General Summerall to Speak at Easter Dedication Service
Gen. Summerall will return Easter Day to speak at a memorial dedication in Lake County honoring Gen. Charles P. Summerall, former U S Army chief of staff, with events at the Methodist church in Tavares. The organ dedication remembers Mrs. Marian E. Duncan, longtime local organist, who died in April 1947, with a committee led by State's Attorney and Mrs. Jesse W. Hunter.
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Lake County
Charles P. Summerall
United States Army
Tavares
Marian E. Duncan
H. H. Duncan
Summerall
Astatula
Citadel Military Academy
Charleston
S. C
Duncan
Methodist
Yalaha
Congregational Church
Methodist Church
Jesse W. Hunter
C. C. Thulberry
Pearl Cullen
Lucile C. Tally
Carl Duncan
Baptists Plan Two-Week Revival Campaign
The First Baptist Church opens a two week revival starting Easter Sunday at 7 45 p m Rev C L Hargrove of Tavares conducts the services each evening through Sunday April 23 Dennis Small of LaBelle Fla directs music at the church The sermon and choir work will be featured nightly during the campaign.
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First Baptist Church
C. L. Hargrove
Tavares
Dennis Small
LaBelle
Fla
City reviews vehicle purchase for dump sanitation needs
City Council weighs a tractor type vehicle for dumping site upkeep costing 5 000 to 9 000 dollars. Councilmen Bethel Prinz and Collins to study options including an army surplus truck for haulage and street clay work.
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John Bethel
Bethel
Council
Bill Prinz
Prinz
Collins
Mount Dora Tennis Club Sets Special Meeting Tonight
James Stout president announces a special meeting of the Mount Dora Tennis Club to be held at the Chamber of Commerce this evening at 7. The notice names location and time for members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Chamber of Commerce
James Stout
Revival at Mount Dora Church of Christ Begins Easter Sunday
An eight day evangelist service at Mount Dora Fifth Ave Church of Christ begins Easter Sunday. H. E. Taylor leads gospel meetings each evening at 7 30 with the opening sermon Great Truths About Jesus. Services run through Sunday April 16.
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Mount Dora
Church of Christ
H. E. Taylor
Jesus
Conservation farming and wind erosion in local soils
The article discusses wind erosion in western soils, noting clean tilled land in citrus groves loses topsoil during heavy winds. It praises cover crops like Hairy Indigo for protection and mentions farm ponds work by several residents and preliminary surveys by SCS engineers for water control near Lake Jem.
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Soil Conservation District
W. J. Kissler
Tavares
Margaret Miller
Mount Dora
Margo Hosford
John R. Chamblis
Eustis
SCS
Otis Smith
Lakeland
Don Bales
Orlando
W. L. Bland
Lake Jem
Tincher Seeks Florida Home Despite Canada Rules
A Saskatchewan landowner, AB Tincher, hopes to build a Florida winter home funded by potential oil royalties. Canada restricts earnings crossing into the United States, limiting wealth access despite oil prospects near Weyburn. Tincher visited Florida with his wife, having built a Wheat ranch now machine guided, and faces limits on money repatriation though a medical cert allows extra funds for climate reasons. The note ends with an Easter dinner promo for Lakeside Inn.
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AB. Tincher
Florida
United States
Canada
Tincher
C. E. Tincher
Mount Dora
Weyburn
Saskatchewan
Tinchers
Danville
Ind
England
Rose Discussion on Fine Roses at Lake County Garden
Mrs. Jack Heist and Mrs. Carl Graves will join a Town Hall of the Air program on WLBE Thursday evening to discuss how to grow fine roses and other flowers in a Lake County garden. The program promotes gentleness and respect as better bonds with children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Heist
Carl Graves
Lake County
WLBE
Speaker Denounces World Government Contest At Lake County Schools
Mrs. Guy Withers criticized Lake county schools superintendent Frank J. Banning for allowing World Federalist books in public schools. She warned against a communist plan to let Negroes take over the southern states and attacked a recent world government essay contest as biased toward federation. She urged teaching United States history and linked prizes to pro federation entries. The talk, arranged by Mrs. Josephine Simpson, was at Mount Dora Kiwanis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Banning
Lake County
Mount Dora
World Federation
Withers
Service Club
Josephine Simpson
Marine Amphibian Battalion Organized In Florida
A Marine Amphibian Tractor battalion formed from Lake County holds drills the first and third Sundays at Tampa International Airport. Floyd Jaggears of Leesburg announces the group seeks volunteers from Mount Dora area. Drills run 1 to 5 p.m. with pay and retirement points offered.
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Lake County
Tampa International
Floyd Jaggears
Leesburg
Mount Dora
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House of Representatives
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Mount Dora Hotel
Claude and
Maxine Fralick
Lester B. Vincent & Son
Zellwood
Apopka
Walter W. Shaffer
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Lakeside Inn
HOTEL
Cypress
Rose
Terence
Lakeside
Inn
Leonard Barker
S. Grangs' Ave
Servel
Walter Darwin Teague
Marine Battalion
Millid
W. Concord
Servel. Inc
SenveLi Te Gas Refrigerator
Green
Lake County Fuel CO
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