Deer Island Develops As Miami Beach Investor Moves In
Deer Island near Mount Dora, with four and a half miles of Lake Dora frontage, is set for development after Donald Badge Mead of Miami Beach bought the 450 acres for $33,000 last week. Bulldozers begin clearing a right of way through scrub land to bring materials in and plans include Mead building a home and a tenant cottage with work starting in September under J. G. Ray Jr.
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Deer Island
Lake Dora
Mount Dora
Donald Badge Mead
Miami Beach
Deer Island Corp
Richard Edgerton
Lakeside Inn
David Russell
Charles Willis
Bank of Clere
Tom McKinney
Circle M Ranch
Lake Jem Rd
Mead
J. G. Ray, Jr
Louis Tremain
Florida
Palm Island
Carter Escapes 10 Day Sentence In County Case
Leonard Carter of Lakeland, a citrus grower and hotel man, is found not guilty on a charge of permitting an unauthorized driver. The six jurors clear him after two hours of deliberation, freeing him from a 10 day county jail sentence imposed last February.
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Leonard Carter
Lakeland
Oliver Williams
W. Troy Hall, Jr
Cy Willard
Lake County
Carter
Hall
L. D. Oxford
Harry Johnson
Tavares
Zera Giles
Williams
Glittering Diamonds Drama Shocks Lake Countian Hoax
Lake County authorities probe a strange case involving a man who spoke of valuable diamonds and costly furniture in a hotel room scheme. He allegedly wrote checks for up to $50,000 and planned a final transfer in South Carolina, while crooks chanted a paste stone ruse.
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Lake Countian
Lake County
Sherlock Holmes
United States
Take Countian
Countian
Express
South Carolina
Honestly Free Item At A Grocery Store Remark
A fragment notes a free item promotion at a grocery store, mentioning Mount Dora and a store perhaps named Pigely W. text is unclear and garbled but signals a sales gimmick offering a free item.
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Crs
Mount Dora
Ieee
Cata
Pigely
Sudden Death Claims Little Tangerine Boy
Bruce Suber, three, son of Mr and Mrs Carl Suber and grandson of Mr and Mrs Howard Chamberlain of Tangerine, died Sunday afternoon after a rapid illness. A cold preceding collapse paralyzed his breathing. an inhalator failed to help. Funeral services were held Tuesday at First Methodist Church with Rev Robert M Blackburn officiating. Burial followed at Tangerine cemetery.
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Bruce Carlton Suber
Carl Suber
Howard Chamberlain
Bobby
George Suber
Quincy, Fla
First Methodist Church
Robert M. Blackburn
Tangerine Cemetery
Rehbaum Co
Mrs. Agnes K. Cameron dies after long illness in Florida
Mrs. Agnes K. Cameron, 64, died last week at Eustis Waterman Memorial Hospital after a long illness. A winter resident of Mount Dora for 15 years, she leaves husband Andrew J. Cameron two daughters Ethel Van Inwegen and Helen McBride and a sister Louise King. Funeral services were held in Rutherford and Mount Dora.
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Rutherford
N. J
Agnes K. Cameron
Eustis Waterman Memorial Hospital
Cameron
Mount Dora
Andrew J. Cameron
Ethel van Inwegen
Union
Helen McBride
Montville
Louise King
Edinbo
Scotland
Episcopal Church
Eastern Star
Rehbaum Chapel
Wiser Than You Think at Gertrude Beach
A photo shows seven year old Barbara Atwood in Lake Gertrude while Barbara Siess and Anita Stedrowsky sit on the dock as a hot day draws crowds to the new Lions club swimming beach at Gertrude. The caption notes wisdom of youth and hints at future summers for Barbara Liess and Barbara Stedrowsky.
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Little Barbara Atwood
Lake Gertrude
Barbara Siess
Anita Stedrowsky
Barbara
Miss Liess
Miss Stedronsky
Lions Club
Gertrude
Empire State Of Pancakes At Scout Jamboree
Eleven Mount Dora boys head to the 40th annual Boy Scout Jamboree at Valley Forge to join a Lake County delegation expected to total about 50,000 scouts. Their encampment will feature colored tents, Spanish moss decorations, live palmettos and pines, and tropical plants, creating a distinctive display.
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Mount Dora
Empire State Building
Valley Forge
New York
Lake County
Mount Dora Scouts Prepare for Valley Forge Jamboree
Mount Dora Boy Scouts stage a camping exhibition in Donnelly Park featuring 55 Buick cars and homemade tents. About 47 000 Scouts are bound for Valley Forge for the 40th jamboree with Richard Beebe Jackie Hutchinson and others among the campers. Scoutmaster Bob Goodman leads the group departing Monday for Orlando then Jacksonville to reach Valley Forge three days before opening when Truman is expected to attend. They plan several days of camping maneuvers before returning July 8.
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Mount Dora
Boy
Donnelly Park
Valley Forge
Flint
Mich
Buick
Richard Beebe
Jackie Hutchinson
Buster
Charles Brown
Jeff Ray
Charles Norton
al Rehbaum, III
Tryone Parker
George Cox
Walter TeStrake
Jerry Dake
Bob Goodman
D. Fletcher Crane
Callie Halliday
Joe Tucker
Lake County
Orlando
Jacksonville
Truman
Floyd M Irvin champions world peace and tax protest
Lake County profile Floyd M Irvin of Eustis advocates active peace work. He withheld part of his income tax in protest against war prep and calls for UNESCO funding and a future World Federal Government. He urges education, disarmament, and diplomacy with Russia as paths to lasting peace.
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Floyd M. Irvin
Eustis
Lake County
Congress
Unesco
Floyd Irvin
United States of America
Irvin
America
Russia
Irvin advocates broad peace propaganda campaign
Floyd M. Irvin urges a nationwide and international peace drive based on Bible ethics. He proposes a large propaganda effort to convert Americans to peace and to persuade other nations, arguing non violence and selective rhetoric could counter aggression by Russia and others.
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Brethren
U. S
America
Irvin
Floyd Irvin
India
Moonlight Ride Planned by Wesley Fellowship Group
The Wesley Fellowship and the Young Adult class of the Methodist church invite members to a moonlight boat ride and party on Friday June 30. Meeting at the city pier at 7 p.m. provide a festive social event for parishioners and friends.
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Wesley Fellowship
The
Methodist Church
Pineapple Juice May Open New Employment Field
Florida could host pineapple juice concentration as Minute Maid tests Florida grown fruit in Plymouth and Leesburg. A Florida pineapple revival may create year round plants and jobs while Cuba ships the fruit for blending tests. A company rep from Mount Dora oversees the Cuba expedition. no product reached market yet.
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Florida
Lake County
Minute Maid Corp
Plymouth
Cuba
Minute Maid
Leesburg
Joe Melvin
Mount Dora
Mount Dora Beauties Groomed For Spotlight At Cypress Gardens
Rhoda Williams daughter of Mr and Mrs Tom Williams a Mount Dora High School junior has earned recognition in several beauty contests. She is headed to Cypress Gardens by Dick Pope for a possible glamor career after posing for New York photographer ads and taking water skiing lessons. Earlier Mount Dora High senior Lois Driver now Mrs Vernon Jar vis won a Ladies Home Journal cover through a Garden photograph.
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Mount Dora
Rhoda Williams
Tom Williams
Rhoda
Cypress Gardens
Impressario of
Florida
Dick Pope
Mount Dora High School
New York
Lois Driver
Vernon Jarvis
Ladies Home Journal
Tennis Stars Add To Fame Mount Dora Duo Triumphs
Mount Dora's tennis club shines as Charles Norris and Tom Williams defeat Fred Tilden and Al Crutchfield 6-4 4-6 6-3 at Tildenville amid heat. Norris, Mount Dora men's champion, controlled play with precise placement while Crutchfield, Texas native, brings fast serve and West touring experience.
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Mount Dora
Florida
Charles Norris
Tom Williams
Fred Tilden
al Crutchfield
Tildenville
Norris
Dora
Crutchfield
Texas
West
Eustis Man Fined On Driving Charge
A Eustis man was fined 100 dollars for reckless driving in Mayor D. Fletcher Crane's court. He skidded on Route 441 overpass at Dora's south city limits and crashed into a tree. His license was revoked 90 days with work-only driving privileges.
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Eustis
D. Fletcher Crane
Dora
Packers Near Season's End
Lake county packing houses close or shut down by July 1 as the season ends for Valencia oranges and Marsh Seedless grapefruit. G B Crip Hurlburt, Mount Dora Growers Cooperative manager, says some packers hold back to race late markets with strong prices. Oranges stay near last year’s levels while crop remaining on trees is uncertain despite Florida Citrus Mutual surveys.
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Lake County
G. B. “Crip” Hurlburt
Mount Dora
Florida Citrus Mutual
Death mars happy day for Churches in Florida home move
The moving day for Mr. and Mrs. George D. Church in Florida was shattered when Harold E. Mitchell 48 a Kut attorney and Republican National Committeeman was found dead in a Hartford home from acute congestive heart failure Mrs Church and Beth left for Hartford Monday and Mr Church followed by train Tuesday
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George D. Church
Florida
Beth
West Hartford
Conn
Harold E. Mitchell
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Mabel Norris Reese
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Southey
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