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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1952
Page
8
A quiet 62nd wedding anniversary celebration honored Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Brown at their Tangerine home built after they moved from Ludlow Vermont in 1924. Their daughter Mrs. J. L. Moody and niece Mrs. Blanche B. Bryant reside in Tangerine.
Fred Rubidge of Sylvan Shores chairs a citizens committee to study water fluoridation and advise City Council. A retired civil and mining engineer, he spent 30 years as Mountain Lakes waterworks chief and since 1950 has led the Sylvan Shores Improvement Society.
Mount Dora reports cigaret tax revenue of 1898 dollars in March through the State Beverage Department. The tax rises with supermarket sales and is allocated to municipalities for improvements and debt payoff.
James Hopwood Jeans argues that using Hubble's figures the visible nebulae in the Mount Wilson telescope imply a universe containing around a thousand million times the observable volume. He notes multiplying 1000 million by 2 million and again by 1000 to gauge total stars, comparing them to grains of sand over England. He reflects that Earth is a tiny fraction of a grain, putting human affairs in cosmic perspective.
Harold Overhiser Sr of Mount Dora and his son attend the Waterworks Short Course at the University of Florida from June 9 to 14. Beta Gamma Sigma initiates William E. Holler of Mount Dora into membership with 23 students at a Tuesday evening ceremony.
Home Demonstration club relinquishes its Wednesday May 28 meeting time to the Community building for Girl Scouts use, as advised by Mrs. Ruth Chamberlain. Also notes Mrs. R J Brown remains hospital bound with a broken hip and a Lancaster N H ward report. Untreated alcoholism costs the nation about 1.4 billion dollars this year in wages, accidents, and care costs.
Florida Farm Bureau researchers place Dora’s Cool as the hottest area with an average May temperature around 72.5 degrees at Tavernier in the Keys. The note cites historical weather patterns and attributes varying factors to regional climate outcomes.
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