Shoreland Subdivision Planned on Lake Dora Edge
Lake County real estate advances with Shoreland on Lake Shore drive near Mount Dora. LaDue-Lashar Realty Co. will market 100x300 foot lake front lots facing Breezy Point and the Orange Blossom trail. Attorney Claude Cooper of Toledo oversees sales and plans to keep a lot for himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Dora
Lake Shore Dr
Mount Dora
LaDue-Lashar Realty Co
Lake Road
Claude Cooper
Toledo
Ohio
Lake Front
Lake County
LaDue-Lashar Co
Freedom Scroll Aims to Sign Up Believers October First
Lake County plans a Crusade for Freedom event on October 1 at church entrances with scrolls to sign as part of a national drive. J A Tar Boyd leads the effort with vice chairmen across Mount Dora, Leesburg, Clermont, Umatilla, and Tavares to fund Radio Free Europe and spread anti communist truth.
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Lake County
Crusade For Freedom
Mount Dora
J. A
Tar” Boyd
Leesburg
Roy Christopher
George Rast
Ed Mattson
Groveland
Harry Stokes
Clermont
Harold Hippler
Fustis
Jack Allen
Umatilla
Pac
Frank Banning
Karl Lehman
Death claims Mrs. Florence Burkhardt in Florida home
Mrs. Florence Eva Burkhardt age 59 died at her Florida home on Tuesday after moving from Mentor Ohio. She leaves husband Carl and a flow of relatives including her mother Mrs. James Bales of Mount Dora and daughter Mrs. Lloyd Shaeffer of Mentor. Private funeral services were set for 2 30 p m at the Redfe Spencer home with Rev. Robert M Blackburn officiating.
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Florence Eva Burkhardt
Florida
Burkhardt
S. Tremain St
Mentor
Ohio
Cleveland
Carl
James Bales
Mount Dora
Lloyd Shaeffer
John F. Wedon
Martin Hann
Middletown
Howard Bales
Richard Shaeffer
Red’ Fe Spencer
Robert M. Blackburn
Supper Planned by Methodist Sunday School Group
All teachers officers and workers in the Workers Conference of the Methodist Sunday school are invited to a covered dish supper planned for Monday at 7 in the Parish hall.
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The
Methodist Sunday School
MacArthur summons Joseph Kircher for Japan forestry duty
At Gen Douglas MacArthur's request Joseph Kircher of Mount Dora will fly to Japan for a 90 day assignment to take over the government's reforestation program. Kircher, a 40 year forestry service veteran, previously helped develop Florida's national forests and opened the Southeast's first forestry office in Atlanta in 1934. He and his wife plan to travel from Jacksonville to San Francisco then on to Atlanta before returning to Mount Dora.
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Douglas MacArthur
U.N
Korea
Joseph Kircher
Mount Dora
Japan
Kircher
Unitates Forestry Department
Germany
MacArthur
Tokyo
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Atlanta
Southwest
Florida
Lake County
Major Lem Downs Reported Stationed in Korea
Mrs. Pearl Downs learned her son Major Lem Downs is now in Korea after two years in the Orient. He previously served on Gen Barr’s staff in Japan and was moved to Korea as the invasion shifted. Downs travelled from China to Japan and back to the United States with his wife Carolyn and their two sons.
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Pearl Downs
North Carolina
Major Lem Downs
Korea
Major Downs
Gen. Barr
Japan
Carolyn
W. M. Kennedy
Downs
Orient
China
Michael
John
Mount Dora
Real-Life Drama in Lake County As Federation Debate Advances
Bennett Willis former FBI agent and attorney will speak at Mount Dora next Thursday about world federation and will explain the movement. Rosemary Young featured in Lake County Personalities as the target of the Committee for American Action which seeks to remove her vote on federation and to fire her as Clermont Chamber of Commerce secretary after her letter to Orlando candidate Dick Cooper.
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Lake County
Bennett Willis
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mount Dora
World Federation
United World Federalists
Rosemary Young
American Action
Dick Cooper
Orlando
Clermont Chamber of Commerce
Mount Dora Golden Hurricanes Open 1950 Football Season
Mount Dora High School prepares for Friday 8 p.m. season opener on their field against St. James of Orlando. Coach Dan Spear praises the squad's backfield and line, led by Williams, Wise, McHaffie, and Odom, with a strong group across grades and reserves ready for action.
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Mount Dora
Golden Hurricanes
Mount Dora High School
St. James of Orlando
Tavares
Dan Spear
Quaterback Williams
McHaffie
Odom
Keen
VanDeroer
Huff
Sellers
Gregg
Blunt
Turner
Keller
Atkins
Dawson
Correll
Ford
Simpson
B. Williams
Pugh
Stark
Sills
Ziegengeist
J. Keller
Wilson
G. Ford
Day
Licenses Available At Cof. Today For Drivers
Dorans who want to obtain their driver licenses need only visit the Chamber of Commerce office today from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A representative from County Judge W. Troy Hall Jr. will sell licenses to eligible drivers. Licenses take effect October 1.
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Dorans
Tavares
W. Troy Hall, Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Letters Reveal C A A Tactics Against World Federalists
The article details the Committee for American Action efforts in Lake county to discredit Rosemary Young, a Clermont Chamber secretary and war widow, after she urged peace advocate Richard H. Cooper to present a peace plan. Cooper and AA A members sought to force her removal or disavow her views, while Young defended the United World Federalists and urged open discussion of peaceful world governance. Her letter argues for strengthening the United Nations to curb war, while warning against arms buildup undermining sovereignty and freedom. The piece notes Cooper’s influence on a ballot referendum and cites ongoing political clash over world federation ideas.
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Young
Cooper
May
Congress
United Nations
United World Federalists
UWF
Iwo Jima
Russia
United States
Rosemary Yo
Clermont
Rosemary Young of Clermont A World Federalist
Editor notes Rosemary Young of Clermont dedicates her life to world peace. A daughter of Howard E. Young she shifts from domestic life to activism after August 1944 journey to Camp Pendleton where she embraced the idea of world law and leadership by America to prevent another war.
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Rosemary Young
Clermont
Howard E. Young
Young
Young, Sr
California
Rosemary
Sandy
Larry
Camp Pendleton
Port Huron
Mich
World law and order call drives a romance
Mrs. Sanford N. Young and her uncle Dr. N. M. Nequist are described as a surgeon and theatre student figured in early 20th century life. The narrative follows her efforts to pay her way and her long distance visits from Sandy as a romance grows against a backdrop of America’s leadership ideals and a California cottage by the Pacific.
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America
Sandy
N. M. Nequist
American College of Surgeons
Nequists
Goodman School of the Theatre
Chicago Art Institute
Chicago
California
Pacific Ocean
Legion Stand To Be Told At Federation Meeting
Bennett Willis will speak at Mount Dora to discuss world federation and its aims and effects on the United States. The eight pm forum at the Community building will include questions from Lake county residents and a program featuring local officials and UWF leaders.
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Legion
Federation
Politicians Must Get On Ball For Dora Vote
Mount Dora officials face a 60 day candidacy window for the December municipal elections. Petitions due by Oct 12, voter registration closes Nov 13, and seats open include City Council members Bethel Collins Prinz and Park Board posts. Claude Fralick rumored as a prospective candidate.
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Mount Dora
City Hall
Marshall Collins
John Bethel
William Prinz
Bethel
Collins
Park Board
R. W. Dickson
Dan Bishop
Carl Graves
Parkways
Claude Fralick
Lions to welcome a hefty Brahma heifer at Lake County Lions
Lake County Lions club plans a Tuesday meeting with a hefty guest, the Brahma heifer bought for 4 H club fattening. Jack Norris of Lake Jem now handles the animal, which was purchased for 300 dollars to enter the Ocala livestock show next January. Profit from the project will benefit both the 4 H youths and the Lions club investment.
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Mount Dora
Lions Club
Lake Coleman
Jack Norris
Lake Jem
Lions
Ocala
Goldilocks Aids Police In Missing Drunk Case Mixup
Deputy Sewell found a drunk couple at a bar and attempted to place them in his car. A mistaken bed intruder led to a secretary discovering a man in her bed. The husband later reappeared, ending the case pending a judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
Sewell
Tavares
Golden Triangle
Mount Dora
Eustis
Orange Blossom Trail
Finis
Judge S. S. Story Dies In Georgia At 94
Georgia veteran judge S. S. Story, brother of Warren L. Story, died at his Sylvester home shortly before his 95th birthday. He was active in Georgia politics for years and attended the funeral near his Worth county birthplace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester
S. S. Story
Judge Story
Lake County
Warren L. Story
Georgia
Mr. Story
Worth County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Shoreland
New Dora Subdivision
Tavadora
E. A. Nimnicht
S. C. Colley
Freedom Scroll
Gen. MacArthur
Dora
John Gutenberg
Lourens Jansoon Coster
C.A.A
Committee For American Action
Lake Countian
Richard H. Cooper
Federalist Movement
UVF
Clermont Chamber
Mabel Norris Reese
Sanford N. Young
United States of World Federation
Jesse W. Hunter
Truman G. Futch
Fifth District
W. Troy Hall
J. A. “Tar” Boyd
C. J. Brown
Willis
American Legion
Judge S. S. Story
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