Mount Dora citrus packers begin operations
Forty years ago Mount Dora Citrus Growers Association started packing, employing about seventy five locals. They expect to ship three to five cars per week now, rising to four to five cars daily by month end. The association building is locally owned and the largest of its kind in town. Seven Mount Dora American Legion Post members plus auxiliary attended the National Convention in Miami, noting a long parade was worth fatigue. Mount Dora polling place for the November 6 election is in City Hall Council Room with polls open 8 a.m. to sundown.
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Mount Dora
Miami
Dahlin
Frank Hadlock
Frank Haas
Rollin Javens
Bill Williamson
S. C. Peacock
Biscayne Boulevard
Christmas lighting banned to conserve fuel nationwide
The Office of War Utilities requests city officials and citizens to skip outdoor Christmas lights this year mirroring 1942 1943 measures to save fuel as electricity demand rises. Mount Dora Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star announces its November 9 birthday and names six charter members. Public notice: garbage will be collected on Mondays only due to labor shortages after the hurricane in Mount Dora.
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Office of War Utilities of the War Production Board
Chambers of Commerce
OWU
Mount Dora
Order of the Eastern Star
Josephine Simpson
Annie Moorhead
Effie Javens
Mattie Simpson
Bessie Coffin
Alfred Rehbaum
Birthday party for Ken Dawson celebrated at home
Mrs Adolph Dawson hosted a surprise party for her son Kenneth on a recent Saturday, with attendees including DeAnn Bateman Jerry Dake Buddy Carter and others. Also noted is the birth of Thomas Milton Land weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces at Orange Memorial Hospital and the MDHS Future Teachers of America club formation led by Mary Ann Brotherson Bess Davidson and Nancy Ellis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Dawson
Kenneth
DeAnn Bateman
Jerry Dake
Buddy
Margaret Carter
Jay Kurras
JoAnn Green
Bobby Stark
Susie Thetford
Daisy Eaton
Dunn Stovall
Gwen Dawson
Helen Kurras
Dawson
Ken
Henry W. Land
Tangerine
Orange Memorial Hospital
Orlando
Thomas Milton Land
Josephine Simpson
MDHS
Future Teachers of America
Mary Ann Brotherson
Bess Davidson
Nancy Ellis
Gripe Column Notes on Inspections Guns and Charity Bites
A reader vents about public inspectors failing a car headlight, then fixes it by aim, claiming the process wastes his time. He blasts tougher gun permits in Lake County as harming law abiding citizens. He critiques charity mile drives causing litter and extra cleanup costs.
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Lake County
Mount Dora Garden Club Holds Panel on Leaves and Pests
The October meeting of the Mount Dora Men’s Garden Club featured a panel on leaves stems diseases and insects with moderator James Geddes and members Everett H Clark Harry Fogg Dr James Knauss William Nixon and Laurence Sistrunk. The club announced a new 100 page hibiscus guide in the library covering planting fertilizing pruning propagation and insect control. Sixty five members and seven guests attended with M S Goodholm welcomed as a new member. Annual Ladies Night Dinner is set for 6 30 p m Monday Dec 2.
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Men’s Garden Club of
Mount Dora
James Geddes
Everett H. Clark
Harry Fogg
James Knauss
William Nixon
Laurence Sistrunk
Charles Putnam
Mount Dora Public Library
M.S. Goodholm
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By Diane Demro
Mary Brethauer
Center of Town
Lake Dorard
Mt.dora
Roy Caldwell
Democrat
Teil
Roy W. Caldwell
Treas
Men's Garden Club
Windram
Thomas J Windram
GOP
N. Donnelly Street
Mount Dora, Fla
Florida
Askew-Williams
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