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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1952
Page
6
Lloyd Atkins proudly sports a new mustache at Kiwanis events but his wife Clara steps in to help before a Mount Dora Umatilla game. While Lloyd hurries to choose a shirt, she begins shaving him with an electric razor. The moment is cut short by unforeseen events as the shaving continues.
Judge T G Futch told Kiwanis members Truman remains a Democrat and uses his given name. He joked about a constitutional amendment to expand the Supreme Court and require reports from circuit judges, sparking laughter and discussion of timely legal reforms. Postmaster Harry Hopcraft faces criticism over Mount Dora post office walls and agrees with concerns about cleanliness.
County Agent R. E. Norris reports oranges suffer dropping and splitting due to scale infestations and wet weather. He notes heavy rains after dry spells, high winds, and low temperatures contribute, with scale control as the main remedy for dropped fruit and no known cure for heavy splitting in some groves.
Patrons at a post office often stood chatting with a foot braced on the wall and have left marks. New two tone pastel green paint hid the marks, but Postmaster Hopcraft installed a sign near the mail slot urging "If you must put your feet on the wall, please put both feet."
Mr. Morrell celebrates his 95th birthday with an open house today at 733. Baker Sr. hosts the event with Mrs. Morrell assisting. The gathering runs from 2 to 5 P.M. and honors William Morrell’s milestone.
A Whittier verse fragment stands out amid modern clamor as a low sweet prelude. It contrasts doubt and creed with a calm clear sound breaking through the din.
Stevenson ran on honesty promising nothing to voters and defeating incumbent Dwight Green in Illinois 1948. He rebuilt state police and highways, boosted school funding by 139 million, reformed mental hospitals, and pushed 78 efficiency bills while facing press scrutiny at the U N conference and San Francisco.
Mount Dora officials fined 10 East Town residents $25 each after a raid on an alleged gambling venue. The operator, warned previously, reportedly moved the game to another building before police shut it down. A Sorrento resident also faced a $100 fine and license revocation for driving while intoxicated.
Junior members of the IceHouse Players will hold a special meeting at the theatre Saturday at 7:30 P.M. to prepare for ushering at the November show next week. Mrs. Earl LaBare, chairman, announces.
Two Dorans are viewed as potential successors to Frank E. Owens on the Board of County Commissioners as Owens resigns to become clerk of the circuit court. Possible Mount Dora candidates include Councilman William Prinz and Sam Swiger, Economy Super Market meat department manager. Owens plans to resign by December 1 to allow time for a gubernatorial appointment before January’s reorganization.
Mary Burr the Mount Dora librarian says the library will open on weekdays from 2 to 6 PM starting this Saturday to begin its Winter season.
Claude Friess reflects on a generation of boys showing competence and self-reliance. He notes their crisis management skills, lesser focus on money, and drive to do good while facing labor, race, censorship, poverty, disease, crime, and education issues.
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