Mount Dora Hurricanes Open Sept 19 In Orlando
Mount Dora football the Hurricanes open the season Sept 19 at St James Orlando under coaches Spear and Odom. They travel to St Cloud, then host a Sept 26 night game, with Tavares Oct 3 and other road dates through Nov 21 closing.
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Mount Dora
Hurricanes
Central Florida
Dan Spear
Ant Paul
Dom
St. James of
Orlando
St. Cloud
Dorans
Tavares
Titusville
Umatilla
Groveland
Clermont
Eustis
Lymant
Stetson
Odom
Uni
Harry Ise
Jerry Dake
Frank Hall
Kert Starke
James Henry
John Jer
Boyd
Wade Simpson
John Rappel
Wilson
Marvin Dayas
Kenneth Dawson
Ger Pugh
Glenn
Norris Warns On Perils In Tree Replacing
Agriculture official R E Bob Norris cautions new citrus growers on replacing nursery stock. He urges selecting healthy stock to prevent creeping decline and loss of trees, noting many newcomers enter the nursery business amid threats from badwood and disease.
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Norris
R. E
Bob” Norris
Registration Opens as Mount Dora School Year Begins
Vacationing families return to Mount Dora to enroll students as 8:30 a.m. registration opens. Classes start Tuesday Sept 2 with city residents first then bus riders. Staff rises to 27 with more lunch rooms. No music director yet as D D Roseborough seeks replacement for James Handlen.
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Mount Dora
Lake Jem
Tangerine
Zellwood
Sorrento
Sylvan Shores
D. D. Roseborough
James Handlen
Prinz Sells Bill Prinz & Co to Mundell and Hill
Councilman William Prinz announces the sale of Bill Prinz and Co a sand and gravel firm to C L Mundell and A O Hill both of Eustis. The Mundell Hill Co will run operations from Mount Dora and Eustis with headquarters at Hobdy's garage.
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Bill Prinz & Co
William Prinz
C. L. Mundell
A. O. Hill
Eustis
Mundell
Mount Dora
Lake Shore Dr
Hobdy
Mundell and Hill Co
Driver's Licenses Here Sept 11
A representative of the county judge's office will be in Mount Dora Thursday Sept 11 for annual service and a must to citizens. Dorans can obtain their driver's licenses without a trip to the Lake county courthouse at Tavares. Licenses dispensed to eligible drivers and students between 9 am and 5 pm at the location.
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Mount Dora
Dorans
Lake County
Tavares
Dora To Be Host To District Masons
Mount Dora will host the meeting of the 17th Masonic District association at the Temple tonight at 8 o'clock. Christ Jacobsen, secretary of the Mount Dora lodge, says all Master Masons are cordially invited to attend.
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Mount Dora
17Th Masonic District Association
Temple
Christ Jacobsen
Scout Master Scolds Absentee Parents At Court of Honor
Clermont Scout Master Al Kelly berated parents missing the Court of Honor in Eustis auditorium. He noted three hundred expected but only about one hundred attended while praising two Eagles and urging parental support for youth in Scouting.
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Clermont
al Kelly
Paul Kelly
Kelly
Court of Honor
Eustis
Mount Dorad
Eagle Scout
The
Methodist Church
Mrs Wise in Orange Memorial Hospital for Kidney Treatment
Mrs Harry Wise mother of Mrs D Fletcher Crane Sylvester Curtis and Robert Wise remains hospitalized at Orange Memorial in Orlando for kidney ailment treatment. Epictetus quote appears at end.
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Harry Wise
D. Fletcher Crane
Sylvester, Curtis
Robert Wise
Orange Memorial Hospital
Orlando
Stores Close Monday in Mount Dora Labor Day Observance
Mount Dora main business houses will close Monday for Labor Day. Chamber of Commerce secretary Betty Siess announced the holiday schedule.
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Mount Dora
Betty Siess
The
Chamber of Commerce
A Man Should Never Be Ashamed to Own Wrong
A concise reflection quoting Pope on humility and growth, noting that acknowledging past errors marks wisdom gained over time.
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Pope
Harold Gregg Heads to Stetson as Community Scholar
Harold Gregg, Mount Dora high school 1952 graduate and Kiwanis club Community Scholar, begins at Stetson University under an athletic department agreement. The fund seeks additional contributions to match up to 500 dollars from Stetson. aim is to sponsor a freshman scholar each year and expand aid for local youth.
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Harold Gregg
Mount Dora High School
Stetson University
Stetson
Kiwanis Club
Mount Dora
George J. White
Kiwanis Club Project
First National Bank
Florida
Central Florida
Gregg
Hurricane
Dan Spear
Poe
Harold
Blood Drive Shortfall in Mount Dora Sparks Concern
Mount Dora residents donated 25 pints during the Central Florida Blood Bank mobile unit visit, about half the city’s needed share. Sam Swiger, chairman of the Armed Forces Blood Bank and the community plan, calls for stronger local support at the next drive to aid troops and local needs.
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Mount Dora
Korea
Community Blood Bank
Central
Central Florida
Sam Swiger
Lake County
Armed Forces Blood Bank
Citadel elevates Lake Jem cadet to sergeant rank
Sergeant Christ Jacobsen Jr., son of Mr and Mrs Christ M Jacobsen of Lake Jem, rises in rank at The Citadel military college in South Carolina. The Mount Dora High School graduate, now a Citadel junior, has been appointed cadet sergeant.
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George Sims, Sr
Mount Dora
Clarence Earl
Christ Jacobsen, Jr
Christ M. Jacobsen
Lake Jem
Citadel
Military College of South Carolina
Mount Dora High School
Council President Undergoes Emergency Surgery
Durham reports council leader D. Fletcher Crane of Crane's Furniture Co. admitted to Durham Young Hospital last Thursday for emergency appendicitis surgery. He is recuperating this week.
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Council
D. Fletcher Crane
Crane’s Furniture Co
Durham Young Hospital
Emma O'Hara to celebrate 90th birthday in Mount Dora
Emma E William O'Hara turns ninety next Wednesday and remains active with charity for the visually impaired. A Mount Dora Baptist member, she plays piano, reads to the blind, and keeps an exacting attendance record for the church’s early history. Born in Pennsylvania, she has endured four marriages and three widowings, most recently to Abram Flint who died in 1914 after they moved to Mount Dora in 1912.
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Abram R. Flint
Pennsylvania
Florida
Sorrento
Mount Dora
12Th
Mr. Flint
Emma Flint
Widow Emma Eckholdt O'Hara Marries Multiple Times
Emma O'Hara served as nurse companion to Mrs. Eckholdt, later became Emma Eckholdt after a remarriage. She then married J Leslie O'Hara, a retired farmer from New York, both marriages ending with the deaths of her husbands. She acquired property in Mount Dora but gave most of it away to cover rent.
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Hafton Eckholdt
Ray Eckholdt
Frank
Mount Dora
New York State
Mr. O'Hara
North Korean Tactics Highlighted by Local Vet
Leesburg nurseryman Hollis Johnson, a former M-4 tank platoon leader with nine months in Korea, described Korean troops as skilled marksmen especially with mortars. He recounted his tank’s near-frontline position, a land mine, and noted UN advances stalled since peace talks resumed as Koreans dig in and sacrifice companies to hold positions.
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Hollis Johnson
Leesburg
Kiwanis
Korea
Johnson
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Dora
Epictetus
Death
Cadet Jacobsen
Mabel Norris Reese
Emma O'Hara
Emma O’hara
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