Education drive targets anti communism in Mount Dora
Community forums led by Alan Grant Jr and visiting speakers push for youth education on communism and defense readiness. Plans include Lake and Orange County lectures for students, nonpartisan framing, and a local committee to coordinate high school talks while stressing sacrifice and morale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Lake County
Alan Grant
Orlando
Grant
Orange County
Poland
Hitler
State Department
America
Missionary Convention Details Indo China News
Rev P E Carlson will discuss recent events in French Indo China at a two day Christian and Missionary Alliance convention in the Community church. Services begin 7 30 pm Friday and Saturday with Misses Michael KurlaK and wife Mrs KurlaK presenting native life in Africa and Indo China and showing field pictures. The event is directed by Rev Wm H Stephens pastor of the Minneola Church C M A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. E. Carlson
Community Church
Carlson
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Michael Kurlak
French West Africa
Interest Grows In Turf Institute Mount Dora Florida
Interest in the forthcoming Flor ida Lawn and Turf Institute at Mount Dora is rising with letters from turf keepers across the southwest. Featured speaker Dr O J Noer of the Milwaukee Sewerage Commission is the top lawn authority in the U S Other speakers include Dr Roy Bair Willard M Fifield Dr Gordon Killinger Dr G M Volk and Erdman West from the Florida Agricultural Experiment station Central Florida firms will display equipment and fertilizers at the Community building where the institute opens at 10 a m The text notes Florida State Parks and historic memorials covering over 70000 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida Lawn and Turf Institute
Mount Dora
R. E. Norris
United States
Roy Bair
Belle Glade
Willard M. Fifield
Gordon Killinger
G. M. Volk
E. G. Kelsheimer
Erdman
Florida Agricultural Experiment Station
Central Florida
Mount Dora Prepares For Second Double Weekend
Mount Dora readies a second annual double weekend with the Lions Club Days of 49 carnival and the Florida Grapefruit Regatta. The carnival, Jan 26 at Third and Donnelly, benefits sight conservation and features new attractions under chair il Prinz. The Regatta, on Jan 29, expects top outboard and inboard races drawing enthusiasts from across the United States with Joe Swift as general chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Lions
Acit Club
Chamber of Mmerce
Sight, Conservanit Fund
United States
Lake Dora
Il Prinz
Donnelly St
Florida
Joe Swift
Mount Dora Student Carol Swort Profiles a Youth of Duty
This first Personalities feature profiles Mount Dora junior Carol Swort, an ambitious college student with a record of service and humanitarian concern. It traces her path from Mount Dora High School top student to Pepsi-Cola scholarship recipient, her love of the northwest, and early college experiences shaping her work in humane causes and plans for future service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Swort
Mount Dora College
Magsie” Crane
Magsie
Mexico
Mount Dora
Isms
Carol
United States
Mount Dora High School
Florida
Pepsi-Cola, Bottling Co
Antioch Student Joins Peace Service Effort
Carol Swort discovers the Friends movement through a college visit and commits to Antioch College in Yellow Springs Ohio. She trains in international thinking, joining a program that blends education with service by living and working among a small cotton picker settlement to improve housing and living conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends
Ohio
American Friends Service Committee
Tiec College
Studen
Antioch
Yellow Springs
Carol
Inxas
Mount Dora Adopts Citywide Disposall Purchase Plan
Mount Dora Florida becomes the first city in the state and third in the nation to approve a municipal disposall purchase plan. The council authorized buying 100 GE disposalls to be resold to residents at 99.95 dollars each with GE to buy back unsold units after a trial period. The plan aims to improve sanitation and gain publicity for the city. The purchase follows unanimous council approval led by Mayor D Fletcher Crane and committee members Wayne Moon and Lou L Heaton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Florida
United States
General Electric
D. Fletcher Crane
Wayne Moon
Lou L. Heaton
G.E
Turner Becomes New Council Proxy and City Leader
J M Turner, senior City Council member, was elected president at Tuesday’s organizational meeting replacing Capt Marshall Collins who did not seek reelection. The council also appointed Roy Christopher as city attorney with a $100 monthly retainer. Mayor Crane urged bids for a new police car while keeping current vehicles. A J Waltz remains building inspector and Rollin Javens remains labor superintendent.
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J. M. Turner
Marshall Collins
Turner
Roy Christopher
D. Fletcher Crane
A. J. Waltz
Rollin Javens
Heaton Named To Planning Board
Councilman Lou L. Heaton will become the city's new official representative on the Planning Commission after Tuesday's vote. Heaton succeeds Capt. Marshall Collins who left the Council at year end, while Collins remains on the commission as a member at large.
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Lou L. Heaton
Planning Commission
Heaton
Marshall Collins
Collins
Women to Survey Mount Dora for Civil Defense Efforts
Citywide canvass begins Monday with more than 30 Red Cross volunteers collecting household details to map shelter needs and evacuee capacity. Mrs. Celia Claflin Shaw and Mrs. Clara Bell Backus lead the survey as school programs start and Lake County recruits youth civil defense training.
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Mount Dora
James Moriarity
Civil Defense Authority
Florida
Pearl Harbor
Red Cross
Lake County
Celia Claflin Shaw
Clara ‘Bell Backus
IceHouse Theatre
United States
George J. White
Civil Defense Council
America
William Jay Barker
Daytona Beach
Civilian Defense
Esther Wyatt Bishop
Elizabeth B. Kramer
Marguerite Prinz
Exie Nimnicht
Margaret Lofroos
Helen Brown
Vera Parker
Rubye Schroeder
Faye Brigham
W. E. Wilmot
J. G. Ray, Jr
L. Herbert Porter
O. E. Schubert
F. P. Alberry
M. C. Reid
H. E. Mitchell
Carl S. Graves
John M. Bethel
Marrita Klatte
Lee Wills
Marie Flint
Louise L. Johnson
Shirley M. Murray
Martha B. Travers
Mildred Leatherbury
Laura D
UWF asks FBI loyalty check amid state assembly bustle
Florida branch of United World Federalists asks the US attorney general to order a loyalty review of members attending the Tampa state assembly. The move follows critics branding the group un American as Gen Sumter Lowry opposes UN flag flights. Dr Paul Wagner and Lindsey Holland named among delegates and speakers for the event.
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Cody Fowler
Tampa
Sumter Lowry
Tallahahassee
Florida
United World Federalists
Attorney General of
United States
State Assembly
Henry Brandis, Jr
North Carolina University
School of Law
Paul Wagner
Rollins College
America
Lindsey Holland
Spessard Holland
George Smathers
State Administrative Committee
FBI
Phillip Stovin
Clearwater
Fowler
Bar Association
Lowry
National Guard
Federalists
United Nations
Pete Captures Ace in Mount Dora City Championship
Fourteen-year-old Pete Trenham scored a hole in one on a 138 yard fairway and defeated Attorney Roy Christopher 5-4 to win the Mount Dora city golf title. He will face Frank Stebbins of Eustis next Sunday.
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Pete Trenham
Mount Dora’s
Roy Christopher
Kiwanis
Christopher
Pete
Frank Stebbins
Eustis
Central Florida
Dorans
Mount Dora Legion Toy Drive Aims To Aid Europe
The Mount Dora American Legion drive titled The Tide of Toys collects toys for war children in Europe. A donor delivered a brand new toy package to the campaign HQ at the fire station and members urge broader local support with both new and good condition used toys.
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Mount Dora
American Legion
Legion
Europe
WAVES Personnel Chief Assigned at Great Lakes Center
Mary Ellen Whelan of Sixth Avenue has been named personnel chief at the Great Lakes training center in Illinois, heading WAVES within the Navy department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ellen Whelan
Great Lakes, Ill
Navy Department
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Karl Lehmann
Dora
Iip
Grant, Jr
Lehmann
Washington
Decembe
Ollie Unds
Stetson Unit
Unt Dora
Inca
E. E. Lewis
Educa Department
Ohio State
Unirsity
Japan
Obin
Charles Bushong
Lcation
University Florida
Woman’ S Club of
Tavares
Balan
Wom
Alan Grant, Jr
D. D. Roseborough
Robert R. Reed
Ohio State University
Robert M. Blackburn
First Methodist Church
Mrs. Kurlak
Indo China
Turf Institute
Mabel Norris Reese
Great Northwest
Council
New Council
UWF
Ace
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