Mount Dora Lawn Bowling News and Visitors
Greetings from Mount Dora in this issue of the Topic. The piece highlights lawn bowling as a social activity linking friends from across the country and abroad. It notes matches and visits by players from Niagara Falls, Bridgeport, North Carolina, and New Hampshire, plus equipment inquiries and a welcome for Ed Dwelle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Paradise
Atlantic
Pacific
British Isles
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Johnson
Lake Placid Club
New York
Karl DeSilva
North Carolina
Ed Dwelle
Whitefield
N. H
Mountain View House
Marsh Named Florida Representative On Lawn Bowling Board
Delegates at the Eastern Division annual meeting elected Major Charles L. Marsh of Mount Dora as Florida representative on the board of directors. Mount Dora entered two tournament teams to be skipped by Willard Bryant and Major Marsh. Bryant and Marsh each lost five of six required games. Taylor banquet fifteen Dorans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Bill Breckenridge
Bill McLachlan
Frank Taylor
Hudson
Mass
Mr. Taylor
Mac
Hartford
American Lawn Bowling Association
Charles L. Marsh
Mount Dora Club
Florida
Willard Bryant
Major Marsh
Bryant
Marsh
Taylor
Dorans
Mount Dora Bowls Club Mourns Loss of Don Black
London visitor R Stewart Brown reports the death of Don Black of Dunedin Florida, a prominent Mount Dora bowler. The obituary notes his friendship, shared matches with Stewart Brown and Mrs Brown, and a memorialing visit to the Blakes, with sympathy extended to Mrs Blake. Don Black, about 45, was fondly remembered as a grand fellow and friend.
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London
England
R. Stewart Brown
Don Black
Dunedin
Fla
Mount Dora
Stewart Brown
Brown
Don Blake
Blake
Don
Stewart
Ferguson
Marsh
Florida
Blakes
College fashion show to feature Florida students at Beacham
Thirty Central Florida college girls will model at the Beacham theatre in Orlando on Thursday August 12 at 10 a.m. The Dickson Ives event includes a film short and music to display the latest college fashions. College-bound students and mothers invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Florida
Dickson & Ives
Beacham Theatre
Orlando
Fish Tales From Lake Dora Capture Local Attention
Lake Dora buzzes with tiny green flies as fishermen speculate on their impact while Col. John Bethel notes the pests seep through screens at the lakefront. Red Monteith’s 11 pound bass thrills Eustis as plans to mount it unfold, costing $1 per inch. Jerry Shomberg reports 21 pounds of bass at Beauclair with a 5 1/4 pound standout and uses Silver Spoon lures over rind and bait.
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Lake Dora
John Bethel
Mr. Bishop
East Crooked Lake
Lake County
Eustis
D. A
Red” Montieth
Starke
Fla
Monteith
Monteiths
Dalton
Jerry Shomberg
Dora
Beauclaire
Jerry
Lowe
Casters Club
Hardware Team Secures Back-To-Back Softball Wins
Rehbaum's Hardware led the league with wins over AM and S by 3 to 2 and 14 to 9. Sorrento beat Crane's 10 to 7 in another game, maintaining the division's tight standings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rehbaum
AM & S
Sorrento
Crane’s
Athletes Foot Itch Not Hard to Kill
An ad announces Thol strong fungicide for athlete's foot available today at Mount Dora Pharmacy. It claims 90 percent alcohol formula penetrates and kills germs quickly with a 36 cent price.
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Mount Dora
Uses Of Ugliness They Were Told At Dora's Chautauqua
Editor notes the first Mount Dora Chautauqua session held April 5 14 1887 on the grounds between Lakes Dora and Gertrude. It recalls lectures by J F Richmond P B Fisk and others with music and voice culture under the trees. The piece highlights early organizers Tremain Sadler and Dodge and the growing South Florida Chautauqua fame leading to later programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Richmond
Florida
P. B. Fisk
Caes
Mount Dora
Ella Tremain
Fla
Orange County
Sylvan Shores
South Florida
William Jennings Bryan
Louis Tremain
Ella
Lakes Dora
Gertrude
Sanford and Lake Eustis
Tavares
Tangerine
Eustis
Chautauqua
R. C. Tremain
Louis
Orin Sadler
Orin Sadler, Jr
W. C. Dodge
Tremain
G. R
Pansy” Alden
Prof. Case
John DeWitt Miller
Mount Dorea
Banning to Speak to Kiwanis Today
Frank J. Banning the county superintendent of schools will address the Kiwanis club at noon on interpretations of Florida school laws at the Community building. The talk follows W. A. Vincent’s last week description of Mount Dora school system organization and the shift to guidance over advice in class scheduling and policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Banning
Kiwanis Club
Florida
W. A. Vincent
Mount Dora
Mount Dora student enrollment mirrors state growth
The Florida Chamber of Commerce report shows the state’s 5 to 17 age group rising from 424,068 in 1940 to 458,000 in 1946, an eight percent gain while national figures fell 2.7 percent. The text notes school-age population expansion accompanies statewide growth in enrollments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Florida Chamber of Commerce
Florida
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