Mount Dora Baseball Club seeks funds for night lights
The Mount Dora Baseball Association launches a fund drive to raise 3300 dollars to light Helmfield and keep the town in the Lake Orange league. They seek 33 investors at 100 dollars each, with the city promising the rest, and certificates bearing four percent interest redeemable in 10 years. The plan also benefits the high school team and uses lights for Monday and Thursday night games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Florida
The
Baseball Association
Helmfield
Lake Orange
Roy Christopher
Christopher
Umatilla
Apopka
Winter Garden
Eustis
Tavares
First National Bank
C. M. Jones & Son
Association
Rate Hearing Set For Monday In Ocala
Lake county cities show little interest as Florida Railroad and Public Utilities Commission prepares to hear evidence on a proposed rate rise for Florida Telephone Corp. The company argues higher labor costs and a 75 cent minimum wage link justify the increase. The meeting at the Marion county courthouse opens at 10 30 a m and is open to complainants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Ocala
Florida Railroad and Public Utilities Commission
Florida Telephone Corp
Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Marion County
New Department at Crane's Furniture Welcomes Walter Tucker
Walter Tucker opens the new appliance shop and model kitchen at Crane's Furniture Co in Mount Dora. He will manage General Electric appliances Youngstown Kitchens Magic Chef ranges and Pyrofax gas systems. Tucker Army Air Corps ferrying service veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Walter Tucker
Crane’s Furniture Co
Tucker
J. R. Tucker
Crane's
General Electric
Youngstown
Mount Dora High School
Avon Park
University of Miami
Kent State University
Ohio
Air Corps
Bay Pines Hospital
Ruby Littlefield
General Electric Co
Little
Orlando Dealer Faces Trial On Stolen Fruit
An Orange county circuit court issued a warrant for Orlando fruit dealer O. W. Church on charges of receiving fruit stolen from Lake county groves. Receipts showed payments from Church to David McCant and A. J. Henry, tied to January fruit deliveries. Lake county officials said the license revocation case will be heard with the trial. McCant, Henry, Chaney, Randolf and Walker Jr. face a May term court hearing for fruit stealing tied to graves in Leesburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange County
O. W. Church
Orlando
Lake County
Church
David McCant
A. J. Henry
McCant
Willis McCall
Agriculture Department
Lakeland
Henry
Hubert Chaney
Lindberg Randolf
Hubert Walker, Jr
Rufus Holloway
Junior Holloway
Leesburg
Census Leader Jobs Open in Orlando District
Applicants are being received for about 20 crew leader positions in the 17th Decennial Census to be held in April. Final selections will occur by late February after oral and written tests. each leader oversees ~20 enumerators across 12 counties.
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Orlando
U. S. Bureau of the Census
Sara G. Hughes
Census Bureau
Human Erosion More Serious Than Soil's
Dr Doak S Campbell warned Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce that human erosion poses a greater threat than soil loss The youth of today are the resource to guard urging adults to conserve the next generation and oppose government dole culture He warned America has weakened its soil and resources by waste and excessive extraction
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America
Doak S. Campbell
Mount Dora
Campbell
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Dr. Campbell
White Renamed and Chamber Launches Annual Drive
George J. White begins his 21st year as Chamber of Commerce president as an ambitious drive starts to recruit 400 members for the city business group. The drive opens with a Villa Dora hotel breakfast where team captains Graves and Edgerton were announced, and a slate of officers including Betty Siess as secretary was elected.
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George J. White
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
White
Kendall Jones
Lions Club
al Rehbaum
Carl Graves
Betty Siess
Villa Dora
Graves
Dick Edgerton
Paul Turrentine
Tom Cooley
A. C. Qui
Lovely Voice at Mount Dora Kiwanis Fund Concert
Jane Richards Sterrett soprano with Delbert Sterrett and Claude Murphree pianist perform at Mount Dora Community Building on Friday evening. The program features light classics and old favorites starting at 8 p.m. The trio, now linked to the University of Florida music department, has previously appeared in New York Town Hall recitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Richards Sterrett
Delbert E. Sterrett
Claude L. Murphree
Mount Dora
University of Florida Department of Music
Murphree
Townsfolk Pack House For Two More Performances
The town and county lined up for an extra IceHouse theatre night after last weekend sold out. Walter Patton drew laughs as Chester Binny, Mel Wagner tied the Simmons family in knots, and the ensemble earned praise for the February play.
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Walter Patton
IceHouse Theatre
Chester Binny
Mel Wagner
Simmons
Herman Dykes
Helen Bland
Patton
Binny
Mae Buckman
Lake County leader becomes Montverde School president
Don Hawkins, once traveling five miles by horse and buggy between Pittsburgh suburb and Bentleyville, is now president of Montverde School in Florida. At 43, he holds AB and AM degrees, a PhD, and membership in Phi Sigma, Sigma Tau, Pi Delta Epsilon, Phi Kappa Delta, and Delta Tau Delta. He is a Mason and a Rotarian with a proven drive to elevate education.
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Don Hawkins
Pittsburgh
Bentleyville
Florida
Lake County
Montverde
Hawkins
Phi Sigma
Sigma Tauny
Pi Delta Epsilon
Phi Kappa
Delta
Delta Tau Delta
Mason
Dr Hawkins rise from Bentleyville editor to university professor
The article profiles Don Hawkins, born in a fatherless home, who edited and advertised for the Bentleyville weekly, earned a teacher’s certifi cate, taught, and served as country correspondent for the Washington Observer. He attended Washington and Jefferson College, worked as proofreader and county editor, pastored Muddy Creek church for pay, studied for a master’s and Latin instructor role, then joined the Associated Press and Pittsburgh Dispatch, shaping a prolific newspaper career.
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Montverde
Bentleyville
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Dr. Hawkins
Washington, Pa
Observer
Washington and Jefferson College
Brother
Glenn
D. Hawkins
Hawkins
University of Oklahoma
Washington and Jefferson
Don Hawkins
the Observer
Washington County
Ieeene Morning Daily
Muddy Creek Presbyterian Church
Ter
W. and J
Associated Press
Delta Tau Delta
Gilbert Meda
University of Rere
Department of Education
Pittsb Dispatch
Methodist Church Sets New Building Fund Goal
Mount Dora church members exceeded a $22,000 goal during a Tuesday night Day of Destiny banquet. The campaign totaled $22,800 with gifts including $2,200 from a businessman who gave a tithe, and $1,000 pledges from three supporters. If a $27,000 target is reached, the church may furnish the kitchen and interior decorating as plans move to start construction in June for a September completion aligned with the new school year. Speakers included Rev. Ray of Lake Wales and church leaders C. G. Loveless and Mrs. I. N. Kellogg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Mount Dora
Laurie Ray
Robert M. Blackburn
J. G. Ray, Jr
Rev. Ray
Methodist Church
Lake Wales
J. G. Ray
C. G. Loveless
I. N. Kellogg
Women's Society of Christian Service
Ronald Aldrich
Mr Blackburn
Burglars Eat Ice Cream During Store Robbery
Richard Denson reports two burglars calmly ate sandwiches and ice cream during a ransack at iM and A Supermarket on Saturday night. They broke the front door, opened the walk in, and left meat, groceries, shoes, and a damaged cash register valued at 600 dollars, with losses exceeding 700 dollars. The corner store on Grandview and 11th was built last summer.
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Im&a
Richard Denson
Denson
Grandview
11Th St
Dr Holt Speaks On World Government Forum
Rollins College president emeritus Dr. Hamilton Holt speaks on World Government at the fourth Community and Methodist churches forum at Community church. The talk argues for world-wide governance in the atomic age and includes a public discussion. admission is free with a voluntary collection. This week’s forum also featured Carlos with Rudolph Fischer in a classical program, featuring Katherine Carlo, Alphonse Carlo, and Fischer from Rollins College music department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Holt
Rollins College
Community Church
Florida
Carlos
Rudolph Fischer
Katherine Carlo
Alphonse Carlo
Fischer
Rollins College Department of Music
Grapefruit Light Prank Leads Teens To Court
Five teen boys stood in police court under Mayor D Fletcher Crane after Officer Herman Cox arrested them for a grapefruit prank that darkened a street light on S Clayton Street. The youths admitted the act, expressed remorse, and heard a lecture on responsibility.
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D. Fletcher Crane
Herman Cox
Cox
S. Claytoa -St
Light Department
Crane
Education Leaders To Be Honored at Montverde Installation
J. K. Chapman will represent the State Board of Public Instruction at the installation of Dr. D. P. Hawkins as fourth president of Montverde School in East Alton. Joseph E. Hendricks will preside. Attending guests include D. R. Mathews from the University of Florida, Dean Wendell C. Stone of Rollins College, Dr. Ladd M. Spivey and Dr. Charles Thrift of Florida Southern. Dr Hawkins featured in Lake County Personalities this week.
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J. K. Chapman
State Board of Public Instruction
D. P. Hawkins
East Alton
Montverde
Joseph E. Hendricks
D. R. Mathews
University of Florida
Wendell C. Stone
Rollins College
Ladd M. Spivey
Charles Thrift
Police Seek Two Women in New Jersey Murder
Police pursue two women for questioning in the murder of Louis Arnold in Leesburg Negro, an incident reported Saturday night in New Jersey. Authorities issued seeks and described the suspects as two women of interest.
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New Jersey
Louis Arnold
Leesburg
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Jean Patterson
Jean
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Professional Women’s Club
Mickey Carver
Chester
Mabel Norris Reese
Dr, Hawkins
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