Florida Booster Dies At 82 In Mount Dora
Horace V. Graham 82 a longtime Florida booster and retired farmer and carpenter died Sunday at Orange Memorial hospital after living in Central Florida 23 years. He came from Peru Indiana to Montverde and then Mount Dora five years ago. He leaves two daughters Clara Graham and Mable G Warner both of Amboy Indiana and two sons George Graham of Peru and Ernest of Amboy. Services and burial were held in Peru.
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Horace V. Graham
Mount Dora
Graham
Central Florida
Orange Memorial Hospital
Homestead
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Peru
Ind
Montverde
Florida
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Mable G. Warner
Amboy
George Graham
Ernest
Polk area politics blend citrus talk and big names
The column analyzes upcoming Florida races with figures like Warren McCarty Shands and Futch in play. It notes citrus interests backing McCarty, Warren’s weak first-round showing, and local contests for county clerk, judge, and state senate. It highlights Mount Dora Leesburg support, and predictions tilt to Thomas over Baker for the state senate.
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McCarty
Tallahassee
Shands
Warren
Macfadden
Watson
Dick Cooper
Cooper
Fuller Warren
English
Joe Doakes
Will
Mount Doramany
George Dykes
Frank Owens
Owens
Troy Hall, Jr
Leesburg
Mount Dora
Truman Futch
Harry Johnson
Futch
Lacy Thomas
Groveland
Ed Baker
Umatilla
State Senate
Thomas
Lake County
Harry P. Johnson
Mexico withholds quail supplies for Florida restocking
The Mexican government will keep its quail for domestic use, meaning Florida's 40,000 wild bobwhite birds will not be restocked this year. Ben Morgan, director of the Florida State Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, said Mexico remains America's only source for bobwhite.
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Florida State Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission
Florida
America
Ben Morgan
Commission
Undercover Girl by Elizabeth P. MacDonald
A true wartime story of a resourceful young woman who joins OSS Morale Operations in 1943 45. The author, a newspaper writer, recounts training and undercover duties including mail tampering forging documents and deception to demoralize Axis forces while balancing official work and personal life.
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Elizabeth P. MacDonald
Miss MacDonald
Office Strategic Service
OSS
MO Ora Pub. Lib. Comm
Golden Wedding Celebration for Mr and Mrs James E Sapp
The To p ic congratulates the couple on their golden wedding anniversary. Mr and Mrs James E Sapp were married in Belews Creek North Carolina and have lived in Mount Dora for many years. Out of town guests included their niece Mrs Charles W Goff of Tampa and Mr Goff.
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James E. Sapp
Eustisrd
Belew’s Creek
N. C
Mount Dora
Charles W. Goff
Tampa
Vada Hann
Goff
County Aids Dora's Street Repair Job
County Commissioner Frank Owens facilitated road improvements in Dora this week. Al Rehbaum Jr of the street department said 2900 tons of clay were hauled in six weeks, three county trucks and a drag-line reduced city labor costs, with work including 18 foot roadway grading in the Veterans Housing subdivision and the wash-board extension of Grandview Avenue.
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Frank Owens
Monn Dora
Owens
al Rehbaum
Normandy Sr
Pinecrest
Grandview Av
Simpson St
Liberty
Camp
Rossiter St
Sanford Rd
Camp St
Rehbaum
Cubs Hold Picnic and Scout Awards at Gilbert Park
Cub Scouts Donald Gray Lawrence Cheatham and Billy Simpson display Bob Catpins at a Gilbert park picnic. George Cox Jay Malone Jimmy Woods Bobby Partridge Richard Stout Sonny Conner John Keller Webelo awards and graduation certificates were presented by Cub Master Robert Merker.
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Donald Gray
Lawrence Cheatham
Billy Simpson
Bob Catpins
Cub Scouts
Gilbert Park
George Cox
Jay Malone
Lion
Jimmy Woods
Bobby Partridge
Bear
Richard Stout
Wolf
Sonny Conner
John Keller
Webelox
Robert Merker
Controlling Ants With Chlordane Or Benzene Hexachloride
Advice outlines using 5 percent chlordane or benzene hexachloride dusts, containing 1.5 percent gamma isomer, applied at one pound per 1000 square feet to kill foraging ants and disrupt colonies, aiming for weeks of ant-free lawn or garden. The text closes with a William Penn quote on wealth and happiness.
Mount Dora Reappoints Staff Under New Supervising Principal
Mount Dora schools will return most teachers next fall under D D Roseborough as supervising principal. William A Vincent is reappointed high school principal. Three teachers did not reapply: Dorothy Land Robert Jones and Alice Strite. C O Lott named principal of East Town 1.
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Mount Dora
D. D. Roseborough
Frank J. Bafining
William A. Vincent
Dorothy Land
Robert Jones
Alice Strite
Kenneth Ball
Frances Berteau
Doris Camp
Evelyn Cassady
Edith Fairfax Davenport
Lloyd Jaggears
Nana Laney
LaNelle Vandiver
Helen Kurras
Alto Garry
Edna TeStreke
Jennie G. Batton
Eva English
Esther Maglathlin
Charlotte Bennett
Mary White
Frances Nichols
C. O. Lott
East Town 1
Lesser-known Proverb Refines Judgment by Character
A reflective line notes men should be judged by their lives and deeds not their attire or looks. It emphasizes character over appearance and warns against superficial judgments.
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Ground that yields only briars and pines if not tilled
It is rare to find soil that bears nothing and remains bare. When not covered with flowers fruit trees or grain the land tends toward briars and pines signaling neglect or poor preparation.
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Bruyere
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