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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1955
Page
5
The column tracks residents and guests roaming from New England to Ohio and Florida. James R. McDonald prepares to return to Mountain View in the White Mountains, while Fannie Spilky, Mrs. Stuart Levi, and others enjoy visits, vacations, and sightseeing from Hendersonville to Washington and Mount Dora.
Members of the Mount Dora Boat ing club enjoyed a weekend voyage along Marion and Lake county waterways despite low water logs and sand bars. They petition congressional reps for federal funds to improve the Ocklawaha basin as they traveled from Sanford to Welaka Silver Springs and back to Lake Dora.
The Lakes and Hills Garden club will hold the Founder's Circle first meeting next Tuesday at 11:30 a. m. in the Gardens of Slee wood on Lake Ola at Mrs. S. S. Sadler Sr. home. Discussion covers Here's How to Make Sand Flats with palm identifications. hostess assistants include Mrs. Edwin T. Miller Mrs. Joseph Russo and Mrs. Helen Wilson. Guests should bring sandwiches for a picnic luncheon.
Almost daily showers in the past week add up to 5 inches of rain to start September. August brought 8.3 inches, lifting the year to 45.2 inches through Sept 7, vs 341 inches by the same date last year at Dora Growers Cooperative.
A reflection from John Caspar Lavater noting that true wisdom is the calm repose of the mind rather than perpetual restlessness. The line contrasts wisdom with constant motion of thought.
Dr. Robert R. Reed shows marked improvement at Grant Hospital Columbus Ohio. When he can travel he and Mrs Reed plan a trip to Mount Dora according to friends.
A concise aphorism attributed to Benjamin Disraeli asserts that life success hinges on a man’s readiness to seize opportunity when it arrives. The quote emphasizes preparation as the key to turning chances into achievement.
Tangerine Notes Miss Love Ritch and Miss Langly sisters from Raleigh spent an evening with Rev. and Mrs. Louis H. Johnston. Mr. and Mrs. George Southworth flew to South Bend to visit relatives then plan trips to Cleveland to visit sons and families before returning home. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Cross of Waynesboro Va were guests of Mrs. M. B. Swift, with Cross’s niece also visiting. Ronnie Gohs leaves Sunday for St. Louis to enter school. Henry W. Land and family return from a two week east coast vacation.
Miss Marion Bullard, daughter of Mrs. W. R. Bullard of Wagram North Carolina, married Samuel Boyd Valentine at the Dover home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Toms. The bride wore imported silk brocade with seed pearl trim and a pearl necklace, while the groom plans a citrus business career. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. David Coffield with music by Mrs. Coffield and Harold Larsen. The couple will live at 702 Mounday Leeburg after a northern trip, returning September 12.
Lonnie Simmons son of Mr and Mrs Roy A Simmons Johns ssr has enlisted in the Navy as an air man recruit and is bound for the Basic Air School Norman Okla.
Col Philip Lauben will discuss The Christian Approach to Communism next Tuesday before the Woman's Association of the Presbyterian Church at the church on Alexander and Sixth. Hostesses are Mrs Walter Stubble and Mrs Richard Stewart with Mrs Helen Proctor leading devotionals. Circle Two will chair.
The Presbyterian church plans a Bible Year with September studies preparing for the Acts of God from Psalms and Ephesians. The adult class will be taught by the pastor on interpretation of the Bible. Next Sunday's lesson centers on The Acts of God. Dr. C A Carrier will preach The Water from the Temple. Mrs R N White Sr is named new church pianist and Mrs Robert Wason will sing The Lord's Prayer.
Mrs Vaughn Sperry of Tavares will speak on Missions in Cuba when the Martha Circle of the W S C S meets at 1205 Palmetto Dr Sylvan Shores Tuesday at 2 30 p m Assistant hostesses are Mrs Rose Cornell and Mrs V L Eklund Mrs Lawrence Swinehart leads devotions.
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