Prospecting Surveyor Dismayed by Mount Dora Route
State Surveyor Jack Parker from Zellwood notes the Mount Dora survey this week covers Pinecrest and Sylvan Shores areas with a tentative line near Lake Gertrude. He says downtown Mount Dora is out and warns the area around the Vincenti home may be affected by a 200 to 400 foot right of way, with details still uncertain.
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Jack Parker
Zellwood
Mount Dora
Parker
Lake Dora
Dr. Vincenti
Fred Vincenti
Lake Gertrude
Vincenti
Scouts Slated For Honoring Eight Mount Dora Troop 19
Scouts in Mount Dora Troop 19 will be honored at a district Court of Honor in Tavares at 7:30 p.m. Two youths, Mark Williams and Henry Land Jr., edge toward Eagle Scout with one more cooking and fitness requirement. Other awards include Jan Potter Life Scout, Don Henna Star Scout, Kenny Jannotta, Chris Ray, Bobby Gore, and John Snowberger merit badges. All new community scouts are invited.
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Mount Dora
Tavares
Mark Williams
Henry Land, Jr
Jan Potter
Don Henna
Kenny Jannotta
Chris Ray
Bobby Gore
John Snowberger
Lake photographer's image to appear in national weekly
A. H. Scott of Mount Dora will have a color photograph featured in the Saturday Evening Post as part of its Face of America series. The shot was taken in Eustis and the artist now resides in Pittsfield Massachusetts during winter.
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Mount Dora
Saturday Evening
Post
Scott
Eustis
Pittsfield
Mass
Stevenson Will Get Demon Nod in Chicago Convention Poll
Dorans survey in Mount Dora gauges local views on the Democratic convention. Voters name Stevenson or Stevenson-Kefauver as likely nominees, with mixed beliefs on beating Eisenhower and varied reactions to Governor Clement’s keynote address.
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Stevenson
Dorans
Chicago
Mount Dora
Eisenhower
Clement
Ike
Adlai Stevenson
Averell Harriman
Pat. Frank
New York
West
Mr. Frank
Nixon
Vincent Schieber
Stevenson-Kefauver
Orin Sadler
Kefauver
Lake Shore Sr
Dorothy Alexander
Lake County
Stevenson-Humphrey
Heaton
Harriman
Onne
X Ray Service Slated for August TB Screening
Mrs. Slater Cox outlines a mobile X ray unit visit in August to screen 1035 TB cases, mostly white men over 40, with 51 percent over 45 and 15 percent over 65. The Polk county unit will park by the Pioneer building August 22 from 9 to noon and 1 to 3, X raying food handlers and school workers and accepting general applicants.
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Florida
Slater Cox
Lake County
TB and Health Association
Ida
Polk County
Pioneer Building
Cox
Mount Dora
Leesburg
Carver Heights High School
New Minister George Darling Welcomed at Church of Christ
The Church of Christ on Fifth Ave welcomed new minister George E. Darling and his family after Sunday services. Visitors from nearby congregations and California attended a park basket dinner. Darling, a Mississippi native, previously served in Cedar Rapids Iowa and is joined by his Texas-born wife and three children. They reside at 1031 N Clayton St and invite the public to meet them.
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Church of Christ
Fifth Av
George E. Darling
California
Florida
Mount Dora
Darling
Darlings
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Central Church of Christ of
Mr. Darling
Mississippi
Texas
Darlene
Harding College
Searcy
Ark
Judy
George, Jr
Clayton St
Shuffleboard Vote Analyzed in Donnelly Park Plan
A potential freeholder vote on replacing Donnelly Park tennis courts with shuffleboard facilities shows the club near 151 votes. The 1956 membership book lists 306 members, including 102 homeowners in Mount Dora, with business members and inactive participants counted separately.
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Donnelly Park
Shuffleboard Club
Mount Dora
Gordon Dake
George White
Water Connection
Ex-Board Member Urges Moving Courts to Gilbert Park
Richard Brown a former Park board member urges removing shuffleboard and tennis courts from Donnelly Park and relocating them to Gilbert Park. He notes Gilbert Park was donated for recreation and says the area has room for multiple tennis courts and shuffleboard facilities.
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Richard Brown
Park Board
Donnelly Park
Gilbert Park
Brown
Earl Gilbert
Park Board Faces Abolishment Over Donnelly Park Shuffle Plans
Indications the Mount Dora Park Commission may scrap plans to replace a hard surface tennis court with shuffleboards and avoid a public referendum. Mayor Patton pushes abolishment while councilmen urge a parks commissioner and a planning study to centralize recreation decisions amid a partisan dispute.
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Park Board
Shuffleboard Club
Donnelly Park
Seaview
Seapetel Torcds
W. D. Patton
Ray Dooley
Park Commission
Lou L. Heaton
Bill Prinz
City of
Mount Dora
Mount Dora Park
Ttorney
Roy Christopher
Christopher
Theyi
Heaton
Medfly Panic Rebutted At Kiwanis Meeting In Lake County
W B Clements of Leesburg, head of an exterminating firm, told Kiwanis the Medfly scare is largely mythical and urged calm while noting the fly may have reentered Central Florida. He described the life cycle, current control methods including dieldrin and malathion, and argued weather did not erase the 1929 outbreak.
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Kiwanis Club
W. B. Clements
Leesburg
Florida
Miami
USDA
Hawaii
Clement
Lake County
Umatilla
Clermont
History Is Hunted For Lake County Book
Lake County Chamber of Commerce searches this week for History of Lake County by the late Prof. William T. Kennedy. The book, loaned by the late State's Attorney Jesse W. Hunter, is sought to be returned to its owner.
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Lake County
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Brooklyn
N. Y
John P. Donnelly
Donnelly
Business and Professional Woman's Club
Tompkins
Franklin
Doran
Move
Park Squabble Simmers Board
Kiwanis
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