Garden Club Secures Lake Site For Center
Mount Dora's Lakes and Hills Garden Club won City Council support a 99 year grant to lakeside Lake Dora property to build a garden center. The center would educate on Florida gardening conservation and host cultural activities with a future paid director and wartime refugee use if needed.
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Mount Dora
Lakes and Hills
Garden Club
Florida
United States
Lake Dora
John Heist
Garden Center
Charles J. Brown
Shaer Cox
Heist
Farewell to W A Vincent Highlighted Mount Dora PTA Meeting
Mount Dora PTA bid farewell to W A Vincent as he leaves for Sebring to become supervising principal. The meeting featured a letter from PTA President Jack Heist and a gift of a white gold watch chain. Officers were installed including Mrs Glendy Sadler as first vice president and Mrs Kathleen Burcett as secretary. A student one act play showcased Martha Simpson stepping in for Diane TeStrake.
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Mount Dora
Parent-Teacher Association
W. A. Vincent
PTA
Jack Heist
Vincent
Sebring
Glendy Sadler
Josephine Simpson
Henry W. Land
President Heist
D. D. Roseborough
J. M. Smith
Kathleen Burchett
Robert Travers
Martha Simpson
Diane TeStrake
Groveland Story Prologue Set For July Court Reenactment
The Groveland case will be retold in Lake County courthouse early in July. Walter Irvin, Sam Shepherd, and Charles Greenlee face death and life terms after a rape charge. the U S Supreme Court reversed the verdict, citing prejudiced jury impressions from headlines. Attorney Alex Akerman plans to move to quash the indictment, arguing discriminatory jury selection by Lake County officials.
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Groveland
Lake County
Walter Irvin
Sam Shepherd
Charles Greenlee
Bay Lake
Sumter County
Ernest Thomas
Irving
Shepherd
Greenlee
Florida Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Lower Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Alex Akerman
Orlando
Akerman
Judge Advocate General of the Navy
Alexandria
Jesse W. Hunter
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
United States
Florida
Circuit Court
Groveland Story
Supreme Court
Courthouse renovation plan outlined by county board
A three year improvement project for Lake County’s courthouse was approved to add space for legal work. An architect will be hired to reorganize offices, move the Chamber of Commerce, relocate the Tax Collector and Agent offices, and reassign staff to nearby buildings. The plan extends records, enlarges jury rooms, adds a West entrance driveway and women's detention quarters, and seals off the third floor except for court use.
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Lake County
Spring Grand Jury
Board of County Commissioners
Chamber of Commerce
R. E. Norris
W. L. Story
Karl Lehmann
Norris
Pioneer
A.A.A
Mosteller Asks City To Build Power Plant
Mount Dora councilman Ernie Mosteller urged the City Council to pursue a municipally owned power plant after expressing dissatisfaction with Florida Power's response to lowering wholesale rates. He recommended rejecting the three year contract at $2,000 annually and revive the 1948 plan to construct a local power plant, with an engineer to be consulted.
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Tred
Florida Power
Mount Dora
Ernie Mosteller
Jacob Tyson Dies In Jenkintown
Jacob Tyson known as Uncle Jake died in Jenkintown Pennsylvania on May 16. A longtime Mount Dora resident he spent winters there and was a beloved member of the local bowling club. He set several records and was regarded as an outstanding bowler.
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Jake” Tyson
Mount Dora
Jenkintown
Tyson
Lions Club Adds New Members and Speaks on Japan
The Lions Club meeting on Tuesday featured a talk on Japan by Joseph Kircher. New members introduced are Jim Jackson George Litsinger and Richard Holt.
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LIONS
Japan
Joseph Kircher
Lions Club
Jim Jackson
George Litsinger
Richard Holt
Cub Scout Circus Delights Parents At School Field
Life With Dirt On Its Face charmed an audience of parents at the Cub Scout Circus held on the school athletic field last Thursday evening. Scouts, led by Den Chiefs Billy Simpson and George Cox, staged acts including a lion tamer, clown routines, a tight rope walk, and a safari theme. The show ended with awards for bear, lion, and silver arrows, recognizing scouts such as Franklin Beseher John Berteau Butch Alexander Robbie Bowie Larry Smith Peter Briggs David Cox and Donald Reichert.
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Bud Merker
Alice Fuller
Den
Billy Simpson
George Cox
Buster Brown
Jimmy Conner
Billy Moon
Ronny Parker
Lynn Rector
Jimmy Simpson
Billy Johnson
Peter Briggs
Donald Dake
Neil Tucker
Richard Fuller
Dale Newman
Ronny Wigham
Spencer Beebe
Franklin Beseher
John Berteau
Butch Alexander
Robbie Bowie
Larry Smith
David Cox
Lem Downs Remains Optimistic During Korea Leave Delay
Major Lem Downs writes from Korea urging his mother to stay hopeful as his release from the fighting forces again stalls. He notes continuous attacks since May 22, says the Chinaman is confused by counter moves, and mentions planned terminal leave before attending Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth with a month at home first.
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Lem Downs
Korea
Pearl Downs
Downs
Command and General Staff College
Fort Leavenworth
Kaw
Brothers Schneider Sing at Baptist Church Services
Three Schne i der brothers Robert Herbert and Danny will sing as features of morning and evening services at the Baptist church Sunday. They are sons of Dr and Mrs M J Schneider of Tangerine and Detroit.
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Baptist Church
Robert
Herbert
Danny Schneider
M. J. Schneider
Tangerine
Detroit
Fort Clinch State Park Bounded by River Sound and Ocean
Fort Clinch State Park in Fernandina is confined on three sides by a river, a sound, and the Atlantic Ocean, defining its coastal boundary and access.
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Fort Clinch State Park
Fernandina
Mount Dora city budget cuts fifth straight year tax relief
The Mount Dora city council approved a budget with a constant tax reduction for a fifth year, lowering the millage by one while total expenditures rise to 103,980 for 1951. Cigaret tax revenue is projected to climb to about 19,000, boosting city funds as departments face guard and street maintenance increases.
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Mount Dora
William C. Stewart
Treasury
Stewart
Moora
Ernie M
Race Creeds No Barrier In This Service
Four Dorans and a Winter Park priest organized care for 20 Navajo homeless children with no clothes. Clothing came from Good Shepherd Mission Fort Defiance, Ariz., via a letter to Walter J. Patton. The Sleights and Spilky/Fr. Reeves led. more help is needed as 200 children await aid. Sleight heads to Santa Fe to aid Navajo claims case.
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Dorans
Winter Park
America
Sol Spilky
Frederick Sleight
Fr. Reeves
Episcopal Church
Ariz
Spilkys
Western Territory
United States Government
Department of Interior
Mount Dora Considers Parking Meters At City Council
City Council revived talk of installing parking meters before next fall. A round table discussion led to appointing all members as a committee to study meters for towns with them. Mayor Crane urged the installation.
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Mount Dora
J. M. Turner
Dring A4 Crane
Mount Dora Class of ’51 to hear Hood Wilkerson address
Attorney E Hood Wilkerson of Eustis will speak at Mount Dora High School’s commencement with a guiding theme Your Future Will Be Different He has served as a lawyer in Lake County since 1927 and holds lieutenant colonel rank in the Army Reserve JAG Corps He fought in World War I with the Rainbow Division and spent five years in the War Department during World War II
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Mount Dora High School
E. Hood Wilkerson
Eustis
Hoood Wilkerson
Hood Wilkerson
Lake County
Mount Dora
Tom Cooley
North Carolina
Cooley
Judge Advocate General's Corps
Officers Reserve Corps
Army
Douglas MacArthur
War Department
Secretary of War
Washington
Wilkerson
MacArthur
America
Far East
United States
Georgia
University of Georgia
U.S
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington Post
Pittshesone
Aes. A
Lawyer E Hood Wilkerson Builds A Legal Career In Florida
E Hood Wilkerson pursued railway and shipping law before joining Tom Cooley in Florida. He studied labor law at Washington University and Michigan, then appellate and taxation law at the University of Florida. Returning to Eustis in 1948, he qualified to practice before high courts and federal agencies.
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Tom Cooley
Florida
Is Washington University
Michigan
Washington
University of Florida
Eustis
Supreme Court
Treasury Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
General Land Office
Georgia
Lake Sprangees
Apopka Mount Dora BasebalI Meet Lingering Confusion
Apopka loses to Mount Dora 17 hits to nine errors marked by sloppy defense and scoring bursts. McHaffie started for Mount Dora with Barks relieving. Mount Dora heads to Atilla tonight as Winter Garden notes the season opener and Apopka faces uncertain prospects.
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Apopka
Mount Dora
Dorans
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White House
Mosteller
City
Jacob Tyson
Billy
Merker
Jimmy
Bud
Cub Scouts
Donald Reichart
Lem
Derans
Mabel Norris Reese
Fustis
the Argonne Forest
Attorney. Wilkerson
Mount Doras
Atilla
Winter Garden
Pravares
Oliver
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