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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1961
Page
3
Teens start classes on the new campus as maps from the National Honor Society guide arrivals. Students face incomplete room assignments while using biology chemistry and physics labs awaiting new equipment. UF Junior Academy offers a $50 science project subsidy via Mr. Steve for juniors and sophomores.
The M V F annual Fall round-up runs Friday to Sunday. Friday four thirty at the Met House, then to Rev Jimmy Jones cabin in Ocala Forest for swim and picnic. Saturday 8:30 travel to Daytona Beach for luau worship led by Rev Ken Jones. Sunday schedule includes 9:45 Sunday School 11:00 worship and 6:00 MYF snack supper and program. All Methodist youth including seventh graders invited.
Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Heim formerly of Mount Dora and Orlando died at her Fairfield Connecticut home at age 84. Funeral services were held at the Wilmot-West and Golding Funeral Home. She is survived by husband Lewis R. Heim son Charles R. Heim daughter Mrs. Carl Van Etten four grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
The Hurricane Club begins footing for a new stadium while debating lighting costs and fundraising. They plan a 1962 Chevrolet Corvair raffle with $1 tickets to boost funds, with prizes to be displayed at opening ceremonies. Local dentist Dr Vason funds free mouth protectors for Mount Dora football players, boosting safety and community service aims.
At a Tradewinds Restaurant dinner Mount Dora Swim Club handed out awards and elected new officers for the coming season. Wendy Husebo acted as master of ceremonies while George Kennedy Sr presided over the election. New officers are Wendy Husebo president Arnold Goulder vice president and Mrs Dick Whittington secretary treasurer. Mack Johnson and his wife attended as guests of honor.
Leighton Baker of A W Peterson Gun Shop shared slide travelogues and commentary on Colombia at a Mount Dora Rotary luncheon. He described Bogota, surrounding highlands, llanos, interior jungles, the vertical climate, and land ownership patterns including a liberal homestead provision.
The piece outlines obstacles to Cuban grapefruit entering the U.S. market, including stricter inspections urged by Florida growers, potential embargo talks, and grade and juice content rules aligning Cuban fruit with Florida standards. It notes West Palm Beach Havana ferry loss and union refusals at ports, plus poor Cuban quality hurting demand.
Winners at the Lake County Duplicate Bridge Club in a Howell Movement were Mrs. William Cliffton and Mrs. Wesley Elston first, John Fahs and Mr. Wesley Elston second, and Mrs. E. A. Nimnicht and Mrs. Ruth Cooper third.
The article notes the Baker party using Villavicencio as a jumping off point for jungle expeditions into the Guayabero and Losado river regions. They spent two weeks bagging prize animals and the party of four undertakes such Colombian trips several times a year.
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