Mount Dora Lawn Bowling Reflections and Forum
A veteran New York bowler shares impressions from Mount Dora Courts comparing northern and Florida play. He stresses experience over technique, team balance over individual prowess, and invites reader feedback on continuing the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AL Maben
S.B.C
Mount Dora
New York
Frank Bridgeman
Lakeside Park
Mary Francis Blackburn
Ada Nelson
Muriel Maben
Edna Breckenridge
Jesse Hunter's unlikely rise from teacher to lawyer
After teaching in Mascotte and Anthony for years, Jesse Hunter pursued law while working as a railroad mail clerk. He studied during long train layovers and, despite minimal formal schooling, passed the 1913 bar exam in Tallahassee with the support of colleague Truman G. Futch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse
Jesse Hunter
Mascotte
Anthony
Marion
Stetson University
Stetson
Jacksonville
Miami
Whit
Truman
Futch
Jesse. Hunter
Tallahassee
Briggs Praises No 9 Art Piece In Playful Critique
Briggs analyzes Life Magazine art feature No 9 by Pollack in a humorous column. He mocks readers who fail to grasp modern art while praising abstraction and the artist's title choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Pollack
Life Magnane
Briggs
Life Magazine
Critie
Weill
Furthmore
Whistler
Fishing Trip Mishap Warns On Windy Lake
William Wingler and Flora Wingler braved rough Lake Beauclaire conditions when Flora’s fishing plug lodged in her hand after a wind driven snag. William retrieved her by crossing choppier water to reach his boat house, stressing to never fish without clippers in high wind. The State Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission maintains 186 wildlife officers to guard 39 million acres of Florida woods and waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Wingler
Mount Dora
Lake Beauclaire
Flora
Bill
Lake Dora
The
State Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission
Florida
Belated Christmas Card From Florida Reaches Ohio Woman
Mrs. George A. Evans of Dayton received a belated Christmas card from Florida. Postmarked December 18 1939 the greetings from her sister Mrs. Sara Durham of Mount Dora arrived after a heat wave. The delay was forgiven as the Florida cool nights brought cheer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Evans
Dayton
Ohio
Lake County
Florida
Sara Durham
Mount Dora
Evans
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Momma
Corny
Lorna Hay HA
Leonard Barker
Orange Ave
Orlando
Jersey
Sunset Valley Dairy
Parker Bros
Main Street
Leesburg, Florida
Harry Briggs
Paul B. Brown
Eustis, Fla
Make Brown’s
Scott-Atwater
Ugt
Scott- Atwater
Scott Atwater Reid
Cor. Fifth
Alexander
J. G. Ray, JR
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