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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1950
Page
8
A long letter discusses young life balancing duty and pleasure, comparing writing letters home to drawing as stages in growth. It reflects on work as melody, the vanished frontier, and the shift from individual toil to leisure as main life focus. The tone urges Punky to see duty and pleasure as team-mates in living.
The speaker envisions a grand melody guiding humanity toward unity and harmony. War is seen as a discordant prelude that tests conviction, while the real work of lifting prejudice and uniting the world will create a beautiful, forward looking society.
Councilman Ernest Mosteller warns Mount Dora's municipal water plant on section line road is near capacity as monthly pumping nears 28.4 million gallons and the pump runs at about 1,000 gallons per minute despite an aging facility. He notes the water table remains strong, rivaling conditions from 20 years ago despite the drought.
Major Lem Downs and Major Leon Cheek of Mount Dora join a U S training field in Japan as the 24th Division heads for Korea. Their families anxiously await word while Martha Fenn and others in Seattle and Mount Dora face uncertain safe passage amid the Far Eastern crisis.
Mount Dora Business and Professional Women's club wins city commitment to brighten Grandview Street from Fifth Avenue to the underpass near Gilbert Park Youth Center. Parents cited dangerous darkness due to tall light fixtures obscured by tree limbs, prompting city action.
Aline Paul and Carol Spang won the Lake County tennis tournament for the second time with Mount Dora teams in the finals. Mary Anna Kelly and Martha Simpson were runners up in the girls division after losing 6 4. In mixed doubles Mount Dora players fell to Tavares duo Fred Curry and Kay Brown who beat Douglas Briggs and David Kemp after an opening win over Ann Wettstein and Nola Milan of Leesburg.
A local official proposes a new rate plan to cut electric bills by modifying garbage disposal charges. Residents can switch from 75 cents monthly to a yearly payment of 7 dollars, saving 2 dollars annually. Seasonal options exist for non year round residents, with nine month and 6 dollar rates. Sylvan Shores could save similarly. July bills remain unaffected.
In a round of the mixed play Curry teamed with Josephine Brown to defeat Sylvia Briggs and Elva Sears of Tavares. In the next round Curry with Kay Brown beat Bill Hauserman and Rachel Davis of Eustis, and in the third round edged Tony Shirhan and Joan Wood of Eustis.
Twenty five million pine seedlings were planted this year in Florida Forest Service nurseries for sale at cost to interested landowners during the winter planting season.
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