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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1952
Page
7
George Sims, Sr. tracked a seven foot seven inch rattlesnake near the Apopka canal area after hat tossing in swamp lands. The snake died from a hat blow before Sims could solve who was tossing hats, revealing it had ten rattles and had not eaten recently.
A seven foot seven inch rattlesnake loses its head in a clash with a hat near the Apopka canal dike. The hide, sun faded, is shown at George Sims’s Clayton street home as he and his son George Jr prepare it for a Boy Scout headquarters trophy. The crepe covered board shows the snake nearly the door height.
J G Ray Jr took over as chairman of the Planning Commission succeeding Marshall Collins who resigned. D Fletcher Crane was elected vice chairman. The group discussed a youth center and swimming pool, and explored a combined recreational building with youth quarters, to be reported at the July meeting.
In a letter from M. E. Bulske the town baseball club cites limited local talent and financial strain from hiring outside players. They plan to rebuild with younger players, improve fielding and speed, and seek community support despite hard league competition.
Earl Powers, state campaign manager for Dan McCarty, commends an April 10 Mount Dora Topic editorial for its clarity and beauty. He notes Dan McCarty lies on a speaking tour and will hear the piece read to him upon return.
Mount Dora town baseball team Dorans wins first of season 8 6 at Winter Garden. Barks pitched as Mount Dora recovers from a 5 1 loss at Winter Garden a week earlier and prepares to face Uma tilla at Helmfield tonight.
Three Dorans join Lake County supporters in backing development of Alexander Springs as a Florida attraction. Al Rehbaum Sr Mrs Slater Cox and Clarence J McKenzie join as members in the Lake County National Park Board plan to enhance the springs natural beauty. A photographic race by Eugene M Gruer and Tony Gruber will appear in the June Florida Wildlife.
A report to the Lake County Chamber of Commerce from the Florida Forest and Park Association details privately owned forest land at 319 700 acres and public land at 74 000 acres. It notes 136 co operators planted 789 954 trees on 1 151 acres in 1951.
Pathfinder magazine highlights Swedish scientist Dr Gunnar Santesson testing fluoridated salt with golden hamsters as subjects. He cites two aims: give people the choice to fluoridate and provide rural residents access to fluoridation where desired.
Lawn Bowling columnist Bill Breckenridge recounts Major Charles Marsh of Lake Beauclaire battling Spanish moss on a tall oak. A hornet nest under the moss forces a retreat, with Mrs. Smith of Indianapolis sending five cents in postage as a comic miscue. A county agent notes experiments in feeding soaps to poultry and swine, pending green light. A Mount Dora parking courtesy envelope prompts a Tampa to Indianapolis correspondence.
Lake County Chamber reports Orange Blossom Trail remains the state’s leading visitor artery with the Ocala to Leesburg segment showing the highest traffic outside metro areas. In March an average of 7,110 vehicles per day passed the route, up 6.7 percent from 1951. Only Route 92 between Plant City and Tampa saw higher volume in the state.
Religious services across Bethel F M Olive AME St John P B Triumph churches drew large crowds led by Washington Morton of Sanford and Rev Priest Summon. Interdenominational Union gathered at Bethel with praise by Community Singers of Jacksonville. Mt Olive pastor S W Richardson praised for growing appeal. Voters urged to vote May 6 next Tuesday for the right candidate.
The Lake County League of Municipalities met at Lady Lake with Mount Dora city clerk William C. Stewart presiding as president. Wilson Shepard of Eustis spoke on new city record keeping methods as eight towns attended and the group endorsed the Alexander Springs development with a $25 extension membership. next meeting will be in Mount Dora in July.
Slater Cox a Mount Dora State Road department engineer and William P. Welch a citrus inspector living here are listed in Eustis Waterman Memorial Hospital this week.
The American Cancer Society notes that late detection of stomach cancer reduces the chance of cure to four percent, while early diagnosis can cure up to sixty percent, highlighting the importance of early screening and awareness.
Mount Dora graduate Navy cadet Jimmy Wetz sails to Corpus Christi Texas this week to finish training in combat aircraft for the Navy. He completed early training in Pensacola Florida this month with six straight landings aboard the Monterey in the Gulf of Mexico. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Howard J Wetz of Lake Jem.
We must convince others that we are defending something precious. The world remains more ready to recognize and respect spiritual distinction than material opulence despite material difficulties.
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