Family Democracy Institute Highlights Hope for New Society
Dr. Ira Holland, welfare expert, leads Mount Dora Family Life Institute in a panel discussion on democracy at home. Adults and youths debate family problems, stressing parental influence, school roles, and religious education to strengthen families amid wartime fears and refugee crises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Holland
Mount Dora
David Coffield
Glenn Brown
Howard Wetz
Barbara Siess
Walter TeStrake, Jr
Joyce Moon
Charles Reid
United States
Lions Club
Institute
Dorans
Far East
Korea
Parent-Teacher Association
Orient
Holland
Dr. Holland
Family Life Institute
Lake County Ladies Chorus seeks Mount Dora members
The Lake County Ladies Chorus invites interested singers to join, aiming to grow from 15 to at least 30 members. Rehearsals Thursdays 3 to 4 PM in Eustis basement, practicing Christmas music and preparing a November appearance. Led by Mrs. Betty Jeane Ingram, with Cecile Strong as director and officers Nell Spitler Eileen Codding Gladys Dingee. Call Ingram in Mount Dora or Codding in Eustis for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Mount Dora
LCLC
Eustis
Betty Jeane Ingram
Cecile Strong
Florida State University
Nell Spitler
Eileen Codding
Gladys Dingee
Lake County Personalities Delayed Feature Next Week
The Lake County Personalities segment is postponed again with the next issue expected to feature G. R. Wright from Mount Dora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
G. R. Wright
Mount Dora
House Blessing Routs Troubles on Robie Street
Mr and Mrs Dudley H Moore celebrated the formal blessing of their new Mount Dora home on Robie Street last Sunday. The couple, who moved from California after the 1952 quake illness, recovered with help from Dorans and local blood donors. Rev H Mauriece Felton officiated with a celebration tea hosted by neighbors Edward Webster and Robie Sr.
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Robie St
Dudley H. Moore
Mount Dora
California
Edward Webster
Robie Sr
Florida
Mr. Moore
Dorans
H. Mauriece Felton
The
Methodist Church
Sters
Fire Prevention Week Proclaimed by Mayor Heaton
The Fire department and public schools will promote fire awareness during Fire Prevention Week October 4. Posters and movies will be shown for the public at 7 p.m. Monday at the fire station and before the Lions Club Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou L. Heaton
Fire Department
Chamber of Commerce
Lions Club
When flatterers meet the Devil goes to dinner
A succinct adage notes that flattery invites moral danger as convivial company masks true intent and temptations to deceit or self interest arise during social gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ray
Swift Boat Claims World Speed Record
Massimo Lito of Milan set an 84 mph world outboard speed record in a Swift hydroplane at Brussels under the Union of International Motor Boating. The Swift Woodcraft factory in Tangerine Mount Dora built the boat now widely recognized as the fastest. Joe Swift leads the firm as it gains international distributor presence in Italy with 25 Swift boats sold.
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North Bergen
N. J
Mount Dora
Fla
Tangerine
Swift
Swift Woodcraft
Joe Swift
Jacoby
Jean Depuy
Massimo Lito
Milan
Brussels
Belgium
Union of International Motor Boating
Mount Dora star Harold Gregg shifts from trainee role
Harold Gregg returns to Parris Island to resume Marine Corps training after a home leave. A Mount Dora Community Scholarship student, he studied at Stetson University last year under Kiwanis club support and the university athletic department. He was a standout on Mount Dora’s football team and aspired to coach.
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Harold Gregg
Harold
Parris Island
S. C
Marine Corps
Mount Dora
Stetson University
Kiwanis Club
Family Friends Seek Childs Burial Fund
Albert Eden field and wife of Zellwood seek funeral funds for 4 year old Linda Sue feld who died after brain tumor surgery in Orlando. Community and Mount Dora volunteers collect coins and dollar bills to cover burial expenses after medical costs drained savings. Rites for Linda Sue were at the Red-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Edenfield
Zellwood
Mount Dora
Linda Sue
School Receives Large Gift Of Books At Mount Dora
Big boxes arrived at Mount Dora white school Tuesday carrying a large donation of books from Mr. and Mrs. W. Sargent. Lake Shore Sr. Supervising Principal D. D. Roseborough announced the gift with gratitude, creating excitement around the school library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Nearly 200 Baptist Leaders Attend Mount Dora Banquet
In Mount Dora the annual Promotion Week banquet drew nearly 200 church and Sunday School leaders. Rev B Roberts pastor Leesburg and Rev Elwood Rawls Ballast Point Tampa, principal speaker, were pictured at the speaker table with Rev David Coffield and Lake County Baptist official A E Houston. The event filled the community building social rooms and required extra card tables for late arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Gr. B. Roberts
First Baptist Church
Leesburg
Elwood Rawls
Ballast Point
Tampa
David Coffield
A. E. Houston
Lake County Baptist
Dorans Aim to Break Tie in Fray With St Cloud
Mount Dora Hurricanes head to Tavares Friday to face St Cloud in a third game of a season that nearly produced a tie. The team pressed late on the 8 yard line but a center transfer miscue cost a potential go ahead score. Mount Dora led in yardage and passing, Dawson to Gregg for 30 yards, while penalties were fewer than the visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Hurricanes
Tavares
St. Cloud
Dorans
Duke
Partin
Henry
Doug
Dawson
Gregg
Methodists To Hold Leadership School
The second annual Methodist Leadership Training School opens at 3 p.m. Sunday with sessions at 7:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. All Lake county churches participate. Noted leaders include Dr. W. V. Meredith Lakeland Mrs. W. C. White Eau Gallie Mrs. F. J. Smith Groveland Mrs. Robert F. Clark St. Petersburg and Rev. Hoyt Tatum Leesburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Lake County
W. V. Meredith
Lakeland
Florida Conference Board of Christian Education
W. C. White
Eau Gallie
F. J. Smith
Groveland
Robert F. Clark
St. Petersburg
Hoyt Tatum
Morrison Memorial Methodist Church
Leesburg
Navy Lieutenant Receives Combat Medal Aboard USS New Jersey
Navy Lieutenant Stuart T. Sadler, son of Mrs. S. S. Sadler of Tangerine, earned a Combat Distinguishing Device Commendation Ribbon for nine months of fire control duty in Korean waters aboard the USS New Jersey. Vice Admiral Joseph J. Clark presented the medal as Sadler nears homeward bound from Hong Kong.
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New Jersey
Navy
Stuart T. Sadler
S. S. Sadler
Joseph J. Clark
USN
Seventh Fleet
Hong Kong
Sadler
Mrs. Seiger Taken In Illinois Ends Mount Dora Visit
Mrs. Fred Seiger, longtime Mount Dora visitor and former Elgin National Watch Co. nurse, died after a new attack in St. Joseph hospital Elgin Illinois. A native of Illinois she worked 22 years for the company and was a Lawn Bowling club member. Services held last Saturday at St. Lawrence Catholic church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Seiger
Mount Dora
Elgin
Seiger
St. Joseph Hospital
Illinois
Elgin National Watch Co
Lawn
Marie Flint
Highland St
St. Lawrence Catholic Church
Navy men from same hometown meet in Japanese city
Two U S Navy sailors from different ships but the same hometown unexpectedly crossed paths in a Japanese city. Robert Hall and Sonny Bond, both from the same hometown, wrote home about their chance meeting. Hall described the encounter in his letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
United States
Navy
Robert Hall
Sonny Bond
Hall
Merchants Contemplate Mount Dora Electric Rate Fight
The merchants division weighs a complex set of figures on city electricity costs as it prepares for a mass meeting at the Community Building. They study 1952-53 financials including kilowatt hour purchases, fuel oil charges, and operating costs to push for equalized rates possibly via residential hikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Special Merchants Division
Mount Dora
William C. Stewart
Florida Power Corp
Florida Power
FPC
Stewart
Mount Dora City Uses Investments to Cushion Electric Rates
Mount Dora merchants question why the city does not apply bond investments to reduce commercial electric rates. City officials note profits from 1953 investments totaling about 4 000 dollars, matching what a one mill tax cut would yield, as funds aimed to expand water lines were temporarily invested in government bonds and treasury bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Treasury
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Swift Boat
Lito
Italy
Methodists
Lieut. Sadler
Hall and
Bond
Franklin
Water Department
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