Litterbug campaign spreads from Mount Dora to nation
Lakes and Hills Garden club promotes Dont Be a Litterbug to beautify towns and schools. The plan spreads to San Antonio Grayson West Lafayette and beyond, with garden clubs adopting the message via Flower Grower magazine and local authorities praising cleanliness efforts.
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Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Henry W. Land
Lakes and Hills Gardens Club
State Federation
Florida
Charles Brown
O. P. Schnabel
San Antonio, Tex
Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio
A. C. Malstrom
Mount Dora
Texas
Conkling to Demonstrate Livestock Judging at State Fair
Dick Conkling son of Don Conkling of Citrus Culture Corp will join three Lake County 4-H members to demonstrate livestock judging at the Florida State Fair on February 15. The event highlights training in animal evaluation at the fairgrounds.
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Conkling
Dick Conkling
Don Conkling
The
Citrus Culture Corp
Lake County
Health At Par Is Best Guard Against Colds
Editor notes the common cold cannot be reliably prevented by substances like antihistamines and antibiotics. Aiming for good health through planning, avoiding crowded contact, and reducing transmission via simple acts could cut infections. Personal resistance, not pills, determines illness risk.
Council Asks War On Blind Guests In Mount Dora
Mount Dora city council urged the Lake County Health Department mosquito control to include the city in its eradication program. The council asked for a spray visit this week as rainy weekend weather encouraged swarms of mosquitoes that gather around lights and enter shops.
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L. L. Kochenderfer
Mansfield
Ohio
Mount Dora
Tennessee
Kochenderfer
Dora
Kochenderter
Lake County Health Department
Catholic Women’s Party At Mount Dora Tonight
The Catholic women of Mount Dora invite the public to a benefit card party at 8 p.m. at the Community building to aid St. Mary of the Lake church in Eustis. Mrs. Thomas Kelly chairs the event with assistants Mrs. Harry Thompson Mrs. John Schmidt Mrs. Larry Smith Mrs. George Archambault and Mrs. Frank Drake.
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Mount Dora
St. Mary. of the Lake
Eustis
Thomas Kelly
Harry Thompson
John Schmidt
Larry Smith
George Archambault
Frank Drake
Widening Work Underway on Thirday Street
Widening of Thirday Street between Donnelly and Baker is under way this week in a joint city Brown a. Supply program, costing about
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Donnelly and
Baker Sts
City
Brown A. Supply
City Council Accepts Bid to Survey Electrical System
The Ocala based electrical engineer C. B. McCartney won the council bid to survey the city's electrical network aiming to upgrade to a higher voltage. The survey costs 1500 dollars while the overall project is estimated at 10000 dollars.
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C. B. McCartney
Ocala
Sally Dress Shop Expands Into Former Piggly-Wiggly Building
Mary Dopkeen owner announces Sally Dress Shop will rent the former Piggly-Wiggly site at Donnelly and Fifth Avenue for expansion while retaining the current counter on the opposite corner.
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Sally Dress
Donnelly and
Fifth Av
Mary Dopkeen
Mount Dora Golf Course All Day Play Price
A brief note states Mount Dora Golf Course offers all day golf at a price of 1.50 dollars. The item emphasizes a single rate for unlimited or extended play.
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Mount Dora Golf Course
Nancy and Lois of Sorrento Fla Shine While Family Spreads
Lois Driver now Mrs Verne Jarvis returns to Sorrento with her bright yellow convertible and a baby son nearing his first birthday while sister Nancy resumes modeling in New York City. Other siblings, Helen Teagle Mildred Hall and Johnnie Simpson, plus son Ernest in the Navy, scatter across the United States as the family recalls Lois’s Garden County fame and Mount Dora pageant crown.
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Driver
Sammy” Jarvis
John Driver
Sammy
Lois
Nancy
Verne Jarvis
Decatur, Ill
New York
Sorrento
United States
Fla
Florida
New York City
Avis W Ulal
John Powers
Helen Teagle
Wildwood
Mildred Hall
Selma
Ala
Helen
Mount Dora
Ernest
Navy
Johnnie” Simpson
Los Angeles
Verne
Parent-Teacher Association
Cypress Gardens
Ladies Home Journal
Orlando
Chamber of Commerce
Enon
The Wealthy Brunette Who Christened a Boat Lady Dora
A brunette woman christened the boat Lady Dora for a Chamber of Commerce project in 1949. She later embraced simple, smart clothing to emphasize her beauty and has appeared in national magazines, including illustrating a love story feature. She models hats and sportswear with practiced ease.
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Dora
Chamber of Commerce
Love Story
Benefit Planned Card Party Series for Youth Center
The Business and Professional Women's club hosts the second of three card party evenings at the Community building on Monday February 18 at 8 p.m. Proceeds support the Youth Center Building fund.
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Business and Professional Women's Club
Ilka Chase Stars In Drama Festival
Ilka Chase, renowned stage star and novelist, headlines the Central Florida Drama Festival at Winter Park High School with Over Twenty-One a Florida air field comedy directed by John Huntington. Performances run nightly through Saturday with a 2:30 matinee Saturday. Next week Jeanne Cagney will lead Voice of the Turtle, following a Broadway run in The Iceman Cometh.
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Dorans
Central Florida
Winter Park High School
Ilka Chase
Florida Air Field
John Huntington
Jeanne Cagney
James Cagney
Voice of the Turtle
City Council Approves Audit Revealing 99.8 Percent Tax Collection
City Council approved the audit of the city’s finances on Tuesday night. City Clerk William C. Stewart received an orchid from the council for the audit’s finding that real estate tax collection averaged 99.8 percent over the last five years.
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William C. Stewart
City Council Names Lafroos and Brotherson to Board of Appeals
The City Council last night appointed William Lafroos and T E Brothers on to the Board of Appeals which hears complaints on city taxes.
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William Lafroos
T. E. Brotherson
Board of Appeals
Christian Science Lecture on Healing Discord Planned
Frank T. Hord of Louisville Ky will discuss how understanding God heals discord at a Mount Dora Methodist church lecture on March 20 at 8 p.m. Sponsored by First Church of Christ Scientist of Eustis. Hord served 46 months as a Christian Science chaplain in World War II.
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Christia Science Monitor
Monitor
U.S
Hansa
Zaes Te Will
Bouter Rmall
Frank T. Hord
Louisville
Mount Dora’s Methodist Church
Meineke Spreader Works, Inc praised for civic progress in Astatula
The article lauds Meineke Spreader Works, Inc for fostering civic development in the region. It notes the company’s active operation under expert supervision and its cooperative stance in community matters, praising its contributions to statewide and national recognition. Astatula, Florida. Phone 11 Black, Tavares.
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Meincke Spreader Works,inc
Meineke
Spreader Works, Inc
Astatula
Florida
Black
Tavares
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