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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1948
Page
8
A park crowd watches as two monkeys tug over a pair of glasses tossed toward monkey island by a boy. A park employee crosses the moat to recover the eyewear for a smiling woman, while police and onlookers cheer the playful scene and the crowd enjoys the light moment.
A column notes where teens bleach hair and get engaged, while travelers share winter nerves. Travelers George and wife Eaton arrive in Mount Dora after a ice filled trek from Connecticut, with slick roads from New York to Connecticut. A Florida resident, C. E. Norris of Akron visits Dora via California tires. Local theater memory praises 10 year old Glenn Woodworth at the Rialto in Orlando after Tom Thumb Follies, with a proud mother nearby.
A local church program opens with an enthusiastic reception for a Methodist chief as soloist at First Church during 11 o’clock worship tomorrow. Claude L. Murphree, noted American organist, will headline the Twilight Vespers concert at 7 p.m. with a varied organ program. Dr. W. A. Smart leads the annual pre mission Feb 1–8, preaching Feb 1 and 8 and conducting lectures on What Did Jesus Think.
The service at St John and the Free Methodist church last Sunday drew praise for a strong gospel rendering. Four visitors from Jacksonville, Rev Gainer, and the St John pastor had worked together at the ship yard. The Methodist annual conference opened in Gainesville and promises strong reports from churches including Orlando district.
Golf item lists Mount Dora Golf Club greens fee at 1.50 dollars.
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