Pretty Farm Queen’s Eggs Scrambled After Dance
Lois Driver, crowned agriculture queen at Gainesville show, was presented eggs by the Future Farmers of America. After a college dance, she and escorts visited Jack and Nelle Head and reportedly scrambled the prize eggs. Bill Beims, a top Lake County 4-H poultry hopeful, was not listed among last week’s fair entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Driver
Future Farmers of America
Gainesville
Lois
Jack
Nelle Marie Head
Nee Conner
Bill Beims
Lake County
Mount Dora’s
Bill
Players Deliver Strong Performances In Brief Run
John Barker the valet and son of the new director stood out in a strong cast. J Fred Bradford as the baron earned audience acclaim in a brief, effective appearance. Billie Gamble of Eustis played the baroness with Don Bales as the chauffeur Herman kes Jr as the waiter. The small ensemble finished with precise cues throughout the five night run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Barker
J. Fred Bradford
Baron
Billie Gamble
Eustis
Don Bales
Herman Kes, Jr
Hula and Feathered Follies At Mount Dora Fair
A lively scene unfolds as Bill trims two prize hens while a curious child watches. Frances Wages makes a moonlight costume from pharmacy straw and a Lions Club hat for a dancer at the Mount Dora drugstore carnival closing time, drawing amused shoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Frances Wages
Frances
Doc Lee
Lions Club
Lions
Doc
Memoirs in Candle Light Opens at Central Florida Theatre
The article recounts a lively night with audience laughs over hats and a shouting girl claiming her hat. It notes Howard and Helen Bailey praising Mount Dora’s new Central Florida little theatre and plans for a May show with local players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Aiken
Frances
Howard
Helen Bailey
Annie Russell
Rollins
Central Florida
Little Theatre
Mount Dora
Reta
Sally
Fred Bradford
Jon Barker
William Jay Barker
Celia Claflin
Milner Rosenwald Academy classifications and new construction items
In Mount Dora the survey report for the Milner Rosenwald academy classifies the elementary school as C-1 and the junior high as C-4 with the high school not categorized. In Leesburg a new primary school center was proposed at a cost of $119 400.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milner-Rosenwald Academy
Mount Dora
Leesburg
Leesburg Adds New Structures and Programs
New LEESBURG facilities include four new class suites shops and rooms with a total estimated cost of $102,000. Groveland plans a high school project with showers and dressing rooms estimated at $15,000. Electrical fixtures displayed at 130 E Fifth Ave. Lloyd Atkins returns home from Eustis Waterman Memorial hospital after a week recovering from a severe cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groveland
Lloyd Atkins
Eustis Waterman Memorial Hospital
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White
Elementary Jr. Sr
Electrical Contractors
Brandy-Gudgeon Electric CO
Highland
Atrol Fluid
Chrysler
Chrysler Plymouth
Chrysler Plymouth Engineering
Eustis Auto Inn, Inc
Bay & Orange Ave
Eustis, Florida
Andretium
Hundroom
Lhewry
Fifth Ave
Angel Food Ring
Iced Angel Food
Duz
Woodbury’s
Bath
Reg
Red Circle Coffee
ANN O Page Foods
A&p
Ams
Ann Page
Macaroni
Bokar Coffee
Reid
Vienna
Armours
Frankfurters
Sunnyfield Bacon
Tangerine Tea House
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