Family Life Institute opens Monday for Mount Dora parents
The Family Life Institute returns to Mount Dora with Dr. Ira Holland leading sessions Monday through Thursday at the Community building and high school, plus youth adult forums. It aims to improve family relations and provide guidance for parents and teens with films on child fears and marriage choices. Mrs. Slater Cox leads as general chairman with PTA support. attendance urged for all parents and faculty.
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Mount Dora
Ira Holland
School of Social Welfare
Florida State University
Family Life
Parent-Teacher Association
Lions Club
Dr. Holland
Lions
Institute
PTA Film Library
Mount Dora Area
Slater Cox
Glendy Sadler
PTA
Chief Decides: When's A Lady Like A Man?
A Zellwood woman spent a night in Mount Dora jail after being charged with reckless driving on the Orange Blossom Trail weekend. Patrolmen stopped her for weaving and arguments escalated, leading to Chief James Orr overseeing the case. she posted a $50 bond but failed to appear in police court, forfeiting the bond. A Mount Dora man faced a similar reckless driving incident that night.
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James Orr
Orange Blossom Trail
Zellwood
Mount Dora
Orr
A. O. McAllister
Bennie Williamson
Herman Cox
Chief Orr
Carroll Packing House Leased by Hyman Levinson
The Lewis Carroll Packing House, established by the late Mr. Carroll in 1938, is now under new management. Hyman Levinson, formerly of Ocoee, has leased the facility and will oversee packing after operating as a fruit shipper in Lake and Orange counties on contract. He plans to handle 200000 boxes of fruit in the coming season.
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Lewis Carroll Packing House
Hyman Levinson
Ocoee
Mr. Carroll
Lake
Orange Counties
Barker Heads For Service In U S Air Force Cadet
Raoul Barker son of Mr and Mrs William Jay Barker has paused college plans and will train as an aviation cadet at Moody Air Force Base Georgia. He formerly attended Princeton University after Mount Dora High School and spent last year at the University of Florida.
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Raoul Barker
William Jay Barker
U. S. Air Force
Barker
Moody Air Force Base
Georgia
Princeton University
Mount Dora High School
University of Florida
Lake Apopka Should Be Lowered Permanently For Good Of Land
The article reviews historic debates on draining and lowering Lake Apopka to reclaim sawgrass lands around Lake Dora and Eustis. It cites 19th century IIF minutes urging wider canals, deeper cuts, a flood gate, and a northern dike, plus notes on prior canal projects and figures like Engineer Bradford and Disston.
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Mount Dora
Apopka Canal
Zellwood
Lake Beauclaire
Apopka
Dora
Eustis
Lake Apopka
L. H. Davis
Delta Canal Co
Apopka Marsh
Zellwood Farm
Beauclaire
Florida
Board of Trustees
State Internal Improvement Fund
John Bradford
Bradford
IIF
Lake Eustis
Internal Improvement Fund
Central Florida
M. C. Hagan
Hamilton Disston
Disston
St. Cloud
U. S
Florida Sugar Manufacturing Co
Florida Sugar Manufacturing
James G.speer
John M. Bryan
Lake Dora
County Paraplegic Storyteller Finds Irony and Hope
Robert Dinsmore, a 41 year old Peoria native, chronicles his wartime misfortune with humor. A World War I era accident left him paraplegic since 1944, confined to a wheelchair or driverless car. He survived a 1944 Omaha building collapse and spent years at Hines Veterans Hospital. He credits his philosophy to an outlook that you can do anything if you really want to.
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Robert Dinsmore
United States
Outfit
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Japan
China
Sixth Marine
Mount Dora
Dinsmore
Omaha
Neb
Peoria
Hines
Veterans Hospital
Chicago
Wilbur Croxton
Wilbur
Robert
Helene
Dinsmore and Mike: A Love Behind a Wheelchair Life
Robert Dinsmore befriended a cheerful brunette named Mike while touring Illinois banks as a state auditor. After marrying in 1950 they moved to Clarinet Hills in Chicago and spent seven years in the banking division, navigating busy traffic as he continued his work and used a wheelchair.
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Red Cross
Robert
Mike
State of Illinois
Illinois
Clarinette Hills
Chi
Chicago
Charlie Abbott Settles Life-Giving Reel Legacy
Charlie Abbott dies at 84 after a life shaped by fishing and resilience. He moved from Crown Point to California for asthma relief before returning to Mount Dora Florida in 1920 to pursue fishing and settle there for decades with his florist wife Letta.
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Charlie Abbott
Charlie
Valhalla
Mr. Abbott
Mount Dora
Crown Point
Ind
Letta
California
Pacific Coast
Florida
St. John’s River
Ocklawaha
Lake Eustis
Abbotts
Mount Dora Bets On Lowering Merchant Electric Rates
In Mount Dora a battle of volts unfolds as merchants push to cut the commercial electric rate, arguing residents and merchants should pay closer prices. City data counters with wholesale versus retail disparities and tax considerations as Oct. 6 council talks approach.
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Mount Dora
Florida Power Corp
Dick Reynolds
Chamber of Commerce
Kendall Jones
Mark Peters
Robert Alderman
al Rehbaum, Jr
Stan Wareing
Reynolds
Eustis
Topic Editor Wins Six Honors In Florida Women's Press Contest
Mount Dora Topic editor earned six awards at the Florida Women's Press club annual meeting in Vero Beach. First for Musings, two seconds for general excellence in small papers and reviews, a third for community service, plus two honorable mentions for feature writing and Tropical Topics. Other top winners include Betty Vance of Sarasota Herald Tribune and Jean Voltz of Miami Herald.
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Florida
Mount Dora
Florida Women’s Press Club
Vero Beach
Coluun
Florida Times- Union
Nlare
Betty Vance
Sarasota Herald Tribune
Neil Meffert
Ocala Star Banner
Georgia
DeLand Sun-News
Mabel Norris Reese
Ethel Tombrink
Miami Herald
IceHouse
Blythe Spirit
Earl B. Ferson
Association
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Carroll Packing House
Bob Dinsmore
Volts
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