City To Get New Phone 'Digit' Hearing Set For Rate Hike Bid
Mount Dora telephone users will see a new exchange designation for the city with the addition of the digit 2 before existing numbers in the 1953 directories. A rate increase hearing is set for March 2 in Ocala, with a pre-hearing conference the prior Tuesday, to consider the proposed raise and related issues. The Florida Railroad and Utilities Commission will hear testimony from all parties, as Max E. Wettstein argues that rapid, ongoing expansion since 1946 requires higher financing and continued investments amid declining earnings and rising costs.
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Florida Telephone
Mount Dora Bers
Mount Dora
T. McDaniel
Eustis
Pr Sans Aoe Bt
Florida Railroad and Utilities . Commission
Chambers
Ocala
Lewis W. Way
Ssion
Commission
Comion
Max E. Wettstein
The
Corpora
Petitioner
Wettstein
Motor Thefts at Lake Dora Trigger Jealousy Rumor
The thefts involved Bill Lasater and James Keebler at Mount Dora Fish Camp near Lake Dora. Lasater reported his boat missing along with a 4 HP motor. Keebler’s padlocked motor was also taken. Police investigated possible conspirators and noted a patrol response by Officer Johnny Russell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Lasater
Chamber of Commerce Basset
Mtly
Lasater
Winter
James Keebler
Lly St
Enone
Keebler
Ter
Johnny Russell
Milner-Roserard Academy Holds Saturday Tag Day
Milner-Rosea rd academy students in East Town Mount Dora organize their annual Tag Day to raise aid for the school. The event includes a street collection and an open house to showcase the school’s programs and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milner-Roseard Academy
East Town
Mount Dora
Mrs Emma Jones Dies At Durham Young Hospital
Mrs Emma L Jones 78 died at Durham Young Hospital Leesburg after a brief illness. A Winter visitor she lived with Mrs Pearl La Fortune at 927 Grandview St. She is survived by Mrs John Crieg Jefferson NH and LaVenture of Idaho. She belonged to the Oak Country Club in Fitchburg Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma L. Jones
Durham Young Hospital
Leesburg
Pearl la Fortune
Grandview St
John Crieg
Jefferson, N. H
Ruick
ruick‘She Was A Cae I of Oey Cathie
Ck Ae
Oak Ae Country Club
Fitchburg, Mass
Midweek Push On Chamber Drive For 1953 Membership
Chamber of Commerce drive heads into the second half aiming for 400 memberships. Team captains Dick Edgerton and Carl Graves report numerous donations from groups and individuals including First National and Alfred Rehbaum among many. The list shows multiple memberships and single joins across local businesses and residents. The article cites Bertrand Russell on social organization as closing commentary.
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Chamber of Commerce
Dick Edgerton
Carl Graves
First National
Howard Simpson
Lakeside Inn
F. D. Clement
Villa Dora
Mount Dora Pharmacy
Rehbaum’s Funeral Home
Rehbaum’s Hardware
Brown Builders Supply
Mount Dora Growers Coop
Alfred Rehbaum
F. E. Burton
B. B. Acree
W. G. Shipley
Poinsettia
Kenneth Maglathlin
Harriet B. Mallory
Willis B. McCall
Gaylan Bissell
Mary Truskett
Gordon Dake
Lloyd Oster
Clarence J. MacKenzie
Ed Wallace
The
Shoe String
Lena _ T. Richardson
Alberta
John A. Murray
Richard Edgerton
Blanche Markett
H. J. Bales
William C. Stewart
H. G. Morse
Parker’s Market
Charles Bradford, Jr
Stephens Saeneen
Turner's Bakery
J. Fred O’hara
O. H. Conway
Ee and Larsen
M. O. Williams
William Watt
Nancy J. Stuart
M. V. Simpson
O. M. Simpson
Blandford Groves
G. B. Hurlburt
Atlantic Coast Line
A. E. Bell
Sue Bond
Wylania Miller
Mount Dora City Golf Championship Keeps Semi Final Pace
Pete Trenham won 3 and 1 over Jack Groves to reach the semi finals, while George Benjamin edged Dr Bob Wells 1 up. Corbett beat Bud Marino 3 and 2 as Stebbins eliminated Tremain 3 and 2 to set semi pairings Trenham Benjamin and Corbett Stebbins.
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Mount Dora
Stanley Kuznik
Pete Trenham
Pete
Sunshine
Bud Marino
Joe Corbett
R Te
Mount Dora City
Jack Groves
George Benjamin
Bob Wells
Corbett
Frank Stebbins
Clayton Tremain
Trenham
Benjamin
Stebbins
Overhiser
Sam Hinsdale
Kelly
Herb Trenham
Kenneally
Christopher
Paul Ashbaugh
Harry Ewing
Fuller
Brigham
Bethel
Therman
Fleming
Graves
Moore
Colonel Carr
Jane Waldenburgh
Marion Vanderbeck
Tom Kelly
Jane
Tom , Sr
Winnt
Ashba' Beth Mitchell
Marion Eae Marino
Seon Ken
Mount Dora Pioneers Wise Family Helps Shape Town
The article recalls Harry Wise a boat builder from Wayzata Minnesota who moved to Florida with his family. He established Wise Boat Works on Mount Dora's lakefront in 1923 and helped found a local industry while his daughter Gladys Irene Wise married D Fletcher Crane. The Cranes built a business and later a beauty shop on Alexander Street.
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Mount Dora
Wise
Florida
Harry Wise
Wayzatta
Minn
United States
Mississippi River
Biloxi
Gulf of Mexico
Tampa
Wises
Wayratta
Mr. Wise
Yacht Club
J. J. Alvord
E. L. Thompson
Harry
Thirday
Wise Boat Works
Gladys Irene Wise
D. Fletcher Crane
Minnesota
Fletcher Crane
Rehbaum
al Rehbaum
Gladys Wise Crane’s Life and Early Scout Ties
In Minnesota Gladys Wise Crane grew up as a Camp Fire Girl and hunted with relatives. She worked as a stenographer while studying but left college and a beauty parlor job when new opportunities opened in Mount Dora. She expanded her Scouting activity in 1942 after selling her beauty parlor.
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Mount Dora
Minnesota
Gladys
Adeline Wise
Fear as Causes Three Enemies in Life’s Fight Sermon
Dr Robert Reed at Community Church preached that fear acts as a fifth columnist in life. He warned fear creates three enemies—the real trouble, imagined trouble, and fear itself—and urged planning while trusting God. He described confidence as faith in action combining passivity and effort.
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Wprcent
Robert R. Reed
Reed
Payne
Youth Safety Parley Aims To Curb Reckless Driving
Mount Dora youth announce a safety campaign aligned with Mayor Heaton to teach safe driving to youth and adults. Student Council led by Diane TeStrake and Key Club led by Paul Hopkins will present by-laws at a high school meeting and invite community members to join.
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Lou L. Heaton
City
Abe
Toemte Laeone
Nomervall
Diane TeStrake
Key Club
Paul Hopkins
Heaton
Mount Dora
Lake County Safety Council
Hopkins
Sorrento Grower Shapes Mums by Night Lights
J W Geddes ships mums under the name Sorrento Blooms from Sanford to Northern markets. He grows 7 500 sprays per bed on 72 beds under an acre of shade and uses 2 000 50 watt bulbs to delay bloom to fit a January to April shipping window. Lights operate about six weeks per bed, three hours nightly, with off period to finish bloom size. Geddes plans operations in reverse from desired blooms and maintains fertilizing and weekly spraying for insects and diseases.
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J. W. Geddes
Sorrento
Express
Geddes
Acre
Sanford
Buffalo
Miller of
Leesburg
Lake County
Assurance On Chest Free X Rays In Mount Dora
The State Health mobile unit will provide free chest X rays in Mount Dora for three days. Sponsored by Lake County Tuberculosis and Health association, the County Health department, and the state department, the unit will park at Crane's Furniture Fourth Ave side from 10 to 1 and 2 to 5 today and Friday, then Saturday at Grant and Grandview streets. No undressing fee. a full TB record can show health status or early disease.
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State Health Department
Mount Dora
Lake County Tuberculosis and Health Association
County Health Department
State Department
Crane
East Town
Grant and
Grandview Sts
Rs. Slater Cox
Quiet Dora Inspires Aid For Holland
Four guests at the Lakeside Inn watching Lake Dora sunsets decide to aid Holland in hardship. Gurney Curtis Mrs Helen Hutchinson Mrs Joseph Walworth and Miss Margaret Turner plan a charity gesture for the beleaguered land and its people.
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Lakeside
Lake Dora
Holland
Gurney Curtis
Helen Hutchinson
Joseph Walworth
Margaret Turner
The Teachings Of Buddha Fragment In Unclear Script
A distorted text fragment references Buddhist teachings and a confession of fault. It mentions a neighbor and a gambler, with unclear attribution and fragmented wording suggesting a copied page or OCR error. The passage centers on fault, perception, and moral reflection.
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Williama
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Bertrand Russell
UN World
By Stanley Kuznik
Ake
Mabel Norris Reese
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Gladys Crane
Gladys Wise Crane
R. E
Bob
Norris Lake County
Quiet Dora
Onal
Buddha
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