World Day of Prayer highlights humanitarian work among Indians
A Mount Dora World Day of Prayer program featured stories of missionary efforts in America’s Indian communities and across the globe. Speakers described education, literacy projects, and college enrollments in Tokyo and elsewhere, stressing a surge of humanitarian work and a spiritual revival among youth.
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America
Donald Mayette
Mount Dora
Community Church
O. H. Conway
Donald Conway
Conway
Arthur P. Pratt
United States
Lake County Beautification Drive Led by Mrs Cox
Lakes and Hills Garden club president Mrs Cox will head Lake County's share of the statewide beautification program opening March 17 at 10 a.m. on the Tavares courthouse lawn. The committee includes Mrs Simpson Mount Dora director and others from Clermont Eustis Leesburg and Mt Dora, with camellias donated by Fred Mahan. The effort also promotes the Dont Be a Litterbug campaign and opposes roadside sign clutter.
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Slater Cox
Lakes and Hills
Reba Harris
Eustis
W. B. Clements
Leesburg
Herbert Trenham
Tavares
Emory Close
W. F. Robinson
Fred Kreider
Clermont
W. F. Austin
Umatilla
R. E. Nash
Mascotte
Groveland
Charles Brown
Mount Dora
Lakes and Hills Club
Two Dorans Named To Stetson Council
Five Lake county men join a regional council of 100 Florida business and professional leaders to support Stetson University at DeLand. Lake County members include W. E. Heller and George J. White of Mount Dora, C. V. Griffin of Howey in the Hills, J. D. Manly and G. G. Ware of Leesburg. The council is led by Doyle E. Carlton of Tampa, a former Florida governor, and aims to advance the university’s activities.
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Lake
Elderly Vote Share Seen Growing Fast in Nation
Leesburg nurseryman William Geller warned Kiwanians that the population over 65 is rapidly expanding and will create a powerful voting bloc. He urged thoughtful solutions to aging issues, noting migration to Florida and California and the need for accessible housing and phased retirement policies.
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United States
William Geller
Leesburg
Kiwanians
Mount Dora
Clermont
Geller
Clermont Service Club
University of Florida
Townsend
Utopia
California
Florida
Texas
Navy Sailor Turned Restaurateur Builds Florida Home
Narrative traces the life of a veteran who served in World War II and the Pacific theater, returning to civilian life in Florida. He and his wife Helen Turner supported the war effort. she worked in shipyards while he rejoined service briefly before settling as a chef steward then establishing a restaurant between Mount Dora and Tavares. He cherishes the home he built with cement and wood where a cross breeze defines the space, and their two daughters are married to naval men.
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Nova Scotia
New Foundland
South America
Dutch
British Guiana
Sea Bees
Pacific
San Francisco
Helen Turner
Hingham
Mass
Turner
Uncle Sam
Mount Dora Yacht Club
Florida
Mount Dora
Tavares
Aliiniesthe
Turners
Wilfred de- Young
Boston
Richard Shipes, Jr
Personality Members of Mount Dora Art League Attend Gala
Residents of Mount Dora and Eustis enjoyed a gay evening at the Mount Dora Art League annual meeting last Thursday. Edith Fairfax Davenport, president of the Florida Federation of Art, and Constance Ortmayer, Rollins College sculpture professor, led talks.
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Mount Dora
Art Advocates Legislation to Include Curriculum
Miss Edith Fairfax Davenport, president of the Florida Federation of Art, urged Mount Dora schools to legislate art into the curriculum and to serve as a model for town planning. She warned against losing art education and called for youth involvement to sustain the state’s artistic movement. Other organizers and guests celebrated the federation’s early roots and planned cultural promotion.
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Mount Dora
Edith Fairfax Davenport
Florida Federation of Art
Florida
Davenport
Architects Association
Florida Federation
Mount Dora's League
Mount Dora League
Orlando
Gainesville
Jacksonville
Melbourne
Winter Park
Banks versus cold weather risk winter tree care
County Agent R. E. Bob Norris warns that severe cold this winter is unlikely but termites and other pests under banked fruit trees pose a real threat. He advises against leaving young trees banked now to avoid pest damage and disease.
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R. E
Bob” Norris
Mount Dora Police Chief In San Diego
Mount Dora police chief appears in San Diego on official business or training, per regional notices. The exact role or duration remains unspecified in the fragmented report.
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Mount Dora
San Diego
Japan Movies To Be Shown In Mount Dora
A film program on Japan’s postwar rise will screen Monday at 7:45 PM in Mount Dora’s Community church. Rev A Paul McGarvey of the Alliance church of Orlando presents after five weeks in Japan last November and December documenting scenes of atomic ruins and blast effects. The event, run by the local Christian and Missionary Alliance group, takes place in the church auxiliary room with Rev William H Stephens of Minneola in charge. All are invited.
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Japan
Mount Dora
Paul McGarvey
Alliance Church of Orlando
Christian and Missionary Alliance Group
Community Church
William H. Stephens
Minneola Church
Lehmann to Speak at Oda Kiwanis Luncheon
Karl Lehmann secretary of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce and originator of the Florida Sports men's Exposition will speak at the Oda Kiwanis Club luncheon. The exposition will be held with the Lake County Fair opening in Eustis on March 17.
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Karl Lehmann
Lake County
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