Mount Dora Band Opens Florida Exposition in Eustis
Mount Dora’s high school band will open the Lake County and Florida’s Sportsmen’s Exposition in Eustis at 10 Monday. Mount Dora children enter free until 3 pm. others pay seven cents tax on admissions. The weeklong event features school exhibits, garden clubs, 4-H and Future Farmers displays, and a Thursday parade by Leesburg schools.
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Mount Dora
Lake County
Eustis
Lake
Orlando
Florida
Ount Dora
Allon
Mir
Carl Graves
Mounts General
Orange Bros
Leesburgs
Pra
Forestry Department
Nathan Ll
L. Polk
Lehmann
Bliss Candy Co
C. A. Stephens
Doris Camp
Business Education Department
Martha Simpson
Harold Gregg
Jean Pike
Florida State City choir to perform for Kiwanis fund at campus
The 8 percent voice choir from Mount Dora joins a Florida State City event Friday in the Com building under Kiwanis auspices. Dr. Wiley Wright directs a nationally prominent choir as students prepare to join the chorus. A ladies night dinner at the Unity Building precedes the concert with singers as guests. Kiwanis members will host delegates Friday.
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Florida State City
Lovely Adborton
Mount Dora
Kiwanis
Wilewright
Universityere
Unity Building
TA Committee Names Officers for Next School Year
John A. Heist leads the nominating committee for the chef association to name officers for the coming school year. Gordon chairs. Mrs Grady and Mrs Alice Strite are mentioned as members. The group plans to meet in April.
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John A. Heist
The
Chef Association
Gordon
Grady
Alice. Strite
Lake County to push new laws on armories and courts
Lake county will ask the legislature to consider four or five local bills when it meets next month. Proposed measures include armories for Leesburg and Eustis, reexamining the justice of the peace courts, a local cattle roaming ban, and a push for a county salaries raise. A fifth proposal for a small claims court may be introduced as Rep. J A Tar Boyd’s campaign pledge.
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Lake County
Leesburg
Eustis
Justice of Peace
J. A
Tar” Boyd
Boyd
J. P. Courts
South Lake County
Fuller Warren
Tragic Death During Stork Visit At Waterman Memorial
In Waterman Memorial hospital Eustis a nurse as yet unnamed newborn Barbara Susan Eicher arrived. Her father James E. Eicher 23 Naval Reserve died December 22 at Veterans hospital Aspinaw Pa after transfer from Mount Dora to diagnose illness. Mother is Barbara Batton of Tangerine. Aunt Lee Ficher works at Alberta's Beauty Shop Mount Dora. Grandmother Mrs J E Ficher and great grandmother Mrs Elizabeth Palmer visit from Lancaster Pa.
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Waterman Memorial Hospital
Eustis
Barbara Susan Eicher
James E. Eicher
Naval Reserve
Veterans Hospital
Aspinaw
Mount Dora
J. E. Eicher
Barbara
Barbara Batton
Ardell Batton
Lee Ficher
Alberta
J. E. Ficher
Elizabeth Palmer
Lancaster
Mount Dora Newsboy Edward Sherwood Aims High
Edward Sherwood, a sharp witted Mount Dora newsboy, builds his paper route and savings while his family adapts to Florida life. The 12 year old shows early ambition to become a bank president or governor, selling Topics with 71 copies last week as he plans to expand his route and buy a bike. He is son to Edward Sherwood Sr and Mrs Sherwood, recently relocated from Bellingham, Massachusetts, to support his father’s health and family business. Also has three sisters Dorothy Barbara and Phyllis.
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Mount Dora
Edward Sherwood
Afterall
George J. White
Fuller Warren
Edward
Edward, Jr
Edward Sherwood, Sr
Bellingham
Mass
Sherwood
Highland
Dorothy
Phyllis
Mount Dora School
Barbara
Lynn Hospital
Boston
Beverly Grizzard Lake County Luminary and War Era Advocate
Lake County personality Beverly Grizzard of Leesburg reflects on a politics of service over self, praising Warren era gains for citrus and roads. He notes allies like Dodge Taylor Ed Baker Walter Warren and Alfred McKethan, and recalls his own wartime enlistment despite an artificial left leg.
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Lake Countian
Warren
Dodge Taylor
Nana T. Lane
Lake County
Alfred McKethan
Florida
George J. White
Mount Dora
Board of Control
Nash Legette
Red” Robinson
Citrus Commission
Grizzard
New Lake County
Eoard
Leesburg
University of the South
Winchester
Tenn
Beverly
Leslie
Lakeland
Lees
Businessman Beverly Grizzard Shapes Lake County Ad Spend
Beverly Grizzard, Lakeland businessman and Studebaker dealer who built Lake Region Motors into a leading auto firm, also farms citrus and holds real estate. As a seven member Advertising Commission member, he oversees the $500000 budget to attract tourists and sound investments, focusing on display advertising in major magazines and northern newspapers.
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Lakeland
Dora Lee Darracott
Florida
Lake Region Motors
Studebaker
Lake County
Grizzard
Life
Saturday Evening Post
Esquire
Ladies Home Journal
Priest Warns America On The Path Of Its Greatest Legacy
Fr. William O Farrell of St Mary of the Lakes in Eustis opens a Mount Dora forum urging Americans to return to primitive religion and the love of God to preserve peace. He cites movies radio and magazines as forces destroying the Sermon on the Mount and warns of a breaking unity among nations. He vows further discussion with Rabbi Jerome Kestenbaum next Sunday on the Brotherhood of Man.
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America
Brotherhood of Man
Greece
Rome
Mount Dora Community Forum
William O'Farrell
St. Mary of the Lakes
Eustis
Time Asks Removal In Libel Suit
A petition to remove a libel suit seeking 250000 damages against Time magazine to the federal district court is on file at Tavares. The suit involves the 1949 Groveland story and names T S Matthews as editor. Plaintiffs are a Bay Lake husband and his wife alleging publication of the wife’s image and name brought public notoriety.
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Time Magazine
Fifth District Court
Federal District Court
Tavares
T. S. Matthews
Time
Groveland
Lake County
Bay Lake
Guild potluck supper at Mrs. Dean home
Weslyan Service Guild hosts a 7 p.m. potluck supper at the home of Mrs. Charles Dean 604 E Fighthav this evening.
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Weslyan Service Guild
Charles Dean
E. Fighthav
Mount Dora May Move Toward Occupation License System
Merchants Division of the Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce pushes for a city occupation license to curb itinerant salesmen and questionable solicitors. Mayor Crane backs the plan, tasks a committee with City Attorney Roy Christopher to draft a license measure for City Council. The Board of Public Instruction will also discuss a PTA backed bid to secure better funding and building support from the legislature.
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Mount Dora
Merchants Division
Chamber of Commerce
D. Fletcher Crane
Florida
Merchants’ Group
Dale Jones
R. V. Parker
H. J. Bales
Walter J. Patton
Roy Christopher
Chamber
Lake County Board of Public Instruction
Parent-Teacher Association
Frank J. Banning
Lake County
Lake County P T A backs minimum foundation plan at meeting
Lake County delegates to the legislature pledged support for the 1947 minimum foundation program and capital outlay fund. The group led by Mrs Slater Cox and Mrs George Hanford proposed confining Lewis scholarships to elementary training and rejected revising teacher allotment by average daily attendance. Financing school needs remains a key issue.
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Lake County
PTA
Slater Cox
Mount Dora
Lake County Council
P-Ta
George Hanford
Leesburg
Cox
Lewis
Thomas A. Bailey
Florida
Ed Baker
J. A. Boyd
Carl Duncan
State Department
Red Cross Aid Brings Hope to Soldier's Wife in Mount Dora
A Mount Dora Red Cross fundraiser helps a soldier's wife awaiting first allotment after her husband joins the army. George J. White arranges contacts with Leesburg. the woman receives a Red Cross aid check, transforming fear into relief. Mrs. Celia Claflin Shaw notes 65 percent of local Red Cross gifts stay in county.
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Celia Claflin Shaw
The
Red Cross
First National Bank
George J. White
Lake County
American Red Cross
Leesburg
Shaw
Mount Dora
Florida
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Ora
Stork
Mabel Norris Reese
Beverly Grizzard
State Advertising Commission
Priest
Board of Instruction
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