Lions Club Carries Mount Dora Carnival to $1200 Mark
The Mount Dora Lions Club raised $1200 at its Days of ’49 carnival, the largest single contribution to its 1948 program. Volunteers organized gambling attractions, dancing to Ivan Parker, and food booths, drawing strong community turnout. Four new members joined the club, including Jack Trawick from Tavares.
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Lions Club
Mount Dora
Lions
Ivan Parker
Dot Peterson
Bill Prinz
Bill
Tavares
Bob Bringle
Enos Hawkins
Carlton Paul
Jack Trawick
Nice Going Kids Honor Roll at Mount Dora Schools
Mount Dora schools announce third period honor roll for the semester. Seniors named include Mary Jo Burr and Virginia Perry. juniors list Patty Claflin and Tim Poulton. sophomores Edward Harding and Evelyn Minkley. freshmen Darlene Schaff. eighth grade William Beims. seventh grade Margie Kenyon.
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Mount Dora
D. D. Roseborough
Mary Jo Burr
Eula Bagwell
Ross Dutton
Roy Dutton
Frank Keller
Virginia Perry
Phyllis Turner
Juanita VanDeroef
Jimmy Vincent
Carol Swort
Barbara Shipes
Frances Smith
Edward Harding
Evelyn Minkley
Mildred Pope
Floyd Risley
Mary Martha Simpson
Herbert Trenham
Helen Wages
Darlene Schaff
William Beims
Max Bulske
Patsy Dean
Martha Simpson
Margie Kenyon
Diane TeStrake
Youth group seeks games for Sunday gatherings
The M I F youth group of First Methodist church needs more games for 12 to 15 year olds meeting at 8 p.m. Sundays. Any suitable table game such as a carum board or monopoly is welcome. contact Rev. George Gibson or drop games at the parsonage.
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Santa Claus
M.I.F
First Methodist Church
George Gibson
Pennsylvania Founder Name Origins Hint at Penn Legacy
An OCR fragment suggests a misrendered account claiming Pennsylvania honored founder William Penn but instead names a later Admiral Sir William Penn as his father. The text implies confusion over who originally inspired the colony’s naming.
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Pennsylvania
William Penn
Penn
Syvania
Sir William Penn
Lions Club carnival masked bandits stage faux robbery
At the Lions Club 49 carnival a pair of masked "bandits" rode in on horses and staged a mock robbery targeting High Sheriff Sam Swiger. The stunt caused chaos, with Al Maben calming a horse and winning a pig prize later sold for 1100 dollars while Al Rehbaum Jr. drew attention at gambling tables.
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Lions Club
John Woods
Steve Harding
Sam Swiger
al Maben
al Rehbaum, Jr
Dia
WEUS Station in Eustis Receives Approval and On Air
Lake county welcomes its first 1000 watt radio station WEUS in Eustis. It went on the air last Friday under manager J L Brownell with his son Jim assisting. The station will cover Central Florida and plans regular network rebroadcasts. Directors are Frank W Stebbins H K Glass R J Schneider C Harold Ferran and E L Ferran.
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Lake County
WEUS
Eustis
J L. Brownell
Jim Brownell
Florida
Frank W. Stebbins
H. K. Glass
R. J
Prayer Day Observed In Union Services Mount Dora
The World Day of Prayer will be observed in Mount Dora at First Baptist Church in a city union meeting with services at 3 p.m. featuring prayers by the Methodist Baptist and Community churches and Missionary Societies as part of the global observance.
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Mount Dora
First Baptist Church
Methodist, Baptist and
Mount Dora Surpasses March of Dimes Goal in Polio Drive
Mount Dora nearly doubled its 1947 March of Dimes total with 436.80 raised, up from 248.72 last year. Students and school groups led by children’s pennies and coins, plus a $10 Lions Club contribution, pushed county efforts toward a $9,000 goal as counties report across the board.
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Mounty Dora
Lions Club
John Groves
Personalities Around Mount Dora Citrus Leader Lewis Carroll Emerges
A profile of Lewis Carroll from Temple Georgia who rose from a citrus grader to owner of a Mount Dora packing firm. He started in 1928 with a one ton truck and 90 boxes, faced theft and setbacks, and built a business shipping 4 to 6 railroad cars daily with Nadine King at his side. He began with the Florida Citrus Exchange, now Mount Dora Growers Cooperative, and expanded after 1933.
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Lewis Carroll
Mount Dora
Fla
Florida
Lewis Carroll Packing House
Dixie Line
Mississippi
Donnelly
Fifth Av
Boston
Chicago
Temple
Carroll
Navy
America
Yarene
Hatteee
Lewis Carroll Builds Citrus Shipping Boom on Orange Trail
Lewis Carroll expanded from a mail order packing house to a citrus shipping operation. He bought a big truck in 1938 and a packing house on the Orange Blossom Trail in 1941, then grew capacity yearly. Last year he shipped 160000 boxes despite prices, while owning a 20 acre grove and buying fruit from Lake county.
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Orange Blossom Trail
Carroll
Lake County
The
Golden
Mount Dora Hosts Central Florida Conference Opener
Mount Dora begins Central Florida Conference play in Mount Dora with hopes to meet undefeated Apopka in the finals set for Saturday night at 8 45. Seedings place Apopka first and Mount Dora second, with Tavares, Oviedo, Clermont, and Umatilla rounding out the top six.
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Mount Dora
Tavares
Pierson
Oviedo
Mount Dora Boys
Lyman
Clermont
Ocoee-Groveland
St. Cloud
Umatilla
Winter Garden
Winter Park
St Cloud
Tavares Bulldogs
Lyman High School
Hurricanettes
Apopka
CofC Drive Issues Its Final Call
The Chamber of Commerce issues its last call to Dorans to invest in the city's future. The final membership drive shows 158 renewed or gained, with Carl Graves leading at 86 and Dick Edgerton's team at 72. Both sides push to exceed 350 members in total.
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Chamber of Commerce
Dorans
Graves-Edgerton
Carl Graves
Dick Edgerton
Facts campaign starts in Lake County over wet dry vote
The Lake County Committee for Legal Control launches its campaign of facts to defeat the Florida Drys in the March 4 special election. Ads promote court records claiming dry counties exceed the legal sale of alcoholic beverages, while the Drys court church support with talks including Rev. George Gibson in Mount Dora.
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Lake County
Lake County Committee For Legal Control Today
Florida Drys
Vets
Mount Dora
George Gibson
Methodist Bible Class
Drys
Dora Boys Win High Scout Awards
Three Mount Dora boys earned God and Country awards becoming the area’s first. The honors were presented after a National Boy Scout service at First Methodist Church. Recipients are James E. Vincent Robert E. Turner and Ross Dutton with presentation by Rev Gibson.
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Mount Dora
Boy Scouts
James E. Vincent
Robert E. Turner
Ross Dutton
Gin Gibson
Mount Dora Golf Club Greens Fee Season
The Mount Dora Golf Club charges a greens fee of $1.50 for the season running from December 1 to April 1.
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Mount Dora Golf Club
Dora Eustis Generous To Needy Children
Mount Dora and Eustis led Lake county in support for the Children’s Home Society of Florida in 1947. Eustis gave 1101.43 dollars on a 250 dollar quota, Mount Dora 200 dollars with similar generosity, Dorans 607, Lake Jem 0 85 instead of 15, totaling 4807.63 against a 1250 dollar quota. Marcus C. Flagg stated the shortfall before the total.
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Mount Dora
Eustis
Lake County
Children’s Home Society of Florida
Dorans
Lake Jem
Lake Countians
Marcus C. Flagg
Parachute Dreams End for PFC Warren Story Jr in Japan
Mrs. W L Story rejoices over word that her son PFC Warren Story Jr was injured in Yamato Japan ending his parachute training. The letter comforts her as Warren writes his knee injury will prevent further jumps and he will depart Japan for the United States in July amid heavy snow.
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W. L. Story
Pfc Warren Story, Jr
Story
Yamato
Japan
Warren
States
Lehmann to Speak at Sorosis Club Panel Orlando Session
Karl Lehmann president of the Montverde school will represent Lake County in a Sorosis club panel on Community Action for Today's Families. The public meeting in Orlando features a 2 p.m. session discussing local aspects of community organization.
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Lehmann
Karl Lehmann
Montverde
Lake County
Sorosis Club
Orlando
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