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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1949
Page
5
Residents list a parade of visitors arriving for the winter season. Families from Orlando, Miami, Cleveland, Akron and beyond visit Mount Dora for holidays and shuffleboard at the Lakeside Inn while plans for future homes and seasonal stays unfold.
Mount Dora will soon host Edmund A. Chester director of news sports and special events for CBS Television Network as a permanent resident with wife and daughter Patricia. They will live on the Orange Blossom Trail south of Mount Dora. The homesite was bought through A Lee French of Doran and has seen six thousand dollars in improvements in two months. Mrs Chester is Chilean by birth and her brother Mr Rogers heads Chile's Soil Conservation Department.
Jimmy Nichols, famed one armed golfer, to perform at Mount Dora Golf Course tomorrow at 2 p.m. He was amputated after a 1929 auto crash and turned to golf as a convalescent therapy. He joins Ray Raynor Stan Kuznik and Webb Loy in an exhibition free to the public.
Dr. Robert R. Reed continues his Parables of the Kingdom series at Community Congregational Church with The Stability of the Kingdom. Mrs. Esther Wyatt Bishop to sing Deep Peace of Mind. Bible study includes The Robe dramatization. Rev Robert M. Blackburn opens First Methodist with A Faith that Lives and Evening Give Yourself a Chance. Tangerine Community Church hears How Valuable Are Our Ideals. Morning worship at 11 am.
A watch night party at the Shuffleboard club clubhouse rang in the new year with cheery voices. Mrs. Dan Sullivan chaired the event with helpers including Mrs. Bukey Boggs Purdy Judd and Blanch. Prizes were awarded at each table and a golf offer at Mount Dora Golf Course was noted.
Mount Dora's Business and Professional Women's club will be introduced at the state federation district meeting in Daytona Beach on Sunday January 16. President Miss Mary Lindman announced plans for a dinner meeting January 20 at the Sylvan Shores hotel, with meetings to be on the first Tuesday and third Thursday each month at Wingler Insurance Co. offices.
The Mount Dora Woman's Club holds its annual card party Friday January 14 at the Community building. The event opens at 2 pm with refreshments served at the close. Mrs Samuel T Bolton is general chairman of the ways and means committee.
Antique pewter tables and a hobby show at the Community building spotlight Mrs. John Chesley as host for the Mount Dora Womans club tea. Exhibits include buttons stamps antique utensils and spoons with numerous members and children presenting doll and plastic animal entries. Mid year luncheon plans set for January 19 at 1 pm with Richard Edgerton hosting and reservations led by Mrs. Swift Prinz and Moody.
The D A R Ocklawaha chapter holds an all day meeting at Mrs. John N. Mowery’s home on Fahnstock Avenue Eustis. The event includes a sewing session a covered dish luncheon at noon and an afternoon business meeting.
A church listings page details service times and leaders for Baptist, Congregational, Methodist, Church of Christ, Tangerine Community Church and Eustis St Thomas Episcopal. It lists pastors James H. Sutley Robert R Reed Robert M Blackburn Aubrey Mercer and Rev A L Burgreen plus service times for each church on Sundays Wednesdays and holy days.
A reception will welcome Rev and Mrs Robert M Black to their new city next Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Methodist parish house. The First Methodist ladies organized the program directed by Ernie A Walker with Mrs Al Rehbaum Jr and Mrs Edward J Saunders performing. Refreshments will be served.
Reverend Mr Blackburne begins duty in Mount Dora replacing Reverend George Gibson who becomes chaplain at Florida Southern College in Lakeland. Gibson previously served as assistant pastor at the First Methodist Church in Orlando. The community hosts a reception inviting all residents to attend.
Mrs. Lloyd Atkins returns home from a five week stay in Eustis Waterman Memorial hospital where she was treated for virus pneumonia. She is convalescing at the Atkins residence at 708 Grandview Street.
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