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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1948
Page
10
Lois Driver wins Mount Dora beauty title after entertainment by Glenn Woodworth at the Wildwood celebration. Jeanette Dean earns credit for the Dean twins birth announcement. Charles Moorhead recovers from a bed accident linked to Daytona visit.
The article recalls a Central Florida council swimming meet mishap when Charles was hurt by an iron pipe at the Welsh Memorial hospital pool delaying his diving contest. Despite the injury he had won first place in Leesburg, earning a chance at the Central Florida meet. It also notes a North Carolina vacation plan and a quirky remark about sleeping in the car after a prior theft incident.
Al Rehbaum Jr promotes Bendix demonstrations in Mount Dora promising a free Cannon bath towel to every attending housewife. The plan is part of a Bendix sweep to distribute 1,000,000 towels as ads emphasize the ease of the machine’s laundry.
Mount Dora joins Florida in using 50 000 Dri Gas fire extinguishers for home use through C A Lee part owner and sales manager of Dry Fire Chemical Co An agency is set up with Jones Bros Feed Store to handle the product Lee cited 50 000 extinguishers in use in Florida.
Hawaiian legend says Maui captured the sun with a palm fiber rope to slow its course so his mother could dry tapa mats. The tale explains the sun’s current slower speed and the desire for present ease. The note then markets Brenwood Studios Christmas cards and portraits.
Mount Dora resident Jimmy Hardester shows off a 10 4 percent pound catch as he recalls three similar specimens since June 6 after arriving from Ocala five years ago. A boy named Tommy Bonner in Highland Street, age 12, hooks a seven and a half pound bass using a sheet as bait on the Coosa River while visiting his grandmother in Gadshert Alabama, casting with a spoon and a makeshift sheet lure.
Friends and business acquaintances of William F. Konig, former baker in Mount Dora, learned of his death in Cleveland. He was 78, started as a baker aboard a Dutch vessel, moved to Mount Dora in 1910 to open a Donnelly Street shop, and later moved to Cleveland in 1916 where he became known for pastries and served as hospital chef. He retired in 1938 and is survived by his widow and three daughters Johanna Van Delst Amsterdam Marie Francisco Cleveland and Wilhelmina Hamilton Washington.
Ruth H Rainey, a former China missionary born near Sorrento, will join the Topic staff next week as a new correspondent for the Sorrento area. She previously taught in Brooklyn, lived in Mount Plymouth, and has written for religious journals. Brenwood Studios advertises photography services.
Diary entries by Dr. Calvin Ransom Gilbert recount his 1882 journey from Metamora to Florida and his prediction that Mount Dora will prosper. The note describes early settlement, a growing town with 16 families, shopping and carpentry, a planned church, and a hopeful 1,000 population within five years.
Friends of Mr and Mrs Clark Dillenbeck of Ninth Avenue report the death of their son in law Robert Wain Perry Jr aged 50 of Murray Hill New Jersey. He was general sales manager of Titanium Pigment Corp and a great great nephew of Commodore Perry. He leaves his widow Genevieve Dillenbeck Perry and daughter Jean with two brothers Ward and James. The Dillenbecks are summering in Plainfield New Jersey.
Mount Dora ace swimmers led by Carl Huff and Robert Hall earned multiple medals at the Daytona Beach event. Huff took three medals including a first in the 100 foot spoon race and a second in the 50 yard back stroke. Hall added a second in the 100 foot freestyle and a third in Class A diving, with Moorhead earning a third in the 100 foot backstroke and Hall joining him for a Class A medley relay second. The Welsh pool hosted the meet with volunteers and Scout Leaders Patton and Barker guiding the Dora delegation.
The St Mary M B church in East Town held a lively service last Sunday with Rev S B Butler preaching and a convention drive continuing through the day. Deacon T M Thomas led devotion, the choir practiced, and four candidates were baptized before returning to morning service. Earnestine B Jackson and Freddie Burley were noted as visiting.
Seven Mount Dora Boy Scouts will attend the Court of Honor in Eustis Tuesday evening to receive awards. The awards were named by the board of referees as part of the rank advancement. Members receiving recognition include Jackie Hutchinson David Blanchard Walter Patton Carl Huff Billy Carroll and Charles Moorhead. The board consisted of Dr. Robert Wason Harold W. A. Redd and W. J. Barker.
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