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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1954
Page
5
Local realty firm reports many new arrivals and visits in Mount Dora area. Families purchase lots and homes on Sylvan Shores and surrounding streets while seasonal residents arrive from New York Ohio and Mississippi. Clerical, health and military figures also noted in town life.
Mount Dora area residents confined to Waterman Memorial Hospital in Eustis this week include Perry Summerall Mrs Kate Parker Mrs Jennie Shipley and James Hughes.
About two dozen Mount Dora youngsters join an Arts League program as part of city school recreation. Mrs Kendall Jones and Miss Edith Fairfax Davenport lead sketching classes with Mrs Mary Frazier of Orlando demonstrating historic spinning methods.
The First Methodist Tech sponsors weekly drive-in vesper services at Gilbert Park Lake Dora cove starting this Sunday at 6 45 p m Attendees remain in cars as Rev H Mauriece Felton delivers music and a sermon Our Father is Faithful The Sunday morning service observes the Lord s Supper with the Cross as the meditation Also noted are sermons and vacation plans across local churches with pastors including Rev David Coffield and Dr Merle H Anderson at Presbyterian and St Thomas Episcopal services read by Edward C Mitchell and Edward C Sherwood
The Wesleyan Service Guild plans an Aug 18 picnic supper at Gilbert Park for members and families. It voted to give 50 to the Christian Home and Bible School to aid the institution’s work with children in need.
A church notices page lists service times for Baptist at Sixth and Tremain, Methodist on Fifth Ave, Church of Christ on Fifth Ave, Presbyterian in Masonic Hall, LDS at 1117 Fifth Ave, First Church of Christ Scientist at Lemon and Grove, Faith Lutheran MO Synod in Library Basement, and St Thomas Episcopal in Eustis with family worship and church school.
Tangerine updates report visiting families and moves as Tommy and Bobbie Ashbaugh plan a New Jersey home for their transferred father John Ashbaugh. Mrs. Maglathlin, the Swift and Jamieson groups called on Orange City friends. Betty Hartford travels from Cleveland to visit parents in Tangerine. The National Association of Postmasters met in Tangerine with 88 attending and magician Edward Cornforth performing.
The city’s Historical Society corrects its last report. Adrianne Sadler is actually Mrs. Josephine Simpson, sister of president C. W. Sadler. Edith Edeburn Keller is named treasurer. Officers: O. W. Sadler president, Josephine Simpson vice president, Mary Crosswhite secretary, Edith Edeburn Keller treasurer.
The Orlando postmaster led a short business meeting with the district postal inspector Hackney delivering the main address. Frank Clyatt district secretary of Micanopy and Herman Watt Wood of Titusville reported briefly and announced the next quarterly gathering will be at Port Orange.
Roy W Staton son of Omar Staton of Fifth Avenue was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U S Air Force at Barksdale Air Force Base Louisiana after completing a four week AFROTC Summer encampment He is a Florida State University graduate and one of 14 cadets to receive commissions.
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