Recreation Program Expands With Swimming at Lions Beach
The city adds swimming lessons to its summer recreation program at the new Lions Beach on Lake Gertrude. The roster includes Legion baseball, softball, tennis classes led by Dr Hi Curry, and bused beach trips. June schedules feature Mites games, Lions matchups, and a youth tournament led by Coach Dan Spears.
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New Lions Beach
Lake Gertrude
American Legion
Hi Curry
Mount Dora
Coleretie
Florida
Sorrento
Rehbaums
Mites
Lions
Rehbaum
Lions- Sorrento
Rehbaum-Sorrento
Dan Spears
Bus Transporta
Graduation Audience Sees Creative Good Will In Action
Mount Dora High School seniors receive an illustration of community support at graduation. Dean Ray V Sowers notes how anonymous citizens provided a $500 Panhellenic scholarship fund and a bank passbook for Helen Wages, symbolizing the life that must be facilitated by fellow men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray V. Sowers
Stetson University
Mount Dora High School
D. D. Roseborough
Helen Wages
Mount Dora
Panhellenic
Helen
Roseborough
Doc Lee
Lake County
A REAL THANKS Editor
A reader writes a heartfelt thanks to those who raised a scholarship fund. The writer vows to complete education, earn the money, and ensure others have the same chance. The letter concludes with a pledge to give back.
Personalities of James Stout inventor and contractor at Mount Dora
The second article notes James Stout born in Hanover Pennsylvania where at 29 he perfected a continuous record phonograph and patent fights with two large jukebox makers. He later formed Deca-Disc Phonograph Co in Hanover and secured exclusive license, moved to Florida in 1923, invested in Sylvan Shores, built early homes, and faced a real estate boom then bust while returning his focus to new inventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Stout
Mount Dora
Jimmy Stout
Hanover
Stout
Deca-Disc Phonograph Co
Jim
Deca-Disc
Jimmy
Internal Revenue Department
Sylvan Shores
Franklin Park
Lake Gertrude
James Stout Promotes Push Button Music Device
James Stout built a home model of a push button jukebox that selects music from a continuous stack of records. The patent was granted this month and faces delays from television trends. Stout, now in construction full time, completed his 40th Mount Dora area home and helped spark local tennis interest with Dr Hugo Curry by organizing a tennis club and funding exhibition matches.
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Lake Shore Dr
Jimmy
Mount Dora
Lake Shore Estates
Stout
Hugo Curry
Nara
Eptatitones
Mount Dora Class of 1950 Graduation Address
Speaker Dr. Sowers urged graduates to “make America fit” by four creeds: think, love fellow men, act honestly, and trust in God. He warned democracy risks a Frankenstein future and stressed planning beyond elections as he noted scholarships and a student’s acceptance to Annapolis.
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America
Mount Dora
Sowers
Helen Wages
Herbert Trenham
Annapolis
Scholarships May Be Here for Graduation Year
Scholarship material for another graduation year is listed from honor roll students across grades seven to twelfth. Names include Jack Boyette Gwendolyn Dawson Shirley Hopkins Jalene Howell Patty Johnson Dorothy Kurras Lestina Larsen Bettie Lou Newmans Sara Jo Land Linda Rauls on Carol Siess Anita Stedrowsky Walter TeStrake Blendie Hardin John Keller Jackie Shannon Linda Woodham Carolyn Boyette Paul Hopkins Diane TeStrake William Beims Patsy Dean Charles Moorhead Martha Simpson Carol Spang Betty Ann Ray Helen Whitehead Herbert Kurras Mildred Pope Floyd Risley Robert Schnei cer Mary Martha Simpson Nancy Smith Herbert Trenham Helen Wages.
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Jack Boyette
Gwendolyn Dawson
Shirley Hopkins
Jalene Howell
Patty Johnson
Dorothy Kurras
Lestina Larsen
Bettie Lou Newmans
Sara Jo Land
Linda Raulerson
Carol Siess
Anita Stedrowsky
Walter TeStrake
Blendie Hardin
John Keller
Jackie Shannon
Linda Woodham
Carolyn Boyette
Paul Hopkins
Diane TeStrake
William Beims
Patsy Dean
Charles Moorhead
Martha Simpson
Carol Spang
Betty Ann Ray
Helen Whitehead
Herbert Kurras
Mildred Pope
Floyd Risley
Robert Schneicer
Mary Martha Simpson
Nancy Smith
Herbert Trenham
Helen Wages
Mount Dora council weighs tax cut and street radio plan
The Mount Dora city council debated a fourth consecutive tax cut reducing the overall millage from 15 to 12.14 mills and plans to buy a road grader for 4,000 dollars plus a police radio for 2,200 dollars to upgrade downtown safety pending FCC frequency assignment.
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City Council
Mount Dora
Florida
Ernest Mosteller
Finance Committee
D Fletcher Crane
Street Committee
Federal Communications System
Values and Red Cross urged at Lake County meeting
Allen J. Carter urged Americans to weigh values as the Red Cross faces postwar strain while addressing Lake County's largest meeting in Mount Dora. George J. White was reelected chapter chairman as officers and directors for one to three-year terms were named, underscoring local support for Red Cross humanitarian work.
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America
Allen J. Carter
Southeastern
American Red Cross
Lake County
Mount Dora
George J. White
First National Bank
Carter
Red Cross
Florida
Frank J. Banning
Henry
Celia Claflin
H. C. Brown
Clermont
Louis P. Ford
R. F. E. Cooke
Leesburg
Emma Diesen
Umatilla
M. G. Howey
Howey-in the-Hills
Frank E. Owens
Eustis
W. J. Rogers
Tavares
William Jay Barker
John C. Fischer
Clark E. Kauffman
Mary D. Learned
Karl Lehmann
Montverde
J. E. Fairchild
Groveland
Henry Pringle
E. L. Schumacher
R. L. Wilhite
Mascotte
Cooley Resigns and Sells Practice to Partner
City Attorney Tom Cooley resigns to be succeeded by Roy Christopher after selling his stake in the Cooley Christopher law firm. Cooley has served in World War II and the Korean era, and plans to focus on real estate aiding veterans upon his July return to Mount Dora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Cooley
Roy Christopher
Cooley
Georgia
Cooley-Christopher Law Firm
Christopher
Eisenhower
Patton
Florida
Mount Dora
Dance to aid Crippled Children at Eustis Elk Club
Adults who can dance as children at the Harry Anna Crippled Children's Home are invited to a special benefit dance next Tuesday evening at the Eustis Elk Club. The Anna Miller circle of Eustis presents the Late Quintette to provide music for the event. Proceeds aid the children.
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Harry-Anna Crippled Children’s Home
Anna Miller Circle
Eustis
Frustration Gets A New Meaning In A Comic Column
Bill Ritchie serves as a writer for One On Me and introduces a door slammer with a fresh sense of frustration on Page 8 this week. The column promises light squibs and inked puns from a Preetones Some ist contributor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Ritchie
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Lions Ab
Oviedo
Helmfield Ball Park
Sanford
Apopka
Winter Park
Legion Boys
Bobby Correll
Frank Hall
Max Bulske
Billy Odom
Boyd Atkins
David Sellers
Jackie Hutchinson
Chester Peters
Freddie Roseborough
Norman Peters
David Blanchard
Byron Smith
Danny Patton
Wade Simpson
Jerry Dake
Sidney Davis
Grady Sills
Gilroy Kelly
Bobby Carrick
Tommy Bonner
Raoul Barker
Princeton University
Lewis
Orange County
George Sims
Southern College
Tennessee
Marian
Mabel Norris Reese
Time Magazine
Pinecrest
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