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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1955
Page
2
Evening bowling starts Monday Wednesday and Friday at 7 pm as the season shifts from day to night. Several players traveled, with Mary Kearsley, Louise Skoglund and others mentioned. The column notes family trips, summer relocations, and a joke on lawn bowling terminology echoed by Clifton Fadiman.
Congressman A S Syd Herlong Jr argues in a weekly dispatch that the universal military training bill is not compulsory and would offer a reserve option. He notes the draft would continue regardless and asserts added protections for young men under 21 in the reserve program.
Two wives appeared in police court Monday pleading for husbands charged with intoxication. An Apopka man had his charge reduced to reckless driving and fined $50 after claiming he had only one beer. An Orlando man paid $15 for public drunkenness, claiming brain pressure and limited alcohol. A Winter Garden man admitted drunken driving with six or seven beers and one shot, fined $100 with license suspended. Other Mount Dora and Zellwood residents faced $15 to $25 fines for drinking or traffic offenses.
Dr C A Carriel, preaching at the Presbyterian church on its birthday anniversary, traces saints from the first through the fifth centuries. He notes persecutions under Nero Domitian Trajan Valerian and Diocletian, the Edict of Milan and Constantine, and the church’s spread after 476, as each generation passes on the faith.
Jr. Lake county’s Washington representative warns of a 40000 application backlog in the State Department passport division. He notes 19559 marks the heaviest tourist travel season in history and says individual Americans are driving foreign aid funding as tourists will spend more overseas than government aid. He calls tourists the best builders of goodwill for the United States.
Apopka man Walter Butler was given until June 1 to show he will correct a home at East Town where 13 tenants occupy the first floor and 2 to 5 on the second. Public health charges include no toilet, water, or screens. Butler denied ownership but said he pays taxes and acts as agent after the original owner’s 1947 death. He requested help for bus fare as the council considered extending to July 1 if progress is shown.
A former newspaper woman and her husband start the F and E launderette on S Highland St Mount Dora next Monday. Mr and Mrs Fred B Kreimes relocated from Gladwin Michigan. Mrs Kreimes previously ran a newspaper in Huron Ohio for 17 years.
Last week saw Mae McClintock and Ira Early bid farewell as shuffleboard players from Lake County join friends in wishing them a safe journey and a happy summer. The county league drew 688 players across 17 courts with Mount Dora leading at 15 wins, followed by Eustis 14, Umatilla 8, Ace 4, and Leesburg 4. A dramatic 101 to 61 victory for Earl Shorb and Jimmy Red over Lee of Rev. Kuhlman featured a crucial 24-point, 77-total round by Mrs Peterman. Rain delayed play but 44 youths filled the ring as Reds won 23 games to Blacks 13, with Jack Hughes and Judge Willmott earning top Black honors in a 102 to 43 win. Tavares sent six teams for 18 games, but Eckert Mitchell helped them edge the locals in the playoff.
Local church listings detail services for Mount Dora area congregations. Sixth and Tremain hosts Mount Dora Baptist with multiple services. Community Church on Seventh Avenue Donnelly Street led by Rev. Reed. Methodist on Fifth Avenue with MyF and midweek. Church of Christ on Fifth Avenue. Presbyterian on Sixth Avenue. Reorganized Church of Christ Latter Day Saints at 1117 Fifth Avenue with Sunday School and worship, plus Thursday prayer meeting.
First Church of Christ Scientist at Lemon and Grove lists Sunday services at 11 o clock and Sunday School at 11. Wednesday evening service at 8. Faith Lutheran Church MO Synod meets in Library Basement Eustis with Sunday service at 8 30 and Sunday School at 9 45 led by Rev Phillip Schlessmann.
Sunday service scheduled at 11 a m led by Rev Louis Johnston at Community Church. Spiritual gathering invites all parishioners and neighbors to participate in worship and prayer.
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