Pig in a Poke and Honest Tomatoes in Town
Charlie Bradford recounts a humorous misorder at Clark's Grille where a Hamburgers in a poke dish ends up as a pork sandwich. Buck Buckman promotes tomato sales with a self service stand, while a papaya picker loses fruit and his money can, angering him enough to cut down the trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Bradford
Watson
Buck
Buckman
South Lake County
Mae
Buckmans
South Lake
Mrs McMurray Shapes Deaf Children’s Lives At School
Mrs McMurray leads a cottage program for deaf children in St Augustine teaching cleanliness, speech through lip reading and tactile methods. She guides progress from basic communication to skilled trades while fostering independence and a humane outlook toward disability. She also enjoys piano painting and a wartime orphan pen pal hobby.
Tourist Develops Rocking Chair To Stay In Florida Hills
B J Cornforth of Detroit and Maurice Harte start Rok Dek Chair Co in Astatula using an abandoned church as factory. They plan to produce 200 deck chair rockers weekly once fully underway, after Cornforth settled in Lake County following 1941 Florida visit and 1946 purchase of home and grove. Dr. J B Hall Florida health director says two wheelchairs and several hospital beds are available for loan for short term illness cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. J. Cornforth
Detroit
Maurice Harte
Astatula
Cornforth
Florida
The
Westinghouse Co
Lake County
J. B. Hall
Health Department
Crane Family Returns from Mayo Clinic Checkups
Councilman Crane and Mrs. Crane with Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Wise arrived home from a Mayo Clinic visit in Rochester Minnesota. Crane underwent eye operation follow up while Wise received tests for arthritis related symptoms later traced to minor stomach ulcers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Fletcher Crane
Crane
Wise
Sky Watch Planned in Lake County Meeting
Lt. Yale W. Rohlff USAF trainer and Ground Observer Corps volunteers will attend a 2:30 p.m. meeting at the courthouse in Tavares on September 10 to help establish sky watch posts in eight Lake County communities. Karl Lehmann chairs the Lake County Civil Defense Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale W. Rohlff
USAF
Ground Observer Corps
Tavares
Sky-Watch
Lake County
Karl Lehmann
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A&m
Highland Avenue
Briggs & Stratton
Moon
Donnelly ST
Sylvan Shores
Henry Stein
Orlando
Paul W. Turrentine
11Th Ave
J. G. Ray, JR
Mary Baker Eddy
Mundell & Hill
Mount
Bora
Don Conway
Mount Dora Florida
South
Phillips Petroleum Company
Leel
P. O. Box
Tweedle Bros., Inc
Leesburg, Fla
Jie
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