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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1961
Page
4
The item lists roles including National Editor and Publisher and Associate Publisher with Plant Superintendent duties. It notes personnel titles and organizational structure in a newsroom or printing plant context. No events or dates are provided.
A wide promotional piece celebrates Hometown America as small towns under 25 000 population driving national life. It cites 99 524 612 residents, 157 217 000 000 dollars in income, and 86 326 000 000 dollars in retail spending, emphasizing local papers as the primary advertising medium and best town reading buy.
County extension efforts in Lake County Florida begin to assess raccoon damage to citrus, watermelon, corn and other crops. Farmers should report damage to the Lake County Farm Agent in Tavares with crop type and acres affected. Send reports promptly.
The Lake County Chamber of Commerce received a 30-year climatological summary with monthly temperatures and rainfall for Lake County from 1931 through 1960. Copies are free at the Chamber building in Tavares and can be mailed on receipt of a post paid self addressed envelope.
Mrs. Ethel Sampson, 59, died in an Orlando hospital. A Mount Dora resident recently moved to Eustis, she was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. She leaves two stepsons Richard in Columbus Ohio and Douglas in Van Nuys California, a step daughter Janet in LaGrange Illinois, and a son David Bork of Buffalo. Services will be at Rehbaum Funeral Home Friday at 2 p.m.
The article explains that good fit defines real style and comforts wearers. It advises fitting garments on the figure before permanent stitching, using baste fittings for darts, and wearing the intended foundation garments during fittings. Practice and careful checks lead to satisfactory results.
John L Wilder 81 died last week in a Eustis hospital after a long residence in Mount Dora. He was a citrus grower active in the industry before retirement. Survived by wife Lyte Simpson Wilder a daughter Mrs Peter Arboria two sisters and two grandchildren. Services were held Friday at Rehbaum Funeral Home with Rev David Coffield officiating. Interment Pine Forest Cemetery.
The Mount Dora Woman's Club will host a card party and tea on Wednesday November 15 at 1 30 pm in the Mount Dora Community Building. Proceeds aid the club's fund raising with one pound packages of fancy Mammoth half pecans for sale and by purchasing tickets or pecans from committee members.
Citrus as a pot plant adds a tropical tempo to rooms in Florida, with glossy dwarfed trees that spark conversation. Varieties for pots include kumquat and lemon types such as Ponderose and otaheite orange, with kumquats Nagami Marumi and Meiwa.
Mount Dora Library adds many new titles across non fiction and fiction sections. Notable non fiction picks include Inside Europe Today by John Gunther and My Life in Baseball by Ty Cobb. Fiction selections feature The Wickedest Pilgrim by Donald Chidsey and The Suc cessor by Seymour Epstein among others.
Major William C. Waller chief of the Office of Information Air Photographic and Charting Service Orlando AFB will speak on Jet Flying at the Mount Dora Kiwanis luncheon. He served 72 missions in Europe with the 79th Fighter Group and held various posts in Korea NATO and AFROTC, earning multiple decorations including the Distinguished Flying Cross.
A local church directory lists congregations in Mount Dora and nearby areas with service times. Includes Mount Dora Baptist, Methodist, Church of Christ, Community Church, St. Edward's Episcopal, Presbyterian, Latter Day Saints, Central Christian, and Community Chapel First Church of God with addresses and weekly schedules.
Corner of Lemon and Grove announces Sunday services at 11 00 a m with Sunday School and a Wednesday evening service at 8 00 p m Church location and schedule listed for parish members and visitors.
Sorrento Presbyterian Church invites all to Sunday School at 10:00 AM and Worship Service at 11:00 AM led by Minister Dr. G. J. Schillerstrom.
Sunday School at 9 45 A M worship service at 11 00 A M extended welcome to all attendees.
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