City Water Works Expansion Nears July Finish
Albert O Neill told City Council the 300000 dollar water works expansion is about 25 percent complete with one third of pipe in the ground. The tough 12 inch main remains ahead as Seine Co expects to finish well before November, possibly by July, despite slow rock drilling at the new well site where production runs 1000 gpm instead of 3000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert O'Neill
O’neill
Seine Co
McDonald St
Ilth Av
Sylvan Shores
Lake Shore Dr
O'Neill
Easter egg hunt captures city excitement in Donnelly park
The Merchants Division Easter egg hunt at Donnelly Park and City Hall lawn draws hundreds of children. Top photo shows kids at the park edge awaiting the start while three under-4 hunters inspect finds on the City Hall lawn. The scene includes Calvin Durham Beverly Hill Penny Rector and Joe Jones attempting to reach an egg placed high in a palm tree.
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Merchants Division
Donnelly Park
City Hall Lawn
Calvin Durham
Beverly Hill
Penny Rector
Joe Jones
Bill
Public Notices Amherst Ordinance Rezones Two Blocks to Zone A1
The Mount Dora Town Council on April 7 1953 submitted a proposed ordinance to rezone NE 4 of Block 58 and NE of Block 59 into Zone A1. The ordinance remains on file for public inspection and a final council vote is set for May 5 1953 at City Hall. Also probate notice to creditors in the estate of Ruby G Littlefield asks filing claims with Lake County Judge W Troy Hall Jr within eight months. Executor William Eddy Sawyer lists Roy Christopher as attorney.
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WM. C. Stewart
Mount Dora
Florida
Lake County
Ruby G. Little.field
Ruby C. Littlefield
W. Troy Hall, Jr
WM. Eddy Sawyer
Ruby G. Littlefield
Roy Christopher
State OF Florida
Robert W. Dickson
Robt. W. Dickson
la County
A.D. S
Nippon Study Noted In New Library Book
Mount Dora Public Library adds five men of Japan by Frank Gibney as a readable study of postwar occupation and nation building. Fiction titles include The Stones of the House and Catch as Catch Can among many other novels and non fiction works listed.
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Mount Dora
Japan
Frank Gibney
Tokyo
Time Magazine
Military
Worker
Theodore Morrison
Ovid Williams Pierce
the Boyds
Black River
Walter D. Edmonds
Charlotte Armstrong
E. C. R. Lorac
Willa Gibbs
Jere Wheelwright
Peter Field
Elizabeth Seifert
John Phillips
My True Love
Helen MacInnes
T. D. Allen
Stephania
Ilona Karmel
Eleanor Risley
Bright
Martha Martin
Mary Lincoln
Ruth Painter Randall
Nisei
Monica Lone
John Houghton Allen
Francis Beauchesne Thornton
Moscow Publishes First Postwar Phone Directory
Moscow released its first postwar telephone directory with an original print run of 25 000 copies, selling out at 18 rubles per copy. A New York City directory followed, issued by the New York Telephone Co for Manhattan customers, distributed to 959 000 subscribers. Northwestern Bell reports similar outreach.
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Moscow
New York Telephone Co
Borough of
Manhattan
Northwestern Bell
In Re Estate of Carrie Kimball Storer Deceased
In the Court of the County Judge Lake County Florida probate notice requires creditors to file claims within eight months from first publication. Ruth Kimball Risley named executrix of the last will and testament and estate, dated March 13 1953.
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Lake County
Florida
Carrie Kimball Storer
W. Troy Hall, Jr
Ruth Kimball Risley
Carrie* Kimball Storer
Garden club donates to Lions for seeing eye dog
Lakes and Hills Garden club gave 100 toward purchasing a seeing eye dog for a blind person in Central Florida. Mrs. Carl Graves, chair of the garden therapy program, presents the check to Lions president Dale Jones.
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Lakes and Hills
Senior Play Being Reacied at Mount Dora High
The Mount Dora High School senior class will stage the annual class play One Foot In Heaven at the Community Building on April 24. George Lashar stars as the minister with Diane TeStrake as his wife, and John Marsell and Jean Parker as their teen son and sweetheart. The cast includes John Rappel, Nancy Fristoe, Norma Anthony, Aline Paul, Frank Hall, Marion Gore, Ann Bowers, Irma Billette, Jackie Hutchinson, Patsy Conner, Sue Scott, Richard Beebe, Wade Simpson and Byron Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora High School
Heaven
Harrell Spence
George Lashar
Diane TeStrake
John Marsell
Jean Parker
John Rappel
Nancy Fristoe
Norma Anthony
Aline Paul
Frank Hall
Marion Gore
Ann Bowers
Irma Billette
Jackie Hutchinson
Patsy Conner
Sue Scott
Richard Beebe
Wade Simpson
Byron Smith
Couple visits Chicago Art Institute mummy card reads 97 B C
A country couple touring the Chicago Art Institute in the Egyptian room notices a card on a mummy marked 97 B C. Hiram quips that it may be the car number that killed him while Mary Ann speculates on its meaning.
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Chicago Art Institute
B.C
Hiram
Mary Ann
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Monogram
Stanley Clements
Hollywood
Eleanor Day
Hollywood, Calif
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Southern Bread
National Bakers Services, Inc
Lake Orange
Heim Field
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Danny Carter
First Baptist Church
Greyhound
Boston, Mass
Washington, D. C
Detroit, Mich
Endianapolis
Ind
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Greyhound Bus Station
Fourth & Donnelly
Don Conway
Honey-in-The-Hills
Ray
Doris
Duncan Hines Vacation Guide
Mey
the Immortal Walter
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American Cancer Societ
Ssarman
Rexall
Patton Metal and Roofing Works Inc
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