Mount Dora Schools Win Respect for Beauty at Holiday Visit
The awards committee of the Wakes and Hills Garden Club paid a surprise call to Mount Dora schools on the last school day before Christmas. They found no litter and observed budding respect for aesthetics among students at Fifth Avenue School and Milner Rosenwald Academy. The visit highlighted cheerful, friendly attitudes and courtesy as the group prepared to award decorations prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bam “Awards
Wakes and Hills Garden Club
Mount Dora
East Town Acthem
Lakes and Hills
Louis Jannotta
Sylvan Shores
John Alden Murray
Oscar Bagan
Jerry Booth
W. J. Rogers
Dexter Ward
J. B. Hall
Joe Priest
Tavares
Richard Holt
Millard Reid
John Heist
Newcomers Lease Dora Restaurant in Mount Dora
Mr and Mrs Edward Blue from Orlando and Indianapolis join Mount Dora business circle. The couple who previously ran Midwest and Orlando restaurants have taken over the Sylvan Shores hotel restaurant for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Blue
Orlando
Indianapolis
Mount Dora
Mid-West
Sylvan Shores Hotel
Litterbug Campaign Honors Schoolrooms Decorated for Christmas
In the Dont Be a Litterbug campaign rooms were festively themed with Christmas trees ornaments and classroom scenes. Awards honored multiple teachers and grades for decorations and neatness with judges led by Mrs. Henry Stein.
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Edna Te- Strake
Charlotte Bennett
Jimmie Batton
Helen Kurras
Elliot Bolin
East Town
Rita Lott Maxwell
Doris Jones
Ruby Russell
Henry Stein
B. O. Bowers
William H. Havens
F. M. Hyndman
Lester Roberts
Suspicious Parent Shapes Artful Child
A fragment references Thomas Haliburton and a parent involved in shaping a child artist. The note hints at a parenting dynamic influencing creativity in a historical context. The exact events and details are unclear from the OCR snippet.
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Thomas Haliburton
New Teacher Guides Mount Dora School Christmas Concert
Dorothy DeFine the new music teacher leads Mount Dora School in a Christmas pageant and songs from primary to high school. Paul McDonald a fourth grader from Sorrento sang with poise as the choir presented Hallelujah Chorus and Winter Wonderland while students from first to eighth grade contributed songs and an instrumental interlude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Glee Club
Dorothy DeFine
Paul McDonald
Sorrento
DeFine
Anita Stedrowsky
Patty Johnson
Susie
Beckie Bardwell
Carol
Page Edgerton
Emily Ferran
Donna Wilt
Sandy Spear
George Keen
Sandy
Marie Rigdon
Don Wetz
Dan Schneider
Irma’ Billette
Marion Gore
Sue Scott
Dick Virgil
Gerald Pugh
George Cox
Barbara Hill
Mary
George Lashar
Joseph
Ann Bowers
Jesu Bambino
Ninette
Barbara Swartz
Patsy Conner
Diane TeStrake
Irma Billette
Connie Cross
DeAnne Bateman
Margie Kenyon
New Arrivals Welcome Zellwood Lake County Families
This week three births are recorded at regional hospitals. Larry Laverne Parkhurst born December 18 to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Parkhurst of Zellwood at Waterman Memorial hospital in Eustis. Doris Marie Byarn born December 19 to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Byarn of Zellwood at Waterman Memorial hospital in Eustis. A daughter born December 21 to Mr. and Mrs. James Messer of Leesburg at Durham Young hospital in Leesburg.
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Larry Laverne
Deec
Harold Parkhurst
Doris. Marie
Harold Byarn
Zellwood
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Eustis
James Messer
Durham Young Hospital
Leesburg
Girl Scouts Set Annual Meeting in Leesburg
The Land o Lakes Council of Girl Scouts holds its first annual meeting at the Recreation center in Leesburg on Tuesday January 20. Officers will be elected and annual reports presented. Karl Lehmann of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce will address attendees. The council formed in 1952 has 55 troops with 58 expected by year end and 44 adults completed basic leadership training in November. A fund drive runs the week of January 26.
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Land ‘O’ Lakes
E. O. McKay
Young Council
Nine Dorans listed in Lake County hospital records
Nine Dorans are recorded as ill in Lake County hospitals this week. The names include Mrs Inez Roe Mrs Mary Collins Mrs H J Stoneman Mrs Charlotte Elder Mrs Jessie Peters L E Ashley at Waterman Memorial Eustis and Mrs Etta Lee Mrs Louise Lee and Jacob Langhorne at Durham Young Leesburg.
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Dorans
Lake County
Inez Roe
Mary Collins
H. J. Stoneman
Charlotte Elder
Jessie Peters
L. E. .Ashley
Waterman Memorial
Eustis
Etta Lee
Louise Lee
Jacob. Langhorne
Tangerine
Durham Young
Leesburg
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Ricas
Leonard Barker
Optometrist
Dora
Merry Christmas
Blanche J. Markerit
Golden Triangle Realtors Listing Bureau
Floridan Country Club Bar and Grill
Howey-In-The-Hills
Duncan Hines
Mundell & Hill
Bill Prinz & Co
Neon
Yada Hans Ce
Joan
First Federal Savings & Loan Association OF
Wise Boat Works Sales and Service
DR. Napier
Higdon
N. Orange
W. Main
Orlando Leesburg
Magnolia Ave
Eustis Finance Company, Inc
J. F. Skirven
Mar
Sunset Valley Dairy
Parker Bros
Brown’s Hardware
Eustis, Fla
Make Brown's
C. E. Brown
Real Estate and Insurance
the Travelers
Hartford
Girl Scouts
Turner’s Restaurant
Don Montgomer
South Highland
Florida
The
Lakeside Inn
Ann Kimball
Legion Home
Quix’ Orchestra
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