Adlai and Dewey Methods Highlight Stevenson Portrait
Governor Stevenson admires Dewey style in state government and leads a small staff with political ties. He recalls wartime Navy labor work with Frank Knox and a tense 1941 Nimitz warning about Stalin Hitler talks that Roosevelt dismissed as unproven.
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Dewey
Irs
Navy
Chicago Daily News
Edwin Y. Lahey
News
State of
Illinois
Frank Knox
Secretary of Navy
Knox
Washington
Kearny
New Jersey
Newfoundland
Churchill
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Stalin
Hitler
Roosevelt
Adlai
Maine
Secre Knox
Fashion and travel notes from a lively convention circuit
The piece surveys a brisk convention season with Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker as guest of honor for Eastern Airlines, plus fashion chatter on casual menswear, new Miracle fabrics, nylon effects lowering silk prices, and upcoming Christmas and spring styles. It ends with a football score prediction Titusville 13 Mount Dora 19 and a brief pet peeve about Van Johnson sleeve rhetoric.
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Miami Beach
Eddy Rickenbacker
Eastern Airlines
Mount Dora eighth graders lead first honor roll
Eighth graders top Mount Dora high school first honor roll with 36 percent of the enrollment. Among the named students are Ronny Aldrich Donald Alexander Louis Bedell Linda Lee Lane Gordon Schieber and others across grades seven through twelve.
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Mount Dora High School
Ronny Aldrich
Donald Alexander
Louis Bedell
Linda Lee Lane
Gordon Schieber
Patty Alexander
Jean Atkins
Mardie Bardwell
Mary Anne Brotherson
Bonnie Edgerton
Ann Edwards
Ronald Gardner
Vicky Johnson
Henry Link
Viva McKay
Sylvia Lister
Ann Minkley
Walter Te Strake
Verline Hughes
Linda Woodham
Ann Bowers
Jean Parker
Aline Paul
Paul Hopkins
Byron Smith
Diane Te Strake
Accident Injures Leonard Strand Near Mount Dora
Leonard Strand of Mount Dora is in Durham Young Hospital Leesburg this week after an auto accident on the Orange Blossom Trail between Mount Dora and Tavares Tuesday morning.
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Leonard Strand
Mount Dora
Durham Oung Hospital
Leesburg
Tavares
Rumage Sale Planned by Mothers of Girl Scouts
Mothers of Girl Scouts plan a rummage sale to aid Scout activities led by Gladys Crane. The sale is set for Thursday October 30 at Fourth and Alexander Street.
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Gladys Crane
Fourth
Alexander St
Sorrento Mt Plymouth Civic Club elects new officers
The Sorrento-Mt Plymouth Civic Club named Felix Eitner president James Geddes vice president and Mrs H T Sammons secretary treasurer along with new board members Maj Joseph Story and Harry Rainey Membership stands at 117 The Home Demonstration Club refinished furniture over two days and Rev E O Sutherland attended North Florida Presbytery events with Eus tis Church induction of Walter Mertz as assistant pastor Major Story and wife visited North Carolina for grandson Joe's birthday.
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Home Demonstration Club
Sorrento-Mt. Plymouth
Felix Eitner
James Geddes
H. T. Sammons
Frank Bussey
Laura Pim
Raymond Sessions
Joseph Story
Harry Rainey
E. O. Sutherland
Presbyterian Church
North Florida
Weirsdale
Sutherland
Walter Mertz
Eustis
Story
North Carolina
Joe
School Building Plan Queried at Lake County Meeting
Citizens gather to hear Amendment No 1 on the Nov 4 ballot. Mrs Slater Cox leads the Lake County Council Parent Teacher Association discussion detailing funding for school buildings and state bond financing over 30 years with questions invited from proponents and opponents. The plan aims to direct auto license money to school building costs and emergency construction needs amid low per unit instructional funding.
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Lake County Council
Parent- Teacher Association
Tavares
Slater Cox
New Residents Urged to Register at Chamber Office
Winter visitors and tourists arriving in the city are instructed to pause at the Chamber of Commerce on Fifth Avenue to register. Secretary Betty Seiss notes the register helps friends locate newcomers during their stay.
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Chamber of Commerce
Fifth Av
Register
Betty Seiss
PTA Carnival Seeks White Elephants for Auction
Mrs Glendy Sadler announces a Halloween PTA carnival at the school grounds on October 31 an evening of community fun. Auction items include small home furnishings books and clothing with baked goods for a food sale. Proceeds fund fans for classrooms.
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Parent
Glendy Sadler
Robert Eichelberger
Sadler
Business and
Kiwanis Club
Lion’s Club
Chamber of Horrors
American Legion
Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Woman’s Club
American Legion Auxiliary
Homeward Bound in The Poet's Corner
A poem recounts a journey from springtime to the Southland. The speaker contrasts the Northland's forests with a longing for a blue skies Southland where japonicas bloom, expressing affection for the warmer region as home. The verse ends with the name Anna J. from SEE.
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Hiawatha
Southland
Northland
Anna J
Hospital admissions list at Waterman Memorial and Durham Young
Dorans in Lake county hospitals this week include Mrs. Margaret Stewart wife of City Clerk William C. Stewart Mrs. Ruth Funderburk Dr. Cleon Colby Mrs. Della Ripple and Mrs. Anna Carr at Waterman Memorial Eustis and Ellen Goodman baby daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Goodman at Durham Young Leesburg It is only persons of firmness that can have real gentleness Rochefoucauld.
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Dorans
Lake County
Margaret Stewart
William C. Stewart
Ruth Funderburk
Cleon Colby
Della Ripple
Anna Carr
Waterman Memorial
Eustis
Ellen Goodman
Robert Goodman
Durham Young
Leesburg
Scouts to Stage Vote Campaign in Mount Dora
Mount Dora Scouts join nationwide drive during election week to visit every home and hang cardboard Liberty Bell cutouts on doors urging adults to vote as they think. Cubs and Senior Scouts participate, aiming to mobilize civic participation during the Monday after Munday moon period through the evening.
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Mount Dora
Martin Kerr and Myrtle Kerr Engagement Noted in Notice
Wedding plans emerge as Alexander Kerr of Old Eustis Road and Mrs Myrtle M Martin of Cincinnati host guests including Mrs O H Conway and Mrs Martin. Mr Kerr's summer home is Andover Massachusetts and the report notes family connections and travel.
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Alexander Kerr
Old Eustis Rd
Myrtle
M. Martin
O. H. Conway
Martin
Cincinnati
Ohio
Mr. Kerr
Andover, Massi
Youth urged to vote in Kiwanis campaign
You vote Tuesday November 4. Today's youth counts on you. Use your freedom to vote. The lads will be under the direction of M. O. Buster Williams Kiwanis president as part of the club's own vote urging campaign.
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M. O
Buster” Williams
Kiwanis
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Governor Stevenson
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Grover Cleveland
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Louis Howe
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Richard Nelson
Young Democrats of America
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Ortland’s Orner
Titusville
van Johnson
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Susie
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Susie Bardwell
R. C. Bardwell
Grandview Jr
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Sam Swiger
Ted Odom
Lake Beauclaire
Florida
Orlando
Sorrento
Mt. Plymouth
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John Alden Murray
Sylvan Shores
Hartford
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Rochefoucauld
Deltox
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