Gilbert Park to Host IceHouse Players Theatre
Gilbert Park at Liberty and Tremain streets will house a new theatre building for the IceHouse Players, an amateur group that has provided Winter entertainment for seven years in a former ice house. The photo layout shows the corner at Liberty and Grandview, the planned site, a Lake Dora sunset view by Joe Swift, and a cove beach dock with the Stoothoff family fishing on the park’s shore.
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Gilbert Park
Liberty and
Tremainsts
IceHouse Players
Liberty
Grandview
Lake Dora
Joe Swift
Cove Beach
Stoothoffs
Mount Dora
Stoothoff
Gilbert Park a Woman's Vision Realized in Mount Dora
A jungle at Liberty and Tremain streets transformed into Gilbert Park by the 1939 effort led by Mrs. Mabel Cleary. The city spent $65 on tools and supplies as residents cleared debris, built a bunga low caretaker area, and turned the site into a shaded picnic spot popular with locals and visitors from Orlando DeLand Sanford and Lake County.
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Gilbert Park
Mabel
Cleary
Mount Dora
Florida
Gretchen Elliott
Albert Gregg
Orlando
DeLand
Sanford
Lake County
Gil Park
M. V. Simpson
Council
Liberty
Tremainsts
Youth adviser named at Methodist church in Mount Dora
Mrs. Mary Ruth Burkhalter named new youth adviser at the Mount Dora Methodist church replacing Freda Eckstein who becomes Mrs. James Wetz. Burkhalter daughter of Dr. C. C. Mc Cracken, former Lake Shore Jr. professor and youth counsellor. She is an artist and former assistant director of the Wesley Foundation at the University of Florida and a former Lake County school teacher.
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Mary Ruth Burkhalter
James C. Burkhalter
The
Methodist Church
Freda Eckstein
James Wetz
Burkhalters
Mount Dora
Burkhalter
C. C. McCracken
Lake Shore
Wesley Foundation
University of Florida
Lake County
Teenager Dating Forum at Baptist Church Sunday
A free public discussion on teen dating problems will be held at the Baptist church Sunday at 6 45 p.m. Sponsored by the Young People's training Union it will be moderated by Rev David Cof.
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Baptist Church
The
Young People’s Training Union
David Cof
Citrus Growers Institute Opens August In Ocala National Forest
Top citrus scientists from the United States join the 22nd annual Citrus Growers Institute opening August 15 at Camp McQuarrie in the Ocala National Forest near Astor. Speakers from the Citrus Experiment Station University of Florida and other agencies will cover citrus problems and methods. administrator Gwynn Garnett of the Foreign Agriculture Service will speak. The six day program includes a progress report on citrus decline by Dr. R F Suit and discussions on advertising production packing and varieties. The event is open as a family affair with free cottages on a first come basis. reservations through R E Norris in Tavares.
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U. S
Citrus Growers Institute
Camp McQuarrie
Ocala National Forest
Astor
R. E
Bob” Norris
Citrus Experiment Station
University of Florida College of Agriculture and Experiment Station
Florida Citrus Exchange
Gwynn Garnett
Foreign Agriculture Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Garnett
Great Britain
Florida Citrus Mutual
Florida
Norris
Pioneer
Tavares
Lake County Board of Public Instruction lowers construction budget
The Lake County board reduces the construction fund for the 1955-56 fiscal year while increasing operation and maintenance by nearly 300000. The proposed total budget is 3142746 with 2812444 for O and M and 144351 for construction bonds down from 639154 last year. A public hearing is scheduled for Tuesday night July 26 to receive citizen complaints. The budget uses 20 mills and rests on Lake County property valuation of 71789503 including non exempt 491884753 and exempt 22604750.
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Lake County
Rehbaum's Note 40th Year in Mount Dora
Rehbaum's Hardware in Mount Dora marks 40 years as a local business. Founded in 1915 by the late William Rehbaum, current senior partner has led the firm since its inception. The firm expanded into appliances and became a partnership in 1947 and also runs the Rehbaum Funeral Home.
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Rehbaum
Mount Dora
William Rehbaum
al Rehbaum
al, Jr
Stetson University
Cincinnati College of Embalming
Rehbaums
Ohio
Cincinnati
Invitation to Death on a Lake County Highway Triggered by Drinking
A Lake County Navy veteran, driving intoxicated, lost control on a curves filled road near Lake Ola and Lake Dora. His car flipped and wrecked, leaving blood and brains on the pavement. Patrolman Jack Setzer described the scene to the city, saying such accidents should frighten drinkers into sobriety. He reenlisted for six more years but will not report July 29, as a life was lost on the Sabbath morning.
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Lake Ola
Mount Dora
Jack Setzer
Setzer
Lou L. Heaton
James Orr
Lake County
Navy
Courage Returns as Family Reunites Amid Fire Aftercare
Jessie Mae Cooper 9 returns with her parents Lucky Holloway and Geneva to Lake County from Waterman Memorial Hospital in Eustis. The family, aided by East Town donors, pays a $300 hospital bill split three ways among Lake County taxpayers, Waterman Memorial Hospital board, and the Topic. They head to a relative's home in Pompano with $77.47 and renewed hope for work and recovery.
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Jessie Mae Cooper
Lake County
Lucky” Holloway
Geneva
East Town
Pompano
Jessie Mae
Lillian
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Eustis
Orlando
Jessie
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Chris
George
Fred
Charlie
Neil
Herbert Stoothoff
Zellwin
Eighthay
Lydia Circle
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Mrs. Burkhalter
Pares
Topic
Donnelly St
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