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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1953
Page
3
New juvenile titles include John Quincy Adams by Ann Weil Lost Lagoon by Armstrong Sperry Porto Bello Gold by Arthur D Smith The Gingerbread Shop by P L Travers How the Leopard Got His Spots by Rudyard Kipling and The Happy Hollisters by Jerry West The list highlights additions to the library catalog this month.
Dr Myron Taylor has returned to his home on Eighth Avenue following two trips to Orange Memorial Hospital and three major operations in the past weeks. His condition is slowly improving.
A reflective diary-style column recounts four days of autumn weather in Florida. Descriptions span a maroon sunset over Lake Dora, a breezy 70s Friday, moonlit Orlando drives, and a convention speech by Radioman Raymond Swing. The piece notes longing for progress and safety amid changing seasons.
Mount Dora Public Library shelves add The Spirit of St Louis by Charles A Lindbergh detailing his 1927 Atlantic flight and inner reflections. The month’s selections include A Lady at Bay by Edgar Maass and The Tudor Rose by Margaret Campbell Barnes among other new titles.
In a letter to the editor WM R Cocklin recalls his father teaching arithmetic in a one room school with about 50 students. He describes a board exercise writing 132 figures with a central period and top dot and asks readers to convert the number into words, inviting help to dust off memories.
A compiled list of books and authors from the era featuring The Inheritors by Jane Abbott Land of Strangers by Lillian Budd Leaving Home by Elizabeth Jane Way The Shadow of the Images by William E Barrett Return in August by Phil Stong Snowflake by Paul Gallico Storm Haven by Frank G Slaughter Murder Must Wait by Arthur Upfield Some Women Won’t Wait by A A Fair Journey into Wonder by N J Berrill Conversation With the Earth by Hans Cloos Until Victory by Louise Hall Tharp My Heart Lies South by Elizabeth de Trevino.
The letter from the County Superintendent discusses a school instruction article in the November 12 Topic issue and expresses interest in continuing dialogue and details. The note implies a desire to engage further on curricular matters and policy implications.
County Superintendent C. A. Vaughn Jr commends the publicity effort detailing Mount Dora school instructional program. Parents and officials are urged to take pride in the informative campaign and its factual dissemination.
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