Inland Florida waterway cruise recalls Indian lore
A Florida inland waterway voyage from Mount Dora to Silver Springs aboard the Silver Spray chronicles ancient cypress, moss, and wildlife along Dora Canal Lake Eustis and Haynes Creek. The guide notes a 700 800 year old tree, gnarled knees, and diverse birds, ending at Stark’s ferry with next week’s alligator and monkey note. The piece reflects 1947 travel writing by Mabel Norris Reese.
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Florida
Mount Dora
Silver Springs
Silver Spray
Curtis Wise
Wise Boat Works
Lake Dora
Bill” Holler
Dora Canal
Curt
Lake Eustis
Eustis
Lakera
Haynes Creek
Wise
Miami
Catfish
Griffin
Stark’s Ferry
Ocklawaha
Mabel’ Norris. Reese
Silver River
St. Johns River
Lake County Residents Buy E Bonds and E F G Bonds Totals
During May Lake county residents purchased a total of 50906 in E bonds and a total of 83986 in E F and G bonds.
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Lake
Lake County
Mount Dora School Lighting Plan Seeks 40-Watt Series
Dr. Louis J. Colman proposes a full lighting upgrade at Mount Dora School to meet minimum standards, including 40 watt fixtures per room, auto lighting control, germicidal lamps, green chalkboards, white ceilings, light green walls, and natural wood desks and floors. The Lions Club supports the plan with new leadership.
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Mount Dora
R. C. Bardwell
Lions Club
al Rehbaum, Jr
Bardwell
Colman
National Education Association
Tosg
Lake Citrus Brand Plan Moves Forward in Lake County
Lake County growers and packers plan a master brand name for all local fruit to boost prices and reduce duplicative sales. A meeting of growers, packers, and shippers will be convened within two weeks to discuss inviting Central Florida counties to join and to set quality standards.
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Lake County
Florida
Agriculture Committee
Central Florida
California
Thomas
H. C. Brown
Clermont
Orange
Seminole
Marion
Jerry Egan
Win
Wayside Packing Co
Mount Dora
Express Points
Lake
Dodge Taylor
Howey-in-the-Hills
Mount Dora Receives New Lake County Telephone Directory
The Florida Telephone Corporation will deliver today or tomorrow a new Lake County directory for Mount Dora and surrounding towns. It will be alphabetized by town with most numbers corrected and will include a county wide classified directory. An attractive light green volume will list Clermont first and Umatilla last, and a supplementary monthly directory will note number changes due to service line regrouping.
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Mount Dora
Lake County
Florida Telephone Corporation
Eustis
Clermont
Umatilla
Visitors Bring David Sellers Jr to Mount Dora
David Sellers Jr is spending the summer in Mount Dora making it his home while visiting his father D D Sellers at 316 Highland Ave. The arrangement places the younger man in the community for the season.
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Sellers
David Sellers,Jr
Mount Dora
D. D. Sellers
Highland Av
Two Rehbaums of Mount Dora Rivalbearer of Local Tales
An interview mix follows Al and his father Rehbaum, Mount Dora fixtures linked by family and business. The piece recalls Al Rehbaum Jr beaming to potential mayorship, the hardware store history started by his uncle, and a memory of a buggy wheel measuring seven miles, now replaced by faster air travel from Orlando toward Cincinnati.
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Rehbaum
al Rehbaum
Fortner
al Rehbaum, Jr
J. E. Fortner
New York
Mount Dora
Apopka
Einstein
al, Sr
Orlando
Cincinnati
Mount Dora aviation pioneer and family business memory
Al Rehbaum, an Air Patrol instructor during the war, flew over Mount Dora and saw its county’s beauty. He later built a hardware store with his brother, expanded, and later mentored his son who loved tinkering with jalopies and engines.
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Mount Dora
Conner
Cincinnati
al, Jr
Moonlight Adults Only Swim Planned At Lakeside Innpool
The Lake County Red Cross under W. J. Barker opens a summer program at Lakeside Innpool with morning lessons for all levels and afternoons for all ages. If demand grows, evenings will be opened to adults with lighting and lifeguard supervision. Public registration is at the Chamber of Commerce.
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Lakeside Innpool
W. J. Barker
Lake County
American Red Cross
Barker
Chamber of Commerce
Centenarian Beasley Dies in Tangerine at 99
John Edmund Beasley of Tangerine died at Waterman Memorial hospital in Eustis last Friday just before his 100th birthday. Believed oldest resident in the area, he lived in Tangerine ten years and was born in Charlton County Georgia. He is survived by his widow, four daughters Ida Peacock Tampa W M Owens Orlando H M Hunt Kingsport Tenn and Thomas Tinsley Winter Haven and four sons Benjamin Tangerine John Jr Ernest E Howey Hills Harold Orlando. Burial followed a Sunday service at the Church of Forest Cemetery.
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John Edmund Beasley
Tangerine
Beasley
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Eustis
Charlton County
Florida
Ida. Peacock
Tampa
W. M. Owens
Orlando
Air Conditioning Exams In Orlando Army Base
Open examinations for air conditioning and refrigeration service positions at Orlando Army Air Base will be held soon. The rate is 1.18 to 1.44 dollars per hour. Applicants may apply at the local post office or at the Board of Civil Service Examiners, 14th Air Force, Orlando Army Air Base.
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Orlando Army Air Base
Orlando
Board of Civil Service Examiners
14Th Air Force
Editor Note on Missing International Sunday School Lesson
Our paper’s suppliers failed to include the International Sunday School Lesson in the Topic’s ready print. A letter was received assuring it would be provided in upcoming issues.
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Osceola
Crooked River
Dora School
Lake Citrus
Mary True
True
Donnelly St
Miss True
Rowena Dooley
C. C. Dooley
Carrie True
Gertrude Thorne
Russell True
Dooley
Jesse
Leesburg
Stella King
Harold Scott
Lacy G. Thomas
Mabel Norris Reese
The
Rehbaum — Funeral Home
al Rehbaum, Sr
Rehbaum Hardware Co
Mount Dora High School
Georgia Tech
William
Fourth and
Donnelly
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