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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1950
Page
4
A nationalist editorial argues the battle against communism must focus on ideas rather than military force. It urges promoting Christianity and moral force through print, broadcast, and public example to undermine communist belief and rally Americans to a home-front campaign.
The author argues the atom bomb would not resolve the Korea conflict or halt communism. He stresses restraint as the true American strength, claiming the bomb cannot kill an idea and would destroy the nation's moral standing rather than deter aggression. The piece urges calm resolve over brutal retaliation.
A reflection on time's power follows a deadly Florida highway crash. The piece compares life’s fleeting moments to a clock on an unscathed dashboard, as two young men die in a wreck on the Orange Blossom Trail and time becomes a silent, ruthless force.
A weekly memoir notes a string of warm sunny days and cooling evening breezes in Central Florida. The writer observes shifting sunrises and clear skies, sudden showers, and relief from heat as storms roll in from the south.
A bus loads 4-H girls led by Diane TeStrake and Patty Johnson from Mount Dora for a week at Camp McQuarrie in the National Forest. Under Lucie K. Miller supervision the Lake county group joins Hardee Martin and Volusia counties for 4-H encampment with William Jay Barker directing swimming lessons and water safety for 120 girls.
The event directed by Hugo Curry gathers youngsters at Orlando city courts for a tournament involving groups from age 5 to over 14. More than 100 participants are expected including locals. The open event invites observing parents. A historical note mentions tea use by the Chinese over 500 years before Christ.
Alfred E. Lang a winter visitor at Lakeside Inn died last week at his Rye New Hampshire summer home. Retired architect Lang was Exeter Academy 1899 graduate noted for landscape and marine paintings and a Lawn Bowling Club member. He leaves his widow a son Alfred M. Lang of Mendham New Jersey and a brother.
A reader thanks the Mount Dora newspaper for timely, readable letters to the editor. The note praises the paper and its reflections on Mount Dora and Lake County, signed by J. C. Rogers, vice president of First National Bank, Leesburg.
The passage notes an early rising habit as summer nears and describes a clear sky unveiling a baby moon. A gentle breeze, a desire for outdoor leisure, and Florida’s appeal for summer are highlighted amid a recent hard rain that washed Donnelly Street.
Real estate agent discovers an old Chicago friendship while a buyer defeats another by securing Lake Beauclaire property for Dr. R. W. Dickson. Van N Marker, president of Revere Electric Co., Chicago, plans to start Florida construction August 1 after courting the Mount Dora site. The Markers, former Chicago residents, will soon visit to finalize their plans.
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