Mount Dora Bowls Triumph in Close New Smyrna Match and Victory
Fifty Dorans compete at New Smyrna on February 22 with Mount Dora edging the locals 64-61 after a dramatic final end. Clare Trager’s long jack and strategic shots clinch the win while Mount Dora announces officer elections and reports progress on the Frank Taylor clubhouse addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorans
New Smyrna
Johnson
Marsh
Breckenridge
Nelson
Clare Trager
Trager
Mount Dora
George L. Bidwell
Villa Dora
Willard M. Bryant
Fred S. Thompson
Hartford
Frank Taylor
Howard C
Grace) Miller
Ascutney
Vermont
Millers
Alexander St
Bishop Lot
McDonald and
W. 12Th
John H
Marguerite) Chesley
Nottingham
N. H
Chesleys
Mary A. Sanborn
Conservation farming ideas and pond fertilization in Florida
Biologist Howard Bissland from the U S Soil Conservation Service discusses wildlife conservation and the potential use of goldfish as bait. The article notes local ponds in Minneola Groves and Groveland receiving fertilizer and restocking plans, plus farmers receiving soil and water conservation plans and adopting grasses like Pensacola Bahia and hairy indigo on groves and fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Bissland
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Florida
Werner Husmann
Jimmie Fox
Apshawa Groves
Minneola
Soil Conservation District
SCS
J. D. Ogden
Groveland
Mr. Ogden
Gun sale joke yields booming demand ad
Mr. George A. Meinecke recalls advertising a gun for sale last year and attracting far more customers than items. He notes that with more guns he could have started a gun business. The ad is continued for a friend on Page 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Meinecke
Church Membership Prep Classes Begin at First Methodist
The First Methodist church starts preparatory classes for new members led by Rev. Robert Blackburn on Friday March 18 at 3 45 p m The sessions prepare candidates for church membership and will be held at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Robert Blackurn
Webb Ley Leads Mount Dora Golf Victory With 69
Webb Ley fired 33-36-69 to top the Mount Dora Golf Club weekly event, the only sub 70 round with 3 birdies and 13 pars. Vincent and Rice tied for second at 76, with pairings set for club championship semi finals in both top and bottom brackets. Women players are rising as plans for a women’s golf association are discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb Ley
Mount Dora Golf Club
Bob Vincent
Grits Rice
Bob
Grits
Jack Keller
Herman Melling
Vincent Rice
Peter Trenham
Hank Bowdish
Frank Isted
Hal Aitken
H.L. Trenham
Howard Simpson
Walt Patton
Wallace Smith
Bud Marino
Lawrence Stockwell
Jack Groves
Clayton Tremain
Don Bales
Patton
R. L. Maynard
Cleo Wilcox
Hank
Loy
Bill Vincent
Frank Stebbins
Arnold Haynes
Tom Kelly, Sr
Carl Graves
D. H. Moore
Rice
Harold Overhiser
Joe
Pee Wee Haynes
Fritz Paul
Mary Simpson
Midge Patton
Ruth Swift
Betty Bardwell
Lizbeth Davis Remembrance of Florida Family Roots and Loyal Service
Lizbeth Davis, once a London nurse, reared numerous Florida children while living near Tangerine with the Sadler family. Now near 75, she uses canes and recalls Eva Davis Griffen of Winston County Alabama named outstanding for devotion to family church and school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Sadler
Sadler
Florida
Canada
Alfred Davis
Alfred
Elizabeth
Sadlers
Tangerine
Frances
Lizbeth Davis
Eva
Bee
Bob
Chicago
Percy
Navy
Harry Cockerill
Capetown
Africa
Raeky
Griffen Daves
Winston County
Alabama
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Charles. L. Marsh
Olando
Fleming
Swift
Grant
Seiger
Crockett
Bridgman
Parry
Clare J
Grace) Trager
Georgetown
Tremain St
Herbert
Bessie) Dierks
Kansas City
Lakeside Inn
Chesley
Wilmot
Sara-de-Sota
Sarasota
Bradenton
Lakeland
Roland Morse
Daytona
Charles L. Marsh
John Milton
Goodyear
Texaco
Chevrolet
Ford
Olds
Pontiac
Buick
Goodyears All Weather
Larsen’s
Donnelly
Browns Hardware
Paul B. Brown
Frigidaire
Pittsburgh
Builders Hardware Sporting Goods
Eustis, Fla
Make Brown's
Queen Sutley
James H. Sutley
Baptist Church
Youn People
B.T.U
W. E. Keen
W. G. Russell
Harold Larsen
Eugene Sutley
Walter W. Shaffer
James Simpson
Ernest. P. Mosteller
G. T. Walton
Montverde
Claude Mershon
Orlando
Cecil B. Hull
Oakland
Watson
U. S. Army
U. S. Air Force
Army
Air Force
Post Office
Eustis, Florida
Stan Kuznik
Evening Star
F. L. Rose
Tin
Central Waste Material Co
Atlantic and
Kaley Ave
Bimceca
Florida Citrus Commission
Lakeland, Fla
Leonard Barker
Orange Ave
Dibble
TELL
Vaughan
Eustis
Washington & Exeter
Mount Dora US
Sylvan Shores
Yvonne DE Carlo
River Lady
Technicolor
Randolph Scott
Coroners Creek
Three Stooges
Rita Hayworth
Carmen
Red Hot
Glen Ford
Frudy Moore
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