Letter to Punky on turning eleven in 1952
A mother reflects on the 11th birthday of Punky and contrasts a child’s view with her own in the 1920s 1950s era. She foresees 1952 filled with Korea anti Americanism race prejudice and world unrest while hoping her child grows toward humanity and UN awareness.
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United Nations
Punky
Darling
New Year Reflections From Verdun 1944 to 1945
A wartime memoir recalls New Year’s Eve 1944 in Verdun as the Battle of the Bulge looms. Cold, blackout conditions, distant sirens, and grim mood give way to cautious hope as the writer resolves not to trade tomorrow for any price and wishes a hopeful 1945.
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Harry Moore and the NAACP amid Florida racial conflict
The author argues that Harry Moore faced enemies for his civil rights work in Florida, including criticism of NAACP tactics and Peelers, while denying communist involvement in the Grove land and Lake county violence. The piece notes Moore’s 1950 Mount Dora speech and his push for Black police concerns amid segregation.
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Miss Compton to Speak at Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Miss Compton will address the Founders Circle of the Lakes and Hills Garden Club at their first New Year meeting on Monday at 2 p.m. She is introduced by Mrs. Simpson with assistance from several members. The topic is Horticulture.
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S. M. Coen
Zellwood
John A. Heist
Charles Brown
Josephine Simpson
Founders Circle of the Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Vernon L. Conner
Mary S. Compton
Florida Federation of Garden Clubs
Simpson
Miss Compton
Moore killing sparks white supremacist outrage across Florida
The piece condemns the Florida murder and warns it will fuel communist propaganda and damage U S prestige. It cites Eleanor Roosevelt and the pamphlet We Charge Genocide as tools used to inflame tensions. The author grieves the victim and calls for protection of citizens against violence.
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Lake County sees party switch rumors amid Dems switching to Republicans
A note from O M Simpson in Mount Dora to Jack suggests a wave of Democratic defections to the Republican side may happen this year in Lake County. The message flags potential political realignment and party changes among local voters.
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Lake County
Lake County School Board Proposes Bonded Building Program
The Lake County Board of Instruction plans a Monday survey of schools to allocate a proposed 3.094 million building program plus 656 thousand to retire debt. State capital outlay funds aid the financing. Mount Dora white school could gain six new classrooms and a cafetorium while Milner Rosenwald Academy in East Town may receive about 109 thousand in new buildings and improvements. If approved the plan goes to voters in the spring.
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Mount Dora
East Town
Milner-Rosenwald Academy
Whittier Program Planned by Women’s Society
Mrs Isabelle Taylor will present Whittier the Quaker Poet for the Community Church Women’s Society program at the church Friday at 3 p.m. The event aims to showcase the life and work of the noted poet in a local community setting.
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Isabelle Taylor
Women’s Society of the Community Church
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