Merchants Hear Councilman On Meter and Sewer Plan
Mount Dora merchants will hear city council remarks on installing parking meters in the business district this fall and using meter revenue to finance a sewage disposal plant in Gilbert park. Councilman Lou L. Heaton, away on a summer trip, will be replaced by a council member for the talk at the August 13 fish fry, with discussion focusing on parking, the number of meters, and possible municipal lots to aid shoppers and boost summer business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Gilbert Park
Lou L. Heaton
Heaton
Dale Jones
Lake Dora
J. E. Fortner
Smith-Gillespie
al Rehbaum, Jr
Woman’s Club
John A. Heist
Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Fralick Will Take Florida's Weather
Claude Fralick a Mount Dora hotel operator returned from Indiana after witnessing midwest flood devastation. He described electrical storms as almost unbelievable with continuous flashes for 30 minutes and fear among his children. He noted lashing rain and heat that tested endurance in the flood areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
Doran
Florida
Claude Fralick
Mount Dora
Indiana
Missouri
Claude, Jr
Jalick
Walter TeStrake Jr Heads to World Scout Jamboree
Fourteen-year-old Walter TeStrake Jr. leaves Hoboken aboard the SS Argentina for Austria to join 627 American Scouts at the World Jamboree in Bad Ischl. He travels for 13 days with stops in Algiers, Naples, and Genoa en route to the 15,000 youth gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water TeStrake, Jr
Argentina
Hoboken
N. J
Austria
Truman
Bad Ischl
Salzkammergut
Mount Dora
Lake County
Kiwanis Club
Walter TeStrake
Walter
United States
Capitol
Algiers
North Africa
Naples
Genoa
Italy
Mediterranean
Switzerland
Germany
Paris
Thirty Two Give To Blood Bank in Mount Dora
Thirty two people donated blood in Mount Dora to bolster the Central Florida Blood Bank. Nurses processed the donations into plasma for use in emergencies and illnesses, listing contributors including George Litsinger Ted Odom Margaret Peterson Walter Osterling Ada Osterling Dale Jones Mel Wagner C Mabry James Jackson Wayne Moon Rev. Robert Blackburn Oscar D Stephens Jr Bill Stewart Gordon Dake Jerry Barnhart Al Rehbaum Sr Walker Horsley Frank Campbell Cecil Parker Al Rehbaum Jr W F Williamson Ivan Parker Mrs W F Williamson Slater Cox James Klusmeier Enos Hawkins George Hawkins Kendall Jones Sam Swiger Bob Bardwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Central Florida
Dorans
George Litsinger
Ted Odom
George Benjamin
Margaret Peterson
Walter Osterling
Ada Osterling
Dale Jones
Mel Wagner
C. Mabry
James Jackson
Wayne Moon
Twin RH Babies Prove Worth Of Lions Blood Bank
Lions club sponsors Central Florida Blood Bank in Mount Dora showing proof of life saved by RH conflict transfusions. Twins Brenda Faye and Donald Ray Key survived infancy after rapid transfusions, with Faye Type O and Ray Type B, while sister Vernell benefited from early RH negative blood.
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Lions Club
Central Florida
Mount Dora
Brenda Faye
Donald Ray Key
Key
Vernell
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Eustis
Orlando
Faye
Ray
Mabel’ Morrell
Ohio
Florida grape experiments span 25 years on Altoona farm
Dr. Charles Demko of Altoona says 5000 grape varieties exist and he has used 200 to 300 in Florida trials. He cross breeds with wild Simpsons vines and Concords to find hardier stock, aiming for high sugar, flavorful wines. His work includes hybrids like a large Columbian and a sweet white cross with native stock.
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Charles Demko
Altoona
Florida
Citrus
Concord
Ives
Dela
At -Its
Gainesville
John Deere
Panama City
Demko
Charles
University of Florida
Munsons
Ednas
New York
Simpsons
Alcanta Banscheau
United States
Dr Demko Seeks Grape Solution For Citrus Industry
Dr Charles Demko of Concord introduces the Muscadines and Macadines as hardy, self-sustaining grapes that need no fencing or spraying. He foresees a large, five tons per acre dark grape concentrate for citrus canners during orange shortages and has started a nursery to commercialize the vines. He believes grape growers will soon flock to his method and innovations.
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Thace
Demkophiloso
Lake County tax roll shows strong rise in 1951
Tax roll up by 3 696 836 in Lake County to 55 613 918 for 1951, with Mount Dora up 427 505 and Cham ber of Commerce noting 7.1 percent county increase aligning with population growth. Intangible roll climbs to 59 878 479, while non-exempt property leads at 29 612 810.
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Lake County
R. G. Cassady
Mount Dora
A. J. Waltz
Sylvan Shores
Franklin Park
Cassady
Chamber of Commerce
Internal Improvement Fund
Butts Statues Bound For Dump In CityDrop
The city is hauling away concrete statues created by late councilman Warren Butts. Figures include Adam and Eve Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and George Washington. Niece Ruth Butts says some smaller statues were claimed by Dora pioneers admirers. One Negro boy figure sits on a Sorrento Road home lawn. Butts died July 2 after a lingering illness and had shown little interest in the works in his final days.
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Warren Butts
Mr. Butts
Adam and Eve
Franklin
Eleanor Roosevelt
George Washington
Ruth Butts
N. Donnelly Sr
Abbott Sets Lake Dora Smallmouth Record
Charles Abbott of Mount Dora caught his sixth smallmouth bass from Lake Dora this week, claiming a local best unless someone challenges the record. Abbott explains how to tell a smallmouth by lip shape and the straight eye-to-gill line.
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Charles Abbott
Mount Dora
Lake Dora
Izaak Walton
Abbott
Mount Dora Leaders Study Waterways Conservation Plan
Orange and Lake counties form a committee to study the Apopka chain and related waterways to protect citrus lands and fishing areas. The panel, including G. B. Hurlburt and Frank Owens, seeks federal aid for dams and a long reach study from Apopka to Moss Bluff locks.
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Mount Dora
Lake Apopka-Lake County
Orange
Lake Counties
G. B. “Crip” Hurlburt
Frank Owens
Eustis
Lake County
J. Carlisle Rogers
Leesburg
Orange County
A. H. Reppard
Col. H. C. Wood
Orlando
A. D. Mims
Winter Garden
J. Edwin Baker
Umatilla
Apopka Canal
Lake Jem
Congratulations for Downs Return From Korea
Lieutenant-Colonel Lem Downs arrives back in Mount Dora with his wife and family after earning the second bronze oak-leaf cluster to the Bronze Star for meritorious service in Korea. Brigadier General Homer W. Kiefer presents the award as Downs’ unit the 31st Field Artillery Battalion completes 10 months of action, moving 85 times and covering 3,200 land miles and 980 water miles in support of Seventh Division operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lem Downs
Korea
Homer W. Kiefer
Seventh Division
Downs
31St Field Artillery Battalion
Inchon
Mount Dora
Illness Confinement Hits Four Dorans at Waterman Memorial
Four Dorans are hospitalized at Waterman Memorial hospital in Eustis this week due to illness. The patients are Mrs. Bertie Uithoven Mrs. Lafe Pohlman Mrs. Jimmie Hardester and Mrs. Carl Cox.
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Dorans
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Eustis
Bertie Uithoven
Lafe Pohlman
Jimmie Hardester
Carl Cox
Umpires Desert The Dorans In A Rainy Seqence
Mount Dora fell 15 to 5 at home as Eustis alowed the visitors to surge ahead after the fourth inning. With no official umpires, Barks and Bulske stood in at plate and bases while Winter Garden hosts the next game in the closing stretch of the 1951 season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kissimmee
Tavares
Dorans
Eustis
Mount Dora
Chubb and Chubb Battery
Winter Park
L. Chubb
Doc Walker
Barks
Bulske
Winter Garden
Let's Laugh Old Lady Jones Boy Racket
A humorous exchange from Industrial News Review shows an old lady noting a boy named Jones swearing, while Little Joe remarks the boy knows the words but lacks expression in his speech. The quip captures small town humor and dialect.
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Jones Boy
Joe
Industrial News Review
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Fralick
Sake County
Mabel Norris Reese
Charles.Demko
Kiefer
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