Houck’s Camera & Record Shop and Toshiba Radios Featured
Window shoppers visit Houck’s Camera & Record Shop on Bay Street in Eustis for Bell & Howell and Kodak products and automatic electric eye cameras. Mount Dora Pharmacy promotes Toshiba transistor portable radios praised for compact size and travel use, with World Series chatter sprinkled in.
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Bell & Howell
Houck
Camera & Record Shop
Bay St
Eustis
Pittsburgh
Mount Dora
Doran's Son Serves With Attack Squadron 122
Harold K. Hassell chief aviation electrician’s mate USN son of Joseph H. Hassell Rhodes Jr husband of Ruth Twisdale of Richmond Va is serving with Attack Squadron 122 at North Island Naval Air Station San Diego California. He reported there June 30 after attending La Salle High School in Niagara Falls before joining the Navy in December 1945.
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Harold K. Hassell
USN
Joseph H. Hassell
Rhodes Jr
Ruth Twisdale
Richmond
North Island Naval Air Station
San Diego
Cal
Navy
la Salle High School
Niagara Falls
Lake County Historical Society Office Closes in August
The Lake County Historical Society at 315 New Hampshire Ave Tavares will be closed during August. In emergencies a librarian is reachable at the Burleigh House 314 Disston Ave Tavares DI 3 5715.
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The
Lake County
York Rite Club Holds Regular Quarterly Meeting
York Rite club will meet at Fralick's restaurant this Saturday at 7 p.m. for its regular quarterly session.
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Rite Club
York Rite Club
Fralick’s
Plant In Grows So Big They May Remodel House
Donnelly Street couple Mr and Mrs Duane Hopkins developed a strong interest in house plants after receiving a Cattleya Orchid five years ago. Their Hastatum Philodendron now fills the solarium at 4 by 5 feet with 20 leaves, making it impossible to move out for an airing. The pair share plant care tips and lore, with Hopkins an industrial electrician by trade and a keen botanist at heart.
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Erma Robinson
Duane Hopkins
Donnelly Street
Dendron
Solarium
California
Mr. Hopkins
Mrs. Hopkins
County Agent Announces Forms 2240 For Gas Tax Refunds
County Agent Bob Norris announces that U S Internal Revenue Forms 2240 are available to apply for gas tax refunds. The fiscal year ends June 30 and the deadline for refund applications is Sept 30.
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Bob Norris
U. S. Internal Revenue
Lightning Stimulates Lawn Growth Says County Agent
County agent Bob Norris states lightning speeds lawn grass growth by producing nitric acid in the air that rains down with storms, feeding plants with nitrogen.
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Bob Norris
Mount Dora’s 1928 anti gambling ordinance exposed
The article details Mount Dora council actions in 1928, noting an ordinance criminalizing games of chance and gambling with cards or dice. It defines disorderly houses and persons, sets fines up to 500 dollars or 60 days, and mentions prison labor and daily inmate rations as penalties.
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D. C. Sherman
Mount Dora
Mount Dora Swim Meet Results and Officials
The report covers girls 13 and 14 free relay results with the Cain Ham Jackson Uhl Pohlman Goulder and Cox team taking third. Boys relay placements feature Carlton Stewart Reed and two Kennedys earning second. Randy Cox led in a 200 yd freestyle for boys 15 and 16. Officials listed include chairman George Kennedy and manager James Jackson with multiple volunteers assisting. The Mount Dora winners advance to district in Ocala, then state meet at Leesburg August 10 11 12 13.
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Dale Miller
Allen Whitie
Cain
Ham
Jackson
Uhl
Pohlman
Goulder
Cox
Carlton
Stewart
Reed
Kennedy
Randy Cox
George Kennedy
James Jackson
al Appleby
James Leng
Ruth Stewart
Kathryn Cain
Claire Debo
William Clements
Wendy Ko
John Long Waite
George Ober
Robert Pohlman
Richard Jackson
Jean Jackson
Jean Card
Helen Whittington
Eva Chapman
Egg Prices Rise for Rest of Year Says Florida Extension
County agent reports eggs will cost about six cents a dozen more for the rest of 1961 than the same period last year. The Florida Agriculture Extension Service notes egg prices in the first half of 1961 should average above 1950 levels.
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Florida Agriculture Extension Service
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wendy
Orlando
Mr. Houck
Polaroid
Kodak
Toshiba
Doran
Naval Station
Alexander St
Fourth Ave
Away From
Him
Hopkins
Donnerlyst
J. C. Noblitt
E. Fifth
By P. R
Chevy
Harry Hansen
Missoula
Montana
Chevrolet
Mr. Hansen
S. Bay St
Eustis, Florida
Cypress
Florida
HUMPHREY AVA BOGART + GARDNER
Alan Ladd
Jeanne Crain Technicolor
Watuss
George Moneay
Taina Elg
David Farrar
Marie Canale
Tony Curtis
Dean Martin
Janet Leigh
Columbia Picture
Perkine Fonda
Debbie Reynolds
Tony Randall
Paul Douglas
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