Letter to Mr Wu Urges China to Choose Peace Now
Citizens Dorothy Robat and Carolina Donaldson of Mamaroneck New York publish a letter to General Wu at the United Nations urging China to embrace peace and friendship with the United States. The note stresses shared history, mutual aid, and the duty to prevent world war. It asks Wu to accept responsibility and to help avert crisis directed from Moscow.
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United Nations
Dorothy Robat
Carolina Donaldson
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Christian Science Monitor
General Wu
Mr. Wu
Monitor
Moscow
China
United States
Mount Dora High School Honors Roll For Holiday Six Weeks
The Mount Dora High School announces its honor roll for the pre holiday six week period. The list includes top students across grades from seventh through twelfth, with numerous named pupils such as Bettye Ann Ray and Helen White in twelfth grade and others across the 11th 10th and 9th grades. The announcement emphasizes a merry Christmas for these scholars.
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Mount Dora High School
Bettye Ann Ray
Helen Whitehead
William Beims
Max Bulske
Patsy Dean
Charles Moorhead
Martha Impson
Herbert Schneider
Jane Treadway
Ann Bowers
Mary Ann Channell
Patricia Conner
Rosemary Huff
Ernest McRee
Aline Paul
Morris Pollard
Lorraine Priester
Bryan Smith
Diane Te- Strake
George Cox
Daisy Eaton
Billy Harding
Verliner Hughes
John Keller
Freddy Roseborough
Buster Brown
Henry Bryant
Jerry Dake
Gwendolyn Dawson
Shirley Hopkins
Jalene Howell
Patty Johnson
Sara Jo Land
Lestina Larsen
Linda Raulerson
Walter TeStrake
Anita Stedrowsky
Carol Siess
Robbie Nell Tolar
Wendy Bardwell
Dolores Billette
Kay Elliott
Joyce Moon
John Groves
Felix Henderson
Margaret Sadler
David Sanders
Leslie Sanders
Barbara Schwartz
Jeff Ray
Joyce Gibb
Yule Lighting Deadline Set for Mount Dora Contest
The Lakes and Hills Garden club sponsors the Mount Dora Yule Lighting contest with a December 22 entry deadline. Certificates redeemable at Vincent's nursery accompany prizes. judging occurs December 24 for outdoor home lighting. Entry blanks are available at the Chamber of Commerce.
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Mount Dora
No passing zones on Mount Dora highways urged
Police Chief Richard Shipes warned this week that drivers must observe no passing lines near Mount Dora. He said many motorists misinterpret the new markings with a solid line on the driver side of a broken center line signaling no passing due to poor sightlines ahead.
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Richard Shipes
Dorans
Mount Dora
Stetson Student Pledges Delta Sigma Phi
Mount Dora student George Stedronsky at Stetson University pledged Delta Sigma Phi last week, announced by the college news bureau. Quote from Dr. H. H. Bennett emphasizes productive land as vital national capital.
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Sigma Phi
George Stedronsky
Mount Dora
Stetson _ university
Delta Sigma Phi
Kiwanis Club Hails 1951 Goals and Slogan Talk
Dr. Robert Vason, Kiwanis president elect, hosts 30 directors and chairs at Villa Dora hotel dinner. He lauds new school bleachers and outlines 1951 aims including Scout house heating and higher attendance. J Earl Myers urges adherence to slogan Freedom Is Not Free and notes Florida Kiwanis support for John R Wright as international president.
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Robert Vason
Kiwanis Club
Vason
Villa Dora
Roy Christopher
Kiwanis
Florida
Forum Continues As Mount Dora Urges Youth Attendance
Dr. Robert R. Reed leads a Sunday forum urging citizens to join in ideological warfare and action. More than 60 attendees from Mount Dora and nearby towns heard a summary of communism’s triad of philosophy, plan, and passion tied to Hegel, Spinoza and Feurbach and its Marxist aims.
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Mount Dora
Robert R. Reed
Eustis
Hegel
Spinoza
Feurbach
Karl Marx
Dr. Reed
Marx
Civil Defense Meeting Urges Preparedness This Holiday Season
Citizens are urged to attend a Civil Defense meeting in Mount Défa next Tuesday December 19 at 7 30 p m in the Community building. The notice stresses calm readiness over alarm and warns of holiday plans being precluded by potential danger while urging self reliance and neighborly help for survival in coming months.
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Mount Défa
Civilian Defense
Lehmann Reports Unity of Youth Spiritual Values
Lake County representative Karl Lehmann returned to Lake County Chamber of Commerce duties with a message from the Mid Century White House Conference on Children and Youth. He noted delegates including 5000 from many nations discussed religion and moral moorings for youth and the role of churches and schools in guiding spiritual values.
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Lake County
White House
Truman
Lehmann
Florida
U. S. House of Representatives
A. S. “Syd” Herlong
Katharine F. Lenroot
Children’s Bureau
God
United States Student Association
Successful Living Is Not A Secret
Roger W. Straus, business executive and co-chairman of the National Conference of Christians Jews, declares there is no secret to living a more successful life. The message appears on Page 6 alongside a Kiwanis Club piece on achieving individual freedom. The two pieces launch Mount Dora’s Go-To-Church drive with local churches marking December as Go-To-Church Month.
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Roger W. Straus
National ‘Conference of Christians Jews
Mount Dora
Mr Gourley Dies In Pennsylvania
Harvey Gourley a prominent Pennsylvania lawyer and winter guest at Mount Dora hotels died at 80 in Jenkintown Pennsylvania He was a longtime member and ardent bowler of the Mount Dora Lawn Bowling club in Florida.
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Harvey Gourley
Pennsylvania
Mount Dora
Jenkintown
Insurance promise of nationwide service in need
An advertisement emphasizes that insurance is only as good as the service provided. It claims policies offer assistance anywhere you are when you might need coverage, highlighting responsive support as a key feature.
Players shine in regional production of YouCantTakeItWithYou
The review lauds Margo Hosford as the convincing colored maid and praises cast members including Tubby Merchant retired colonel, County Judge W. Troy Hall Jr and Sheriff Willis McCall in a lively backstage led community theater rendition. The ensemble totals 19 with strong makeup and timing noted for Merle Cleary and Leslie Hines.
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Margo Hosford
Margo
Sam
W. Troy Hall, Jr
Willis McCall
McCall
Mickey Carver
Mr. DiPinna
Clermont
Leslie Hines
DiPinna
Merle Cleary
Grandpa
Mel Wagner
Celia Claflin
Pat Marshall
Alan Hamlin
Walt Patton
Don Auleb
Talbot Simpson
Black family welcomes newborn at Orange Memorial Hospital
Rev and Mrs Robert M Black of Orange welcomed Robert M Blackburn Jr born December 6 at Orange Memorial hospital. Pastor noted arrival as a new family member during holiday season.
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Robert M. Blackburn
The
Methodist Church
Robert M. Blackburn, Jr
Orange Memorial Hospital
Mrs Olive Rice Plans Fifth Avenue Home
Mrs Olive Rice of Wellsfleet Massachusetts plans to settle in Mount Dora this month after her husband Donald died soon after their arrival. She had visited the city for the first time last season.
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Olive Rice
Wellsfleet
Mass
Donald
Mount Dora
Fifth
Mount Dora High Senior Class Presents Christmas Play
Mount Dora High School senior class will present a Christmas play Monday at 7 30 PM at the local Methodist church as part of the Lakes County Subdistrict Methodist Youth Fellowship program.
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MYF
Mount Dora High School
Speke
Lakes County
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Federalists Call for Moral and Military Mobilization
Florida United World Federalists press a three fold mobilization under President Truman, urging moral, military and economic strength to meet current danger. A Tampa Jan. 13 state assembly is planned, with a national figure to speak, and a call for universal UN peace through collective action.
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Florida
United World Federalists
Truman
State Assembly
Tampa
United States
Mabel Norris Reese
Mount Dora
O Ened
United Nations
Korea
Warren Austin
U. S
Phillip Stovin
Clearwater
Santa’s elf needs old toys for King’s Daughters delivery
Ceorgé Hall, a Mount Dora volunteer, asks locals to gather unwanted toys from basements and garages. He plans to refurbish them for Christmas Eve delivery by the King’s Daughters, helping many children keep belief amid world strife and parental worry.
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Ceorgé’ Hall
Santa Claus Land
Hall
Santa Claus
Santa
North Pole
Dorans
Mount Dora
Writers Meeting for Christmas Program at Art League
The Creative Writers group of the Art League will meet December 19 for a Christmas theme program. Members with manuscripts on China from last week’s meeting may present them. chairwoman Mrs. Isabel H. Gassett announces.
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Creative Writers Group of the Art League
China
Isabel H. Gassett
Candy Pioneer Returns With Sylvan Shores Venture
After 45 years in candy making, Walker opens the Fink Cottage on the Trail in Sylvan Shores Mount Dora Florida. He plans world repute, using new formulas butter and premium nuts, and a kitchen sales room shared with Mrs. Walker. Their children Arlene and Robert live in New York and Los Angeles.
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Sylvan Shores
Mount Dora
Florida
Walker
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