Mount Dora Craftsman Turns Hobby Into Living
Ernest L. Parkhurst, former Mount Dora student, built a career and home from hand crafted furniture begun in local schools. He works as a cabinet maker for local contractors and fills his house on Route 441 with solid cherry dinette set, hand woven chairs, and a 2200 piece Cuban wood jewel box made during Navy service.
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Ernest Parkhurst
Parkhurst
Mount Dora
Apopka
Lees McRae Junior College
Banner Elk
N. C
North
Florida
Route 441
Hong Kong
Davenport Receives OK for Subdivision Plat at Lake Shore Drive
E. E. Davenport of Lake Shore Drive earned approval on his plat for a subdivision on his property along the drive. Davenport Park is the name under which the registration is recorded.
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E. E. Davenport
Lake Shore Dr
Davenport Park
Harry Clark Returns From Syracuse Visit and Lake Dora Reflections
Grand View hotel owners Marry and Marianna Clark ponder retirement on Lake Dora as Harry Clark recounts a two week Syracuse wedding trip. A Syracuse paper mention prompts a playful return call about Rollin Javens. Pat, back from Episcopal youth camp, shares camp mischief and her Friar John nickname with her father.
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Marry
Marianna Clark
Grand View
Old 441
Great Lake Dora
Wendy’s
Harry Clark
Pat
Episcopal
Friar John
AAA Campaign Seeks Realistic Speed Limits in Florida
The Peninsula Motor Club with State Road Dept backing campaigns for realistic town speed limits. Dist. Engineer H M Johnson warns rigid or lax enforcement harms safety and can foster reckless driving and higher fines. Clewiston officials cooperated in a study and note the posted limits on U S routes.
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Florida
Peninsula Motor Club
State Road Dept
Ralph Peters
The
Motor Club, Repo
Clewiston
Lake Alfred
Polk City
Dundee
Hathaway Bridge
Panama City
Dist
H. M. Johnson
Agent Advises Against Early Poinsettia Pruning
County Agent R. E. Bob Norris tells garden club members to avoid cutting back poinsettias by early September. He explains pruning shapes plants and boosts bloom numbers, noting shorter daylight after September forms buds and pruning then removes potential blooms.
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R. E
Bob” Norris
Mr. Norris
Gas tax revenue for July up 5 percent over last year
Gasoline tax collections for July based on June sales totaled 10.049 million dollars, a 5.03 percent rise from 9.568 million dollars in the same month last year.
Herlong Tops ACA Index for Constitutional Voting Record
Rep. A S Herlong Democrat of Leesburg earns high ACA Index marks for supporting individual liberty and opposing government coercion. The Ways and Means member ranks among the top 10 Democratic House members with 80 percent in liberty category and 100 percent on national security. Admiral Ben Moreell presented the ACA letter praising his two year record and urging continued support for constitutional government over welfare state measures.
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Congress
Rep. Herlong
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ben Moreell
USN
Americans For Constitutional Action Board of Trustees
ACA
Dora Student To Receive Degree At UF Commencement
Paul F. Reich of Mount Dora is among 503 candidates at the University of Florida commencement. The ceremony hosts graduates from 23 states and 16 foreign countries who will receive diplomas at 8 p.m. in the gymnasium after a 15 minute formal processional. Reich earns a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
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Paul F. Reich
Mount Dora
University of Florida
Reich
Agent Norris Plans 45th County Agent Meeting in Miami Beach
Lake County leader R E Bob Norris serves on the executive committee for the national county agents convention to be held in Miami Beach November 1. He chairs the speakers committee and co chairs ways and means as 6 000 agents are expected. Florida speakers include Gov LeRoy Collins and Rep D R Mathews.
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Lake County
R. E
Bob” Norris
Miami Beach
Ways and Means
Sec. of Agriculture
Benson
Florida
LeRoy Collins
D. R. Mathews
Gainesville
J. Joe Reitz
Uoff
M. O. Watkins
The
Agricultural Extension Service
Florida Agricultural
Revival News From St Marys MB Church East Town
The report notes Rev Ralph Burley Jr visiting St Marys MB Church with a strong sermon and singing. Bible school attendance was good and evening service satisfactory. A sacred sermon was delivered at 8 oclock and revival plans are in session. Prayer meetings and nightly preaching drew good attendance all week. The national convention is set for Philadelphia in September.
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St. Mary’s MB Church
Ralph Burley, Jr
M. A. Suman
Philadelphia
T. M. Thomas
Civil Defense To Be Meeting Theme
Mayors Burton Brown of Leesburg and Joe Fairchild of Groveland will speak at the Lake County League of Municipalities meeting at the Elks club in Eustis. The 6 30 p m gathering, announced by President R K Evans, focuses on Civil Defense with speakers selected from Leesburg and Groveland for coordination efforts.
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Burton Brown
Leesburg
Joe Fairchild
Groveland
Lake County
July sales tax receipts rise to 13.87 million
July tax collections based on June sales reached 13,870,929.85 dollars, up 1,179,932.52 dollars or 9.29 percent from 12,590,993.33 dollars a year earlier.
An Old Timer Remembers Salt And Pepper Shakers
An old timer recalls the look of salt and pepper shakers in past days and describes how they resembled their namesake condiments.
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By Erma Robinson
Ernest L. Parkhurst
Mount Dora High School
Paul's Marine
Wise Boat Works
Dora Road
By P. R
Syracuse
N. Y
AAA
Herlong
Dora
George Macdonald
Agent Norris
East Town
Seecypress
Dirk Bogarde
Yoko Taniws
Ghost OF Dragstrip Hollow
Jody Fair I
Martin Braddock
Cary Grant
Tony Curtis
Operation
Petticoat Caatméas Color
Ruth
Stuart Whitman
Tom Tryon
Peggy Wood
Viveca Lindfors
Jeff Morrow
Elana Eden En Ees
Nbc-Tv
Chevrolet
Chevy
Motor Trend Magazine
Corvair
Industrial Designers Institute
William L. Mitchell
General Motors
America
Corvette
S. Bay St
Eustis, Florida
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