Legion Contest Teaches World Peace to County Students
High school pupils across the county study building world peace in the atomic age and the United States role in the United Nations and Atlantic Pact. The American Legion sponsors a speaking and essay contest with local posts urged to back the project and offer prizes including a county grand prize of fifty dollars.
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United States
United Nations
American Legion
Ray Short
Florida Southern College
Lakeland
World Federalists Organization
Frank J. Banning
Attkis Son
North Carolina University
Attkisson
Roy Christopher
Mount Dora
Legion
Flower School Promotes Civic Beauty in Lake County
Lake County Garden clubs plan a three day Flower Show School at Villa Dora hotel in Mount Dora October 24 25 and 26 led by Dorothy Biddle and Maude Jacobs. Mrs. Charles J. Brown notes the program aims to develop local beauty through horticulture and flower arrangement with lectures demonstrations and optional exams for National Council Judging certificates.
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Lake County
Villa Dora
Mount Dora
Charles J. Brown
Dorothy Biddle
Pleasantville
N. Y
Maude Jacobs
Carrollton
Brown
National Council
Tavares Downs Hurricanes Apopka Next
Tavares defeated Dora 26 to 7 as Elwood McHaffie scored on a right end run and VanDeroer added the extra point. The Hurricanes face Apopka next, a team riding a three game win streak.
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Tavares Bulldogs
Dora
Golden Hurricanes
Tavares
Mount Dora
Averitt
Dan Spears
Hurricanes
Elwood McHaffie
VanDeroer
Apopka 11
New Additions at Waterman Memorial Hospital
Reports from Waterman Memorial Hospital note two newborns. James Edward Haskins, son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Ellis Haskins of Mount Dora, born October 6, weight 8 pounds 13 1/2 ounces. Kenneth Wayne Vincent, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Vincent of Altoona, born October 9, weight 5 pounds 7 1/4 ounces.
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Waterman Memorial’ Hospital
Arthur Ellis Haskins
Mount Dora
James Edward
Robert Vincent
Altoona
Kenneth Wayne
Florida Lions to Take Sunshine to Chicago Convention
Mount Dora Lions heard plans to send Florida’s delegation to the national convention. District Governor C. H. Thompson announced autos bright with Lions colors representing each town and 3000 gallons of fresh sun ripened orange juice to be sent to Chicago.
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Florida
Chicago
Mount Dora
Dora's Permits Third In County
Mount Dora ranked third in Lake County for September building permits with Dora’s totaling 18,425 dollars of the county’s 197,925. Other towns reporting were Leesburg 74,650, Eustis 60,500, Tavares 13,500, Groveland 12,000, Umatilla 10,000 and Clermont 8,850.
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Mount Dora
Lake County
Cities Read Cigaret Tax Ordinances For Lake County
Lake County cities ready ordinances for a new five cent per pack cigarette tax to fund municipalities. Attorneys from Mount Dora Groveland Clermont Fruitland Park Leesburg Eustis and Tavares reported eight months of collection with no rebates to taxpayers and a 25 percent commission to the beverage department. Eustis projects about thirty thousand dollars in revenue first year. An eight month collection period begins after November 1 with ad valorum taxes reduced by half of the new tax gain.
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Lake County
Beverage
Roy Christopher
Mount Dora
Clayton Weir
Groveland
Irving Morse
Clermont
Henry Pringle
Fruitland Park
Walter Warren
J. K. Mizzell
Leesburg
C. Harold Hippler
Eustis
Roy Hamlin
Tavares
Hippler
Tallahassee
League of Municipalities
Beverage Department
Kiwanis Names Overhis er To Planning Board Mount Dora
The Kiwanis club selects Harold Overhis er as its delegate to the Mount Dora Planning Commission. His appointment will be presented at the November City Council session by President D. Fletcher Crane. Other civic groups plan similar actions delaying final ratification.
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The
Kiwanis Club
New Mount Dora
Lions Club Challenge Signals Softball Game Tonight
Mount Dora Lions accept a challenge from Apopka Lions for a softball game to be played Monday at 8 p.m. on the high school athletic field here.
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Mount Dora
Lions Club
Apopka
Don Conkling Faces Calf Challenge At Citrus Farm
Don Conkling a Citrus Culture Corp expert endures a rough week after an attempt to offload milking duties to two calves backfires. He milks a cow by force feeding milk from a ginger ale bottle to the stubborn calves while managing farm chores east of Eustis during son Dick’s FFA trip in Kansas City.
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Don Conkling
Don
Citrus Culture Corp
Conklings
Conkling
Eustis
Future Farmers of America
Kansas City
Father Don
Williams Sims Take Tourney For Mount Dora Tennis Title
Rhoda Williams and George Sims won the junior tournament crown at Mount Dora Tennis Club. They defeated Jackie Hutchinson and Carol Spang in the final after earlier beating Jones and Peters 6 3 and Blanchard and Kelly 6 4. Hutchinson and Spang were top singles players and did not reach the semis.
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Rhoda Williams
George Sims
Mount Dora
Sims
Williams
Blanchard
Paul
Hutchinson
Spang
Lake County Personality Explores Frontiers As Banker Leader
The Lake County profile spotlights Harry Stokes, Clermont banker and District Three commissioner, whose frontier spirit shapes his career. An executive vice president at First National Bank, he steers county policy with fiscal prudence, favoring road projects that boost tax base while keeping county spending in check. He has served as commissioner for 21 years, earning respect for his economic approach and long Mondays in county meetings.
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Captain Cook
Lake County
South Pacific
Harry Stokes
Virgin Territory
Cook
First National Bank
Clermont
James Cook
Central
Florida
South Lake County
Frank Owens
Eustis
Stokes Advocates Frugal Office and Tree Planting Plan
H K Stokes urges a low salary county commissioner post to deter bidder interest and promote genuine public service. He promotes economic thrift and pursues tree planting on 150 acres near Clermont, aiming for a pine stand as a future resource for generations. (Continued on Page 3).
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Florida
Clermont
Harry Stokes
Protests Mount Against ACL No Passenger Plan
Mount Dora residents and leaders in Lake County plan to oppose the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad move to discontinue passenger service between Leesburg and Sanford. A Florida Railroad and Public Utilities Commission hearing in Orlando is set for Monday at 9:30 a.m. to consider authority to discontinue passenger handling on trains 438 439 Sanford Trilby and 433 434 Sanford Leesburg. Local officials fear loss of Mount Dora visibility and baggage through service, while business leaders warn of bad publicity and economic impact if trains are cut.
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Mount Dora
United States
Lake County
Florida Railroad and Public Utilities Commission
Orlando
Atlantic Coastline Railroad
Leesburg
Sanford
Eustis
Tavares
Criminal Court of
Orange County
Sanford and
Trilby
George J. White
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
Kenneth A. Depew
The
Depew Concrete
Depew
Mount ‘Dora
Jacksonville
Sorrento
Mt. Plymouth
Ft’ Mason
Umatilla
Mount Plymouth
Cassia
Ther
Real Halloween Planned By Mount Dora PTA
Mount Dora parents plan a real Halloween for youth with two events on October 31. A parade on the football field features costumes designed by mothers with prizes for groups from pre school through junior high. A Halloween masquerade dance follows at the gym with music by the Hi Hatters and various dance styles.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Mount Dora
R. V Parker
Daytona Beach Sewage Tour Led by Mayor Today
Mayor J E Fortnher heads a Daytona Beach delegation to inspect a new small type disposal plant handling city sewage. Council President D Fletcher Crane and others join the tour with aims tied to Mount Dora’s downtown sewer issues and a forthcoming cigarette tax ordinance meeting next Tuesday evening.
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J.E. Fortnher
Daytona Beach
D. Fletcher Crane
Marshall Collins
A. J. Waltz
William Stewart
Mount Dora
Heaton Elected Kiwanis Officer in Mount Dora
Leu L Heaton was elected secretary of the Mount Dora Kiwanis club at last Thursday's luncheon. Heaton, author of Life Can Begin At Sixty in Florida, replaces Walter J Patton and will be assisted by Bob Quixley. He spoke to Sanford Kiwanis during National Newspaper Week.
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Heaton
Florida
Mount Dora
Kiwanis Club
Walter J. Patton
Bob Quixley
Doran
New York Herald Tribune
Sanford Kiwanians
Credit Agency Mockery of Debtor Report
An Eastern city credit reporting agency issued a derisive report stating the debtor has no property or credit, no prospects or hope, and no future here or hereafter in a biting, humorous note. The memo emphasizes bleak financial prospects with hyperbolic phrasing.
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Flower School
Tavares Downs
Apopka Next
Dora’s
Kiwanis
Ovehiser
Planning Board
Mabel Norris
Reese
Jesse W. Hunter
George Westbrook
John Lochner
Harry Stores
H. K. Stokes
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