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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1962
Page
2
Sunday and weekend calls from Hibiscus Mobile Park residents report guests from Mobile Home Estates in Ta, Buckley West Virginia visitors in good health, and several trips north. The column notes Mother’s Day well celebrated, with extended family visits, dinners, and well wishes across multiple towns and states.
A crossword style list compiling many entries from flowers to devices and names. The clues span insects vessels sauces animals letters metals and more with several cultural references and common terms.
Waterman Memorial Hospital accreditation work advances with Miss Martha A. Hayes named director of nurses after 18 years in the Air Force and teaching nursing at Georgia Southwestern College. Plans to hire a pathologist and pharmacist follow, as financials show receipts of 173 116.54 against 240 390.37 totals. Final inspection slated for June, summer projects include moving offices to the first floor and starting psychiatric ward work with boards approving plans. Over three years 150 air conditioners will be installed, 40 now added, and 1200 courtesy cards mailed to the community to speed admission and emergency care. The fourth floor lobby is decorated and Lake County Pilot Club aids the physical therapy department.
Mr. Robert Lickfelt and Dr. Bachman visited Cocoa Beach on Saturday. Frank Dudley and wife learned of a northern friend of Sunshine Trail er Park in St. Petersburg passing away. Frank and Mary Brooks from Lone Pine Trailer Court hosted a call on Monday at the Roses trailer. Eugene Chabots’ daughter Mary Lee of Dania joined for Mother's Day weekend. Porter and spouse from Royal Oak overnighted with Roy and wife Wilfong. Glenn Cribbs hosted guests from Clearwater at Glen Ellen Mobile Park. they dined in Orlando and DeLand for Mother’s Day weekend.
I N Kennedy of the State Commission of Game and Fresh Water Fish notes the 20 year old rule for black bass season opening now. Residents using more than a bamboo pole need licenses. A Flag Day proclamation was issued by President Roosevelt. Frank and Mary McCarty of Mount Dora erected a 48 foot flag pole by their trailer for visibility from all sides. Mary Louise Rehbaum will graduate from Stetson University this June with a BA. Roy Angell will deliver the Baccalaureate sermon. Doak Campbell will give the commencement address. Lieut Henry Land will soon depart for Ft Bragg NC for induction. Travis Slayden will host a farewell party. A 2 can offer of corn sold for 18 cents at Hale's Grocery in Mount Dora. Bettie Blanchard of Mount Dora will enter a statewide photography contest in Tampa. She works as a Silver Springs publicity model.
The Mount Dora baseball team defeated by Leesburg 4 to 2 after beating Tavares and Eustis in finals, finishing with a 10 to 7 record. Prom festivities, student council races, and school events mark the close of the 1961 62 term with concerts, essays, and Kiwanis honors.
A benefit card party to aid the Mount Dora Public Library will be hosted in the homes of Mount Dora Woman's Club members on Wednesday January 16 1963. Club chairman Mrs S R Freeman and committee members Mesdames Arvid Anderson John Hall Orran Lowell Eugene Lowell and H D Warren organize the event.
A concise quotation attributed to Benjamin Disraeli emphasizes steadfast dedication to goals as the secret of success. The line stresses steady pursuit and unwavering focus as essential to achievement.
Fred W. Seiger 82, a longtime Mount Dora resident and Elks member, died Tuesday. Survived by five sisters in the north, the Mount Dora Bowling Club member will have services handled by Stout Funeral Home of Elgin Illinois with arrangements pending interment in Elgin.
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