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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1952
Page
3
In Lake county a man who failed to support his wife and children faced a judge who sentenced him to two years in the state penitentiary with hard labor after his sales talk attempt. Deputy Doug Sewell later arrested him for non support, eight months after a prior probation promise.
A brief declaration by Mary Baker Eddy asserting that oppression cannot endure and that slavery is not the rightful condition of humanity. She grounds freedom in God given to all people, emphasizing universal liberty.
Milner-Rosenwald Academy remains home to its ninth grade after Lake County board approval. Principal Lott and Mayor Heaton argued the move would harm school leadership and the band and Glee club, which have gained community support. The 14 students this year will rise to 17 next year, with ongoing community contributions shown by donations and redecorated classrooms.
Willard F. Fahrner a 28 year old merchant seaman pictured with wife and parents at Mrs Lottie Daniels home after survival of the Fort Mercer wreck off Cape Cod in February. He will rest then resume sea duty. Three others rescued with him recover as 33 men aboard were saved. half of the ship salvaged in New York Harbor.
Fahmer and Galdon cling to a rope as Captain Nabb plans a final rescue from the listing hulk Yakutat. A surfboat and liferaft attempts fail while wind and sea imperil the crew, with Fahmer fighting exhaustion to reach safety as the cutter Yakutat prepares another line.
Lake County Board of Public Instruction grants a 50 mile radius travel exception for a school bus. S. T. E. Pinkney and T. E. Williams lead Eustis Vocational and Lake County Training schools in the Negro state basketball tournament in Tallahassee with multiple award winners and Mount Dora representers.
Services were held Wednesday at Rehbaum Funeral Home for Nathaniel Easton Carpenter age 84 who died at his home 621 Woodland Avenue. A native of Washington DC he spent four decades in the grain business with Hall Baker Grain Co Kansas City and later managed Farmers National Grain Cooperative of Oklahoma and Texas. He retired to Maryland then moved to Mount Dora in 1940 and is survived by his widow Louise Carpenter. Dr. Robert R. Reed conducted the services.
A nominating committee will present candidates for the next school term at the April 1 PTA meeting. Committee members include M. O. "Buster" Williams as chairman, and Mrs. Jimmy Batten and Mrs. Richard Edgerton.
Mount Dora former mayor J E Fortner lent his groves between Mount Dora and Eustis for a citrus grafting school. Lake county grove caretakers and other employees learned grafting and budding from instructors Fred P Lawrence and Harry Fogg, organized by County Agent R E Bob Norris to address grafting skill shortages in Central Florida.
Joe Burns of Orlando, who has for five years coordinated the Florida Sportsmen's Exposition Lake County Fair, arrived last week at Eustis and is doing an unusually fine job for exhibitors who ordered early, says fair manager Karl Lehmann. Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. Thomas Jefferson.
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