Editor Smith Faces Sheriff Suit Over Negro Shooting
In Mississippi a sheriff’s shot claim sparked a libel suit after an edition accused the sheriff of unprovoked violence against a Black man. The jury awarded $54 000 with $10 000 paid. Editor Hazel Brown recalls early Washington press access and a deputy friend’s aid.
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Supreme Court
National Editorial Association
Smith
Washington, D. C
Hazel Brown
Washington
FDR
America
Hazel
Roosevelt chat with Hazel seals press room moment
Hazel, youngest National Democratic Convention delegate, meets FDR briefly after a conference mix up. She later recounts the incident and Roosevelt’s amused response as reporters laugh at their own miscue. Other items note Florida Symphony in Mount Dora and local tales of Florida sunshine deliveries.
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Florida
NEA
Steve Early
Fdr
el Brown
Durant
Youre
Hale Columbia
Mr. Roosevelt
Gram
Mary Bethune Cookman
College For Colored People
Daytona Beach
Craig
Mr. Craig
J. W. Thetford
Mount Dora
Eatontown
N. J
Constance Thetford
Grandma
Grandpa
Seventy Make The Honor Roll At Mount Dora High
An even 70 students appear on Mount Dora High School’s honor roll for the latest six week period. Names span seventh through twelfth grades including Betty Blank, June Bowie, Glenn Brown, Shirley Hopkins, Pam Brown, Connie Cross and many others.
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Mount Dora High School
Betty Blank
June Bowie
Glenn Brown
Shirley Hopkins
Anita Stedrowsky
Walter TeStrake
Pam Brown
Connie Cross
Kay Elliott
John Groves
Jeff Ray
David Sanders
Leslie Sanders
Joyce Moon
Patty Alexander
Mardie Bardwell
Mary Anne Brotherson
Ann Edwards
Nancy Ellis
Ronald Gardner
Linda Headley
Henry Link
Billy Ivey
Cathie Land
Darryl Radde
Martha Sadler
Charles Wareing
Pat Wells
Norma Jean Wise
Ronny Aldrich
Louis Bedell
Bobby Bowie
Hugh Conley
Phyliss Ferrone
Gwyn Godtel
C. M. Jones
Kent Lauben
Mary Kay Rehbaum
Patty Jean Wilds
Hazel Anne Avery
Bill Baker
Beckie Bardwell
John Berteau
Donna Blank
Lee Dettra
David Dickinson
Page Edgerton
Coleman Fielder
Patsy Grantham
Arlene Henna
Jimmy Newton
Pat Reese
Carol Schey
Loraine Schieber
Larry Stewart
Robby Vanzant
J. T. Williams
Roberta Aldrich
Barbara Brown
Barbara Cox
Catherine Daniels
Judy Graves
Charles Kinsey
Wynnell Moore
Jessie Pike
Gail Sadler
Elizabeth
Community Guests and Local Events Highlight Weekend
Tangerine Notes lists visitors from Ports mouth Cin cinnati DeGraff Ludlow and New Smyrna Beach visiting local residents. The Improvement Society hosts a potluck and a student performance featuring Glee club brass and a cornet solo by C M Jones under Rosemary Bennett.
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P. B. Crocker
Foxboro
Mass
Everglades National Park
Florida
National Audubon Society
Norris Davis
Ludlow
New Smyrna Beach
Red Cross appoints Byron Herlong Lake County chair
Christopher announces Byron Herlong of Leesburg as 1955 Lake County Red Cross membership campaign chairman. He also names Feb 16 as the annual Red Cross family of workers dinner at Floridan Country Club with W. W. Jefferson as principal speaker. Attending officials include Emil Lewis and Tom Kent along with a group led by Mrs. Rosemary Bennett.
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Atlanta
Florida Field Service
Tom Kent
Florida
Red Cross
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