Support of Town Needed as Team Faces Finale
Mount Dora dominated baseball activity in the week, defeating Central Florida All Stars 2–0 after rainouts shifted schedules. Mount Dora pitchers Stoothoff and Cadwell shut out the Central Florida squad, with Mount Dora players contributing to both runs. The next night at Apopka included Hix pitching, despite poor health, as the finale approached.
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Mount Dora
Apopka
Harry-Anna Home For
Tavares
DeLand
Central Florida
J. C. Odom
Lake Orange All Stars
Hix
Stoothoff
Cadwell
Ocala
Central Florida All Stars
Odom
Geritol
Dorans
Hatters
Heim Field
Florida Now Has Two Coach Odoms
Two Mount Dora residents named Odom emerge as Florida coaches this week. Billy Odom becomes Broward high school’s backfield coach after earning a Florida State degree while Don Paul Odom moves from Mount Dora to be Florida State University’s freshman coach. The article links family ties and local sports notes including Dorans, DeLand, and league standings.
Land Defeated in Orange County Senate Bid
Land of Tangerine challenged incumbent vacancy created by J. B. Rogers resignation. Atty. John Sutton of Orlando won the special election Tuesday for the state senate seat.
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Henry W. Land
Tangerine
Orange County
Atty. John Sutton
Orlando
J. B. Rogers
Senate
Mount Dora Town Backing Local Baseball Team
A letter from South praises Mount Dora officials for park upkeep and calls for community support to boost a local baseball team. It argues players feel their town against the world and emphasizes moral backing as key for finishing the season.
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Ogee
Mount Dora
Kinship Between Florida Orchids and Africa Explored
John Hall from Owen W. Conner Nursery spoke to the Men's Garden club on Florida orchids. He noted that over six percent of native Florida species are also found in Africa and about 60 percent can be grown there. He described Florida’s 80 plus terrestrial species in wetlands, ditch banks, and lake shores and praised orchid hybrids as an easy hobby despite pests.
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Florida
Conde
Africa
Men’s Garden Club
John Hall
Owen W. Conner
Lake Jem
Hall
Rest home update on Maben couple recovery
Mr and Mrs Al Maben and their grandson Grand View Jr are both staying at Truesdell Nursing home this week as they recover from illness.
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al Maben
Grandview
Truesdell Nursing Home
Conkling Attends State Conservation Convention at Clearwater
Don Conkling of the Citrus Culture Corp is vice chairman of the Lake Soil Conservation district and attends the state convention of conservation supervisors in Clearwater this week.
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Don Conkling
The
Citrus Culture Corp
Lake Soil Conservation District
Mixed travel tale from Bermuda to Lake Superior weekend retreat
A family recounts planning a North American trip by air to visit a son in Bermuda then travel to a Lake Superior cottage. They describe Bermuda’s coral reefs and history, sea life and a shark sighting, sailing adventures, and the family’s long connection to a Michigan homestead since 1921 with grandchildren now visiting.
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Lake Superior
Bermuda
British Air Overseas
New York
Pan American
Devil’s Reef
Naval Base
Art
Mary
Atlantic
Detroit
East Lansing
Marquette
Mount Dora
Polly Wilson Sees Kindness As A Wonderful Institute
A community note recalls Polly Wilson celebrating her birthday with gifts and greetings from family friends and club members including Laura Hackett in Lansing. The item also salutes Mrs Alice Whitney who died July 20 and recalls club shuffles and potluck events with the Sanford crowd and Clermont county play lists.
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Polly Wilson
Laura Hackett
Lansing
Mich
Laura
Custenen
Polly
Chad
Alice Whitney
Lake County Board Backs Powers Dairy Milk Bid
The Lake County school board voted to accept Powers Dairy of Eustis at 6.5 cents to supply milk county wide for the lunchroom and booster program, aiming to break a perceived price monopoly. It had considered the T. G. Lee contract and discussed filing a complaint with the Milk Commission but chose to reject other bids and teach a lesson to suppliers.
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Mount Dov
Lake County School Board
Powers Dairy of
Eustis
D. D. Roseborough
T. G. Lee Dairy
Sunset Valley
Mount Dora
Lake County
Milk Commission
Don’t Scratch That Itch 15 Minutes At Mount Dora Pharmacy
An advertise claim for ITCH-ME promising quick relief from various surface itches and germs. It is offered as a drug store product guaranteed locally by Mount Dora Pharmacy.
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Mount Dora Pharmacy
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