Mount Dora Baseball Club Faces Public Apathy and Struggle
Local observers discuss Mount Dora's baseball team amid scarce city support. Players and fans spent hours sodding a field with donated clay from an out-of-town source, receiving only criticism and no pay, while the team, young and inexperienced, hopes for growth and greater attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Roy
Christopher
Clark
Donnelly
Fifth
Alexander
The
Dorans
Lake Orange
Saturday Evening Ghost Triumphs With Lake County Cast
IceHouse Players present The Saturday Evening Ghost at Mount Dora's Charles Street theatre. Don Bates stars in a dual role with Jack Mixson stepping in as Mr Otis. Susan Odum shines as an ingenue in a plot about a ghost loving a vacationing American girl in a 400 year old English castle. Director Walter Patton receives praise for blending drama and comedy as Frances Lovell anchors Lucretia Otis. Mel Wagner delivers top comic performance as an English peer with monocle and refined bearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IceHouse
Mount Dora
Charles St
Don Bates
Jack Mixson
Eustis
Mr. Otis
Susan Odum
Lake County
Little Theatre
Susan—boys
Jerry Odum
Susan
Walter Patton
Frances Lovell
Lucretia Otis
Marie Flint
Chester Peters
Weathering Lake County Week You and Dora
A Lake County journal chronicles a week of sun and rain from Thursday to Tuesday. The author details warm days, sudden storms, flooding in Eustis, dramatic sunsets across Lake Dora, and a trip to Orlando on the Orange Blossom Trail. The narrative blends outdoor leisure with meteorological notes and daily driving scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora
Lake Dora
Eustis
Florida
Kostis
Lake County
Leesburg
Frank Owens
Orlando
Mount Dora
Kidnapped Airman Missing After Desertion Alarm
Mildred Schubert and her husband Oscar face fear after a phone warning about their son Donald Schubert, PFC, absent without leave since June 16 1949, with family awaiting any message from Mount Dora to Alamogordo New Mexico. W A wires stoke distress as the couple clings to hope and dread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Schubert
Oscar
Baldy
IceHouse Theatre
Pfc
Don Schubert
Western Union
Mildred
Sylvan Shores
Ruby Doster
W. A
Pfc Schubert
Donald
C. O. Holloman
Air Force Base
Alamogordo
N. M
W.A
Mount Dora
Don
New Mexico
Florida
Schuberts
Chattahoochee
Youngsters Shine Behind Critical Footlights
The narrative highlights the energy of Ryman Igon and Chester as they energize the show with pranks and teasing. The piece notes that the youths kept the production alive and, despite first experiences on stage, Chester and Ry demonstrated superior poise and talent under scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryman Igon
Chester
Death of Mrs Jessie M Gall Mother of Mrs Cameron
Mount Dora friends learn of the death of Mrs Jessie M Gall, 90, mother of Mrs Andrew M Cameron, at Bound Brook New Jersey. Mrs Gall was the widow of James Gall, editor and publisher of Gall's Newsletter in Kingston Jamaica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Andrew M. Cameron
Cameron
Jessie M. Gall
Bound Brooks
N. J
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