Public Arbor Day to honor Earl B. Ferson in Mount Dora
Lakes and Hills Garden club will honor 92 year old Earl B. Ferson at Mount Dora High School with a Arbor Day ceremony at 1 p.m. Friday. A Magnolia Grandiflora will be planted on the school grounds. The event includes remarks by Mayor Lou L. Heaton and local officials. The program also promotes a five year city beautification effort and tree planting among residents.
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Earl B. Ferson
Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Mr. Ferson
Ferson
Lou L. Heaton
America
Chicago Manual Training School
University of Chicago
Florida
Slater Cox
Lakes and Hills
Heaton
W. H. Croke
Umatilla
United States Forest Services
Lester Roberts
Men’s Garden Club
Jack Heist
Parent
Florida Federation of Garden Clubs
Chattanooga Shoeshine Pty
Parent-Teacher Association
Charlotte Bennett
Chris Ray
PTA
Kiwanis Club
Lions Club
Merle Cleary
IceHouse Players
Jimmie Batten
Alto Gary
LaNelle Vandiver
Dick Edgerton
Pinkney Turner
Babs Phyfer
Linda Raulerson
Mary Ann Brotherson
Wendy Bardwell
Ann Tremain
David Cox
Mary Kay Rehbaum
Joan McDonald
Judy Sadler
Judy Nelson
Patsy Grant
Page Edgerton
Judy Spilliard
Pat Reese
Glen Carls
Two Women Enter County Races In Lake County
The week sees two women announce runs for county offices in Lake County. Sophia Story, widow of Warren L. Story Sr., seeks reelection as county registrar and Pearl Cullen, tax collector, is also filing. Do A Vaughn Jr. announced for superintendent of schools amid county school upheaval and bond-issue talks.
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Mount Dora
Sophia Story
Warren L. Story
Story
Lake County
Pearl Cullen
Cullen
T. M. Thomas
East Town
Charlie” Vaughn, Jr
Umatilla
Vaughn
They’re Good Too! Grade schoolers test citrus snack sticks
Three Mount Dora third graders Janice Reid Carol Edgerton and Mark Williams test a citrus product and a confection in Lake county school lunchrooms. The tasting aims to prove children will eat the vitaminless frozen snacks to help meet half their daily vitamin A needs. The sticks appeal to taste as well as nutrition.
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Mount Dora
Janice Reid
Carol Edgerton
Mark Williams
Lake County
Citrus juice on a stick trials by Lake county students
Lake county schools test frozen orange juice sticks in three Florida counties to gauge kid interest. Florence Foods plans a national roll out if results prove favorable. Each stick contains three ounces of juice and vitamin C, sold for a nickel, with lunch supervisors noting health benefits alongside taste.
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Florida
Florence Foods, Inc
Winter Haven
E. L. Kuykendall
No Solicitation Law Tested in Mount Dora Case
Mount Dora police arrested a man at the Lakeside Inn for attempting to sell waitresses material at cut rate prices, testing the city ordinance that bans soliciting sales without a local business or prior customer invitation. The ordinance requires a prospective buyer’s notification to the seller before any business solicitation.
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Mount Dora
Lakeside Inn
Pakistan Forum Topic at Community Meeting Next Tuesday
The Community Forum will discuss Pakistan's role in world affairs at 7 30 p m next Tuesday. Prof S L Sheets of Forman College Lahore will speak on Pakistan and the Kashmir issue, drawing on his India experiences including the 1947 partition and recent educational progress.
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Community Forum
India
Community Arch
S. L. Sheets
Forman College
Lahore
Allegheny College
Boston University
Harvard
Sheets
Luckman
Christian College
Ewing College
Allahabad
Forman
Kiwanis
Kashmir
Graves Announces Park Board Change to Hyndman
Park Board Chairman Carl Graves told the Men’s Garden club on Monday that Col. F. M. Hyndman will replace Myron Cronwalt on the board once Cronwalt resigns after moving from Mount Dora. Hyndman would oversee Donnelly park if ratified by City Council. Gardeners praise his beautification plans. The Beata group met Tuesday to elect officers for the year with Graves as chairman Dan Bishop as vice chairman and Mrs. Frank Burkart as secretary.
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Men’s Garden Club
Park Board
Carl Graves
Col
F. M. Hyndman
Myron Cronwalt
Cronwalt
Mount Dora
Hyndman
Donnelly Park
Beata
Graves
Dan Bishop
Frank Burkart
Carolyn Raney the soprano returns to Mount Dora for winter teaching
Carolyn Raney daughter of Mount Dora Winter residents Mr and Mrs Charles P Raney arrives to give voice lessons through April after pursuing a lyric soprano career in New York and Europe. She aims to help Mount Dora's young hopefuls while balancing family life with her daughter Carol and memories of her own early training and wartime experiences.
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Carolyn Raney
Mount Dora
Charles P. Raney
Carolyn
Charles P. Raneys
Sylvan Dr
New York
America
Carol
Mount Dora's
Charles
Carrie Raney Oe
Europe
Akron University
Eastman Conservatory of Music At
Rochester
Cleveland Institute of Music of Western Reserve
Bergan
Italy
Rome
Franco Capnnoni
Carolyn Raney Reflects on Fascism and Italy’s Ruins
Carolyn Raney, recalling her time in Italy, condemns fascism's pressure on Italian society and laments the deteriorating condition of the country. She notes Germany's influence, the poverty and scavenging in postwar Italy, and her ambivalence about the changes since her coloratura soprano days.
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Munich
Germany
Italy
Carolyn
Junior Gardeners Observe Arbor Day Program
The Junior Garden club marks Arbor Day with a 10 a.m. skit at the school grounds performed by ten members including Rita Conley John Smith John Haddock Larry Stewart Nina Joyce Timmins Corda Burns Patricia Tucker Walter Herod Hugh Conley and Joyce Combs. Gwynne Godtel will sing Trees by Joyce Kilmer. The finale features planting a bottle brush tree under Mrs J G Ray Jr as director. A parallel program and tree planting occur at East Town school.
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Gwynne Godtel
Joyce Kilmer
Rita Conley
John Smith
John Haddock
Larry Stewart
Nina Joyce Timmons
Corda Burns
Patricia Tucker Walter Herod
Hugh Conley
Joyce Combs
State Federation of Garden Club
J. G. Ray, Jr
East Town
Arbor Day Tree Orders Open From Lakes and Hills Club
Mrs. Slater Cox, president of Lakes and Hills Garden Club, announces trees were available for Arbor Day home planting. Those who did not order in advance may call the Chamber of Commerce before noon Thursday to request varieties potted in cans.
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Slater Cox
The
Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Chamber of Commerce
Mutual Director Confident Floor Price Will Remain
Mount Dora's Vernon Conner, director on Mutual's board, says the floor price for Florida citrus must hold as a deadlock persists on price structure. He notes three large concentrate firms will soon operate to cover slack, while he warns direct selling to truckers could ruin the industry and hurt farmers’ livelihoods.
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Mutual
Mount Dora
Florida
Lake County
Vernon Conner
Conner
Doran
Plymouth
Adams Packing Co
Florence
Clinton Foods
Florida Citrus Exchange
Barney Coen
Orlando
Orlandoan
Coca Cola
Utilities Records Tell Citys Growth
City utility records show Mount Dora's growth with water use rising from 145,650,000 gallons in 1950 to 147,840,000 in 1951, an increase of 2,190,000 gallons. Electrical output also increased, with consumption up to 3,912,500 kilowatts in 1951 from 3,277,000 in 1950, per Supt. Harold Overhiser.
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Mount Dora
City Hall
Electrical Department
Harold Overhiser
Honesty Tribute Sparks Pennies For Meter Prompts
George J. White president of the First National bank installs a bowl of pennies with a sign inviting drivers to take coins to feed meters. The effort aims to show public honesty and has seen little use since starting with five dollars, with some coins found as change. Bank employees Oscar Stephens Jr and Mrs Vertice Howell stand beside the bowl.
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George J. White
First National Bank
White
Oscar Stephens, Jr
Vertice Howell
City parking meter funds earmarked for civic improvement
The city collected 263 in pennies and nickels in the first 11 days of new parking meters on January 4. Half of the take covers meter costs, with the rest set aside for civic improvement decisions at future meetings. Some merchants complain shoppers avoid downtown due to the meters.
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Janice
Mark
Mount Dara’e Enhant
Wua Har
Rod
Mabel Norris Reese
Promise
Stephens
Mrs. Howell
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