Local Heart Fund Drive Sparks Craft Project
Mabel Morrell of 733 Baker St supports the American Heart Association drive by making bright dish towels from feed sacks. Proceeds fund heart disease research while she seeks donated sacks and buyers for finished towels. Nearby tale follows a Mount Dora man’s rattlesnake skin wallet phobia and a comic misread in a restaurant.
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Mabel ‘Morrell
Mount ‘Dora
Mount Dora
Frank Thomas
Thomas
Southern Pine Inspection Bureau
Tampa
Belleglade
Tallahassee
Mount Plymouth Hotel Host Showcases Cough Drops and Guests
Mount Plymouth Hotel manager Louis Gabel hosts guests with attention to status while highlighting Smith Bros cough drops. Mr. Shaw of Poughkeepsie, executive vice president of Smith Bros, and Mrs. Shaw arrive by private plane for the winter stay.
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Louis Gabel
Mount Plymouth Hotel
Gabel
Reyse
Smith Bros
Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Mount Plymouth
Shaw
Shadow Lawn Manor and Florida prison notes headline
Main figures Burgess Thayers the Youngs and Averitts and a reader from Sylvan Shores salute Warden L F Chapman at Raiford. Three Orlando Junior College students, pledged to a fraternity, visited Raiford and found the warden gracious. Felton Dizzy Dean visits Mount Dora amid army service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgess Thayers
Youngs
Averitts
Shadow Lawn Manor
Alberon
N. J
Florida
William A. Redd
Sylvan Shores
L. F. Chapman
Raiford State Prison
Chapman
Redd
Orlando
Mount Dora
Orlando Junior College
Raiford
Warden Chapman
Fort Jackson visit links Fenns and Mount Dora lad
Dr H T Fenn enters the talk and learns Major eek, son in law of the Fenns, is nearby at the camp. Leon, a Mount Dora lad, is also near Dizzy at the camp, but neither knew the other was there.
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Army
Mount Dora
Felton
Dizzy
Dean
Corp
Hans Ft. Jackson
S.C
H. T. Fenn
Fort Jackson
Doc
Leon
Eek
Fenns
Mount Dora ties span mentor and millstone in Florida visit
Al Maben recalls guiding Harold Campbell of New York in the textile industry. Campbell and wife tour Mount Dora, praising the town and setting new retirement goals. The column also riffs on Florida political chatter and a Girl Scout report. A Nigeria pen-pal request follows, inviting local youths to write Theodosius James Ate in Lagos.
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al Maben
Mount Dora
Harold Campbell
New York
Nigeria
Africa
Florida
Christopher Maybin Samuel
Lagos
West Africa
Christopher Samuel
America
Theodosius James
Campbell St
Christopher
Theodosius
Robertson and Pendleton boner sparks Florida Virginia banter
After a banquet, Senator Robertson and Pendleton admitted a faux pas about not naming Ocala Mayor Izlar and Griff Kibler. Robertson joked about Virginia hospitality, praising Griff and proposing lawmakers visit Florida’s Ocala National Forest to fish. He claimed 1400 lakes in Lake County with abundant bass fishing as a potential cure for world tensions.
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Robertson
Warren
Pendleton
Ocala
M. C. Izlar
Senator Robertson
Florida
Griff
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
America
Ocala National Forest
Lake
Skits Will Prove Clubs Ability at Mount Dora Skit Night
Civic and youth groups rehearse for Mount Dora Parent-Teacher association’s first annual Skit Night to be held March 10 at the Community building. Mrs. R. N. White, Sr. chairs the program with direction by Waller J. Patton.
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Mount Dora
Parent-Teacher Association
R. N. White
Waller J. Patton
Two New Shops Open In Dora
February adds two new businesses to Dora as Birkele's opens on Fifth and Citrus Culture Corp ding with Ian Birk beck and Ann Oberle. Smith Marine Mart at Libe and Highland opens this week run by Clifford Smith, a Leesburg boating club member and Lake County racer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birkele
Prohibition Advocate Predicts Dry Victory
Raymond J. Jeffreys, national speaker for the Prohibition National committee, told a Temperance Clinic at the Methodist church that America would vote dry now if given a yes or no choice. He noted liquor journals warn permit holders about a prohibition return and cited Colliers magazine signaling a Prohibition resurgence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Raymond J. Jeffreys
Prohibition National Committee
Methodist Church
Jeffreys
Colliers
City's Youth Parade Opens Washington Birthday Celebration
Mount Dora High school's band and city's Scout troops joined the Washington Birthday parade at Eustis. With school dismissed, many youths joined the event as the Brownies rode a truck loaned by John Heist decorated with bold signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora High School
Eustis
John Heist
IceHouse Theatre Bingo to Boost Piano Fund
The Players group plans a bingo party at the Sylvan Shores hotel to raise funds for the IceHouse theatre piano fund, which totals about $200.
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IceHouse Theatre
Players Group
Sylvan Shores Hotel
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Marie Terese Kane
Elberon
Frank Owens
Eustis Rd
East Crooked Lake Rd
E.C.L. Rd
Ladies Home Journal
Jack
Mary Simpson
Mary Martha
Myron Cronwall
Mary True
Penny Fish Dixon
Effie Javens
Tom Potter
the Grimsteads
Clayton Tre
Electrical Contractors
Brandy-Gudgeon Electric CO
Highland
Eustis News
Umatilla
W. B. Calhoun
Louis C. Vogt
Irving Burleigh
Tavares
J. Ed Baker
Westinghouse
Fifth Avenue
Laundromats
Waffle
DEEP
MR. Pepper
Claude Pepper
Senate
George Smathers
Ace
Netherlands
B.W
Ann Travers
Ann
Girl Scouts
Linda Raulerson
Patty Johnson
Joyce Moon
Ann Tremain
D. F. Crane
James Nelson
Newton Strite
J Cypress Gardens
Bok Jower
Leo Wers -Sathoed
the Farth
Aquamaids
Cypress Gardens
Dora
Drys
Dora Speaker
Allied Flagship Carbon Paper
Standard and Legal Sizes
Topic Office
Kitchen Craft of Orlando
P. O. Box
J. G. Ray, JR
St. Marys
Protane
Protane Gas Service
Polar Gas
Protane Corporation
Virginia Drive
Fila
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