Good Neighbor Spirit Shines After Fire At Baker Street Home
Earl B. Ferson, 93, welcomed New Year visitors to his rebuilt 722 Baker St home in Dorn after a October blaze. Neighbors and friends provided furnishings, curtains, and a new kitchen to prove the town’s good spirit. The house now gleams with new walls, a pastel paint job, and a fresh rug while a loaned wife’s painting graces the living room.
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Earl B. ‘Ferson
Mount Dora
Davenport
Dan Bishop
John Griswold
Ferson
A. C. Quixley
Earl B. Ferson
Dorn
Baker St
Ellen Ferson
Second Wife Ghostly Dalliance Marks IceHouse Show
The Players stage Noel Coward’s The Blythe Spirit at the IceHouse, with Lovina as the materializing second wife and Frank Stebbins of Eustis starring as Charles Condamine. The comedy blends haunting antics and sharp wit as an amateur cast handles intricate effects and lively acting.
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IceHouse Theatre
IceHouse
Odom
Lovina
Umatilla Winter
Players
Popular Players
Frank Stebbins
Eustis
Charles Condamine
Mount Dora to Form Historical Society to Preserve Local History
Mount Dora plans a historical society to collect old records photos and memoirs for a non profit group. Lou L Heaton leads the effort with city council support approving up to 100 for startup work and outreach.
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Mount Dora
L. Heaton
Central District Dental Society holds Florida conference
More than 125 dentists from Daytona Beach to Melbourne and Orlando gather in Mount Dora for a two day meeting led by program chair Dr Robert Wason. Notable speakers include Dr Sidney Finn of the University of Alabama and Dr Sterling Mead of Washington DC discussing oral surgery radiology and preventive care.
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Lake County
Sidney B. Finn
University of Alabama
E .Spe Andren
Sterling V. Mead
Washington, D. C
Lakeside Inn
Executive Council
Finn
Mead
Mayor's 1952 report praises safety and growth in Mount Dora
City highlights show zero fatal accidents in 1952 and $752,830 in building permits excluding Sylvan Shores. The report notes power use of 4.48 million kilowatts, 166.1 million gallons of water, new meters, sidewalks, street markers, hall renovations, road paving, a community building project, property tax revaluation, an electric distribution revamp, a $300,000 waterworks expansion, new tractor and police car, Hibiscus garden at the library, cemetery plot survey and nursery, with Mount Dora ranking second in county building permits and first in real estate sales including Sylvan Shores at $1.04 million and $1.7 million respectively.
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Lou L. Heaton
Heaton
Sylvan Shores
Heatoh
Seventh Av
City Hall
Normandy Sr
Grant St
East Town
Third Av
Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Lake County
Dora Bank Reports Ten Year Growth in Mount Dora
Mount Dora's First National Bank issued a 1952 statement of condition detailing decade growth. Deposits rose from 1,122,023 in 1942 to 4,? million, loans and discounts expanded from 342,318 to 1,199,953, and U S government bond investments climbed from 251,558 to 2,857,693.
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Mount Dora
First National Bank
U. S
Bethune College Choir Set For Mount Dora Concert
The Bethune-Cookman College choir of Daytona Beach will sing sacred music at Mount Dora Methodist church Sunday at 7 30 p m. Rev Robert M Blackburn, pastor, arranged the event and invites the public to attend.
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Bethune-Cookman College
Daytona Beach
Mount Dora
College For
Robert M. Blackburn
Methodist Church
Blackburn
City Labor Wages Ave Upped Two Thousand Nine Hundred
The city raises for police and departmental workers total 2900 dollars with new year budget. Councilman Prinz reports changes to hourly and weekly rates through outright raises and a new incentive bracket. Mayor Heaton backs extending the incentive scale from three to five years and adds a semi skilled laborer tier between truck drivers and assistants.
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William Prinz
Lou L. Heaton
Lake County Personalities Mount Dora
Lake County features Alden Norton, founder of the Christian Home and Bible School, and his wife Almeda Goss Norton. Norton, a George Pepperdine student, funded mission work by Church of Christ services and revival tours in Washington and Oregon in spring 1944. Almeda, answering his knock, pursued Pepperdine and taught, working through college while helping launch the Mount Dora institution.
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Alden Norton
Christian Home and Bible School
Almeda
Mount Dora
Alden
George Pepperdine College
Los Angeles
Church of Christ
Washington
Oregon
Hood River
Almeda Goss
Pepperdine College
Florida
Building Dora Christian Home and Bible School Dream
A speaker recalls sheltering Almeda Norton and phantom children on campus. He notes a $500 on the spot gift from 100 church delegates to support the Dora Christian Home and Bible School project, and plans to return after graduation to help build the facilities.
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Pine Grove
Dora Christian Home
Bible School
Good Beginning for Vandants in Lake Dora Fishing
The Vandants and their son Robert fished Lake Dora on New Year’s Day returning with a 32 speckled perch string. They caught 28 specks on the line in half the time of their 1952 effort as Dorans and visitors enjoyed full sun and sport. F. F. Finzel reported Mount Dora Fish Camp boats were all taken by eager fishermen heading out.
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David Vandants
Robert
Lake Dora
F. F. Finzel
Mount Dora
Appointments Update on Appeals Board Made
Council President D. Fletcher Crane reappointed Angus McDonald to the Appeals Board and named Tom Brotherson to succeed William Lafroos. Other members on the board are Paul Ault Ralph Paul and Ed Wallace.
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Appointments Council
D. Fletcher Crane
Angus McDonald
Tom Brotherson
William Lafroos
Paul Ault
Ralph Paul
Ed Wallace
Lehmann to address Mount Dora Kiwanis at noon
Karl Lehmann secretary of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce and former Florida Kiwanis district governor will speak at the Mount Dora Kiwanis noon luncheon today.
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Lehmann
Karl Lehmann
Lake County Chamber of Commerce
Florida
Kiwanis
Mount Dora Kiwanis Club
Simpson Takes Place On Board
O M Jack Simpson of Mount Dora took a seat on the Lake County Board of Commissioners and helped name Leesburg attorney Gordon Oldham Jr as Lake County prosecutor to succeed Zera Giles. Carl Duncan of Tavares was appointed attorney for the board, succeeding J W Hunter. Retiring Clerk George J Dykes received a ceremonial commendation for 24 years of service.
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Mount Dora
Lake County
O. M
Jack” Simpson
Board of County Commissioners
Leesburg
Gordon Oldham, Jr
Zera Giles
W. M. Kennedy
Giles
Clayton Weir
Groveland
P. B. Howell
Carl Duncan
Tavares
J. W. Hunter
Fifth Congressional District
Simpson
Fuller Warren
Frank E. Owens
Eustis
Circuit Court
George J. Dykes
Truman G. Futch
Lawn Garden Clinic Friday at Community Building
Residents with gardening problems attend a Friday Lawn and Garden Clinic at the Community Building. The Central Florida clinic runs all day and is sponsored by the Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce the University of Florida Extension Service and Lake County Agent R E Bob Norris. Experts include Dr Gene Nutter R D Dickey F E Myers C Kuitert Lawrence and others.
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Central Florida
Mount Dora
R. D. Dickey
F. E. Myers
Vble
C . Kuitert
Lawrence
License Tag Sale Scheduled in Mount Dora and Tavares
The sale date for auto license tags is set for Thursday January 22 at the Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce. Tags are available now at the Lake County courthouse in Tavares.
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Mount Dora
Chamber of Commerce
Tavares
Charter Board Begins Its Deliberations
The newly formed Charter Board met to push a streamlined city charter. D. Fletcher Crane was elected chairman with a first meeting set for January 14 and plans for nightly sessions until completion in 60 days.
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D. Fletcher Crane
Roy Christopher
Crane
Lillian Christie
al Rehbaum, Jr
al Waltz
J. G. Ray, Jr
Mystery Light Sabotage Raises $400 Reward in Mount Dora
William E. Holler offers a $400 reward for the arrest of the person who shot out 250 lights on the Breezy Point outdoor Christmas tree the night after Christmas. He frames the case as a three question questionnaire about who used a boat without lights on Lake Dora and whose gun violated federal law.
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Mount Dora
William E. Holler
Midway Point
Lake Dora
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Dental
DR. Finn
Dora Bank
Bethune College Choir
Ovid
Mabel Norris Reese
Aldeen
Owens
Charter Board
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