Mount Dora group meeting and Armistice Day notes
The Creative Writers group of the Mount Dora Art League meets next Tuesday at 10 am in the league room with Mrs Isabel Gassett presiding and Summer manuscripts to be reviewed. Memorial ceremonies at Lake county courthouse honored three founders Barton A Cassady William Adam Hocker and Milton Harvey Mabry. The Lake County Chamber of Commerce Armistice Day dinner at Clermont featured speaker Congressman Syd Herlong Jr and new officers C B Treadway and Karl Lehmann. The Mary Baker Eddy quote closes the item.
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Creative Writers Group
The
Mount Dora
Lake County
Barton A. Cassady
William Adam Hocker
Florida Constitution
Milton Harvey Mabry
Supreme Court
Karl Lehmann
Clark Nettleton Dies in Orlando After Wife’s Death
Clark J. Nettleton 92 of Mount Dora and Orlando died November 5 in Orlando following the death of his wife Oresta Purdy Nettleton in April. He was a member of Centennial Lodge 100 I.O.C.F. Naugatuck Conn. Survived by stepson Brainard A. Smith of Delray Beach Fla. Burial planned in Naugatuck Conn. Funeral services held at Carey Hand Funeral Chapel Orlando.
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Oresta Purdy Nettleton
Clark J. Nettleton
Orlando
Nettleton
Centennial Lodge
C.F
Carey Hand Funeral Chapel
Naugatuck
Conn
IceHouse Players Call Meeting at Theatre Monday
All members of the IceHouse Players are urged to attend a theatre meeting scheduled for Monday at 7 30 p.m. The session aims to coordinate the group’s upcoming performances and activities.
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Icehouse
Newsmen Cover "Toughest Job" As Barrage Of Drama Smotes Them
Reporters recount Walter Irvin’s dramatic account on Weirsdale road as Lake County tensions rise. Att’y Akerman withdraws, defense shifts blame to local residents. courtroom and hospital scenes spark doubt, fear, and questions.
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Walter Irvin
Weirsdale
Irvin
Alex Akerman
Akerman
Lake County
Justice Department
Truman G. Futch
Futch
Dick Shirk
R. H. Williams
Army of Defense
Paris
Walter
Bay Lake
Day Edge of
Groveland
Orange
Burgess Receives District Scout Executive Promotion
Tom Burgess, field executive of the Central Florida Council of Boy Scouts, will become district Scout executive of the Occoneechee Council in Raleigh North Carolina. A Tavares resident and Mount Dora Kiwanis member, he began work in 1948 after graduating from Stetson and served three years in the army including one year in Europe. He married Norma Shultz of Tavares in 1950 and they have a daughter Kathryn.
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Tom Burgess
Central Florida
Norma Shultz
Tavares
Kathryn
Tavares Club
Mount Dora Kiwanis Club
Inquest Ends With Comfort From Friends At Doris McCall Case
A woman friend sat beside Doris McCall during the hospital finale of the inquest and her arm grew around Doris as her face grew worn. Earlier a church minister sat nearby and offered support with his arm.
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Doris McCall
Hospitality Remains to All Even Enemies
A proverb states that kindness should be shared with foes as a tree offers shade to the woodcutter. It emphasizes universal hospitality and restraint in mercy.
Auxiliary Joy Shop Deadline Nears
The American Legion auxiliary says the Joy Shop, a program for gifting items to disabled veterans in hospitals, must close soon. Gifts of $1 or more are turned in at the Chamber of Commerce and wrapped for hospitals. veterans may choose free gifts for family. Accepting gifts ends next Tuesday.
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Dorans
American Legion Auxiliary
Chamber of Commerce
Auxiliary
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Mary Baker Eddy
Treadway
Lehmann
Cortland’s
Clark Nettleton
Stephen Trumbull
Miami Herald
Trumbull
Steve Trumbull
Umatilla
McCall
William B. Luft, Builder
Kingsley’s OF
Leesburg
BRUCE
Reznor
Sylvan Shores Hotel
Southland
Lucerne
Greenway
Burgess
Tampa Tribune
W. B. Stoddart
P. O. Box
Tavares, Fila
Dora Canal
Dead River
City Dock
Silver Springs
Wise Boat Works
Paul B. Brown
Eustis, Fla
Make Brown
Story Bros.Grocery and
Parker’s Market
Mount Dora, Florida
Maxwell House
Hershey’s Factory
Dole
del Monte
Aunt Jemima
U. S
Georgia Sweet
Southland Frozen
PEG
Crisco
Minute Maid
Donald Duck
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