Waterway district movement grows in Lake County Florida
A Leesburg waterways meeting will focus on forming a Lake County waterway conservation district to fund and guide a regional solution for shrinking lake levels including Lake Apopka. The session features a 1951 legislature study committee with senators Baker and Morrow and representative Boyd among others, plus Army engineers and State Road officials.
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Florida
Lake Apopka
Leesburg
Lake County
J. Ed Baker
Russell Morrow
Palm Beach
J. A. “Tar” Boyd
Lake
Willard Raed
Bideknee
Ome
Frank Owens
Eustis
G. B. “Crip” Hurlburt
Mount Dora
J. Carlisle Rogers
A. H. Reppard
Col. H. C. Wood
A. D. Mims
Orange County
Leesburg Kiwanis Club
Legislative Committee
Alfred McKethan
Army Engineers
Karl Lehmann
Tavares
Apopka Canal
Apopka
Erere
Quartet Charged With Illegal Fish Haul
Conservation officers arrested two men on charges of exceeding bag limits after finding trucks loaded with bass bream shell crackers and catfish likely destined for Georgia markets. Two others were held on suspicion of involvement as authorities say a large operation was being prepared. L. H. Anderson of Sanford Julian Hall of Miami bond set at 1000 dollars each for August term. William Roddenbury and LeRoy Cohen of Enterprise were also detained with seines.
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Apopka
Georgia
L. H. Anderson
Sanford
Julian Hall
Miami
W. Troy Hall, Jr
Apopka Canal
Ben Reeves
William Roddenbury
LeRoy Cohen
Enterprise
Conservation Officers
Dora's Building Picture Bright As Permits Soar
Mount Dora sees a construction boom as permits top near 75 000 for July. Building Inspector A J Waltz notes growth despite national restrictions and inflation. July includes expansion of the Florida Telephone Co building on Baker Street with a 56 by 70 foot plan. June permits reached 46 000, including a 22 000 plan for Economy Super Market at Donnelly and Third. Four new homes were built in June and five started in July, with more projects in prospect.
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Mount Dora
A. J. Waltz
Florida Telephone Co
Baker St
Donnelly and
Third St
Waltz
Good Samaritan’s Family Injured In Orange Blossom Trail Crash
Mrs. Dorothy Jarriel and her six year old son James were injured when a southbound car attempted a pass on the Orange Blossom Trail. Mrs. Jarriel, driving north toward Mount Dora, veered onto soft sand to avoid a collision. the other vehicle sped away. They were treated for cuts and abrasions at Orange Memorial hospital.
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Dorothy Jarriel
James
Sylvan Shores
Jarriel
Lake Gertrude
Robert L. Wing
Mount Dora
Army engineers close Moss Bluff locks after eight to five hours
Moss Bluff locks on the Ocklawaha river are closed from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. nightly, prohibiting any night travel on the waterways.
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Moss Bluff
Ocklawaha River
Shuffleboard club backs meters and city improvements
The Donnelly park shuffleboard club voiced support for parking meters and other civic projects including a sewage disposal plant, sewer extension, and a municipal swimming pool. City officials study meter types, with a trial setup funded 50 50 by revenue, and bids to install downtown meters due in August.
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Shuffleboard Club
Shuffleboard Courts
Donnelly Park
John Willmott
D. Fletcher Crane
Leesburg
Crane
Lou L. Heaton
Eustis
Lake County
Mount Dora
Lake County Red Cross Plans Flood Aid Drive
The Missouri valley flood spurred Lake county's American Red Cross to launch an aid campaign in Florida. At the courthouse in Tavares on Monday, Mrs Celia Claflin Shaw Mount Dora fund chairman Judge W Troy Hall Jr Lake county chapter chairman and Mrs Vesper Crosthwaite executive secretary review the report of immense need from the national organization for thousands of flood refugees.
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Missouri Valley
Lake County
American Red Cross
Florida
Tavares
Celia Claflin Shaw
Mount Dora
Red Cross
W. Troy Hall, Jr
Judge Hall
Peaceful Lake County
Kansas
Missouri
Miss Betsy Kramer Joins Red Cross Aids Role
Immersed in her work at Fort Bragg North Carolina Miss Betsy Kramer of Mount Dora joins the American Red Cross as a case aide in the expansion program. A 1946 Stetson University graduate she previously served as district welfare visitor for Leesburg Welfare Board.
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Fort Bragg
N. C
Betsy Kramer
Mount Dora
American Red Cross
Mercy
Miss Kramer
Red Cross
Stetson University
Welfare Board
Leesburg
National Red Cross
Southeastern
230
Spring St
Atlanta
John Alden Murray Aims High Beyond Adversity
John Alden Murray of Mount Dora, a real estate broker and Traveler’s Insurance representative, uses crutches yet keeps a positive view of life. He recalls an unofficial 720-pound tuna record off New Jersey, earned with a partner after a five hour chase, and discusses his Scranton roots, family lineage, and views on industry modernization despite infantile paralysis fears.
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New Jersey
John
John Murray
Mount Dora
Traveler's Insurance Co
Lake
Sone
John Alden Murray and the polio era in Florida
John Alden Murray recalls exposure to infantile paralysis and its 1916 epidemic shaping medical study. He notes Roosevelt publicized the disease, his family moved for schooling, and he pursued higher education at Princeton Harvard and Columbia before moving to Florida in 1938 to start a grape winery on Sanford Road.
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John
Scranton
Alden
John Alden
Alden-Beaumont
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Fermi Sae
Roosevelt
Hill School
Spring Lake
Princeton University
Harvard
Columbia University
Florida
Alexander St. John
Kathryn Page
Richard Edgerton
Sanford Rd
Leesburg Doll and Pet Show at Venetian Gardens
Dogs, birds, snakes and a wide range of pets will parade at Venetian Gardens Leesburg on Thursday August 2. Dolls crafted from tooth picks corn cobs and more will be reviewed by Lake County. Entries are via Tom Williams Recreation Department. Show starts 10 a.m. with free swims and treats for all contestants.
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Venetian Gardens
Leesburg
Lake County
Mount Dora
Tom Williams
Williams
Births at Waterman Memorial Hospital Include Two Newborns
This week at Waterman Memorial Hospital a son named James was born to Mr and Mrs J A Sheldon on July 21 in Mount Dora. A daughter Debra Jean entered the world for Mr and Mrs S M Wiley on the same day in Mount Dora.
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Waterman Memorial Hospital
James
J. A. Sheldon
Debra Jean
S. M. Wiley
Mount Dora
al Maben
Herbert Dierks
Kansas City
Lake Countians Join 5 Million Flood Relief Drive
Lake county residents raise 1000 funding goal to support the Red Cross disaster effort for Missouri valley flooding. Judge W. Troy Hall Jr announces Disaster Dollar Drive to gather per-person donations of one dollar to aid housing, feeding, and medical relief for tens of thousands displaced.
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Missouri
Red Cross Fund Booth Set Up In Mount Dora Bank
Celia Claflin Shaw announces a fundraising booth in the First National Bank building to receive Red Cross contributions. Donors unable to visit the booth are asked to mail their donations to Celia Claflin Shaw, Red Cross Fund, Mount Dora.
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Mount Dora
Red Cross Fund
Celia Claflin Shaw
First National Bank
Red Cross Appeal Seeks Midwest Relief Funds
The notice urges Midwest relief contributions via Red Cross fund chairmen in the Twin Kansas City area and Mount Dora. Donors are asked to mail to Mrs Celia Claflin Shaw, Mount Dora, with church appeals planned Sunday across Lake County to support suffering midwestern communities beyond normal Red Cross planning.
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Kansas City
Upper Valley
Red Cross Fund
Mount Dora
Celia Claflin Shaw
Lake County
Mid-West
Judge Hall
Red Cross
Midwest
Dorans Lose Business Valuables In Missouri Flood
Mount Dora residents describe a devastating Missouri flood in Kansas City district Armourdale and Argentine where a drug store was inundated wrecking stock and fixtures. The Flemings aided Red Cross workers while two remaining stores faced shutdowns and a bank lock box was washed out.
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Dorans
Missouri
Mount Dora
Kansas City
Kan
Arthur Fleming
Flemings
Armourdale
Fleming
Lawn Bowling Club
K.C
Red Cross
Swift Boat Gift To Trujillo Son Sparks Quick Export
The son of President Rafael Trujillo of the Dominican Republic will receive a Tan gerine hydroplane as a birthday gift. Joe Swift of Swift Woodcraft rushed a boat order from a Miami dealer to meet the special request. In 1949 American publishers issued 10,892 new books, up ten cents from the prior year and 40 percent from 1945.
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Rafael
Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Joe Swift
Swift Woodcraft
Miami
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Move
Mrs. Shaw
Mrs. Crosthwaite
Sake County
John Alden Murray
America
John L. Lewis
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