Local Bowling Notes and Shrine Trip Highlights
The Kearsleys travel from Fontana Dam to Hendersonville, aiming to return home September 3. Edward Bower left August 19 for Canton, Ohio for a Shrine celebration honoring 50 year Shriners, being a long time past potentate of Al Koran Shrine. He then visited his daughter in Canton before flying to Denver for a visit with two sisters. Bridgy comments on Boston Bowling Green club practice, noting vice skips directing play while leads roll, suggesting this training may yield future skilled skips.
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Kearsleys
Fontana Dam
N. C
Hendersonville
Edward Bower
Canton
Ohio
Mr. Bower
al Koran Shrine
Denver
Mount Dora
Bridgy
Return to Normal Is Not New World, Says Pastor
Rev. H. Mauriece Felton in the First Methodist church sermon argues that a genuine new world comes not from battles or nature but from transformation of ideas, aims, and human spirit. He recalls a young man who envisioned a new world that faced opposition yet persisted as light in darkness.
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Rev
H. Mauriece Felton
Mr. Felton
Hospitalized Patient In Orlando After Disturbance
Jayne Bigsby of 123 West 11th Avenue is hospitalized at Holiday House in Orlando recovering from injuries after a disturbance that followed a recent tooth extraction.
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Jayne Bigsby
W. Llth
Holiday House
Orlando
Fred Rubidge Dies at 77 After Illness in Orlando
Fred T. Rubidge longtime civic leader and first president of the Sylvan Shores Improvement Association died after a brief illness at Orange Memorial Hospital in Orlando. He was 77, born in Canada during a mother's Toronto visit, became a U.S. citizen, and held a mining engineering degree from Columbia. A Mountain Lakes New York city engineer for 30 years, he retired in 1950 and moved to Mount Dora. He leaves wife Ethel two sons David and Richard and daughter Karyl. He was a Rotary member for 25 years and honored by the New York community for civic improvements. Funeral services were held at his home last Friday.
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Fred T. Rubidge
Sylvan Shores Improvement Association
Orange Memorial Hospital
Orlando
Mr. Rubidge
Canada
United States
Toronto
University of Colorado
Columbia University
New York City
Mountain Lakes
N. Y
Mount Dora
Ethel
David
Richard
Karyl
Lake County ham operators ready for disaster duty
Seventeen licensed amateur radio operators in Lake County have volunteered for civil defense support. The group, coordinated by Art Benzee of Howey-in-the-Hills, includes five with mobile units and is listed with the Red Cross Civil Defense program. Stations span Eustis Leesburg and Tavares with call signs such as W4FE W4IQJ W4VDY W4MPJ W4YBZ and W4GYB.
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Lake County
Benzee
W4fe
Eustis
Roy Carlton
Allen Richards
David Mathews
Eugene Sheffer
Robert C. Henry
Joseph Blonner
Leesburg
Martin Waggoner
Fruitland Park
Mount Dora Bicycle Tales From a Bygone Cyclecade
The article recalls the arrival of bicycles in Mount Dora and describes cyclecades hosted by local youth. A photo from Louis Tremain’s collection shows a feminine cyclecade with Mount Dorabelles of the era.
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Mount Dora
Louis Tremain
Tremains
Mount
Mount Dora’s early cycles and sails echo into new horizons
An anonymous Mount Dora history installment recalls first high wheelers, paved Main Street, and a cycle code to Eustis. It describes safety bicycles, bicycle paths, and early yachting ventures led by Commodore Putney, with teen sailors and small boats racing against larger craft as the town shifts from knee pants to a bolder era.
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Mount Dora
Main St
Donnelly
Episcopal Church
Fifth Av. Hill
Eustis
Sorrento
Putney
Buolyaaj Piynage
Connor
Earl Gilbert
Will Bostick
Harry Bruce
Miss Boone
Commodore Putney
Sam Sadler
Silver Lake
Lake County Receives Timber Sale Proceeds Share
The federal government remits 29 percent of Ocala National Forest timber sale proceeds from 72 773 acres to Lake County. Funds are paid in lieu of taxes and split equally between schools and roads, with a 50 50 division.
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Lake Forest
Lake County
Ocala National Forest
Florida Ranks Third in Population Growth
Florida posts a 21 percent rise from 1950 to 1953, adding 582 000 residents to reach 3 353 000. Nevada Arizona California New Mexico also show top gains while West Virginia New Hampshire Iowa and Vermont lose residents due to out migration.
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Florida
America
Lake County
Nevada
Arizona
California
New Mexico
West Virginia
New Hampshire
Iowa
Vermont
Local Church Notices and Service Times
A compact listing of parish schedules across multiple churches in Eustis including Baptist, Methodist, Church of Christ, Presbyterian, Saints, Church of Christ Scientist, Faith Lutheran, and St. Thomas Episcopal with service times, Sunday School, and choir rehearsals. Revivals and pastors named include Coffield Felton Burgess Carrier Schlessmann and Kelly. events span morning, noon, and evening services plus midweek meetings.
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Baptist Church
Sixth and Tremain
David Coffield
Methodist Church
Fifth
H. Mauriece Felton
Church OF Christ
Roy Burgess
General Assembly
Church OF Saints
H. P. Kelly
First Church OF Christ Dc Scientist
Lemon and Grove
Dr. Jesse Feagler Dies in Indiana
Dr. Jesse P. Feagler of Waterloo Indiana and Mount Dora died last Friday in a Fort Wayne hospital at age 82. A former Mishawaka surgeon he split his time between his Mount Dora Florida home and Waterloo and was famed for fishing catching 4 to 8 pound bass. He leaves two cousins and his wife had died three years earlier. Funeral services were held in Waterloo.
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Jesse P. Feagler
Waterloo
Ind
Mount Dora
Lake Dora
Feagler
Ft. Wayne
Mishawaka
Florida
Forestry Officials Visit Lake Springs
A contingent of USDA Forest officials visited Alexander Springs to discuss further development of the recreation area. Attending were John Springs from the Division of Lands, Winton H. Reinsmith from the Landscape and Recreation Regions office in Atlanta, J N Herbert of Washington DC, L S Newcomb of Florida, John Olson of Ocala, and W H Croke of Eustis. Local association leaders C B Treadway, J C Kircher, Mr and Mrs Fred Schultz, and Karl Lehmann joined in the talks.
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Usda Forest
Alexander Springs
John Springs
Division of Lands
Winton H. Reinsmith
Landscape and Recreation Regional Office
Atlanta
J. N. Herbert
Washington, D. C
L. S. Newcomb
Tallahassee
Florida State Forester
John Olson
Ocala
W. H. Croke
Eustis
C. B. Treadway
Tavares
J. C. Kircher
Mount Dora
Usda Forest Service
Fred Schultz
Karl Lehmann
Dooley and the Dinner Bucket Antics in Chicago
Ray Dooley, a longtime Chicago city electrical department supervisor, is featured in a humorous reminiscence. He shares lunch with Verdo, a recently hired laborer, and learns Verdo hunts rabbits on the West Side Commons. Verdo explains rabbits are found by hearing them at night, sparking laughter about anti feline sentiment.
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Ray Dooley
Ray
Electrical
Chicago
Verdo
Verde
Rossson Receives Daedalian Trophy For Flying Hours
Brig. Gen. Stoyte O. Ross, son of Mrs. Mary Ross of Thirday, received the Daedalian trophy from the Air Force Association at its Omaha convention. The award honors the Air Force command with more than 100000 flight hours and the lowest adjusted aircraft accident rate. General Ross, commander of Headquarters Command US Air Force, accepted the trophy on behalf of his men last Saturday.
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Freez-Ette Drive
Bay Street
Free World
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Christian Science Monitor
Monitor
Norway Street
Boston
Mass
M. S.A
Cal
Fla
Presbyterian Church
Masonic Hall
Charles A. Carrier
D.D
Faith Lutheran Church
Synod — Library
Phillip Schlessmann
ST. Thomas’ Episcopal Family
Jesse Feagler
Indiana
Lake Springs
By Morris Deering
Ross
Mundell & Hill
Piug
Iis
Puhiluirs Petroleum Company
Phillips 66
Tweedle Bros., Inc
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