Lake County weighs in on Florida Telephone rate hike
Florida Railroad and Public Utilities Commission weighs a request by Florida Telephone Corp for a rate increase. Lake County leaders and Mount Dora businessmen push for better local service before any approval, citing unfulfilled promises and prior refusals. The Ocala headquarters proposal faces potential local contest if service does not improve.
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Florida Railroad and Public Utilities Commission
Florida Telephone Corp
Lake County
Mount Dora
Ocala
Ocala Businssmen
Dorans
J. E. Fortner
George J. White
Chamber of Commerce
C. B. Hurlburt
Chamber
Utilities Committee
City At
White
Lake County Committee
Eustis Arenes
Lake Countians
Last Call For Progress CofC Drive Nears End
Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce nears its 1948 membership goal of 350 with only 20 names left. President George J. White says final recruitment rounds will visit potential members, inviting individuals and firms to join and share in community progress. Among last pledges are Al Rehbaum Jr. and Sr. and Patton Metal Works.
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Chamber of Commerce
Organization For Community Betterment
George J. White
Dick Edgerton
Carl Graves
Mount Dora
Dorans
al Rehbaums, Jr
Patton Metal Works
Harry Hutchins
Paul Mason
Mount Dora Fishing Club Formed by Alphard Bishop
Alphard Bishop plans a Mount Dora Fishing Club with help from the Chamber of Commerce. By laws and rules will welcome non experts to join for swapping yarns on lures and baits for Dorans and winter visitors.
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Alphard Bishop
Mount Dora
Chamber of Commerce
Dorans
Mount Dora Regatta set with 5000 expected visitors
Mount Dora prepares for the annual regatta co sponsored by the Yacht club and the Chamber of Commerce. Local hotels book up as 5000 spectators are drawn to seven mile Lake Dora races with 12:30 start and events every 20 minutes. Committee chairs include Joe Swift George White and Dick Edgerton.
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Mount Dora
Lake Dora
Orceiers
The
Yacht Club
Chamber of Commerce
Joe Swift
Florida
California
Maine
Dora
First National Bank
George White
Dick Edgerton
al Rehbaum, Jr
Mrs Blodgett Dies In Leominster Mass
Winter visitors speak of Mrs. Frank T. Blodgett of Mount Dora who died in Leominster Massachusetts after years as a winter guest at Villa Dora hotel. Illness two years prior prevented travel. Funeral arrangements not listed.
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Mount Dora
Leominster
Mass
Frank T. Blodgett
Treadwell Improves at Great Lakes Naval Hospital
Gibson Treadwell, a Mount Dora resident, is reported to be improving after confinement at the Naval hospital at the Great Lakes Training Station in Illinois.
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Treadwell
Mount Dora
Gibson Treadwell
Great Lakes
Illinois
Vincent Earns All-District Honor In Class C Play
Vincent, the lone Doren named to the All-District basketball team, watches as Clermont upsets top-seeded Hurricanes 31-28 in the semifinals at Ferson Gym. He led Dorans with 14 points in the loss, while Mount Dora hosts the state tourney with Havana, Poplar Springs, Hawthorne, and other teams set for day one games.
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Jimmy Vincent
Golden Hurricane
Ferson
Vincent
Doren
Hurricanes
Clermont
Pierson
Dorans
Hilltoppers
Stephens
Treadwell
Sqund
Keller
Hamlin
Mount Dora
Havana
Poplar Springs
St. Anthony of
Fort Lauderdale
Hawthorne
Chumuckla
Our Lady of Perpetual Health of
Warren Rams Road Contracts In Dora Rain Speech
Fuller Warren, Jacksonville attorney and former legislator, spoke for 45 minutes in Mount Dora criticizing road contract practices and declaring he would save taxpayers millions. He pledged to veto any general sales tax and recalled his rise from 85 cent day labor to state legislator at 21. A crowd braved rain as he toured Donnelly Square with supporters and a loudspeaker-equipped car.
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Fuller Warren
Mount Dora
Donnelly Square
Wester
Warren
Jacksonville
Mount Do-o-ra
Jimmy
Dean
C. T. Alphard
Att. W. M. Kennedy
Heaven
Virginia
Red Kennedy
George White
George
Births at Eustis hospital show girls predominate
Birth notices from Eustis Waterman Memorial Hospital record more girls than boys among newborns. Among the readable entries, Sandra Snell born February 25 to Mr. and Mrs. James Snell, Joyce Marie Bass born March 2 to Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Bass, and Martha Benwell welcomed by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Benwell are listed with March 1 as a date.
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Eustis Waterman Memorial Hospital
Mount Dora
Sandra Snell
James Snell
Joyce Marie Bass
R. R. Bass
Martha Benwell
Edward Benwell
Copper as Seed Treats Recommended by County Agent
Lake County Agent R. E. Norris advises treating all vegetable seed with copper compounds such as semesan because Florida soils commonly host fungi and bacteria that cause weed decay. The recommendation emphasizes copper's protective role in seed health.
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Florida
Lake County
R. E. Norris
Pioneering Frank Fowler and Mount Dora’s Early Paving Story
Frank Fowler and wife visit Mount Dora for a season of community leadership. Fowler helped pave the town streets after bringing machinery from the north, sharing profits with a contractor to stay and supervise. A revelation at Daytona Beach spurred him to map a fire hydrant connection plan to light the rough new roads all night.
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Fifth and
Donnelly
Florida
Mount Dora
J. H. Crane
D. F. Gorham
Fowlers
Fowler
Daytona Beach
Path Pi
Fowler Paves Roads and Names Memorial Highway in Florida
Frank G. Fowler led Florida road work in the 1920s naming the Simpson Memorial Highway after M. V. Simpson. He then paved the Vero Beach to Ft. Pierce stretch, a world record pace, while Fowler Construction and Fowler Engineering status grew in New York and Pennsylvania. The family earned wartime income from northern projects and spent vacation dollars in Mount Dora amid the early season acclimation and a rising military instinct.
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Florida
Sanford
M. V. Simpson
Vero Beach
Ft. Pierce
Fowler Construction Co
Fowler Engineering Co
Fowler
New York State
Pennsylvania
Mount Dora
Fowlers
United States
Mount Dora Red Cross drives for 2700 to aid veterans
An army of 27 volunteers began door to door in Mount Dora to raise 2700 for the Red Cross, part of Lake County's 20000 goal for veteran relief and disaster aid. The drive supports home nursing, lifeguard programs, and beginner swimming, with headquarters at First National Bank and a countywide leadership group coordinating the effort.
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Mount Dora
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Lake County
Mary Learned
George J. White
Celia Claflin
Dora
Cochairman
William Jay Barker
Learned
First National Bank
Hazel Wilmot
Hazel Alberry
Ed Nimnicht
Mae Buckman
Jean Glanton
Martha Travers
Jewel Ried
Mary Simpson
William Stewart
Leona Buddeman
Louise Johnson
Dora Fenn
Marieta Klatte
Nellie Colley
Vernon Conner
Lake Jem
Hattie Allen
Sorrento
Izabelle Collins
Betsy Kramer
Clarabelle Backus
Nada McVicar
Margaret Lofroos
Eleanor Sleight
Betty Bardwell
Midge Patton
Marguerite Prinz
Vera Parker
Mrs. H. V. Fish Dies Pioneer Mount Dora Benefactor
Mrs. H. V. Fish, 73, Mount Dora resident and donor of the Little House site, died Monday after a long illness. Funeral services were held at her home with burial planned in Mt. Kisco, N. Y. She formerly lived with her husband in Mount Dora for 35 years and supported Florida wildlife studies and local Lions projects. Her nephew Belden Crane accompanied the body north.
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Mount Dora
Girl Scouts
H. V. Fish
D. F. Gorham
Helen St
Rehbaum
Mt. Kisco
N. Y
L. Belden Crane
Belden Crane
D. Fletcher
J. Harold Crane
George W. Coffin
Jacksonville
R. W. Dickson
Fish
Crane
Florida
Rollin
Lake Dora
James A. Richards
Richards
Winter Park
Winter Resident Perley S. Whitman Dies at 74
Perley S. Whitman of Mount Dora, a winter resident, died Monday at Eustis Waterman Memorial Hospital at age 74. He was building a home on Route 19. He is survived by his widow and two sisters, Mrs. Louise Foskett of Orange, Massachusetts, and Mrs. Della Humphrey. Rehbaum chapel service is Wednesday afternoon.
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Perley S. Whitman
Mount Dora
Eustis Waterman Memorial Hospital
Louise Foskett
Della _Humphrey
Orange
Mass
Rehbaum Chapel
Whitman
Sportsmen's Expo Opens In Eustis Monday
The second annual Florida Sportsmen's Exposition opens Monday in Eustis, linked with the Lake County Fair. Mount Dora displays sponsored by local merchants and growers cooperative. the Mount Dora Casters Club, led by Mrs. Margo Hosford, performs at 4 p.m. with 15 youths casting at distances, spurring national notice for the club after a Washington Birthday appearance.
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Eustis
Lake County
Mount Dora
Exposition
Florida
Margo’ Hosford
Margo
Ann Travers
Barbara
Carol Siess
Advertising in weekly papers boosts reach says Master Laboratories
A Master Laboratories representative explains they place all ads in weekly papers after a survey showing readers engage from cover to cover. He notes readers scan the front page and continue through the weeklies, keeping up with their local paper.
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Master Laboratories
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Anake
Richard Steele
Brenwood Studio
Tems
Parent-Teachers Association
Bennet Lind
Donnelly Park
Mabel Norris Reese
Frank G. Fowler
Alexander St
Frank Fowler
Palm Beach
Ues
Red Cross Army
Sportsmen’s Expo
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