Lions 49 Carnival to Feature Children Fun and Gay Comedy
Mount Dora prepares a two night Days of 49 carnival highlight attractions include a baby elephant an electric chair a top billed The Thing and a ventriloquist. The event supports the Lions eye conservation fund with proceeds funding school improvements and classroom lighting. Lions members and wives dress in period costumes promoting the charity event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions
Mount Dora
Lions Club
Third
Donnelly St
Bill Prinz
Eye Conservation Fund
Mount Dora’s
City Slashes Garbage Fee For Disposall Purchases
Mount Dora residents who buy a Disposall under the municipal plan will save up to 100 on the purchase and save on garbage collection charges. The city will charge only for trash cans bottles and papers, yearly 4 50. The plan makes Mount Dora the third in the US and first in Florida to adopt the program with General Electric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
United States
Florida
General Electric Co
Sailor Horace Adams Praises UN War Effort in Korea
Mount Dora native Horace Adams describes his impressions of Gen MacArthur and the Korean conflict. He recalls Inchon landings with British and French support, notes hardship among Korean civilians, and expresses belief in Allied cooperation and UN-led action while on a 17 day leave from the assault ship Assaly First.
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Horace Adams
Gen. MacArthur
Korea
Mount Dora
Inchon
Horace
Adams
A. A. Adams
Assaly
Pusan
Japan
Peninsullar
Wonsan
Victory
First Step Done In Civil Defense Mount Dora
Mount Dora's Civil Defense Council collects over 1000 filled questionnaires from residents willing to assist in wartime. The council will sort and classify responses to form a city defense organization with a card index file. The Business and Professional Women's club will handle secretarial work. Nearly 50 women surveyed housing for refugees and roles for civilian defense, with East Town conducting a similar survey. God’s goodness hath been great to thee notes a Shakespeare quotation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Defense Organization
East Town
Orange Groves Thrill 102-Year-Old Aunt Annie in Florida Trip
Annie McChesney, 102, New York City, travels with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Seybolt to Central Florida. They base at Sylvan Shores, tour orange groves under Winter sun, enjoy breakfasts, and watch Aunt Annie tat lace with remarkable speed, never needing glasses.
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Annie McChesney
New York City
Florida
Annie
Mrs. Seybolt
Sylvan Shores
Central Florida
Seybolts
Aunt Annie
Mrs. McChesney
Betty Donovan Carries Family Banner in Mount Dora Regatta
Betty Donovan, 18, will race for her father Jim Donovan of Jacksonville in Sundays Mount Dora Regatta in a 48 cubic inch inboard hydroplane. The event features nearly 100 drivers and two new classes BU and DU under the American Powerboat Association. Byron H. King III of Orlando, national Class C inboard champion, is among the top entrants.
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Dad
Mount Dora
Pop” Cooper
Thom
Pop
Betty Donovan
Jim Donovan
Jacksonville
United States
Jim
Lake Dora
Betty
American Powerboat Association
Byron H. King, III
Orlando
Lake Draft Board Reorganized Names Three Members
George J. White of the First National Bank is named to the Lake county Selective Service Board No 27. He was appointed Tuesday to join Carl L. Ferran of Eustis and E. C. Huey of Leesburg. The trio served together for nearly five years during World War II.
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George J. White
First National Bank
Selective Service Board
Lake County
White
Carl. L. Ferran
Eustis
E. C. Huey
Leesburg
Herlong Urges Delayed Draft for 18-Year-Olds
Congressman A. S. Syd Herlong Jr argues against drafting 18-year-olds until physical and mental requirements are relaxed. He cites rigid tests and notes many capable men are classified 4-F, urging use of limited service roles and citing Sergeant York as a benchmark.
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A. S
Syd” Herlong, Jr
Lake County
York
Carol Swart’s Service Deepens At Antioch College
The third installment of the Personalities series profiles Carol Swart a Mount Dora graduate now at Antioch College. The piece recounts her two month stay at Fairfield State hospital in 1950 as an emissary of the Friends learning occupational and recreational therapy among women men convalescents and disturbed patients.
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Carol Swart
Mount Dora High School
Antioch College
Carol
Fairfield State Hospital
Friends
Texas
Tennessee
Washington, D.C
Rochester
N. Y
General Hospital
Deep Woods
Connecticut Woods
Fairfield
Canaan Hall
Antioch
Carol Swort Plans Factory Internship To Study Labor Life
Carol Swort, whose aim is service to others, may return to Fairfield to continue caring for society’s most needy. She will likely become an Interne i Industry, working eight hours daily in a factory to observe labor relations firsthand and explore improvements from inside. Antioch students will study five months, work six in the field. She plans a canoe trip with friends in the Adirondacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Carol
Antioch
Adirondacks
Mount Dora Regatta Set for Thrill-Paced Sunday
The Mount Dora Regatta in Central Florida launches Sunday at 12 15 p m with hundreds of boats on Lake Dora. Contenders travel from Jacksonville Miami Orlando and beyond to contest Class A hydroplanes and 20 heats featuring Y and Z classes while officials coordinate races for the Grapefruit Circuit.
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Florida
Lake Dora
America
Mount Dora
United States
Jacksonville
Florida State Advertising Commission
Sid Street
Kansas City
Doug Creech
Charlotte
N. C
Dennis Martin
Jackson
Mich
Paul Wearley
Muncie
Ind
Lewis Forum Talk Postponed By Regatta
Sunday events at Mount Dora Community Building are rescheduled due to the regatta. Dr. E E Lewis of Ohio State University education department will speak Sunday February 11 at 4 p.m. The next session on United Nations topics features Dr. Charles Bushong of the University of Gainesville educating adults with UN film footage.
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E. E. Lewis
Education Department
Ohio State University
Mount Dora
Lewis
Ollie Edmunds
Charles Bushong
University of Gainesville Adult Education Department
United Nations
Bushong
Florida
Dr. Edmunds
World forum urged as nations shape a united future
Dr. J Ollie Edmunds of Stetson University urged community awareness of the United Nations as a world parliament. He warned against state overreach and socialism while stressing individual initiative and citizen voice against misrepresentation in Korea era diplomacy.
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United Nations
J. Ollie Edmunds
Stetson University
DeLand
Korea
Mount Dora
Eustis
Tavares
Baptist College
North Korea
Stalin
America
Dr. Edmunds
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MacArthur
Shakespeare
Lake Draft Board
Herlong
Mabel Norris“ Reese
Carol Swort
Joe Swift
City Dock
Jack Horsley
Miami
Marshall Eldridge
Lakeland
C. F. Chapman
L. J. Hagood
B. P. Harter
Winter Garden
Lester Austin
Harry Backus
E. Pearle
R. C. Bardwell
Patrol
J. Paxton Hill
Avon Park
Communications
Hill
Florida Federation of Outboard Clubs
Lewis Forum
Bacon
Parliament of Man
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