Compromise Plan Raised as Lake County Boards Weigh Schools
Lake County Public Instruction board debated consolidation as a middle path for upgrading inadequate schools. The talk centered on a Golden Triangle high school near Eustis Mount Dora and Tavares, with references to a South Lake mid point on Highway 50 and proposals to reuse Okahumpka and Sorrento buildings to ease crowding and balance funding for Negro and white schools.
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Lake County
Golden Triangle High School
Mount Dora
D. D. Aadla
Hae Ray, Jr
Eustis
Tavares
J. W. Brice
Clermont
South Lake County
Groveland
A. M. Davis
R. M. Vowell
Leesburg
Umatilla
Roseborough
Ray
Paul Bryant
East Lake County
C. A. Lee
Okahumpka
Visiting Tennis Star To Grace Dora's Courts
Mount Dora hosts visiting tennis star Pat Hover during the Christmas holidays. Hover, a noted titleholder and former Montclair club pro, will demo techniques daily at Donnelly Park and may teach lessons if paid by the Chamber of Commerce.
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Mount Dora
Demee
Pat Hover
Montclair
N. J
Chamber of Commerce
City Recreation Division
Chamber
Tennis Club
Jimmy Stout
Donnelly Park
Miss Hover
Jerry Hover
Ninth
Tremain
Carl Graves
Villa
Los Angeles
Hollywood Blvd
Montclair Club
Kimberly School
U. S
Southern California
Christmas Pageantry Across Mount Dora Churches
Mount Dora churches plan festive observances with music and pageantry. First Baptist hosts A Service of Lights directed by Mrs. Harold Larsen. First Methodist presents The Christmas Story in Song directed by Miss Freda Eckstein and Fred Mauk with multiple Sunday events. Community church features soloists and organ music with sermons on The Word Was Made Flesh and A Child Is Born.
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Mount Dora
Yuletide
First Baptist Church
Harold Larsen
First Methodist Church
Freda Eckstein
Fred Mauk
J. M. Hughes
W. J. Godtel
Fellowship Hall
Santa Claus
Intermediate Youth Fellowship
Robert M. Blackburn
Harvey L. Woodruff
Winter Park
William Park
Sanford
Dawn Bishops
Ruth Gudgeon
James H. Sutley
Mr. Blackburn
Robert R. Reed
Stovall Boy Is Back Home After Market Fall
Dunn Stovall fourteen year old son of Mr and Mrs Ab Stovall returns home from Leesburg hospital fully mended after a fall from Lovetts Super Market during its opening eve. He plans to return to school after the holidays.
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Dunn Stovall
Ab Stovall
Leesburg
Lovetts
Dunn
Westward Bound to Fort Leavenworth for Christmas
Lieut Col and Mrs Leon Cheek depart Mount Dora for their new quarters at the Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth Kansas to settle in time for Christmas and Cheek to begin his duties on December 26. Their two sons Blake and Dwight are pictured with them at the home of Dr and Mrs H T Fenn, parents of Mrs Cheek.
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Command and General Staff College
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Leon Cheek
Mount. Dora
Cheek
H. T. Fenn
Suppose There'd Been No Korea Where The War Was Asks Check
Mount Dora Lt. Col. Leon Cheek, veteran of 15 months in Korea, argues critics fail to see the broader world danger. He says if Korea had not sparked fighting peace might have collapsed elsewhere. He notes UN troops’ cooperation with many nations and reflects on military lessons from the 24th Division.
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Korea
United States
Mount Dora
Leon Cheek
San Francisco
United Nations Army
Cheek
MacArthur
24Th Division
James Handlon’s Jazz Roots Shape Florida Music Career
Editor notes James E. Handlon Mount Dora school music director recounts a colorful career in jazz and teaching. He wrote Time Out for a Jam and Jungle Jump, praised by Paul Lavelle and used in state festivals. Handlon argues swing and accessible tunes win public favor over strict symphonic pieces. His bands in Florida earned superior ratings and Gasparilla parade selection.
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James E. Handlon
Mount Dora
America
James Handlon
Florida
George Handlen
Punta Gorda
James
Band of America
Paul Lavelle
Pennsylvania
Handlen
PTA
Mulberry
Tampa
Majorette Alice Partin Tops National Baton Twirlers
James Handlen, a majorette coach, guides Alice Partin from sophomore to national acclaim as America’s most beautiful baton twirler. Handlen also composed band numbers “University of Florida on Parade” later renamed “Stepping High” used by the Florida band, and a symphonic score “Fishing Trip” inspired by Florida’s lake region.
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Alice Partin
Alice
America
James Handlen
University of Florida
London
U. of F
Florida
City Workers To Get Social Security Refund Bonus
Santa like payment arrives Saturday as city workers receive a retroactive social security tax refund. About 600 dollars total, from higher deductions last year after social security became retroactive to January. Mayor Crane notes the refund eases hardship for low scale workers during Christmas. council delayed report to avoid impacting the recent city election.
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Santa Claus
D. Fletcher Crane
Messiah Broadcast Promoted by Latter Day Saints
Mr and Mrs D Fletcher Crane announce a nationwide radio broadcast of Handel’s The Messiah over Station WDBO Orlando Sunday at 1130 p m presented by the Independence Messiah Choir and Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra The program is sponsored by the reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
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D. Fletcher Crane
WDBO
Orlando
Independence Messiah Choir
Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra
Reorganized
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Christmas Yuletide Program Set at Donnelly Park
Two young East Town girls with a chorus will perform a Christmas program in Donnelly Park Saturday evening. The Glee Club of Milner Rosenwald Academy will sing under Mount Dora Lions Club sponsorship starting at 7 30 pm. Director H B Whitehurst leads the show with Queen Esther Woodward and Gwendolyn Holly offering a recitation contest for listener judges.
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East Town
Donnelly Park
Mount Dora
Lions Club
Christmas Tragedy Stuns Mount Dora Family
A Mount Dora family mourns 14 month old Margaret Taylor Simpson who died after slipping into Lake Gertrude near the home. Funeral set for 3 p.m. at Rehbaum chapel with Rev. Blackburn officiating. The Simpsons operate Simpson Packing Co and have long civic ties.
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Mount Dora
Howard
Mary Simpson
Margaret Taylor Simpson
Forest Cemetery
Rehbaum Chapel
Fifth Av
Robert M. Blackburn
Methodist Church
Margaret
Lake Gertrude
Simpson
Barry Norton
Robert
Simpson Co
Santa To' Visit City At 3 P.M. Monday
Santa Claus will ride into Mount Dora by fire engine and visit Donnelly Park at 3 p.m. Monday. He will hand out candy, chat with children, and ask what they want for Christmas. The Chamber of Commerce sponsors the event.
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Santa Claus
Mount Dora
Santa
Red Suit
Whiskers
Donnelly Park
The
Chamber of Commerce
Sorrento Veteran Oddie E Boyd Claimed At Bay Pines
Bay Pines hospital received Oddie Elmer Boyd a 38 year old Sorrento resident and World War II veteran with Purple Heart and Silver Star. He leaves his mother Mrs Mary Adams Oviedo a son Clifford St Clair Shores Michigan a brother Johnny Sorrento and a sister Rosalie Poirier Oviedo. Funeral services will be Sunday at 3 p.m. at Sorrento Baptist Church with Rev William Harris and graveside military rites by James Hunter.
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Bay Pines Veterans Hospital
Sorrento
Oddie Elmer Boyd
Pene County
Boyd
Mary Adams
Oviedo
Clifford
St. Clair Shores
Mich
Johnny
Rosalie Poirier
Sorrento Baptist Church
William Harris
Sorrento Cemetery
James Hunter
Ad Buyer Cleans Up With First Insertion
John F. Johnson sold a refrigerator a bedroom suite a dinette set and more at favorable prices and earned a 33 cent bonus by not running a second Want Ad in the Topic. He was refunded the second insertion charge after strong results from the first.
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John F. Johnson
Alexander Jr
Grand View Hotel Ad Error Sparks Reader Confusion
C. E. Hames, co owner of the Grand View, frowned at a rising cost of living note that mislisted his hotel. The Topic printed a $3 price for Christmas dinners by error. the correct Grand View Yule dinner is $2 and readers are told of the correction.
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C. E. Hames
Grand View Hotel
C. E
Grand View
the Grand View
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Board Studies
Dora
Stovall
Jim Handlon
James E. Handlen
Queen Esther
Gwendolyn
Bay Pines
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