Lois Driver's Warm Welcome Parade Through Mount Dora
Lois Driver returns to her hometown Sorrento and Mount Dora fans line the streets for a daytime parade. The Orlando Air Force band leads the procession to City Hall as Lois receives flowers and a jewelers box gift from local merchants. Her sister Nancy shines among Cypress Gardens guests as friends and family cheer a rising star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sorrento
Lois Driver
Hollywood
Lois
Beardall
Orlando
Fortner
Mount Dora
America
City Hall
Florida
Tom Cooley
Henry Hayes
Harold Overhiser, Jr
Felton Dean
Johnny Gargano
Owens
Ladies Home Journal
Journal
Aquamaids of
Cypress Gardens
J. E. Driver
Nancy Driver
Donnelly St
Donnelly. St
George White
Karl Lehmann
Christopher
Brotherson
Orlando Air Force Base
Driggers
Mr. Cannon
Lake County
Dubsdread Country Club
Air Force
S.H.J
Cannon
Nancy
Mount Dora Celebrates Lois Driver In Cover Girl Triumph
In Mount Dora a Summer Week celebration centers on Lois Driver crowned as the town’s cover girl. A parade, car mishaps, and celebrity arrivals from Orange News and Cypress Gardens mark a bustling day with locals and visitors recalling the fanfare and Lois’ lasting memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Time
Lake County
Lois Driver
Ed Cannon
Orange News
Orlando
Ladies Home Journal
Howey-Groveland Road Being Fixed
Work on Route 455 resurfacing advances under state road department direction. The long deteriorated road will be hard surfaced and widened shoulders on both sides with clay.
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Howey-Groveland Rd
State Road Department
Personalities of the era showman Karl Lehmann and war bond drive
The article recalls Karl Lehmann once on the payroll of the U S government who led Florida war bond drives across counties. It notes his dramatic showman style, praise for Al Jolson and Dempsey, and his 40 year Florida bond record totaling about 1 4 billion. He returned to Lake County in 1944 to resume civic life and philanthropy.
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Chamber of Commerce
United States
America
Karl Lehmann
California
Sabu
Miami
al. Jolson
Fichter
Jack Dempsey
Hitler
Lehmann
John Fahs
Leesburg
Internal Revenue Department
Mount Dora
George White
Florida
Lake County
Tavares
Masonic Lodge
Presbyterian Church
Speechless Meetings Break Rule At Groveland Club Event
Groveland Business Men's club, famed for no speeches in 17 years, invited daily newspaper representatives to speak on countering local misrepresentation. The meeting then resumed with luncheon and discussion of civic projects from town beautification to a new beach and athletic lights.
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Lake County
Groveland Business Men's Club
Groveland
Grovelands
W. E. Brannon
T. G. VicFadden
Julian Rowe
Kiwanis
Rotary
Lions
Chambers of Commerce
Harold Hull
George Painter
Letic
Jay Dees
Arvid Proves It Takes Blue Blood in Pigs
Arvid Johnson, a Groveland 4-H club member, demonstrates that a purebred pig grows heavier than a scrub. One pig weighs 116 pounds, the other 85, with both of the same age and diet. Assistant County Agent Floyd Eubank reported the comparison to the Agricultural News Service at the University of Florida.
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Arvid Johnson
Groveland
Arvid
Floyd Eubank
Agricultural News Service
University of Florida
Lions See Exterminating Termites At Club Dinner
The Lions club heard a talk on termite extermination by L. F. Williams, a field representative from an Orlando company. He showed films illustrating the methods used and discussed the intricacies of termite control during the Tuesday evening meeting.
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Lions Club
L. F. Williams
Orlando
Elephant Walk novel review in a Ceylon plantation setting
The piece praises Robert Standish's Elephant Walk set on a Ceylon tea estate. It notes Standish’s firsthand tea experience, vivid plantation atmosphere, and a plot following a English bride’s disillusionment and her affair with the husband’s young assistant, building to a rapid, inexorable climax.
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Ceylon
Standish
London
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Sleepy Lake County
Frank Owens
Lake
Rousseau
Dan River
Howey
Groveland Road
Cowper
Eleanor Holm
Billy Rose
HOTEL
Robert Standish
Donnelly
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