Park Commissioner Mrs. Ethelyn Zell dies in city note
Dan Bishop recalls Zell as park board chair who converted a cow pasture into Donnelly Park in 1925 and nurtured its plants and events. She planned shrubbery from her yard and funded improvements via card parties. Her will directs cremation and ashes scattered over the park she loved.
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Ethelyn Zell
Dan Bishop
Zell
Athenaie
Donnelly Park
Frank Hubbard
Old Time Food Prices Spark Busman's Holiday Reflections
A columnist recalls a 1936 Akron food price snapshot while comparing to 1948 costs. They ponder presidential politics through a child's questions and note a family, Morrells, listening to the World Series and relaxing after the strain.
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Roosevelt
Nelson Eddy
Jane Withers
Covre
Akron
Self
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Library Adds Wide Range of New Books to Collection
A library receives many new books since August including Annie Jordan and The Queen's Physician as gifts. Other additions span fiction non fiction and juvenile titles from authors such as Mary Post Brinker Edgar Maas Ham ilton Cochran A E W Mason Laurette Macduff Frank Swinnerton Leonard Nason Max Brand Erle S Gardner Taylor Caldwell Baynard Kendrick Clarence Kelland A J Cronin Halldor Laxness Sara Ware Bassett Pomptrou John Gui er Charlotte Armstrong Stewart Edward White Alexander Woollcott Blake Clark Isabelle Stevenson Eleanor Graham Hebe Weenelsen Petersham Margot Austin Shannon Garst Maying Soong Victor Hugo G P Upton Becker Rhodes Miller Kuhns H H Powers B L Gilder and more.
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Annie ‘Jordan
Mary Post Brinker
Edgar Maas
Hamilton Cochran
Frank Yerby
Lordship Lane
A. E. W. Mason
Laurette Macduff
Frank Swinnerton
Contact Mercury
Leonard Nason
Max Brand
Erle S.gardner
William Hopson
Melissa
Taylor Caldwell
Baynard Kendrick
Clarence B. Kelland
Valhalla
Pomptrou Ory
John Guier
Charlotte Armstrong
R. Turner Wilcox
Stewart Edward White
Alexander Woollcott
Selective Service
Victory
Hawaii
Blake Clark
Isabelle Stevenson
Dorothy Grider
Henry the Helicopter
Eleanor Graham
Mrs. Duck and
Hebe Weenelsen
Kitty
Helen
Alf Evers
Petersham
Jane Adams
Jean Brown Wagoner
Gabriel
Churchkitten
Margot Austin
Shannon Garst
Maying Soong
Victor Hugo
G. P. Upton
Becker
Rhodes
Italy
Miller and Kuhns
H. H. Powers
B. L. Gildersleeve
Kiwanians Welcome Tavares Kiwanis Guests At Noon
Dora Kiwanians travel to Tavares as guests of the Kiwanis club for a midday event. Members needing or offering transportation should gather at the Community building by 11:45 a.m. for the trip. The Lake County Baptist association uses the Community building for its meeting today.
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Dora
Tavares Kiwanis Club
Lake County Baptist Association
Letters to the Editor and Mount Dora Civic Questions
A Mount Dora citizen responds to a humorous Personalities piece and critiques local church notes. The letter questions home-market shopping, urges retailers to advertise bargains, and asks whether stores offer competitive prices and display quality.
Questions Merchants For A Buyer’s Market
For years America has had a seller's market but production now creates a buyer's market. The American housewife uses judgment to compare quality, price, and assortment before spending. Buyers faced firm sellers and limited courtesy in trade. today merchants are asked what changes they offer.
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America
Merchant
Mount Dora Paper Seeks Ad Space for Bargains
Editor explains newspaper is a business and a service organ of the people. Advertising space must be purchased by merchants to announce bargains, accommodating readers like "A Mount Dora Citizen."
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Mount Dora
Proposed Constitution Seeks Unified State Departments
A Florida constitutional proposal urges consolidating boards into a single department of agriculture and education. It envisions an elected superintendent of public instruction and a commissioner of education to oversee K12 and higher education, with text-book oversight. The plan cites low Florida education spending and aims to raise the state to top national standards.
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State Board of Conservation
Department of Agriculture
Ynj
United States
Florida
Mississippi
State Board of Education
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Department of Education
Nder Educational U
Educa
National Educational Association
South
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Painted Desert
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White House
Andrew Jackson
Truman
Dewey
P.R
Myron Cronwalt
Myron
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Liberty St
P.O. Box
Wise Boat Works
Silver Springs
Beautiful Waterways
S. E. Wise
Ray Daniels
Poinsettia Restaurant
Ray and
Mabel Northrope
Jimmy
Saspariny
Jimmy Sutley
Baptist Church
Dorans
Moorhead
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Maglathlin
Electrical Contractors
Brown’s Hardware
Paul B. Brown
Eustis, Fla
Make Brown’s
Veterans OF
American Legion
Armed Forces
Legion
Ed Mitchell
Citrus Culture Office
Thomas H. Cooley
Richard R. Eddy
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