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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1949
Page
5
Local families and visitors fill Mount Dora with festive gatherings as L D Fain Jr and family relocate to Davenport for Minute Maid, while friends from Watertown to Pittsburgh join Yuletide dinners, greetings, and new year plans in the citrus town.
The Conelly home of Normandy Jr. was named best dressed for the holidays by the Azalea Circle of Lakes and Hills Garden Club. They won first prize in the Yule lighting contest judged Friday night with eighteen entries, registrations via the Chamber of Commerce, and judging by a three person circle committee. Second place went to Mr. and Mrs. C A Lee and third to Mr. and Mrs. W M Buckman.
The Wesley Fellowship Class of the First Methodist Church will host a covered dish supper and a business meeting on Thursday January 5 at 7 p.m. at the Parish house.
Churches in Mount Dora observe New Year with Holy Communion. Rev. Robert M. Blackburn at First Methodist preaches The Treasure of Memory and A Land of Hills and Valleys. Dr. Robert R. Reed speaks at Community church on In the Strength of the Lord. Esther Wyatt Bishop sings Build Ye More Stately Mansions. Other sermons include Christ's Atonement and Way Down in Egypt's Land. Dr. L. H. Johnston guest at Tangerine Community Church for New Year message.
The list outlines weekly worship times for several churches including Baptist at Sixth and Tremain with morning andEvangel hours, Methodist at Fifth Ave with Sunday School and evening services, Church of Christ on Fifth Ave with morning service and Bible study, and Tangerine Community Church offering Sunday worship at 11 am. Registration of training and choir activities is noted for midweek evenings.
Dr James H Russell of Rollins College will speak at the Mount Dora Woman's Club meeting next Wednesday at 2 30 p m in the Community building. Mrs H F Merchant chairs the welfare committee guiding the program. The talk follows a previous Rollins professor's Christmas coffee address with a musical program by Mae Buckman Dan Bishop O H Conway and Robert R Reed. Duets by Patricia Johnson and Ann Bowers with piano accompaniment by Paul Johnson.
The Cub Scouts recalled a Christmas party held last week at the Methodist parish house on Friday January 6 at 7 30 pm. A decorated tree with gifts marked the session where merit and service badges were awarded to several boys. December birthday honorees were Al Rehbaum III John Haddock 9 and Orin Sadler III 8. Al earned the bear badge and two certificates plus a two year service certificate. Michael Ray also received a certificate. Cub Master Bud Merker led the induction ceremony welcoming new members.
Scouts Orin Larry Stewart Lewis Carroll and Ronny Parker presented awards to Billy Moon for wolf badge and a gold and silver arrow David Cox for three silver arrows and a gold arrow on bear rank and Charles Reid for bear badge Den mothers served refreshments.
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