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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1960
Page
5
Local notes describe a warm week dominating talk while recalling recent cold snaps in Tampa Atlanta Memphis. Travelers return home, visitors from New York London and Europe share news, and social events include birthdays, weddings, and college enrollments.
All Circle presidents and Ways and Mesas chairmen of the Lakes and Hills Garden club will meet for a coffee hour at the home of Mrs. J. K. Mickley at 854 Lake shore drive Friday at 10 a.m. Plans will be formed for the annual Christmas bazaar and card party. Present will be Mrs. Daniel Bihop president, Mrs. E. A. Nimnicht first vice president, and Mrs. S. C. Col ley hospitality chairman.
Edward Weatherhead and son James visit from Antwerp Ohio with Chas Weatherhead of Old Beach. Mrs Weatherhead convalesces at home after Waterman Memorial Hospital stay. Robt Van Stone improves steadily. Edgar Davis convalesces at Lake Ola home after brief hospital stay. Ward Estey Jr joins RCA at Patrick Air Base after Mount Dora High School graduation. Donna remains a memory. Gratitude to county for street cleanup and Florida Power for electricity restoration. Mrs W L Bryant and Miss Gertrude Baker return from Vermont. Elvin Patten family trip to Ohio highlighted by Bradford Pa visit. grandparents enjoy parenthood. A D Freese family returns from Upland Indiana via Niagara Falls and Canada. Myron Robinson joins them in Upland.
The Hurricanes defeated St Cloud 35 to 0 and the TEEN TOPICS notes a busy season. Highlights include a Kick-off Hop with many attendees, a series of class officer elections, Rainbow Chapter 79 installations, MYF Fall Roundup at the beach, and a Tavares game and FHA dance upcoming on September 23.
Mr and Mrs Henry W Hender son of White Road are happy parents of a girl weighing seven pounds thirteen ounces born September 19 at Waterman Memorial hospital at 11 26 a m.
Mr and Mrs John G Herrmann of 1275 Southland Road Sylvan Shores celebrated the christening of their first grandchild Theresa Ann Visminas daughter of Mr and Mrs Anthony V Nis of Entig Both families recently moved from Flushing Long Island to Florida in a ceremony held last Sunday
The Florida Federation of Garden Clubs Dist. 7 will hold a two day workshop Oct 24-25 at Leesburg Methodist Youth camp chaired by Mrs C E Saunders and Mrs Gerald Knight. Topics include Junior Gardening Therapy Conservation Horticulture and Hobbies. Reservation by Oct 19 to Mrs Charles Dale Miller Winter Park. Overnight $5.50 for two days. one day $3.00.
The Women's Society of Christian Service circles at Mount Dora Methodist hold a joint fall round-up luncheon Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. The Chart and the Compass is the theme. Mrs. A. C Burdenne leads, Wilma Rogers circle hosts and Devotions. Reservations with Mrs. Christ Jacobson EV 3-3653 by Sunday. Public invited.
Seventy one MYF members with leaders traveled to Daytona Beach for a day of swimming. They were guests at a banquet Saturday evening with skits planned by the youth. The program concluded with a worship service in the church sanctuary led by Rev. Don Kokomoor of Apopka.
Mr and Mrs H H Chamberlain of Tangerine return from a two week trip to Waynesville North Carolina. On the way home they visit Mrs Chamberlains nephew Jack Wallace in Jacksonville Florida. Jack recently graduated from Mount Dora High and is now a Jacksonville University student.
The Orange Blossom Circle of the Lakes and Hills Garden Club will hold its first monthly meeting in the Community Building on October 3 at 7 30 p m. Speaker Mr Alice Smart of the Florida Nursery and Landscape Co will discuss indoor gardening. Hostesses are Mrs Pearl Acree Mrs Howard Ingles and Mrs Harry Prentice.
IceHouse Theatre invites new members as a casting drive proceeds. Clift Richards urges enthusiasm via strong plays and capable actors while a recruitment committee from nearby towns targets teens for Diary of Anne Frank. Al Crone leads membership push with mailings and follow ups.
Estelle Creighton underwent surgery Monday morning at Cleveland Clinic Hospital in Cleveland. Details on the procedure are not disclosed.
Statement attributed to William E. Gladstone notes the value of a single instance to prove a point, reflecting Victorian era emphasis on practical reasoning and public debate. The quotation is framed as a general maxim on argument and evidence.
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