Tom Sawyer stage role stirs Eustis family talents
Taylor cousins from Eustis and Mount Dora are featured in the Junior Ice House Players adaptation of Mark Twain. Larry Taylor 12 as Huck Finn Billy 11 as Billy and Fern Taylor as Aunt Polly perform with family ties amid a backstage tale of staged woes and real sewer misadventure.
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Taylor Boys
Eustis
Jimmy
Billy Simpson
Mount Dora
Mark Twain
Polly
Twain
Taylor
L. B. Taylor
Simpson
Howard Simpson
Larry Taylor
Huck Finn
Billy
Fern
IceHouse
Tom Sawyer
Tom
Larry
Aunt Polly
Mount Dora Pharmacy Promotes T-4-L For Athletes Foot
An ad claims T-4-L cures athletes foot by peeling outer skin to expose and kill fungi on contact. It promises a 40 cent refund if not instantly drying, available today at Mount Dora Pharmacy.
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Mount Dora Pharmacy
And What's Left Over For Camping?
Karl Lehmann of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce questioned Florida camping charity solicitations. A National Better Business Bureau report showed 78 percent of $156,606 raised went to raising the funds. He warns citizens to investigate before investing.
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Karl Lehmann
Lake County
Karl
Florida
United Daughters Meet in Tangerine for Luncheon and Elections
The Major Francis L. Dade chapter of the United States Daughters of 1812 holds its annual meeting in the Community hall at Tangerine today. A covered dish luncheon is served and officers will be installed.
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United Daughters
Francis L. Dade
United States Daughters of 1812
Tangerine
Son Saves Mother From Strangulation At Home
Warren Story Jr left Monday for Army duty at Walter Reed hospital in Washington DC. He had earlier saved his mother Mrs Sophia Story from choking on an orange seed by reaching into her throat and dislodging the obstruction. Mrs Story suffered throat inflammation but recovered enough to resume work as Lake counties registrar.
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Glenn Chapman
Parker’s Market
Alexander St
Cliff Dumas
Stella Owens
Story Bros
Glenn’s Square
Glenn
Warren
Europe
Ruth
Washington
Germany
Oddities in water life and music nostalgia mix in column
A playful column muses on how most life lives in water and riffs on past hits from Doggie in the Window to Hound Dog. It notes a foldable trailer for summer use, then lists a vintage music encyclopedia top tunes and Las Vegas salaries for Milton Berle. It ends with a shopper praising mystic-fit nylon socks now $1 ahead of Father’s Day with repeat orders.
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Jess Willmott
Millard Reid
Millard
Students Hold Career Day at Mount Dora High School
Mount Dora High School hosted its annual Career Day with 24 speakers from fields including archaeology nursing teaching engineering medicine agriculture journalism and the military. Sponsored by the Student Council the event gave students first hand accounts of requirements advantages and challenges of each career path.
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Mount Dora High School
Fred Sleight
Robert R. Dickson
U. S
Navy
Virginia Albough
C. A. Vaughn, Jr
Bryant Spears
Highway Patrol
Walter S. Schaeffer
Montgomery
J. Crump
John S. Williams, Jr
Army
Air Force
W. Godtel
Lucy K. Miller
R. E
Bob” Norris
Cecile Strong
Ray Sowers
John Walters
W. A. Olsen
Valrae van. Morris
J. M. Pedrick
J. G. Ray, Jr
Robert M. Blackburn
Mabel Norris Reese
Walter J. Patton
Elsie Zellman
Thomas E. Beck
Marines
Burglar Spoils Mount Dora Visit With Perfume Theft
A Coral Gables burglar broke into Mr. and Mrs. Roy C. Walker in Mount Dora during a weekend visit to relatives Kate Tyre and family. The thief searched for cash but left behind valuables, spraying Tabu perfume throughout the home as a strong clue to motive. The Walker party planned to stay through early the week and celebrate Val Tyre’s birthday.
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Coral Gables
Mount Dora
South Florida
Roy C. Walker
Stanley G. Tyre
Eustis Rd
Rusty
Bruce
Melinda
Val
Garage Squats On Right Of Way In Mount Dora
City Council grants squatter's rights to Robert Grantham for a 25 foot land strip on Highland Avenue after both he and F. F. Finzel believed the land was for private use. The street right of way had existed for 25 years but was not in city records. The plat showed a planned street and right of way.
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Robert “Dude” Grantham
Highland Av
Grantham
F. F. Finzel
Finzel
Mount Dora
Tavares
Mount Dora Tops County in Chamber Membership Drive
Dora leads Mount Dora in Mount Dora area Lake County Chamber of Commerce campaign with 407 members and 339 percent goal progress, the highest in the county aside from Yalaha and Mina ola. members contribute sustaining at 12.50, contributing at 5, or regular at 1 respectively.
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Mount Dora
Lakeounty
Chamber of Commerce
Yalaha
Minnola
City Grants Possession of Land for Street Already Planned
Council members note the county records show only a right of way and no street development. The property committee led by Councilman D Fletcher Crane recommends granting Grantham full possession of the land for the unreached street project.
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D. Fletcher Crane
Grantham
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Leonard Barker
Optometrist
Sylvan Shores
Lount Dora
Green
Mundell & Hill
Bill Prinz & Co
Orlando
Paul W. Turrentine
ITH Ave
Marlboro
Mass
Enterprise
Ortland’s Orner
Adeline
St. Louis
Milton Berle
Las Vegas
Berle
Highland Avenue
Herbert Spencer
Henry Stein
Don Conway
Dora
Orlando Irrigation Co., Inc
W. Smith Ave
Call
Uncle Sam
Florida Telephone Corporation
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