Spears In The Dark At Mount Dora High Grid
Mount Dora High School football opens with questions about the 1949 squad. Coach Dan Spears hails a naturally gifted player who could lift the team, backed by stories of the athlete’s summer no hit performances and steady poise under pressure. Lou Heaton reflects on leaving New York for calm retirement.
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Spears
Mount Dora
Dan Spears
Dan
Knute Rockne
Rockne
Red Grange
MDHS
Donnelly St
Coach Spears
Mount Dora trip ends with heat and humor
A traveler recounts a hot journey to Mount Dora filled with near-misses and mechanical woes. He endures a wild Northward drive, a garage bill of 43 dollars, and vows never to repeat the trip.
Hibiscus Way to Mount Dora Road Named
Plans label the western approach to Mount Dora as Hibiscus Way. The Hibiscus Circle at the Lakes and Hills Garden club spearheads a mass hibiscus planting along the railway right of way. Mrs A Lee chairs the project with approval from the Florida Railroad and Public Utilities Commission and Lake County commissioners. The city will supply labor for planting.
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Mount Dora
Hibiscus Way
Florida
Hibiscus Circle At
Lakes and Hills Garden
Spirit To Win May Honor Name Of Hurricanes
Mount Dora Dora’s Hurri canes football opens 1949 season with St James at Orlando stadium 8 p m in a bid to boost Mount Dora football. Coach Dan Spears leads a backfield featuring Pinkney Turner Harry Wise Elwood McHaffie Norris Williams and a tested line headlined by Keene VanDeroer Moore Trenham Barker Jacobsen Buchanan. First home game vs Ocoee set for Sept 30 at the school athletic field.
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Hurricanes
Orlando
St. James
Gerald Pugh
David Sellers
Hollis Townsend
Carl Huff
Wade Simpson
Clarke VanDeroer
Raoul Barker
Herbert Trenham
Boyd Atkins
Chris Jacobson
George Keene
Dan Spears
Harry Wise
Norris Williams
Pinkney Turner
Elwood McHaffie
George Sims
Ocoee
I.e
1.T
Lonnie Moore
1.G
Raud Barker
R.g
Chris Jacobsen
J.t
Ellis Buchanan
R.e
Newspapers Will Be Honored By Elks
The Elks lodge promotes National Newspaper Week Oct 1 to 8 to honor American newspapers as torchbearers against “Isms.” In Lake County Eustis Lodge No 1578 will host a steak dinner Oct 4 for local publishers and editors with invitations issued by Sheriff Willis V McCall.
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America
Elks Lodge
Nation
Lake County
Eustis Lodge
B.P.O.E
Willis V., McCall
Mount Dora Holiday Travelers Escape Noronic Fire
Dorans Clare and Grace Traeger of Mount Dora were aboard the Noronic on a Great Lakes cruise last Friday. They survived the disaster that killed about 200, sending a message to friends the James Nelsons that they escaped, a wire that cannot convey the horror that follows the tragedy.
Letter Seeks One-Year Extension For Paper Subscription
Mrs V Giordino of Brooklyn New York encloses a 2 50 money order to renew her subscription for another year. She notes a short initial run and emphasizes she does not want to miss any issues of the friendliest newspaper she has read.
A and P Defends Against Anti Trust Suit
A P ads in 2000 newspapers defend Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co against government charges of monopoly in the food market. A P says it has never been monopolistic and would not raise prices to profit. The chain argues that anti trust actions threaten efficient low cost distribution and harm other large distributors.
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United States
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Nobod
This Is L-Day As Judge Hall Arrives
County Judge W. Troy Hall Jr arrives in town to oversee driver license issuance at the Chamber of Commerce with his assistants. The message urges residents to purchase their 1949 50 license before the deadline and be prepared with the required documents.
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Judge Hall
W. Troy Hall, Jr
Dora’s Welfare Council Reopens Child Rescue Effort
Mount Dora’s Health and Welfare Council will resume Fall meetings next Tuesday at the Ranch. Attorney Roy Christopher, chairman, notes the revival follows the tale of a 16 year old left by her mother and treated in Tampa for melancholia. Donations from Lions Kiwanis Pythian Sisters and others funded a $350 hospital bill and ongoing care.
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Mount Dora
New Health and Welfare Council
Roy Christopher
Frances Gravelee
Tampa
Gravelee
Lions, Kiwanis
Pythian Sisters
Woman
Moonlight on Earth Mirrors Shine of Moonlit World
A compact reflection notes that a person standing on the moon would see Earth shine, much like how the moon glistens upon observers on Earth. The remark links lunar illumination to terrestrial perception and wonder.
Edgerton Plans Lease of Eustis Fountain Inn
Richard Edgerton the Lakeside Inn manager and Crawford House club head negotiates to lessee the Fountain Inn at Eustis converting the 35 room resort into a first class hotel. The Inn formerly Water Sanitarium last year under Edgerton and Lake County doctors and recently refurnished remains among the county’s modern facilities.
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Richard Edgerton
Mount Dora
Crawford House Club
Crawford Notch
N. H
Eustis
Edgerton
New Hampshire
Lake County
Frank Waterman
Fountain Pen Company
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Casters View Art Of Fly Casting At Mt Dora Club
The Mount Dora Casters held the first reorganization meeting at Gil bert park with a dozen members watching fly casting led by European champion Dr Hugo Curry. Jeff Ray and Billy Moon impressed as top pupils as plans for registered tournaments and junior and senior clubs were discussed by organizer Margo Hosford.
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Mount Dora
Gilbert Park
Hugo Curry
Jeff Ray
Billy Moon
Margo Hosford
Atlantic City Pier Opened in July 1882 Destroyed by September Storm
The first Atlantic City pier began operations in July 1882 but was wrecked by a powerful storm in September of that year. The event marks a rapid rise and fall of the early coastal structure.
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Florida
Atlantic City
Boss Grants Clerks Long Vacation Policy
A boss explains that clerks receive a month of vacation with two weeks added when the boss goes on vacation and two more when the clerks do, effectively extending time off for both sides.
J L Mills Dies in Chicago During Summer Return
J L Mills died of a heart attack in Chicago Tuesday morning while visiting his son Howard. A longtime railroad man, he lived in Mount Dora for about a decade with his wife Mrs Wescott and planned to return home next month. He leaves a widow, a son, and one granddaughter. Funeral services were to be held today in Fort Wayne Indiana.
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J. L. Mills
Mount Dora
Howard
Chicago
Wescott
Ohio
Fort Wayne
Ind
Duties of Officers Heard By Delegates
Clermont hosted a Lions club zone meeting with talks on officer duties by Sam Swiger and Mel Wagner. Lake County delegates including Charles Pool George Cosgrove Ken Davis Vic Oswalt J M Coursey Louis J Evans Kendall Jones attended with Swiger and Wagner at Lakeside cafe. Winter Garden and Ocoee sent reps and Fred C W Kramer III of Leesburg joined as deputy district governor.
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Clermont
Lions Club
Sam Swiger
Mount Dora
Mel Wagner
Aunt Dora
Lake County
Charles Pool
Clermont Club
George Cosgrove
Ken Davis
Vic Oswalt
Britannica Defines Profit in Business Operations
Britannica states profit is the result of a business operation, whether favorable or unfavorable, describing how earnings emerge from activities and transactions in commerce.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Lou Heaton
New York
Dom
Mrs. Heaton
Lou
Manhattan
Berrien
IceHouse Theatre
Berrien McCain
Mount Dora’s -New
Dora
Hibiscus
National Board OF Fire Under
Electrical Contractors
Brandy-Gudgeon Electric CO
Highland
Elks
Markwell
Howard Bond
A&p
Welfare Council
Princess Theatre
J. L.mills
Terminix CO
L. R. Tremain
the Post
Chrysler
Royal, Windsor, Saratoga, New Yorker
Eustis Auto Inn, Inc
Bay & Orange Ave
Eustis, Florida
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