Red Cross Goal Set At 20000 In County Drive Opens
County Red Cross campaign to raise 20000 begins with Mary Learned of Mount Dora as co chairwoman. Karl Lehmann says Mount Dora leads in donations and kickoff Friday at Dutch Kitchen Eustis signals canvassing of towns for disaster relief funds.
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Red Cross
Lake County
American Red Cross
Mary Learned
Mount Dora
Karl Lehmann
Learned
Batahetesen
Florida
Dutch Kitchen
Eustis
Lehmann
Hurricanes Eye District Tourney Preview in Mount Dora
Mount Dora Hurricanes closer to the district tournament in Tavares with a first seed. They beat Winter Park 42 33 led by Treadwell Stephens and Vincent. Umatilla upset the Hurricanes 34 28 Friday as the girls defeated Umatilla 26 25 with Anne Pike scoring 11.
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Mount Dora
Treadwell
Stephens
Vincent
Winter Park
Simpson
Hogue
Hurricanes
Umatilla
Anne Pike
Community Club Hears Singers In Concert
Members of the Community club filled the venue to hear the Stetson College Glee Club perform beloved musical numbers. Harold M Giffin directed the 80 voice mixed chorus delivering a capable presentation. Next on the calendar is Vera Maud Smith monologist at the Community building next Tuesday evening.
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Stetson College Glee Club
Harold M Giffin
Vera Maud Smith
Lake county to grow new hybrid cotton at Montverde school
County Agent R. E. Norris announces an experimental crop of a new hybrid cotton named Fo Be Continued Sealand, believed superior to Sea Island, will be grown this year in Lake county at Montverde school. Ten bushels of seed are allocated by the Bureau of Plant Industry to local farmers for the trial. Boys at the school and GI vocational agriculture classes at Groveland and Mascotte will tend the experiment.
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Sealand
Sea Island
Lake County
Montverde
R. E. Norris
Bureau of Plant Industry
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Groveland
Mascotte
Norris
Dora Boy Scouts Win Five Prizes at Orlando Exposition
Three Mount Dora boys returned from the Central Florida Exposition in Orlando with five awards. Danny Patton won first place in Boy Scout photography. Billy Carroll earned second in metal carving and wood carving and third in wood turning. Paul Hopkins captured first in airplane construction non flying type.
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Mount Dora
Orlando
Danny Patton
Billy Carroll
Paul Hopkins
Lawn Bowlers Feted At Yacht Club Gala Day
Mount Dora Lawn Bowling club members were feted at the Yacht Club with a dinner to close a Gala Day week. Guests included E Fortner and George J, Chamber of Commerce president, with toastmaster Robert C. Thomas. Trophies on display included the Thomas trophy and Chamber of Commerce cup.
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Mount Dora
Mount Dora Youths Demonstrate Casting At Eustis Event
In Eustis during the W Birthday celebration Mount Dora youths led by 12 year old Paul Hopkins staged a casting demonstration and contest. The group wore Casters Club shirts and used 10 tries per participant at targets in the waterfront park. Prizes donated by the Eustis Chamber of Commerce went to top scorers with Paul Hopkins winning 94 points and Walter TeStrake taking second with 88.
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Reena
Eustis Washington
Pa Wells
Margo Hosford
Howard Sims
Patsy
Jeff Ray
Paul Hopkins
Harold Crosson
Jerry Malone
Robert Campbell
Pete Wages
Wayne Bridges
Eustis
Mount Dora
Patsy Wells
Florida
Eustis W
Paul
Walter TeStrake
Clarence Sims
Eustis Chamber of Commerce
Howard Nutter
Mary Martha Simpson
Robert Hall
Lake Eustis
Chamber of Commerce
Rehbaum
Wise Boat Works
Patton Metal Works
Remembering Mrs Sedano of Mount Dora and Her Kind Smile
The Mount Dora community mourns Mrs. Lillian Sedano a longtime hotel operator and band supporter who died after a heart condition Her daughter Marie the family mascot will be cared for by Mrs Freda Kelleher of Washington DC The Manuel J Sedano Memorial Band led by her husband will miss her presence at future concerts Planned prayers include services at Rehbaum Funeral Chapel and St Mary of the Lake church in Eustis followed by burial beside Manuel Sedano in Forrest Cemetery.
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Manuel J. Sedano
Little Marie
Sedano
Freda Kelleher
Washington, D. C
Mount Dora
Jllian Sedano
Marie
Dorans
Lillian Frantz
Dr. Lust Sanatorium
Lillian Sedano
Rehbaum
St. "Mary of the Lake
Eustis
Forrest
Couple's baby daughter born in Eustis
Boy-Girl Councilman and Mrs. Richard Eddy announce the birth of daughter Carol Helen on February 20 at Eustis Waterman Memorial hospital. Last week Ronald Hylton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Hylton of Mount Dora, was born February 16.
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Councilman
Richard Eddy
Carol Helen
Eustis Waterman Memorial Hospital
Ronald Hylton
Curtis Hylton
Mount Dora
Memberships Grow In CofC
Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce memberships rise to 46 of 350 goal. Group Two led by Richard Edgerton has 165 members, 25 ahead of Carl Graves. New pledges include Clark Dillenback, A Lee French, Swift Woodcraft, Triangle Gas Co., and Arved F Zehren among others.
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Mount Dora
George Keller
H. H. Mallory
Mount Dora Shuffleboard Courts
W. H. Putnam
M. Sedano
A. A. Turner
James Simpson
Swift Woodcraft, Inc
Triangle Gas Co
H. J. Wise
Arved F. Zehren
William Jay Barker
Mount Dora Sees Registration Lag Ahead of Local Option Vote
With one week until the local option election, Mount Dora rallied to register voters. Officials said registrations were just normal for a voting year but expected a rush in the last two days. Prohibition forces and wets clashed over Lake County as groups claim a nationwide drive to restore prohibition. Local Drys named Rev. George Gibson as chair and planned meetings at the Mount Dora church, Groveland Baptist, and a Union service led by Dr. Reed, with daily prayers at churches ahead of the vote.
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Mount Dora
Jack Simpson
Sadler-Simpson Realty
Fifthay
Tavares
SR Tss
Lake County
United States
United Florida Drys
Washington
Drys
Fred T. Barnett
Florida Drys
George Gibson
Methodist Church
Mount Dora Drys
W. F. West
First Baptist Church
Groveland
Barnett
I. H. Oo
Robert R. Reed
Baptist Church
Lake County Committee For Legal Control de
Youth Center Dance Draws Mount Dora Alumni Crowd
Mount Dora high school alumni returned to support the Youth Center’s Lake County Country Club gala, admiring the current generation as graceful dancers and beauty contestants. Judges selected Louise Burrell, with out-of-towners failing to claim the crown. Local contenders included Nelle Marie Conner, Lois Driver, Jo Ann House, Joan Whitney, and others as Maxine Evans and Lynn Miles entertained.
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Mount Dora High School
Lake County Country Club
Anne Pike
Mary Martha Simpson
Nelle Marie Conner
Skip Bradford
Lois Driver
Lois
Tavares
Louise Burrell
Mount Dora
Jo Ann House
Clermont
Joan Whitney
Apopka
Juanita Young
Eustis
Mary Ann Bradford
Phyllis Turner
Patty Claflin
Jimmy Vincent
Jimmy
Maxine Evans
Lynn Miles
Mary Martin
Goober the Builder of Mount Dora Highlighted
A Mount Dora profile praises J. G. Ray Jr known as Goober, a builder famed for practical elegant designs and woman-friendly layouts. It notes his insistence on livable homes, patient planning, and features like multiple closets a front kitchen view and showers, with a nod to notable projects including the Gregor residence and the White home spotlighted by the Chamber of Commerce.
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Goober
Mount Dora
J. G. Ray, Jr
Legion
Brother
Stephen Gregor
Nature
Mr. Gregor
Mrs. Geigor
Gregor
George White
First National Bank
Chamber of Commerce
Win Sleight
M. B. Claflins
Goober Ray Builds Central Florida Style Home Despite Bets
J G Ray Jr plans a Central Florida style residence described as a peak of his career though bets swirl that he and family may not live in it. The piece recalls notable local homes and Goober’s philosophy that a home must be beautiful and well planned.
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Cele Claflin
Seelers
Zellwood
Dibbles
Lake Carlton
Sennetts
Goobe
Goober
Florida
Rays
Local option could ban wine and beer sales in Lake County
Lake County liquor vote discussions focus on a possible ban that would outlaw dry wines and beer currently sold in the county. Attorney Walden Hunter said wine would be definitely cut and beer as known in Lake County would be prohibited, with only near beer under 3.2 percent alcohol allowed.
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Lake County
Walden Hunter
Tavares
Hunter
Prohibition's End Said to Fail As Lawlessness Rises
A committee urged that the last prohibition try in the United States failed declaring a crime free nation never existed. The report cited Justice Department figures showing assassination bribery and corruption and a wave of murder and banditry across America as proof of rising lawlessness.
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United States
U. S. Department of Justice
Department of Justice
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
America
P T A To Hear Lacy Thomas
Lacy Thomas of Groveland will speak on education and family life before the Mount Dora Parent Teacher Association next Tuesday at 3 30 p m in the Community building. He is a candidate for the state senate and taught at the P T A institute in Tallahassee. Mrs Thomas, president of the Lake County Council P T A, will attend.
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Lacy Thomas
Groveland
Mount Dora
Association
Thomas
State Senate
P.T.A. Institute
Tallahassee
Lake County Council
P.T.A
Former Dora Pastor J H Elder Dies in Miami
Rev. J H Elder 78 died in Miami Tuesday. He once led the First Methodist church in Dora before its new building and for 12 years pastored the Opalocka Methodist church. Survived by widow Hazel and children Frances Ruth Gibbons Elma Elder Harry and sister Mrs Claud Wheeler Pensacola.
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Dorans
Miami
J. H. Elder
Opalocka Methodist Church
Hazel Elder
Frances Ruth Gibbons
Elma Elder
Harry
Indianapolis
Claud Wheeler
Pensacola
Correction notice on 1946 alcoholic beverage expenditure
The Topic apologizes for a typographical error in last week's Mount Dora ad. The correct total expenditure for alcoholic beverages in the United States in 1946 is 8 770 000 000 dollars, not 8 770 000 as printed, affecting the direct and indirect costs of excessive drinking.
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Mount Dora
United States
Mount Dora Golf Club Greens Fee Announcement
Play golf at Mount Dora Golf Club with greens fee of 1.50 dollars. Offer valid from December 1 to April 1.
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Mount Dora
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Dora Boy Scouts
Yacht Club
Dora
Mrs. Sedano
Cofc
Youth Center
Mabel Norris Reese
Goober Ray
J.G. Ray, Jr
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