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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1949
Page
1
Mrs Lillian Zollinger and a canvassing crew began Mount Dora's 1948 business census. The survey will record ownership, cooperative ties, payrolls and sales for about 10000 establishments nationwide, with results released January 1950.
IceHouse Players bring The Saturday Evening Ghost to Mount Dora playhouse with eight cast members for Monday through Thursday performances. Don Bates stars as a dual personality ancestor while Jack Mixson steps into Mr Otis role. Frances Lovell becomes permanent director after fall reopening, with Marie Flint designing costumes and new cast members Mel Wagner Chester Peters Susan Odum Ryman Igon joining. Tickets available at local venues.
Youthful voices of scores of high school boys and girls sing and praise during the Presby Church annual conference in Lake Inn. Delegates return to South and Central Florida as 200 senior high students convene under Rev. W H El Palma Ceia Presbyterian Church Tampa. The fourth conference at Mount Dora runs through the Home in God's World program with 45 staff directing.
Richards 66 died Sunday after a sudden attack at his sister’s home on Baker Street Mounts years, a Cleve native. He leaves a sister and nephew Harris d a great niece Carole. Funeral arrangements were incomplete with services at a local chapel and burial at Forest Cemetery.
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Atkins welcomed a son at Eustis Waterman Memorial hospital on Tuesday. The baby weighed 8 pounds 1 ounce and was named Lloyd Melvin Atkins Jr.
Growers in Lakeland hear G G Ware urge Mutual Studies Insurance Plan to seek a federal loan of up to 100 million dollars to insure against freeze and loss, with box assessments to fund 10 to 30 million annually. Ware calls for a federal marketing agreement to control pricing and quality.
Red Cross board names Lake County chapter chairman George J. White at Leesburg Victory dinner. White, longtime Mount Dora drive leader, also named first vice chair Frank J. Banning with Mrs. Margaret Cooke secretary and William J. Rogers treasurer. Attorney General Richard Ervin spoke on Red Cross roles in Florida.
Mount Dora profiles six young residents in a photo feature titled Life Funny Wonderful. Children Karen Adams Alice Faye O Kelly Johnny Moon Jeanne Marie Blackburn Hugh Curry Lois Ann Jorgenson pose with hopeful expressions, reflecting a cheerful view of babyhood and future.
A reflection on how parents shape the destiny of unborn generations. The piece notes that infants cannot influence their future, yet development from birth to early childhood unfolds quickly. It traces growth from cradle to first steps, highlighting parental role and early learning.
Community response swells to fund psychiatric care for a girl abandoned by her mother and brought from Miami to Mount Dora. Mount Dora Lions Club leads with 50 dollars of a 350 dollar goal. Kiwanis and King's Daughters donate 25 dollars each. local clubs and Welfare Council discuss further pledges as private contributors give 5 dollars each. The girl’s identity remains withheld as authorities follow up.
Arthur Dufour, 15, named Mount Dora Father of the Year after winning the most gifts in Lake County. He praises his children and recalls plans for a Sugar Hill project where a new school building, funded mainly by Henry H. Crapo, will be dedicated July 19.
Arthur S. Dufour, longtime garage superintendent for the Union Street Railway, retires after 27 years with the company and chooses Mount Dora Florida as his new home. He helped station garage terminals as busses rose in Massachusetts towns and had earlier worked under Mr Crapo who led the early rail operations. The article notes limited local students in a small school and hints at a further continuation on Page 7.
Residents back opening Lake Dora for public swimming with a dock north of Gilbert park for lessons. A petition signed by local clergy and residents urges city action while health officials caution open water risks. council members note prior safe swims.
Howard E Page died in Fairlee Vermont on June 14 at age 75. A winter visitor at the Villa Dora, he served 25 years as industrial adviser for General Electric Co in Asia with Shanghai headquarters, later in Europe with Paris offices. He leaves his widow Lenora Corkery Page. Funeral services were held in Fairlee last Friday.
Arthur Dufour father of five is Mount Dora’s Father of the Year after winning the first Father’s Day essay contest. His son Arthur K. 15 earns $25 in summer fun. gifts include a robe a bed and cash and local merchants provided prizes. The family plans a summer trip to Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
The school advisory committee and the Park board may collaborate to build tennis courts on the vacant school grounds. Mrs. Frank Burkart of the Park board says the school has not decided on sanctioning use of the site. D. D. Roseborough, supervising principal, notes tennis was not on the advisory agenda but the school would likely allow the site.
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