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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1947
Page
2
The article blends clan updates from Mount Dora and Cliff Island Maine with bowling news. It highlights island life, local gatherings, whales and huge fish sightings, and summer recollections of Maine coast scenes, plus Mount Dora Florida ties and a Norfolk-like bowling note from Portland connections.
Central Division Kiwanians plan a joint club picnic at Lake County Fair Grounds next Wednesday at 4 p m for members and their wives. Highlights include baseball games and talks by C Harold Hippler international officer John Wright Lakeland and N Ray Carroll Kissimmee. Members expected from Orlando Sanford Kissimmee St Cloud Winter Park Clermont Eustis Leesburg Tavares Umatilla and Mount Dora.
Danny Patton in the Midwest last month with Mr and Mrs W D Patton visited relatives before returning to Mount Dora. He described the hive as a flea like tits when they can live in Florida and spoke of his brother R A Patton editor of the Kalamazoo Gazette and Robert Patton in Waukegan Illinois.
The Chancel Choir will sing with Mrs. C. M. Brown at the piano. Sunday school meets at 9 45 a m with youth activities at 7 p m There are groups for intermediates ages 12 to 15 and high school students Rehearsals are Wednesdays at 7 30 p m The Vesper Choir meets Thursdays at 3 45 p m The Vesper Choir will sing starting October 1 Each Thursday at 7 30 p m there is parish house prayer and Bible study conducted by Rev Mr Gibson The Official Board met at the parsonage to plan fall and winter programs Robert W Goodman elected secretary to replace Harold Goforth A social hour followed
Mrs. W. A. Vincent announces the Youth Center will reopen Friday September 12 and stay open each Friday and Saturday night. The newly resurfaced dance floor is in perfect condition and Mrs. Vincent will be hostess again this year.
W M Kennedy spoke at the Kiwanis Thursday luncheon on preparing to die and on legal headaches around wills. He noted the talk echoed a Lions club variant and urged guidance amid estate planning. A Boy Scout fund drive reported $727 as of Sept 10, construction on the house starts Oct 1, and the Sept 18 luncheon will be a picnic at Eustis fair grounds with tickets a dollar.
Chester C. Ames of Lake Ola found an envelope marked La Porte Ind containing a letter to his father. The note says Harold Ames is a director of American Airlines and travels with Gen Harold Harris on a trip to Europe with stops in Shannon Ireland Amsterdam Frankfurt Berlin Copenhagen Stockholm Reykjavik and back to New York.
Pastor Sutley resumes duties and will lead all services at the Baptist Church Bible School. Morning 9:45 class and 11 o'clock worship feature a sermon on Stewardship, with the evening service at 8 including the temperance film Its Up To You directed by Miss Delphia Norman. Choir rehearsal Friday 7 p.m. Mid week service Wednesday 8 p.m. A cordial invitation to all. Also notes America retains about two thirds of its original forest acreage.
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