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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1949
Page
4
Citizens are urged to attend a mass meeting at Tavares High School to hear a survey committee report on Lake County schools. The plan would consolidate Mount Dora High with Eustis, placing Mount Dora under state control and risking local education autonomy and city growth.
A Florida weather diary recounts a week of sun and storms around Lake Dora. The writer notes cool mornings, warm afternoons, and an unusual near full moon. They describe local events, birthdays, and street scenes in Central Florida with mentions of Coral Gables visitors and the Egypt Temple concert.
A fragmented note describes undelivered mail about a school consolidation issue in Lake County. The message mentions Mount Dora and a superintendent named F. J. Banning, noting the mail’s whistle and the town’s lively reaction as it passed through.
The fishing column reports mixed luck with bass and perch in Mount Dora Florida. Names like Guy White Kay Lasater Lewellen and Dr S C Colley surface with notable catches from 3 to 11 pounds while some fish vanish from stringers and timing hints at luck tied to “living right.”
Dr John Branscomb longtime Orlando pastor and columnist will appear in Mount Dora next Tuesday evening to inaugurate the Week of Dedication marking the four year Advance for Christ and His Church plan. Rev Robert Blackburn hosts and Rev Jesse Waller of Winter Garden follows Wednesday. Thursday features Rev Milburn of Morrison Methodist.
The Mount Dora Art League will host Mrs. Jane Richcreek, state president of the Florida Federation of Art, at 2:30 p.m. next Wednesday at Mrs. Olin Towers home in Sylvan Shores. Richcreek will be feted by the league, the oldest in the state, and will learn of the club’s renewed activities including a new photography group meeting Thursdays at the library building.
The Women's Society of Christian Services holds its regular monthly luncheon at the Parish house at noon next Tuesday with Mrs J E Carver guiding a program on missionary work in Puerto Rico. A King Alfred quote closes the note on birth and character.
The Lions club last week approved spending 200 dollars to cover an eye operation for a Mount Dora resident with cataracts as part of the 1949 sight saving project. President Sam Swiger announced the decision at the group’s last meeting.
The Wesleyn Fellowship class of the Methodist church will hold a food sale in front of the Princess theatre Saturday morning.
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