Mount Dora to issue bonds for Legion Memorial home
Mount Dora leaders approve a $5,000 bond issue to complete the Legion Memorial home on Highland Avenue. The bonds, retired in 10 years, fund repairs to make the building usable and support the Memorial association as it earns revenue to pay debt. The plan has strong backing from the Legion and the Memorial association.
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Mount Dora
Legion Memorial
Legion
Memorial Association
Highland Av
The
New Yorker Highlights Margaret Rudkin Bread Profile
The New Yorker discusses Margaret Rudkin and her healthful hand kneaded bread made from flour, milk, butter, and honey. It notes Rudkin avoids sliced bread, the prevalence of bleached flour, and the use of Agene for whitening flour, with concerns about dog reactions to the poison-like agent.
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New Yorker
Margaret Rudkin
Clarence McKenzie
Boston
Dora
The
Rudkin
Summertime Weather Tales From Mount Dora and Lake County
A retro slice of Lake County life recounts a wild Thursday storm that whipped sand in orange groves, then a brief drizzle and a sunny rebound. Friday brings soft showers cooling the day, while Saturday features a seaplane ride over Dora and a near full moon guiding garden plans.
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Mount Dora
Lake County
Lamar Silver
Lake Dora
Dora
Bethels
Dan
Esther Bishop
Flying Lesson Over Lake Dora Leaves Learners Thrilled
In a Lake Mirror continuation, learners take control of a seaplane from Lamar. They describe pulling back on the stick, tipping the rudder pedals, and mastering gentle turns. The craft circles Harris then returns to Dora with Lamar calmly guiding the landing.
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Harris
Lake Dora
Dora
Lamar
Lakeside
Fire control unit urged to protect Lake county forests
Editor notes a September forest fire near Mount Dora that burned about 200 acres while residents showed little concern. The piece argues for a Lake county fire control unit to extinguish blazes early and save timber, urging landowners to sign petitions backing a ballot measure.
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Mount Dora
Florida
Lake County
George White
First National Bank
J W Switches To Pharmacy And Hands Doe Surprise Of Life
Mount Dora pharmacist R E Doc Lee receives a life surprise when his nephew James William Shaw walks into the store with a pharmacy degree and state board certificate. Shaw secretly pursued pharmacy at the University of Florida after wartime studies and kept his plans hidden until graduation day.
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J. W
R. E
Doc” Lee
Mount Dora
James William Shaw
University of Florida
Doc
Shaw
Dora
Lee
Quotations on forgiveness and truth from Lavater Emerson Mann
A compact page presents a trio of aphorisms about forgiveness integrity and truth. Lavater notes forgiveness as sublime life experience while Emerson urges personal integrity and self absolution. Mann cautions that truth should be told to those entitled to know it.
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Horace Mann
Weathering the Heat and Storms Over Dora Sorrento Lake
A personal diary notes a Sunday of intense heat and lakeside leisure on the Dora area lake with a later fierce storm moving east toward Sorrento. Through Monday and Tuesday the writer records heat, breezes, a suspected fire on the horizon, and a tentative hope for rainfall as June nears end with only minor rainfall recorded.
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Dora
Sorrento
al Maben
Florida
Apopka
Flame Wine by Helen Topping Miller
Mrs Miller presents the story of Shannon a sensitive young girl who seeks escape as a dancer after leaving her home with a dashing partner promising New York. The tale aims to captivate Mrs Miller’s wide readership through absorbing narrative. Mount Dora Public Library Committee Lavater quote underscores generosity.
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Helen Topping Miller
Mrs. Miller
Shannon
Blade
New York
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Mabel Norris Reese
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Ray Daniels
Office
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Howe
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George
Dawn Ginely
Lavater
Emerson
K. A. Depew Alb CO. Teri
Mount Deia
Mount Dora Public Library Committee
First Federal Savings
Loan Association OF
Eustis
Magnolia Ave
Eustis, Florida
Florida Power Corporation
Beauty
Ventnor
Ins
Fulerbert
Zéuast
Robert Hutton
Reynolds
Ann Sothern
Sarall
Tarzan
Johnny Weissmuller
Wyoming
Peggy Cummins
Charles Coburn
Lloyd Nolan
Robert Arthur
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