Mount Dora wins close lawn bowling clash with Daytona Beach
In Mount Dora last week a tight lawn bowling meet saw Mount Dora defeat Daytona Beach 3 games to 1. Individual matches featured Trager, Rogers, Garrison and Kellogg’s win 21 to 14, and Marsh’s team clinching the playoff point a perfect draw to the sack.
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Daytona Beach
Mount Dora
Trager
Rogers
Garrison
Kellogg
Bridge
Wilmot
Fleming
Spencer
Niles
Fox
Bridgman
Dr. Jones
Rehm
Marsh
Pert
A. Nelson
Dr. James
Chesley
Seiger
Moore
Hatfield
Laverne Fleming
Myrtle Kellogg
J. Bennett
White
Mollineau
Bennetts
Margaret Bennett
Alex Kerr
Woolman
Hallowell
Warfel
Staples
Walworth
Helen Hutchinson
Pulis
Breck
Burnham
Sheldon
Adams
Hastings
Mrs. Randall
Applegate
Mitchell
McMillen
Wallace
Lee
Boyle
Labisky
Dean
Zacharias
Miles
Ferguson
CofC Nears End Of Drive In Mount Dora
Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce nears campaign end with 37 remaining memberships and $3,100 raised this week toward a goal of 375 members or 3 750 dollars. City grant of 4 200 earlier in the month includes 200 for the Merchants Division. New signups include Fred O Hara C E Brown and E C Van Valkenburg.
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Mount Dora
C. E. Brown
E. C. van Valkenburg
Mount Dora Lions Club
Schneider’s Dairy
Jones Bros
Atkins Laundry
W. M. Kennedy
Carl S. Risley
Hadlock Fruit Co
Frock and Frill
Regatta Moves From Mount Dora To Leesburg Venues
The annual power boat race shifts from Mount Dora to Leesburg for this year’s National Speed Boat race at Venetian Gardens. Leesburg Boating Club sponsors the event with over 60 entrants from across the country, starting at 1 p.m.
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Mount Dora
Dykes to retire opens tight race for Circuit Clerk
Genial George J. Dykes announces retirement after 24 years as Circuit Court clerk. His nephew Herman Dykes will seek the post, with mounting backing from Lake County voters as observers note the strong GOP/DP alignments. Dykes, a Lake County native and former teacher, also vows continued local service.
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George J. Dykes
Herman
Lake County
Eustis
U. S
Secret Service
Lena B. Walden
Orange Blossom Trail
Tavares
Baptist Church
Kiwanis Club
The
Elks
Ohioans urged to apply by mail for 1952 auto tags
Ohio motorists vacationing in Florida were told not to rush home for license plate decals. Lake County Chamber secretary Karl Lehmann said Harold Colee of the Florida State Chamber learned from Robert Foley in Columbus that 1952 tags could be mailed. Lehmann urged motorists to request application forms immediately.
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Florida
Karl Lehmann
Lake County
State-wide shuffleboard invitational held in Orlando
The event ran on the 19th and 20th with 206 players in single play. Mount Dora sent eight men and five women. Earl Shorb reached the quarter finals in the men main event and won the men’s consolation. Notestine of Orlando won the men’s main event. Mrs. Troutman of Orlando won the women’s main event.
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Orlando
Mount Dora
Earl Shorb
Wilcox
Notestine
Troutman
Winter Haven
Earl Dodd
Leon Herblin
Les Purdy
Lillian Miller
Ward Gibbs
Michigan
C. B. Peterman
Lions Trophy Opens with Marino 3 1 Victory in Round One
Bud Marino the 1951 Club Champion opened 1952 with a 3 and 1 win over Ole Man Trouble Stebbens in the Lion's Trophy opening round. Herman Melling edged Jack Groves 1 up after holing a 60 yard approach on 18. Weather suspended some matches to be finished this weekend.
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Bud Marino
Stebbens
Herman Melling
Jack Groves
Haynes
Ward
Stockwell
Benjamin
Carl Stockman
Colonel Carr
Harold “Bantem
Ben” Overhiser
Groves
Therian
Overhiser
Winchester
Dwight Pendleton
C. A. Clark
Rev. Stackman
Irish Kennealy
Stebbins
Judge Pendleton
Bob Wells
Christopher
George Benjamin
Lake County Firemen Aid Fire Safety Education
Lake County public schools hosted the fourth annual county wide school fire and safety inspection led by Chief C. C. Osborn. The group included Deputy State Fire Marshal Guy Arendall and Florida State Fire College official W. H. Barnett, with Mount Dora participation by Chief Bill Williamson and Fireman Engineer George Hall. Sixteen programs across 36 schools taught fifth and sixth graders fire drills and prevention talks. Osborn praised improvements in building safety and said hazards are now negligible compared with the first tour.
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Lake County
Lake County Firemen’s Association
C. C. Osborn
Eustis
Guy Arendall
W. H. Barnett
Florida State Fire College
Mount Dora
Bill Williamson
George Hall
Mount Dora’s
Osborn
St Patrick's Day Card Party Planned by Legion Auxiliary
The American Legion auxiliary completes plans for a St Patrick's Day card party at the Community building on March 7 at 8 p.m.
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The
American Legion Auxiliary
Card Party Draws 72 Players in Ohio Community Building
The biweekly club event in Ohio ran Saturday with 18 tables and 72 participants playing canasta pinochle bridge and 500. Entertainment Chairman Bud Rowland read an article on card game features as rain from the downpour affected the 49ers crowd.
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Ohio
Bud Rowland
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Cofc
Leesburg
Mount Plymouth
Hotel and Country Club
Apopka
First Federal Savings & Loan Association OF
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Dan
Braily Odham
Odham
McCarty
Bill Johnston
Fuller Warren
Roy Christopher
Lake Region Packing Co
Warren
J. W. Willmott
Prostan Kuznik
Florida Grower Magazine
Browns Hardware
Paul B. Brown
Eustis, Fla
Make Brown's
Ocala
South
Don Longley
Sale
Locust ST. Aurora
Illinois
Stokely’s
Astor
Fla
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Superbrand
Dixiana
R. G. Cassady
Lake Jem Sorrento Paisley
Umatilla
Altoona
Lady Lake
Fruitland Park
Lis Grand Island
Ferndale
Montverde
Minneola
Astatula Howey
Yalaha
Groveland
Okahumpka
City Hall
Astor Supply Co
Geo. Gastfield's Store
Clermont
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