Ex-Governor Martin to Speak at Monument Dedication Event
Ex Governor Martin will headline the Fourth of July dedication. Committees for parade athletic stage and decorating prize advertising entertainment and general duties are named with chairs and members. Funds for the monument grow slowly with a Roll of Honor planned to honor local war dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. J. White
O. D. Stephens
C. J. Palmer
Daniel H. Bishop
Carl Risley
William Williamson
Thomas H. Cooley
E. F. Morrow
Robert Goodman
Frank Haas
American Legion Post-35
George J. White
Harold Overhiser
C. C. Moorhead
Mount Dora
Elias Seccombe
Dss
Jean C. Hendrie
Scien Builders Supply Company
Lakes & Hills Realty Co
Roy Spencer
Eustis
H. L. Coleman
Alfred Rehbaum
G F. Weeks
Rockville Centre
Narles Gallimore
J. R. Hibbard
Phile Linnenbrink
Baby Bouquets for Capt and Mrs Thomp an and Mr and Mrs Drake
To Capt and Mrs Aden Thompson a son Richard born May 12 1981. Mrs Thompson was formerly Miss Lillian Baker. To Mr and Mrs Ned V Drake a daughter Dixie Lee born May 1981.
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Aden Thompan
Richard
Thompson
Lillian Baker
Ned V. Drake
Dixie Lee
No Postal Delivery Saturday Afternoon in Mount Dora
A new 44 hour work week rule allows postal clerks a half holiday each week. Mount Dora will observe Saturday afternoons off, so there will be no postal delivery at that time. Office windows remain open and Saturday morning delivery continues. residents can collect Saturday afternoon mail during office hours.
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Post Office Department
Washington
Bishop
Mount Dora
Good entertainment at Sorrento Friday
Tomorrow evening in the Sorrento school house auditorium a benefit for the Sorrento Baptist church improvement fund will feature musical selections by Mrs. Brown Beulah Hardman Rev and Mrs Bouterse and others heard on the air plus readings by Rev F W Overhiser. He will perform pieces including Random Shots A Born Orator High Pressure Finance Rewards of Genius Pyramus and Thisbe The Apex of Style Safety Zone and Marys Molars. Overhiser is noted in Mount Dora for entertaining talent and impersonations praised by the Mount Dora Tourist Club.
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School House
Sorrento
Genuis
Pyramus
Thisbie
Mary
Overhiser
Mount Dora
County Meeting On Child Welfare In Eus tis Friday
A mass meeting for follow up work of the White House Conference on Child Health Welfare and Education will be held at the Women's Club House in Eus tis at 8:00 Friday evening June 12. The Lake county work will be organized as recommended by the Florida Council on Child Welfare. Speakers include Mrs J W McCollum past president of the Florida Federation of Women's Clubs Mrs Pepper president of the Alachua County Council and Dr L M Bristol professor of Sociology at the State University Gainesville.
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White House
Women’s Club
Eustis
Lake County
Florida Council On Child Welfare
Gainesville
J. W. McCollum
Florida Federation of Women’s Clubs
Pepper
Gas Pipe Laying Starts in Mount Dora for Next Winter
Florida Gas Company begins laying about eleven miles of pipe on Donnelly avenue and McDonald street in Mount Dora to supply gas for cooking and heating, with extension planned as rapidly as possible.
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Florida Gas Company
Mount Dora
Donnelly Avenue
McDonald ‘Street
Mount Dora Baseball Club Gratitude Appeal to Town
The Mount Dora Baseball Club expresses appreciation to supporters and invites the community to attend games. The note stresses that the club prospers through town cooperation and asks locals to visit the team performance when possible.
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Mount Dora
County Wide Meet At Chamber Supper In Community Hall
A county wide Chamber of Commerce supper will be held in the Community Hall on Friday evening next week June 19 at 6 30 p m. Representatives from every community in the county will be present for a social and business oriented gathering expected to be helpful and enjoyable.
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Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanis Guides Mount Dora Boys Toward Vocational Plans
Kiwanis clubs in Mount Dora advance vocational guidance for local boys. At a Hotel Mount Dora meeting about twenty boys heard talks on planning life work, with Kiwanis members offering help, mentoring, and access to books.
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Kiwanis
Mount Dora
Mount Dora. In Mr. White
Mr. Rehbaum
Rehbaum
W. J. Johnson
Riverside Military Academy Cadet Earns Scientific Diploma
A Riverside Military Academy graduate from Gainesville Georgia receives a scientific diploma and prepares to enter the University of Florida. He wore the Riverside "R" in soccer and swimming and attained sergeant, Company D ROTC. The school, with two campuses in Georgia and Florida, is designated an Honor Military School for the ninth year. Col Sandy Beaver leads as president with 400 cadets from 38 states and foreign countries.
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Riverside Military Academy
Gainesville
Georgia
University of Florida
Bob
D. R.O.T.C
America
Blue Ridge
North
Florida
Sandy Beaver
Adjutant General of the Army
Washington
Riverside
U. S
Dorans Again Triumphs Over Eustis in 13-5 Victory
Dorans led league with five wins in five games as Eustis fell 13 to 5. Memorial Day tilt vs Tavares set for 5 PM next Monday, with other remaining games at Umatilla Leesburg and here. Team stats show 48 runs for and 7 against across five outings.
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Tavares
Umatilla
Leesburg
Pay Taxes Now To Save Penalty
Tax Collector Wm J Johnson reminds town taxpayers there are only a few days left to pay taxes without penalty. If paid on or before next Monday June 15 there will be no penalty. after that the usual penalty will be added to the tax.
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Wm. J. Johnson
Benefit for Rock Garden A Success
A card party at Villa Dora Hotel for Park Beautification raised funds and prizes totaling 30 dollars. Plans include biweekly summer events at Donnelly Park Band Stand starting June 19 to reach 253.90 dollars for building the Rock Garden and a rustic arb or connecting azalea gardens.
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Villa Dora
R. N. White
Alfred Rehbaum
Harold Coleman
Zell
Wilson Smith
W. Downs
Mary MacDonell
Margaret Simpson
R. C. Conklin
W. Parfitt
Norris
Hale & White
Schonenberger
Miss Noonan
Scouts Help at Confederate Veterans Reunion in Montgomery
More than 1,300 Boy Scouts and leaders from seven southern states gathered at Camp Miller in Montgomery Alabama to serve as aides and escorts to about 1,500 Confederate Veterans at their forty first reunion. Governor B M Miller was inducted as a Tenderfoot.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Tennessee
Florida
Georgia
Arkansas
Montgomery
Ala
Camp
Miller
B. M Miller
Memorial Day rites at Forest Cemetery referenced with Knights and Legion
The Memorial Day service at Forest Cemetery honored David S. Simpson with a grave ceremony by the Knights of Pythias and Legion. Floral tributes followed as graves of other departed brothers were decorated. In politics, a new gasoline tax reallocation bill aims to relieve real estate and personal property taxes and distribute three of six cents to counties by population area and county bond contributions, with Lake County expected to gain about 209000. The measure, backed by Senators Butler and Hodges and Governor approval, is seen as key to ending the extra session stalemate and may be the only major action pending.
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Forest Cemetery
Knights of Pythias
Legion
David S. Simpson
State Senate
Butler
Hodges
State Road Department
State
Lake County
Epworth League Wins District Honors at DeLand Meeting
Mount Dora Epworth League led by Frances Elder captured the districts pennant for largest attendance at the DeLand district meeting. Delegates from fifteen cities including Daytona Beach DeLand and Eustis attended the event with singing recitations and a DeLand Ladies Aid supper. Next district meeting set for Daytona Beach.
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Mount Dora
Frances Elder
DeLand
Frances
Lake Worth
Bob Dickson
Daytona Beach
Palms Planted Along Mount Dora Parkway
Palm installation adds beauty to the Mount Dora business district along Donnelly and Fourth avenues. Five palms were set this week by Mr Rehbaum on the Fourth avenue side, enhancing the well kept lawn and parkway of the hardware company buildings and undertaking rooms.
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Mount Dora
Death of Mortimer Schiff Leaders Boy Scouts
Messages of condolence surged from across the United States and abroad after Mortimer L. Schiff president of the Boy Scouts of America died of heart disease at his Oyster Bay home. He was fifty four and a charter member of the National Executive Board and a founder of the movement.
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Boy Scouts of America
New York
United States
Mortimer’ L. Schiff
Oyster Bay
Schiff
Boy Scout Movement
Mortimer S. Schiff
Boy Scouts An
Mount Dera Faces Tavares at Heim Field on Monday
Mount Dera meets Tavares at Heim Field Monday afternoon at 5:00 instead of the usual 4:00. Be there for the game.
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Dera
Tavares
Heim Field
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Child Welfare
Mount Dora Boys
Robert Watson Dickson
Dorans
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Morris
J. Brand Pson
Carter
Aatansedecsierrs
Stevenson
Papeeeerebes
Barksdale
P — Carter
Rock Garden
Marshall . Neil
Epworth
BOY Scouts
Mount Dora Hospital
Fourth Avenue
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