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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1955
Page
3
Mary Baker Eddy states that gaining self-knowledge and self-control leads to salvation within one’s consciousness through Christ Truth. The quote emphasizes inner spiritual attainment as the path to heaven and personal transformation.
An unidentified boy with a new toy reportedly struck a Crestview residence with a BB gun, cracking a kitchen window. Police say the damage came from a child experimenting with a Christmas gift. In a second East Town incident, fruit thieves carried off many oranges from a small grove, with dragged dirt suggesting a child as culprit.
Florida's tourism sector is described as the state’s biggest industry by Hotel Commissioner Richard Edgerton. He cites 5.2 million visitors yearly and a $1 billion annual spend, with 50 000 licensed lodgings and 1.33 million beds. He notes inspection regimes, funding, and the Florida Development Commission’s ad campaign targeting Latin America while addressing Miami hotel labor tensions.
Sher if Willis McCall spoke at a Rotary club luncheon in Umatilla detailing the Crippled Children's Home finances and operations. He noted the home now cares for about 70 convalescent children, seeks a resident physician, and receives education from three Lake county teachers.
In Mount Dora during Christmas weekend traffic, no serious injuries were reported. Two drivers paid fines totaling 275 dollars for drunken and reckless driving with alcohol involved, and two others faced 100 dollar penalties plus license suspensions for a year. Frank Edenfield testified in a reckless driving case involving John Croft of Fruitland Park, who paid his fine and pledged to report wrongdoing. Mayor Lou L. Heaton noted Florida’s high annual toll of nearly 500 deaths and 23,000 injuries from reckless driving.
The Lake County Chamber of Commerce issues a warning about two neatly dressed women traveling in a green Oldsmobile selling hand woven rugs house to house. They are described as members of a notorious family known to hoodwink the public. They were last seen in Ocala and Marion County alerted Lake county.
The administrator notes daily care costs between 18 and 24 dollars, with parents allowed direct participation in home operations. A recently renovated building, costing 100000 dollars, now houses about 125 children with conditions from convalescence for club foot surgery to polio. Isolation rooms exist for contagious cases, and wards separate boys from girls. He declined comment on Ford Foundation funding.
Dr. Robert R. Reed announces that the Community church council will meet Monday at 7 15 in the church parlors. Church leadership will discuss parish matters and upcoming programs.
The article profiles painter Verna Hulls, known for dreamy color impressions and rapid nocturnal work from 11 pm to 5 am in New York and Connecticut studios. It notes her early bullfighter piece and a Christ interpretation, along with high prices and features in Life magazine and Saks Fifth Ave windows.
Eva P. Thompson died at a Clermont rest home after 35 years in Mount Dora. She was aunt to G. B. Hurlburt, Mrs. William Prinz, and Mrs. Pauline Cozart. A member of First Church of Christ Scientist, Eustis. Funeral at Forest Park Cemetery today at 2 p.m. with Mrs. W D Patton reading. Howard E Kurfiss Funeral Home, Clermont, in charge.
Obituary notes the death of Mrs. R. D. Welles at Oak Harbor Ohio on December 15 a winter visitor to Mount Dora with her husband Dr. Welles. Mrs. J. L. Mills of Rhodes Avenue was among friends she made in Mount Dora.
In a simple kitchen space beneath a father’s gaze Verna assembles an un equaled collection of tools. A glass holds knives as she crafts fortune making pieces without an easel. Her drive comes from drama and inspiration rather than study, believing love itself can be pictured.
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