Old Timers Top GE Team In Early Rink Action
In a crowded rink scene several teams clashed as the season opened. The Old Timers defeated the G. E. squad by five points while the Trebles began play January 10. Fourteen teams compete with 177 members, a tad above last year, as new lockers were added and more are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben
A. Davis
Seiger
Johnson
Old Timers
G. E
Applegates
Ilion
N. Y
Boyles
Ardmore
Mrs. Kellogg
Kansas City
Moores
Con
Cord
Molineaux
Brooklyn
Edward Johnson
Grant Urges Austere Taxation and Rigid Black Market Laws
Congressman Grant calls for stern tax reform and deep spending cuts to support the military, urges 75 to 100 percent excise taxes for businesses, and asks housewives to pressure state legislators against the black market. He warns of communist threats and says community action should drive America’s response, criticizing Canaveral harbor and a new Orange County courthouse project as misdirected funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gressmen
Grant
America
Canaveral Harbor
Orange County
Travel editors pause in Mount Dora on orange blossom trail
A group of 22 national editors from 12 major cities visited Mount Dora on the Orange Blossom Trail, stopping at Lakeside Inn for gifts of local fruit and a brief tour arranged by the Mount Dora Hotel association and Carl Graves of the Villa Dora. Attending writers and their papers included Thomas Hill, Jack Beilman, S Walter Lincoln, Miss Gretchen Rogers, Miss Janet Callahan, Harry W. Smith, James Warner, and others from Detroit, Chicago, Buffalo, Cincinnati, St. Louis, New York, and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mount Dora
Florida
Birmingham
Ala
News
Jack Beilman
Buffalo
N. Y
Courier~Express
S. Walter Lincoln
Chicago Herald-American
Gretchen Rogers
Chicago Sun Times
Janet Callahan
Cincinnati Post
Harry W. Smith
Cleveland Plain Dealer
James Warner
Detroit News
Charles M. Wagoner
Detroit Times
E. A. Jones
the Highway Traveler
Leonard Barnes
Detroit Motor News
Josephine Fahey
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Alice Vest
New York Herald-Tribune
George Keaney
New York World Telegram
Margaret McDonald
Sidney Epstein
Washington, D. C
Times Herald
Herlong To Serve On Agriculture Committee
Congressman Syd Herlong Jr of Lake County, a member of the 81st Congress, reports in a weekly letter that he will serve on the Agriculture committee and welcomes the assignment. He notes a grim Congress with little time for frills as lawmakers aim to address the international situation and inform decision makers of public views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syd Herlong
Lake County
Agriculture Committee
Congress
Owens Reappointed Chairman of County Commission
Frank Owens, district four commissioner including Mount Dora and Eustis, was reelected chairman of the county board. Jesse W. Hunter, Fifth Judicial circuit state's attorney, named board attorney. H. K. Stokes of Clermont named vice chairman, Zera Giles of Leesburg named county prosecuting attorney. Jailor and matron Reuben Hatcher to continue. Sworn in by Judge Truman G. Futch in a ceremony arranged by Clerk George J. Dykes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Owens
Mount Dora
Eustis
Jesse W. Hunter
Fifth Judicial Circuit
H. K. Stokes
Clermont
Zera Giles
Leesburg
Reuben Hatcher
Truman G. Futch
George J. Dykes
Tax Collections Reported For Lake County
Mrs. Pearl L. Cullen Lake County tax collector reports 1950 tax collections through December 31 amounting to 742,884 dollars or 78 percent of the total tax roll 955,883.96 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl L. Cullen
Lake County
Dee
Borg to chair Florida Kiwanis Underprivileged Child Committee
Fred Borg a Lake County probation officer will lead the Underprivileged Child committee for Florida district Kiwanis International guiding about 100 Kiwanis clubs in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Borg
Lake County
Florida
Kiwanis International
Carol’s Summer Youth Work Camps Shape a Life
Carol spent six weeks in a Quaker Work Camp with students of diverse nationalities building a recreation center and clinic for mountain children in Tennessee. She later helped on a Washington playground project amid racial tensions and then entered Antioch as a business student in fall 1949.
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Carol
Hitler
American Friends Society
America
Antioch
England
Finland
Cumberland Range
Tennessee
TVA
Oak Ridge
Washington, D. C
Leesburg to Host Pianist Miss Margaret Stern in Free Concert
Leesburg Chamber of Commerce sponsors a free Friday 8 p.m. concert by pianist Margaret Stern at the Leesburg Senior High School auditorium. Stern, a child prodigy and protege of Arthur Rodzinski, studied with Rubinstein Shevinne Bauer and Vengerova. Lake County music lovers are invited, with no admission charge.
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Lake County
Margaret Stern
Arthur Rodzinski
Leesburg
Groveland Chairman A M Davis Re elected for 16th Term
Lake County Board of Public Instruction held its first year meeting naming Kendall R Jones of Mount Dora as part of the board. Davis was re elected to his 16th term as chairman. Mount Dora Golf Course offers 9 holes for 1.00 and all day play at 1.50.
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A. M. Davis
Groveland
Lake County
Mount Dora
Beasley Veteran Paralyzed Yet Cheerful From LST Crash Memory
Ray Beasley, Mount Dora World War II veteran, pictured at Kennedy V A hospital in Memphis after an accident during the 1948 Fourth of July Naval demonstration at Port Jefferson. He can still smile despite being paralyzed from the neck down. He had visited Mount Dora with his brother Johnnie before Christmas after returning from Memphis.
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Ray Beasley
Mount Dora
Beasley
John R. Beasley
Lake Jem
Kennedy V.A. Hospital
Memphis
Johnnie
Top Magician To Appear Here
Mount Dora Kiwanis sponsors a January 22 program by McDonald Birch America's Master Magician. Birch will perform a matinee at the school gymnasium and an evening show at the Community building, featuring classic feats and rabbits from a hat. Tickets are sold by Kiwanis members.
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Mount Dora
Birch
Florida
Kiwanis
Chester Plans Retirement to Mount Dora Residence
Edmund A. Chester of CBS is expected to retire and settle in Mount Dora, with the Soil Conservation office noting plans for a contour grove project. Walter W. Shaffer heads a grove service overseeing the planting, including a second contour grove in the Mount Dora area. Chester reportedly purchased and remodeled a home on the Orange Blossom Trail last year.
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Edmund A. Chester
Columbia Broadcasting System
Mount Dora
Soil Conservation Office
Tavares
Chester
Walter W. Shaffer
The
Conservation Service
Shaffer
New York
Mount Dora Hosts Inaugural Central Florida Pro Am
The Mount Dora Golf Club housed the Central Florida Golf Association's first Pro-Am event with a 1:00 p.m. tee off. Junior Trenham carded a hole-in-one on No. 2 with a 138-yard shot using a No. 6 iron, witnessed by his father H L Trenham and Jerry Stendl. Roy McRee won best caddy honors, receiving a sport shirt. The club championship saw Pete Trenham defeat Roy Christopher 5 and 4, Bud Marino beat Charlie Bowman 3 and 1, and Harold Overhiser ousting Clayton Tremain on the 20th hole. Quarterfinals feature Stebbins, Haynes, Vincent, Stockwell, Tremain, Turner.
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Trenham
H. L. Trenham
Jerry Stendl Ag
Roy McRee
Roy
Mount Dora Golf Club
Grits Rice
Frank Stebbins
Pete Trenham
Roy Christopher
Bud Marino
Charlie Bowman
D. H. Moore
Arnold Haynes
Haynes
Lawrence Stockwell
Jack Groves
Turner
Carl Graves
Harold Overhiser
Clayton Tremain
Woe
Stebbins
Vincent
Stockwell
Trea Tremain
First Flight
Mount Dora
Tremain
Melling Carl Graves
Judge Pendleton
K. Kat. Pendleton
Danny Nowak
Miss Madeline Milner to Speak at Baptist Women
The Woman's Missionary Union of the First Baptist church schedules a Monday 3 p.m. business session and Royal Service program. Miss Madeline Milner of Mount Dora will be the speaker.
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Woman's Missionary Union of the First Baptist Church
Madeline Milner
Mount Dora
Fossil Lake Visible at Gold Head Branch State Park
A fossil lake feature draws visitors to Gold Head Branch State Park offering a glimpse into ancient lake environments and the park’s geological resources.
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Gold Head Branch State Park
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