Orphans Remembered At Mount Dora Christmas Day
Eight orphans from a broken home, ages two to fourteen, received Christmas gifts and care at Mount Dora Christian Home and School. Sailors from Sanford Naval Auxiliary Air Station delivered toys including bicycles, wagons, dolls, games, and a television, while the home staff organized a festive turkey dinner and warm moments with Mary the oldest girl helping.
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Mount Dora
Christian Home
Sanford
Naval Auxiliary Air Station
King
Lake County Medical Auxiliary
Santa Claus
Pine-Grove
Relard
Florida
Prentice
Tommy
McCullough
Ala
Churches of Christ
Mary
Chubby
Patsy
Clemetta Smotherman
Prentices
Ina Prentice
Bible School
Christian Home and Bible School of
Alabama
Dorans
Lake County Medical Society Auxiliary
Sanford Naval Air Station
Shirley
Polly
Buddy
Douglas
Billy
Contender Ellis Winton Leads Chamber Tourney Run
Ellis Winton remains a threat in the Chamber of Commerce event after a strong showing last week. A fisherman from Sylvan Shores caught an 11-pound bass on Lake Ised Fa Ditchee, edging out competitor B. J. Owe for second place with a heavy catch. Weekly prizes awarded.
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Ellis Winton
Chamber of Commerce
Ised
B. J. Owe
Sylvan Shores
Auto Tag Sale To Start Monday
The 1954 auto license tags go on sale at the Lake county courthouse in the tax collector's office Monday morning. No date yet set for visits to Lake county cities and towns. Later, tags may be obtained on a designated day at the Chamber of Commerce. Deadline for using 1953 tags is Feb. 20.
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Lake County
Chamber of Commerce
Dora Young People In Feast of Lights
Six Mount Dora youths will play principal roles in the Feast of Lights service at 7 30 p m Sunday at St Thomas Episcopal church Eustis The Young People Service League conducts the service commemorating Epiphany which the church will celebrate next Wednesday Jan 6 Participants include acolytes readers and a taper bearer with Bus ter and David Brown Bess and Mary Lou Davidson Jo Brown Cathie Land named among roles
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Mount Dora
Bess
Mary Lou Davidson
Jo Brown
Cathie Land
Taper
Kiwanis to Install Officers Today
D. D. Prof Roseborough Mount Dora supervised principal will accept the gavel as the new president. Robert Quixley Ronald Aldrich Sleight W. D. Patton and five directors will be installed with Broward Miller as installing officer.
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D. D
Roseborough
Mount Dora
Kiwanis Club
Harry Hopcraft
Civic
Robert Quixley
Pressay
Ronald Aldrich
Frederick ‘Sleight
W. D. Patton
Roy Ce W. WE
Barnett
George J.’ "White
John Groves
Ed Mitchell
William Wingler
Broward Miller
Bushnell
Florida
Kiwanis, International
Rev David Coffield and Nurse Helen Lippincott Heal Through Shared Sorrow
The second in a series profiles Rev David Coffield of the Baptist church, who faced heartache after a plane crash killed Eunice Coffield. Nurse Helen Lippincott, widow of a Bunker Hill sailor, supports him as they discover common faith and mutual purpose in raising his three children. Esther Ross, a wife and cattle rancher from near the Canadian border, also emerges in the narrative.
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David
The
Baptist Church
David Coffield
Mobile
Ala
Eunice
Helen Esther Lippincott
Bunker Hill
Pacific
Johnnie
Esther
Leredo
Mont
Esther Ross
E. E. Rogs
Esther Coffield a Church Singer Turned Missionary Aspirant
Esther Coffield grew up singing in the church choir with her family in sub-zero weather walks to school. She moved to Wichita Kansas at twelve and attended a music oriented high school. Though her voice showed promise she pursued missionary work rather than a professional singing career.
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Chuck
Esther
Witchita
Kan
Leredo Church
Prayerful Welcome To Great Year At First Baptist
First Baptist members plan a Watch Night prayer service to usher in 1954 in the church, open to the public starting at 9 p.m. and lasting until 1 minute past midnight with singing readings quizzes refreshments and devotions concluding with prayer. The nearby Methodist church also hosts a New Year’s Eve Communion service at 7:30 p.m. open to all.
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First Baptist Church
Methodist Church
Mount Dora Grows From Town To City In A Decade
A decade of change sees Mount Dora evolve from war wary town in 1943 to an incorporated city in 1953 with a new charter. Building permits and valuations surge, electric meters rise, bank deposits and telephone use jump, and population nearly doubles to about 4,000 residents. Sylvan Shores expands, the post office becomes first class, and winter population exceeds 6,000.
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Sylvan Shores
Mount Dora
Florida
Henry A. Stein
Sylvan Shores Realty Co
Harry Hopcraft
W. T. McDaniel
Lake County
Florida Telephone Corp
Franklin’ Park
Mrs Dressler Taken After Sudden Illness
Bertha Dressler aged 69, widow of O O Dressler who died two months earlier, passed away after a rapid illness with heart attack. Survived by daughters Enos Hawkins Mount Dora and Betty Nelson New York City, granddaughter Judy Nelson, two other grandchildren, four great grandchildren. Lived in Akron 55 years before moving to Mount Dora three years ago. Services at 10 a m at Rehbaum Funeral Home with Ralph Turner reading. Interment Pine Forest cemetery. Flowers omitted.
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Bertha Dressler
O. O. Dressler
Rehbaum
Ralph Turner
Pine Forest Cemetery
Community Forum Opens Next Tuesday
The annual Community Forum jointly sponsored by the Community and Methodist churches opens next Tuesday at 7:30 PM at the Community church with Dr. E. E. Lewis of Ohio State University as speaker on Social and Educational Problems in a Trust Territory. Five other speakers will follow, with a free-will offering to defray expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Lewis
Lewis
Ohio State University
Mount Dora
Russell V. Carr
Yoder Memorial
Honey in-the-Hills
Florida
Judas Iscariot
Karl Lehmann
Lake County
Frederick Sleight of Mount
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Winton
Dora
Feast of
Kiwanis
Mabel Norris Reese
Ang
David, Esther Coffield
Guy
Europe
Pacific Islands
Mrs. Dressler
Community Forum
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