Shuffleboard Showdown Sparks Reds and Blacks Tie Night
Captain Meade’s Red team and Captain Peterman’s Blacks battled to a 12–12 tie across eight boards with 24 75 point games. Welden Weidner and Jimmy Hughes led Reds with 223, Tom Hunter and Ed Smart led Blacks with 210. Reds won an extra game to finish 13–12 as a lively club dinner followed.
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J. W. Willmott
Meade
Peterman
Blacks
Welden Weidner
Jimmy Hughes
Reds
Tom Hunter
Ed Smart
Ais
Eustis
Charles Lape
Sid Basher
Blac
Tom Carroll
Henry Presher
Tremain Realty Co
Mount Dora
Community church notices and upcoming events in East Town
Church services across Bethel F M Mt Olive A M E St John PB and Triumph Brotherhood were praised for strong sermons. St Marys M B invites a July third Sunday spiritual feast with multiple sermons singing and park refreshments. General Loving Home band association meets Thursday at 5 pm with Rev Jorden preaching. Susie Jones improving. Mortimer Smith reflects on education shaping adaptable, humane professionals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel F.M
Mt. Olive
A.M.E
St. John PB
Triumph Brotherhood
McNair
W. J. Richardson
W. M. Newman
Interdenominational Union Council
St. John
St. Marys M. B
General Loving Home Band Association
Jorden
Susie Jones
T. M. Thomas
Stay Indoors If Lightning Seeks You
County Agent R E Bob Norris shares lightning safety tips citing Prof Frazier Rogers of the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station. He urges staying indoors during storms, avoiding metal objects, and seeking shelter in protected buildings or dense woods while warning against exposed sites and open boats.
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R. E
Bob” Norris
Frazier Rogers
Agricultural Engineering Department
Florida Agricultural Experiment Station
Norris
Library Adds Eighteen New Adult Books in May
Mount Dora Public Library expanded May holdings with eighteen new titles. Notables include The City Boy by Herman Wouk The Night Watch by Thomas Walsh and Elizabeth the Queen by Marion Crawford among others.
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Mount Dora
Paul Chavchavadze
Long Green
Bart Spicer
The
Night Watch
Thomas Walsh
Mary Roberts Rinehart
James Ramsey Uillman
Herman Wouk
Agnes Sligh Turnbull
the Ripper
Rawhide
Dan Cushman
Josephine Lawrence
Adam Wyngate
Mary O'Hara
Leslie Turner . White
Monks In Armour
Gladys’ H
Barr
Dr. Carlisle
Elizabeth Seifert
John Masters
William Colt MacDonald
Vaughan Wilkins
William P. McGivern
Elizabeth the Queen
Marion Crawford
Bathing Beauties Rally In Mount Dora Ad Stunt
New Smyrna Beach advertising stunt brings bathing beauties by convertibles to Mount Dora to boost summer tourism. They meet downtown merchants, dine with Mount Dora Chamber officials at the Community building, and push for Mayor Lou L Heaton as their greeter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
New Smyrna Beach
Lou L. Heaton
New Smyrna
War is hell says Sherman in stark antiwar quote
The famed Union general William Tecumseh Sherman declares war to be hell and condemns its glory, noting that only those without battlefield experience demand more vengeance and devastation.
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William Tecumseh Sherman
Lawn Bowling club plans long term permanent improvements
Carl Fuller reports the Lawn Bowling club and Mount Dora Town Park Board are pursuing a multi year program to permanently improve grounds and rinks. Funds will be prioritized for permanent work, with projects including reconditioned courts, rebuilt trellis, a new steel fence, and future additions such as a north side trellis, retaining wall, and storage pits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breck
Carl Fuller
Town Park Board
Club Board of Governors
Mount Dora
Park Board
Florida
Painter’s Florida venture after Cedar Key life
The article traces Mrs. Woodman’s shift from leather work to painting after marrying Paul Woodman in 1949 and moving to Cedar Key Florida. She built a fishing camp with help from her sons to support her art, until Paul’s heart attack triggered a devastating personal and professional strain. The narrative continues next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Paul Woodman
Cedar Key
Gulf
Cape
Mount Dora Flower Display At First National Bank
Mount Dora residents visiting the First National Bank saw a flower display by the Men's Garden Club. An accompanying card announced the club's 8 o'clock meeting that evening, with monthly displays tied to regular meetings. June committee members included E. A. Nimicht, Jack Pease and Ralph Sargent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
First National Bank
E. A. Nimnicht
Jack Pease
Ralph Sargent
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East Town
Mortimer Smith
Wise Boat Works Sales and Service
J. G. Ray, JR
Jersey
Sunset Valley Dairy
Parker Bros
Owen Meredith
Ing
Sir Humphrey Davy
Miner’s Sunoco Station
MT. Dora, Fla
N. Donnelly
Philadelphia
Kraft's
Calif
U. S
Lye Box
Dixiana
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