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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1948
Page
8
Harold Wilson recalls a 1948 Regatta episode involving Al Rehbaum Jr then 13 who bought ice at the ice house near the Lawn Bowling club, hauled it to the yacht club and sold drinks from a bucket. The piece blends local recollections with church notices and a taussig alumni letter.
Everad Stubbs 66 died Thursday night at Eustis Waterman Memorial Hospital. He was born in England and lived in Springfield Vermont where he managed Fellows Gear Shaper Co. He leaves Charlotte Stubbs widow a daughter Lief Fersung of Boston two sons Clifton and Alan a sister Annie J. Stubbs and brothers Frank and William. Funeral services were held at Rehbaum chapel and burial in Springfield.
Readers respond to a feature on Earl B. Ferson noting he is the only living faculty member of a school closed since 1905. The correspondence highlights archives for the Chicago Historical Society and mentions three pecan pie recipe submissions from readers in Detroit Little Rock and Florida.
Hundreds visit Florida Exposition in Eustis to see a Mount Dora Casters club demonstration on rod and reel handling before the State Game and Fresh Water Fish commission. The Mount Dora exhibit showcased fishing gear and fly patterns, with a rattle snake on display and prize awards for casting contests. Jay Malone earned second prize, Jeff Ray third, and a gift reel went to TeStrake as the crowd watched.
County workers grade and fill a 1.5 mile stretch between Mud Lake and Lake Joanna to provide a quicker route from Eustis East Orange Ave to Dora. Commissioner Frank Owens announces the project as a county road improvement initiative.
Havana High School mathces the Class C title they won in 1947 by defeating Chumuckla 51-41 in the Mt. Dora state final. Earlier Havana overwhelmed Poplar Springs 53-26. St Anthony of Fort Lauderdale beat Hawthorne 36-30. Chumuckla beat Our Lady of Perpetual Help Tampa 47-31. Pierson downed Hilliard 41-31. Havana then routed St Anthony 62-24 in the semifinal. Chumuckla edged Pierson 28-24 in a tight thriller. An exhibition saw Tavares girls host Weirsdale in a Saturday game.
Ellwood Carpenter of Mount Dora, 85, died Friday from a heart attack. He leaves a widow, Mae Carpenter, a stepson L. C. Croy of Akron, five nieces and three nephews. Former Bridgewater, Conn. resident, he was a Quaker. Funeral Saturday in Mount Dora with burial in Peekskill, N. Y.
Mount Dora High School unveils a 14 game baseball schedule for its newly formed team. The season opens March 30 at home against Groveland with players including Donald Napier Roy Ledford Thomas Ledford Edward Harding Elwood McHaffie Richard Kurras Herbert Kurras Pinkney Turner William Stephens L G Simpson Ross Dutton Roy Dutton Fred Dara Jerry Windham and Robert.
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