Mount Dora Lawn Bowling Split Amid Tight League Play
Local bowlers at Deenae on February 21 posted two wins and two losses. Notable results include Marsh’s team beating Stevens 20 18 with Major Marsh’s final bowl, Bridgman’s squad also 20 18, and Skoglund’s group losing 16 19 to Esch. Visitors from Cocoa praised the court and plans for new scoreboards and improvements.
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Deenae
Carles
Arthur Nelson
Arthur Fleming
Skip Charles Marsh
Stevens
Major Marsh
Mount Dora
Frank Bridgman
Ed Blackburne
Harry Swift
Will Breckenridge
Meredith
Skip Breck
Charles Skoglund
John Chesley
Fred Seiger
Skip Lou Heaton
Esch
Standeady
Sarasota
Eardley Wilmot
Verne Martin
Lake Wales
Clearwater
John Trudinner
West Lynn G. E
Polgar Hypnosis Thrills Mount Dora Crowd At Lions Event
Dr Franz Polgar toured Mount Dora for a Lions Club child sight conservation benefit drawing more than 700 attendees. The show featured telepathy and hypnotism with local volunteers such as Paul Snowberger and June Kenyon put into trances. Spectators watched as Snowberger imagined his wife as an old man and endured a warned burn test while audience members aided in a Red Cross fundraiser.
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Franz Polgar
Polgar
Mount Dora
Lions Club
Don Bales
George White
Red Cross Fund
Paul Snowberger
Snowberger
Red Cross
Bales
Mrs. Horsely
Straley
Floyd Risely
Dr. Polgar
June Kenyon
Floyd Risley
Danny Patton
Norman Peters
Max Bulske
Polgar Demonstrates Hypnosis On School Audiences
Polgar hypnotizes Floyd Risley at a matinee and shows Risley and others under a spell during afternoon and evening performances. Subjects react with laughter, disobedience and trancelike effects while Polgar claims hypnosis aids medical science despite few credited practitioners.
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Polgar
Floyd Risley
Risley
Celery Wrapping Idea Spurs New Packaging Venture
John White inspired Zellewood celery growth and RLansbottom presaged a new packaging era. Jerry Hossack devised the picofilm wrapper, tested on Sanford celery, promising cheaper preservation. Production remains limited as each unit is hand built with plans for 150 units in the market.
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John White
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Ransbottom
Sanford
Jerry Hossack
Hossack
Florida
Cub Scout Pack 19 Celebrates 40th Cubing Anniversary
Boys of Pack 19 marked the 40th anniversary of cubbing at the Scout House in Gilbert Park. Den mothers baked a decorated cake, two new members joined, and awards were given: Wolf and service stars, bear badge, gold and silver arrows, den chief’s card, and multiple silver arrows.
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Cub Scout Pack 19
Gilbert Park
Den
Slater Cox
Rew
Robert Sadler
Jackie Hadlock
Bud Merker
Jimmy Malone
Bobby Lafroos
Donald Dake
Shuffleboard League Sees 19 Points Per Night As Teams Vie
The article details weekly shuffleboard play with 18 games per team and 19 points contested each night. It lists standings as of Feb 24 with Jones Rexall Rehbaum Sally Spang and notes Rehbaum's rising to a second place tie. It also covers the death of C H Storr, the Sears Roebuck Dixon Ives tournament in Orlando, and local club entries in singles events.
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ALBA
Orlando
Chamber of Commerce
William H. Thayer
Mount Dora
DeLand
Peabody
Daytona
New Smyrna
Calnepidhae
Ieareusa
Dag Asst Frank
Jones
Rexall
Rehbaum
Sally
Spang
Otel
Green Dragons
C. H. Storr
Simpson Hotel
Frederick
Rehbaum’s
Storr
Civil Service
Naval Department
Sears Roebuck-Dixon Ives
State Shuffleboard Association
Floyd Miller
Rush Boggs
Caroline Towers
C. B. Peterman
Bill Newhall
Henry Barnhart
Fred Place
Local Bowling Scores and Outing Attract Members
Stambaugh leads Blacks with a 242 three game total while Reds team of Uncle Bill Blumenshine and Herb Whitehead posts 256. In the playoff Whitehead and Blumenshine win top money with 113 to 101 over three opponents. Dr Horning reports 264 members as of last Saturday. Included are Mr and Mrs R E Gobble of Bristol Tennessee visiting friends, and Mr and Mrs Ted ReMine, plus Mr and Mrs D C Jay of St Albans Virginia returning for more of that cheerful shuffle.
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Mrs
D. C. Jay
St. Albans
Fashion Show Set at Leesburg Woman's Club
County Home Demonstration department sponsors a 3 30 p m fashion show at the Leesburg Woman's Club directed by Mrs Louise Huston of New York City educational director for the North American Rayon Corp and home demonstration agent Mrs Lucie K Miller announces. Red Cross reports 228 500 people aided in 330 disasters nationwide with 6 574 741 45 spent and 530 killed 4 412 injured 10 200 buildings destroyed and 39 760 damaged. Mount Dora Golf Center offers play with 1 009 holes at 1 50 all day.
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County Home Demonstration Department
Leesburg
Red Cross
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R. C. Bardwell
White
Kiwanians
John Straley
Don Bates
Mrs. Walker Horsely
June
Danny
Floyd
Janice Reid
Norman
Kiwanis Lions
Mount Dora, Fla
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Carbon Chemicals Corporation
GAS Service
Crane Furniture Co
Hanson Gas Service
New York
Illinois
Orida
John Alden
Murray
Sylvan Shores
the Travelers
Hartford
Pfc
L. A. Buzbee
Lawrence A. Buzbee
Ruskin
First Cavalry Division
Camp Drake
Tokyo
Japan
U.S. Army
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