Equalization Survey Begins In Mount Dora In 1952
Mount Dora will start a real estate equalization survey in January to assess every lot and business property for the 1952 tax roll. The city accepted a $6,750 bid from Hunnicut Co of St. Petersburg to conduct the valuation with six to eight experts.েম
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Mount Dora
Coun
Hunnicut Co
Opal
St. Petersburg
R. L. Vling, Jr
Punt Dora
A. J. Waltz
Rts
Waltz
Tax Equalization Board
Miss Hover To Start Lessons In Mount Dora
The Chamber of Commerce backs tennis lessons by Miss Pat Hover in Mount Dora starting New Year. She will conduct Saturday 10 a.m. one hour classes at Donnelly park court and award a tennis racket for attendance. Hover plans lessons in Eustis to spark inter-city matches while the park clay court is reconditioned this week.
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Chamber of Commerce
Mount Dora
Pat Hover
Donnelly Park Court
Miss Hover
Montclair
N. J
Eustis
Doran's Brother On POW List
Mount Dora residents rejoice as Byron J. Butlis 22 year old sergeant long listed missing in action reappears on the POW list. A family member confirms a letter indicating two close calls before the presumed capture near the Yalu River.
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Yalu
John W Bukey Rites In Ohio And Mount Dora
John W Wheeler Bakey 72 died of a heart attack while watching a shuffleboard game at Donnelly park Mount Dora where he lived as a permanent resident He was born in Urichsville Ohio and held Masonic honors at last rites His widow two sons including John R "Bob" Bakey a Firestone chemist and five grandchildren survive He was a Mason Shrine and Knights Templar Methodist church steward and former Mount Dora Shuffleboard club president in 1948 1949 Short services were held at Rehbaum chapel last Friday
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John Wheeler Bukey
Mount Dora
Donnelly Park
Bukey
Urichsville
Ohio
Lucy McCullough
Bakey
Canton
Pennsylvania Railroad
Conway
Canada
John R
Bob” Bakey
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Charles
Shrine
Knights Templar
Methodist Church
Stewards
Shuffleboard Club
World Service Honorary To Address Forum
Mount Dora announces the annual Community Forum resumes Tuesday January 8 at 7 45 p m with world Christian service leader Sam Higginbottom Babson Park president of the Christian Service Institute Inc He helped establish scientific agriculture in India and founded the Alahabad Agricultural Institute He later earned a Doctor of Philanthropy from Princeton and served as Presbyterian moderator The January 15 program will feature a musical trio from Tallahassee
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Mount Dora
Sam Higginbottom
Babson Park
Christian Service Institute, Inc
Methodist Church
Higginbottom
Wales
India
Alahabad Agricultural Institute
Florida
Princeton University
Legion Party To Highlight New Year’s Eve In Mount Dora
Mount Dora plans a trio of New Year celebrations. The American Legion post and auxiliary host a 10 p.m. dance with Quix Quintet at the Legion Memorial home, plus table reservations coordinated by Roy Christopher and Fred W. Sage. The Yacht club holds a New Year Watch Party beginning at 10 p.m. and Sylvan Shores hotel hosts a party with favors. Restaurants will offer New Year’s Day dinners.
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Mount Dora
American Legion Post
Legion Memorial Home
Quix
Roy Christopher
Fred W. Sage
Sylvan Shores
Youth Center Holiday Party at Gilbert Park Headquarters
All members of the Youth Center are invited to attend the holiday season party at Gilbert Park headquarters Friday evening, hosted by the Business and Professional Women's Club.
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Youth Center
Gilbert Park
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Mount Dora elects Lou L. Heaton as mayor in January
In City Hall the draft of the annual taxpayers report shows Clerk William C. Stewart and Councilman Lou L. Heaton who will become mayor in January. Stewart was reelected as clerk for a sixth term this month while Heaton, former New York Herald-Tribune classified advertising manager, will lead Mount Dora's continued progress amid Florida's strong city finances.
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City Hall
William C. Stewart
Lou L. Heaton
Stewart
Heaton
Florida
New York Herald-Tribune
Mount Dora
Dora Brothers Meet In Korea
Mount Dora brothers Corp. James Roy Ledford and PFC. Thomas L. Ledford reunited in Korea shortly before Christmas to talk of home. James, 22, joined July 28 with the anti aircraft division in western Korea. Thomas, 20, with the Medical Corps since Oct. 7, fought on the front lines and was wounded in the hand before being sent to Japan where his films may be developed.
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Mount Dora
Korea
Corp
James Roy
Thomas L. Ledford
T. O. Ledford
Lake Carlton
James
Thomas
Japan
Mount Dora High School
Fish Meeting by Lake County Association at Legion Hall
A Lake County Fish and Game group meeting open to conservation-minded residents will convene at the American Legion building in Umatilla on Wednesday January 9. President H T Dykes announces the gathering.
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Lake County Fish and Game Association
American Legion
Umatilla
H.T. Dykes
Barnyard Mischief Sparks Short Garage Heist
A Brown family prank ends with a boy demanding garage keys and taking a lawn mower, leaving the household briefly startled but amused. No injuries reported.
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Wall Street Journal
Lake County Personality Told In Scene and Sound
The piece defends Lake county against external claims of perfidy and racism, arguing the area holds beauty and character. It links the 1949 1952 Groveland events to national misperceptions, insisting the county’s soul lies in its citrus hills, sunsets, and people rather than sensational headlines.
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Lake County
Death County
Lake County claims peaceful race relations and fair justice
The article argues that Lake County bears a harsh image of white wash and racial bias yet asserts that the county does not claim perfection in race relations. It contends that Lake County seeks peaceful coexistence and that its courts render fair justice regardless of skin color, with officials enforcing these principles across its 36 000 residents.
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Lake County
Buck Hunter Returns With Trophy From Ocala Forest
Dick Reynolds, manager of the Economy Super Market, brings home a fine buck after two near misses and enduring the forest shirt-tail penalty. The latest hunt ended successfully with Reynolds pictured beside the animal.
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Dick Reynolds
Ocala Forest
Florida Bar Dinner Sees Dignitaries Attend Leesburg Event
The Fifth Judicial Circuit Bar Association hosts a dinner at Silver Lake Country Club in Leesburg on Saturday January 5 with invited dignitaries from the legal profession. AttendeeTim M Sellar of Leesburg serves as president.
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Florida
Fifth Judicial
Circuit Bar Association
Silver Lake Country Club
Leesburg
Tim M. Sellar
Mount Dora Reports Fifth Year Tax Cut and Rapid Growth
The 1951 Report to Taxpayers shows Mount Dora’s continued expansion with a fifth consecutive ad valorem tax rate cut from 12.5 to 11.5 mills, the lowest in the area. It notes 52 new homes, new supermarkets, remodeled business quarters, a $32 000 church school, and building permits totaling $588 579. post office receipts near $33 715, doubling since 1941, plus Sylvan Shores growth and multiple infrastructure gains.
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Mount Dora
Florida
William C. Stewart
D. Fletcher Crane
Methodist Church
Harry Hopcraft
Irvin Retrial in Groveland Case Eyes Jan Ocala Return
The Groveland Story nears a new climax as Walter Lee Irvin, the sole defendant, faces retrial in Ocala on January 14. A change of venue to Marion County moves the case, with FBI records cited and testimony expected from State's Attorney Jesse W. Hunter as Sherriff McCall and others face new scrutiny.
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Groveland
Ocala
Walter Lee Irvin
South Lake County
Irvin
United States Supreme Court
Lake County
Florida
Supreme Court
Marion County
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Jesse W. Hunter
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Investigation Bureau
Bureau
James M. McInerney
Criminal Division
Department of Justice
Samuel Shepherd
Sherif Willis V. McCall
Walter Irvin
Shepherd
Holver
McInerney
James L. Yates
Weirsdale Rd
McCall
Hoover
National Association For the Advancement “of Colored People
NAACP
Townsend matriarchs son mourns loss of Kiwanian father
Thomas Hopp Townsend, 85, father of T. A. Townsend and longtime Alabama farmer, died Christmas Eve at his son's home. Last rites were held at the Baptist church with Pastor James H. Sutley officiating and burial in Forest Cemetery. He leaves a widow Martha and a large family including Major J. L. Townsend in Germany. He spent most of his life in Alabama as a farmer and church member.
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Thomas Hopp Townsend
T. A. Townsend
Baptist Church
James H. Sutley
Forest Cemetery
Martha Townsend
Floy Hooper
Avon Park
J. L. Townsend
Seventh Army
Germany
E. H. Townsend
Madison
E. M. Townsend
Clearwater
W. J. Townsend
Demopolis
Ala
J. O. Townsend
Birmingham
D. D. Townsend
Branford
The
Townsend
Alabama
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