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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1949
Page
8
Carl Graves, host of the Villa Dora hotel, celebrated his birthday with Kiwanis members last week and promised after-dinner cigars. He apologetically forgot to buy the cigars before the meeting and vowed to fetch them later.
Tom Cooley returns with four boxes of cigars for Carl Graves, but only the first box is real and the others are empty. Graves is humiliated as the crowd laughs, while a glass of water is offered to him.
Bobby Widmer of Mount Dora Tennis Club defeated Daytona Beach star Brija 6 1 6 4 in the men's singles to highlight a local tourney. Other results include Norris over Aldrich 6 2 6 2 Tremain over Weidmann 6 1 6 0 and a Nov 6 return match with Halifax.
A covered-dish supper will be hosted by the Wesley Fellowship class of the First Methodist church next Thursday at 7 o clock in the Parish house.
In Laceville a forthcoming talk by Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Ray Sr. about anxious fish sparks talk of extra hotel space in Mount Dora. A neighbor, Joe Salinsky, caught a fine 8 ½ pound bass, with Jack Keller exaggerating credit to Salinsky.
Mount Dora's new youth club the Future Business Leaders of America will tour the First National Bank next Monday led by Doris Camp their business instructor. The group is sponsored by the Business and Professional Women's club.
Brownies will preview Halloween events with an advance glimpse of a masquerade party at the Girl Scout Little House from 7 to 9 p.m. Girls are asked to wear old clothes and a paper sack mask. There will be no Brownie meeting next Tuesday due to the party.
Mount Dora's oldest resident Bill Morrell turns 92 this Sunday at his Baker Street home. Mrs. Morrell hosts an open house for friends and neighbors in the afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Lee Walker Horsley of Mount Dora welcomed Brett Lee on Oct 22 at Orange Memorial hospital in Orlando. Mr and Mrs Boyd Woodis of Montverde announced a son born Oct 24 at Eustis Waterman Memorial hospital, not yet named.
Lake county merchants will collect a 3 percent sales tax starting next week. Dealers must obtain dealer certificates with a $1 registration fee and begin tracking cigarette sales to remit five cents per pack to city governments. Municipalities must establish bookkeeping systems to manage the tax and future ad valorem reductions. Tourists from northern states will face the new tax on most nonfood items and services.
Mrs Elizabeth Tower will entertain the Ocklawaha Chapter Daughters of American Revolution at her Sylvan Shores home next Thursday afternoon. The program, What the Daughters Do, will be assisted by Mrs H W Fogg Mrs Rose Searing Mrs Isabelle Hazelwood Mrs O W Sader Mrs Frank Morley and Mrs A Groves. Thirteen members attended the recent Group Three state meeting in Orlando where Mrs David M Wright of Bartow spoke on activities of the national society’s Washington meeting.
Mount Dora welcomes a new flower shop opening Saturday in the Fetcher building on Donnelly Street. It is operated by Mr and Mrs C H Walters of Tavares who have thirty years experience as florists and he served as designer instructor at a North Carolina Florists association convention.
Sunday services at Bethel F M and St John P B churches praised Rev Davis from Sanford Florida for a fine sermon. Rev McNair's illness kept him from preaching as the community chorus filled in. The St Mary Bethel M B association meet in Leesburg soon and members are urged to pay assessments. Pallbearers Society prepares for the quarterly union with a 10 o'clock departure.
Melvin Hillary of Leesburg arrested Saturday night on burglary charges. Released from Raiford last July he is accused of five burglaries since then including a $250 theft from J. B Gray’s home at Orange Bend. He will be brought before the November term of circuit court.
Mount Dora’s drum majorettes, elected last week, anticipate new uniforms for Friday’s homecoming parade. Head majorette Martha Simpson leads first squad with Mary Anna Kelly and others, while second squad includes Shirley Hopkins and Patty Johnson.
The panel includes Mrs. Cecile Strong Lake County music supervisor Henry Decker Eustis band director and Minnis Alderman Umatilla band director evaluating performances at the event.
A brief historical note highlights Jerusalem’s long endurance through more than 20 sieges and blockades across its 33 centuries of history. It frames the city as a persistent symbol of resilience amid repeated conflicts.
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