Homecoming in Florida for Holland goodwill ambassador
Jessie Conner, former Florida Federation of Garden Clubs vice president, returns to Mount Dora after eight weeks in Holland where an accident left her with a broken hip. She contributed to Franco Dutch goodwill, met Holland officials and nurses, and inspired local citrus promotion as she recovers at her home between Lakes Beauclaire and Carlton.
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Vernon L. Conner
Holland
National Airlines
Orlando
S. C. Colley
Mount Dora
Center
Jessie
Conner
Colley
America
Florida Federation of Garden Clubs
Europe
Garden Club
F. P. Albery
Bernhard Schroeder
Helen Smith
England
Hague
Amsterdam
Bonovo
The
Conners
Beauclaire
Carlton
Jessie Conner
Frank Grismer
FDA
Sen
Spessard Holland
H. Freeman. Matthews
Fagginer Auer
Harvard
University of Florida
Jenner
Tampa
Florida Garden Club
Ican
United States
Sister Joy
Nature as an Aeolian Harp Echoing Higher Strings
A fragmented meditation by Novalis on nature as an Aeolian harp. The text reads as a poetic reflection linking wind to music, suggesting nature’s tones resonate with transcendental strings beyond human grasp.
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Uis
Novalis
Vandals Target Mount Dora Girl Scout House Ahead of Brownie Camp
Volunteers from the Land O Lakes Council and Mount Dora Girl Scouts repaired the Girl Scout Little House on Highland Street after vandals damaged bricks, broke a back wall, shattered a window, scattered glass, and took a troop flag. Police monitor the scene as 17 girls prepare for a campout to teach outdoor living skills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Land O’ Lakes
R. N. Bowie
Mount Dora
Clara Lapin
Galluses Cause Rancher to Be Trampled by Jeep
C E Sessions a 64 year old ranch supervisor for J B Prevatt of the Florida Citrus Exchange is recovering after his suspenders snagged on a jeep as he attempted to open gates at Prevatt ranch in Sorrento on July 4. The vehicle rolled over him, and it took about ten minutes to free him and seek medical help.
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C. E. Sessions
J. B. Prevatt
Florida Citrus Exchange
Mr. Sessions
Prevatt
Sorrento
Bailey's Cyclopedia of Horticulture on Garden Shelf
Three volume Bailey's Cyclopedia of Horticulture now on the Garden Shelf at the Public Library. Property of the Lake and Hills Garden Club, the volumes are for reference use only and may not be checked out.
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Bailey
Public Library
Lake and Hills Garden Club
Night and Day Quotation Echoes Nature's Dual Appointment
A fragmentary line evokes Nature appointing the cycles of night and day with the speaker invoking a Shakespearean cadence. The text contrasts celestial timing and human perception in a terse, poetic expression.
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Nature
George
Baseball Day Proclaimed in Mount Dora
Mayor Lou L Heaton designates Friday July 8 as Baseball Day to rally support for the Dorans at Heim Field that night against DeLeon Springs. The proclamation urges citizens to attend and notes the team risks folding if interest remains weak. Manager E H Shoemaker says the game is expected to be a rousing matchup.
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Lou L. Heaton
Mount Dora
Heim Field
Dorans
Aegeo O
DeLeon Springs
E. H. Shoemaker
Patriot talk set by retired colonel E Hood Wilkerson
E Hood Wilkerson of Eustis a retired colonel and former municipal judge will speak at the Kiwanis club luncheon today on patriotic themes. The attorney and rancher is scheduled as the featured speaker for the event.
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E. Hood Wilkerson
Eustis
Kiwanis Club
Ricanisin
Tax Dilemma: Mount Dora Assessments vs Market Values
Mount Dora officials debated property taxation as Tax Assessor John Cain showed three years of assessments at 80 percent of market value now look like 55 percent. He cited 62 sales totaling 243 dollars with city books valuing properties at 132,150 dollars, noting significant increases in land values and suggesting the 80 percent rate overstates worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cain
Cain
Mount Dora
William Stewart
Mr. Cain
Roy Christopher
Lake County Retains Aged Home Fund In New Budget Plan
Lake county commissioners kept 87,767 for the county home for the aged and folded an armory fund of 3,864.80 into the budget. The 1954 millage was raised to 13.8 for 1955 56 with shifts in millage across general revenue road and bridge and other funds. The home fund will stay intact pending Rotary club review of need.
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Lake County Board of Commissioners
Eustis
Rotary Clubs
Lake County
Dog Confined After Biting Little Girl
An part Boxer dog was confined to the county pound after biting an eight year old girl in the mouth. The girl Priscilla Ann Robinson visited a neighbor’s yard where the incident occurred. The dog’s owner Ernest Brannon faced a police court fine that was suspended after he pledged to cover medical costs and keep the dog confined.
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Priscilla Ann Robinson
Ernest Brannon
James. Orr
Miss Jepson to Give Benefit New Theatre in Gilbert Park
Mount Dora's Gilbert Park will host a new theatre site approved by the City Council with IceHouse Players leveraging the land lease. Opera star Helen Jepson will headline a January 14 fundraising concert at the Community building to kick off the building fund of about $5,670 plus potential additional funds.
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Gilbert Park
Mount Dora
Florida
Helen Jepson
Win C. Sleight
Celia Claflin Shaw
Phillip Lauben
IceHouse Players
Lauben
Players
Shaw
Park Board
Park Commission
City Council
Steve Green Ad Sells Goods in Mount Dora Kids Section
The Boy and Girl Want Ad feature continues through July with ads by school children. Steve Green of Normandy Drive asks readers to place free ads for selling items or offering services, including children's clothing, with submissions due by Saturday for next week's issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Green
Normandy
Mount Dora
Two Harbors Birth Notices From Leesburg Area
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs John Sea bury of 10th Avenue on July 2 at Durham Young Hospital Leesburg weighing 7 pounds 15 ounces. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Whitt Brew ton of Granite Court on July 1 weighing 11 pounds 6 ounces at the same hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adene Charlotte Elisabeth
John ‘Seabury
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Palestine
Royal Dutch
Glasgow
New York
Newark
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Miss Jepson
Lake Dora
Boy Scout House
Charles St
Ice House Players
Bill Barker
Hollywood
Gordon Goodrich
Ressomer
Walter J. Pat
Memip
Ted Shawn
Steve
Donnelly St
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