School Leaders and Taxpayers Back Amendment No 1
Lake County PTA president Jack Morgan defends Amendment No 1 amid anti amendment doubts. He says it funds school building without new taxes, using low interest revenue notes and tax exempt certificates. Morgan notes Lake County needs more classrooms as enrollment rises while funds from current sources fall short.
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Jack Morgan
Lake County Council
Parent- Teacher Association
Morgan
Fruitland Park
Lake County
PTA
al Rehbaum
Mount Dora
Volusia County
State Supreme Court
East Town
Youths Assume Leadership In Family Life Council
Mount Dora's Youth-Adult Family Life Council organized this week aims to extend home life betterment to Lake County. Students elected reps to work with adults. they seek another Family Life Institute this term and a full time family life counsellor for the county. Adult members include Mrs. Glenn Brown and Rev. Robert M. Blackburn. Dr. Howard C. Busching led the first institute and stressed parental participation.
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Mount Dora
Lake County
Donnie Wetz
Ann Bowers
Danny Schneider
Barbara Siess
Walter TeStrake
Sara Jo Land
Tyrone Parker
Joyce Moon
Glenn Brown
Glendy Sadler
Slater Cox
Robert Travers
George Sims
Ronald Aldrich
Robert M. Blackburn
Howard C. Busching
Flor- State University
Busching
Attention Rival Grows For Ike Adlai Campaign Parody
Frank Wingler of Sorrento complains that his rental house ad in The Topic attracts attention rivaling presidential candidates. He says inquiries flooded in, with around 50 requests and a quick uptake on his $1 investment, despite a playful political tone.
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Frank Wingler
Sorrento
Scouts Urge Voters With Liberty Insignias in Mount Dora
Mount Dora Troop 19 of the Boy Scouts will distribute liberty insignias door to door Sunday to encourage voting on Tuesday November 4. Under Scout Master Walter TeStrake they will hang pasteboard Liberty Bells with the message Vote as you think Think when you vote. The Woman's Club Kiwanis Club cooperate Tuesday offering baby sitting and rides to polls with contact numbers for Madeline Milner Frank Else Dwight Whitehall Paul Ashbaugh.
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Mount Dora
Boy Scouts
Woman's Club
Kiwanis Club
Madeline Milner
Frank Else
Transportation Service
Dwight Whitehill
Paul Ashbaugh
Cochairman
Judge Futch Urges Voters On Florida Amendments
Circuit Judge Truman G. Futch urged Mount Dora Kiwanis members to approve Amendments Nos. 1 and 2, oppose No. 3, and highlighted the need to fund school buildings with auto license tag money. He noted no decent Negro school exists in Lake County and warned federal action could force integration if facilities aren’t improved.
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Truman G. Futch
Mount Dora Kiwanis Club
Fifth Judiciar It
Supreme Court
Futch
Lake County
Florida
New Jersey
Tallahassee
Roy Chapman
Fuller Warren
October Aids Pride of 1952 Calendar
October will peel out Friday and pause in retreat to shake itself like a wet dog. It absorbed 5.8 inches of rain, boosting the year’s total to 37.33 inches versus 31.61 inches through the same period in 1951. The difference mirrors October’s rainfall.
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Citrus Culture Corp
Strange Sandwiches signs parade through Mount Dora
Strange Sandwiches signs drew crowds in Mount Dora downtown last Saturday as youths advertised a Friday Parent-Teacher Association carnival. Orin Sadler, his sister Marion, and John Berteau led the display with others joining a Halloween themed parade while Larry Bill Elliott approached in the background.
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Mount Dora
Orin Sadler
Marion
John Berteau
Larry Bill Elliott
Erice Bradshaw
Frankie Peck
Halloween carnival at school offers varied entertainments
Friday evening at the school athletic grounds features a costume parade at 7 p.m. and booths from the Seniors selling picnic suppers from 5 o'clock. The Lions Club House of Horrors, Kiwanis prize game, archery, greased pole, puppet show, and an extensive auction of items will entertain families. Sam Swiger hosts, with a high school dance afterward.
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Glendy Sadler
Lions Club
House of Horrors
Kiwanis Club
al. Rehbaum
Margo Hosford
John Alden Murray
Robert Fichelberger
R. F. Bumgardner
Watson Buckman
Sam Swiger
Booth
American Legion Memorial
Outdoor Writers Meet Here In Mount Dora
Through Margo Hosford a local member the Florida Outdoor Writers group will hold its spring meeting in Mount Dora. The invitation was accepted and the event runs April 11 and 12 with about ten to one hundred participants.
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Margo Hosford
Florida
Many Og
Mount Dora
Rockne of Michigan Olsen Retires After Coaching Ten Thousand Boys
County figure Walt Olsen, aging in his nineties, known as the Rockne of Michigan, retires after a long career at Mt Clemens and Bay City. He recalls Notre Dame games, claims no football injuries among 10,000 coached, and notes basketball is more dangerous. He chaired a charity drive and later moved to Florida, choosing Groveland in the mountains for residence.
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Mt. Clemens
Bay City
Walt “Ole” Olsen
Rockne
Michigan
Western Michigan
Notre Dame
Grant Westgate
Footsee
Notre
Western Ae
Ave
Olsen
Cive
Sanetela Wstion
Wheakevers
Olsen Park: Garden Growth and Grapefruit Find
W A Olsen family story highlights a transformed yard in a City home. They cleared flame vine to uncover two grapefruit trees, expanded with adjacent lots, and now enjoy a blossoming landscape and grandchildren at play.
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Olsen
Olsen Park
City
Arline
C. Be Boose
Los Angeles
Ying
Polling Day In Mount Dora Sets Stage For Election
In Mount Dora Florida residents will vote at the Community building with a three column ballot. Voters choose presidential candidates Stevenson Sparkman or Eisenhower Nixon, and state offices plus 11 proposed amendments. Senator Russell publicly endorses Stevenson amid cross party campaign tensions.
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Mount ‘Dora
City Hall
Florida
Adlai Stevenson
John J. Sparkman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
U. S. Senate
Senate
Eisenhower
Lake County
Blood Bank Call Next Week Adds To Civic Duty
Mount Dora prepares for dual civic duty with a general election vote and a visit to the Mobile Blood Bank at the Chamber of Commerce office next Tuesday from 1 to 7 pm. Donors will deposit blood for Mount Dora’s Blood Bank part of the Central Florida Blood Bank and may register by 1 pm to receive instructions. Lions Club adds incentives offering donors a Parker’s Market steak card and a club dinner for contributors at the next meeting.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Lions Club
Parker's Market
Mount Dora Greenbacks face Grove land to halt 18 game streak
Mount Dora’s Golden Hurricanes host Grove land Greenbacks aiming to stop Mount Dora’s 18 game winning run and secure a third straight Central Florida Conference title. Last Friday Mount Dora crushed Titusville 40 18 as Harry Wise 60 yard run and Frank Hall Wise pass set early leads.
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Mount Dora
Golden Hurricanes
Groveland Greenbacks
Greenbacks
Central Florida
Hurricanes
Titusville Terriers
Titusville
Harry Wise
Wade Simpson
Frank Hall
Wise
The
Dorans
Bobby
Scooter
Stark
Jerry Dake
Simpson
Walter
T. Glenn Ford
Jerry
Dick MecCotter
Iile
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Ike Adlai
Bill No
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Ghais
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Carey
Dorothy C. Finkelo
Mabel Norris Reese
Olsens
Loy
Beach Resrts
Erisly
Groveland
Summit St
Walt Olsen
W. A. Olsen
Onelionas
Future’s
Russell
Heaven
Canes
Byron Smith
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