Baccalaureate Service Opens Graduation Season at Mount Dora High
The 26 members of Mount Dora High School’s 1952 graduating class will wear caps and gowns Sunday for Baccalaureate services at 8 p.m. The event features Pastor Sutley’s address Coming to Grips With Life, benediction by Pastor Blackburn, and Evening Prayer by Pastor Austin. Music includes Mendelssohn and Bach selections, with Patsy Dean as valedictorian and William Beims as salutatorian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora High School
Hiiltline
UA Wueneesnesanyy
Wennesesg
Brotherhood of Man
James H. Sutley
First Baptist Church
Robert M. Blackburn
First Methodist Church
Alexander Austin
Church of God
Mendelssohn
Edward J. Sanders
Tform
Sam P. Ford
Pastor Sutley
James E
Charles’ Dean
Donald Austin
William Beims
Max Blaske
Oraville Day
Arthur Dufour
Don Ford
Harold Gregg
Kenneth Harris
Allen Keller
Jimmy Moore
Charles Moorhead
Jack Norris
Billy Odom
Herbert Schneider
Pinkney Turner
Chester Weinman
Bobby Williams
Carolyn Keller
Allen
Ellen Marsell
Bonita Massey
Babs Phifer
Jean Pike
Martha Simpson
Carol Spang
Betty Whitehead
Mutual Growers Meet Set for District 2 Election at Lake Theater
Lake county members of Florida mutual growers are urged to reserve Monday, June 9, at 2 30 p m for the district 2 meeting at the Lake theater in Tavares. The session aims to elect three directors to the Growers Administrative committee. Proxy voting is barred and corporate representation requires written authorization.
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Lake County
Florida
Trus Mutual
Lake Theatre
Tavares T
Lake, Citrus
Conner
Mutual
Lacy G. Thomas
Groveland
Dora Kiwanis To Be Cited At Seattle Convention
Mount Dora Kiwanis club earns international award for 1951 achievement report. Kiwanian Dan Bishop to receive the honor in Seattle June 15 18. Past District Governor Karl Lehmann to accept on behalf of the Florida district Kiwanis.
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Mount Dora
Kiwanis Club
International Kiwanis Club
Seattle
Dan Bishop
Dora Club
Orange
United States
Canada
Florida
Kiwanis
Paper Bo
Karl Lehmann
King’s Daughters mobilize help for Mount Dora family
Desperate circumstances push a Mount Dora family to seek community aid as the King’s Daughters organize a relief effort. The family faces rising daily needs, expenses for a special upcoming event, and mounting medical bills for the father who requires hospital care.
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Mount Dora
Candy Harmful Proves It In Senior Kids Day Prank
Babs Phifer a senior student and Charles Moorhead were part of a Kid's Day event when a lollipop incident left Moorhead with a gash requiring stitches. The moment highlighted concerns about candy and health in youth.
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Babs Phifer
Babs
Charles Moorhead
Charles
Bits Of Wisdom On Moral Strength In US Power
Fred G. Clark, chairman of the American Economic Foundation, argues that US military force lacks impact due to weak moral resolve. He asserts no nation would dare challenge a morally united United States, calling for stronger unity of purpose.
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United States
Fred G. Clark
American Economic Foundation
School Athletics Upheld In Talk At Gift Award Banquet
Mount Dora high school athletes and staff gathered at the Community building to honor graduates and praise athletics. Coach Joe McMullen of Stetson University urged balance between sports and academics, while Dr. Robert Montgomery spoke on positive aims of military service. Principal D D Roseborough presided as awards and Babe Ruth Sportsmanship honors were given to students including Martha Simpson and Pinkney Turner.
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Athletic Association
Harold Gregg
Hurricanes
Dan Spear
Gene Stauber
Stetson University
Martha Simpson
Pinkney Turner
LaNelle VanDiver
Paul Odom
Mount Dora
Joe McMullen
McMullen
Robert Montgomery
D. D. Roseborough
Don Ford
Babe Ruth
Aline Paul
Sue Scott
Lorraine Priester
Patsy Dean
Jean Pike
Carolyn Keller
Martha
Babs Phifer
Ann Bowers
Turner
Billy Odom
Arthur Dufour
Frank Hall
John Rappel
Charles Moorhead
Frank Keller
Fred Roseborogh
Jerry Dake
Jackie Hutchinson
Chester Weinman
Donald Wetz
Bobby Williams
Byron Smith
Max
Hannum Drug Store Plans and Family History
The planned sale of F W Hannum’s Mount Dora drugstore collapsed as he resumes ownership and continues a quarter century of dispensing remedies. The piece traces his business moves from Mount Dora to Eustis, Umatilla, Tavares, Clermont, and back, and recalls his father Capt W Y C Hannum’s Civil War service and Maryville connections.
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F. W. Hannum
Fifth Av
Hannum
Columbia County
Fisher W. Hannum
Evance
Dora
M. O. Williams
Dent
Eustis
Umatilla
Tavares
Clermont
Mount Dora
Williams
Association
Ferrans of
Law Pharmacy
Josephine Simpson
Maryville
Tenn
Blount
W. Y. C. Hannum
Virginia Military Academy
Stoneiall
Emerison
Robert E.lee
Local entrepreneur builds steam laundry to thriving enterprise
F W Hannum started with a steam laundry and rapidly expanded into a prosperous business. In 1919 he visited Florida to see his brother Dr Montgomery Hannum and decided to stay. He sold the laundry and multiple homes, then began a new venture, later attempting pharmacy though not fully registered.
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Montgomery Hannum
Florida
Eustis
Bake County
Fluoridation Debate in Mount Dora Draws Support and Skepticism
Mount Dora residents weigh fluoridation with a proponent page in this paper. Editorials discuss constitutional issues and unknown biological effects while Clarence J. McKenzie criticizes the program. A national report cites fluorine linked cattle disease near a Utah steel plant. Judge John Willmott joins the local fluoridation committee ahead of next Tuesday’s June council meeting.
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Mount Dora
Law Journal
Clarence J. McKenzie
Boston
McKenzie
North
Dewey
New York
Congressional Record
The
Chicago Tribune
Utah
Utah State Agricultural College Experiment Station
Provo
Citizen’s Committee
John Willmott
Shuffleboard Club
Memorial Day Services and Social Planned
The American Legion and its auxiliary announce a two part Memorial Day program. Morning services at City Hall lawn start 10 30 a m with flag observances urging half mast until noon then full mast. A 6 30 p m public fish fry follows at the Veterans Memorial Beane Street with Col E Hood Wilkerson as speaker.
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American Legion
City Hall
Veterans Memorial
Beane St
Ye Legion
Auxiliary
E. Hood Wilkerson
Eustis
Robert M. Blackburn
Methodist Church
James H. Sutley
The
Baptist Church
National Guard
Lake County Votes Weigh McCarty Odham Race In Primary
Partial returns show Odham leading McCarty in Lake County with a 607 vote margin excluding Astor, while Mount Dora backs Odham by 155. Owens wins clerk of circuit court in the county and in Eustis, with Dykes carrying the diverging results in other towns. Russell pledged delegates seem to edge Kefauver 16 to 8 statewide.
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Ft. Pierce
Fuller Warren
Mount Dora
Frank E. Owens
Herman Dykes
Tavares
Eustis
Owens
McCarty
Odham
Orange County
Lake County
Astor
Adams
Spencer
Hendrix
Senator Russell
Russell
Kefauver
J. A
Tar” Boyd
Leesburg
George W. Johnson
Orlando
Chicago
Mount Dora Lake
Sorrento County
Clerk OF Courts Dykes
Mount Dora and Lake County Primary Election Results
Unofficial returns show results from Mount Dora area and Lake County in the governor and clerk races. Absentee ballots were not counted until today amid a smaller share than in the first primary.
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Mount Dora
Lake County
Birth of Stephen Allen Greene in Leesburg
A son, Stephen Allen, was born to Mr and Mrs J M Greene of Nor mandy Sr at Durham Young hospital Leesburg on May 27. The baby weighed 8 pounds 3 ounces. Marquis notes poetry Milton saw when he went blind.
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Stephen Allen
J. M. Greene, Normandy Sr
Durham Young Hospital
Leesburg
Milton
Marquis
Music program set for Friday night at community building
The year end concert by the school music department takes place Friday at 8 p.m. under James Handlen. The band performs with a solo by Ann Bowers and includes selections from The Merry Widow In a Persian Market and the William Tell Overture. The Alma Mater by Charles Gordon Rex and Handlen's Jam Session are also on the program.
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James E. Handlen
Ann Bowers
Charles Gordon Rex
Handlen
Miss Bowers
City To Be Host To Red Cross Meeting
Mount Dora will host the Lake County chapter American Red Cross annual meeting on Thursday June 12 at the Community building. Dr John Branscomb pastor of the Methodist church Orlando will speak noted for his writings on refugee problems.
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Mount Dora
Lake County
American Red Cross
John Branscomb
Methodist Church
Orlando
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Mabel Norris Reese
Cedar Run
Culpepper County
Fisher Hannum
UU Lnanwun
Max Bulske, Jr
Florida Department
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Oeng Fuller Warren
Mulske
Red Cross
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