Sylvan Shores Faces Higher Trash Fee in Mount Dora Row
Debate at Mount Dora City Council centers on raising Sylvan Shores garbage charges from 1.25 to 1.50 while electric bills rise 4 percent. Residents outside city limits pay the new rate, seen as punitive for not being taxpayers. Some council members advocate even higher, sparking concerns of inequity and annexation politics.
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Sylvan Shores
Mount Dora
Rollin Javens
Kremlin
United Nations
Poland
East Germany
Trail Beautification Notes Wild Grass Removal Along Mile of Beauty
The state cut the wild grass on the Orange Blossom Trail harming the Mile of Beauty project and exposing litter. Azalea Circle garden club led by Mrs. Ruth Lee trims hibiscus along the lake entrance replacing older plants with larger specimens to improve the view from the trail. Community urges cleaning and restraint from littering to preserve the display and avoid further degradation.
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Azalea Circle of the Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Ruth Lee
Garden Club
Conventions Show Legion Quiet Progress At Miami
The 37th annual American Legion conclave in Miami is described as one of the quietest in Legion history. World War I veterans, aging and white-haired, no longer wave electrical walking sticks at passing girls, while younger WWII and Korea veterans appear less exuberant than previous generations at the same age.
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Legion
Biscayne Blvd
Flagler St
Korea
India
Indochina
Europe
Morocco
South Africa
Soviet
Russia
Italy
Cuba
Argentina
Mexico
Mississippi
Reconciliation Hopes and Fears Shaping German Reunification
The article reports mixed Polish and German views on reunification after World War II. Ignaty Krasicki recalls Nazi terror, while observers note German sentiment under Adenauer favors peaceful partnership. Poles fear remilitarization and demand genuine reconciliation for any unification to be acceptable.
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Germany
Hitler
American Mission and the Average Man in a Troubled World
A retired educator argues that the global average man remains underfed uneducated and unhealthy despite modern gains. He contrasts ancient Christendom with modern America warning the nation risks self indulgence and reliance on force rather than directing Christian mission to uplift the world’s average person.
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Hi” Lewis
Ohio State
United States of America
Dr. Lewis
America
Globe
Rome
Unesco
World-Organization
France Faces North Africa Crisis Calls for Bold Policy
The Christian Science Monitor argues postwar France must reconcile North African aspirations with French interests in Algeria Tunisia and Morocco. It warns the Faure government’s weakness risks Western unity and accuses Paris of resorting to force as a sign of policy bankruptcy.
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France
North Africa
Algeria
Tunisia
French Morocco
Faure
M. Gilbert Grandval
Grandval
Paris
M. Faure
Morocco
Arafa
Mendes-France
Riff
Two Indians gain timberland justice through press vigilance
In Portland Oregon two American Indians Harold Thorton and Jasper Grant became millionaires after reporter Wallace Turner exposed a corrupt scheme in the sale of 747 acres held in trust since 1900. An Interior Department probe found collusion with the Portland Indian bureau chief, who later jailed. The land returned to trust and later sold for far more than originally paid, credited to the newspaper's fight for readers to know.
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Harold Thorton
Jasper Grant
Wallace Turner
The
Portland Oregonian
Portland
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Grant
Thorton
Department of Interior
Portland Indian Bureau
Tangerine Notes and Homecomings From Seymour to Florida
Tangerine notes recount visits and returns of residents. Families like the Shearouses and Pfiefers welcome newcomers, report hurricane impacts in Seymour and nearby towns, and share summer trips to Lakewood Ohio Washington DC Hendersonville NC and New York Connecticut and Nantucket. Mr. Church spent three weeks in Mexico City on business for the IEEE. Mrs M B Swift remains ill at home.
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Rele
Leonard Spheres
Seymour
Conn
Shearouse
George Pfiefer
Florida
W. A. Hartford
Lakewood
Ohio
Washington, D. C
Hendersonville
N.C
J. B. Swift
James Allen
Ola Beach
Alabama
Lake Ola
Almeda
Cornell University
New York State
Connecticut
Nantucket
Mr. Church
Mexico City
Ieee
M. B. Swift
Dorans Lead Flower Show School in Leesburg
Three Mount Dora garden club members exhibited flower arrangements at the Flower Show School in Leesburg under the Federated Garden Clubs of Lake County. Judging material was provided by Mrs. Carl S. Graves and others. instructors included Mrs. Paul Ochiltree and Prof. Henry M. Orr. The program closes today with grading of course participants.
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Mount Dora Garden Club
Leesburg
Federated Garden Clubs of
Lake County
Carl S. Graves
The
Lakes and Hills Club
John Alden Murray
Slater Cox
John Heist
Ce and
Hills
Leslie Jackson
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Ocklawaha DAR to Host District Luncheon October 21
The Ocklawaha chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will host the Third district meeting luncheon at the Fountain Inn on Friday October 21. Nearly 100 members from Ocala Gainesville Herford Hall Leesburg Mount Dora Eustis Umatilla and Tavares are expected with state regent Mrs Harold Machlin and district officers in attendance. Reservations are directed to Mrs S T Bolton Mount Dora district secretary.
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Ocklawaha
Daughters of the American Revolution
State Society
Fountain Inn
Ocala
Gainesville
Herford Hall
Leesburg
Mount Dora
Eustis
Umatilla
Tavares
Harold Machlin
Coral Gables
Paul Burns
S. T. Bolton
Bolton
M. F. Cowart
Sorrento
Glenn
Josephine Simpson
Henry W. Land
Fr. J. Petura
L. B. Keith
H. D. Warren
O. F
O. W. Sadler, Jr
S. Rae
Blanche’ J. Kooten
Mary S. Koebke
Frances Harvey
Harry W. Fogg
H. L. Dederer
R. C. Conklin
Ralph L. Beach
Alice M. Davis
Grace A. Davis
Coming Parley on Conservation at Florida Southern
Lakes and Hills Garden club members are urged to attend the Conference on Conservation at Florida Southern College in Lakeland on October 26 at 9 30 a m. Mrs Edith McBride Cameron heads the event for the General Extension Division. Mrs Robert L Fairing, state conservation chairman, presides and notes expert speakers on soil water forests and wildlife with films showing conservation needs.
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Lakes and Hills
Florida Southern College
Lakeland
Edith McBride Cameron
General Extension Division
Florida
Robert L. Fairing
Florida Federation of Garden Clubs
Bank Names George J. White Jr to Director Post
The First National Bank lists George J. White Jr as a new director as the bank releases its weekly financials. The bank reports deposits at $6,533,729 an all time high and $403,647 above a year ago while loans total $1,415,646 up $77,749 from last October.
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George J. White, Jr
First National Bank
Eastern Star Meets in Mount Dora Chapter No 103
The Mount Dora chapter No 103 of the Eastern Star will hold its regular meeting at 8 p m today at the Masonic hall.
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Eastern Star
Mount Dora
Masonic Hall
Hospitalized residents listed near Mount Dora and Zellwood
In the Mount Dora area this week residents hospitalized include Mrs Ruth Dawe Robert Goodman Jacob C born Paul Milner Samuel Olles Posey Hudson of Zellwood at Waterman Memorial Eustis and John Cornwall Mount Dora Durham Young Lees-
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Mount Dora
Ruth Dawe
Robert Goodman
Jacoborn
Paul Milner
Samuel Olles
Posey Hudson
Zellwood
Waterman Memorial
Eustis
John Cornwall
Durham Young
Lees
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Associated Press
National Convention of the American Legion
Miami
Ignaty Krasicki
Frederick Sleight
West Germany
Conrad Adenaur
Warsaw
Auschwitz
Oder-Neisse
Nazareth
Palestine
Christ
Earth
United States
Eorth
C. S. Graves
President Lakes and Hills Club
Helene
Lady Dora
Schuman
Christian Science Monitor
Tale of
Ore
Dorans
Bank
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