Shuffleboard results from February playoff at Jackson’s Dixie Drive-in
Red and Black teams competed on 14 courts led by Clyde McCauley with top Red duo Fred Garbe and Bernice Prentice scoring 248 and top Black duo Ture Anderson and Nina Patch at 233. Patch-Derby won a separate playoff 77 to 14. Officials included Clarence Owen and George Vaughan among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde McCauley
Fred Garbe
Bernice Prentice
Ture Anderson
Nina Patch
Anderson-Patch
Thes
Ances
Joe Savoie
Bill Nolet
Ernest Morris
Fred Greenstreet
Mary Klein
Lena Piers
Kay Therrien
Wallace Hancock
Bethel Smith
Joe Smith
George Vaughan
Smith- Vaughan
Lulu Wagner
Garden Club Meet Discusses Plants and Weeds
The February Mount Dora Men’s Garden Club session covered shrubs, plants, and flowers suited to local soil and climate. Panelists Harry G. Fogg, William Clements, and William Nixon addressed fertilizing, growth, disease control, and insect management with H. R. Middlebrook moderating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Men’s Garden Club of
Mount Dora
Harry G. Fogg
William Clements
William Nixon
H. R. Middlebrook
Mount Dora Club Dominates Orlando Invitational Events
The State Invitational Men and Ladies Singles Tournament took place in Orlando on February 8 and 9, with Mount Dora Club earning wins including Bethel Smith in Ladies' Singles and Lyle Wood in Consolation of Men's Singles. In the Lake County Robbin's Tournament at Eustis, Mount Dora Club members captured first Bethel Smith and Ethel Wood, third Lyle Wood and Joe Smith, and fourth Ray Wood and Kay Therrien, while the club mourns Walter Peter's sudden death and notes James Simondl remains ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde McCauley
Astrid Anderson
McCauley-Anderson
Andy Hvolbek
Bill Nolet
Selmer Nilsen
Clarence Dales
Vivian Derby
Grace Dooley
Orlando
Mount Dora
Bethel Smith
Lyle Wood
Lake County
Founders Day Set Sunday At Milner-Rosenwald Academy
Dr. Lester O. Schriver will be guest speaker at 3 30 p m Sunday as Milner Rosenwald Academy honors founders Dr Duncan Chamber Milner and Julius Rosenwald. Prof C O Lott invites both white and Negro community members to attend the observance with music by the Gleem Club and a decade of notable speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester O. Schriver
East Town
Milner-Rosenwald Academy
Duncan Chamber Milner
Julius Rosenwald
C. O. Lott
Academy
Gleen Club
Golden-agers Honor Park Residents at Semi Annual Party
News from Riley's Park notes the semi annual Golden-agers party for residents with 50 years of marriage and about 29 guests planned for the 16th. The column lists visits from families and friends including the Schaffers, Palmers, Brighty Etzler, Ellestons, Mur rays, Barloga, Martins, Waite, Haggert, Green, Kelloggs, and Oduas, plus a note on the new park directory design and a sermon by Rev. Combs about life history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clord Schaffer
Tampa
Ft. Meyer
Louise Waite
New York State
Hazel Lawrence
Douglas“Haggert
Lansing
Mich
Ralph Rileys
Crest Ave
Mary Green
Wirt
Vera Newman
Eau Gallie
St. Paul Methodist Church
James Jones
Oren
Ruth Kellogg
Park
Zana Bungart
Florence Arnott
Harold D. Combs
Void Priester Sr. Dies at 54 in Mount Dora
Void Priester Sr. 54, formerly of Tavares, died Thursday February 11 after residing in Mount Dora for 22 years. Survived by wife Jennie two daughters Lorraine Snowden and Dianne Priester one son Void Priester Jr one brother G C Priester eight grandchildren. Services held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Rehbaum Chapel with Rev. Hugh R Hawkins officiating. Interment Pine Forest Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Void Priester Sr
Tavares
Mount Dora
The
Baptist Church
Jennie
Lorraine Snowden
Leesburg
Dianne Priester
Void Priester, Jr
Eustis
G. C. Priester
Miami
Rehbaum Chapel
Hugh R. Hawkins
Pine Forest Cemetery
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Fred Steele
Donnelly St
Eaton’s
Link Stationery & Printing Co
Donnelly
Mount Dora Lions Club
Citrus Culture Corporation
Benefit
Eyesight Conservation and Welfare Fund
Lake Oil
Triangle Oil
Riley’s Park
Vera Brown Newman
Lynn Palmer
Kalamazoo
Walter Stephenson
Celia Brighty
Myra Etzler
Smith Charles
Alfred Ellestons
North East
Oscar Murrays
Lloyd Page
Defiance
Ohio
Lee Barloga
Orson
Keys
Jesus
Albert Odua
New York City
Earl Bixbys
Mount Dora, Fla
Batasi
Caesars
J. G. Ray, Jr
Lake Oil Corp
Call Lake Oil Corp
Lions Club
Chevrolet
S. Bay St
Eustis, Florida
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