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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1956
Page
3
Because of a heavy student schedule and exams no local contest could be held Miss Avery will receive a cash prize and a chance at state prizes with the essay. The note refers to a great opinion born in 1735 and mentions first and third places.
Hazel Annavery discusses freedom as the right to full citizenship and civic participation. The piece traces the press role from colonial times with Peter Zenger through the American Revolution to modern towns, noting how newspapers spur progress, public debate, and community prosperity while defending freedom from want and supporting local industry and church values.
Councilwoman Margaret Lofroos won city council consent Tuesday night to redecorate the Community building kitchen described as in terrible condition. The project will cost about $200.
The Parent-Teacher association advances plans for the annual carnival at the school athletic field featuring a white elephants auction. Mrs. John McCormick and others organize the auction while event volunteers prepare youth and adult entertainment. The costume parade starts at 6 30 p.m. IDs for preschoolers aid judges and Seniors manage the food booth with other clubs offering events.
The IceHouse Players launch a drive to recruit 200 citizens to buy $100 life memberships to raise funds for a new live drama theatre in Sylvan Shores. With about $10,000 in a building fund, success would yield a $30,000 building planned by Architect H. Vernon Lee to be ready in early 1957.
A quip recalls a lion tamer who reveals his father also tamed lions. Asked if he ever risked his head in a lion's mouth he replies he did so only once to look for his dad.
The Lake County population is 45 200 with a per person buying power of 1176 yearly. The state chamber shared the figures with the Lake County Chamber of Commerce, noting food and autos values and Lake County bank deposits totaling 40 985 000. Real estate holdings are listed at 76 660 945 with citrus trees at 3 690 000. The article closes with a quotation from Mary Baker Eddy about freedom from sense.
Miss Susan Ann Smith died after an operation at an Indianapolis hospital. Daughter of Mrs. Helen Ryan Smith a Winter resident, she had taught high school in East Liverpool Ohio and served as a Fullbright professor in the Philippines. She worked in Puerto Rico Germany and later earned library science at Carnegie Tech before a career at the Philadelphia Free Library. She leaves her mother a sister Mrs Harold A Moore and two brothers in East Liverpool.
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