Shuffleboard Scores and Socials Stir Local Clubroom Play
Local shuffleboard happenings report a lively week with forty Black players and twenty four Red players in various contests. Highlights include high Black wins by Mrs. Prentice and Woodruff Harrison, and a dramatic 100 to 93 finish by Black over Red. The Lake County inter-city contest at Eustis drew 34 teams with Deering Burress and Hall Neilson among top finishers. A Saturday Red and Black round saw moisture dampen the courts as showers paused play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Meade
Blacks
Reds
Harry Prentice
Woodruff Harrison
Bob Mills
Fred Place
Manson Miller
Anna Burress
Edward
Chicago
Florida
Lake County
Eustis
Edith Deering
Lena Gibbs
Ray Dooley
Walter Hall
Rayne
Cc. B. Peterman
Tom Hunter
H. W. Kuhlman
A. R. Kinsey
Deering-Burress
Limpert-Limpert
Hall-Neilson
Hedges-Braden
Kuhlman
Earl Dodd
A. E. Young
W. A. Conrad
Memories in a Back-Bedroom Keepsake Room
A girl reflects on a three year accumulation of keepsakes in her small blue back-bedroom. Each item from Girl State to prom decorations, photos, a corsage, and mementos ties to a memory, while she anticipates leaving for college and wonders if the room will stay the same.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clementine
Florida Agriculture Amendment Extends Import Rules
Herlong reports that a Senate Agriculture Committee amendment would require imported fruits and vegetables to meet same grade and quality rules as domestic produce. The measure aims to protect Florida growers, especially grapefruit, from inferior foreign fruit entering U.S. markets. The amendment was initially limited to Florida but was tentatively expanded for general application. The committee also works on Department appropriations and the farm bill amid Capitol Hill delays. 4-H club delegates attended the annual Camp event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
Department
Committee On Agriculture
Florida
Secretary of Agriculture
Cuba
Isle of Pines
United States
Religious Service at St Mary M B Church
A Sunday service at St Mary M B Church featured Deacon Joseph Bowls opening Sunday School at 9 45 with teachers leading classes for 30 minutes Rev G L Moore, brother of a recently deceased member, spoke on the lesson in Philadelphia and Rev Russell delivered a strong sermon. Afterward some members visited hospitalized Ossie Russell known as Coot after a vehicle wreck at Breezy Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary M.B
Joseph Bowls
G. L. Moore
Joseph Moore
Eustis
Ossie Russell
Coot
Enforcement Group To Meet at Lakeside
Florida Sheriff's Association to install new officers at the Winter meeting in Mount Dora. Broward Coker Sebring will be president with Otho Edwards Quincy first vice president Bill Revels Palatka second vice president Don McLeod Ocala secretary and John Hall Green Cove Springs treasurer Willis McCall retiring president. Lakeside Inn hosts January 11 and 12.
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Florida Sheriff's Association
Mount Dora
Broward Coker
Sebring
Otho Edwards
Quincy
Bill Revels
Palatka
Don McLeod
Ocala
John Hall
Green Cove Springs
Willis McCall
Lakeside Inn
Finding Source Of TB Infection Toughest Task
In 1953 54 Lake County TB and Health association folder notes progress against tuberculosis while stressing ongoing fight. The 1954 55 program and financials detail Christmas Seal driven efforts, with Roy Christopher as local Christmas Seal sale chairman and funds shared with state and national TB groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slater Cox
Lake County TB and Health Association
Tavares
Lake County Association
National Tuberculosis Association
Association
Atte
Florida Tuberculosis and Health Association
National Association For Research
Lake County
Medical and Associated Professions
Roy Christopher
Preacher Leads Devotion Then Sermon on Move to Eternal
The report notes an 8 o'clock devotion with a 15 minute choir rehearsal. Rev. Moore preached after Rev. Russell introduced him, selecting a tevt about earthly houses and eternal buildings with the subject You got to move. South ministers depart Jacksonville for Birmingham to attend the Sunday School and BTU Congress. Willie Joneses go to Albany for a vacation then return this Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Moore
South
Jacksonville
Birmingham
Ala
BTU Congress
Willie Jones
Albany
T. M. Thomas
Heredity and Belief Distilled in Father Son Exchange
A historical quip presents heredity as a father’s belief until his son mirrors the folly. The witty line captures intergenerational satire on inherited ideas and behavior.
Baltimore Visit Amid Cool June Nights On the Train
A Floridian writer documents a Maryland press convention week from Baltimore to Gettysburg. Describes muggy heat turning to cool nights, a ride past moonlit ripples, a museum visit at Baltimore and Ohio, a Gettysburg excursion, and plans to travel to Annapolis and Washington for meetings and a President’s dinner.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Hazy Mountains
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
Cumberland Valley
America
Annapolis
New Descriptive Map Folder On Florida Flood Plan
The Corps of Engineers released a color bird's-eye view map folder detailing the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Plan. It replaces the 1951 edition and targets public distribution with statistics and an accessible layman’s summary. Copies available from District Engineer, U S Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, Florida.
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Corps of Engineers
Florida
U. S. Army
Jacksonville
Fla
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Donnelly Park Courts
Orlando
Umatilla
John Bakey
Helen Kelley
Armando Nixon
By Barbara Siess
Girls State
Wise Boat Works
Better Home Store
Highland ST
J. G. Ray, JR
Don Conway
Syd
East Town
Lakeside
Mundell & Hill
Blue
Jersey
Sunset Valley Dairy
Parker Bros
Charlotte
Highland Avenue
Henry Stein
Sylvan Shores Hotel
First Federal Savings & Loan Association OF
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