Guest columnist Bob Reed shares faith and bowling blend
Dr Robert R Reed former Princeton football star and minister writes on football preaching and bowling linking sport to character. He recalls coaching at Penn State, a bishop's tale and plans for a bowling sermon while noting local club notices and events in Mount Dora and Columbus Ohio in 1949.
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Robert R. Reed
Indianola Presbyterian Church
Colums
Ohio
Mount Dora
Princeton
Columbus
Bill Hollenback
Bill
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Penn State College
Job
Emerson
Stanley Jones
Bob
Summit St
Everett J. Best
Milwaukee
Lakeside Club
Chicago
Frank Bridgman
George Meinecke
George
Mable Swift
Lenna Soper
Lu Heaton
Grace Brown
Muriel Maben
Oldsters
Tremain
Maben
Wilmot
Nelson
Art Nelson
Rehm
James
Heaton
Futch Family Woodcraft Figures in Leesburg Biography
The article profiles T. G. Futch and family detailing his wood carving and whittling hobbies, including a wooden chain of eight links. It traces his career from Florida lawyer and politician to circuit judge, noting his ancestry, marriage to Lillie Anderson, and a long legal and public service path in Lake Butler and Leesburg. It mentions his later roles, including state senate service and pushing early education funding through legislative bills.
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Supreme Court
Tom Cooley
Senate
Ed Baker
Leesburg
Futch
Futches
Robert McEmber
Luddington, Mich
Elizabeth Dale
T. G. Futch, III
Sharon McEmber
Tallahassee
Lillie Anderson
Bradford County
Lake Butler
J. G. Gaines
T. G. Futch, Jr
Arthur Boone
John W. Martin
Jesse Hunter
Jesse
Judge Futch
Justice of the
Kinfolk by Pearl Buck in a China tale of a New York clan
The review praises Pearl Buck's Kinfolk for its vivid portrayal of Chinese life centered on the Liang family. It highlights the scholarly father, practical mother, and four children including James and Louise, whose paths diverge and converge as they migrate to China.
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Pearl Buck
Louise
China
James
Tao
Mount Dora
Jimmy
Hurlburt Named Alternate Advisor to Florida Citrus Mutual
Hurlburt, manager of the Mount Dora Growers Cooperative, was named as an alternate advisor for Florida Citrus Mutual. He represents Lake County alongside J. B. Prevatt.
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G. B. “Crip” Hurlburt
Mount Dora
Hursts and Slums Spur City Dwellings Critique
An editor denounces Hursts as suburban slums in disguise. He argues developers crowd houses on small lots, creating monotony and poor aesthetics, urging better design and adequate city services to curb creeping slums.
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Pennsylvania Pig Butchers
Alabama
Cape Cod
Florida
California
Mount Dora records eventful Fourth of July with no accidents
Mount Dora stood proud as Florida celebrated the Fourth of July with no traffic accidents or mishaps reported. Police Chief Richard Shipes said residents in coastal trips and inland travel avoided incidents, noting only one minor accident on Sun-
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Mount Dora
Florida
Richard Shipes
Shipes
Quiet Fourth Weekend in City and East Town
Over the Fourth, no incidents were reported in the city or East Town, described as quiet during the double holiday weekend. The note mentions the secret Chinese Hung Society as a sixteen centuries old organization.
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East Town
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Bob Reed
E. H. Chapin
Markwell
Fa Gand
Uhhun
Photo By
Jim Wetz
Truman Futch Whittling
Seale
Goodyear
Texaco
Caudel
Larsen’s
Texaco Service
Donnelly
W. Main St
First Federal Savings & Loan
Association of
Lake County
Hurlburt
Briggs
Harry Briggs
Lane
Dora
Vaughan
Dibble
Doro
Eustis
Washington & Exeter
Sylvan Shores
J. G. Ray, JR
Mount Dora Publishing Co
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