Welcome Word Brings Freedom to Mount Dora New Americans
Vladimir and Anna Protopopov, Russian émigrés, attend a Mount Dora Methodist service as the town’s New Americans begin rehabilitation. They, and their two sons displaced by the Soviet regime, receive warm welcomes, clothing, and aid from the church and local volunteers. Vladimir starts work at Duda farms in Zellwood as they rebuild life in America.
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Vladimir
Anna Protopopov
Protopopovs
Anna
Knorrs
Zellwood
Russia
Vladimir Protopopov
Louis Kubicheck
Mount Dora
America
Protopopov
Germany
Kubicheck
Jeanne Marie Blackburn
Robert M. Blackburn
First Methodist
Karl Knorr
John Willmott
Marjorie Arrowsmith
O. H. Conway
Minute Maid Reports 1951 Six Month Profit Rise
Minute Maid Corp and its subsidiary Minute Maid Groves Corp announce unaudited six month results ending Oct 31 1951 with earnings of 61 cents a share on 835 131 shares and net profit of 606 118 after a 640 000 tax provision Sales rose 37 percent to 13 530 000 from 9 857 000 a year earlier. The firm notes seasonal business and expects second half performance to influence full year earnings while orange prices fell from 2 73 to 2 15 per box.
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Minute Maid Corp
Minute Maid Groves Corp
Ie Company
John M. Fox
Minute Maid
Florida
Fox
Egg handling tips from County Agent Norris
County Agent R E Norris warns that eggs spoil quickly in heat and should be collected often and stored in a cool place. He notes non fertile eggs keep longer than fertile ones and that keeping a rooster has little value unless eggs are for hatching.
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R. E. Norris
Norris
Salt Springs Waters Claimed to Heal Ailments in Florida
J G Porter of Eustis says a Salt Springs cure saved his life at age 54 after heart trouble high blood pressure and artery hardening. He drank and bathed in the mineral rich water beginning in 1935 and within weeks reduced medicine use and lowered blood pressure by 40 points. The Florida Geographical Survey lists the springs as the state’s highest mineral concentration 5850 per million with nine springs flowing 52 million gallons daily. The doctor who reviewed Porter's case noted many conditions the water could cure and even suggested a liquid diet to prevent goiter.
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J. G. Porter
Eustis
South Carolina
Porter
Salt Springs
Lake George
Florida
United States
America
Braden
Jowery
Super Market Construction Now Under Way
Ground broken for a modern supermarket in Mount Dora on Donnelly and Third Street Simpson lot. Howard Simpson of Simpson Fruit Co builds for Economy Market chain, expanding to a seventh Florida store with 50 feet frontage and 90 feet depth.
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Mount Dora
Donnelly and
Third St
Simpson Lot
Howard Simpson
Simpson Fruit Co
Economy Market Chain
Florida
Donnelly St
Economy Enterprise
Simpson
Night Bloom Lovers Invited to Annual Cereus Show
Mrs. Florence B Hanscom invites cereus lovers to view her famed night blooming vine at her home tonight Friday or Saturday evenings. The plant will be in bloom with a Friday climax expected. Visitors are asked to bring a flashlight to see the white blossoms shimmering in moonlight around 9 p.m.
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Florence B. Hanscom
Baby Born While Dad Is In Korea
In Waldwick New Jersey Dorothy Peterson Sietsman welcomes a baby daughter born June 14 while her husband Corp R R Sietsman serves in Korea. Dorothy a Mount Dora high school Class of 48 graduate is daughter of Albert and Mrs Peterson of Clayton street. Mrs Peterson helps at the Community building.
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Corp. R. R. Sietsma
Korea
Waldwick
N. J
Doran
Dorothy Peterson
Sietsman
Mount Dora High School
Albert Peterson
Clayton St
Peterson
Lake County Journeys with Forrest Braden
In a Belmont Heights report, Forrest Braden, then morale officer at Camp Zachary Taylor, meets Gen. Charles Summerall and Louisville leaders. The piece tracks Braden’s 1922 swearing in as police chief and his clash with Prohibition era corruption and entrenched political machines.
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Forest Braden
Zachary Taylor
Louisville
Lake County
Charles Summerall
Braden
General Summerall
Citadel Military Academy
Charleston
S. C
Camp Taylor
Braden Clean-Up Faces Prohibition Raid Fallout
The text recalls Col. Forrest Braden and a federal raid aided by local police, followed by a G.O.P. saloon raid in Louisville. It notes editorial shifts as Braden arrests a party violator, challenging alleged invisible government and urging officials to fear consequences for protecting offenders.
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Louisville
G.O.P
Braden
Citrus Mutual in Spotlight Amid Price War, Kiwanis Talk Set
The Florida Citrus Mutual price war with canners and concentrators takes center stage as Morris Nelms will address the Kiwanis Club June 28 on Citrus Mutual's role. The Lakeland cooperative unveiled a new building and aims to stabilize grower returns in the expanding citrus industry.
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Florida Citrus Mutual
Kiwanis Club
Morris Nelms
Citrus Mutual
Lakeland
Lake County
Lacy G. Thomas
Groveland
Vernon L. Conner
Lake Jem
Herlong Intercedes For Dick Dufour
Lieut Dick Dufour wins an extended departure from Fort Bragg to Germany to allow his newborn child to be seen before his deployment. Congressman Syd Herlong Jr helped adjust his sailing date from July 1 to July 23, with a leave around the July 11 baby arrival. He is a World War II combat veteran and is married to June Fenn daughter of Dr and Mrs H T Fenn.
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Dick Dufour
United Army of Europe
Mount Dora
Fort Bragg
N. C
Germany
Dufour
Lieut
Syd Herlong
Lake County
House of Representatives
June Fenn
H. T. Fenn
Seven VPs who became president by death
The list cites Tyler Fillmore Johnson Arthur Theodore Roosevelt Coolidge and Truman as vice presidents who assumed the presidency due to the death of the sitting president.
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Tyler
Fillmore
Johnson
Arthur
Theodore Roosevelt
Coolidge
Truman
Sign Designates Garden Center Site in Mount Dora
The Lakes and Hills Garden club designates a possible Mount Dora garden center site with plans on hold until fall. President Mrs Slater Cox says the club will defer decisions until the September meeting while members may plant may lilies on their lawns for a horticulture project next year.
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Mount Dora
Lakes and Hills
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Dora
Mrs. Protopopov
Ocala National Forest
Inverness
Tavares
Winter Garden
Apopka
Umatilla
Ocala
B. W. Jones
Virginia Beach
Jones
Presbyterian Church
Frank Costine
Bulwer-Lytton
Forrest Braden
Belmont’ Heights
Louisville Courier- Journal
Searcy
City Hall
Colonel Braden
Courier-Journal
Col
Nelms
Commission
Civic Club
Lloyd Hoover Galiher
Leesburg
Galiher
Donnelly Park
Art League
Frank Burkart
Park Board
Lake Dora
Charles J. Brown
The
Slater Cox
Garden Club
Planning Commission
City Council
Gilbert Park
D. Fletcher Crane
Herlong
Garden Center
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