Wallace Trophy Winners At Lawn Bowling Club
Winners of the Wallace trophy were Peggy Turner Bess Nelson Helen Smith and Helen Hutchinson. Teams traveled to St Petersburg Feb 11 12. Team 2 beat Clearwater 12 11 and Dr Demings St Petersburg 15 8 before losing to a St Petersburg team 13 21. Tournament had 40 entries from Daytona Orlando Mount Dora Clearwater. Final women’s contest won by Hutchinson Smith Nelson Turner 23 14 over Spear Bennett Blackburne Randall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy Turner
Bess Nelson
Helen Smith
Helen Hutchinson
St. Petersburg
Niles
Skip
Fleming
Wilmot
Eam
Marsh
Rogers
Chesley
Zacharias
Clearwater
Dr. Deming’s
Young
Daytona
Orlando
Mount Dora
Wallace
Bess
Nelson
Spear
Bennett
E. Blackburne
Randall
New Smyrna
Dr. Bennett
Dr. Jones
Rehm
Strock
Kellogg
Trager
Garrison
McLaughlan
Hallowell and
Reed
Applegate
Earl
DeGraff
Mrs. E. Blackburne
Boyle
Breck
Laverne Fleming
Rubridge
Skoglund
Church
Woolman
Swift
Anderson
Staples
J. Bennett
Martin
Grace Trager
Monster gar hauled from Lake Dora by Mount Dora angler
Vincent Cronwall of Mount Dora captured a 50 to 60 pound six foot long gar near Mount Dora Fish Camp using a bass rod and 24 pound line. Witnesses ranked it the biggest Lake Dora catch in 50 years and Cronwall towed it ashore with a gaff to stop further destruction of nests. Bill Lasater of Oak Street won the Bass tournament with a 13 pound five ounce bass aided by J C Jackson from Manchester Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Dora
Vincent Cronwall
Mount Dora
Cronwalt
Bill Lasater
Oak St
Lake Doral
J. C. Jackson
Manchester
Tenn
Commission Grants Lake Game Request
A Lake County Fish and Game Association letter thanks the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission for closing part of the Ocala National Forest in Lake County. The action permits stocking with Pittman Robinson funds, allows growth, and designates the area as a game refuge with hunting allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission
Ocala National Forest
Lake County
Melon Industry Seen Soaring In Lake County
County Agent R. E. Bob Norris says the Lake County watermelon industry should hit an all time high this year barring weather setbacks. Planted acreage may reach 7 000 acres with 4 500 more than last season. Cannonball variety remains dominant though Congo plantings rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
R. E
Bob” Norris
Norris
Congo
Aunt Helen Brown Suffers Hip Break in Lancaster fall
Mrs. Rollin J. Brown known as Aunt Helen of Lancaster New Hampshire, a winter resident on East Eichthau from 1930 to 1951, is hospitalized with a broken hip after a fall in her new home. At 93 she is reported to be doing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
Lancaster
N. H
E. Eichthau
Lancaster Hospital
Mount Dora Triumphs In Shuffleboard Meet At DeLand
The Mount Dora club with 15 courts and 60 players won 25 games to 20 against DeLand in a friendly shuffleboard contest joined by 15 teams and visiting rooters. Col. Rich and Leslie Fish led Reds with 246 points while Peterman and Phillips topped Blacks with 242. A large crowd attended the Red and Black weekly, with 68 players and a rain-interrupted playoff, followed by a 125-member community dinner featuring readings, harmonica, piano, and a speech from Rev. Kuhlman praising Mount Dora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeLand
Mount Dora
Eustis
Col
Charles Rich
Leslie Fish
Lillie Peterman
J. W. Phillips
Reds
Blacks
Waltz
Phillips
Fern White
Bud Rowland
Rev. Kuhlman
Gagetown
Mich
Pete Trenham Wins City Championship on 36-Hole Route
Fifteen-year-old Peter Trenham defeats Jack Keller 2 and 1 to claim the City Championship. Trenham built an early lead with a birdie on 27 and parred the next two while Keller bogied, then held a three up lead to the finish. Keller matched birdies on the long 15th but Trenham held on. Other seniors results and scores from Hill Top Open fill the day, with Norma Labisky posting 79 and Betty Jameson noted for a 78 women's record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Trenham
Jack Keller
Pete
Keller
Jack Groves
Lawrence Stockwell
Harold Overhiser
Herman Melling
Frank Stebbins
C. A. Clark
Carl Stackman
C. M. Brigham
H. L. Trenham
Therian
Tom Kelly
Norma Labisky
Columbus
Ohio
Betty Jameson
Kate
Stanley Pendleton
Beth Mitchell
Graves
Dr. R. G. Wells
Stebbins
Stockwell
Marino
Dittrick
Moore
Overhiser
Melling
Nichols
Onearm
Starzec
Pine Orchard
Conn
Kuznik
Trenham
Lake County exhibit at Central Florida Exposition opens Monday
Lake County displays at Orlando Exposition will showcase local production from cotton to orchids. County Agent R E Bob Norris, aided by home demonstration agent Mrs Lucie K Miller, leads seven units tracingLake county development from settlers to citrus, vegetables, cattle, cotton and exotic plants with large ranch and wildlife displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Lake County
Orlando
R. E. “Bob” Norris
Lake
Lucie K. Miller
Lake County
America
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Wise Boat Works
Raymond Loewy
Rian
Easy Control
Eee Maichlah Reid
Hs Ameleee Bae
ACME
Coe
Orange Ave
Orlando, Fla. 1
Commission Grants Lake Game Request
Hendy
Crescent City, Fla
Cini
Stan Kuznik
Goo Dora
Wise Boat Works Sales and Service
Eustis Finance Company, Inc
Magnolia Ave
J. F. Skerven
Mer
I. Charles H. Smith
McGee
8Th Ave
McDonald St
County of
State of Florida
Lake County Court House
Tavares
Florida
Charles H. Smith
ARGO
Donald Duck
Bartlett Pears
Pascal Celery
FORD
Superbrand Oleo
Mount Vernon
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