Lake County Scouts See Future in Joint Council Plan
Lake county Girl Scouts seek to form the Land O Lakes Council with Lake Sumter Citrus and possibly Marion counties. A fundraiser rummage sale and bake sale precede Vesper services as Mount Dora hosts National Girl Scouts Week. A county drive will finance the council and a paid counselor to lead Scouting activities including civil defense training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Mount Dora
Gladys Crane
Lake
Sumter
Citrus Counties
Marion
Crane
Alexander
Robert M. Blackburn
Methodist Church
Korea Results In Higher Rank For Leon Cheek
Mount Dora adds Lieut Col Leon Cheek to its list of top officers. He was promoted from major after a Far East tour including Korea with the 24th Division. His family in Seattle will join him in Mount Dora around early November after his return from Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Leon Cheek
Far East
Korea
H. T. Fenn
Martha Cheek
Japan
San Francisco
New Residents Invited To Legion Dance Kickoff
The American Legion and auxiliary invite new city residents to a dinner dance at the Veterans Memorial home on Highland near the golf course. Dress is optional and the event aims to help newcomers meet existing members. Reservations by Friday through Naomi Keller Fred Sage Jean Jones or Claude Fralick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Veterans Memorial Home
Highland
Naomi Keller
Fred Sage
Lekion
Jean Jones
Claude Fralick
Obedience to Law Amid Reform Calls by McNutt McElroy
A quoted statement from Robert McNutt McElroy urges all citizens to obey laws even as they strive to improve them. The remark frames lawful conduct as a civic responsibility during reform efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McNutt McElroy
Dorans Victory Habit Intact Face Lyman Next
Mount Dora Hurricanes seek win over Lyman Greyhounds to stay atop the conference race after a 28-6 victory over Umatilla led by Billy Odom. Odom gained 100 rushing yards with Hall Wise and Duke producing key runs as Mount Dora’s offense clicked and the defense held. The paper notes MACARTHUR quote on liberty amid the feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorans
Lyman
Byron Smith
Lyman Greyhounds
Mount Dora
Odom
Hurricanes
Harry Wise
Jerry Dake
Wise
Umatilla
Pinkney Turner
Powers
Cooper
Hall
Bulldogs
Duke
Sheffler
Keen
Keller
Simpson
Atkins
Rappel
Gregg
Correll
D. Ford
Pugh
Dawson
Sellers
Turner
Hames Brothers' Mother Dies at 98 in Mass Funeral
C E Hames co owner of the Grand View hotel returned from Bellmont Massachusetts to attend the funeral of his mother Mrs Florence Lee Hames aged 98. He noted she had been in perfect health until her death with his brother J A Hames unable to travel due to the distance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand View Hotel
Bellmont
Mass
Florence Lee Hames
J. A. Hames
Daylilies for Sale at Florida Garden Club Meet
Members and non members can buy daylilies at the Fourth District Florida Federation of Garden clubs meeting at the Community building on November 2. Mrs J B Hall of Poinsettia Cees will oversee the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakes and Hills
Bake sale planned by Mount Dora Junior Class
The Mount Dora High School Junior Class announces a bake sale at the Princess Theatre on Saturday starting at 9 a.m. Proceeds support student activities and projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora’s High School
Princess Theatre
Constance Hungerford Chronicles Her Father’s Legacy in Florida
Editor notes this second of three Personalities features Constance Hungerford of Mount Dora. It recounts Dr. Robert Hungerford dying at 26 from typhoid amid his effort to aid a deserter slave shack occupant near the Connecticut River, and his Illinois-to-Florida journey that led him to teach Black youths to read. His work inspired a Tuskegee connection and the Robert Hungerford Industrial School built on Edward C. Hungerford’s land near Eatonville and Winter Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance Hungerford -Fenske
Mount Dora
Constance Hungerford
Robert Hungerford
Connecticut River
Alice Hungerford
Florida
Fahore
Columbia University
Robert
Tuskeegee College
Booker = T. Washington
Constance
Russell Calhoun
Edward C. Hungerford
Tuskeegee
Edward Hungerford
Eatonville
Winter Park
Constance Hungerford Fenske and family heritage tale
The piece traces Constance Hungerford Fenske and her family history from Constance founding a high school with 300 pupils to their 300 acre expansion plans. It recalls her father starting as a local doctor in Seymour Conn his early fame in Promise Hill the Getty era relics from Gov Wolcott and Abigail Arnold and Ezra Newberry family letters and mementoes gathered for future generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booker T. Washington
Constance Hungerford Fenske
Mount Dora
Constance
Seymour
Conn
Sterling Castle
Connecticut
Colony
Abigail Arnold
Elizabeth Abbott
Ezra
Ezra Newberry
Mount Dora PTA Carnival Parade to Feature Train Display
The Mount Dora PTA plans an annual costume parade at the school athletic field next Wednesday at 7 p.m. Prizes for best costumes will be displayed at Mount Dora Pharmacy, with awards to top boys and girls in age groups. The event includes a carnival train on the handball court, rides, games, a Senior class refreshment booth, and a teen dance in the gym afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Make-Believe Land
Mount Dora
Parent-Teacher Association
PTA
John Heist
S. S
Buck” Sadler
Ronald Aldrich
Key Club
Ralph Paul
Grady Simpson
Durwood Sellers
Health Service trio hurt in Mount Dora car explosion
Three U S Public Health Service employees traveling to a Miami experimental test were in a Mount Dora crash when a carbon dioxide cylinder in the trunk exploded. Fred Freeman of Leesburg was concussed and injured. driver Paul Maier and passenger W L Bidlingmayer, both of Savannah Ga, were unhurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Public Health Service
Miami
Mount Dora
Fred Freeman
Leesburg
Highland and
Liberty
Paul Maier
W. L. Bidlingmayer
Savannah
Peaceful Message Promotes World Unity
A historic aphorism urges all peoples to live in peace and unity. The call to dialogue and cooperation transcends borders and cultures, emphasizing shared humanity and mutual respect as a path to harmony.
Mount Dora Hosts Garden Club Meet With Florida Leaders
Mount Dora prepares for the Fourth District Florida Federation of Garden Clubs gathering November 2 at the Community building. Mayor Crane urges residents to clean up and the city plans approach road improvements while speakers discuss flowering shrubs, perennials, and small-home landscaping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Florida Federation of Garden Clubs
Lakes and Hills Garden Clubs
Gainesville
H. S. Wolfe
University of Florida
Taylor Briggs
Winter Park
J. O. Linton
Orlando
Fourth District
Robert M. Blackburn
Lou L. Heaton
Slater Cox
Lakes and Hills
Halle Cohen
The
Florida Federation
Wolfe
Briggs
Garden Club
William P. Wingler
Third Av
Donnelly St
D. Fletcher Crane
Clayton St
Wingler
Brown Builders Supply Co
Donnelly
Crane
Clayton
Florida
New York
Mike Collins
Mabel Norris Reese
Gladys Crane
Lake Front
County Agent Norris Asks About Mount Dora
County agent R E Bob Norris sparked a casual exchange by asking how conditions were in Mount Dora. The remark appears in a local context reflecting everyday rural dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando
R. E
Bob” Norris
Mount Dora
Kiwanis Hear Story of United Nations Week Film
Kiwanis club observes United Nations Week at a luncheon to view Building For the Nations, a film issued by U S Steel. The documentary shows land acquisition, the international board of architects, construction, and dedication of the United Nations Secretariat in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
United Nations
United Nations Secretariat
New York City
United States Steel Corp
International Board of Architects
Tropical Topics and Lessons in Smoking
A fragmentary feature recalls new supermarket openings and local growth, with humor about annexing Orlando. Then Walter Te Strake Sr shares a childhood lesson on smoking, contrasting his father cigar smuggling and his own dislike of cigarets. Continued on Page 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter
Te- Strake
TeStrake
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Douglas MacArthur
Veal Law
Donnelly and
J. F. Costine
L. E. “Dick” Reynolds
Hames
Constance Fenske
U.S
State Garden
Norris
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