Fuller Warren shines as Leesburg highway dedication host
Florida governor Fuller Warren entertains and undermines campaign rivals at Leesburg as Highway 27 is dedicated in nearby Haines City. He introduces guests, jokes with the audience, and uses the event to poke at political foes while earning laughs from locals. A brief Leesburg segment ends with a note on Mount Dora’s sparse attendance and a local Christmas-time family update.
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Florida
Fuller Warren
Tallahassee
Fuller
Leesburg
Highway 27
Haines City
Lake County
G. G. Ware
First National Bank
Warren
Capitalist Ware
Latt Maxey
Polk Citrus Grower
Ten Drake
Road Department
Marion County
Portland Co
Ed Baker
Henry Balch
Howey
Orlando Sentinel
W. J. Howey Co
C. V. Griffin
Lake Harris
Griffin
Beverly Grizzard
Advertising Commission
Mount Dora
George J. White
Kiwanis Club
Hansbrough National Realty & Auction Company
Sylvan Shores
U. S. Highway 441
Green Way Drive
Citrus Packing Houses
Greyhound Bus
Mrr
Charles L. Foote
A Bright Star Eludes PTA
Mrs. Glendy Sadler, membership chairman, reports Mount Dora PTA misses Nov 30 Blue Ribbon eligibility. The state award honors membership drive results, program plans, meetings, family forums, and parental support, and the city did not meet the required thresholds.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Glendy Sadler
PTA
Mount Dora
Floridan Country Club Announces Big Expansion and Opening
Manager Ray B. Baker says reservations at the Floridan Country club and hotel at Honey in-the-Hills are up 500 percent from last year. The club will open December 15 with 3,000 extra square feet added at a cost over $25,000.
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Floridan Country Club
Honey in-the-Hills
Ray B. Baker
Family ties span Atlantic in hopeful holiday note
An intimate letter exchange reveals Warren L Story Jr and Ruth Moorsa wedding just before Warren Sr dies. Mrs Story consoles the anxious bride, urging happiness, and hints at future family ties across oceans. The tale ends with a playful request for five grandchildren.
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Atlantic
Mount Dora
Garmish
Germany
Warren. L. Story, Jr
Ruth Moorsa
Warren L. Story, Sr
Orlando
Orange Memorial Hospital
Warren, Jr
Warren
Florida
Red Cross
W. Troy Hall, Jr
America
Sumter Lawyers Defend State Attorney in Grand Jury
Sumter county lawyers, with Foreman Cecil Lloyd leading, ask to place a resolution in the Lake county rape case record. They praise Jesse W. Hunter for 26 years as Sumter’s state attorney, saying he acted impartially to seek acquittals as well as convictions and showed no bias or prejudice.
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Sumter County
Lake
Jesse W. Hunter Ivera
Tavares
Groveland
Hunter
Brooks- Me
Grand Jury
Cecil Lloyd
Fred Hocker
Sumter
Fifth District
Lake County
Youth to Have Voice in Planning Mount Dora
Mount Dora's Planning Commission gains student representation as Harry Wise, chosen by City Council, will attend January meetings and present Student Council recommendations for recreational improvements. The item follows a long youth-led study begun in fall. Additionally, Alabama is noted as the nation's largest graphite producer, supplying about six tenths of wartime graphite.
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Mount Dora
Harry Wise
Alabama
Union
Watermelon Marketing Hearing Set in Leesburg and Gainesville
A public hearing on the proposed watermelon marketing agreement and order will be held in Leesburg at City Hall Tuesday at 10 a.m. County Agent R E Norris announces the event. An earlier meeting is planned in Gainesville Monday at 9 a.m. at City Hall for interested melon growers.
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Leesburg
City Hall
R. E. Norris
Gainesville
How empty learning, how vain is art, but as it mends the life and guides the heart
A reflection on the value of learning and art in shaping character and guiding personal life, contrasting superficial study with the deeper impact on one’s heart and choices.
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A. Mills
Leonard Barker
Optometrist
Sylvan Shiores
Eustis Finance Company, Inc
J. F. Skirven
Mer
Magnolia-Ave
Eustis
HOT Point Appliances
A & M Electric Co
Highland Ave
Carlos’ Font
Papa Mills
Santa
Angus McDonald
Donnelly Street
Jesse Hunter
Charlie Huff
Cocoa
Western Electric Co
Huff
Charley Western
Morris Deering
Gilbert Park
Paul Ashbaugh
Deering
Marty Avigni
Ashbaugh
Avigni
Tampa Tribune
Central Florida
W. B. Stoddart
Fla
Bill Prinz
Bill Prinz & Company
Bill Williamson
Belcy Palmer
Bobby Lee
Stanley G. Tyre
Melinda Edna
Waterman Rial Hospital
Christian Science
Richard P. Verrall, CS
New York City
The
Mother Church
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Massachusetts
Eustis, Florida
First Church of Christ
Highway
U.S. 441
Giddings Court Apts
South Orange Blossom Trail
U.S
31St St
R. E. Rosell
Osceola Co
St. Cloud
Citrus Grove
Pansbrough National Realty & Auction Company
Guandéria
U. 8
U. S. Hwy
W. H. Hand
W. H. Royster
Harold E. Moore
U. S. 441
Lakewood Park
U. S. Hwy. 441
Sinclair St
Ralph B. Park
U. S. Hwy. 27
Lake Shepherd
U. S. 27
Minneola
Clermont
Howey-in-the-Hills
Juisa
Igg
Lake Louisa
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