Mount Dora Growers Honor 20 Years of Hurlburt Service
At the Mount Dora Growers Cooperative annual meeting, leaders praised G. B. Crip Hurlburt for two decades of service as manager. Officials reelected Willard Wadsworth as president and others to key posts while noting a record season handling over 500,000 boxes of fruit and strong Valencia and tangerine sales amid market pressures.
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Mount Dora
Arnwee
Thea Ananarativa
Woyee Cooper
Eustie
Tavares
William Beket
Wheele
Willard Wadsworth
B. F. Williamson
Vernon L. Conner
Hurlburt
Mary Hurlburt
Imogene Patterson
Glenn Brown
Estey
Ward S
The
Exchange
Coop
Mutual
Capt
K. O. Ekelund
Florida Citrus Mutual
Navy
Fred S. Johnston
Citrus Exchange
John T. Lesley
Florida
Walter Page
Association
Mary
Rotary To Stand With Other Service Clubs in Mount Dora
Mount Dora forms its new Rotary club and hosts a luncheon at the Community building on May 20 with Dr. E. E. Lewis speaking. The charter was presented by Florida Governor Malcom Duggan at a Leesburg Woman's Club banquet. Dr. C. E. Brown notes the group aims to partner with existing service clubs and pursue community needs with prudence. Dr. Arthur Bennett spoke at the meeting, gifting Rotary buttons from the Eustis club.
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Rotary
Mount Dora
Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
E. E. Lewis
Rotary, International
C. E. Brown
Florida
Malcom Duggan
Woman’s Club
Leesburg
J. Cleve Allen
Coral Gables
Rotary International
Allen
Arthur Bennett
Eustis Club
Arabia
Florida fair leaders attend UF management course
Edwin Meade of Mount Dora president of the Florida Shorthorn Breeders association joins Lake County figures at the University of Florida for the annual Fair Management Short Course opening Monday. Karl Lehmann officials the Lake County Fair and Florida Federation of Fairs, L. L. Polk Lake County Fair Association president, and County Agent R. E. Bob Norris attend. Lehmann will preside.
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Edwin Meade
Mount Dora
Florida Shorthorn Breeders Association
University of Florida
Karl Lehmann
Lake County
Florida Federation of Fairs
L. L. Polk
Lake County Fair Association
R. E
Bob” Norris
Lehmann
Beims Accepted At Annapolis Mount Dora High
Mount Dora high school may have another graduate attending the Naval Academy in Annapolis. William Beims, Class of 1952, appears headed for the naval school after scholastic records were accepted and he passed examinations with a high score. Beims, now at the University of Florida, awaits his physical. Other Mount Dora students include Trenham Jr., Class of 1950, Stuart Sadler, 1939, and John Burkart, 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora High School
Naval Academy
Annapolis
William Beims
Naval School
D. D. Rosenborough
Beims
University of Florida
Mount Dora
Ate Trenham, Jr
Stuart Sadler
John Burkart
Special Guests To Enjoy Treat At IceHouse
Junior IceHouse Players open two night Mount Dora show tonight and Friday with two one act plays and a song and dance variety. About 20 city visitors from Ocala Girls Industrial School will attend Friday, hosted by Mrs Alyce McPherson and Mrs Florence LaBarre. Admission is free with a voluntary offering for the theatre building fund.
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IceHouse Players
IceHouse Theatre
David Cox
Nancy Hamilton
Pat Reese
Patty Johnson
Leslie Sanders
Standing
Tommy Cleary
Ronnie Butler
Mike Hamlin
Charles Wareing
Jo Osborne
Tom Sawyer
Junior IceHouse
Mount Dora
Girls Industrial School
Ocala
Alyce McPherson
Florence LaBarre
Business and Professional Woman's Club
Betty Croke
Bob Barnes
Roger Haverlah
Eustis
Pam Brown
Hank Link
Bleeker Wilkerson
Merle Cleary
Dick Knoll
Charles Dresher
Barbara Cox
Barbara Retey
Presbyterian Organization Set in Mount Dora Church
The First Presbyterian Church of Mount Dora will be organized Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in the Masonic Hall, with charter members admitted and elders and deacons to be elected and ordained. Dr C A Carrier will be installed as the Stated Supply, and Harry E Gaylord will preside. A 5:30 buffet for charter members precedes the Presbytery meeting at 7. The choir from Eustis Presbyterian will sing.
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First Presbyterian Church
Mount Dora
Masonic Hall
C. A. Carrie
Harry E. Gaylord
Eustis
Lake Red Cross Hits March Drive and Surpasses Quotas
The Lake County Chapter of the American Red Cross exceeded its 1954 quota by $649 in March, with Roy Christopher announcing. George J. White led the drive. Mount Dora surpassed its $2,365 target with over $2,800 under Celia Claflin Shaw. Leesburg contributions totaled $3,525 toward a $3,900 goal from 4,026 members.
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Lake County
American Red Cross
Roy Christopher
George J. White
Mount Dora
Celia Claflin Shaw
Leesburg
Kiwanis Delegates Offered Free Orange Juice in Mount Dora
Kiwanis delegates visiting Miami this week were greeted in Mount Dora with a welcome sign and invited to stop for free orange juice at the Chamber of Commerce. A large number accepted the offer as G. B. Crip Hurlburt of Mount Dora Growers Cooperative provided the juice dispenser and fruit.
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Kiwanis
Miami
Mount Dora
Chamber of Commerce
G. B. “Crip” Hurlburt
Mount Dora Graduate Completes JAG School Course
1st Lieutenant George %. Stedronsky has finished the Judge Advocate General's school in Charlottesville Virginia and is prepared for an Army legal department assignment.
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Lieut
George
Stedronsky
Mount Dora
Judge Advocate General’s School
Charlottesville
Legal
Mount Dora Rainfall Lags Behind Last Year So Far
Mount Dora records show 9.2 inches of rain this year at Mount Dora Growers Cooperative. Last year at this date the total was 28.4 inches. April rainfall this year measured 3.1 inches versus 6.3 inches in April 1953, with no rain recorded since April 30.
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Mount Dora
Lake County Faces Vote Drive After Low Primary Turnout
In Lake County the May 4 primary drew 9,081 Democratic and 391 Republican ballots from 9,472 voters. Officials warn registration reform is needed to track eligibility and encourage participation ahead of the May 25 second primary.
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Lake County
Brailey Odham
Population Up and Sales Reach 31 766 000 in Lake County
Lake County population rose since the 1950 census by 4 160 to 41 000 plus as of early 1954, with a 1953 retail sales total of 31 766 000 and spendable income of 36 254 000. The Consumers Market data show sector sales across food, drug, eating and drinking, general merchandise, apparel, home furnishings, automotive, filling stations, and building materials hardware stores.
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Lake County
Mount Dora High School Glee Club Spring Concert
The Mount Dora High School music department presents its annual Spring concert at the Community building Friday May 21 at 8 p.m. Directed by Mrs Rosemary Bennett the program features the Girls Ninette and the mixed Glee club fresh from an excellent rating at the district music contest. Admission is free with a voluntary offering.
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Mount Dora High School Glee Club
Rosemary Bennett
Ninette
Mount Dora Kindergarten Enrollment Time
Parents may register preschool children for Mount Dora Kindergarten at the Chamber of Commerce this week or early next week. A mothers meeting at the Methodist church fellowship hall is set for Wednesday May 19 at 10 a.m. to plan the coming year and determine eligibility for enrollment.
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Mount Dora
Chamber of Commerce
Methodist Church Fellowship Hall
World Outlook Sunday Observance At Sorrento Baptist Church
Special service set at Baptist church in Sorrento with Presbyterian union for Dr Alva Hardie missionary in Latin America Rev and Mrs W McCall missionaries to Egypt and Dr and Mrs G I Johnson world travelers and missionaries. Further details appear in the Sorrento Mt Plymouth news column.
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World Outlook
Baptist
Candidates to Appear at Melon Festival
Florida Watermelon Festival in Leesburg on May 19 will host governor candidates Senator LeRoy Collins and Acting Gov Charley Johns on one platform at 2 p.m. A parade from Leesburg High School to Venetian Gardens starts at 9 45 a.m. and events include a watermelon eating contest bathing beauty contest band concert aquabatic circus and fireworks with a festival ball to close.
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Florida
Lake County
Leesburg
LeRoy Collins
Charley Johns
Venetian Gardens
Armory
Mount Dora Students Pick States Delegates for Summer Session
Mount Dora high school selects Jerry Dake Ossie Hawkins Owen Conner and Claude Fralick as Boy's State delegates with alternates and sponsors American Legion Kiwanis. Girls Anita Stedronsky Carol Siess with alternates Ann Travers Patty Johnson. Delegates attend Boy's State June 18 and Girls' State June 25 in mock government sessions run by local sponsors.
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Mount Dora High School
Jerry Dake
Ossie Hawkins
Owen Conner
Claude Fralick
American Legion
Kiwanis Club
Anita Stedronsky
Carol Siess
Ann Travers
Patty Johnson
American Legion Auxiliary
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Pythian Sisters i Ione Club
Yak
Ice House Players meeting moved to May 24
President Paul Bronson announces the Ice House Players regular meeting originally set for the 17th has been rescheduled to May 24.
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Paul Bronson
Ice House
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Dora Cooperative
Mount Dora Club
Cooperative
IceHouse
Presbyterian
Lake Red Cross
Milner-Rosenwald Academy
C. O. Lott
Janice Russell
Lefty
Esther Woodard
Bennie Kinsler
Queen Esther
Gladys Monroe
Barbara Jean Davis
LaClassie Walker
Odham
J. Tom Watson
Charles E. Compton
Sophia Story
Johns
Collins
Watson
Compton
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