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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1951
Page
1
Mount Dora merchants kick off Christmas shopping season with window decorations and festive lights in downtown. The Merchants Division of the Chamber of Commerce collaborates on weekly bargains and special Christmas parties for customers, plus cash prizes for best windows.
A short quotation praises Thanksgiving as a jewel for honest men and warns against taking the day for granted without gratitude from E P Powell.
Paul W. Turrentine, a general agent at the Atlantic Coast Line railroad and Railway Express agency, announces this week that he will not be with the companies this winter.
The undefeated Mount Dora Hurricanes rout the Eustis Panthers 53 to 7 to cap their best season. Billy Odom led scoring with 168 points, Wise added 71, and the defense allowed only 31 points all year while posting multiple standout performances by key players on the forward wall.
Dorans Lead Yale Seal Sale Drive In County Lake County asks residents to join in the TB fight by selling Christmas seals. Mrs Slater Cox heads the Lake County TB Association with district volunteers including a Negro TB committee to educate on prevention. The program funds state hospital costs and local patient care while enlisting volunteers from Mount Dora schools and clubs.
The Women’s Auxiliary of St Thomas Episcopal Church Lemon and Mary streets Eustis will sponsor a bazaar and supper on December 5. Mrs Charles J Brown of Mount Dora is general chairman. Bazaar opens at 1 p.m. with food tables dolls linens aprons and white elephants for sale. Mrs W Donald Conkling and Mrs W W Loy lead food, tea room available. hot supper at 6 p.m. chaired by Mrs Barton Mumaw.
A Thanksgiving week birth reports Mr. and Mrs. James Jackson of Sylvan Shores welcomed a daughter named Kathy Ellen at Theresa Holland Hospital in Leesburg on Monday. The notice ends with a Shakespeare quote about doubt and courage.
Alfred Johnston a chaplain with the 49th Division in Korea hopes for peace to lift morale as he endures a harsh winter. He misses his wife Dorothy and daughters Beth, Peggy, and Dorothy and writes from Mount Dora Florida about family history and his journey from New York to Chicago and Michigan.
Thomas E Deering, 49, Lake Carlton, and partner R C Barker launch the Florida Livebait Co to supply minnows to Florida fish camps and tourists. They plan 2½ to 3 million minnows for sale, with operations on the Orange Blossom Trail between Mount Dora and Tavares. Deering bears a benign abdominal tumor managed by radiotherapy and continues to pursue the venture amid supply shortages for bait across Central Florida.
Thomas E. Deering and Barker acquire Missouri minnows supply after taking over from the Leesburg pair. They build nine acres of pond bases at Deering's land between Mount Dora and Tavares with Lake Saunders pipes and pumps. Last Thursday the Missouri Goldfish Hatchery shipped 175000 minnows to stock the Florida operation.
Lake county officials plan Dec 6 motions in Tavares over change of venue for the Groveland retrial of Walter L. Irvin amid a heated defense response. State's Attorney J. W. Hunter defends fair Lake county proceedings and rebuts NAACP driven campaigns by Dolly Williams and others, noting prior riots and FBI probes.
Mount Dora Hill-Top Golf course received a Florida novelty gift last week with new red and white flags on black and white plastic poles. Donors Mr. and Mrs. Harry Backus are noted golf fans. Pro Stan Kuznik calls it the first time such flags have been used in Florida in his Tee Talk column.
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