Dora’s Evening of Music at Mount Dora Full House Expected
Central Florida Symphony Orchestra led by Yves Chardon to perform a gala Evening of Music at the Mount Dora Community Building. With 600 tickets sold by Wednesday, sponsors Lions Kiwanis Lakeside Inn Chamber of Commerce and First National Bank share proceeds for welfare funds. Program features Wagner Lohengrin Prelude Finlandia Sibelius Andante Brahms Ride of the Valkyries Till Eulenspiegel. ushers from Mount Dora Business and Professional club. tickets available via Chamber of Commerce and Topic.
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Central Florida Symphony Orchestra
Mount Dora
Lions and Kiwanis
Lakeside Inn
Chamber of Commerce
First National Bank
Yves Chardon
Chardon
Minneapolis Times
Wagner
Finlandia
Jean Sibelius
Brahms
Orlando
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel
Lions
Kiwanis
Silent Parking Meters Win Praise In Mount Dora
Visitors receive a courteous envelope on overparked vehicles in Mount Dora Florida. The envelope requests a nickel payment and shares local attractions and weather, prompting glowing letters from visitors and editorials praising Floridian courtesy. A visitor from Windsor Ontario and Orlando resident Mrs Jackson applaud the gesture as a model for hospitality.
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Mount Dora
Chamber of Commerce
Florida
Windsor
Ontario
W. T. Carthew
Doran
City Hall
Donald C. Jackson
Orlando
Even Lost Lady’s Skirt In Topic Ad Mystery
The ad recounts a missing brocade skirt once owned by Gladys Crane, dating to 1865. It was loaned for a costume, with no idea who wore it. The recipient may have forgotten its whereabouts or packed it away, leaving the item unaccounted for.
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Gladys Crane
Crane
Lake Students Display Seven Cardinal Education Principles
The Lake County Fair in Eustis hosts school exhibits themed on the seven cardinal principles of education. From March 17 to 22, students from seven school centers will show health, command of fundamental processes, vocation, worthy home membership, citizenship, worthy use of leisure, and ethical character in large shadow boxes. Fair manager Lehmann notes a new face for the exhibition this year.
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Lake County
Eustis
Lehmann
Evening Of Music Set At Mount Dora Community Building
The Mount Dora community hosts an Evening Of Music at 8 on Friday directed by Yves Chardon. The Central Florida Symphony Orchestra performs works by Wagner Sibelius Strauss Brahms Berlioz and Prokofieff. Frederick Sleight of Sylvan Shores helped lead the effort as a patron.
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Mount Dora
Yves Chardon
Wagner
Sibelius
Strauss
Brahms
Berlioz
Prokofieff
Central
Subscribe Today To Beat Rise In Topic Rates
Non subscribers can lock in a reduced rate for a year at $2.50 before Saturday. The Topic plans to raise the annual rate to align with Florida newspapers, with newsstand price at 10 cents. Subscriptions may be mailed to Winter visitors’ northern homes.
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Florida State University
FSU
Donnelly St
Florida
Leap Year Month's Rain Sets Record in Mount Dora
Mount Dora received 5.37 inches of rain in February up to Tuesday night, the rainiest February in over a decade. The total for the year reached 5.96 inches, with 1941 recording 6.1 inches for the month. Citrus growers fear the excess rain will harm crops and spoil fruit.
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Mount Dora
Gordon Cowboy
Citrus Culture Corp
Humanity's Great Endeavor Drives Mount Dora Start
The Lake county Red Cross campaign begins Saturday in Mount Dora with 40 volunteers seeking 2020 dollars toward the county quota. Co chairs Mrs. J W Shaw and George J White lead the effort as workers canvass homes and businesses across Mount Dora and East Town Sorrento to bolster disaster relief support.
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Lake County
Mount Dora
American Red Cross
J. W. Shaw
George J. White
Florida
Red Cross
Minard Reid
Hal Mitchell
Robert Stewart
Lester Roberts
Claire Brigham
Collier Cooper
Reggie Parker
William Prinz
Buster Williams
Marshall Collins
Eardley Wilmot
Rose Hoodelmier
Angus. McDonald
Eugene Flint
Gretchen Elliott
F. N. Hyndman
John Bethel
Armer Johnson
Robert Travers
H. W. Meineke
John Alden Murray
Wilbur Croxton
J. G. Ray
Fd Nimnicht
Bernhard Schroeder
Mel Wagner
Jack Norris
Margo Hosford
Paul Bronson
L. E. Klatte
J. D. Pease
Robert Reed
C. W. Colby
Talbot Simpson
Mary Learned
Clark Dillenbeck
Hollis L. Roberts
Ed Mitchell
Hattie Allen
Sorrento
C. O. Lott
East Town
Prayer broadcasts announce World Day services in Mount Dora
Mrs. O. H. Conway and Mrs. Slater Cox will be featured in broadcasts describing World Day of Prayer services in Mount Dora. The program airs at 4 15 p m today over WLBE Leesburg.
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O. H. Conway
Slater Cox
Mount Dora
WLBE
Leesburg
Message by Miss Sedgwick on Democracy and Virtue
A quotation extols knowledge and goodness as the measuring scale of a true democracy and a worthy basis for graduating society, credited to Miss Catherine Sedgwick.
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Catherine Sedgwick
Funk and Wagnalls founder and the birth of a dictionary
The article profiles Dr I K Funk and the Funk and Wagnalls dictionary venture started in the 1890s. It covers his shift from religious works to word study, the push to record sermons, and the push for a simplified language, noting Funk’s views on English, spelling reform, and the influence of radio on language use.
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George Bernhard Shaw
Samuel Johnson
Funk
America
South
Harry S. Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Midwest
Funk and Wagnalls
I. K. Funk
Ohio
New York
Funk Family Pioneers in American Publishing
The Funk brothers built a literary empire with the Literary Digest starting in 1891 and expanding beyond word lists. Charles Funk moved to New York as a child while his father led the publishing company, shaping a pocket news magazine era until its sale in 1936 amid rivals and ridicule.
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Funk and Wagnalls
American News Review
Literary Digest
Dr. Funk
I. K. Funk
Pocket News
Charles Funk
New York City
B. F. Funk
Charles
New
Proclamation Calls Americans to World Day of Prayer
Mayor Lou L Heaton urged all citizens to join World Day of Prayer services at Community church with events tonight at 7 30 and Friday at 10 am. Lions Kiwanis sponsors tonight. women of the community sponsor Friday activities including lunch and a pageant Mother Liberty, soprano Carolyn Raney and Milner Rosenwald academy glee club to perform.
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Lou L. Heaton
Community Church
National Council of the Churches of Christ
America
Mount Dora
Lions and Kiwanis Clubs
United
F. Warrington McCracken
First Presbyterian Church of
Eustis
First Methodist Church
O. H. Conway
Mother Liberty
Carolyn Raney
Milner-Rosenwald Academy Glee Club
Robert Wason
Paul Johnson
Eula Segreaves
Basil Hall
Bernhard Schroeder
Lester Roberts
the Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Tax Assessor Sets Schedule for Homestead Exemptions
Lake County Tax Assessor R. G. Cassady announces his annual schedule of visits to towns to aid in completing homestead widow and disability tangible and intangible property returns. He will be in Mount Dora City Hall on March 17 from 9 am to 4 30 pm. Forms must be filed and returned by April 1 to receive exemptions.
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Lake County
R. G. Cassady
Mount Dora
City Hall
Taxpayers Meeting Called For Equalization Hearing
A city announces a taxpayers meeting at the Community building Monday at 7 30 p m to explain the property equalization survey conducted by Warren P Hunnicutt and its $6 750 annual cost. The goal is to create an impartial system for assessing taxes and to address owners concerns before finalizing the new tax roll.
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Lou L. Heaton
Warren P Hunnicutt
Ha Murmacs
Eluimmcul Wilk
Yas Pmp
A. J. Waltz
Waltz
City Council
Veteran Of Korea Urges Church Support For Mission Programs
Major Alfred Johnston, back from Korea, urges average citizens to support church missions at home and abroad, linking aid to improved world relations and long term U S resource stability. He cites Korea’s Christian-led uplift and warns against exploiting others while stressing missions as economic and moral defense.
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Alfred Johnston
Korea
Major Johnston
America
U. S
Johnston
South Korea
Mount Dora
Tokyo
Seattle
Taegu
Japan
Disraeli
Cou
Mrs Agnes Merker Dies Suddenly at Durham Young Hospital
Mary Agnes Merker, 78, died suddenly Wednesday morning at Durham Young hospital in Leesburg. She is survived by her husband R L Merker, a son Robert W at Lake Jem, a daughter Mrs Harry Kucher of Lake land, and a sister Mrs M Rauch of Belleville. The Merker family had moved to Lake Jem from Be.
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Mary Agnes Merker
Durham Young Hospital
Leesburg
R. L. Eer
Robert W
Lake Jem
Harry Kucher
Lake Land
M. Rauch
Belleville
Mr. Merker
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Nice
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Re ‘Nad Es Erin Ahel
Funk and Wagnalls Dictionary
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Hendrik W. van Loon
Taxpayers Meeting
Veteran of Korea
Agnes Merker
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