Youth Revival Opens at Baptists Church Outlined
A Youth for Christ revival sponsored by youth and parents will run through Sunday in the Athens Baptist Church near Frostproof. Carl Story 21 will preach gospel messages with Lee Dettra a Mount Dora 12 year old organist and Dan Schneider a high school senior leading singing. Services start 730 p.m. daily except Sunday at 3 p.m. Rev David Coffield invites all ages to attend and witness youth conducting a church service. If you are too busy to pray you are too busy.
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Youth For Christ
Carl Story
Athens Baptist Church
Frostproof
Lee Dettra
Mount Dora
Dan Schneider
David Coffield
R A Durfee Claimed After Long Illness at Sylvan Shores
Final rites for Robert Allan Durfee were held at Page-Theus Funeral Home Leesburg with Dr Robert R Reed pastor of the Community church officiating. Durfee died April 17 at 1086 Washington rd Sylvan Shores after a lingering illness. Born January 1 1879 in Toledo Ohio he worked as an auditor for the Chicago and Alton railroad then the government railroad administration during WWI. He later served as accountant and auditor in the Bureau of Accounts Chicago with the Interstate Commerce Commission retiring in 1943. He moved to Mount Dora six years ago for health reasons. He and Pearl Z Durfee built a home in Sylvan Shores and joined the Community church. He leaves his wife a son Robert Allan Durfee Jr and a granddaughter Penelope Anne of Palo Alto California.
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Robert Allan Durfee
Page-Theus
Leesburg
Robert R. Reed
Community Church
Mr. Durfee
Washington Rd
Sylvan Shores
Toledo
Ohio
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Railroad Administration
Bureau of Accounts
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mount Dora
Durfee
Pearl Z
Robert Allan Durfee, Jr
Penelope Anne
Palto Alto
Cal
Hospital list includes Mount Dora patients Earl Logan and Mrs Potts
In hospital this week at Memorial Hospital near Ustis Mount Dora residents Earl Logan and Mrs Lottie Potts are under care.
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Mount Dora
Earl Logan
Lottie Potts
Pre Memorial Hospital
Ustis
Colonel Turner Dies After Long Illness in Sylvan Shores
Col Lambert Turner veteran of two wars and a former aide at The Hague and SHAEF died at his Sylvan Shores home April 22 after weeks with coronary thrombosis. A Grove City native born December 30, 1894, he helped elect Eisenhower in 1952 and Willkie in 1940. He studied at Grove City College and Columbia, practiced law, then worked in brokerage. He moved to Mount Dora in 1951 and belonged to Kiwanis and the American Legion. he is survived by his widow Mabel Hawkins Turner and a son Sam.
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Lambert Turner
United States
Sylvan Shores
Turner
Lake County
Florida
Eisenhower
Dwight Eisenhower
the Hague
SHAEF
Pennsylvania
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Grove City
John A. Turner
Grove City College
Columbia University
Law School
University of Pennsylvania
Moore, Leonard and Lynch
James
Mayview
Last Rites Held For Mrs Thorn In Armor New York
Last rites were held in Armor New York for Grace Clark Thorn 67 who died at her sister’s Mount Dora Florida home. She was former Buffalo Evening News editor Ralph C Thorn’s widow author of In the Long Long Ago and founder of Orchard Park Historical Society. Interment took place in Grove City with services at Rehbaum Funeral Home. She left sisters Mabel Clark and Mary Elinore Davies a Pittsburgh daughter and seven grandchildren.
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Armor
N. Y
Grace Clark Thorn
William Walker
Mount Dora
Denver
Thorn
Evelyn Walsh McLean
Hope Diamond Fame
Mabel Clark
Buffalo
Kert Turner, Jr
Pittsburgh
Mary Elinore Davies
Cincinnati
Rehbaum
Grove City
Roy Cram Dies In Detroit
Roy Cram age 67, long time Chevrolet Motors executive who helped develop the dynometer, died at his home in Detroit on Sunday. He and his wife Esther lived in Mount Dora four years ago and later moved toward Lake Ola area. he had cared for his invalid wife and sought to be near doctors in North after relocating. Surviving are his wife, a son Stewart of Detroit, and two grandchildren.
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Roy Cram
Esther
Mount Dora
Detroit
E. E. Lewis
Crams
Lake Ola
Mr. Cram
Chevrolet Motors
United States
Indianapolis
Cram
Stewart
Foster Must Wait for Case Disposition
North Carolina father John Foster found guilty in county judge court of drunkenness and contributing to a minor faces pending sentence after parole commission review. Witness Charles Wesson released conditions. defense questions cited. Prosecution corrected to Burnham Reilly as county prosecutor. Foster's attorney Jesse W. Hunter sought to question Wesson prior to trial.
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John Foster
North Carolina
Troy Hall, Jr
Foster
Parole Commission
FBI
Salisbury N. C
Charles Wesson
Wesson
S. E. Clark
Riley's Park
Clark
Johnnie
Zera Giles
Burnham Reilly
Giles
Jesse W. Hunter
Rotary Charter Night for Mount Dora Club Set in Leesburg
Mount Dora's new Rotary club becomes an official Rotary International affiliate at a charter night banquet next Thursday at Leesburg Woman's Club. Over 300 attendees from Florida are expected. Guest speaker is J Cleve Allen of Coral Gables, a former international director.
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Mount Dora
Rotary Club
Rotary International
Woman’s Club
Leesburg
Florida
C. E. Brown
Rotary
J. Cleve Allen
Coral Gables
International Organization
Frank Cole
Citizens National Bank of
Thomas Jefferson
Cole
Henry Swift 79 Dies at His Home on Fifth Ave
Henry H. Swift 79 died at his home after a lingering illness. Last rites were held at Rehbaum Funeral Home with Dr. Robert R. Reed officiating. A Mount Dora resident for 15 years he belonged to the Lawn Bowling club. He leaves son Howard of Allston Massachusetts. Contributions to the American Cancer Society were requested in lieu of flowers.
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Henry H. Swift
Fifth Av
Rehbaum
Robert R. Reed
Swift
Mount Dora
Lawn Bowling Club
Howard
Allston
Mass
American Cancer Society
Bukey Circle Meeting Set With Treasure Chest Theme
Members are to bring their treasure chests to the Bukey Circle of the Methodist church meeting next Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Theodore Schneider on Page Lane. Co hosts are Mrs. O H Conway and Mrs. Frances Moore.
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Bukey
The
Methodist Church
Theodore Schneider
Page Lane
O. H. Conway
Frances Moore
Life’s Quest to Do Good, a Moral Reflection
A reflective note by Gamaliel Baily emphasizes the enduring call to perform worthy deeds for others as a guiding life quest.
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Gamaliel Baily
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Leonard Barker
R. A. Durfee
Builders Supply Co., Inc
Eustis
Boltaflex
Colonel Turner
Ike
Mrs. Thorn
Phillips Brooks
Jerry W. Carter
Railroad & Public Utilities Commission
Pol. Pol. Adv
Geo
C. Hunter, Jr
Dep. Treas
Dead River
City Dock
Silver Springs
Wise Boat Works
Plutarch
Henry Swift
Rehbaums Hardware
Chevrolet
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Eustis, Florida
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