State Christian Endeavor delegates attend Petersburg meeting
Mr and Mrs Grant Cowles Misses Harriet Banks and Esther spend four days at the State Christian Endeavor convention in St Petersburg. City officials report police will enforce a new ordinance limiting trains to under 12 miles per hour in a designated area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Cowles
Harriet Banks
Esther
Christian Endeavor
T. Petersburg
St. Petersburg
George Bontempt
Mount Dora
Daytona Beach
Mount Dora's Oldest Resident Reflects on Changes
Mount Dora's 94 year old E S Huntress recalls 1884 when only 20 families lived here versus 400 now. The piece notes local figures and recent improvements at Sylvan Shores Hotel, including game rooms and dining areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
E. S. Huntress
Alexander Street
Sixth Avenue
Riley Keener
Shots Spilky
J Framer
JoAnne French
Jean Shipes
June
Adana
Airman of the Month Honored at Yokota Base Japan
Mount Dora native Ale Roy McRee earns Airman of the Month at Yokota Air Base Japan after two years stationed in the country. The report notes local ties to Mr. and Mrs. Howard McRee and details other readers’ upcoming travel plans and historic wartime reflections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
U. S
Yokoda
Ale Roy McRee
Howard McRee
Japan
Utilities
Id Overhiser
New York State
Pearl
King’s Daughters
Chatauqua
Florida
Arthur Jewell
Europe
West Fifth Avenue
P. O. Box
Lake County
Lake F
Mount
Preventing Poverty Through Education and Birth Control
Dr Luke argues poverty is a public issue needing continued aid and broad prevention. He urges an education drive to engage youth, considers birth control and sterilization for welfare families, notes religion's changing role, and previews retirement and literature topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Bathing standards through history from privies to private baths
A humorous essay traces baths and toilets from ancient Rome to 1907 modern hotel rooms with private baths. It notes how access varied by wealth, geography, and era, from basic pitcher and basin to luxe fixtures, and recalls outhouses and privies as symbols of social status and practical daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tian
America
Rome
Ellsworth M. Tatler
Buffalo
N. Y
New England
Luna
Our Library Dedication Thanks Mount Dorans and Helpers
The Mount Dora library dedication drew 250 attendees from 500 locals. Gratitude goes to Friends of the Library, Doric Foods, Mount Dora Market, Mrs Ambrose for flowers, Jack Kaufman and Ron Archer of WGTW for coverage, and to chair movers Roosevelt Moody and Chester Dixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dorans
Father Peterson
Hartridge Hall
Robert O
Dude) Grantham
Roosevelt Moody
Chester Dixon
Doric Foods
Mount Dora
Jack Kaufman
Ron Archer
WGTW
Aunt Dora
Lake County Seeks Volunteers To Counsel Juveniles
Editorial notes juvenile crime rising with inflation and social change. Lake County seeks volunteers to counsel youths referred by the Division of Youth Services schools and parents. Volunteers provide tutoring job finding and moral support under Youth Programs Inc guided by Bonnie Bentley coordinator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Division of Youth Services
Youth Programs Inc
Bonnie Bentley
Voorn
Nselor Unteer
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Waterman Memorial Hospital
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Martha Rose Mahon
D. T. Mahon
Jackie Lou Dempsey
J. L. Dempsey
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Young Y LoFroos
William LoFroos
Jeff
Michael Ray
Charles Reid
Tyrone Parker
Clarence Sims
Johnnie Groves
Suer
Lorty
Mount Bora
A.M. Liveright
Josephus C. Luke, M.D
F.r.cs
Beate Siascoe
Sears
Montgomery Ward
Sodom
Lot
Dil
Dave Edgerton
Editorial
Topic
Audrey Liveright
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