Inadequate Adjustment To Life Is The Cause Of Drinking
The Mount Dora Woman's Club contest selected Charlene Rhodes as senior essay winner. An award of 5 dollars was given. The piece argues education as a path to curb alcohol use, starting at home, and envisions a future with no drinking. Charlene, from Mount Dora High, participates in glee club and various activities, weighing home economics as a career and expressing fondness for Florida and Mount Dora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Mount Dora High School
Rhodes
Ee Blic
San Antonio
Texas
Canada
Niagara Falls
Wilsons
Guaran
Charlene
Warren High Schools
Alyays
Robert Benchley
Florida
Lake County
Paul H. Reesd
Mabel ED. Reesd
Earle Wilder Named Holder of Mount Dora Farm Dream
Earle Alonzo Wilder born May 9 1928 in Umatilla grows to 142 pounds and 5 11 1 2 inches with black hair and dark brown eyes. He attends Mount Dora High School after starting in Eustis and plans to work on a farm after graduation. Charlene Ida Wilson born January 1 1929 in Warren Ohio also features in the same era and narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle Alonzo Wilder
Umatilla
Earle
Lake Joanna
Mount Dora
Eustis
Edgar Allen Poe
Naval reserve enlistments highlighted by local youths
Donald Schubinte Verdual Ham lim, Willie Shivers, Jay Swank, and Tommy Houser signed up for the naval reserve. Hats off to these fine boys. A new family member, a beautiful colt, arrives for Anne Pike after graduation and heads to Daytona Beach for a brief stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Schubinte
Verdual Hamlim
Willie Shivers
Jay Swank
Tommy Houser
Naval Reserve
Anne Pike
Colt
Daytona Beach
The Road to Success and the Soda Pop Parable
Handlebar Hank seeks work after haying and tries mixing sodas with names like 3-up and 4-up but fails. A rival creates 7-up and makes a fortune. Hank then writes songs with ethnic caricatures before pivoting to later success. The tale ends with a moral to not give up.
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Hank
Kiwanis Opposes Gambling Bill in Mount Dora
Mount Dora Kiwanis members oppose the slot machine funded amusement tax bill pushed in the state senate by Senator A G McArthur claiming the revenue would support common schools and old age pensions. Local lawmaker H H Hethcox also opposes legalizing gambling for new revenue. Notice and probate items follow including fictitious name filings for Mount Dora Publishing Co and estates of Carrie A True and Miller Wells with creditors urged to file claims within eight months.
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Lake County
Florida
Fred G. Wolff
Ae Jenn Wolff
Fred G.olff
Thomas H. Cooley
Roy Christopher
Executrix
Catherine M. Carlen
A.S. Herlong, Jr
Mount Dora Kiwanis Club
Senate
A. G. McArthur
Finance and Taxation Committee
H. H. Hethcox
Legisla
Carrier
True
Carrie A. True
Mount Dora
Judge's Court
Tavares
Mary M. True
W. M. Kennedy
Miller Wells
A. S. Herlong, Jr
J. Fred Kurras
Herlong, Jr
Helen Bedelia. Kurras
Florida boating clubs join lake life and races
The article highlights Florida towns like Frostproof Leesburg and Orlando staging boat races and festivals from May through October. It notes Leesburg forming a boating club with 26 members, water show plans for the Watermelon Festival, and concerns over pollution and hyacinth control threatening Lake Harris and other lakes. It urges community help to protect water access and docks.
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Florida
Eras Lehanet
Welakane Fmnall
Gene Os Elvin Pearl
Stanford
Meadors
H. O. Purdy
Orlando
Florida’ Outboard Association
Westbrook
Frostproof
Welaka
Tampa
St. Augustine
Sanford
Miami
Fort Lauderdale
Lake Alfred
Leesburg
Lake Harris
Mount Dora Girl Chosen for State 4 H College Course
Ann Pike, Mount Dora High senior, is the only local girl selected to attend a four day state short course at Florida State College for Women in Tallahassee. She is among 18 Lake County girls chosen for leadership in 4H club work. Ann’s poultry show accolades include county and town honors in 1946 and 1947 along with dress design blue ribbons. Geraldine Flynn and others from Lake County join her for the course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty MacDonald
Egg and
Ann Pike
Ann
Mount Dora High School
Mount Dora
Florida State College For Women
Tallahassee
Lake County
Maurice Pike, Jr
Lake Ola
New Hampshire
Geraldine Flynn
Jackie Cummings
Laverne Hardin
Montverde
Frances Buchanan
Eloise Hagan
Eustis
Jean Marable
Doris Powers
Jo Ann Lee
Ann Darden
Umatilla
Ellyne Strickland
Margie Grant
Thelma McCraney
Vera Lentz
Tavares
Goldie Gaskin
Betty Lou Watkins
Laverne Tyson
Groven
Catherine Prevedel
Leesurg
Chamber executives may meet in Mount Dora in May 1948
Florida association of commercial organization executives may hold their annual meeting in May 1948 in Mount Dora. Harold Goforth, Mount Dora chamber secretary, invited the group after attending a Sarasota session last week.
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C. OF
C. Execs
Chamber of Commerce
Florida Association of Commercial Organization
Mount Dora
Harold Goforth
Sarasota
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By Lila Rhodes
Ysl Srtt
Charlene Ida
Warren
Elwood City
Am&s Sales and Service
Donnelly
Kiwanis
Mount Dora Publishing Co
Donnelly Street
Paul H. Reese
Mabel E. Reese
U. S
G. I. Loans
First Federal Savings & Loan Association of
Main St
R. W. Horsley
Horsley & Wilder
P. 0
Cranke
Bere
Cory
Florid
Daniel Sey
Jaen
Fla
Geo. J. Dykes
Circuit Court of
A. J. Harnage
D. C
Clyde Spears
Lakre
Reuben Wright
Court House
Helene Curtis Creme
Alberta
The
Ocala
Ocala, Fila
Lake County Lumber Co
Leesburg, Fla
E. Main St
Valencia
S. Grandview
W. C. Stokley
Thayer
S. Grandview Av
Highland Av
Highland
W. A. Smallwood Sign Shop
Norge
Clayton St
Morningside Drive
Washington Road
Sylvan Shores
S. S. Dihel
Johns St
S. Clayton
Tremain St
Corsetiere
Spirella
N. Grandview
Helen Davidson
Wilbur
S. Highland
Pine Castle
McDonald’s
Lake Shore
5Th Ave
Zellwood
11Th Ave
Patton Metal & Roofing Works, Inc
Dee
4Th Ave
Tfe
Fred W. Sage
H.P. Neptune
HP. Johnson
A. M. & S. Sales & Service
Apa
Grandview Hotel
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