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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1953
Page
2
The club has most yearbook material ready and a membership proof sheet posted for review. Changes must be reported to Bud Rowland or Tom Potts before February 28 when the printer closes corrections.
Groucho Marx questions a tennis star on his program about training for future tournaments. She feigns a lack of speed while he quips that improved form would demand all the speed she can muster.
Bill Lasater captured the weekly prize with a 9 lb 1 oz black bass exhibited on Donnelly Street. He earned two plugs or a line in the Chamber of Commerce Bass tournament. President Syngman Rhee commented on an Asians against Asians policy urging united action to stop a forest fire.
Relatives of Mrs. Sadie M. Cum ming Conelly of Mount Dora attended funeral services in Cleveland Ohio held for her. Survivors include her husband Brig Gen Ludwig S. Conelly and two sons Chester and Raymond with seven grandchildren. Burial followed Christian Science services at Crown Hill cemetery.
Pete Trenham, 16, six feet tall and 145 pounds, captures his second Mount Dora City Golf Championship with a 3 and 2 victory over Joe Corbett. Trenham’s putting powered the win, using 24 putts on the first 18 and 26 on the final round to finish 22 under par. Corbett led 1 up after round one with a 72, while Trenham shot 76 with three penalties. The final 18 saw Trenham post a 72 to Corbett’s 79, with Trenham incurring a penalty on the seventh hole of the first round.
Mount Dora high school basketball beat Eustis to avenge a football season loss and advance in the district tournament at Umatilla March 5 to 7. Frank Hall scored 26 points in a tournament that saw Oviedo win the finals 47-45 over Mount Dora.
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