Mount Dora Welcomes New Summer Residents and Visitors
Mount Dora greets new residents including Dr. Milton H. Bird and Mrs. Bird leaving Harvard ties for Central Florida. The Goerths, Pratts, and others arrive or depart for summer homes in Maine, Michigan, and New York while local ties form among families and friends. a party honors David Hugh Cox’s eighth birthday with a lemon candle theme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Milton H. Bird
Miami
Pinecrest
LaDue-Lashar Realty Co
Earl Beebe
Will Lansing
Mich
Gor Setuday
David Hugh Cox
David
Slater Cox
Carol Simpson
Mary Ellen
Sharon Sheen
Mary Kay Rehbaum
Sylvia Adams
Mary Lou Davidson
Beckie Bardwell
Cathie Land
Pat Reese
Barbara Jean Larsen
Judy
Bobby Weston
Ann
Cook Gravlee
Tavares
Jimmy Malone
Billy Moon
Bill Simpson
Bobby Bowie
al Story
Robert Moorhead
Lewis Carroll, Jr
Ronnie Parker
Lewis Bedell
Sara Ann
Jean Teasley
Georgia
Barbara Oe George
Carl Walrod
Sylvan Shores
Detroit
Marie Freda
Raymond Bruley
Freda
Walred
Bruleys
Mr. Bruley
Dora Girls Win College Honors
Mount Dora's top Class of 47 honorees Doris Harding Dorothy Eckholdt and Lucille Minkley were tapped for Alpha Lambda Delta at Tallahassee University. Fifty one freshmen women from the university received the honor for scholastic rating above 2.5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Alpha Lambda Delta
Doris Harding
Dorothy Eckholdt
Lucille Minkley
Mount Dora High School
Tallahassee University
Doris
Frank Harding
Dorothy
Ray Eckholdt
Lucille
C. Minkley
Dora Girl Wins Realtors Contest
Freida Reece a Mount Dora high school student won the $15 first prize for best answer to What Is a Realtor in a contest sponsored by the Lake County Board of Realtors. Nelda Fielding and Bob Cantwell tied for second and Joan Bennett of Eustis took third. additional Dora students competed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freida Reece
Mount Dora High School
Freida
Lake County Board of Realtors
S. H. Bowman
Nelda Fielding
Bob Cantwell
Clermont
Joan Bennett
Eustis
Dora
Helen Miles
Gloria Jean Conrad
Shirley Ford
Phyllis Turner
Sambar deer thrill on St. Vincent Island draws big game hunters
Despite mixed views on meat quality the Sambar deer on St. Vincent Island attracts hunters with its elusive night behavior and rapid fawn growth. Reports of crossbreeding with white tail are unsubstantiated, and experts doubt crossing is possible. The island’s status as Spanish territory or U S land remains debated among historians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apalachicola Bay
Game Commission
West Florida
Lee, S. Crandall
New York Zoological Society
Crandall
Florida
St. Vincent’s
Franklin County
Apalachicola
Spain
St. Vincent
From the lowest depths there is a path to the loftiest height Carlyle
The quote from Carlyle speaks to ascent from adversity through steady effort. It frames a moral about overcoming difficulty to reach greatness, implying resilience and perseverance as guiding principles in personal and intellectual achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlyle
Yacht Club Socials Celebrate With Tea And Weddings
The Lake Dora yacht club hosts a string of gatherings with guests including John and Loretta Montgomery and daughter Frances Berteau of Lake Jem, the Dufours with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Miller for a double wedding anniversary, and a 150 guest morning coffee sponsored by Mrs. Howard Gamble and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Dora
John
Loretta Montgomery
Frances Berteau
Lake Jem
Dufours
Arthur
Lois
Paul Miller
Howard Gamble
William M. Igon
Hugh Igon
Doug Igon
David Walker
J. B. Kirkpatrick
John Mowery
John Kauffman
Louis Bowen
Harry Hannah
Charles Zink
P. O. Mikell
Robert Eichelberger
Homer Fuller
Christian Scientist Lesson Sermon Detonounces Necromancy
A Sunday lesson sermon from First Church of Christ Scientist in Eustis denounces ancient necromancy Mesmerism and hypnotism as evil and unreal. It cites Revelation 21 7 Deuteronomy 18 9 and Mary Baker Eddy Science and Health passages declaring mind forces evil and the absence of power in evil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Church of Christ
Scientist
Earner Grove St
Lemon Av
Eustis
Churches of Christ
Mary Baker Eddy
Foundations for all Generations PTA short course set at FSU
Florida Congress of Parents and Teachers selected Foundations for all Generations as the theme for its 1948 PTA short course. The four day session starts June 22 at Florida State University in Tallahassee with new officers and committee chairs among the participants. Edwin R. Hartz will open the meeting with Foundations on Which We Build and teach daily sessions on Family Life Education through the program run with the General Extension Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida Congress of Parents and Teachers
PTA
Florida State University
Tallahassee
General Extension
Edwin R. Hartz
U. S. Navy
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Lake Shore Dr
Wwu
New York City
J. T. Wadsworth
Rangely
Karlton Knorr
Mrs
A. P. Pratt
Friendship, Me
University of Florida
Thomas B. Kimball
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Cuba
Mildred Marsh
E. C. Devorsak
Emma Leavenworth
Seattle
Wash
Severn Lodge
Ontario
Can
John W. Bakey
Douglassville
Ohio
Ponce de Leon
Thomas Starr King
White Cross
Donald O. Foucart
Thomas. H. Cooley
A. Goodrich
First National Bank
Mount Dora, Fla
Crane Furniture CO
Merry CO
Sally Dress Shop
Sweet Girl
Dora Girl
Leonard Barker
Optometrist
S. Orange Ave
Orlando
Yacht. Club
Goodyear
Texaco
Caudel
Donnelly
FSU
Hesiaiien
Orien
Mount Dora, Florida
Member
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Dickson
Eome Lulu
Neacs
Ray Daniels
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