Local Resident Seeks Certificate Sale Assignment
A local resident, Scott Babey, bids to negotiate financing for the city waterworks plan. Orlando firm Loomis Leedy offers similar terms. council will study bids before a decision. The city aims to validate 400 000 in waterworks revenue certificates to cover immediate needs and future projects. The finance committee will review bids and report at a special meeting October 16.
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Scott Babey
Leedy
Wheeler & Alleman
Orlando
Babey
Florida
Council
Mount Dora
Ernie Mosteller
Adult Bible Class Promotes Civic Education Series
The First Methodist church Adult Bible class begins a series on civic and government topics. Friday's session features Mrs. James L. Moody presenting Know Your Library. Other topics include Know Your Government and Know Your Law with local officials and professionals leading each session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
James L. Moody
Robert M. Blackburn
Leonard Wood
Charles Proctor
William Stewart
James B. Hall
E. J. Sanders
E. D. Bancroft
W. E. Bancroft
Don R. Allen
W. Troy Hall, Jr
Robert R. Reed
Community Church
Quote on Courage Losing Talent Across the World
The remark notes that much talent vanishes from society due to a lacking courage. It emphasizes how fear or timidity prevents people from acting on their abilities and opportunities. The saying underscores courage as a critical driver of achievement and progress.
Lake County Leadership School Opens With 140 Enrollees
The Lake County Leadership School opened with 140 enrolled church leaders and volunteers. Topics included Christian Stewardship by Dr. Morelock and Church School Administration by Dr. Harold E. Buell. Rev. Robert M. Blackburn of Mount Dora led as dean.
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Lake County
R " Morelock
Miami
Harold E. Buell
Allendale
Fletcher Smith
Groveland
Robert M. Blackburn
Mount Dora’s Methodist Church
IceHouse Players near capacity for opening George Washington Slept Here
IceHouse Players report record membership and expect full houses for the November 5 6 7 and 8 performances of George Washington Slept Here. Business manager Earle La Barre notes 34 new junior members and ongoing set and lighting work by Evelyn Page Merle Cleary Clarence Mabry Mildred Leatherbury and Marie Flirit.
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IceHouse
George Washington
Earle LaBarre
Evelyn Page
Lake Jem
Merle Cleary
Mildred Leatherbury
Clarence Mabry
Marie Flirit
Mabry
LaBarre
Sleight Continues Indian Research Into Navajo Land Claims
Frederick W. Sleight of Mount Dora returns from a summer in the West where he investigated Navajo land claims and will pursue more ethnogeographic and archaeological studies next summer. He aims to prove possession from 1846 to 1868 and seeks several million dollars for health and education projects if the case succeeds. Mrs Sleight and daughter Susan accompanied him on part of the expedition.
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Frederick
W. Sleight
Mount Dora
Dees
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
Colorado
Fire College Tutor Speaks to Kiwanis in Mount Dora
Bill Barnette, instructor at the State Fire College in Ocala, will key Fire Prevention Week with a Mount Dora Kiwanis talk. The day also features the Lake County teens association parade with fire trucks and a volunteer firemen motorcade to urge residents to heed fire danger.
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Bill Barnette
State Fire College
Ocala
Mount Dora
Kiwanis Club
Lake Counteens Association
Bell Project and World Trip Highlight DAR Meeting
The Ocklawaha chapter DAR opened its season with talks on the Bell Tower project and a world trip. Mrs. Bolton described the near completion carillon and hourly bells, while Mrs. Douglas and Mrs. Boggs spoke on travel and voting importance.
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Daughters of the American Revolution
Ocklawaha
Dar
Hattie M. Allen
M. F. Cowart
Sorrento
Samuel T. Bolton
Mount Dora
Valley Forge
Bolton
J. M. Douglas
Weirsdale
Far East
Thailand
Henry Boggs
Arthur Erwin
DeLand
National Defense
Allen
Josephine Simpson
Tangerine
Priscilla Bishop
Eustis
Terie
Arpry
O B. Koonce
Ting
New Books At Mount Dora Public Library
Mount Dora Public Library adds new titles this month led by The Sinner of Saint Ambrose and East of Eden John Steinbeck described as his most ambitious. Also featured are Julie Deadlock The Davidian Report Their Town Catherine Carter The Tiger in the Smoke Giant Journey to the Far Pacific and more with varied authors from Jane Kesner Morris Ruth Feinsong Edna Ferber and Margery Allingham.
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Ambrose
Mount Dora Public
Robert Reynolds
John Steinbeck
Salinas
California
Mankind
Julie
Jane Kesner Morris
Ruth Feinsong
Dorothy B. Hughes
Wilbur Daniel Steel
Catherine Carter
Pam
Hansford Johnson
Helen Topping Miller
Camille and His Flock
Guareschi
Margery Allingham
Edna Ferber
Local chapter members host meeting with several hostesses
Shores, a member of the Marquette Mich chapter, and Mrs u Raymond Key of the Hally Harrison chapter in Sanford along with Mrs Sarah Morris Wilkerson of Eustis served as hostesses for the meeting. Other hostesses included Mrs Cowart, Mrs Hayslip, Mrs E H Erck, Mrs Clyde Fisher, Mrs M B Horton, Mrs Lawrence B Keith and Mrs Rae.
Petitions Reviewed for Charter Plan and Local Posts
Friday marks filing deadline for petitions to join City Council Park Board and new Charter Board. Current filings include Councilmen Prinz and Barnhart seeking reelection and James B. Hughes for Park Board. Charter Board candidates include Heaton Waltz Crane Christie Rehbaum Ray. Public vote set for December. multiple terms available and terms to be filled.
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Park’ Board
New and
Charter Board
Lou L. Heaton
al Waltz
D. Fletcher Crane
Lillian Christie
al Rehbaum, Jr
J. G. Ray, Jr
Planning Commission
Heaton
Gordon Conboy
Park Board
Marieta Klatte
Emma Burkart
Origin Of Daylily Told At Meeting
Hibiscus Circle of the Lakes and Hills Garden club heard R. W. Wheeler of Winter Park speak on Hemerocallis with slides showing varieties he introduced. Wheeler traced daylilies from their China origin and noted ongoing planting projects. Mrs. W. D. McVey chaired a business meeting while hostesses served refreshments.
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Hibiscus Circle of the
Lakes and Hills
W. D. McVey
H. J. Bales
R. P. Ashbaugh
W. D. Aubrey
M. F. Brinker
O. G. Calhoun
Adlai Stevenson Early Career and Personal Life Sketch
Adlai Stevenson pursues law then journalism in Chicago after leaving Harvard briefly. He travels Europe including Russia studying policy, interviews Chicherin attempts, and builds a legal career while balancing social life and later a high profile marriage and divorce amid 1930s political shifts.
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Stevenson
Europe
Chicago
Switzerland
Scandinavia
Italy
Russia
Hearst Ins
Moscow
Foreign Office
Chicherin
Quotes on ideals and divine guidance by Edwards and Van Dyke
The passage reflects on striving for moral and mental improvement. It contrasts pursuing ideals with acting in love, suggesting heaven is reached through loving conduct rather than solitary salvation. The authors cited are Tryon Edwards and Henry Van Dyke.
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Tryon Edwards
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Princeton
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Frankfurter
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