Lake County Sets $4000 Goal for March of Dimes Drive
Lacey Thomas of Groveland, retiring Lake County March of Dimes chair, announces a $4000 goal to replenish the treasury for infantile paralysis relief. John F. Groves of Mount Dora leads the drive. contributions via business box collections urged. Half of funds support braces and hospitalization locally, with rest sent to national headquarters and Warm Springs research.
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Lake County
Lacey Thomas
Groveland
Thomas
John F., Groves
Mount Dora
National Foundation
J. Locke Williams
Warm Springs
Hurricanes Seek Revenge In Friday Night Basketball Duel
Mount Dora's Hurricanes host Eustis Friday at 8 pm after a 2 loss start. The boys fell 36-27 to Tavares while the girls lost 28-13 to Tavares. Sal Mary Jo Burr shined on defense as both Hurricanettes and Hurricanes faced tense early play. Next Monday the Hurricanes host Groveland Greenies on their home court.
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Mount Dora’s
Hurricanes
Tavares
Son
Tavares Lassies
eThe Hurricanettes
Sal Mary Jo Burr
Holland
Treadwell
Vincent Zee
Groveland Greenies
FG FT Fets
Orlando Vets Plan Housing Project in City
Orlando veterans organized to begin a housing project modeled after Mount Dora’s Pine Crest plan. At a meeting Tuesday night Contractor Chet Conelly and Legion State Vice Commander Tom Cooley outlined Dora style homes and $5,500 lots and promised legal and administrative help. American Legion members seek a site in Orlando for possible veterans housing units.
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Orlando
Pinecrest
Mount Dora
Chet Conelly
Legion State
Tom Cooley
Dora
Cooley
American Legion
Conelly
City Council Mulls Best Use of State Road Fund Share
The City Council will study how to handle the city's share of the state road fund at the February 3 regular meeting after a revision in fund distribution was adopted at the Florida League of Municipalities meeting last week. Att. Tom Cooley of Mount Dora was elected president. Each municipality may decide on the smallsargabe of eepanes, with June rally potentially receiving all of its $2,340 1946 share or allowing a portion to be spent by the county on road repairs within the city.
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Florida League of Municipalities
Tom Cooley
Mount Dora
Eepanes
Tax return aid set for Mount Dora and nearby towns
Mrs. Margaret Doss Lake county tax assessor will be in Mount Dora Friday February 20 from 10 to 12 and 1 to 3 at City Hall to help residents prepare 1948 homestead exemption personal and intangible tax returns She will also be in Lake Jem Friday February 19 from 11 to 12 at the post office and in Sorrento February 19 from 2 to 4 at the post office.
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Margaret Doss
Lake County
Mount Dora
City Hall
Lake Jem
Sorrento
Name Checking Nears Finish in Lake County Petition
Approximately 90 percent of petition signatures for a wet-dry election in Lake County are verified. Registrar W L Story may finish Friday. If 25 percent valid signatures are confirmed, Commissioners set a date. tentative election date is March 4, with Frank Owens and State Attorney Jesse Hunter assisting.
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Lake County
W. L. Story
Florida Drys
Story
Frank Owens
Commission
Jesse Hunter
Mosteller Attends State Fire Prevention Conference
Fire Chief Ernie Mosteller returned from the Orlando fire prevention conference filled with ideas to curb rising fire losses. The state meeting, urged by President Truman, was held Monday and Tuesday as a cooperative effort. Secretary Bill Wells of the Chamber of Commerce accompanied Mosteller.
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Ernie Mosteller
Orlando
Truman
Mosteller
Bill Wells
Chamber of Commerce
Judge Sebring To Speak At CofC Banquet
State Supreme Court Judge Tom Sebring will speak at the annual Chamber of Commerce banquet Friday January 30 at the Community building. Tickets are available at the chamber and First National Bank. The event begins at 6 30 p m and a February 5 kick off breakfast will launch the annual membership drive at Sylvan Shores hotel.
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State Supreme Court
Tom Sebring
Chamber of Commerce
Dora
Chamber
First National Bank
Chasiber
Sylvan Shores
Dick Edgerton
Carl Graves
George J. White
Ree J. E. Fortner
H. Cooley
J G. Ray
G. B. Y Hurlburt
R. C. Bardwell
Paul Milner
Judge Sebring
University of Florida
Embargo Triggers Rush to Ship Fruit in Mount Dora
Weather and embargo tighten schedules as Mount Dora fruit packers rush shipments before the embargo deadline. Louis Carroll, a top packer, reports surge of carload requests while frost threatens tangerines and oranges. Prices rise as embargo boosts Central Florida fruit values from $2.68 to $3.34 per unit.
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Mount Dora
Florida
Dora Lakes and Hills
Ce Louis Carroll
Express
Citrus Commission
Central
Tangerine Plans Polio Drive Bingo Party
The Tangerine community joins the March of Dimes led by Mrs. Jack Keller to raise funds with a bingo night Friday at 8 p.m. at the Community building. All proceeds go to the polio drive.
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Tangerine
March of Dimes
Jack Keller
Fire Drives Pneumonia Patient From Home As It Burns
Eighty seven year old Goodwin E. Philbrick was driven into the cold from his Fourth avenue home when a Thursday morning fire gutted the interior. His daughter Mildred, Captain Harry Wise and neighbors aided his escape as fire spread to the roof. Philbrick, a retired Portsmouth druggist, has been a winter resident of Mount Dora for nine years and is improving after pneumonia.
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Goodwin
E. Philbrick
Frank Taylor
Goodwin E. Philbrick
Fourth Av
Mildred
Harry Wise
Philbrick
Captain Wise
Philbricks
Wand
Mr. Taylor
Tremain St
Jack Keller
C. H. McDermott
Portsmouth
N. H
Mount Dora
Andamanese Considered Pure Race By Britannica Claim
The article states the only group described as a pure race is the Andamanese of the Andaman Islands near Burma. It notes long isolation with minimal contact, as described in the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Hitler
Andaman Islands
Burma
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Buttons the little dog dies after car chase on Mount Dora porch
The obituary recalls Buttons a small black dog living with his owner C. E. Hames in Mount Dora. During heavy rain he chased an automobile on the Orange Blossom Trail and suffered a fatal injury after turning back to his Grand View hotel porch where he collapsed and died.
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Buttons
C. E. Hames
Mount Dora
Grand View Hotel
Grand View
Florida Farmers Slip Receipts Fall From 1946 to 1947
Florida farmers received just over 350 million dollars in 1947, down from about 413 million in 1946, figures from the research and industrial division of the Florida State Chamber of Commerce show the decline in crop receipts.
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Florida
Florida State Chamber of Commerce
Mount Dora publicity draws northern interest and ads
Letters from Ohio and other northern states show growing curiosity about Mount Dora and vicinity as Oscar Schubert promotes Sylvana Shores hotel with a Florida lot giveaway. Respondents ask location, housing options, and business opportunities while some take the offer seriously seeking free 50 by 133 foot lots for a year of residence.
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Akron Beacon Journal
Sylvan Shores
Mount Dora
Ohio
New York
Oscar Schubert
Dora
Schubert
Miami
St. Peters
Oscar
Mount Plymouth
Mount Dora hotel owner uses gifts in off season plan
O E Schubert and Mildred Schubert promote a publicity stunt featuring a Mount Dora hotel owner gifting property to off season guests. They distribute Chamber of Commerce folders and press releases nationwide to tell the story, with Mildred assisting as press agent and Oscar funding humorous ads from his Sylvan Shores lounge.
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Schubert
Sylvana Shores
Florida
Mount Plymouth
Oscar
Akron Beacon Journal
Beacon Journal
Pipin
Ff Vanya
Rives Enkomaanen
Mildred Schubert
America
Mount Dora
Mildred’ Ryan
Sylvan Shores
Mount Dora Considers Power Rate Hike Friday
Mount Dora City Council convenes a special session at City Hall 7 30 p m to consider a possible 20 percent rise in residential commercial and industrial electric rates. Mayor Fortner cites fuel oil price spikes from 90 cents to 2 86 a barrel as the cause and warns the city could lose 16 000 to 18 000 annually without action.
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Mount Dora
J. E. Fortner
Florida Power Corp
Fortner
Florida Power
Gulf Oil Corp
Leesburg
Florida
Power Company
Community Club Opens With Taxi Driver Comedy Act
The Community Club at the Community building hosts an 8 p.m. Tuesday program sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce for tourists and residents. The lineup includes Fred Swift's taxi driver comedy skit from St. Petersburg, soprano Margaret Williams, pianist Julius Leonard, and Bob and Betty Carr. The Orlando Symphonic Trio performed last Tuesday to a rain-impacted crowd of 130, with Richard Leone and Bill Finne delighting the audience as young dance performers. Refreshments were provided by the Chamber, and future events include a St. Petersburg variety group on Jan 27 and Magician Raymond Cox on Feb 17 alongside the Stetson Glee Club on Feb 24.
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Chamber of Commerce
Orlando
Fred Swift
St. Petersburg
Margaret Williams
Julius Leonard
Bob
Betty Carr
Victor Herbert
Lakeside Inn
Richard Leone
Bill Finne
Pinocchio
Jimmey
Florence Gingrich
Edith Finney
Carl Graves
Graves
Walter D. Patton
Dora
Bill Wells
Chamber
Raymond Cox
Stetson Glee Club
Lions of Mount Dora Goat Punishment and Absentee Pact
Lion W. A. TeStrake vows to stop missing meetings after keeping Kass the goat for a club penalty. He moved his car outside in cold weather to shelter Kass, while daughter Diane objected to Kass leaving. TeStrake plans to improve attendance and may grow a beard to publicize Days of the 49ers on February 7.
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Mount Dora
W. A. TeStrake
Kass
Mike Gargano
Lions
TeStrake
Franklin Park
Diane
Mr. Te- Strake
Citrus Baking Project Leads Mount Dora Home Group
The Mount Dora chapter of the Home Demonstration club will study Citrus Baking during February under county agent Mrs. Lucie K. Miller. The group plans the county meeting at Tavares next Thursday and recently received gifts from Mexico from president Mrs. Marie Clowes who returned from vacation.
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Mount Dora
The
Home Demonstration Club
Lucie K. Miller
Tavares
Mexico
Marie Clowes
Moonlight Rainbows Fade in Dim Light
A Britannica note explains moonlight can form rainbows like sunlight, though colors are faint and hard to distinguish due to low brightness and scattered light.
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Lake
Eustis
Orlando Vets Plan
League
Cities Control Fund
Cofc
MR. Philbrick
G. E. Philbrick
Mabel Norris Reese
Cleveland Plain Dealer
O. E
Mr. TeStrake
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