Franes Berteau and Guam tales linked to Lake County life
The Lake County focus ties Frances Berteau a Mount Dora junior high teacher to the Lake County Chamber of Commerce via Karl Lehmann. The piece reflects on Berteau’s thesis The History and Resources of Lake County Florida and a Guam visit by Mount Dora residents Dr. and Mrs. E. E. Lewis, describing island life, local humor, and a humorous grasshopper incident during a speech by Hi Lewis.
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Frances Berteau
Mount Dora
Karl Lehmann
Lake County
Florida
Lewis
Guam
Pacific
E. E. Lewis
Winternesi
Grasshopper
Dr. Lewis
Bess
U. S
Moment in Berlin Photo Sparks Nazi Suspicion of Dr. Schneider
Dr. Martin Schneider shot a Berlin image in 1938 that led to his imprisonment as a suspected American spy. The scene shows a potato peel line with a wary woman in the rear and Nazis who printed the photo. In Czechoslovakia he captured a soup line where lean cabbage soup fills a tin cup and earthenware is scarce.
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Martin Schneider
Berlin
Europe
Schneider
Czechoslovakia
Parody or Propaganda: Dr. Schneider’s 1939 Berlin Parade View
The observer recalls Dr. Schneider filming a Hitler parade in Berlin during a 1939 visit. Swastika draped government buildings loom behind, symbols of a dictatorship he witnessed as rubble last summer, marking the fall of that regime.
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Dr. Schneider
Adolph Hitler
Berlin
Prisoner in Nazi jail photo field trip ends with release
Dr. Schneider photographed potato peelings in a line joining families trading scraps for wood. A German guard arrested him, jailed him in spy quarters, and grilled him for hours before release and embassy contact. Nazis returned his camera and film after verification. In a separate incident at Lovetts Super Market Ruby Doster’s lost watch was found by Tommy Sams and returned to her by manager Leon Kelly.
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Germany
Martin Schneider
Adolph Hitler
Schneiders
Dr. Schneider
United States
United
Lovetts Super Market
Ruby Doster
Western Union
Lovetts
Leon Kelly
Tommy Sams
Miss Doster
Tommy
Kelly
Honest Tommy Returns Lost Watch From Shoppers
A lost watch case emerges in a crowded shopping scene with an Honest Tommy figure who helps recover the item. Details are sparse but the story centers on an act of honest conduct amid a bustling crowd.
Carnival Returns to School Fun Event With Benefit Aim
The parents and teachers association will revive a Halloween carnival replacing Skit Night as the primary fund raiser. The committee led by Principal Ronald Aldrich and Supervising Principal D D Roseborough will recruit organizations to participate, restoring the community event at the local building with emphasis on children’s enjoyment and proceeds.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Ronald Aldrich
R. J Bardwell
Robert Baumgardner
Gordon Dake
Alto Gary
James Hughes
D. D. Roseborough
Eudell Sutley
S. S. Sadler
Glendy Sadler
Verbal Gems on Names and Character From Ancestors
Quote collection reflects ancestral names tied to virtues and honors. Emphasizes lasting greatness in character over lineage, citing Scott and Evarts.
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Scott
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Dick Edgerton
Eddie Harding
Eddie
Florida State University
Crawford Club
New Hampshire
Edgerton
John Alden Murray
Sylvan Shores
the Travelers
Hartford
Lady Boreter
Borden
The
Borden Company
ALL Sales F.O.B. Nursery
Florida Nursery
Landscape Company
North 14Th Street
Leesburg
Evarts
Dead River
City Dock
Silver Springs
Wise Boat Works
Paw
Mundell & Hill
Bill Prinz & CO
J. G. Ray, JR
C. F. Moore District Manager
Florida Power Corporation
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