Mount Dora Leaders Oppose Herlong Color-Added Citrus Bill
Florida Citrus Mutual Council members from Mount Dora unanimously oppose Congress member Syd Herlong Jr. plan to ban color-added citrus. The group also debated a grapefruit advertising tax, voting 8 to 7 against raising the tax to fund more ads. Fortner and Hurlburt led industry pushback citing benefits of uniform color and government rules.
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Mount Dora
Florida Citrus Mutual Council
A. S
Syd” Herlong, Jr
Citrus Culture Corp
J. Ed Fortner
Hurlburt
North
Florida
California
Fortner
Herlong
Lake County
Fifth District
Congress
Herrong
Florida Citrus Exchange
Peninsula
John T. Lesley
Exchange
Florida Citrus Mutual
Red Cross Still Seeks Volunteers for Mount Dora Drive
Mrs. Celia Claflin Shaw, co chairman, reports Mount Dora seeks volunteers to meet a 2200 dollar local goal in the Red Cross campaign. Funds support gamma globulin production to combat polio, with the Red Cross bottling two million units of bulk gamma globulin from donated blood at headquarters in the First National Bank.
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Celia Claflin Shaw
Cochairman
Mount Dora
Red Cross
First National Bank
Pet Show at Elizabeth Evans Park March 28
Elizabeth Evans Park hosts a pet show sponsored by the Women’s club on Saturday March 28 from 10 to noon. Adults and children may enter their pets from dogs to snakes with a small registration fee and expenses contributed. Ribbons awarded to all winners. education chairman reports about 100 entries already.
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Elizabeth Evans Park
Wor
Bike registration promoted as a safety gift
Police Chief James Orr announces a March program offering a free safety kit with front and rear fenders for adults registering bicycles. The gift aims to improve night visibility and rider protection in case they are caught out after dark.
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Wning
James Orr
Tory
Orr
Williams at Fort Lee Fort Lee trainee completes basic training
Norris J. Williams son of Mr and Harvey J Williams of Lake Jem has completed basic training at the Quartermaster Training Center Fort Lee Virginia as announced by the Information Service.
J C Earl Claimed After Long Life in Oneida Area
J C Earl aged 76 was laid to rest in Deadsboro New York after a brief illness at Waterman Memorial Hospital. Wintering in Mount Dora since retirement in 1940 he owned a large dairy farm and ran a general store from 1916. He and his wife Lida Allen celebrated their Golden Wedding in 1949. He leaves two sons Allen and Charles Earl a brother Seth Earl and two grandchildren. Rehbaum Funeral Homes handled local arrangements.
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J. C. Earl
Deadsboro
N. Y
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Mount Dora
Ninth St. Jon
Sansboro
Earl
Lida Allen
Deansboro
Earr
Masons
Lawn
Charles Earl
Oneida
Allen
Clinton
Seth Earl
Rehbaum Funeral Homes
Florida
Lake County
Richard Edgerton
Charles Meade
Jess Willmott
Paul Johnson
Johnson
Bible Reading Guide Highlights Insights From Isaiah and Gospels
Editor notes present a Lent season guide to daily Bible reading. Highlights include Isaiah 55 6 11 and 40 1 11 as comforts and pardons, Micah 6 8 urging just living, Matthew 5 7 Sermon on the Mount, Luke 9 10 essays, John 14 27 peace, Mark as a concise life model, and Acts 9 Pauls conversion with Romans 12 Faith Hope Love and 1 Corinthians 13 immortality.
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Arthur P. Pratt
Isaiah
Mark
Jesus
St. Paul
Lake County Vision for Whitings House Sparks Garden Center Idea
From the Mount Dora home of Frederic and Olive Whiting a skyline view over four lakes inspires plans for a future garden center or tea room. Artist ties linger as the couple weighs preserving the house versus replacing it with a modern apartment building to capitalize on the Westview panorama.
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Foster Ives Armstrong
Olive Whiting
Lake County
Dora
Beauclaire, Carleton and
Gertrude
Lake Dora
Lakes and Hills
Whitings
Mount Dora
Westview
Ter Armstrong
Todd
Foster Armstrong
Florida
Alexander
Mrs Whiting Seeks Expansion Amid Illness In Florida
Olive Cook Whiting, wife of Frederic Whiting, is confined to home by illness this winter with time spent in Florida Sanitarian Orlando. The Whiting couple believe their block is logical for expansion, as her indomitable will and sparkling smile persist despite the chest cold. A memoir photograph shows a young mother with a baby, recalling 40 years ago on a Maine beach the joy she recalls as “such fun.”
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Whiting
Maine
Frederic Allen
Olive Cook Whiting
Mount Dora Charter Vote Set Next Week to Decide City Status
The upcoming special election on Thursday March 26 will decide if Mount Dora becomes a city under a new charter. If approved, the charter goes to the legislature next month and, with governor approval, new government will take effect in 90 days.
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Charter
Mount Dora
Florida
Lake County
Dan McCarty
Kelly-Morris Circus Leaves Mount Dora After Bad Luck Rainout
The Kelly-Morris Circus failed to open a Mount Dora show as planned after delays from a wagon breakdown a lion tamer injury and a flooded tent. A storm drenched the big top forcing a shortened afternoon and evening performance with the troupe departing town with little profit to help pay the American Legion post’s debts.
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Kelly-Morris
Mount Dora
Daytona Beach
Florida
American Legion Post
Lady Luck
Kelly Morris
Eddie Kuhn
Big Blanche
Kelly-Morris and Co
Legion
William C. Stewart
Herlong Defends Hawaii Statehood Vote After House Debate
Congressman A S Syd Herlong reports that despite district support for Hawaii statehood he voted against it in the House last week. He cites southern concerns over added Senate representation and possible civil rights block. Delegates blame political practicality and notes about 85 percent Oriental population cited as reasons against admission.
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A. S
Syd” Herlong
Hawaii
House of Representatives
Congress
FEPC
House
Senate
Herlong
United States
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Museum of Art
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Olive Wexting
Frederic Whiting
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Kelly
Morris Hope
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