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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1953
Page
3
Lake County Commissioners urged dog owners to vaccinate annually and display the official tag under a new state law allowing destruction of unvaccinated dogs suspected of rabies. Health Officer Dr. J. B. Hall cited recent cases near Leesburg and warned that rabies can be fatal and contagious.
The Mount Dora Baptist Church hosts the Lake County Baptist association annual Sunday School banquet at the Community Building at 7 30. Rev. David Coffield and local church leaders oversee the event. Afterward, church services begin Preparation Week with new officers to be installed Sunday evening.
Mount Dora residents may nominate a candidate for the county school trustee seat in the November 3 election by filing a petition signed by five qualified electors before October 3. Open seats include District One Eustis Mount Dora, District Two, and District Four including Tavares and Leesburg areas. A 20 mill school operating and building program millage will also be voted on, with the Board meeting October 1 at 8 p.m. at the Pioneer building in Tavares.
Ernest Zepplin 80 a Spanish American War veteran was claimed at Bay Pines Veterans Hospital. Last rites were conducted at Rehbaum Funeral Home by Rev H Mauriece Felton. A Long Valley New Jersey native, he moved to Mount Dora 20 years ago and kept Angora rabbits on Fifth Avenue. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and is survived by his wife Alvaretta.
Sam Israelson, 56, died suddenly Sunday evening during a visit to Arden North Carolina while planning a lakeside retirement near Mount Dora. He had bought a Lake Shore Drive home on Lake Dora and property on Lake Seneca near Eustis to build a cottage, after years in the restaurant business in Miami Beach and Washington DC. Last rites were planned for Arlington Virginia Wednesday as Mrs. Smith prepared to attend.
A concise meditation on virtue and courage from Shakespearean thought. The line contrasts bold virtue with fearless goodness as guiding traits in moral character.
Mount Dora youth football kicked off the season with a 40 0 victory over St James of Orlando last Friday night. The scene includes coach Dan Spear or the poker face and players on the bench while the band and community youths gather at the open house.
In a Mount Dora High School football game half time, band director Arthur Colianni struggles as Mary Anna Kelly regroups players. A photographer captures a comic moment showing a football player stripped to underwear, but none appear missing on the field.
Coach Dan Spear guides the Golden Hurricanes on the road to St Cloud for the season opener. Ossie Hawkins scored three times including a 32 yard TD, Jerry Dake added two TDs and a 60 yard dash, Mount Dora struggled for offense despite 327 rushing yards.
Margaret Arnold Doleman born in New Jersey died peacefully in sleep at Green Apartments Sixthay aged 95. She visited Mount Dora for 17 winters and credits a plain farm diet for longevity. She leaves a daughter Susan A Coleman who will hold a memorial in Northampton Massachusetts next spring.
The obituary notes Abbott once held records for largest fish and most smallmouth bass. He teased health limits by daily Donnelly Street walks with prize catches. Survived by widow and sister Mrs. Joe Little of Alexandria, he belonged to Masonic Lodge and Knights of Pythias. Rehbaum's Funeral Home coordinated arrangements. "What greater... gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth."
Readers learn weekly worship times for Baptist, Methodist, Church of Christ, LDS, First Church of Christ Scientist, Episcopal and Lutheran congregations. Listings include ministers, Sunday School starts, morning and evening services, and midweek meetings at Fifth Avenue and surrounding streets.
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