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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1961
Page
2
At Daytona Beach the Peabody rollers were toppled four games to one losing top spot to Orlando, DeLand and Mount Dora rivals. The Muellers edged the day with 69 points after a late rally, while the afternoon featured a 140-member banquet with music and awards as the Orlando invitational looms.
Dr. Arthur H. Compton Nobel physicist will speak Tuesday February 14 at the University of Florida Gainesville during Religion in Life week. He notes no conflict between religion and science and has long been active in human welfare and religion.
Mount Dora bowlers led by Gerald Shadinger Arthur Jewell and Robert Van Stone won two of three for five of six in the standings. Mount Dora Day is set for February 10 with Major Marsh and Col. Burr Irwin as marshals. Cora Truax of Orlando tops the Berry Bowls race. Next week’s schedule features Daytona league teams, Mount Dora at DeLand, and Mount Dora four games totaling 83 points to Orlando’s 53. Totals show Mount Dora with 12 games and 326 points against 305 for opponents.
E. H. Finlayson, president of the Florida Farm Bureau, says farming is the nation’s largest single industry. He notes farmers purchase six and a half million tons of steel annually.
The Florida Citrus Commission of Lakeland sponsors an All-Florida Orange Dessert contest opening January 9 and running through February 18. Allan M. Barcley of Orlando is the first male entrant with a Manhattan pudding recipe. Entry is open to Florida residents aged 17 and older.
The club mourns Clare Sutliff and Guy White as their spouses pass away in Miami and Warsaw Indiana. A large turnout filled the Red and Black games with condolences cards. Joe Bogue sends best wishes from New Orleans. Mrs. Lee Chailie returns from Bedford Kentucky. Ted Beckhold leads a full house and the day features high Black and Red playoff battles with tight scores and jubilant winners.
Florida voters will see a new safe driver insurance plan starting March 1 aimed at 350000 motorists with clean records. The plan raises bodily injury rates nationwide by 10.5 percent while cutting property damage premiums by 3.5 percent, with overall changes varying by territory. Drivers with three years of clean records enjoy 15 percent lower collision premiums and significant liability reductions based on loss history.
Membership in the Lake County Chamber of Commerce for 1961 has passed the 3400 mark with new additions daily. This is the largest number of memberships the chamber has had at this time of year in its 45 years of activity.
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