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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1954
Page
5
Local column lists residents and guests departing to or returning from travels. Names include Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Pond of Ninth Street Florida relocation, and many others visiting Florida towns, Ohio, New York, and North Carolina. Activities described cover vacations, school-related trips, and seasonal homecomings.
Patty Claflin returns from Cheltenham after three months in conservative British circles. She describes Americans as welcome, notes Britons’ love of dogs, outdoor attire in rain, and use of airings instead of fridges while praising friendliness and social ease. The only drawback she cites is England’s lack of Florida sunshine.
In Mount Dora the Methodist church at Gilbert Park hosts sunset hour services drawing many families to the cove. Rev. H Mauriece Felton speaks on The Dark Valley as the sun sinks, with music from records and a serene outdoor setting praised as Central Florida’s loveliest. Also noted are forthcoming talks by Dr. C A Carrier at the Presbyterian church and returns of Rev. David Coffield, Rev. Frederick A Pope Jr and others from seacoast and Suwannee events.
Mr and Mrs W D Hand of Mount Dora announce the marriage of their daughter Eva Cox to Milton R Chapman of this city. They wed at Folkston Georgia on August 14. Mrs Chapman is technician in charge of the Lake County Blood Bank at Eustis and Chapman works with J G Ray Jr a local building contractor. They will reside on Robiest.
Mrs Emma O Hara plans an open house Friday from 3 to 5 pm at 834 Alexander Street for her 92nd birthday. Her granddaughter Mrs Anthony Desimone and family visit Clinton NY by tour of state, seeking a future residence. Desimone is the former Edna Ashley of Mount Dora.
Clarence H. Estey of Tangerine, Mount Dora Growers Coop. director, celebrated his 84th birthday Sunday at Tangerine. A Woodlawn Village home dinner followed with guests Mr and Mrs R Key of Sanford and Mr and Mrs Ivor Hughes of Orlando. It marked the Hughes couple's 35th wedding anniversary.
The quote attributed to T L Cuyler emphasizes that God provides an angel for those who willingly perform their duties, urging steadfast commitment and faith in duty.
Mount Dora Public Library adds four juvenile books by Laura Long Charles Blackford Margaret Pratt and Jerry West titled George Dewey Vermont Bay Deep Treasure Flash of Washington Square and The Happy Hollisters at Snowflake Camp.
Martha Jane Lane of Mount Dora and Janette Thompson of Leesburg were chosen as Lake County recipients of a State Tuberculosis board nursing scholarship worth 350 dollars. Lane will enter Orange Memorial Hospital in Orlando next Tuesday to study for her RN degree, while Thompson will attend St. Luke's Hospital in Jacksonville.
The Woman's Missionary society of the First Baptist church will stage a get acquainted party Monday at 7 30 p.m. in the church social hall. Miss Elizabeth Provence of Jacksonville will speak as state Young Peoples secretary. Decorations will celebrate the birthdays of attending ladies with reserved places. The event aims to help members meet church officers.
A worker retreat for teachers of children will be held September 10 to 12 at the Leesburg Methodist camp. Mrs. B O Mills will head the kindergarten exhibit. Dr Mary Alice Jones of Nashville and Mrs C A Rauschenberg of Atlanta will lead talks on Christian education and music. Florida childcare leaders join panel discussions beginning Friday at 7:30 p m, with registration via Mrs Mills or June Heath of Groveland.
Kindergarten registration will be held Friday at 10 am in Fellowship 1 at the church. Classes begin Sept 15 for children eligible to enter school in the Fall of 1955.
A quotation from Thomas Edison states that nothing worth doing was achieved by accident and that all inventions arise from persistent effort. The remark emphasizes labor and perseverance as the path to innovation.
Atty and Mrs Roy Christopher welcomed a son, James Edward, weighing 6 pounds 15 ounces, born August 28 at Waterman hospital in Eustis. On the same day Mr and Mrs R B Bass welcomed a daughter at Durham Young hospital in Leesburg, weighing 7 pounds 4 ounces.
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