Summer journey from Washington to Florida through memories
A traveler recalls leaving Washington at sundown and crossing into Florida, noting monuments and landscapes from Maryland to Mount Dora. The narrative traces days in Coral Gables and Lake County, describing heat, breezes, citrus hills, and shifting weather from Friday to Tuesday, ending with starry skies and cooler nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Florida
Coral Gables
Lake County
Maryland
Washington
Capital
Gables
East Town Religious Services Highlight Strong Attendance
Despite handicaps local churches Bethel F.M. Mt. Olive AME St. John P B Triumph Brotherhood and St. Marys M B had good services. Rev J D Davis preached. Revival meetings planned in August and Feast in the Wilderness on the third Sunday next month. National Baptist BTU and Sunday School Congress closed a strong session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Town
Bethel F.M
Mt. Olive Ame
St. John P. B
Triumph Brotherhood
St. Marys
J. D. Davis
Sanford
Fla
St. Marys M.B. Church
W. L. Web
National Baptist Btu
Sunday School Congress
Birmingham
T. M. Thomas
Masked Reporter Uses Stenomask In Florida Trial
Allan Hamlin of Mount Dora demonstrates a stenomask setup at a Cynthia Ann Story trial in Tavares. The device records testimony via a hidden microphone and plastic discs while the reporter breathes through an air vent, a method praised by Hamlin as faster than shorthand.
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Cynthia Ann
Tavares
Allan Hamlin
Hamlin
Mount Dora
Starys
Truman G. Futch
Alan
Old-Timers Correct Details In Story Of Mysterious Pond
Pioneers of the city dispute a feature on the Warburton tragedy at Fiddler's pond from 1882. They recall bodies recovered and burial on Wardell Hill, with 1925 arrangements to transfer remains and a disputed land sale linked to memory of the event.
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Warburton
Richard
Hannah Warburton
Peter
Bessie
Fiddler’s Pond
Eustis
James Simpson
Mount Dora
Tom Potter
Warburtons
Wardell Hill
Sanford Rd
San Diego
Forest Cemetery
Potter
Planning panel delays house numbering plan pending clearance
William P. Wingler, chairman of the Planning Commission committee to design a new house numbering system, told the commission Monday evening the project is delayed while he awaits clearing up points with Building Inspector A. J. Waltz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Wingler
Planning Commission
A. J. Waltz
Public notice of tax deeds in Lake County Florida
T. C. Boyd Sr holder files for tax deeds on multiple certificates in Lake County Florida. Properties include various described parcels in Groveland and Tavares with owners Proctor Rossithr Grove Land Farms Camp subdivision. sale set for August 2, 1954 at 11:00 A.M. at the Tav ares courthouse.
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T. C. Boyd, SR
Lake An
Florida
Eae Ee
Groveland Farms
S. R
Groveland Farms CO
Sibdivision
Tavares
Fannie Holland
Court House
Pla
Owens
Circuit Court of
Lake County
James B. Shofner
Lake Junietta
Lake Shore Dr
Tavares and
Eustis
Will Mount Dora Little Leaguers Open Season With Tie
Mount Dora Little Leaguers and Umatilla play to a 3-3 tie after 11 innings at the school grounds. Butch Alexander started, Sonny Hughes pitched 13 strikeouts in the extra innings, with hits by Durden Sadler Pickren Dake Graves and others. The teams scheduled a 3 pm conference game today at Groveland.
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Mount Dora
Umatilla
Butch Alexander
Sonny Hughes
J M. Pickren
Neil Durden
Robert Sadler
Butch
Jimmy Dake
Barry Graves
Groveland
Sorrento Mt Plymouth Fire House Fundraiser Planned
Sorrento Mt Plymouth civic association will sponsor a July 30 fish fry and auction to raise proceeds for a new fire house after the school board donates land. Proceeds go to the Fire Department with fishing trips noted and preparations for a town telephone cable project continuing. Blair Fleming and Clark Butler purchase a boat for commercial fishing at New Smyrna.
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George Selene
W D. C
Joseph Story
Mt. Plymouth
Joan McDonald
Lakeland
Paul McDonald
Fire Department
Sorrento-Mt. Plymouth
Blair Fleming
Clark Butler
New Smyrna
Notice to Creditors in Earl C Logan Estate
In the Court of the County Judge Lake County Florida probate estate of Earl C Logan also known as E C Logan deceased creditors must present claims within eight months from first publication. W A Hartford administrator with will annexed. Roy Christopher attorney Mount Dora Florida.
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Lake County
Florida
Earl C. Logan
E. C. Logan
Earl CC. Logan
W. Troy Hall, Jr
A.D
WILLIAM. A. ._ HARTFORD
Rarl C .Logan
B. C. Logan
Roy Christopher
Mount Dora
Nathan Hale and a 1954 vision of a growing nation
A reflective piece recounts Nathan Hale born 1755 Coventry Connecticut, Yale graduate and captain who spied behind British lines and was executed in 1776. It contrasts his sacrifice with a 1954 view of American expansion, industry, shipping centers, railroads, and technologies, asserting the nation’s enduring freedom.
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Nathan Hale
Coventry
Conn
Yale
Connecticut Regents
Shortls
Pittsburgh
Birmingham
Detroit
Flint
Lansing
New York
Boston
Chicago
United States
County Board Sets 1954 55 Budget
Lake County Board of Commissioners approved the first reading of the 1954 55 budget with no new millage for operations. The plan keeps existing rates while offsets and cuts offset increases, and includes a final report on the redistricting plan delayed by Leonard Duncan’s illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Board of Commissioners
Leonard Duncan
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Wise Boat Works
Wsoperts
A. E. Rossithr
W. O. Woop
J. G. Ray, JR
Don Conway
Sorrento
By Elenor Sammons
John Alden Murray
Sylvan Shores
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Hartford
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America
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