Veterans Fair Carnival to Aid Mount Dora Memorial Home
A week-long Veterans Fair behind the Memorial Home near the ninth fairway of Mount Dora Golf Course raises funds to finish and paint the Veterans Memorial Home. Exhibits include Mount Dora fruit growers Lakes and Hills Garden Club Zellwin Farms with prizes for blooms citrus and arrangements. Sponsored by the Veterans Fair association with Roy Christopher as chairman and listed aides.
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Veterans Fair Association
Veterans Memorial Home
Highland Av
Memorial Home
Mount Dora Golf Course
Mount Dora
Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Zellwin Farms
Roy Christopher
Mount Dora Legion Post
Tom Cooley
George Vincent
A. C. Bowdish
Mount Dora Girls Edge Apopka In Narrow Win
Mount Dora girls defeated Apopka 32 to 31 at Apopka gym led by Barbara Shipes who scored 12 baskets and two fouls. Ocoee girls beat Mount Dora 15 to 13 last Friday with Shipes adding 10 points. In the boys games Apopka beat Mount Dora 52 to 27 while Ocoee boys edged Mount Dora 11 to 10.
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Mount Dora
Golden Hurricanes
Apopka
Dora
Barbara Shipes
Ocoee
Shipes
Dora To Join F L M Fight For Relief
Mount Dora will join Florida cities in a 1949 effort to improve conditions statewide. At last week’s City Council session Council President R R Eddy retired and appointed a committee to study the Florida League of Municipalities plans for united action before the coming legislature.
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Mount Dora
Florida
R. R. Eddy
Florida League of Municipalities
Legisla
Fletcher Crane
J. E. Fortner
R. C. Bardwell
Firpo Would Catch Rabbit Brings Laughs From Briggs
Harry Briggs writes about Florida dog lovers and a dog club scene. He recalls watching dogs chase a stuffed rabbit and imagines borrowing his uncle's rabbit hound to chase that rabbit, calling Firpo a truthful old hound in a lighthearted column.
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Florida
Harry Briggs
Mr. Briggs
Briggs
Ed Wycomb
Pennsylvania
L F Chapman Opens Forum
The first Forum meeting sponsored by the Methodist and Community churches will be held Monday at 8 p.m. at the Community church. L F Chapman superintendent of Florida State Prison Raiford will speak on Some Things a Warden Learns. The event is open to the public with no admission charge and a plate collection to cover expenses.
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Methodist
Community Churches
L. F. Chapman
Florida State
Raiford
D H Hickman Dies At Fish Camp
Dake H Hickman, 44, died last Monday at the Midway Fish camp after a period of illness. He is survived by his wife Arlene and his mother Mrs. Minnie Hickman and eight siblings. Burial will be in Southport, North Carolina.
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Dake H. Hickman
Midway Fish Camp
Arlene
Minnie Hickman
Southport
N. C
4-H Boys Seek Truck For County Fair Exhibits
Lake county 4-H clubs confront a transport crisis as 400 plus boys prepare to exhibit at the Eustis county fair. A fund seeks funds to buy a $2500 truck for year round use and fair transport, with a $1700 net cost via Triangle Motors Leesburg and International Harvester. Tag days run January 17 to raise contributions to County Agricultural Agent R. E. Norris in Tavares.
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Lake County
Eustis
Triangle Motors
Leesburg
International Harvester Co
R. E. Norris
Tavares
Mutual Leaders Study On Tree Price Level
Florida Citrus Mutual leaders met in Lakeland to consider compromise proposals from Gov. Fuller Warren's citrus advisory committee. The plan includes a minimum on-the-tree price and a minimum FOB price for fruit grades. Dodge Taylor was absent due to illness. Murl Pace of United Growers opposed FOB pricing. The group aims to organize fully to empower growers this season.
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Florida Citrus Mutual
Lakeland
Fuller Warren
Mount Dora Christmas Seals Drive Surpasses Prior Year
Mount Dora raises 1033 dollars from Christmas seals and bonds for the Tuberculosis and Health Association, led by executive secretary Mrs. Onie Ruth Hunter. Lake Countywide, a quota of 1061 remains unmet, with mail remittances urged to bridge the gap. The X ray campaign reached 9598 residents, about half the adult population, with 142 percent showing no TB signs.
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Mount Dora
Tuberculosis and Health Association
Dora
Roy Christopher
Lake County
Association
Onie Ruth Hunter
Circus Notice on Acreage Allotments for Mount Dora Peanut Growers
County Agent R. E. Norris urges discouraged citrus growers in Mount Dora to file applications in the Agricultural Conservation office at the Tavares courthouse before February 1 to secure peanut allotments, with options also for those who prefer tobacco in the American diet.
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R. E. Norris
Mount Dora
Florida
R. A. Adams
Agricultural Conservation Office
Tavares
Last Rites for Elizabeth Henderson Reese
Last rites were held in Coral Gables for Elizabeth Henderson Reese mother of Paul H. Reese Topic publisher and wife of H B Reese Miami Herald production manager. Born in England she spent most of life in Ohio and lived in Coral Gables 11 years. She leaves husband son two daughters Floyd and Gladys in Coral Gables Mrs Dwight Myers Greensburg Ohio sister Mrs Anna Dargue Steubenville Ohio and four grandchildren.
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Coral Gables
Elizabeth Henderson Reese
Paul H. Reese
Topic
Reese
H. B. Reese
The
Miami Herald
England
Ohio
Gladys
Dwight Myers
Greensburg
Floyd
Realtors to Dine at Sylvan Shores Hotel
The Lake County Board of Realtors will hold a dinner meeting next Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Sylvan Shores hotel dining room. Approximately 35 members are expected to attend.
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Lake County Board of Realtors
Sylvan Shores Hotel
Judge Carl Henderson Services Held in Gainesville
Judge Carl Henderson, retirement resident of Mount Dora for 17 years, died Sunday at his son Carl Henderson Jr. home in Gainesville after a lingering illness. Born 1869 in Grayston County Kentucky, he served as Marion Kentucky postmaster, then county attorney and judge of Crittenden County, later circuit judge of the Fourth Kentucky district. Services were held Tuesday at First Baptist Church with burial in Forest Cemetery. He is survived by his widow Margaret, his son Carl Jr., granddaughter Margaret Stoy Henderson of Gainesville, daughter Mrs. Paul Wooten of Los Angeles, and brother Marion Henderson of Pauls Valley Oklahoma.
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Carl Henderson
Mount Dora
Gainesville
Grayston County
Henderson
Marion
Crittenden County
Kentucky
First Baptist Church
Forest Cemetery
Margaret Henderson
Carl Henderson, Jr
Margaret Stoy’ Henderson
Paul Wooten
Los Angeles
Marion Henderson
Paul's Valley
Okla
Red Cross Course Set At Tavares
People may enroll for a Red Cross instructor certificate class beginning Monday at Tavares High School. Meetings run nightly through January 21 at 7 p.m. for past instructors and holders of standard and advanced First Aid certificates, under Robert Zubrod of the National Red Cross.
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William J. Barker
Mount Dora
Red Cross
Tavares High School
Robert Zubrod
National Red Cross
Guild Meets Next Thursday at Wesleyan Parish House
The Wesleyan Guild of the First Methodist church will meet next Thursday at 6 30 PM in the Parish House. Members are urged to attend and participate in planned activities.
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First Methodist Church
Mount Dora’s Bill Redd Jr. a lifelong servant and hero
The feature profiles Bill Redd Jr. now settling in Sylvan Shores Mount Dora who dedicates 13 hours daily to launching the Lake County March of Dimes campaign and aids the Central Florida Boy Scouts. His career spans 37 years in industry, wartime service tied to the 13th regiment and a 1921 Texas river rescue earned medals.
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Bill Redd
Mount Dora
Lake County
Sylvan Shores
Lake Gertrude
The Life of William A. Redd Jr A Florida Pioneer
William A. Redd Jr. built a varied career from Georgia to Alabama Polytechnic Institute to Garlock Co. sales and district management. He and his wife moved from Cleveland and Sarasota to Lake County near Altoona, enjoying hunting in scrub country and early morning rides from Dora after breakfast.
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Redds
Florida
Cleveland
Peace River
Sarasota
Lake County
Altoona
Dora
Fletcher Crane Named President in Mount Dora Council
Mount Dora city government opened its new term with Fletcher Crane chosen president and Thomas H. Cooley retained as city attorney. New councilmen Marshall Collins and William Prinz attended as votes favored Cooley and Christopher for legal posts after a contentious charter-clarification debate. A salary plan and department head reorganizations were postponed to February as committees review payroll and community building operations.
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Fletcher Crane
Thomas H. Cooley
Mount Dora
Marshall Collins
William Prinz
Collins
Crane
Otis Hale
J. E. Fortner
Rollin Javens
R. C. Bardwell
Prinz
A. J. Waltz
Richard Shipes
Herman Cox
James Orr
Tom Cooley
Roy Christopher
W. M. Kennedy
Cooley
Christopher
Bardwell
Lions and Kiwanis Club
Chamber of Commerce
March Of Dimes Opens Friday In Lake County Drive
The March of Dimes kicks off Friday nationwide with a Lake County goal of 4500. County Chairman William A. Redd Jr leads local efforts with area chairmen in Mount Dora and towns including Altoona Grand Island Clermont Leesburg Montverde Umatilla and Groveland. Local leaders include O D Stephens Jr and Jack Morgan among others aiming to mobilize volunteers and donations.
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Lake County
William A. Redd, Jr
Mount Dora
O. D. Stephens, Jr
First National Bank
Redd
Jack Morgan
Altoona
E. J. Wilfs
Grand Island
Oakley Seaver
Clermont
Memory Martin
Chester Crowder
H. T. Slaton
Eustis
Kenneth Hanson
Fruitland Park
J. Paul Lassiter
Leesburg
Nichols Takes Dora Golfers in Mountain Mount Exhibition
Jimmy Nichols paired with Ray Raynor to beat Stan Kuznik and Webb Loy in a Mount Dora exhibition before 100 spectators. Nichols drove earlier, and both teams finished 68 and 70 respectively in cool weather. Nichols has gained nationwide fame for his one arm golfing skill.
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Jimmy Nichols
Mount Dora
Ray Raynor
Mount Plymouth
Stan Kuznik
Webb Loy
Nichols
Kuznik
Loy
Sweet-Toothed Burglars Hit Wayside Packing House
Burglars broke a window to enter the Wayside Packing House and stole several boxes of candy and a wrist watch. The safe was attempted to be opened with a jimmy but the attempt failed.
Stetson Sets Public Forum Series On World Affairs
Stetson University in DeLand Florida will host eight Monday afternoon forums open to the public. The series begins next Thursday at 4 p.m. with S Ralph Harlow of Smith College speaking on Responsibility of Education in Today's World. Subsequent topics include atomic energy the Russian situation labor problems the European crisis and other matters of national and international importance. All talks are at Elizabeth Hall Auditorium.
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Stetson University
S. Ralph Harlow
Smith College
Elizabeth Hall
DeLand, Fla
Scottish Rite Club to Elect Officers at Lake County
The Scottish Rite club of Lake county will elect officers at the dinner meeting Friday Jan. 21 at the Lakeview hotel Clermont. President Ward Estey announces. Wives will hold a potluck supper at the Masonic lodge hall in Clermont during the men's meeting.
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Scottish Rite Club
Lake County
Lakeview Hotel
Clermont
Ward Estey
Masonic Lodge
The Easy Way Is Offered You Today
A classifieds tease invites readers to page 7 for unusual deals and quick business growth prospects. It mentions an exercycle for easy weight loss, rabbits for sale, and urges listing items for easy cash via the Topic classified at 2461.
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Veterans’ Fair
Memorial Home Fund
Haynes
Hubinger
F.L.M
Fight For Relief
D. H. Hickman
Tmas
Lake Dora
Jim Tew
Sanford
Gilbert Park
Mabel Norris Reese
Ridge
Parris Island
Quantico
Europe
Army of Occupation
Germany
Pom York
Lell Rainer
Bill
Texas
Garlock Packing Co
Birmingham
Southern Pacific
San Antonio
Ace High
Brotherhood of Train
Presi
March of Dimes
Stetson
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