Lake County youth tours school buses and meetings
Youth groups in Lake County toured schools on Friday riding a district bus with peers from other schools. They lunch in Tavares and plan activities with Future Business Leaders of America electing officers Carol Siess president and others. The junior class promotes posters for the December class play Men Are Like Street Cars, while seniors help build the set and the band finishes football season duties.
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Lake County
Tavares
Business Leaders of America
Carol Siess
Patty Johnson
Jalene Howell
Anne Travers
Anita Stedrowsky
Helen Davidson
Joni Vincenti
Doris Camp
Thanksgiving sermon recalls Pilgrim harvest origin
Dr C A Carriel pastor of the church reflects on the first Thanksgiving from the Pilgrims in 1622. He notes their harvest of corn and barley and argues modern Americans would value food if faced with limited supply, emphasizing that sustenance comes from seeds and animal reproduction.
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C. A. Carriel
Dr. Carriel
America
Carrie
Band Settles Into New Auditorium for Monthly Concerts
The school band moves into the new auditorium and plans to present a concert each month. Football players rejoin the band and Hank Link debuts as bass tuba. Students anticipate the upcoming holiday while preparing for six week tests. the second six week period ends November 29.
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Aduitorium
Hank Link
Colaianni
Call to Mount Dora Boat Club Meeting
A meeting of boating enthusiasts in the Mount Dora area is called for next Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Chamber of Commerce to organize a Mount Dora Boat club. All boat owners are invited regardless of type.
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Mount Dora
Chamber of Commerce
Platt Family Faces School Enrollment Clash
In Mount Dora and neighboring counties a Black family the Platts fights to enroll their children in public schools amid sheriff objections and district investigations. Officials say the children must stay home pending review while appeals reach Orange and Lake counties.
Rainfall for November Shows Drier Start than Last Year
November rainfall measured 5 inches so far, up from 2.6 inches in 1953 by this date, with 1.2 inches from November 17 to 23. Year to date totals reach 52.9 inches, compared with 80.8 inches by this point last year.
Plant Virtue Is Humility, Says Speaker
Orlando lecturer Paul Foster addressed the Garden club on go and bromeliads. He highlighted cryptanthus and other bromeliads Billbergia Tillandsia Guzmania and stressed their endurance and adaptability. He urged members to value plants for beauty and life, noting humility as a shared human virtue.
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Laura Roberts
Paul Foster
Orlando
Mr. Foster
Garden of Eden
Mrs Woodhull Dies at Home on Lake Beauclaire
Jane Woodhull age 62 wife of Mark Woodhull died at her Lake Beauclaire home Tuesday morning. She leaves husband and son Mark J. Woodhull of Angola Indiana. She was a member of Community Congregational church Mount Dora. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. Rehbaum Funeral Home officiated by Pastor Robert R. Reed.
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Jane Woodhull
Mark Woodhull
Lake Beauclaire
Mark J. Woodhull
Angola
Ind
Community Congregational Church
Mount Dora
Robert R. Reed
Community Church
Garden club meeting highlights beauty of Tabebuia varieties
The Lakes and Hills Garden club gathered with interim president Mrs. John Alden Murray unable to attend due to illness. Mrs. Joseph Rus 80 chaired the meeting and Mrs. Gretchen Elliott introduced the speaker. A driftwood and chrysanthemum arrangement by Mrs. Joe Priest and Mrs. James Jackson decorated the tea table. Refreshments were provided by the Telephone committee led by Mrs. George Church and assistants.
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M. B. Foster
Orlando
Lakes and Hills
John Alden Murray
The
Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Joseph Rus 80
Gretchen Elliott
Joe Priest
James Jackson
Poinsettia Circle
George Church
J. N. Armstrong
Kenneth Jorgeson
W. K. Stokley
Charles Meade
Dwight E. Whitehill
Five Dorans Initiated Into Bahia Temple
Bahia Temple in Orlando held its first ceremony for its youngest shrine, Bahia of Orlando, with a class of 193. Five Mount Dora Scottish Rite Masons—Glenn Brown, William Lafroos, Dr. Robert Montgomery, 0. M. Jack Simpson, and Robert Dinsmore—were initiates alongside others under the Central Florida temple.
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Bahia
Orlando
Mount Dora
Glenn Brown
William Lafroos
Robert Montgomery
Jack” Simpson
Robert Dinsmore
Central Florida
Emerson Quote About Enthusiasm
A historic note presents Emerson’s maxim nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. The line emphasizes zeal as essential to achievement and remains linked to the philosophy of inspiration.
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Emerson
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Tavares Inn
Tavares, Florida
J. G. Ray, JR
Jerry Gilden
Raymond
Laura Belle
Littler
Denzell
Laura Bell
Roseborough
C. A. Vaughn, Jr
Orange County
Apopka
Platt
Brant
Holly Hill
Moss Creek
N. C
Mr. Platt
United States of America
A&m
Highland Avenue
Rehbaums Hardware
Triangle Cab CO
Ed Avery
Donnelly ST. At the Park
Doe’s
General Repairs
Sanford Road
Roy Ledford
Auro Stores
Mark Peters
Fifth Ave
Florida
Dorans
Board OF Realtors
Lake County Board OF Realtors
Grand View Hotel
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