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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1954
Page
6
Postmaster Harry Hepcraft says Christmas cards with lollipops or bells caused jams as mail volume neared 200000 pieces. Candy tidbits and tiny bells interfere with stamping machines, sending parts of cards flying. some youngsters receive cards missing the intended festive note.
The article advises preparing ground two to three weeks before planting, digging in dried manures and peat. Order bulbs for October or early November delivery, refrigerate four weeks at 35 to 40 degrees, or store in egg boxes for 6 to 8 weeks, then plant in December. Suggested varieties include Clara Butt and William Pitt among others.
Mr and Mrs George Rainey of Mr Plymouth entertain Mr and Mrs Leslie Rainey formerly of Bermuda They plan to go to Jerusalem to work among Arabs and Jews. Mr and Mrs George Orr of Coldwater Ontario USA winter at Mt Plymouth. Home Demonstration club holds all day craft meeting and luncheon at Mrs Rainey home. Glenn Hayslip added to sick list. Mrs Catherine Lange of Stratford Conn visits Mr and Mrs John W Smith.
No greater hope exists than right thinking and right acting grounded in faith. The excerpt extols fidelity courage patience and grace as guiding virtues for believers.
Ruth Moore's searching anthology on the evolution of man joins Mount Dora Public Library shelves per librarian Mary Burr. Other notable non fiction titles include The Oliviers by Felix Barker and Journey by Junk by Willard Price among a longer list of works by various authors. A proverb notes when people believed the world flat it rested on four elephants on a turtle.
Mrs Mildred A C Hull 86 planned to return to Mount Dora for winter visit but died after a stroke in Bedford Hills New York She died at a hospital with funeral services by Kisco chapter Order of Eastern Star on January 7 She was widow of Walter C Hull and had wintered in Mount Dora for about 20 years leaving a daughter Mrs Cecil Parkinson in Bedford Hills as her northern home
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