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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1952
Page
6
Congressman A S Syd Herlong Jr criticizes suspension of the rules as a backroom device to push pet bills with limited debate and no amendments. He argues that normal procedure allows debate and minority input, warning of tyranny when the majority blocks discussion and forces hasty votes.
Alden Norton 30 of Mount Dora, acting superintendent of the Christian Home and Bible School, dies after his car collides head on with a truck near Camilla Georgia while en route to Pell City Alabama to visit family. His wife and two daughters escaped with minor injuries. Norton had just conducted services in Winter Park and was pursuing a doctorate in education. Funeral services were held in Leesburg with burial in Mount Dora.
Florida housewives discover Surinam cherries can flavor drinks jams and pies. Mrs Josephine Simpson notes the fruit grows statewide bears fruit several times a year and should be used fresh. Recipes describe juice jelly jam and pie fillings with detailed steps and temperatures.
A political analysis warns that failure of democratic government in India would harm the free world across Asia. It argues the impact would be greater than past setbacks linked to China and calls for learning from those lessons to avoid a bleak future.
Thirty four Mount Dorails and students earned perfect attendance certificates at the closing exercises. Recipients included Jerry Haskins Robert Pearsall Toni Walker first grade Michelle Moorhead second grade Joan Jones and Henry Land II third grade Roberta Aldrich Donnie Dake Burton Moorhead and Elizabeth Ann Sikes fourth grade Joan Bartlett Dell Hill and Roland Hobdy fifth grade Ronnie Aldrich Lewis Carroll Jr and Robert Moorhead sixth grade Jean Atkins Mary Anne Brav...
Theodore Correll aged 43 father of football star Bobby Correll died last Friday at Waterman Memorial Hospital Eustis. He lived in Mount Dora eight years from Homestead worked in produce trucking and belonged to the Homestead Baptist church. Survived by wife Nelle a daughter Mrs Marjorie Banning Cannon Del another son Charles his mother Mrs A R Correll Hickory N C and one grandchild. Last rites and burial in Hickory with Rehbaum Funeral Home in charge.
Mrs. Elenor Sammons of Sorrento returns from Brookline Pennsylvania after attending the funeral of her father Walter Brown who died in his sleep at his northern home. He leaves two daughters Mrs. Viola Mathews and Mrs. Orin Boop and a son Walter Brown Jr now in Ethiopa on a mission for Trans World Air Lines.
The annual Methodist Church School picnic will be held at Rock Springs on Wednesday afternoon. Attendees who can help with transportation should meet at the church at 2 p.m. for the trip to the Springs. Supper is a covered dish affair and each family should bring food. Swimming and games precede the 5 p.m. meal.
Mount Dora graduates Foy Shivers and Roy Ziegengeist met aboard the USS Virgo after two years apart, realizing a small world moment as their Navy squadrons served Far East duties. Foy, Class of 1950, trained at Great Lakes and Guam before joining the Virgo for duties in Japan and nearby waters. Roy enlisted January and sought submarine service but joined cargo ship duties patrolling Korea coast from Japan.
The Mount Dora Methodist Church celebrates the Florida Annual Conference reappointing Rev. Robert M. Blackburn as pastor. He arrived from Orlando in January 1949 to replace Rev. George Gibson now at Kissimmee.
Pritam Singh, a government employee, asserts his moustache spans more than a yard and a half. He credits 30 years of patience and a diet of rancid butter and sour milk for the achievement.
Thirty years ago 3 percent of cropland was harvested per person in the United States. Today the figure has fallen to 2 percent, according to the research department of the Florida.
Florida Power Corporation reports 1951 total gross revenue of 24.50 million a 16 percent rise but net profit drops to 1.996 million from 2.346 million. Earnings per share fall to 1.29 from 1.51 amid 163 548 customers across 31 Florida counties and 20 Georgia counties. Planning includes 28 million in 1952 for a 31 000 kw Suwannee river plant Avon Park addition 45 000 kw Higgins Oldsmar and new transmission lines and substations.
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