Bowling News From Mount Dora Club and Beyond
This report notes a Thursday afternoon friendly bowling match between Daytona and Mount Dora at about 2 o'clock. It also highlights global bowling figures, U S and British associations, and plans for a USA national tournament in 1948. Wishing good luck to Bill Hay, who underwent spinal surgery, and listing local arrivals en route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daytona
Mount Dora
America
Alan Grant
Britain
Elizabeth F
Christian Science Monitor
Sydney Skilton
British Isles
South Africa
England
U.S.A
American Lawn Bowling Association
Emmett L. Richardson
A.L.B.A
I.B.M
Bill” Hays
Association
California
Bill” Hay
Joe Walworth
Clare Traeger
Alfred Moss
Dick Edgerton
John Welch
Etta Spear
John Bennett
Everard Stubbs
Library Adds New Titles to Circulation List
The Mount Dora Public Library announces new arrivals including The Blue Horse of Taxco by Knight The Garretson Chronicle by Bruce Friends and Lovers by Helen MacInnes Turtle's Trolley by Theodore Ratt The Living Wood by Louis de Wohl Take Three Doctors by Elizabeth Seifert The Great Tide by Rubylon Hall Dead and Do Head Winds by Sara Ware Bassett Non Fiction Blue Ridge Country by Jean Thomas Inside U S A by John Gunther Florida Geological Survey No 31 Springs of Fla by av enile The Secret Camp by Balinska Always Reddy by Henry Pit Pony by Banning The Gondoliers by Gilbert and Sullivan The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan HMS Pinafore by Gilbert and Sullivan Faust by Gounod The Twilight of the Gods by Wagner Judgs Journey by Lois Lenski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taxco
Knight
Garretson Chronicle
Bruce
Helen MacInnes
Ae Turtle’s
Theodore Ratt
Louis de ‘Wohl
Elizabeth Seifert
Rubylon Hall
Sara Ware Bassett
Blue Ridge Country
Jean Thomas
John Gunther
Florida Geological Survey
Springs of Fla
Balinska
Reddy
Henry
Banning
Gilbert and Sullivan
Faust
Mount Dora Celebrities and a World War I Grove Founder
Personalities section recalls M. V. Simpson and Orrin Sadler with a fire dated around 1913. It notes S. Butts who tore down a town hall to build a home, started a 15 acre grove in WWI, and later rebuilt beside the dime store. Butts married late, now lives with niece Ruth Butts. Ella Clark bridged bachelor days five years earlier, and Miss Clark led a welcome procession with a cowbell for an arriving bride and groom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. V. Simpson
Orrin Sadler
Mr. Butts
Dorans
Mount Dora
Miss Butts
Dora Scouts Cop Top Honors At Court of Honor
Mount Dora Boy Scouts Troup 19 swept the district meeting at Leesburg Community center earning banners for appearance advancement and attendance with a top score of 99. Scouts Glen Ford William Johnson Charles Moorhead Donald Ford Carl Huff Billy Carroll David Blanchard Harry Wise Walter Daniel Patton earned rank increases as 19 scouts and 27 parents attended the honor event chaired by Earl Gray of Leesburg with John Allen of Leesburg as commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of
Mount Dora
Donald Ford
Carl Huff
Billy Carroll
David Blanchard
Harry Wise
Walter Daniel Patton
Lis
Earl Gray
Leesburg
John Allen
Jack Groves
Florida Outboard Association Seeks Home in Mount Dora
The Florida Outboard Association seeks a lakefront site near Orlando for a club home. Dr Taylor and treasurer Ray Campbell explored Mount Dora on Dora chain lakes finding a top site owned by a family active in local recreation. The group hopes to secure a docked base for forty members and grow regional boating activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida Outboard Association of
Orlando
Ng Xo
Ty Se Baenl Ge
Taylor
Ray Campbell
F.0.a
Mount Dora
Dora Chain
Florida Outboard Association
Mount Dora Nine Hole Golf Offer
A brief reads Mount Dora golf a nine hole round for 1002 elf at a rate of 1.50 per player. The text is terse and garbled but indicates pricing and location for a golf outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
J. D. Atkins Dies In South Carolina
J D Atkins, father of Lloyd Atkins and longtime Mount Dora resident, died at 85 following a stroke in Abbeville South Carolina. He would have turned 86 in June. Survived by five sons including J Presley Newt Verdell and Lloyd, 43 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Funeral and burial held in Elbert County Georgia, his former home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd
Mount Dora
Abbeville
Atkins
J. Presley
Newt
Verdell
Elbert County
Also Mentioned on This Page
AL Maben
London
Lake County
English Bowling Association
R. P. Hamlin
Tavares, Fla
Paul Lalla
Brown’s Hardware
Eustis
Dora
Zellwood Inn
U.S. 441
Zellwood
Florida
Apopka
P. O. Crankem
Wwe
F.C.A
William E. Breckenridge
Mount Dora, Florida
de Luxe Model
Philco
G.E
A. M. & S. Sales & Service
Philco Norge
Mercury Motors
Donnelly
Patrick Brothers
S. Grove St
Eustis, Fla
Lily & Curly
The
American Legion
J. D. Atkins
South Carolina
Leonard Barker
S. Orange Ave
P. Gray
Lake Wise Boat Works
Tavares
Army
Hear
Claude Pepper
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