City renames cemetery Pine Forest and raises lot costs
The city dropped memorial park from its cemetery name, renaming it Pine Forest. Lot prices rise with mandatory care and endowment options. a 12x12 lot now 80 dollars, plus annual care of six dollars and a potential endowment of 300 dollars. The council also outlined 28 cemetery use rules to govern monuments and upkeep.
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Memorial Park
Pine Forest
Esther Wyatt Bishop
Jack Groves
Bishop
Washington Visit of Government in Cloakroom Tone
A visitor recounts two days in the Senate and House with many absent members and clashing debates on foreign aid. He notes gaveling to quiet conferences in the cloakroom and observes Senators Bridges and Smith alongside others while detailing calls for continued aid and farm assistance amid intra-party tensions.
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United States
Senate
Spessard Holland
Florida
Abannan
McCarthy
J. B. Matthews
Punky
Bridges
Sen
Margaret Chase Smith
Life of Rev. H. Mauriece Felton Rides From Key West Roots to Ministry
The text traces the early life of Rev. H. Mauriece Felton born in 1916 at Rock Harbor Key Largo. Son of John Thomas Felton once a sponge fisherman turned lime grower, Mauriece grew up amid Key West’s fruit and train economy, graduated Key West High School in 1934, won a graduate prize for history manuscripts, and chose the ministry after a Florida Southern College Youth Assembly. He married Carolyn Yates and pursued theological studies at Florida Southern College before serving in the Madison county circuit and later Trinity Seeseedeep in Tallahassee as an associate pastor.
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Rev
H. Mauriece Felton
The
Keys
Key West City
Rock Harbor
Key Largo
Key West
John Thomas Felton
Mauriece
Rock Aeva Two Stoom
Key West High School
Florida Southern College
Lakeland
Florida Southern
Carolyn Yates
Felton
Rev H Mauriece Felton led long church service through WWII
Rev H Mauriece Felton carried out chaplain duties during World War II then resumed ministry in Florida. After serving in Bainbridge Maryland and England, he helped rebuild and grow churches in Orlando and Mount Dora, expanding memberships and adding a church school, before moving to Palatka and finally Mount in June. He believes a religious revival will draw more youth to church life.
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Pearl Harbor
Cross City
Tallahassee
Bainbridge, Md
England
Cornwall
Normandy
Cherbourg
Naval Hospital
Long Beach
Cal
Florida
Orlando
Felton
Palatka
Mount
United States
Lake County Night Set At Florida Aflame
Lake County hosts a special Lake County Night for the Seminoles drama Florida Aflame at Lake Wales Amphitheatre on July 22. Eustis residents Art Barton Mumaw and John Stoakley contribute as performer and property manager with Mary McCleod designing costumes. Godfrey Quigley stars as Chief Osceola in the 68 member cast.
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Barton Mumaw
Florida
Lake County
Lake Wales
Eustis
John Stoakley
Mary McCleod
Stoakley
Oklahoma
Chief Osceola
Godfrey Quigley
Dubnes Players
Red Symbol To Point Up Donor Day
The Lions club resumes a Blood Donor Day at Fifth and Donnelly this weekend to urge Mount Dora residents to donate. The Central Florida Blood Bank mobile unit will collect 2 to 8 p.m. at the Community building next Tuesday, with advance registrations at the Chamber of Commerce or the red refrigerator booth. The drive seeks 50 pints to keep the city’s blood supply safe for emergencies and invites past donors and their kin to participate.
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Lions Club
Dora’s
Donnelly
Dorans
Central Florida Blood Bank
Chamber of Commerce
Community Blood Bank
Mount Dora
Marianna Clark Buys Grand View Hotel
Mrs. Marianna Clark announces the purchase of the Grand View hotel and takes possession on Wednesday. She bought the establishment from brothers C E and James Hames, who had operated it since 1947. The Simpson hotel, owned by Howard Simpson, will be run by his sister Mrs. Blanche Tate.
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Grand View Hotel
Marianna Clark
Simpson Hotel
Radio System Aids Mount Dora Growers Cooperative
Manager G B Crip Hurlburt touts a two way radio setup at the Mount Dora Growers Cooperative that will save time and money. The display shows Jean Patterson at the office sending a message, the 72 foot radio tower, and Production Manager Jim Cooper in a grove communicating back via truck mounted aerial and microphone.
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Mount Dora
G. B. “Crip” Hurlburt
Highland St
Perry
Wendall Perry
Jim Cooper
Federal Communications Commission
Hurlburt
Mount Dora Council Delays Zoning Vote Over Business District Expansion
Mount Dora, Florida, officials postponed action on a proposed zoning change to allow a mixed use office and appliance building at Tremain and Fifth streets. Citizens objected citing nuisance and city-wide rezoning risks while proponents urged industrial growth and local payroll benefits.
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Mount Dora
Dustry
Walter Tucker
Tremain and
Fifthay
Fannie Spilky
William Norris
Harry Swift
J. L. Tennent
Tucker
Norris
Tremain St
Spilky
Fifth Av
Jerry Barnhart
Esther Wyatt Bishop
Waltz
Radio System Boosts Mount Dora Growers Co op Ads Backups
Mount Dora Growers Cooperative installs a two way radio network to quickly relay fruit orders and dispatch crews. G B Crip Hurlburt. Jim Cooper. Wendall Perry. A D Marshall note faster service and cost reductions as Florida citrus ads roll to market.
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Washington
Paris
Asia
Middle East
U. S
Russia
Lake
Mabel Norris Reese
Rev. Felton
Rev. H. Mauriece Felton
Grand View
Coop
North
Kentucky
New Jersey
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