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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1947
Page
2
A Mount Dora Lawn Bowling Club board meeting approved a complete new set of by-laws after amendments. The revision will be sent to members for approval at a special January meeting. Nov 1 is the dues deadline for members to submit names and addresses to Treasurer Harold Morse. Arrival notices list several members and guests visiting or upcoming.
Secretary Gardiner of A.S.B.A. Los Angeles presents a nine week July August tour to Great Britain with round trip from New York at 1500 dollars, submitted by R. Stewart Brown of London. Full details to follow and members urged to follow club bylaws and officer rules. The note claims no police aid has ever been needed.
Crane Furniture Co expands as the old established business adds an interior decorating department at Alexander and Fourth. Under Mrs. Doris Norton the shop will feature the latest home decor ideas and welcomes the public to tour from 9 a m to 5 p m Saturday.
The Christian and Missionary Alliance holds a regular meeting Sunday at 4:00 PM in the Eustis library auditorium. Rev. Glenn E. Smith will lead the service with the subject How to Abound.
Five Mount Dora boys display their first merit pins. Richard Stout Jeff Ray Kenneth Cox Grady Ellison and Dickie Venson earned Bob Cat. Also honored were Owen Conner III Bear badge Jay Malone silver arrow Bear badge and Donald Sennett gold arrow Wolf badge. Mothers plan a Nov 15 food sale at Rehbaum's Appliance on Donnelly St with Mrs Stuart Sennett chairing.
More than 200 demonstrations of practical farming techniques were provided by Florida agriculture teachers during the last school year, reflecting active hands on instruction and student engagement.
The passage sketches Carl's hotel career arc from Mount Dora's real estate surge to a planned 100 room project near Lake Joanna and Mud Lake that never materialized after Florida’s boom faded. It traces his marriage in 1927, return to New England, and multiple hotel and restaurant posts across New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts.
The article traces a hotelier's career from Kent House at Greenwich to Sheldon House in 1944 and then to leasing his own operation in 1945. Despite changes, his winter routine remains, splitting time between the Summers and Villa Dora. Twelve new rooms were added and the dining room renovated as the Florida enterprise stays steady, with arrivals after December 1 to greet guests.
To brighten households in the West Indies, glow worms, beetles and fireflies are placed in lanterns. The practice uses living insects to emit light, providing a traditional illumination method in regions with limited electricity.
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