Army field drill in Vermont town sparks local history tale
An editor recalls visiting a small Vermont town where National Guard troops drill on a ball field. He meets Corporal Luther Fisher, a Civil War veteran, who jokes he rode at Gettysburg and lives three miles away, leaving him unlikely to parade with today’s army.
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Napoleon
U. S
Green Mountains
Vermont
Ethan Allen
Bennington
Ticonderoga
Redcoats
National Guard
Briggs
Lute Fisher
Luther Fisher
Company C
Twenty-first Cavalry
San Juan Hill
Teddy Roosevelt
Maine
Gettysburg
Corporal Lute Fisher
Martin’ Crick
Mount Dora Hosts Orlando Club in Inter-City Tennis Match
Mount Dora fell 5-2 to Orlando’s City Beautiful club at Donnelly Park. Crisinger and Tremain sparked the Dora effort, while Mrs Hugo Curry and Tremain helped salvage a doubles set. The Dora club plans a Sunday 2 p.m. match against Eustis at the same venue as they push for a new court.
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Mount Dora
Orlando
Donnelly Park
Criando
City Beautiful Club
Daytona Beach Club
Daytona
Hugo Curry
Tom Williams
Clayton
Tremain
Eustis
Dora
Charles Norris
Bob Widmer
C. L. Warner
Roger Pharr
Mrs. Curry
Snyder
Stenle
Williams
Curry
Windham
Nor
Tennis Meet Sets Benches Against Baer and Warner
Call Tennis Meet rs to Baer 0 6 0 6 Tremain to Warner 1 6 1 46. Benches crowded with spectators defied the sun then welcomed cooling clouds. Dr. Curry says a return match is planned with Orlando within a month as Dora men regain form after years of shirking exercise. He now has 60 youths lined up for tennis lessons as part of the school recreation program and plans to feature some in Sundays game with Eustis.
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Baer
Tremain
Warner
Dr. Curry
Orlando
Dora
Rehbaum and Sorrento Lead City Softball Standings
Rehbaum tops county play after beating Eustis 86 to 16 and Lions 16 to 1 while A.M.&S. fell to Bojano 2 to 1 and earlier beat Eustis 7 to 5. Sorrento split with Bojano 7 to 3 and Zellwood 10 to 9 before Zellwood dropped from the league.
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Rehbaum’s
Sorrento
Eustis
A.m.&s
Bojano
Lions
Zellwood
Enterprising Mr Moss Sells Citrus in Central Florida
A feature on A G Moss who advertised grapefruit in the Topic and drew rapid buyers in New Castle and Central Florida. The note mocks old limits and shows local demand for fruit and even household items. Also includes a brief tip for coloring sugar with vegetable dye.
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A. G. Moss
New Castle
Eustis Rde
Moss
Florida
Religious and community events fill East Town report
The St. Mary Baptist church services went well last Sunday. The Women's Home Mission Society met at Mrs Elvira Jackson’s office with Lena Write organizing the Young Matrons from Eustis. The NAACP mass meeting is planned in Lady Lake Sunday at 3:30 p.m. with departure at 3:00 p.m. Reporter T. M. Thomas notes illness among Mrs Pennie Miller and Essie Jones and sends best wishes.
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St. Mary Baptist Church
S. Jorden
Women’s Home Mission Society
Elvira Jackson
Lena Write
Young Matrons Society
Eustis
Reed Circle
Bishop Pool
Julia Thomas
Albany
Georgia
Pennie Miller
Essie Jones
NAACP
Lady Lake
T. M. Thomas
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Lake County
New England
Harry Briggs
Dora Club
Phillip Windham
Bill Baer
Grand View
V. Stenle
Clayton Tremain
P. Snyder
Billy Windham
Sea Foods
The
Green Lantern
Highland Avenue
Sanford Road
Rehbaum
Pir Sorrento Rehbaum
Bojuno Lions
Mr. Moss
East Town
Electrical Contractors
Brandy-Gudgeon Electric CO
Highland
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