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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1941
Page
1
Mount Dora relies on two deep wells to supply drinking water drawn by centrifugal pumps at 1700 gallons per minute. Water is aerated to remove sulphur odor and chlorine is added in reservoirs as a safeguard, with ample reserves for emergencies.
A Mount Mount committee led by Charles L Milner and Miss Jessie Gould promotes Chinese relief items. Offers include Chinese Christmas cards book matches playing cards and tea to fund ambulances hospital equipment anaesthetics and medicines for China. Books by Mme Chiang Kai Shek are available with low prices. donations can aid refugees and save lives.
Sponsors urge $450 for instruments needed by the school band under Manuel Sedano. About $285 is provided, leaving $165 or more to raise by December 1 to avoid price increases. Contributions collected by Florence G Hanscom at 831 N Grandview, or by D F Crane and the Topic office.
Last Monday an Advanced First Aid class finished and awarded advanced certificates. Recipients include Mrs. Bertha Andrews Mrs. Elsie Chamberlain Mrs. Ruth Chamberlain Mrs. Edith Coleman Mr. Fletcher Crane Mrs. Gladys Crane Mrs. S. S. Holmes Mr. Paul Hitchcock Mrs. Dorothea Lusson Mrs. H. S. Masten Miss Mary Neel Mrs. Ralph Paul Mrs. Millard Reid Mrs. Ada Silver Miss Louise Walden from the local area. Also from Eustis Miss Mildred Knight Mrs. E. L. Schumacher and Mrs. Althea Van Hyning.
Paul H. Johnson of Mount Dora won the contract to install heating equipment in the Lake County Heat Department Building at Tavares. The project price is $625.
Lions Club notes from Wildwood meeting report a coming zone gathering in Mount Dora the first in the community with representatives from several counties. Corporal Leon Cheek receives a letter of appreciation and Lions praise his service.
Captain and Mrs. Harry J. Wise and Miss Adeline Wise financed a charity boat ride aboard the City of Dora. Proceeds from tickets went to the School Band fund as passengers toured the Dora Canal Lake Eustis and Dead River with refreshments served and all reporting a most enjoyable afternoon.
The Red Cross First Aid Station at the Mount Dora Fire House will be dedicated Friday at 10 o’clock in a brief ceremony. It is the first such station in Lake County and perhaps Central Florida, marking a significant addition to local Red Cross services.
The Lake County Chapter seeks to establish Mount Dora’s first Motor Corps open to US women aged 20 to 50 with health fitness and a set annual service commitment. Register at the Topic office to join and hear details. a National instructor may visit Eustis mid January to lead the training.
The annual service is set for 7 30 this Wednesday at the Methodist Church. Rev John Hager of Park Temple Methodist Church Fort Lauderdale will preach. An offering will benefit the Children's Home and the local King's Daughters Society. Everyone is invited.
Volunteers push Mount Dora Sorrento Mt. Plymouth and Lake Jem to exceed a 350 dollar quota plus 475 new memberships. The 1942 program demands self funding for yarn knitting relief and other projects to aid U S forces. A knitting drive aims for 500000 sleeveless sweaters in navy blue or olive drab for Navy Army Coast Guard and Marines.
A Christmas program titled Why the Chimes Rang will be performed Sunday evening December 21 at Community Church. Children under Miss Johnnie Mae Stanley direct the pageant with carols by the choir and special numbers by Mrs Celia Stein Claflin and others.
Mount Dora High School Band will perform Friday evening December 12 at 8 p m in the Community Building. The event is dedicated to the P T A parents and band members and those who funded the band. Admission is free and the public is invited. Merit badges will be awarded and several solos plus an engaging program are planned.
The stores and the bank will be closed all day Thursday in observance of Thanksgiving Day. The post office will stay open until 12 noon with usual afternoon delivery and a regular half holiday this week as last Thursday.
The Kiwanis Club held a Thanksgiving meeting with Mount Dora high school football team and Coach Hall as guests. Dr. Lindsay McNair of Orlando delivered the annual Thanksgiving message, guests extended a warm welcome. Manuel Sedano displayed reels of colored local and distant scenes, enjoyed by attendees. Several out of town Kiwanis members and guests were welcomed, with D. D. Roseborough winning the attendance prize.
Mount Dora voters will choose a mayor two year term J B Griswold town clerk tax collector treasurer council members Mabel Cleary C R Javens George Keller R V Parker park commissioner Mrs C E Brooks and board of elections member Alfred Rehbaum Jr voting at City Hall December 9. Registration closes December 6 for town voters residents must meet domicile rules.
James E Avery has purchased the Sunoco Service Station at Fifth Avenue and Bakers Street from E C Frost and now operates it with J A Edwards assisting during rush periods. They appeal for patronage and promise to provide the best service while seeking a permanent helper. Contributions to the Lake County Herehossis Association through Christmas Seals may be tax deductible. Seals on sale to support tuberculosis relief.
Mount Dora civic groups held a 3 PM Sunday dedication at Elizabeth Evans Park with hundreds attending. The program featured a Band, a Kenneth G. Rogers address, Miss Helen Lemert unveiling, and a plaque reading Dedicated to the Memory of Elizabeth Lt. Evans.
Fred W. Cross resigns from the Mount Dora Tourist Club presidency citing lack of competent members for chief offices. He thanks Miss Helen O. Lempert and Alexander Kerr for leadership of membership and entertainment committees and credits others who aided the club during 1940-41 and the current month. November 21, 1941.
Next week's radio play on station WLOF Orlando will be Honey Moon Deferred. Cast includes Mrs J G Ray Jr Dr Jack Eason Rev Kenneth Rogers Mrs Alfred Rehbaum Jr and the Narrator. Time is December 3 at 3 30 p m Listen in.
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