Death Takes T. H. Hurlburt
Last rites will be held in Orlando at 4 p.m. today for Thomas H. Hurlburt 84 father of G. B. Hurlburt manager of the Mount Dora Growers Co op and Mrs. A. T. MacKay Orlando president of the State Federation of Women's clubs He died Tuesday at his son's home in Tangerine formerly in the antique business in Orlando Funeral services are at St. Luke's Cathedral and burial in Greenwood cemetery He leaves a grandson Thomas D. Hurlburt and a great grandson Tommy.
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Orlando
Thomas H. Hurlburt
G. B. Hurlburt
Mount Dora Growers Co-op
A. T. MacKay
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Hurlburt
Central Florida
Tangerine
St. Luke’s Cathedral
Greenwood Cemetery
Thomas D. Hurlburt
Tommy
Vacuum Foods Plans Expansion and New Plant Opening
Vacuum Foods Corp of Plymouth will raise Minute Maid frozen citrus concentrate output by over 50 percent with converting dehydrators to concentrators. A new Leesburg plant is slated to open about March 15. Completion of the Plymouth conversion is expected by week’s end as the firm handles more than 10,000 field boxes of oranges daily.
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Vacuum Foods Corp
Plymouth
Leesburg
Mr. Schuckert Dies In Cairo
Fred Schuckert longtime movie house owner dies after long illness in Cairo Michigan at age 79. He wintered in Mount Dora Florida with wife and family and celebrated a 55th wedding anniversary at the Mount Dora hotel. Funeral held in Cairo with widow Isabella and daughter Mrs Albert Benter of Detroit and son Harold.
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Fred Schuckert
Florida
Mr. Schuckert
Cairo
Mich
Mount Dora
Harold
Riley’s
Isabella
Schuckert
Albert Benter
Detroit
Mount Dora Fire Chief Seeks Paid Volunteer Force Boost
Fire Chief Ernie Mosteller urged Mount Dora City Council to raise pay for volunteers and expand the fire force. He proposed $4 per hour for the first two hours of a standard call, $2 more per hour on duty, plus annual dues for state and county fire associations. He also asked for $2 per hour for grass fires and $2 per drill pay, aiming for a 20 member team. council quickly approved the measure.
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Ernie Mosteller
Mosteller
Mount Dora
Fire Department
Lake County Fireman’s Association
Florida Firemen’s Association
Council
Orchid experiments and garden notes from Florida gardens
Garden notes discuss rare orchids especially Odontoglossum grown at high altitude. Dr. Fairburn of McKee Jungle Garden reveals de air conditioning efforts and successful showings in Miami, Tampa, and upcoming Orlando Fair. Orchid and African Violet care tips are given with timing reminders and watering guidance.
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South America
Florida
David C. Fairburn
Miami
Tampa
Fairburn
Vero Beach
Orlando
Meade Gardens
Winter Park
Zellwood
Beasley Vincent
Orlando Garden Club
Eustis
Religious services and events in East Town community
The report highlights St John Primitive Baptist Church worship with Rev Awars and an ordination of Rev Everett by Rev Thurman from Daytona Beach. It notes a strong service at F M Church, Civilian Gospel Singers of Orlando, and Women’s Home Mission Society meeting at St Mary M B Church with Elvira Jackson. May events include state convention in Tampa and May reports, choir contest at St Mary and Ocala's Rev Butler.
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St. John Primitive Baptist Church
Awars
Cohen
O. V. Thurman
Daytona Beach
Fla
Everett
St. John
Thurman
F.M. Church
Civilian
Gospel Singers
Orlando
Women’s Home Mission Society of St. Mary M.B
Elvira Jackson
Cora. Wilkerson
St. Mary
Butler
Ocala
Pallbearer’s Society
Julia Page
Tallahassee
Viola Cromatie
Carolyn Vickers
Julia Thomas
Julia
T. M. Thomas
Maude Lantry Sends Weather Column To California Fan
Maude Lantry, featured in Personalities Around Mount Dora, mails the weather column to a friend in Altadena California. The envelope later yields a photo labeled Wintering in California showing a snow covered home and rolling lawns.
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Maude Lantry
Mount Dora
California
Dora Townsend
Altadena
Calif
Los Angeles
Albert A. Hall Dies In Orlando
Mount Dora friends learn of Albert A. Hall’s death in Orlando last week at age 92. Funeral services were held Friday at his Barrington New Hampshire home. A former real estate agent and farm implement dealer, Hall spent several winters in Mount Dora and leaves two daughters Olive Hall and Irene M. Hall and a sister Mrs. Frank E. Whitney.
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Mount Dora
Albert A. Hall
Orlando
Barrington
N. H
New Hampshire
Hall
Olive Hall
Irene M. Hall
Medford
Mass
Frank E. Whitney
Rochester
Movie Gardens Opens in Lake County as Outdoor Theatre debut
Lake County observers celebrate a new outdoor movie venue named Movie Gardens in an orange grove near Mount Dora and Eustis. The facility, designed to accommodate hundreds of cars, operates under Golden Triangle Enterprises led by E J Wirfs Tony Hossler and the Austins of Eustis Umatilla and nearby.
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Lake County
Flora “Movie Gardens
Outogy
Orange Grove
Mount Dora-Eustiard
Golden Triangle
Ad Golden Triangle Enterprises
E J. Wirfs
Tony Hossler
Eustis
W. F. Austin, Sr
W. F. Austin, Jr
E. A. Austin
Umatilla
Quotation from Colton Reflects on Sin and Amendment
The fragment records a quotation attributed to Colton about sin and amendment. It notes a character named Weller and questions whether coming from the north changes the situation. The tone implies moral reflection on sufficient sorrow and true change.
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Colton
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Clayton ST
North
Sean
Rochefoucau
Josephine Sadler Simpson
East Town
William Weller
Akron
Sylvan Shores
Orange Blossom Trail
Weller
Jersey
Sunset Valley Dairy
Parker Bros
Rhonda
Orlando Ave
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Brandy-Gudgeon Electric CO
Highland
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