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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1947
Page
2
A photograph from A. E. Davies shows the king and queen engaged in lawn bowling, reflecting Mount Dora Florida's favored pastime. The piece highlights British bowls activity, international exchanges, and plans for future tours between American and British bowlers, with a long digression on the Francis Drake Fellowship crisis and Bowls News poems.
Their Majesties observe lawn bowling as tourists gather at Mount Dora. King George grips a bowl beside G. T. Archibald, vice president of the Civil Association Bowler division, while Queen Elizabeth watches alongside A. P. Piper, EB A president. Photo contributed by A. Maben.
A fragment shows Attlee Bevin Stalin Molotov in a grand game of world power. The poet frames the era with playful lines about twelve and a new home while ending with a hope that the earth could be lifted toward Heaven by their grand game.
German swimming champion former Louise Elf riede Weimann, winner of 400 meter freestyle titles in 1941 43 and 44 and recent Red Cross event winner in Nurnberg for freestyle backstroke and breaststroke, marries Sgt Harold D. Vickers-Smith of Fruitland Park. They will live there until his transfer to Aberdeen Proving Grounds Maryland.
Mount Dora Hi-Points editors Mary Jo Burr and Anne Pike publish a roster of new seniors juniors sophomores freshmen and several middle school entrants from towns including South Carolina Beaver Pa Danville Ky and Clermont Fla The list notes origins and grades in a brief school notice.
The Malayan region hosts flying lizards with lateral skin folds that enable tree to tree gliding. While their wings display brilliant hues like butterflies, the body remains sober and the color shift makes the lizard seem to vanish when the wings fold.
Mr and Mrs James M Bird and son Jimmie of Fernandina returned home after visiting Mrs Bird's parents Mr and Mrs J F Stewart Meanwhile Donald who attends the University of Florida spent the holiday at home They welcomed friends at a miscellaneous shower at the Zellwood Coffee Shop Neighbors report Mr and Mrs Stutzman and family moved into Mrs Nannie Beck's house
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