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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1960
Page
4
After a seven year old well shaft broke the Mount Dora water system faced shortages and a false fire alarm highlighted the risk. The city plans a 9000000 bond package for a larger reservoir treatment plant sewage project and street improvements, with owner approval needed.
A columnist contrasts Khrushchev’s claim of honest motives with Soviet and American failings, citing Hungary 1956 and Van Doren’s quiz scandal. The piece argues both systems display hypocrisy, questions national integrity, and ponders the path forward beyond mere survival. It closes with Goethe on affirmation and national rise.
A surreal dialogue imagines Imre Nagy and Nikita Khrushchev debating imperialism injuries with Castro and Latin America. Nagy questions US policy, recalling Hungary 1956 and asking why Havana faces less force.
The narrator recalls being imprisoned in the United States with a bene factor amid fears of a future where bail is exorbitant and trials vanish. A Dream Woman reveals that the Constitution and Bill of Rights still exist but warn that citizens must defend them or risk losing rights and representative government. The closing realization stresses individual duty to protect liberty for future Americans.
The essay uses a nine player baseball team to explain checks and balances among the three government branches and elevates the Bill of Rights as the catcher guiding strategic safeguards. It likens the American citizen to the pitcher whose strength decides the nation’s fate in the cold war context and concludes with a prayer for divine guidance.
Local social notes from Tangerine and nearby areas recount visits among families including Mrs. Ralph Blake, Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Church, and Mrs. Harry Campbell. Summer trips planned by Mr. and Mrs. Eiverson Atwood. Orlando guests visit Mr. and Mrs. Estey. 70th wedding anniversary celebrated by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thomas Brown with telegrams and gifts from Vermont and Florida. The last Tangerine Community church service set for May 28. Fall opening announced by Rev. Louis H. Johnston. Daughters of 1812 meeting in Daytona attended by local members. Virginia trip completed by Mr. and Mrs. Crevais Moss on way home via Mississippi. Weekend in Jacksonville with Carl Suber family. Jack Walsh attends Terry Parker prom and breakfast.
Winners at the Lake County Duplicate Bridge club Monday in a Howell movement were Gladys Remy and Mrs. Wesley Elston first, Mrs. S. C. Colley and Ernest Butler second, Mrs. David Walker and Mrs. Howard Gamble third, Mrs. Frank Howard and Mrs. William H. Clifton fourth, and Mrs. Roland B. Cooper with John S. Fahs fifth.
Birds use wings in varied ways from fast hummingbird flaps to silent dives by gulls and pelicans. The frigate bird spans seven and a half feet and may travel from South America to Africa in a day. The carrier pigeon can revert home from 500 miles away, while bats use echolocation to avoid obstacles. Capistrano swallows return to the same monastery each spring. William Graham Sumner.
Church notices list service times, pastors, and programs for Mount Dora congregations including Mount Dora Baptist Church Fifth Street Methodist Church Church of Christ Presbyterian Church and others. Bible School times, morning worship, evening services, and midweek activities are provided for each congregation.
The Eustis First Church of Christ Scientist on Lemon and Grove lists Sunday services and Sunday School at 11:00 a.m. An additional Wednesday Evening Service is noted.
Rev Louis Johnston leads Sunday service at 11:00 a m at the Mmuntiy church. All welcome to attend and join the worship.
The Sorrento Presbyterian Church holds worship at 11 00 A M and church school at 10 00 A M with Dr. G J Schillerstrom as minister.
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