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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1950
Page
5
Mount Dora enjoys a busy social season as new homes open on hillsides with lake views while residents host visitors from Charlotte Chicago and New York. Families plan travels to Venezuela and the South American coast as summer leisure and hospitality fill the town.
Listings for Baptist, Methodist, Church of Christ and Christian Science services include pastors, Sunday School times, morning worship, evening services and midweek rehearsals. Eustis First Church of Christ Scientist holds Sunday service and Sunday School at 11 a.m. with a Wednesday service at 8 p.m.
Northern readers witness a vibrant last display of blooms at the Ford residence on Donnelly Street. A pine tree covered with 130 blossoms creates a fragrant backdrop while Mrs. Ford appears beside the blossoms, marking the waning season.
A column lists multiple summer visits and plans from Mount Dora area families. Pauses for relatives in Ohio and Atlanta ease worries about the Korean crisis. Other items include Camp assignments, vacations, and trips to Washington, Chicago, Culver Woodcraft camp, Bargles Nest, and Southington Connecticut among Florida gatherings with relatives in Wooster Ohio and Watkinsville Georgia.
Ill health clouded Mrs. W. L. Story’s 25th wedding anniversary until a long delayed call from Corp. Story Jr. in Germany arrived. The son, stationed in Garmisch, spoke of Germany’s alert nation and shared a five month puppy owned by his company, while his parents heard the warm wishes across the distance.
First Federal Savings and Loan at Lake County Leesburg announces its 33rd semi annual dividend totaling 46 357 81 for stockholders. Executive VP Fred E Briles notes June 30 statement shows assets up 623 362 59 to 4 238 583 - a new 16 year high. Reserves rise 18 898 50 to 202 629 97 with 180 loans closed totalling 632 392 60 including 68 new homes financed bringing total new homes to 770. Membership grows from 41 to 2615 as of June 30.
The Moore family will open a Western Auto Associate store in the Citrus Culture building on Fifth Ave with a community party. F C Moore Mrs Moore and their son Jim will run the store and greet residents who arrive for the opening. Moore chose Mount Dora after surveying Florida and the Southeast.
The Methodist church official board will convene at 7 30 p m next Monday in the parish house as announced by Rev Robert M Blackburn. The note ends with a Browning quote about inner struggle and worth.
Rev Robert M Blackburn speaks on Blessed Are the Peacemakers at the Methodist church Sunday morning. The church continues an informal Bible study series Sunday evening led by the pastor with informal singing. First Baptist Pastor James H Sutley delivers Spiritual Termites in the morning and Building a in the evening with congregational singing in the latter service.
Walter Jerry Bass, son of Mr and Mrs E R Bass of Mount Dora, arrived on the first day of July at Waterman Memorial Hospital Eus tis.
The Choctaw word okeh meaning it is so and in no other way may be the source of the abbreviation OK. The quote from William Penn contrasts frugal living with inherited wisdom and care.
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