizes a city party for all youngsters with a fire engine greeting and toy bags. Santa asks children under eight to attend to see him and dispel doubts.
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Mount Dora
Donnelly Park
Santa Claus
North Pole
Merchants Association
Mount
Santa
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Maracaibo
Hoger Grave
Sega See
Iowa
Iowa City
Claude Fralick Wescott
Fletcher Crane
Crane Furniture Co
al Rehbaum, Sr
Rehbaum Hardware
Fred W. Sage
Roy Christopher
H. H. Asqueth
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