Two More Fighters Added To Benefit Boxing Card
Two more boxers join the Lake county event at the high school athletic field on Saturday night February 23 to benefit the East Town Swimming Pool fund. Mac Bailey 185 pounds faces Cuba’s Kid Jones in the 185 lb class as part of a three fight main event leading to a free for all. Bands from Eustis Vocational High and Carver Heights High in Leesburg provide entertainment between bouts. Tickets available at the Chamber of Commerce Mount Dora Pharmacy Rest A While gift shop Reid's Standard Station and Reynolds Grocery.
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Lake County
East Town
Figh Mac Bailey
British Guiana
Kid” Jones
Cuba
Islands
Eustis Vocation High School
Carver Heights High School
Leesburg
Chamber of Commerce
Mount Dora
Reid's Standard Station
Reynold’s Grocery
Tree Planting Drive Aids Mount Dora Beautification
Lakes and Hills Garden club leads a cooperative effort with the City Chamber of Commerce and Park Board to plant oak trees in Mount Dora Florida. Residents in suburbs likewise request trees. orders are taken at the Chamber office from 9 am to noon. Planting begins Monday under Park Board supervision as a tribute to former president Mrs John Alden Murray.
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Mount Dora
Florida
Lakes and Hills Garden Club
City- Chamber of Commerce-Park Board
Hills
Carl S. Graves
Lakes and Hills
Murray
Park Board
Mayor Declines Probe Into Fatal Train Crash In Mount Dora
Mayor Patton states no investigation will be opened into the deadly train collision despite an Atlantic Coastline photo set for a federal report. C G Schall notes diesel engines improve grade passage, rail line investigates possible ordinance notice, and residents report excessive whistle noise from three daily trains.
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Sareend Pa
Patton
Mount Dora
Atlantic
Interstate Commerce Commission
C. G. Schall
Schall
Mr. Schall
Costly Lesson for Leesburg Men in Reckless Driving Case
Lyle Freitag and Maurice Pettit of Leesburg paid 100 dollar fines in police court on a charge of reckless driving with alcohol involved. Freitag faulted himself for endangering children and credited his sobriety to quitting smoking. Both men were arrested after driving separately through the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Freitag
Leesburg
W. D. Patton
Maurice Pettit
Picnic Planned for Michigan Society at Riley's Park
The annual Michigan Society picnic is scheduled for 12:30 next Tuesday at Riley's Park. All Michigan residents are invited to attend.
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Michigan Society
Riley’s Park
Michigan
Russia Touts Science Value Before CofC
Dr Wayne Reitz president of the University of Florida told the Chamber of Commerce last Friday that Russia’s surge in engineering graduates underscores the need for stronger U S higher education. He noted Russia graduated 50 000 engineers last year while the United States had 23 000 and urged a broader scientific strategy including a Gainesville center of science to align disciplines and foster team work among chemists physicists and mathematicians. He predicted Florida could become a national center for electronic and nuclear science.
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Wayne Reitz
Chamber of Commerce
Atty
Roy Christopher
Chamber
Russia
United States
University of Florida
Reitz
Gainesville University
Florida
Doras Dimes Drive Reaches Record 2085
Mount Dora area residents contributed 2085 toward the 1957 March of Dimes. Mrs. James B. Jackson, drive chairman, announced the breakdown: $920 letters and mailers, $707 Mother's March, $197 school, $156 coin containers, $91 coffee parties, $29 Blue Crutch day, and $15 sports. Funds support respiratory centers care equipment training research and vaccination programs locally and nationally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
James B. Jackson
Shrine meeting set at Fountain Inn in Eustis
Lake County Shrine club will meet Friday at the Fountain Inn in Eustis, announced by Secretary Robert E. Dinsmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County Shrine Club
Fountain Inn
Eustis
Robert E. Dinsmore
Mount Dora X-Ray Drive Surges With TB Screening
Mount Dora nearly doubles its 1953 turnout as 1 813 residents received X rays during the four day visit of a mobile unit. The county reports 50 percent of adults X rayed to date, boosted by local interest in A D Marshall’s case at the Florida TB hospital in Orlando.
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Mount Dora
Slater Cox
Lake County
TB and Health Association
A. D. Marshall
Florida Tuberculosis Hospital
Orlando
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Randolph Scott
Gail Russell
Warnercolor
Cartoon
Nightmare Hare
SUN
Patten
Florida Fair
Orlando Auditorium
Hehe
ICE Vogues
Central Florida
Black Hills
Lake Wales
Rehbaums Hardware
Ironmaster
Cofc
Dora’s Dimes Drive
Dorans
Kiwanis Club
Florida Symphony Orchestra
Frank Miller
Kiwanis Underprivileged Child Fund
Kiwanian
Chevrolet
Chevy
H.p
Eustis, Florida
Clark Chevrolet, Inc
South Bay Street
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