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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1961
Page
4
The article proposes creating a cultural committee within the Chamber of Commerce to coordinate and promote winter season attractions in Mount Dora. It recommends preplanning schedules to avoid conflicts, boost ticket sales, and provide residents and visitors with clear event information for a fuller cultural season.
The Daily Commercial of Leesburg wins first place in a national contest for newspapers under 25 000 circulation for outstanding public service campaigns. Editor Emmett Peter Jr also wins two Florida AP and Florida Daily Newspapers Association awards for editorial and feature writing.
A Mount Dora letter asks why local ads for supermarkets dress shops and clothing stores are absent. The editor explains two outside supermarkets do not advertise locally due to policy. Parker's grocer and Cortlands menswear advertise, with Thriftway and Winn Dixie outside. A reader laments tax cuts and population trends. another writer praises a critical editorial against socialism.
Mrs Tressa Painter 79 died in a Eustis hospital last week. A Chesterland Ohio resident she spent six winters in Mount Dora. Survived by husband Robert H three sons Howard Eugene Fred all of Chesterland two daughters Willow Wood Chesterland and Florence Braun New York City. Rehbaum Funeral Home led services and interment in Chesterland Ohio. Apply a little bit of good old time religion to your driving be your brother's keeper.
Senior Master Sergeant Gilbert Lundberg describes a new leadership concept for the Air Force at the Orlando NCO Academy. The academy trains 125 students per class in eight five week sessions yearly, focusing on management, resources, communication, human behavior, group activity, world affairs, and democracy. Alumni retention checks measure course impact on graduates. Thomas Edison built Florida’s first swimming pool at Fort Myers in 1900 using bamboo reinforcement, noting it has not leaked.
An 11 ton "blizzard on wheels" that freezes a citrus tree is in experimental use near Lake Alfred Florida. The device aims to protect crops during cold snaps by simulating winter conditions in a controlled outdoor setting.
Florida Citrus Mutual proposes a Stabilization Act to empower growers to fund and manage research marketing and utilization across the citrus industry. The plan ties cost to growers per box and aims to align Florida citrus with major U.S. corporations in structure and financing. Bob Rutledge endorses the measure as a landmark advance for the industry.
A local church notice lists multiple congregations and their weekly schedules. Churches include Baptists, Methodists, Church of Christ, Presbyterians, Latter Day Saints, St. Edward's Episcopal, Central Christian, and Community Church with service times, Sunday schools, youth groups, and midweek meetings.
Gainesville report says Floratine grass, a new turf variety adaptable to home lawns, is available in commercial quantities this year but supplies remain limited. The Florida Turf Grass Association notes the plant should appeal to homeowners seeking drought tolerant turf options.
Eusitis First Church of Christ Scientist meets at the corner of Lemon and Grove with Sunday services and Sunday School at 11 00 a m and a Wednesday evening service at 8 00.
Sunday School begins at 10 00 A M with Worship Service at 11 00 A M led by Dr G J Schillerstrom minister.
Reverend Louis Johnston leads Sunday worship at 11:00 a.m. at the Community Church. Members are invited to attend the morning service and fellowship.
Wildlife expert Richard F. Harlow told a Mount Dora Florida gathering that game supply hinges on habitat and land use. He urged improving natural conditions through controlled burns, habitat management, feeder placement, water control, and land acquisition rather than releasing farmed animals.
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