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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1957
Page
3
The Lake County Home Demonstration Council offers Chick-n-que tickets at H. J. Bales Men's Store for May 9 at Gilbert Park. Marion Valentine announces a barbequed chicken supper from 5 to 7 p.m. or box suppers to go. J. S. Moore from the University of Florida will supervise the barbeque. visitors may watch the process in the afternoon.
A geographic note places Florida between the 24th and 31st parallels north latitude. It outlines the western and eastern extent roughly along its coastlines and indicates its position relative to the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean.
The article notes ongoing pharmacist learning as medicine and pharmacy evolve. It emphasizes studying new drugs and journals, stocking and compounding meds per physician orders, and maintaining exact preservation and preparation according to specifications.
The notice invites customers to pick up their prescriptions nearby or have them delivered promptly. It asks if the pharmacy may compound the reader's prescription.
Mrs. Agnes Truesdell resumes duties as supervisor of the Home for Senior Citizens at Grand View and Ninth Avenue after an esophagus operation at Orange Memorial Hospital in Orlando. Doctors found two growths in the food tube that threatened rupture, akin to an appendectomy in complexity.
C E Parker 81 father of local business men died at home on Sanford Road last Saturday aged 81. He leaves sons Ivan Reginald Mount Dora and Cecil Miami a daughter Mrs Harold Morse Mount Dora six grandchildren and four great grandchildren. He had lived in the Mount Dora area 37 years. Funeral services were held Sunday at Rehbaum Funeral Home with Rev James Jones officiating. Interment was in Pine Forest Cemetery.
The survey results show strong support for reducing federal aid and military spending. A majority oppose Taft Hartley changes and education funding, while Hawaii and Alaska statehood garner 75 percent support. Voter trends favor higher VA mortgage rates and extended wage laws, with mixed views on immigration and postal reform.
Lake County shows notable growth with a 63 percent jump in assessed valuation and criminal cases nearly doubling since 1950. The Lake County Chamber report cites 1950 values of 51 million in 1950, 619 new homestead exemptions in 1957, 7 000 property transfers, and tax and license increases.
Planters donated by Mr and Mrs Al Berry to Mount Dora brighten two city entrances on the Orange Blossom Trail. Each four foot square planter features a centered sign and pale red and off white bricks. The Berrys funded 615 and coordinated with local garden clubs to finish the installation with soil and tropical plants once hardened.
Forty would be donors rejected at Community Blood Bank Donor Day reducing turnout to about half of the goal. Central Florida Blood Bank mobile unit collected 51 units at the Community building with Lions Club backing to replenish Lake County Blood Bank stock for emergencies without charge to recipients.
Lizabeth H. Dickelman aged 87 died Friday at her Overlooker home. Private services were held Monday with Rev. James Jones officiating. Interment followed at Pine Forest. She lived with her sister Cora D. Stevens since 1947, came from Ohio, and was a Methodist.
Police halted a melons laden truck on the Orange Blossom Trail by the lake and arrested the driver before a crash. Kenneth W Wilkinson of East Palatka paid $100 for DWI. Wyatt Carpenter of Tavares faced DWI with a $100 forfeiture. Four traffic violations and two public drunkenness cases added $60 in fines at Monday's court session.
Rev James Jones officiated at funeral services for Mrs Pearl Dibble 85 who died Monday at a rest home. The services were at Rehbaum Funeral home. A former Eustis resident who moved to Mount Dora two years ago she is survived by her son Vaughn of Tangerine and two grandchildren.
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