TV writer Bob Wenban eyes exit from TV habit
Mount Dora visitor and ex owner of an apartment house, Bob Wenban, now based in Chicago, supervises a radio show for Adolph Menjou and writes for TV. He admits his long hours and the futile habit of watching programs until nine, hoping for a better one, causing missed meals. He predicts his TV time will end when his aging tube fails. A note mentions Dorans joking about a cleaning bill sent to an Orlando suburb.
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Tv-Itis
Bob Wenban
Mount Dora
John
Ellie Bethel
Wenban
Doran
Chicago
Hollywood
Adolph Menjou
Mr. Wenban
New Smyrna Beach Parade Sparks Local Clash Over Advertising
New Smyrna Beach promoted a beach festival during a Central Florida tour by bathing beauties in convertibles, provoking Winter Park objections to loud speakers and litter. A Smyrna spokesman denied handbill littering as Mrs. Presley Atkins reportedly warned against littering along Donnelly Street. The episode follows a dispute over a cleaning bill and potential affidavits.
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New Smyrna
New Smyrna Beach
Winter Park
Smyrna
Chamber of Commerce
Presley Atkins
Donnelly St
Mount Dora
Faith and sacrifice in a secular age voiced by local reader
A letter reflects deep religious commitment and self denial to follow Jesus Christ. The writer, a Mount Dora native, discusses sacrifice, unity with Christians, and the promise of eternal life, and notes a local student son and a Nigeria pen-pal seeking contact amid regional unrest.
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Jesus Christ
K. M. Jenson
Mount Dora
Marysville College
Marysville
Tenn
Critics call UN budget costs excessive
In 1948, critics complain the United Nations has a high cost while the budget totals 44.2 million dollars funded by 60 nations. The U S share is 15.523 million, roughly one dime per American, with over two thirds of funds spent in the United States due to headquarters here. Ralph Bunche argues for the value of the UN.
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U. S
Village shopkeeper declines ads after eighty years
A solicitor visits a village grocer who boasts eighty years of business without advertising. Curious traveler asks about a hilltop building. the grocer reveals it is the village church, three centuries old, and notes that the bell still rings.
Lake Countian Leads Dance In Florida Aflame
Lake Countian Barton Mumaw will star as the featured dancer in the historical drama Florida Aflame opening at the Lake Wales amphitheatre Saturday June 27. The IceHouse connected dancer toured with National Company for Annie Get Your Gun and performed in Africa. The play recounts Seminole resistance under Osceola in mid 19th century Florida through dialogue music and dance. An author and future Vanderbilt professor John W Caldwell wrote the drama.
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Barton Mumaw
Barton
National
Africa
Florida
Osceola
John W. Caldwell
University of North Carolina
Vanderbilt University
Mumaw
Godfrey Quigley
Dublin
Stevenson Urges Allied Cooperation in NATO Unity
Adlai Stevenson calls for friendly cooperation with NATO and free nations. He emphasizes mutual understanding of burdens and difficulties as embattled freemen unite in common cause against atomic threats. He frames lasting alliance in sickness or danger.
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NATO
Adlai Stevenson
Mutual Sets Up Point Program At Lakeland Meeting
At its annual meeting in Lakeland Florida Citrus Mutual approved a five point plan to boost export coordination, study supply and demand for grapefruit, improve fruit quality, and establish a crop estimating service. Vernon L. Conner Fred Atkinson Alfred McKethan named district directors as over 1200 members heard the outline. Non members faced prices as low as five cents a box while members averaged around 70 cents.
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Lakeland
Florida
Citrus Mutual
Vernon L. Conner
Lake Jem
Lake County
Fred Atkinson
Clermont
Alfred McKethan
Brooksville
State Road Department
Rod Rutledge
Mutual
Lieutenant Colonel Wilfred Arnold Jr Assigned to U S Army Duty
Lieut Col Wilfred Arnold Jr is assigned to duty with the U S Army in Europe from Fort Dix New Jersey. The move was learned by his father in law L G Bennett of Mount Dora this week. Col Arnold had won the Fort Dix Spring Handicap golf tournament last week according to a post announcement.
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Lake County
Yacht Club
W. M. Kennedy
Mount Dora
Jesse W. Hunter
Tavares
Leonard Duncan
The
Lake Abstract and Title Guarantee Co
W. J. Rogers
Bank of Tavares
Kennedy
Harry Johnson
Troy Hall, Jr
Hunter
Duncan
Rogers
Wilfred Arnold, Jr
U. S. Army
Europe
Fort Dix
N. J
L. G. Bennett
Arnold
IceHouse Player Lands Role With Ivoryton Stock
Herman Dykes of Tavares steps up in stock theater joining Ivoryton stock company to star in Mr. Roberts after notable turns in The Hasty Heart Goodbye Again and The Student Prince alongside Vincent Price.
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IceHo
Herman Dykes
Tavares
Ivoryton, Conn
Ivoryton Stock Company
Mr. Roberts
Vincent Price
Schubert
Prince
Washington
Nature's Grand Harmony Inspires Hope and Faith
Quoted words by Mary Baker Eddy evoke human hope and faith aligning with nature, suggesting harmony that resonates in the heart as music even when tones are soft or minor.
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Mary Baker Eddy
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A. P. Sidel
Dick Jensen
St. Petersburg
Methodist Church
St. Petersburg Times
Jesus
God
Mammon
A&m
Highland Avenue
Sylvan Shores
Henry Stein
J. G. Ray, JR
T Dump Truck Service
Mundell & Hill
Charlie
Lagos
Nigeria
West Africa
United States
Joseph Charlie
Broad St
Joe Charlie
Ralph J. Bunche
Orlando
W. Smith Ave
Call
Lake Countian
Jersey
Sunset Valley Dairy
Parker Bros
Don Conway
Mount Dora Florida
Paul W. Turrentine
11Th Ave
Yee
Korea
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