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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1951
Page
4
The Mount Dora Topic announces subscription prices in advance with a watered second closing matter noted for April 7 1916 at the Mount Dees Post Office under the 1879 act. Published Thursday March 8 1951.
A forum speaker urges a worldwide Voice of Peace broadcast in all languages to advance UN aims. The piece argues peace education, critique of aggression, and public leadership from industrial sectors to counter propaganda and promote universal human rights.
Dora's publisher Lou Heaton promotes his booklet Life Can Begin at 60 In Florida and reprints a New York Herald Tribune editorial. The piece argues that aging alone does not cause degenerative disease and that belief in time as poison can induce time neurosis and premature aging.
A Florida travel column describes a Leesburg Mount Dora drive along the Orange Blossom Trail with blooming groves and perfume. Beverly Grizzard discusses promoting Florida tourism as part of the Advertising Commission. The piece notes art league events in Mount Dora and a weekend drive with scenic, perfumed views and pleasant weather.
Herman Melling of Jackson dominates the field to win the Lions Trophy and claim the championship, with Bill Vincent edging Clayton Tremain in 19th hole playoff. Pete Trenham loses 1 up to Bud Marino after a tough final hole. Class A results highlight Overhiser, Bowman, Turner, Stockwell. Class B sees Trenham, Carr, Moore, Brig ham prevail.
The Kiwanis club began a community book drive to stock a new East Town library section. Over 300 books have been donated so far with many more promised, under the direction of Chairman Lou Heaton.
Governor Fuller Warren is invited to Lake County on March 16 for the dedication of the new one million dollar bridge spanning Lake Harris to Howey. Alfred A. McKethan will speak, with local officials and the Lake County Chamber coordinating. The bridge name remains undecided.
The Egypt Temple Chanters drawn from the Tampa chorus and directed by Cecil R. Bagley received warm applause at a Lake County Shrine club event. The program featured The Lord's Prayer, Stout-Hearted Men, Serenade of the Bells, Deep River and Goin Home from the New World Symphony. Several hundred attended this annual Lake County appearance.
A makeshift community building in East Town invites book donations. Call Paul Reese at the Topic office or contact Heaton to arrange pickup, or drop off books at the Topic office for collection.
A Mary Baker Eddy line celebrates the idea that no miracles surpass perfection and enduring friendship, underscoring spiritual harmony. The quote frames friendship as an extraordinary, almost miraculous human bond.
The narrative wanders through sunlit days in Florida as orange groves scent the air from Sanford to Umatilla. A cool evening breeze cools a starry night while thermometer readings hover around 68 to 80. Hosts Pat and Bill Sloan, and local events like Shrine Chanters music color the visit, contrasting Florida’s spring with northern blizzards.
The article highlights Magnolia grandiflora and Sweet Bay magnolia as fine native evergreens, discusses their sizes, flowering, and ornamental value, and explains propagation and careful transplanting methods including timing, trenching, soil, and aftercare to reduce transplant shock. It notes varieties differ in size and bloom, and stresses ample space for full beauty.
Observer notes the council session shows a push toward cooperation among speakers. The writer reports a constructive tone with emphasis on collaboration and shared goals among participants.
The Creative Writers group in Mount Dora will meet Tuesday at 10 a.m. to review members’ work from the past year in preparation for the Creative Writers Magazine presentation later this month.
Zord reports that Mrs. Wilson G. Smith of Thirday Mount Dora is slowly recovering after surgery at Noroton Heights Connecticut. She is staying with her daughter Mrs. Charles Leach on Middlesex Road Noroton Heights. The note adds a hopeful Ecclesiastes quotation about spirit.
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