Skit Night Continues With Student Performances and Local Acts
The program featured a large cast of students in varied acts including Cyne face shoe shiners and St Patrick's Day drill teams with majorettes Joyce Moon and Ann Tremain. Local groups presented adult acts as well with Charles Kuechler receiving an accordion and Glenn Woodworth showcased as a dancer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Beseeker
Barbara Cox
Jimmie Simpson
Jessie Pik
Thia Bonner
Gay Heist
Billy Jason
Peter Briggs
Catherine Daniels
Irving Broughton
Judith Graves
Merrill Schulster
Betty Wilcox
Butch Plautz
Spencer Beebe
Elizabeth Ann Sikes
Margaret Register
Glen Cole
Lynn Rector
Raybun Haddock
Donnie Dake
Gene Carroll
Michael Stok
Leslie Sanders
Mary Lou Davidson
Dolores Billette
John Groves
Sandra Carroll
Kenneth Cox
Barbara Swartz
Douglas Rochon
Jessie Lee Dresser
Charles Reid
Beverly Thomas
David Vanzant
Kay
Charles Brown
Ann Bowers
Marian Roseborough
Charles Kuechler
IceHouse Players
Glenn Woodworth
Mount Dora
Central Florida
Kiwanis
Roy Christopher
Just Promises Won't Keep Mount Dora Mercy Campaign
Red Cross appeals in Mount Dora as workers pursue a county campaign to reach a $11,376 goal. Mrs. Celia Claflin reports progress from solicitors visiting homes, while some residents pledge later to join. County efforts aim to finish in March with the county total crossing $11,376.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Mount Dora
Mercy Organization
Lions Club Talent Show Ignores Stage Names And Reveals Surprises
Three Lions Club members portrayed the Andrews Sisters while hidden recordings captured their performance with wigs and makeup. Don Bates played Frank Sinatra and was carried offstage as part of the act. The Woman's Club showcased a refined musical segment with Mrs. Conway Mrs. Bue and Mrs. Bishop accompanied by Mrs. Sanders delivering Victor Herbert pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Don Bates
Frank Sinatra
Action
Andrews Sisters
Woman’s Club
O. H. Conway
Mae Bue
Dan Bishop
Sanders
Victor Herrt
Cinderella Attracts Wide Turnout In Mount Dora
A Walt Disney Cinderella showing drew strong attendance at the Princess theatre in Mount Dora. A local benefactor funded tickets for every child who wished to attend the morning performance, with the Milner Rosenwald academy students also covered by the Mount Dora Woman's club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Princess Theatre
Girl Scout Troop Wins Multiple Prizes In Local Fair
Dora Giris and Barbara Swartz lead the Girl Scout Troop to two first prizes as a unit and in school bags for overseas. Brownies also earn prizes. Mary Ellen Skeen secures two firsts plus a second in handicraft and a third in scrapbook for eight year olds. Becky Bardwell claims a first in scrapbook. Paige Edgerton a third in toys. Kay Rehbaum earns service with Bonnie Edgerton and Patricia Tucker each winning a third in handi craft. troop takes first in service and second in troop project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Swartz
Mary Ellen Skeen
Becky Bardwell
Paige Edgerton
Ropson
Kay Rehbaum
Bonnie Edgerton
Patricia Tucker
Community rally aids family after mosquito bite scare
Susan, lightly bitten during a child hunt, remained calm and told Deputy Yates she would go home for a hot bath and bed. Her father thanked the Lake Jem community for its remarkable spirit and help as the Thompsons prepared to return home where no tangerines tempt Susan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan
Yates
Lake Jem
Thompsons
First Woman Jurist Costly For Doran
A Mount Dora business man lost in Lake County's first case with a woman on the jury. W. F. Duggan Jr. was ordered to pay 2,750 dollars to E. C. Huey over a Florence Holton sale. The 1949 law allowing women to register for jury service was cited.
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Mount Dora
Lake County
W. F. Duggan, Jr
E. C. Huey
Leesburg
Duggan
Florence Holton
Clermont
Mary K. Cooper
Gay McDonald
Susan
Death Interrupts A Good Dream
William Horace Boughton who planned to build a home in Mount Dora was buried in Katerville New York last week after dying suddenly up north. He had discovered Mount Dora last year and purchased a Grandview lot with building plans. He leaves his widow Mabel Boughton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Horace Boughton
Florida
Legion Officers Named For Anniversary Celebration
The American Legion observed its founding anniversary Wednesday evening with a Veterans Memorial Hall pot luck supper. Ed Mitchell was named an officer alongside Ed Sadler as sergeant at arms and Bob Morton as chaplain, with Jim Braden as historian and George J. White, Tom Per, and Richard Eddy in executive roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Sadler
Bob Morton
Jim Braden
George J. White
Tomper
Richard Eddy
American Legion
Veterans Memorial
CofC Member Drive Nears Its End in Mount Dora
The Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce membership drive is nearly finished with a goal of 400 members and 4 000 dollars for city publicity and business promotion. As of now about 350 memberships have been secured. Newest members include Lakeside Inn Lion's Club Riley's Richard Edgerton Stewart J Liquor Store Green Valley Meat Packers Madeline Milner Arved Zehren Edwin L Wallace Marshall Collins William Holler Cora Holler Wm Stewart Stephen Gregor Poinsettia Restaurant Brantley and Gudgeon and Green Lantern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Comrata Gyve Eneroty
Betty Siess
Siess
Mental Patient Held On Charge Of Rape
A 21 year old youth recently released from a Georgia mental institution is jailed in Mount Dora charged with raping a 12 year old girl. Police say he accosted the girl on Rossiter street as she walked to church and lured her to Helmfield bar park. After she escaped she told her parents and officials. Investigators plan to seek recommitment from the institution pending a full circuit court hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Mount Dora R
Rossiter St
Helmfield
Mount Dora
St Patrick’s Day Card Party Planned by Legion Auxiliary
Plans are set for a St Patrick’s Day card party hosted by the American Legion auxiliary at the Veterans Memorial Home on Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick’s Day
American Legion Auxiliary
Veterans Memorial Home
Life Begins Quote on Mental Disorder Liability
The remark notes that the greatest liability to mental disorder lies between ages thirty and forty. It weights the period as most vulnerable for mental health challenges and suggests age as a key risk factor.
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Joyce
Joyce Lynn
W. F. Spilliard
Browns Hardware
Paul B. Brown
Eustis, Fla
Make Brown’s
Cinderella
Thackeray
Green Valley Packers, Inc
Mount Dora Hotel
Claude and
Maxine Fralick
Dora Giris
Doran
America
The
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Englander Company, Inc
Legion
Ed Mitchell
Cofc
Electrical Contractors
Brandy-Gudgeon Electric CO
Highland
Uke
Tere
Main Street
Leesburg, Florida
George
Smathers
Tavares
Eustis
Eeeah
Umatilla
Groveland
United States
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