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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1953
Page
6
Mount Dora High School freshmen endured a hazing ritual by upperclassmen testing endurance and nerve. Martha Sadler remained calm as she completed each trial, including a blind reach into a grocery bag for a supposed prize, finishing with steadiness and resilience.
In a brief incident Martha introduces a frog to classmates at MDHS. She examines the creature with calm detachment and notes in a flat aside that it is a frog, eliciting subdued responses from the nearby boys.
Rehearsals for IceHouse Players season opener Present. Laughter open Nov 4 for four nights. Paul Bronson stars as a pampered actor amid a stage struck heroine. Junior troupe entertained the cast with songs and readings directed by Mrs. Earl LaBarre. Casting continues for December show Rebecca.
The past seven days added .7 inch to 77.2 inches for the year and October up to Oct 21 has contributed 3.7 inches of that total. Rainfall to Oct 21 last year totaled 49.9 inches.
Mary Baker Eddy urges a shift from self love to benevolence and devotion to one supreme God. The message centers on loving God and aiding fellow humans as core Christian principle.
The croton, codiaeum variegatum, native to Malay and the South Pacific, is prized for foliage color and royal associations. Florida leads hybridization, with care guidelines on soil, fertilization, pruning, propagation by cuttings, and pest control for mites and aphids using oil emulsion sprays.
W. K. Carr returns to his Mount Dora home from the Soldiers Home in Washington. He arrived to resume his residence after his service and transfer.
Aline Paul, a freshman at Mount Dora, has been pledged to Pi Beta Phi sorority at Stetson University in DeLand, the university news bureau announces.
Execut executors M O Williams and Harry C Harris filed final returns and petition for distribution and final discharge in the Lake County Florida county judge's court. A hearing to approve the returns and issue the distribution order is set for November 10 1953 before Judge W Troy Hall Jr. Dated October 8 1953.
In the Fifth Judicial Circuit of Lake County Florida a chancy divorce suit is filed naming Edith L. Jernigan as plaintiff. The document outlines the divorce action under chancery no suit with details to be supplied by the court.
Mount Dora Kiwanis club received two award plaques at a luncheon: a Silver Section international honorable mention Achievement award from the New York convention and a first place Florida state award presented in Daytona Beach. Awards went to M. O. "Buster" Williams, with delegates Newton Cabolt and Dwight Whitehill officiating. The event honored late Kiwanian Frank Hadlock in an In Memoriam service assisted by Daytona Keyettes.
Detroit visitors Mr and Mrs Robert Bolton tour Mount Plymouth while residents push to form a volunteer fire department. At Edward Anderson home a reunion with Emil Anderson and daughter Gladys from Chicago. About 20 men back the effort. Paul McDonald elected chair, with George Radde John Erickson and Col Austin on the organizing committee. Next meeting set for Monday Oct 26 to boost support.
James Graham director of administration and finance for the State Department of Education will speak at 8 p.m. Monday in the Umatilla school auditorium. The talk, under the auspices of the Umatilla Parent-Teacher Association, covers Amendment 1 effects and the four phases of the Minimum Foundation program.
A concise aphorism notes that nothing valuable can be bought without effort. It emphasizes toil as the price of worthwhile things and reflects classical wisdom on virtue and reward.
The Lakes and Hills Garden club started major plantings for the Mile of Beauty project funded by a $100 gift from the Chamber of Commerce. Plant selections include pink tree melaleuca, lantana, fig vine, wedelia, and pyracantha with Spanish bayonet at the railroad overpass subject to final railroad approval.
Mrs. James Jackson and her daughter Kathy flew to Excelsior Minnesota after word of the death of her father Charles K. Wurm 64 a General Motors auto dealer.
The Lakes and Hills Garden club hosts a public demonstration at the Community building on Friday November 6 from 10 to noon. Speaker Mrs C Verne Klintworth of Tampa will present ideas for table arrangements and the Mile of Beauty project.
The annual Week of Prayer and Self Denial of the Women's Society of Christian Service at the Methodist church runs Oct 25 to 31. A public gathering in Fellowship hall Tuesday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. is led by Spiritual Life committee chair Mrs Ira Kellogg, with four meditations by Mrs Florence Rice, Mrs Gert rude Kinsey, Mrs Grace Conway, and Mrs Grace Brown. Kellogg also leads Intercessory Prayer at noon and a self denial luncheon. The Cornel circle serves tea. Tourists and winter visitors are invited.
The quote contrasts external dress with inner virtue, suggesting true holiness comes from renouncing vice rather than outward attire. It emphasizes moral integrity over appearances in a reflective, aphoristic tone.
A new product Mi-Kolor offers a near colorless, safe home treatment to fade gray hair. It colors gradually over one to two weeks, requires one or two weekly touch ups, leaves natural shine, costs less than dye, and is sold for $2.00 plus tax with a money-back guarantee.
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