Youth Week of Interest at Mount Dora Methodist church
Mount Dora youths focus on Christian education and new term registration during Youth Activities Week sponsored by the Methodist Youth Fellowship. The event ends with a banquet after four evenings of worship and discussion led by Rev and Mrs Rankin of Camaguey Cuba, missionaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Mardie Bardwell
MYF
Connie Cross
Mary Kay Rehbaum
Victor Rankin
Camaguey
Cuba
Rankin
C. A. Killian
Sylvan Shores
Christian Vocations Span All Work For Youth Fellowship
Rev. Victor Rankin opened the Youth Activities week teaching that Christian vocations extend beyond church roles to any ethical work. More than two dozen MYF members attended four nights of talks on vocations worship and scripture with leaders from Florida and Cuba. The week ends with a banquet at the Fellowship hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Rankin
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Mr. Rankin
Camaguey
Cuba
Methodist Church
Jimmie Hale
Orlando
R. E. Rutland
Groveland
Vance Anderson
Ronald Aldrich
Mount Dora
Mardie Bardwell
MYF
Rankin
Moonlight Cruise Planned Friday Evening
Weather permitting a moonlight cruise is listed as a Friday community activity. Tickets remain available for a 7 30 p m departure from the Yacht club dock aboard the City of Dora and may be purchased at Crane Furniture Co or from Church of Jesus on Latter Day Severats members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yacht Club
Dora
Crane Furniture Co
Church of Jesus
Oral Hearing Planned in South Carolina in Platt Case
Attorneys for Lake County School Board seek an oral hearing in Holly Hill South Carolina to question two witnesses in the Platt case while Circuit Judge Truman G. Futch weighs a motion to dismiss. Allen Platt and Allen Platt’s attorneys consent to the hearing. Witnesses include Holly Hill Superintendent G. E. Brant and retired teacher Elise Way who taught Platt. The five children remain at home in Sorrento awaiting the Florida term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman G. Futch
Platt
Lake County School Board
Holly Hill
S C
Florida
Allen Platt
Jesse W. Hunter
T. C. Cork
William Lee
South Carolina
P. B. Howell
Herbert S. Phillips
Lee
G. E. Brant
Elise Way
Way
Central Florida
The
Christian Home and Bible School
Sorrento
Laura Belle
Linda
Esther
Violet
Over 1 000 Enrolled In City Three Schools Opening Day
School opens with 731 pupils at Fifth Ave school and 159 at Milner-Rosenwald Academy pre session. Early figures show 148 at Christian Home and Bible School as enrollment rises with labor day and returning families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Milner-Rosenwald Academy
Bible School
Christian Home and
Orville Boyd
Mount Dora
Ann Hamlin
Robin Snell
Emmett Snell
Robin
Jolene Snell
Pam Brown
Joni Vincenti
Ronald Aldrich
Ted Carey
Carolyne Price
Christian Home and Bible School
CHBS
Byron Chastain
Mackilee Carroll
East Town
H. L. Davis
C. O. Lott
W. D. Jones
Standing
Marjorie Tancimore
Nathaniel Bell
Rhodia M. Maxwell
R. B. Russell
J. L. Berry
W. J. Merrett
Lott
Mary Eunice Taylor
Like Witnessing Creation Says Doran of Connecticut Flood
Letter chronicling the August 1955 Connecticut flood describes immense destruction, 180 lives lost, thousands homeless, and billions in property damage. Residents note ruined bridges, buckled roads, and rural hamlets suffering alongside cities. Civil defense and Red Cross aid highlighted as essential in recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doran
Connecticut
Robert Campbell
West Granby
Conn
Campbells
Unserst
Palmore
Red Cross
C. D
Florida
Dorans Contribute $300 for Northeast Flood Relief
A Red Cross appeal via Atlanta asked Mount Dora residents to send flood relief funds to the First National Bank as a local headquarters. By now about $300 has been contributed since Roy Christopher announced the drive last week, with Dorans urged to participate to aid victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Atlanta
George J. White
Mount Dora
First National Bank
Dorans
Mount Dora Area
Roy Christopher
Lake County
Fanta
Mercy Organization
Faith in Democracy Urged Over Materialism in West
Col. Philip Lauben warned at the Lake County Pilot Club gathering that the West leans on science and material comforts, risking a trap of materialism and dependence on the Communist creed. He urged a fourth essential to democracy: faith in democratic ideals and personal virtue, beyond mere military and economic power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Lauben
Lauben
U. S
Mount Dora
Lake Unty
Grandview
Eustis
America
Ward
Dr. Reed Returns Home From Ohio Hospital
Dr. Robert R. Reed has returned to his Columbus residence after a three week illness that hospitalized him at Grant Hospital. His wife Ruth states doctors aimed to restore his health for a return to Mount Dora, with the convalescent period proceeding well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert R. Reed
Columbus
Ohio
Grant Hospital
Ruth
Mount Dora
Adult Education Meeting Set For Sept. 7 At High School
Dorans urge interest in Adult Education as Lake County supervisor Lou Bethea announces a Sept. 7 meeting at 7 30 p m in the high school to organize classes. He says 15 students per class are needed and aims to offer Spanish conversation speech woodworking business English arithmetic and general education prerequisites for a diploma. Classes will meet twice weekly on evenings chosen by voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorans
Lou Bethea
Lake County
Bethea
Mrs Felton Heads Kindergarten at First Methodist
Mrs H Mauriece Felton will direct the Kindergarten held at the First Methodist church on weekdays during the school term replacing Mrs Cecil Parker who has resigned. Felton will be assisted by Mrs Ronald Aldrich president of the Women’s Society of Christian Service. The term begins Sept 12 from 9 to 1130 each school day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Mauriece Felton
First Methodist Church
Cecil Parker
Felton
Ronald Aldrich
Women’s Society of Christian Service
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A. Bronson
Alcott
Dents
Dan Spear
Milner-Rosenwald
Lake County Vocational School
Carl Graves
Sheldon
Pine Orchard
Carol
Connie
Diane
May Wiley
Villa Dora Hotel
Island of Knowledge
Ralph W. Lockman
Benjamin Franklin
Lauren
Dr. Reed
Mrs
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