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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1956
Page
4
A pithy proverb notes that those who accuse the wicked are cursed by many, while those who rebuke them win delight and a favorable blessing from the people. The passage contrasts judgment, correction, and communal response.
Mount Dora and Sylvan Shores residents reject a four laning proposal for Highway 441. Critics warn the route would cordon off growth around the lake and bypass central districts, hindering development and business access while offering few connections.
Mount Dora hosts a Saturday evening lecture recital by Helen Jepson once with the Metropolitan Opera. The program blends backstage stories with voice development tips and supports the Ice-House theatre. Tickets are sold through the Chamber of Commerce at general admission prices.
Eastern Star members installed new officers at the Masonic Temple last Saturday night led by Past Matron Betty Ann Blunt and Mrs Helen Theus of Leesburg. The gavel for Matron Meeda Estey was crafted by her son Ward Jr using walnut from West Virginia.
Mr Dial explained limited access highways prohibit business development and limit interchanges, using a fence analogy. City guesses focus interchanges on Donnelly Street and Morningside Drive in Sylvan Shores. Mr Richey said rights of way would be county duties, not city, and that the current highway would be maintained with possible labeling as 441A or a scenic/business route.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Druar and family visited Detroit relatives then toured W Palm Beach Naples and Sarasota. The trip included a Beach Comber luncheon in Clearwater. The Phillipses, from Lucerne and Southland, returned from Flint and Bay City visits and moved to Sylvan Shores last spring. Charlotte Cookson arrives Jan 11 for two weeks with the Cooksons. The Couch family from Malinta Ohio visited Morningside. Dr. Morse and family spent holidays in Miami with a New Year Eve party at Opalocka. The Oklahoma Maryland game was highlighted in the Orange Bowl.
Local church listings for Mount Dora and nearby areas detail service times across several denominations. Notable entries include Mount Dora Baptist Church under Rev. David Coffield with Bible School at 9:45 a.m. and Evening Service at 8:00 p.m., Methodist Church led by Rev. H Mauriece Felton with services at 8:30 and 11:00 a.m., and other congregations: Community Church, Church of Christ, Presbyterian, and Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Saints with respective worship and meeting times.
Walter TeStrake, supervisor at Zellwood farms in Mount Dora, surveys celery fields damaged by frost. He reports a large field transplanted last week was flooded to start roots and found frozen ground Monday morning. He fears significant cold damage but cannot yet quantify it.
The First Church of Christ Scientist lists Sunday services at 11 a.m. and a Sunday School at 11 a.m. The Faith Lutheran Church MO Synod announces a weekday service at 8:30 a.m. and Sunday School at 9:45 a.m with Rev. Phillip Schlessmann.
A notice for Tangerine Community announces a worship service at 11:00 in the morning led by Rev. Johnston.
Tangerine notes list visits by Rev Ovenshire from Canisteo and guests from Brooksville Pittsburg and Brooklyn with Orlando surgery updates. Tangerine Improvement Society announces officers committees and a January 18 program by Dr E E Lewis of Mount Dora, plus a welcome back for local residents.
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