Flor ida Press association debate on Doran residents name
The Florida Press Association panel discusses whether Mount Dora residents should be called Dorans or Dorans as a preferred demonym. The piece notes rival terms and explains how editors consider local identity while recounting how a mail stamp identifies subscribers and rolls through the linotype process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida Press Association
J. E. Fortner
Dor
Mount Dora
Dorans
Podunk
Cleveland
Doran
The Stamp Robbed Headlines Jim Jones Meritable Jones
A newspaper office uses a Topic stamping process that mispairs names with headlines. A mailman notices a Topic stamped twice with two names, Jim Jones and Mehitable Jones, risking misdelivery and confusion. The editor operates the mailer until 6 pm Wednesday and faces late corrections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Jones
Meritable Jones
William Kearsley
Lakeside Inn
Mehitable
E. R. Chamberlain
Jennie
Mailman Chamberlain
Mrs Lobeck elected president of church society
Mrs Albert E Lobeck was elected president of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at the First Methodist church during last week's meeting. Officers named include Mrs Carlton Paul secretary of spiritual life and others for children's work youth and student work literature publications and supplies. Continuing in office are Mrs E J Best and Mrs E P Mosteller. Speaker at the luncheon was Mrs D F Godfrey, with Mrs Homer Smith accompanying. Mrs Paul gave the devotionals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert E. Lobeck
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Carlton Paul
Edward J. Sanders
Milton Mills
Lake W. Coleman
H. H. Hildwein
E J. Best
E. P. Mosteller
D.F. Godfrey
Woman's Division
Homer Smith
Orlando
Bass Tournament Winner Turns Hunter in Nearby Colman
C E Lancaster claimed a 23 inch bass for the last week's prize but weighed four pounds eight ounces, narrowly meeting the winning class. He joined the Mount Dora Fishing Club afterward and bragged about the catch. Johnny Allen meanwhile won honors in Colman Florida on opening day of hunting season with an 18 pound wild turkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Lancaster
Mount Dora
Johnny Allen
Colman
Fla
Johnny
Local Artists Enter Orlando State Exhibit
Local artists from Mount Dora Art League such as Emma Sears Marsh Edith Fairfax Davenport and William L Engle Barnett will exhibit at the Florida Federation of Art show in Orlando. Eustis members Ace Ronae Starkwell and Mrs Carlos Shaw join others while Mrs Shaw was chosen to represent the Dora league on the state federation board and as a delegate to the state convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Malody
Orlando
Brownies Fly Up To Scouts At Mount Dora Ceremony
Eight young Mount Dora girls moved from Brownies to Girl Scouts at Gilbert Park on Monday. Ann Tremain Barbara Swartz Alice Daniels Margaret Sadler Joyce Moon Leslie Sanders Betty Stockton Cora Ann Sadler were promoted in a birthday and investiture ceremony led by Scout troop leader Mrs. Fletcher Crane. Also participating were several Brownies and regular Scouts along with faculty and family attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Gilbert Park
Ann Tremain
Barbara Swartz
Alice Daniels
Margaret Sadler
Joyce Moon
Leslie Sanders
Betty Stockton
Cora Ann Sadler
Fletcher Crane
N. E. Strite
Bennett Land
R. C. Bardwell
Clayton Tremain
Glendy Sadler
E. G. Colona
Mount Dora Boys Win San Diego Naval Meet
The Florida pair George Treadwell and Troy Beasley won a swimming event at the U S naval base in San Diego, outracing Texas entrants. Their mother Mrs Modelle Treadwell has three sons in the week’s news. Gibson, training at Great Lakes, Ill., is convalescing after an ankle fracture. Sergt Bill Treadwell has just returned from Okinawa and is headed to the B 29 range in Tampa.
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Lake County
Florida
Mount Dora Toys
George Treadwell
Troy Beasley
Texas
Treadwell
Modelle Treadwell
Gibson
Great Lakes, Ill
Sergt. Bill
States
Okinawa
Tampa
Tee Talk Golf Event Highlights And Standings
Rev Stackman and Bob Vincent led a weekend golfing event with special prizes going to W A Bill Veeron and Harold Gross. Frank Stebbins posted 39 41 80, with Vincent and Bud Marino close behind. Trainers Trenham Wilcox top four ball standings with all time low scores noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. Stackman
Bob Vincent
W. A
Bill) Veeon
Harold
Frank Stebbins
Bill Vincent
Bud Marino
Peter Trenham
H.L. Trenham
Cleo Wilcox
Trenham- Wilcox
Hill Top
Bud Marine
Jack Groves
Tom Kelly, Sr
J. M. Turner
Clayton Tremain
Roy Christopher
Thanks Mount Dora as Florida Press convention wraps
Visiting editors praised Mount Dora after the Florida Press convention. A tongue in cheek resolution thanked the town and listed sponsors from the Lakeside Inn to the Chamber of Commerce. The banquet featured Jeane Harris and Herschell Hatcher performing as Stetson students, drawing rousing applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Jeanette McDonald
Nelson Eddy
Jeane Harris
Bartow
Herschell Hatcher
DeLand
McDonald-Eddy
Prince
Miss Harris
Hatcher
Stetson
Lakeside
Conner Named Shrine Proxy at Lake County Club
Owen W. Conner of Ocklawaha Nurseries will preside at the Lake County Shrine club’s first meeting at the Grand View hotel in Eustis on Friday December 10. A 7:30 p.m. dinner will include representation from all Lake county towns and visiting Shriners from out of state. The Nov 18 organizing meeting elected Conner as president with Earl Gray of Leesburg as executive vice president and E E Grove of Mount Dora as secretary treasurer. The club will support the crippled children’s home in St Petersburg and appoint welfare and hospitalization committees at the December 10 meeting, along with planners for a New Year’s Eve party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Conner
Death Was The Receptionist
Mrs. Ann B. Willcox died suddenly on Saturday night during a Tangerine homecoming with her sister Mrs. Blanche B. Bryant. The Vermont former state legislator and past Vermont PTA president leaves a son Edwin James Willcox at West Point, three daughters, two siblings, and six grandchildren. body to be buried in Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann B. Willcox
Blanche B. Bryant
Edwin James Willcox
West Point Academy
Marion, Rosecranes
New York City
Dorothy Yates
Babylon
N. Y
Joanne Hathaway
Hartford
East Town church programs praised by visiting groups
The East Town area enjoyed a strong Sunday with the Happy Four of Tampa at Mt. Olive A.M.E. church and the Harmonette Singers of Mount Dora at Bethel F.M. church. Local groups noted excellence, listing members including Mrs. Louise Smith and Master Jimmie Lee Pierson, with Lee Pierson on piano. The Pallbearers society met, and St. Marys M.B. church planned Cedar Hammock installation events. вост
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Town
Happy Four
Tampa
Mt. Olive A. M.E
Harmonette Singers
Mount Dora
Bethel F. M. Church
Louise Smith
Ella Pierson
Geneva Mitchel
Ida Ethel Hixon
Jimmie. Lee Pierson
Pallbearer’s Society
Russell
St. Mary’s M.B
Cedar Hammock
Rev. S. Jorden
Lake Dora Dawn Beholds a Man’s Southern Welcome
The narrator recalls a plantation visit near Lake Dora with vivid, gritty detail. He describes rough hospitality, festival-like fare, and a tense night guarded by a pistol, then awakes to the water’s grand view and a sense of belonging in the rolling hills. The piece blends reminiscence, place, and blunt regional speech.
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Fact
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N. Grandview
Ray Daniels
Office
Liberty St
Tin
Tron Metal
Central Waste Material Co
Atlantic and
Kaley Ave
Orlando State
U. S. Naval Base At
San Diego
Stan Kuznik
Stewart Rabb
Naples
Allen Scaggs
University of Florida
Gainesville
Chamber of Commerce
Grand View Hotel
Villa Dora
Woman’s Club
Sally Dress Shop
Hurlburt
Roberta Ledford
al Rehbaum, Sr
Sylvan Shores
Bob Bowers
Morganthaler
Dave Thomas
Association of Dispensers
Tampa Tribune
U. S. Army
U. S. Air Force
Army
Air Force
U. S. Army and
Post Office
Shrine
Death
Jericho
Eastern Star
Sanford
Eustis
Mt. Olive. A.M.E
Anderson
North Orlando
Mt. Olive
A. P. McCoy
Ben McGee
P. P. Miller
J. G. Williams
Julia Page
T. M. Thomas
Gale Taylor
E. Colonial Dr
Cheney Hi-Way
City Airport
Paint & Body Shop
Lake Dora
Macey
Smith and Wesson
Highland Av
Lake
Dora
Leonard Barker
S. Demee’ Ave
Jacksonville
Orlando Tallahassee
Florida Airways
Leesburg
Brandy-Gudgeon Electric Co
Everything Electrica
Highland St
Crane Furniture CO
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