Scribe Traces Warm Summer Tour From Hendersonville To Pittsburgh
The narrator and Mrs. Breckenridge recount a summer journey starting July 8 with stops in Hendersonville North Carolina and Asheville. They visit Ed and Tina Wallace and Edna, tour New Jersey and Connecticut routes to Hartford, then Hanover New Hampshire, Quebec, and back via Vermont. Highlights include Proctor Marble exhibit, Wolfe and Montcalm sites, and a stay at Roycroft Inn East Aurora. In Steubenville and Pittsburgh they visit relatives, bowl at Frick Park, and note the Greater Pittsburgh airport as a major attraction.
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Hanover
N. H
Morgans
Connecticut River
Vermont
Proctor
Rutland
Quebec
Laval University
Abraham
Wolfe
Montcalm
Frontenac
Green Mountains
Mr. Bigelow
Roycroft Inn
East Aurora
N. Y
Elbert Hubbard
Edison
John Burroughs
Steubenville
Ohio
Edna
Pittsburgh
West Penn Power Co
Frick Park Lawn Bowling Club
Greater Pittsburgh
Idlewild
Dog Death Spurs Calls for Rattlesnake Bounty in Florida
The death of a Zellwood dog from a venomous bite triggers renewed demand for a statewide rattlesnake bounty. Reports of rising snake incidents in Central Florida prompt residents in Orlando Sanford and Lake Jem to urge legislation in 1953.
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Zellwood
Florida
Edwin Miller
Miller
Millers
Lake Jem
William T. Bland
Charles J. Brown
Orlando
Sanford
Navy Sailor Robert Hall Returns on Furlough
Robert Hall USN son of Mr and Mrs George Hall has arrived home in Blountstown Florida for a furlough from the USS Anandillo in the Far East He visits his grandfather E D Hall in Mount Dora before heading to San Diego for a new assignment The article also notes that the Pennsylvania turnpike project to Pittsburgh is partly completed.
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Robert Hall
USN
George Hall
Robert
Far East
Bluntstown
Fla
E. D. Hall
Mount Dora
San Diego
Fish Football at Silver Springs Adds Fun to Attraction
At Silver Springs Florida Ross Allen's Reptile Institute continues to offer nature's wonderland with new features like a fish football game. Guides stage the play using catfish and other fish as players while visitors watch from nearby boats. The piece also recalls Allen's venom research and a close call when bitten by a rattler, with first aid and hospital care following.
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Silver Springs
Florida
Ross Allen
Reptile Institute
Ana Wavidason
United States
General Grant
Thomas A. Edison
Tve
Peter Schall
Catfish Cavern
Blue Grotto
Navy
Akron
Ohio
Snakes
Rukenbrod
Allen
Institute
Boo Rukenbrod
Ocala
Perkins Woods
Summit County
Awards Honors Highlight Feature Writing Winners
The article notes first prize in the feature category awarded to Mabel Norris Reese for a sea story in the Mount Doral Topic. Judges praise Reese for graphic narrative and climax, with three staff members assisting their decision. Second and third places go to Gwen Harris and Jeanne Voltz, both noted Miami Herald writers, while Ede Green earns second in the column contest.
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Korea
Miami Herald
Gwen Harris
Jeanne Voltz
Ede Green
Orlando, Sentinel
Mabel Norris Reese
Mount Doral
Orlando Sentinel
Shuffling Club Plans Autumn Shuffleboard Events
The article describes autumn shuffleboard play at Gil Rees Park with a covered dish dinner Thursday at 6. Mount Dora is urged to send many teams including men women and mixed doubles. Captains Mrs War riner and Mrs Peterman led Reds and Blacks teams, seven courts hosted 28 players, scoring 402 and 314 points. Reds won 100 to 59 in a 100 point playoff.
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Gil Rees Park
Wwe Trae
Eustis
Mount Dora
Hornung
Fred Warriner
Blacks
C. B. Peterman
Reds
Marianna Clark
Tom Hunter
High Reds
Earl Dodd
Prentice
Jimmy Hughes
C. R. Mi
Lake County Methodist Leadership School Opens in Mount Dora
The first Lake County Methodist Leadership Training School begins Sunday at 3 p m at Mount Dora's Methodist church. Rev Robert M Blackburn heads the program as dean with Dr George L Morelock leading evening classes on Christian Stewardship and related topics. Local pastors and lay leaders from across the county participate in sessions on church school administration youth work and kindergarten guidance.
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Mount Dora’s
Methodist
Lake County
Methodist Leadership Training School
Robert M. Blackburn
Mount Dora
George L. Morelock
Miami
Pdr
M. E. Church
South
Methodist Church
Harold E. Buell
Allendale
Fletcher Smith
Groveland
Florida
C. E. Brantly
J. E. Jenkins
Clermont
Wayne W. Patch
Eustis
Frank Robinson
Umatilla
W. H. C. Stewart
Fruitland Park
Paul Stewart
Tavares
Tatum
Leesburg
Florida soil district marks eight years of service
Lake county's Soil Conservation district, the 24th in Florida, reports 453 conservation plans covering 109,908 acres, announced by Conservationist Walter W. Shaffer. Labor rids us of three great evils irksomeness vice and poverty. Voltaire.
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Lake County
Florida
Walter W. Shaffer
Voltaire
Banner Year Drives Mount Dora Building Boom in October
Tax Assessor A. J. Waltz says 1952 will be Mount Dora’s banner year for development with over half a million dollars invested. Forty seven new homes and structures are at various construction stages, most valued above twelve thousand dollars. New motel The Der rises on Highland Street by Lewis Shipley and partners from Warren Ohio, seen as a key town approach development.
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Mount Dora
A. J. Waltz
Highland St
Lewis Shipley
Warren
Ohio
Waltz
Clerks Demonstrate Harvest Season At Lovett's Market
Lovett's Super Market marks the October harvest weekend with clerks wearing farmer hats and neckerchiefs Thursday through Saturday. The Belbeck String Band will perform on the final sale day during business hours.
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Lovett’s Super Market
Belbeck String Band
Fralick's to Open as Mount Dora's Largest New Restaurant
The article notes upcoming openings and planning for highway widening. Fralick's, a substantial new restaurant on Highland, is due to open around Oct 15. Claude and Maxine Fralick, formerly of the Mount Dora Hotel Coffee Shop, are behind the venture.
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Fralick
Highland
Mount Dora
Claude
Maxine Fralick
Mount Dora Hotel
Farm Bureau to Hold Barbecue Supper in Uma tilla
The North Lake Farm Bureau will hold a barbecue supper at the American Legion building in Uma tilla Monday at 7 p.m. President Gail Sims announces.
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Farm Bureau
North Lake Farm Bureau
American Legion
Umatilla
Gail Sims
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Democratic Executive Committee
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Buford G. Reams
Compton & Wharton
Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchange
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E. Harris Drew
Florida Supreme Court
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Leonard Barker
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Sylvan Shores
Apraovio Sanitoned
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DRY Cleaning
Stephens
Cleaners
Clerks
Chase & Sanborn
Crisco
Donald Duck
Astor
Meat Swift
U. S
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Miles Ches
Bay Standard
Northwestern Red Delicious
Jonathan Apples
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Land O’ Sunshine Pure Creamery
Buster Libby
Duncan Hines
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