Local club picnic and tennis shuffle event in Gilbert Park
A club hosts a Saturday noon picnic for local merchants and civic authorities at Gilbert Park with ladies providing food led by Mrs. Charlie Doust. The story also notes recent shuffleboard and tennis results, league standings, and a growing Mount Dora membership including 253 signed members led by Rush Boggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Park
Charlie Doust
Sally
Green Dragons
Floyd Miller
Ellis McKimmy
Jones
Sallys
Umatilla
Rexall White Caps
Rehbaum
Blue Steelers
Spangs
Red Ravens
Hotel Bell
Rexal
Ad Spang
Hotel
Rebaum
Tom Potts
Armstrong Mills
Ohio
Mount Dora
Rush Boggs
Earl Dodd
Boggs
Les Pu
Les Purdy
C. B. Peterman
Mariana Clark
Caroline Towers
A. P. Speas
Beulah Miller
Leon Herblin
Tom Hunter
Edith Deering
Charlie
Rush
Doc Horning
Cora Randall
Elsie, Mich
I. D. Knoll
Landsdowne
W. E. Bancroft
Jane Price
Urichsville
Ted Remaine
Bristol
Tenn
Kennedy Sells Citrus Grove
The 30 acre Kennedy citrus grove near the Citrus Culture Corp plant sold to Eustis Packing Co for $2 000 per acre. The tract produced about 2 000 boxes of the 1949 50 crop and Kennedy previously sold 10 acres in Howey. He retains three small Howey groves and the Mount Dora property he has owned since 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Kennedy
Citrus Culture Corp
Eustis Packing Co
Howey
Mount Dora
Temporary Fix for Donnelly Street Ankle Benders
Street department workers were completing a temporary repair on Donnelly street dips at the curb described as ankle benders. Works Supt Rollin Javens said the lack of rock foundation and car parking weight cause recurrent dips and the fix may last four to five months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tempora
Donnelly Street
Rollin Javens
Local Lawn Bowling Highlights and Upcoming Matches
Daytona leads 86 to 44 after a February 7 league day where Ferguson Davis Kellogg and skip Martin held White Lupton Platten and Poole to 15 19. Mount Dora sits 12 16 with 429 for and 512 against as teams prepare for Orlando games and a Sarasota Mount Dora invitational on Feb 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daytona
Ferguson
Davis
Kellogg
Skip Martin
White
Lupton
Platten
Poole
Jaffael Seiger
Skip Heaton
Hoyt
McLean
Parry
Arthur Nelson
Fleming
Skip Marsh
Lyons
Twose
Bryson
Claude Munson
Bridgman
Blackburne
Swift
Skip Breckenridge
Stackpole
Hogg
Howie
Peart
Mount Dora
Orlando
East Town
Sarasota
Major Marsh
Aben
Henry Frazer
Brevard Hotel
Cocoa
Henry
St. Petersburg
Florida
Lawn Bowling Clubs
Amer
Ican Lawn Bowling Association
Chamber of Commerce
Charles Skoglund
John Bennett
Ira Kellogg
Uriah Davis
Larry Smith
Ed Wallace
Lou Heaton
Vinnie Prince
Ida Fuller
Grace Trager
Helen Hutchinson
Peabody
DeLand
New Smyrna
Peabody Club
Sumerian Women Used Gold Compacts with Tools
A study notes that ancient Sumerian women possessed gold compacts alongside pointed tweezers earpicks and anti-scratchers. The artifacts show grooming customs and personal adornment in early Mesopotamia.
Also Mentioned on This Page
P.O. Box
Interstate Commerce Commission
GAS Service
Crane Furniture Co
Hanson Gas Service
Leesburg
Kennedy
Citrus
Clearwater Lawn Bowling Club
Sylvan Shores
Henry Stein
Sylvan Shores Hotel
Brown’s Hardware
Paul B. Brown
Eustis, Fla
Make Brown
Bexel
Evelyn Zarider
Dean Street
Brooklyn, N.Y
Harold Kaufman
Evergreen Avenue
New Hyde Park, L. 1
Choline
McKesson & Robbins
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