Officials Crack On Traffic Rules and Parking Lot Opens
City officials plan a study on installing parking meters as traffic rules tighten. Mayor D Crane inaugurates a free municipal lot at Third and Donnelly, with one hour limits on nearby blocks to curb all day parking. Police will enforce time limits and left side parking during business hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Fletcher Crane
Third and
Donnelly St
Crane
Donnelly and
Fifth Av
Alexander
Fourth
Richard Shipes
Alexander St
Mount Dora
Kiwanis Awards Honor Mount Dora Founders and Club Members
Kiwanis in Lake County presented twenty five year certificates to Mount Dora founders and charter members led by Karl Lehmann. Al Rehbaum Sr Carl Graves Dr S C Colly W M Kennedy G B Crip Hurlburt L C Smith A J Waltz were named. The club hosted the 1950 football squad for a turkey dinner and voted a gold football and a watch for Coach Dan Spear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Mount Dora
Kiwanis
Lake County
Mount Dora Club
Karl Lehmann
Florida
al Rehbaum
Carl Graves
Dan Spear
George J. White
Robert R. Reed
Yale University
Founders Circle Schedules Two Plant Sales in Mount Dora
The Lakes and Hills Garden club Founders Circle plans two plant sales near the Mount Dora post office on Alexander Street starting Saturday. Members grew most of the plants and will offer annuals such as asters petunias calendulas verbennias snapdragons carnations and sweet alysum along with azaleas hibiscus bulbs and garden supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Founders Circle of the Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Alexander St
Mount Dora Band Plans Thank You Concert
Mount Dora's school band will host a public thank you concert on Saturday December 2 at 7 30 p m outside First National Bank. Officers report band fund reached 917 dollars from public contributions as of last month and Charles Rex music director will lead the major concert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Band Boosters Club
Charles Rex
First National Bank
Milner-Rosenwald Academy
Eet Kone
Community Forum Explores Christianity and the World
Mount Dora residents will gather at the Community church for a forum on Christianity and the World. Dr. Robert R. Reed opens the series with a discussion on the world situation and faith as a solution to fears of mass destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Community Church
Robert R. Reed
Frederick Sleight
Rollins
Mabel Norris Reese
Shipes Family Thankful For Homecoming From Korea
Lieut Tommy Shipes returns home on leave from the Naval Air Force after serving in the Far East during the Korean War. He arrives in Mount Dora with wife Dorothy Mae Conner and daughter Cindy, stays at Lake Jem with the Owen Conners, then plans to resume duties in California with new orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Shipes
Richard Shipes
Mount Dora
Naval Air Force
Far East
United Nations
38Th Parallel
Dorothy Mae Conner
Cindy
Lake Jem
Owen Conners
California
Prayer inspires Thanksgiving Day smile contest in Mount Dora
A community gives thanks with a prayer and a $25 prize for the most sincere and catching smile among Mount Dora women judged daily by merchants. The plea asks for sunshine over war time gloom, temperance, forgiveness, and kindness toward all Thy children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Lions Club Thank You Notes From Circuits trip
Letters from more than 700 children express gratitude for a circus trip in Orlando. The Lions Club reports a successful community drive, with Mount Dora donors covering the Eyesight Fund and the Milner Rosenwald Academy contributing 121 dollars to fund 150 pupils and teachers admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Lions Club
Lions
J. G. Ray, Jr
Circus
Kendall Jones
Milner-Rosenwald Academy
Kar Ivy
Bobby Simpson
Karl
Minute Maid
East Town
The
Lando
Lake County's Home Demonstration Agent Guides 4 H Work
Lucie Miller manages her paper craft while describing her role as Lake County Home Demonstration Agent. She champions education in home making, balancing family life with degrees from Florida State and Columbia University, and leading 4-H clubs and non club women across eight clubs in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucie Miller
Lake County
Bny
Leesburg High School
Young Ladies’ College of Florida
Tallahassee
Albert Miller
Leesburg
Catherine
Florida State
Kappa Delta Pi
Phi Kappa Phi
Columbia University
Woman leader trains 290 members in home making and 4-H outreach
Lucie K. Miller directs a 290 member group teaching home making, nutrition, and budgeting. She mentors county women and 4-H girls alike, stressing the value of 4-H beyond farm life and highlighting balanced meals for healthier children.
Death of Mrs. Mary B. Johnson 89
Mrs. Mary B. Johnson sister of Charles W. Brock Mount Dora winter resident died last week in Middletown Connecticut at age 89. She was a charter member of the Lady Washington chapter O.E.S. Local friends received notice today in Mount Dora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary B. Johnson
Charles W. Brock
Mount Dora
Friends Today
Johnson
Lady Washington
O.E.S
Middletown
Conn
Chamber Probes ACL Service Promise Failures in Mount Dora
Mount Dora's Chamber of Commerce investigates Atlantic Coast Line Railroad for failing to uphold through service promises after ending passenger service. Betty Siess reports no reply from the Florida Railroad and Public Utilities Commission, citing ongoing complaints as seasonal travelers arrive. A Connecticut resident could not buy a through ticket to Mount Dora and faced a taxi and express baggage, while Chicago inquiries found no rail connection listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Chamber of Commerce
Atlantic Coastline Railroad
Lake County
Betty Siess
Florida Railroad and Public Utilities Commission
Atlantic
Orlando
Siess
Chicago
Commission
J. B. Shapston
Wilmington
N. C
Railroad Commission
Defense Council Meeting Draws Lake Delegates
Lake County and Mount Dora leaders travel to Orlando next Monday to join Florida officials in planning a state wide civil defense program. The delegation is led by William Jay Barker with Col. R. G. Howie directing the effort at the Orange Court hotel at 9 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Civil Defense
Mount Dora
George J. White
D. Fletcher Crane
O. M
Jack” Simpson
Don Conkling
Mabel Norris Reese
Lake County
W. Troy Hall
Don Smith
H. T. Williams
Clermont
L. Day Edge
Groveland
Ed Baker
Umatilla
J. K. Mizell
H. O. Ferguson
Big Cast Chosen For Next Play At Lake County Theatre
Marguerite Miller leads the December production You Cant Take It With You at Mount Dora Lake County little theatre. County Judge W Troy Hall Jr and Sheriff Will McCall join a large cast from Mount Dora Leesburg Faustis and Clermont under director Frances Lovell and producer William Jay Barker. The play, later adapted for film, starred Lionel Barrymore and Billie Burke on Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Miller
IceHouse
Lake County
Little Theatre
Mount Dora
W. Troy Hall, Jr
Will McCall
Frances Lovell
Mickey Carver
Pat Marshall
Margo Hosford
Walter J. Patton
Leslie Hines
Alan Claflin
E. F. Merchant
Merle Cleary
Virginia Baxter
Don Aubb
Ted Odom
Mel ‘Wagner
Mildred Leatherbury
Frank Stebbins
Marjory Brockway
Season Ends In Blaze-Which Consumes Eustis
The Golden Hurricanes finish 1950 football season with a 13 to 6 win over Eustis Panthers. Red Odom returns the opening kickoff and Dora fumbles lead to Eustis score, Pinkney Turner breaks a 55 yard run for Dora, and McHaffie scores in the fourth quarter.
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Golden Hurricanes
Panthers
Eustis
Red Odom
Dora
Panther
Clark
Hurricanes
Pinkney Turner
Clark van Deroef
Mount Dora
McHaffie
Shorty Williams
Elwood McHaffie
Harry Wise
Little Red Odom
Dorans
Correll
Keen
Gregg
Sellers
Ford
Blunt
Ziegengiest
Huff
Keller
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Founders Circle
Shipes
Lucie K. Miller
Chamber
Defense Council
Blaze
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