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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1953
Page
3
Rev. David Coffield, pastor of the Baptist church, warned residents not to donate to anyone claiming to represent the church for building projects. He said the church buys a parsonage and may build a Sunday School building, and stressed no one is authorized to solicit funds for any cause.
Thirty five to fifty five children from local Methodist and Baptist churches collected 155.44 dollars door to door on Halloween Eve to aid UNICEF. Dorothy Conway chaired the effort and thanked the children drivers and donors for supporting milk, cod liver oil and immunizations for hungry and malnourished children.
The Rose Wood Circle of the First Methodist church will meet in Fellowship hall on Tuesday at 2 p.m. Mrs. William Cocklin will be the guest speaker. Hostesses are Mrs. Guy Lewis and Mrs. William Rice.
Lake County Baptist association f rumbles over a strong anti gambling message while a milder form seeks enforcement of state lottery laws. Rev. Coffield of Mount Dora delays sending the measure to the sheriff until board clarity arrives.
City council approved contracts exceeding $3 500 for improvements. Gordon Dake's $760 bid to add a jail cell block with better bathrooms was accepted. Ray Jay of Leesburg won $2 784 for paving the Community building parking lot and widening Baker Street exit.
Hats that switch from child’s pretend wear to grown up tea party fashion headline the Mad Hatter booth at St. Thomas Episcopal church bazaar on the Parish house grounds Lemon and Mary Eustis next Thursday Nov 12. The annual event by the church Women’s auxiliary features cakes pies jams and jellies plus a turkey supper chaired by Mrs. Charles J Brown with many committee leads listed.
A radio announcer says a bulletin reports a catastrophe unseen by mankind. The message interrupts programming with a sponsor break before details are given.
The pastor informs residents that no one is authorized to solicit funds for the Baptist church. Church finances rely on tithes and offerings from members. nonmembers may contribute only voluntarily. No church-sponsored entertainments or fundraisers are held. If approached, note the solicitor’s name and call the pastor at 24351.
Mary Kay Rehbaum won five dollars for best Halloween window art in Lovett’s Super Market contest spon sored by the Parent Teacher Association. She also washed the window after judging. Other prizes went to teams and individuals including Mary Davidson Judy Sadler Robin Haddock M Pickten Joe Huett Linda Lane Page Edgerton with honorable mentions listed. Nearly 500 contestants received Princess Theatre tickets from W D Patton and R C Bardwell.
Letter to the editor thanks merchants civic groups press students teachers parents and friends for helping make this year's PTA Halloween Carnival its most successful. The writers appreciate individuals who contributed time energy money merchandise and white elephants, praising community spirit.
A teacher writes I didn't have no fun at the seaside and asks Roland how to correct it. The student responds with Get a boy friend. The exchange highlights grammar lessons and dialect usage in a classroom setting.
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