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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1941
Page
4
A Mount Dora resident voices need for a non charity senior home for elderly women in Central Florida. She toured few options but finds prospects scarce and notes many independent seniors with modest income would prefer to stay in Florida near lakes and hills. The opportunity for such housing is seen as important.
Mount Dora placed second in the Fifth District tournament and will travel to Gainesville for the state tournament. The editor praises the team’s effort and predicts a strong showing if they replicate Saturday’s performance. Community notes praise local Lions Club fundraiser, Home Guard activities, and local civic events amid general town chatter.
In the Oenins Herald report Dr. Rietz, a Florida dentist, grows 14 citrus varieties on a single tree and hopes to breed a new fruit with mixed qualities. His grove draws daily visitors and showcases diverse citrus like oranges grapefruits and tangelo varieties amid rejuvenated trees.
Mes Mamie E Cooper died after an Earnest life as a good mother and neighbor. She is survived by her husband James C Cooper Mount Dora three daughters Jessie Graves Coralie Lovelady and Betty three brothers Douglas Hall E G Hall and Wm O Hall funeral was held Monday at 3 p.m. in the Methodist Church with Rev Kenneth G Rogers officiating and burial in Forest Cemetery. Pallbearers were Willard Wadsworth J E Fortner C M Gudgeon D F Crane R G Sadler and G B Hurlburt.
Card of thanks expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness during illness and bereavement for a beloved wife and mother. Special thanks to Mr. Rehbaum and Rev. Rogers for their help with burdens. signed by J. Collier Cooper and family.
Mrs. George A. Bigelow of Leicester Massachusetts and Winter Park died last week at Winter Park just shy of 70. The body was sent to Providence Rhode Island for burial in Hope Cemetery. She was the stepmother of Mrs. George Church of Sylvan Shores.
Mount Dora Public Library celebrates a humorous light hearted look at a middle class family. The father obsessively tends to his four children while neglecting business duties and the wife feigns sleep during disputes. The book promises clean entertaining fun with lively family antics.
Florida Forest and Park Service highlights Lake County timber resources at Eustis fair show. The exhibit features timber utilization and value, an auction scene of a burning forest, and slides plus displays of products made from local timber.
New mail schedule announced starting Saturday December 14 1940 except Sunday closes 12 45 PM. All except Pebblea cert and south 5 30 PM. Air mail all points in state Sunday due 7 10 AM. All points north and south 9 15 AM. Air mail all points 1 15 PM. Florida mail 3 45 PM. All points north and south 3 45 PM.
Outgoing air mail star route times listed as 4 30 P M and 9 15 A M with 5 00 P M train and 3 45 P M train north and south. C C Dooley Postmaster posts schedule.
Sunday No. 431 from Sanford arrives Mount Dora at 3 45 PM. Daily except No. 434 from Leesburg to No. 430 from Umatilla to Sanford at 8 15 PM. W. Turrentine, Agent.
Snowbird guests include Dr and Mrs Greene from New York City Dr and Mrs Williams Hamlin New York Mr and Mrs Murname Chicago J Ward Healey Leominster Miss Dorothy Ridell Garden City and others New party nights feature Raymond Cox magician Miss Houston with Pitts and Frank Pogar mind reader Asolo Boys Choir and harpist Helen Pritchard perform Attendance at Winter Park High School band concert drops. high school team tops conference but falls short in district, awaiting state chance.
At Marine Studios in Marineland Florida observers report octopuses turning nearly every color of the spectrum. Scientists suggest the changes may function as a defense mechanism.
Scientists at Marine Studios in Marineland Florida report that common eels originate in salt water near the Sargasso Sea. They migrate to fresh water to mature, then return to the Sargasso Sea to spawn and die.
Wanted ad seeking a white girl of good family to care for children in Mount Dora. Include address D Griffin, care Mount Dora Topic. Also sale note for two flat top office desks and a humorous poem about Florida winters and fishing.
At Lake Franklin Park Rossiter Street on Sanford Road Bible study begins at 10:00 am The 11:00 am preaching features Bro Grady Fulmer from Winter Garden Ocoee The 4th Sunday Lester Starling from Suh Sunday L B Chastain 7:30 pm Evening Services Prayer session and inviting the public to attend all services.
The Rev. William O Farrell pastor announces Mass times on the first Sunday of each month at 8:00 a m and other Sundays at 10 30 a m Weekday Mass is 7 30 a m Confessions are Saturdays eves of Holy Days and First Fridays at 7 30 p m Midweek services are Wednesdays at 7 30 p m Baptisms take place Sundays at 3 00 p m at 234 Badger Ave Grove St and Badger Ave location details included.
Paul Floyd Jones and Pastor S. H. Moore invite all to Sunday 9 45 Sunday School 7 30 Ev Worship 7 30 Prayer Meeting Tuesday Woman's Auxiliary Circles meet second Tuesdays at three and Program meet fourth Tuesdays at three
Sunday school at 10 00 a m and preaching at 11 00 a m worship service schedules. Prayer meeting Tuesday at 745 p m Y P E Friday at 745 p m pastor Rev L A Ford invites worshippers.
Zion Lutheran Church Augustana Synod Groveland Florida presents morning services at 11:00 a m and evening services at 7:30 p m led by Rev O E Liden.
The First Church of Christ Scientist in Eustis invites the public to Sunday School at 9 30 a m and Sunday service at 11 a m with a sermon on aggressive meeting testimonies and experiences. A free reading room in the Fountain Inn building at 117 Eustis Street is open daily 2 to 5 p m except Sundays and holidays for Bible and Christian Science literature reading borrowing or purchase.
The Golden Triangle Loyal Order of Masons meets at Hell Eustis on the first and third Mondays. Florida Citrus Commission will donate a cup for the champion of the All Florida Orange Picking Contest at Avon Park on March 22, with entries pouring in per committee secretary J P Garber.
Phil Arey of Montverde is appointed County Administrative Assistant with the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. He will oversee soil conservation and the new aerial mapping program for Lake County under Administrator R. E. Norris. Arey, a Montverde resident, is a 4-H leader and Army officer with extensive agricultural experience.
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