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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1951
Page
2
The Games committee announces daytime bowling this week from 9 15 a m to 7 15 p m while evening bowling accommodates others. Rinks 1 2 and 3 are in good shape though other rinks are resurfacing and due back after Nov 1.
Public notice honors Miss Margaret Rose Lewis for founding and leading the Sunshine Circle of the Kings Daughters and Sons. The resolution recalls her service, urges continued commitment to its principles, and memorializes her August 4 1951 death in Mount Dora Florida.
County Agent R. E. Norris cites Zach Savage of the University of Florida who warns Florida groves lose for diseased and low yielding trees. A certification program for budwood and nursery stock could save thousands over time, with 10 years to develop trees and similar losses if replaced. A grove chart and certified stock raise profits, while diseased stock raises per acre costs.
A fragmentary line from a poem about shuffleboard moods captured in a reflective couplet. The text notes how joy and sorrow mingle with sunshine and showers, with smiles and tears and songs following each other in waves.
A weekly shuffleboard report details Red and Black contests with high scorers Tom Hunter and S A Hornung on Reds and Mrs Hunter with Leon Herblin on Blacks. Mount Dora hosts a regu lar event at Eustis with Reds led by Fred Erdman and Val Criger and Blacks by Bob Nixon and Lester Dingee, a 102 to 99 Red victory. Additional results cite Fred Place and Henry Barnhart leading Reds and Herb Whitehead with the reporter on Blacks. playoffs show Reds 104 Blacks 53. The piece also notes court renovations, expanding Florida’s best shuffleboard layout, plus weather, returning non residents and recoveries. It mentions community arrivals including Earl Dodd, John Bakey and others and notes Mrs Peterson and Mrs Jean Herblin's recoveries. It ends with local historical excerpts about Elizabeth and abolitionist ministers, trade resolutions, and the underground network.
Court notices record claims against the estate of Jacob Jacobs and multiple divorce actions in Lake County Florida. Executrix Martita Jacobs seeks creditors claims within eight months. Public notices instruct Leland Parker and Mary Bess Miller to answer divorce complaints by November 19 1951.
T. J. sails to war then returns to guide his flock by faith and constitutional duty. Alice, whose grandmother Elizabeth dies early, bears hardship as she educates siblings in Canada and later earns a teaching certificate. She marries Robert Hungerford, father of Constance, while Dr Hungerford dies after tending a sick neighbor and catching typhoid himself. Continued next week.
A 72 year old man and his 69 year old wife report relief from years of rheumatic like back and leg pain headaches and stomach trouble after taking HI-VITA. They credit two bottles with restoring energy and vitality and still work their farm since Mount Dora Pharmacy started selling HI-VITA.
A reflective pair of aphorisms on knowledge and scientific truth. Ruskin urges gathering knowledge for noble ends while Aga outlines the three stages of acceptance for new scientific ideas, noting opposition biblical links and eventual acknowledgment.
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