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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1967
Page
6
This notice outlines Sunday worship at 11 AM with the sermon titled Do Not Be Surprised and a 9:45 AM church school for all ages. It also notes Bible lesson topics in Christian Science churches and various church events and devotions led by named individuals through November 13.
A church calendar lists multiple denominations in Mount Dora and surrounding areas. Six churches present worship times including Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. and Morning Worship at 11:00 a.m. along with midweek services and choir practices. Other congregations in nearby towns show varied service times and pastors.
The article notes a successful Halloween Carnival on Saturday with a well attended parade from Grandview Street to the school. It also mentions East Town Sunday School at 9 30 and a church fish dinner sale by St Mary Baptist Church Senior Choir on a coming Saturday afternoon. Joe Boles reports.
Stetson University’s Stover Theater opens its 58th season with The Sound of Music. Florida Summer Theatre origin, revived by popular Pryemand. Performances set for November 2 3 4 and 9.
The Zellwood Volunteer Fire Department reports community fire runs from Sept 25 to Oct 23 1967 including grass and woods fires on 441 Lake Ola and East Sadler Avenue. A resuscitator was added to equipment and officials urge readiness for emergencies. Additional items cover church services hospital dedication and summer updates from Tangerine residents with visits to Ohio and Florida, plus local apples from South Carolina.
Bethea director of the Lake County Adult Institute says Beginning and Advanced Art Classes are now at Special Services Center 1200 Beecher Street Leesburg Wednesdays 7 to 10 pm. Registration is $2 with flexible self paced study. contact Mr Bethea at Leesburg 787-1581 for more information.
The Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth II is nearing completion at an estimated cost of 75 million dollars and 58 000 ton displacement. It will consume half the fuel of the Queen Elizabeth, boast 13 decks, two engines producing 55 000 hp each, and facilities for 1400 passengers with multiple restaurants and guest rooms. It will be the largest ship capable of navigating the Suez and Panama Canals. The 176th Farmer’s Almanac is on sale predicting weather patterns. Sperry and Hutchinson report 335 036 000 dollars in sales of green stamps last year.
William J. Paul son of Master Sergeant and Mrs William R Paul of Sorrento has been promoted to airman first class in the US Air Force He serves as a flight equipment specialist at Ching Chuan Kang AB Taiwan as part of Pacific Air Forces He graduated Mount Dora School in 1965 and attended Florida State University Extension at Eglin AFB He has served a tour in Vietnam His wife Gloria J Wilson is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John J Wilson of Jackson Mississippi
Local report lauds Milner Rosenwald Carnival as a successful event. It credits merchants patrons and attendees for support with numerous booths on the school grounds and notes strong cooperation from the community. The Twirling Eagles baton corps contributed to the program.
Lake County Adult Institute announces shorthand courses for Beginning and Advanced students at the Special Services Center 1200 Beecher St Leesburg. Classes run Monday and Wednesday evenings 7 to 10 with instructor Mrs Margaret Pinkston. Registration costs 2.00 per semester plus 3.30 for the shorthand textbook. For information call Director Lou L Bethea at 787-1581.
A clipped reminiscence recalls the 1948 campaign and the famous misstatement by Dewey that supposedly favored Truman. The note echoes polling and public sentiment from that era, including a quip about Dewey’s slip and the broader political mood.
Mount Dora Chapter No. 103 OES began fall meetings on Oct 12 with a courtesy to past matrons and patrons, each receiving a miniature gavel. On Oct 26 Friendship Night featured visiting officers including Worthy Matron Maxine Robertson and Worthy Patron Glen Robertson, among others, with a social hour and decorated head table.
The Lake County Chapter of Disabled American Veterans Sgt. Wm. E. Hill Post No. 87 schedules a sale of Forget Me Nots on November 11. Proceeds go to benefit veterans activities with bouquets set downtown and at the Golden Triangle Shopping Center. Post No. 87 honors Sgt. Hill, Lake County’s first Vietnam casualty.
Large pumpkin head and Hallo ween decorations dominate the display as Freda Rodgerson Nadine Carroll and Margaret Tietjen organize the arrangements for the seasonal exhibit.
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