Spills and Records Highlight Mount Dora Regatta Thrills
Mount Dora hosts a 10 000 spectator regatta as Tommy Hagood of Orlando sets baseball speed records in BU and DU classes under APBA sanction. A boat fire and a driverless aerial somersault electrify the crowd while Ritner and Wolfe suffer losses and repairs. Hagood wins Class BU and DU, with Eldridge leading Class A and Byron King III claiming Class C in Lakeland and Orlando.
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Sunshine State
Mount Dora
Yacht Club Chamber of Commerce
Tommy Hagood
Orlando
Mount Dora considers industrial development amid planning panel debate
At a Mount Dora Planning Commission meeting on Monday the panel weighed industrial diversification to shield the economy from a citrus freeze. Mayor Crane and Harold Overhiser urged locating clean industry near the vacant crate mill on Robie Street, while White and Ray cautioned Mount Dora remains a residential town. Chairman Collins noted White’s longstanding stance as he adjourned without a decision.
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Hamlet
Mount Dora
D. Fletcher Crane
Robie St
Harold Overhiser
Brown Builders Supply
Triangle
George A. White
Commission
Industrial Development
J. G. Ray, Jr
White
A. J. Waltz
Crane
Marshall Collins
Industrial Committee
Rollins Offers Film on Seminoles for Civic Groups
Inter-American center at Rollins College provides the film Seminoles of the Everglades about Florida Indians clinging to old ways while facing new life. Dr. A J Hanna says it shows Seminoles seeking seclusion in the Everglades and now adapting to a changed world. Availability is by request to the Inter-American Center at Rollins.
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Rollins College Inter-American Center
the Everglades
Florida
A. J. Hanna
Everglades
Mter
Rollins
Mount Dora Regatta Sparks Pathos and Pinch Hits
Sunday at Lake Dora drew thousands who watched dramatic scenes as boats failed and racers faced mishaps. Dianna Kay Wallace from Lima Ohio watches her father James Wallace amid defeat. Bill Ritner of Merlin Pa kneels by his shattered 225 racer hull. Betty Donovan races with Jim Donovan aiding her launch. Byron Sonny King of Orlando shows steady wins in outboard classes. a crowd lines the Yacht club hillside while Dr P B Harter inspects a minor casualty as George Allen of Bunnell is struck by a wood piece.
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Hagood
American Powerboat Association
Texas
Lake Dora
George Sweet
Tommy
Bill Ritner
Merlin
Joe Wolfe
Reading
Ritner
Mount Dora
Lima
Ohio
Dianna Kay Wallace
James Wallace
Betty Donovan
Jim Donovan
Byron
Sonny” King
Orlando
Yacht Club
P. B. Harter
George Allen
Bunnell
PTA petitions Clayton change for safer school zone
The Parent-Teacher Association asks City Council to make Clayton Street one way past the school after a near fatal accident involving a pupil. The association board approved the formal request and Mayor Crane signaled the measure would be granted at the upcoming council meeting.
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Clayton Jr
Parent-Teacher Association
Clayton Sr
Crane
Board Urges Further Study On Mount Dora Meters
The Planning Commission sent back to Chairman William P. Wingler a negative report on installing parking meters in Mount Dora and asked for more study. Wingler said meters would not help the parking problem, while Mrs. D. Fletcher Crane argued that women would welcome meters and that the Third and Donnelly lot is too far for shoppers to walk with groceries.
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Planning Commission
William P. Wingler
Mount Dora
Wingler
Commission
D. Fletcher Crane
Third
Donnelly
Mount Dora Welcomes World Traveling Lecturer Alice Fuller
Editor profiles Alice Fuller, Mount Dora newcomer and world traveler who lectures on Spin the Globe and writes travel pieces for Children’s Activities. Her tales cover journeys from India to Grand Cayman, Varadero Beach Cuba, and the Thousand Islands Florida. She lives with her 9-year-old son Richard while daughter Elin studies in St Petersburg. husband Mr Fuller tours the West Indies.
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Alice Fuller
Mount Dora
Alice Scott Fuller
Florida
India
Singapore
Grand Cayman
Vera Cruz
Tehuantepec
Mexico
Thousand Islands
Varadera Beach
Cuba
Grand Bahamas Bank
Butlin
Richard
Elin
St. Petersburg
Ft. Myers
Fuller
West Indies
Fullers Plan World Tour Turns Into Grand Travel Quest
Alice Scott Fuller and her partner set out on a world journey in 1938 aboard a freighter. They toured South Africa’s jungle trails and snake pits while recording adventures on film. In India, Alice rode a mahantar’s elephant during their evolving travel project.
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South Africa
Fullers
India
Jaipur
Alice
Readiness Cost Is Speaker's CofC Subject
The Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce dinner will feature Dean Walter J. Matherly of the University of Florida speaking on preparedness costs. The event at 6:30 p.m. is open to non members and serves as a joint Lions Kiwanis meeting. Election of officers follows the nominating committee report.
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Walter J. Matherly
University of Florida
Mount Dora
Robert Wason
J. G. Ray, Jr
al Rehbaum
Carl S. Graves
Richard Edgerton
O. M
Jack” Simpson
A. C. Quixley
W. M. Kennedy
College of Business Administration
Matherly
Florida’s University At
Gainesville
University of Chicago
Georgetown
University of North Carolina
Washington University
St. Louis
University of Minnesota
William Jewell College
Liberty
The
Southern Economic Association
Social Science Research Council
Dean Matherly
Florida
State Board of Health
Crippled Children’s Commission
American Cancer Society
Episcopal Church of Florida
Jacksonville
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce
First National Bank
Mount Dora Starts Garbage Disposer Program
Mount Dora begins selling Disposalls electric kitchen units at 99.95 installed to grind waste for sewage. Officials report strong early interest as GE promoted program, claiming units work with septic tanks and reduce garbage truck load. Mayor Crane says aim is a cleaner healthier town and shared utility bills.
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Florida
Mount Dora
General Electric Co
D. Fletcher Crane
Average Man's Duty To UN Is Forum Topic
Dr. Charles Bushong of the University of Florida speaks at Mount Dora Community Forum on the United Nations. He examines its structure and aims and connects world events at Lake Success to everyday life. The forum includes diverse civic groups and churches.
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United Nations
Charles Bushong
University of Florida
Mount Dora
Lake Success
Dr. Bushong
Community Church Educational Committee
E. E. Lewis
Ohio State University
Japan
Ice-House Players Stage Light Up the Sky Comedy
Ice-House Players open the February production Light Up the Sky with performances Friday and Saturday evenings and a shown box office reservation. The plot follows actors producing a new play under strain as temperaments clash and the author quits then returns, culminating in a success with prominent cast members from Leesburg Ta vares and Eustis.
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George Benjamin
Virginia Baxter
Leesburg
Mickey Carver
IceHouse
Alan Hamlin
Tavares
Talbot Simpson
Frank Stebbins
Eustis
Sally
Berrien McCain
Jean Patterson
A. D. Marshall
Clarence Mabry
Jay Die
Frances Lovell
McCain
Death takes former resident W J Moten
Word reached Mount Dora this week of the death in Buies Creek North Carolina of W J Moten former resident here. He had been packing house foreman for a number of years before he and Mrs Banes operated a grocery store in the Burton garage building at Highland and Liberty streets He survived by a daughter Maggie a . Ross Bartlett and two grandchildren of Athens Georgia.
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Mount Dora
Buies Creek
N. C
W. J. Moten
Mr. Moten
Banes
Burton Garage
Highland and
Liberty Sts
Avatar
Mew
Eason
Maggie
A . Ross Bartlett
Athens
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Byron King, III
Shakespeare
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PTA
Clayton
Lake County
Mabel Norris Reese
Sweetbriar College
Betty McCrady
Betty
R. C. Bardwell
Lakeside Inn
Fredericksburg
Hugh D. Scott
Hugh
Pennsylvania
Dewey
Mountain National Bank
Clifton Forge
University of Pennsylvania
Sweetbriar
Edison College
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