Helen Wages Scholarship Gift Inspires Mount Dora Community
The Helen Wages Scholarship Fund in Mount Dora honors a girl who missed college by a narrow margin but then received a Panhellenic award and a $500 scholarship from local donors. The story highlights communal generosity turning a dream into a starting point for education.
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Helen Wages Scholarship Fund
Mount Dora
Helen
Doc Lee
Lake County
Central Florida
George Sims
Raoul Barker
Lewis
Princeton
Mary Martha Simpson
Herbert Trenham
Annapolis
Shining youth faces in 1950 world outlook Commentary
A 1950 Topic issue reflects on high school graduates facing a cold war era marked by political rigidity, crime syndicates, and moral controversy. The piece urges adults to consider youth futures, urging readers to advocate for a better world and to send concerns to Washington representatives.
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Washington
Nutdsal
Fox
Salute To The IceHouse Players Conclude Second Season
The IceHouse Players closed their second season with a dramatic finale in Mount Dora Florida. The community thanks the volunteers for creating a county wide theatre that fostered talent and cooperation among Lake County cities. They hope for stronger backing when the theatre opens in fall.
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IceHouse
Florida
Mount Dora
Lake County
Little Theatre
A Week of Spring Weather and Coastal Skies
A Florida diary records a restless spring with stormy fronts and calm evenings. The narrative spans Thursday to Tuesday, noting lightning on the western horizon, lake winds at Lake Shore, and an egret on the shore. It describes Coral Gables, the Okeechobee region, Everglades muck fires, and a first rain bringing relief to citrus groves and pastures.
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Lake Shore
South Florida
Coral Gables
Lake County
Florida
Okeechobee
Gulf
Everglades
Big Okeechobee
Red Cross
Summer School Opens For Lake County Teachers
Lake County teachers keep learning through the summer with continuation of studies and extra classes for credits. Interested students should report before Wednesday June 14 to arrange plans. County posttraining sessions cover records, inventories, and evaluating last term. A planning meeting will be held in Leesburg under the Lake County Educational Association with field trips by state leaders to prepare materials and resources for the coming year.
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Lake County
Leesburg
Lake County Educational Association
Dorans Dominate Red Cross Report in Lake County
Dorans dominate the Red Cross annual report at the Lake County Chapter meeting held Tuesday at the Community building. George J. White chaired, Roy Christopher led home service, William Jay Barker was safety chair, and Mary D Learned led volunteers. County memberships and funds totals include Clermont 296 and 1 029 dollars, Fustis 651 and 1 676 dollars, Leesburg 930 and 3 775 dollars, Mount Dora 621 and 2 775 dollars.
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Dorans
Lake County
Red Cross
George J. White
Roy Christopher
Home Service
William Jay Barker
Mary D. Learned
Dora
Clermont
Fustis
Leesburg
Mount Dora
Fry Mount Dor American Legion Fish Fry at Gilbert Park
The Fry Mount Dor American Legion post and its auxiliary will join for an outdoor fish fry at Gilbert Park on Wednesday June 14 at 6 30 p m.
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American Legion
Gilbert Parl
Grizzard Promotes Florida Summer Tourism Courtesy
Beverly Grizzard of Leesburg urges residents to treat visitors as guests to boost Florida as a summer vacation destination. He cites climate, lower costs, and widespread publicity by the State Advertising Commission and business groups to lure tourists, with air lines and transport promoting affordable packaged vacations.
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Beverly Grizzard
Leesburg
State Advertising Commission
Commission
Ambers of Commerce
Florida
Grizzard
Eastern Air Lines
New York City
Miami Beach
Air Lines
Mount Dora’s Earl Ferson to Celebrate Ninety-One Friday
Mount Dora resident Earl B. Ferson will celebrate his 91st birthday Friday. He lives at 722 Baker Street in a remodeled cottage and still drives downtown in his 1922 open car. Ferson designed Mount Dora’s quadrangle school and taught at the old Chicago Manual Training School before its merger with the University of Chicago. His joy is receiving letters from former students now worldwide who still recall him.
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Earl B. Ferson
Mount Dora
Florida
Mr. Ferson
Baker St
Ferson
Chicago Manual Training School
University of Chicago
Letter of thanks for front page gift and editorial
George Sims Jr thanks the editor for sending the Topic front page and the editorial The Gift of Days. He recalls its sound life advice and treasures the diploma-like copy as a keepsake from starting out in life.
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George Sims, JR
Star Meets Mount Dora Eastern Star Meeting
Regular Mount Dora Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star will hold its meeting Thursday evening at 8 o clock in the Masonic hall.
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STAR
Mount Dora
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Unusual School Attendance Reflects Grades and Honors
Report lists perfect attendance across grades from first to twelfth. Notable entries include Richard Pearsall and Roberta Aldrich in second, Wayne Latner in sixth, Mary Grace Conboy in seventh, and George Bond in ninth grade. The text also notes Thomas Ledford and Roberta Pollard among the eleventh and twelfth grade honorees.
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George Bond
Richard Pearsall
Roberta Aldrich
Jacob M. Pickren
Lynn Earl Rector
Robert Bowie
Lewis Carroll, Jr
James P. Malone
Wayne Latner
Charles Carrell
Richard Denson
Roy McCree
Lestina Larsen
Betty Jane Pollard
Carol Siess
Mary Grace Conboy
Blanche Hardin
Jay Kurras
Freddy Roseborough
Grady Sills
Richard Beebe
Mary Combs
Glenn Ford
Marion Core
Jackie Hutchinson
Foggy Lou Nutter
Alice Paul
Lorraine Priester
John Rappel
David Sellers
Wade Simpson
Thomas Ledford
Roberta Pollard
Floyd Risley
Five Years Given in 50 Cent Murder Case
Howard Copeland pleaded guilty to the murder of Ben Lomax in an East Town gambling joint over a 50 cent debt. Circuit Judge Truman G. Futch sentenced Copeland to five years at Raiford after witnesses testified Copeland stabbed Lomax as he followed him from the establishment.
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Howard Copeland
Raiford
Truman G. Futch
Copeland
Ben Lomax
Lomax
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Henry Stein
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Browns Hardware
Paul B. Brown
Eustis, Fla
Make Brown’s
Folks
Lady Dora
WM. P. Wingler
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