Heaton Adds Safety Measures As Youths Press For Training
Mayor Lou L. Heaton issues traffic changes after a safety council session. The city moves the Liberty Highland light, considers widening Sanford road, tightens Fifth Avenue Alexander parking, rejects a one way Alexander plan, and plans more outer speed limit signs. Youth Safety Council aims to drive driver training for ages 16 and up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou L. Heaton
Heaton
State Road Department
Liberty
Highland
Sanford Rd
State Department
Fifth Av
Alexander
Grand View Hotel
Woman's Club
Edna Patton
Donnelly
Youth Safety Council
Mount Dora
Marsell
Unti
Bowling Club marks 25 years with banquet and history
Mount Dora Lawn Bowling Club celebrates its 25th anniversary with a dinner and historical review at the Community building. Frank E. Bridgman, club historian, recalls the club’s origins in winter 1925 when Willard M. Bryant and Fred S. Thompson urged Mount Dora to build a bowling court.
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Mount Dora
Mount Dora Lawn
Frank E. Bridgman
Willard M. Bryant
Fred S. Thompson
Hartford
Post Office Closes Early During Renovations
Post Office closes at 8 p.m. due to ongoing renovations. Postmaster Harry Hopcraft stated the building is locked up early while work proceeds.
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P.O
Harry Hopcraft
Public May Hear New City Charter Tonight
The Charter Board meets at City Hall at 7 p m to proof read a concise new charter that would replace the 1925 document. If approved with no major changes it will be published for public perusal ahead of a late March vote to make Mount Dora a city and redefine Council and Park Board powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Mount Dora
Park Board
D. Fletcher Crane
Lake Front
City Council
Roy Christopher
Crane
Lillian Christie
al Rehbaum, Jr
A. J. Waltz
J. G. Ray, Jr
Christopher
Lou L. Heaton
Florida
MeNeae Brr
Ween Presnanrewan
Mew
Faw
Presew Ney
Lake County
Ocala
Florida Railroad and Public Utilities Commission
Chamber of Commerce Telephone Committee
G. B. “Crip” Hurlburt
Mount Dora Senior Wins School Essay Contest
Margie Kenyon, a senior at Mount Dora High School, won the school's portion of the state essay contest promoting employing the physically handicapped. Her essay The Physically Handicapped A National Asset advances to the state competition. last year’s state winner was Max Bulske of Mount Dora, now at Florida Southern College.
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Margie Kenyon
Mount Dora High School
Max Bulske
Mount Dora
Florida Southern College
Negroes To Debate Opportunity Site
Five Negro educators and a college student will debate at St. Mary Baptist Church East Town on Thursday February 26 at 8 p.m. The topic is Resolved There are greater benefits in the North for Negroes than there are in the South. Affirmative speakers include Bennie Kinsler J C Russell and L B Wood. Negative speakers are C O Lott Clarence Kinsler and Billie Bell. Professor Lott invites white community members to attend.
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St. Mary Baptist Church
East Town
South
Bennie Kinsler
Tavares
J. C. Russell
Eustis Vocational High School
L. B. Wood
Milner-Rosenwald Academy
C. O. Lott
Milner-Rosenwald
Clarence Kinsler
Tavares Colored School
Billie Bell
Florida A&m College
Lott
World Day of Prayer observed worldwide in unity
Devout Christians sponsor World Day of Prayer uniting people of many languages for peace. Locally Mrs. O H Conway chairs the observance with women’s societies from Methodist Baptist and Community churches promoting brotherhood.
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O. H. Conway
Methodist, Baptist and
Community Churches
World Day of Prayer Observed In Mount Dora Event
Mount Dora begins World Day of Prayer at 10 am Friday at First Methodist with services at White School Milner Rosenwald East Town and church. Very Rev Osborne Littleford of Orlando Cathedral speaks on Teach Us To Pray with regional church groups hosting and guiding daytime pageants talks and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou L. Heaton
Mount Dora
First Methodist Church
Mayor Heaton
Rome
Pass
America
Tennyson
Osborne Littleford
Cathedral of St. Luke
Episcopal
Orlando
Church the Eastern Star
Key Club
The
Methodist Church
Perchance of a Violation at Mount Dora Bass Catch
Albert Puckett and J. C. Jackson posted a notable catch at Lake Dexter but failed to register for Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce Bass Tournament. Puckett’s largest weighed 10 lbs 12 oz, with other catches 8-7 and 7-12. Mayor Manchester Tenn. Jackson is pictured with a 13-5 trophy mount.
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Albert Puckett
J. C. Jackson
Mount Dora
Chamber of Commerce
Puckett
McMinnville
Tenn
Jackson
Manchester
Lake Dexter
Lake County
Bill Lasater
Pete Trenham Faces Corbett In City Championship
Pete Trenham, the Mount Dora golf product, meets Joe Corbett for the city championship next Sunday at Hill-Top course after Trenham defeated George Benjamin in the semi finals Sunday. Details appear in Tee Talk on Page 2.
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Pete Trenham
Mount Dora
Joe Corbett
Pete
George Benjamin
Chesters Visit Town Over enlargement of Orange Blossom Trail
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Chester and their daughter Patricia spent a brief town stay this week to review progress on the widening of their road project on the Orange Blossom Trail. They depart this weekend for Cuba where Mr. Chester heads a broadcasting chain.
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Chesters
Edmund Chester
Patricia
Cuba
Mr. Chester
Fountain of Youth Doctor Crum Heads to Mount Dora
Dr J Howard Crum, famed plastic surgeon and originator of the Hollywood System of face lifting, has moved to Mount Dora Florida with his wife. He praises Mount Dora as the loveliest spot in Florida and envisions a larger tourist clubhouse and improved recreation facilities.
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J. Howard Crum
Stamford
Conn
Mount Dora
Florida
Lake Wales
Crum
Florence Rd
Sylvan Shores
Lakes
Mount
Bok Tower
Cypress Gardens
United Nations
Dr. Crum
Rai
Indand
Astry
Chamber of Commerce
Surgeons Practice Hollywood Style Plastic Surgery
Dr. J. H. Crum operated on a patient from Hollywood using a highly described technique to remove excess tissue and reshape the face for youthful contours. A nurse asked which method would be used, and the doctor replied in a blunt way that implied a dramatic approach known as the Hollywood.
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Hollywood
Digit 2 Now In Effect Toll Change Plans Told
Mount Dora telephone customers began today with Operation Digit 2 adding prefix 2 to all numbers. New directories arrive, showing the change, and a March 2 hearing on proposed toll increases looms. The March 2 plan notes a $1 to $2.50 rise tied to exchange growth.
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Mount Dora
Florida Telephone Corp
Sernand
Exnancan Develonment
Eustis
Tavares
Umatilla
Lake County
Orlando
Jacksonville
United States
New York
Mount Dora Man Scrib es Heroic Korea Air Rescue Tale
A/1C Charles Skip Bradford, Mount Dora native 1949 graduate, now a reporter in Korea, documents Lt James E. LaRue guiding Lt Joel T. Tudor to safety after Tudor was blinded by shrapnel. Tudor's landing required three passes to reach a UN airbase inside friendly lines.
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Thunderjet
Mount Dora
Charles “Skip” Bradford
Mount Dora High School
Information Corps
U.S. Air Force
Korea
Bradford
Skip
James E. LaRue
Joel T. Tudor
Tudor
LaRue
E. Warford
War Mementoes Poppy Day Driven by Veteran Crafters
Mrs Mae Fenton announces the American Legion auxiliary Poppy Day to be held on downtown streets all day Saturday. Proceeds fund three Florida veterans hospitals where men with injuries craft the poppies, some using one hand or even toes to replace lost fingers.
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Mae Fenton
American Legion Auxiliary
Florida
Mount Dora School Closes For Washington Day Parade
Mount Dora's school will close Monday so children may attend the Washington Day parade and carnival at Eustis. The note concludes with a quotation about truth and honesty from Sharpe.
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Mount Dora’s
Eustis
Lions Parade in Eustis Finalizes Days of 49ers Carnival
Lions club unit led by bearded 49ers will parade in Washington Day event at Eustis. The group promotes their annual Days of 49ers carnival to be held February 27 and 28 at Third Ave and Alexander St, with a stage coach among the display for local advertising.
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Mount Dora
Washington
Eustis
Lions Club
Third Av
Alexander St
Fragmentary line hints at archaic verse doubts
The text presents a garbled, archaic-sounding line with broken phrasing and unclear meaning suggesting the speaker questions their own correctness or intent and contemplates hesitation.
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Bowling Club
Ted
Pt. Reverspurg
George L. Bidwell
Donnelly Park
Eston
Zell
Nimpro
Elizabeth Evans
Daniel H. Bishop
New City Charter
Corbett
Ake
Mabel Norris Reese
Dr. J. Howa Crum
Mrs. Crum
Peel
Y Park
Howard Crum
J. H. Crum
Skip Bradford
Sharpe
Lions
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