Local Lawn Bowling Showdown Sparks Mount Dora Rivalry
Championship lawn bowling on September 2 featured eight players from two teams in a tight rink battle on local courts. Grant's side edged ahead in the final end after a tense sequence of jack moves, with high praise for teamwork and precision. The column also notes international totals for 1948 Bowls News and reports on the America England match at Bedford.
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Nelson
Pulis
Wallace
McLachlan
Behr
Tremain
Murial Maben
Grant
Ean
McLachlen
Mount Dora
England
America
Bedford Rug
Englard—Carruthers
Walder
Walton
Jefferies
Keech
Manahan
McCreary
Hay
Gilchrist
Krupp
Ralph Alsop
Dr. Krupp
Bert Keech
Bill Hay
Newcastle
Bowls News
B.bc
B.B.C
Harold Esch
Orlando
Milwaukee
U.S.A
Esch
Florida’. League
John
Doctor of Medicine Health Service Program Presented
A Florida Medical Association health service program presented by your Doctor of Medicine through the local Medical Society provides guidance and resources for physicians and patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Florida Medical Association
Medical Society
Florida Tackles Food Poisoning Through Handler Training
Hygeia reports about 30 000 U.S. food poisoning cases last year, with 1 in twenty traced to foods. Florida partners with the Florida Restaurant Association Hotel Commission and the State Board of Health to train food handlers across 11 000 eating establishments. Emphasizes home canning safety and proper refrigeration and heating of leftovers to prevent illness. seeks support from chambers of commerce and urges timely medical consultation if illness occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
United States
Hygeia
Health
American Medical Association
U. S. Public Health Service
Florida Restaurant Association, Hotel Commission
State Board of Health Food Handlers
Chambers of Commerce
Neva’s fictitious name registration in Mount Dora Florida
Public notice states Eva B. Martz will register the fictitious business name Neva’s in Lake County Florida. Registration is with the Circuit Court Clerk after publication proof. The business location is Bank Building Fifth Ave Mount Dora and the notice is dated August 24, 194%.
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Florida
Circuit ‘Court
Lake County
Fifth Ave
Mount Dora
Thy
Circuit Court
Fifth Judicial
State OF Florida
Blanche Giddens
Clarence A. Giddens
Harper's Reataurant
Camilla
Georgia
Circuit Court of the
Fifth Judicial Circuit
A. D
J. Dykes
Grace H. Cox
D.C
Mount Dora Pioneers and a Tragic Cuban Venture
The article recalls Mount Dora families shaping Florida's early history including the Girt and Gilbert clans. Boatman Grandfather Gilbert operated the Dolphin on Lake Dora, while family ties linked residents through marriages and a governor’s secretary. After a Great Freeze, Calvin Gilbert joined a Cuba stock venture with Donnelly and Orton. letters describe harsh jungle clearing, illness, and Donnelly’s Christmas Eve death ending the project.
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Florida Village
Gilbert
Lake Dora
Tavares
Gilberts
Chautaucua
Dora
Lake Gertrude
Cheyton
Liberty St
Calvin
Margaret Gilbert
Archie
Liberty
Clayton
Florida
Minnesota
Mount Dora
Charles
Minneola
Mary Gleason
Lucy Slocum Gleason
Guller
Mount Dora City Hall
Mary Gleasor
Charles Gilbert
Rodgers
Josephine Gilbert LaBreck
Calvin Gilbert
Arthur Ortor
Cuba
R. J. Longstreet
Neu Vitis
J. P. Donnelly
Margaret Close Gil
Donnelly
Orton
Ohio
Zellwood
Maryland
Gilbert, Mar
Train Wreck Delayed Bryan At Mount Dora Chautauqua
In 1917 Mount Dora Chautauqua delayed William Jennings Bryan’s speech after his train to Leesburg was wrecked in Georgia. Tremain urged the crowd to wait as other acts filled time, and Bryan arrived at midnight to address attendees. The program featured Tremain’s leadership and acts by Goshen orchestra, Helen Axe Brown, Duggin Co. and others.
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Mount Dora
William Jennings Bryan
Era
Bryan
Louis Tremain
Emaash whiAle
Roger
Goshen Orchestra
Goshen
Chautauqua
Helen Axe Brown
Caporur
Burg
Alexander St
Tremain
Billy Wingler
Leesburg
Lee
Wingler
C. Rucker Adams
South Florida
Lake Gertrude
National Glee Club
Bell Ringers
Madame Reno
Mount Dora Chautauqua Recalls TubThumping Years
The passage recalls Mount Dora Chautauqua’s heyday when Grace a cent and other performers drew crowds for ten day programs. It notes tents, hotel burnings, and the shift from tents to sylvan growth as development replaced the era. The piece links prohibition to the decline of Chautauqua.
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America
Miss Grace
Sedon
Roland A. Nichols
Mount Dora
Chautauquago
Sylvan Shores
Brenwood Studios Advertises Heat Treasures Photos
Brenwood Studios promotes its complete photographic service with a vivid caption about heat themed treasures. The ad emphasizes professional photography offerings and showcases the studio’s branding and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brenwood Studios
Complete Photographic Service
Adv
Gilbert Park Named After Local Doctor Land Gifted to Mount Dora
Dr. Gilbert established a Mount Dora medical practice after obtaining a medical certificate. He and his wife were active in the Methodist church with he teaching Sunday school and she playing the organ. Despite a throat ailment he led the class until his death in 1916. His Cove land near Lake Dora, once envisioned as a civic picnic spot, passed to his brother Earl and, in 1939, became Gilbert Park.
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Gilbert
Mount Dora
Lake Dora
Earl
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Natal
Tommy
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Bertine
Eustis Hospital
Lovely
Melissa Cornish
Indianapolis
Sis
Pete
Joe
Leonard Barker
Orange Ave
V.R. Dibble & Son
Washington
Exeter
Eustis
P. O. Box
Wise Boat Works
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Silver Springs
S. E. Wise
Greyhound Bus
ULC Greyhound
AAA
Fred E. Orr
Automobile Ass'n
Ocala
Flu
Lewis Adams
Old
Eustis Road
Sted
Jones Brothers
Central Florida
Dr. Phillips
General Electric
Central Florida Growers Cooperative
John G. Arike
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