Justices Weigh Lake County Jury System In Review
The Florida Supreme Court weighs a case involving two condemned Black men, Walter Irvin and Sam Shepherd, and the Lake County jury system. If a new trial is ordered, a fall proceeding may bring fresh testimony. if not, the case could go to the U S Supreme Court over juror selection and equal protection issues raised by the NAACP.
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Supreme Court of Florida
Lake County
Florida
Bay Lake
Tavares
United States Supreme Court
Tallahassee
Walter Irvin
Sam Shepherd
Jesse W. Hunter
Hunter
Franklin Williams
New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Williams
NAACP
U. S. Supreme Court
Bowen
Richard Ervin
U. S
Alex Akerman
Orlando
Civic groups urged to submit Silver Cup nominations
Mrs. Mary Joyce Vincent, president, announced that Civic clubs in the Silver Cup Award, sponsored by the Business and Professional Women's club, should turn in their nominations to Chairman Pearle Acree immediately.
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Business and
Pearle Acree
Mary Joyce Vincent
Cinderella Bride Looms Over Dora In Fairy Tale Ceremony
Lovely Lois wed Vernon Jarvis at First Baptist church in Mount Dora amid a fairy tale crowd. The bride wore a white satin gown with a French illusion veil as attendees recalled her rise from Sorrento to Mount Dora and her past as a cover girl. A plane awaited for a Bahamas honeymoon as the couple began married life.
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Cinderella
Dora
Lois
First Baptist Church
J. E
Sorrento
Vernon Jarvis
Bahamas
Mount Dora
Casey Jones Seeks Lake County School Board Seat
Mount Dora candidate Kendall R. Jones recalls two vivid memories from youth and war that shape his campaign to improve child welfare in Lake County. He campaigns across the county, challenging incumbents Smathers and Pepper, and ties his hope to keep local schools intact against consolidation.
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Mount Dora
Kendall R
Casey” Jones
Lake County
Florida
Bronson
Gulf Hammock
Nagashi
Japan
Casey
Lake Gene
Lieutenant Kendall R Jones After Pearl Harbor Service Romance
Kendall R Jones, a 1941 graduate with perfect attendance and ROTC zeal, enters the field artillery reserve and is commissioned. He serves at Fort Bragg then Fort Sill where he trains armored artillery personnel for Europe under Gen Patton, while marrying Margaret Jean Baumberger and awaiting overseas duty.
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Pearl Harbor
Fort Bragg
Margaret Jean Baumberger
Ft. Sill
Okla
Jean
Patton
Europe
Wildcat
Curtain Rises Tonight On Players Claudia at IceHouse
The IceHouse at Lake County opens three performances this week with Claudia starring Jackie Ober in the title role. Walter J. Patton plays David and Mae Buckman shines as Madame Daruschka alongside Mel Wagner, Marie Flint, Sally McCain, Ann Gamble Walker, and Allan Hamlin in a cast praised for its thoughtful interpretations and vivacious scenes.
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Lake County
Little Theatre
IceHouse
Jackie Ober
Claudia
Newark
Walter J. Patton
David
Mae Buckman
Brook
Madame Daruschka
Mel Wagner
Fritz
Marie Flint
Bertha
Naughton
Wagner
Mrs. Flint
Sally McCain
Mrs. Brown
Klan Meeting Reported Aimed at May Elections
A source claims the Ku Klux Klan held a Friday night meeting planning a cross burning parade through Lake and Orange counties to intimidate Black voters on May 2. The same tactic last used in 1948 is being revived despite public opposition. Also in town, Mount Dora hosts Rose Franken's Claudia and David in a Broadway comedy at the IceHouse Theatre with Jackie Ober and Walter J. Patton Thursday.
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Ku Klux Klan
Lake
Orange
East Town
Claudia
David
Rose Franken
Mount Dora
Jackie Ober
Walter J. Patton
IceHouse Theatre
May Day Festival at Mount Dora School
Preparations for Mount Dora school May Day Festival underway with Frances Wages as Queen of May and a gala PTA event. On the football field Tuesday evening the 1st, teachers students and parents rehearse songs assemble May poles and create crepe paper dresses while the gym hosts a dance finale.
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Mount Dora
Frances
R. C. Bardwell
Rose McIntyre
Lucy K. Miller
Good Spellers These Dorans Lake County Spelling Bee
Two Mount Dora youngsters, Glenn Brown and Jalene Howell both 13 and in seventh grade, won first and second in the Lake County Spelling Bee in Tavares. They will face the North Florida contest in Jackson ville on April 29, while third place Patty Alexander of Tavares and Patsy Dean the past Mount Dora winner also earn spots. Each of the top finishers received a $25 Savings Bond.
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Mount Dora
Lake County
Tavares
Dora
Glenn “Buster” Brown
Jalene Howell
North Florida
Jacksonville
Patsy Dean
Patty Alexander
Deadlines Set For Chamber Tourney
May 3 and 10 are set as deadlines for participants in the Chamber of Commerce tennis tournament. Entries must register at the Chamber office. Women’s singles on May 7 and men’s on May 14 determine who receives the Chamber trophies on display at the office.
Pepper Ally Hunts GOP Split Over FEPC and Lake County Ethics
State's Attorney Jesse W. Hunter breaks with Senator Pepper over civil rights policy and alleged Lake county manipulation. He vows to vote for Smathers for U S Senator, citing Pepper's FEPC stance and involvement in press coverage of the Groveland case amid Lake county tensions.
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Claude Pepper
Fifth
Jesse W. Hunter
Lake County
Pepper
Smathers
U. S
Hunter
FEPC
Congress
Civil Rights Legisla
Death claims Mrs. Bridgman Mary Louise Parkhurst dies in Orlando
Mary Louise Parkhurst Bridgman wife of Frank E. Bridgman of Quincy Massachusetts died in Orlando on April 16 after a year long illness. Born in Gorham Maine in 1872 she lived largely in Boston and nearby areas where she engaged in church and club work. She served ten years as trustee and admissions chair of the Eventide Home for the Aged in Quincy and held similar activity in Mount Dora Florida. She leaves her husband three children and eight grandchildren. Funeral and interment will be at Fairview Cemetery Chapel in Hyde Park Boston in early June.
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Mary Louise Parkhurst
Frank E. Bridgman
Quincy
Mass
Orlando
Bridgmans
Mount Dora
Gorham
Maine
Bridgman
Boston
Woman’s Clubs
King’s Daughters
Eventide Home For the
Art League
Reading Circle
Lawn Bowling Club
Fairview Cemetery
Hyde Park District
Girl Improves Slightly After Kerosene Fire Burns
An 18 year old girl named Johnny Lee Scott remained critically injured after a kerosene can flash fire at a home near the Brown Builders Supply yard. She was transported to Waterman Memorial Hospital in Mount Dora by a passerby as Police Chief Richard Shipes called an ambulance to the scene.
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Johnny Lee Scott
Mount Dora
Brown Builders Supply Yard
Richard Shipes
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Fustis
New fiction titles at Mount Dora Public Library this week
New books arriving include Mothering Sunday by Streatfield The Sea Eagles by John Jennins The Beckoning Door by Mabel Seeley A Bullet for My Ve by Cohen The Romantic New Orleans by Tallant The Haymakers by Coatsworth Marshall American Heritage juvenile editions and more.
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Mount Dora Public
Streatfield
John Jennins
Mabel Seeley
Cohen
Tallant
the Haymakers
Coatsworth, Marshall
Il American Heritage
Venile
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Arkansas
Clifton B. Jones
Archer
University of Florida
Casey Jones
Walter Patton
St. Petersburg
The
Times
State Supreme Court
Ocala
Samuel Shepherd
Charles Greenlee
Willis Mc
Ted Poston
American Newspaper Guild
Poston
Orange Blossom Trail
Washington
Jesse. W. Hunter
Fury
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