Bowling and Bowlingers Across the Nation Spill News
A jumble of hometown notes reports rain halting bowling games while fans enjoy radio broadcasts by Dizzy Dean and Gene Kirby. Many brief items describe travels, anniversaries, welcomes, and social happenings from Alaska to New Hampshire, with Mount Dora gatherings and Pinehurst tournament glimpses amid a long regional summer heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Florida
Dizzy Dean
al Helper
Gene Kirby
Mutual
Epping
N. H
Jack Tradinger
John Hull
Jack
Hendersonville
N. C
Ed Johnson
New York Herald Tribune
Central Park
New York City
Mount Dora
New York
Major Marsh
Pinehurst
N.C
Bill Bathis
Gastonia
Uriah Davis
Neptune
Hollywood
Rey
Councilman
Ira. Kellogg
Washington, D.C
Ed Blackburnes
Chicago
Carl Fullers
Denbreeders
Ralph Beaches
Harringtons
Florida weather diary of a week in Mount Dora and Vero Beach
A journal style report narrates a week of varied Florida weather from Thursday through Monday. It notes moonlit skies amid Gulf squalls, frequent rain, and cool nights, followed by hopeful clearings for a high school game, a Vero Beach hotel visit, and a tropical sunset sequence over Lake Dora during a travels summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Florida
Gulf
Vero Beach
Driftwood
McKee Jungle
Tropics
Greyhound Adds Through Express Service Mount Dora to Tallahassee
Greyhound Lines announces a new through express from Miami and Tampa with Mount Dora to Tallahassee segments. The Mount Dora departure is 7 14 a m arriving in Ocala at 8 31 and Tallahassee at 1 05. The trip continues to New Orleans and Los Angeles with a late midnight arrival at Ocala.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Ocala
Tallahassee
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Harold Larsen
Florida Greyhound Lines
Miami
Tampa
New i Riaga
Mount Dora Shuffleboard Teams Shine in Leesburg Meet
Persistent rain kept activities limited early week as Mount Dora sent four teams to Leesburg for the Four-Club meet. Eustis led with 13 wins, Leesburg 12, Mount Dora 6, Umatilla 4, while Shorb and Hughes won all three games and posted high Reds 247.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Leesburg
É Realms
Eustis
Umatilla
Shorb
Hughes
Braden
Hotchkiss
Erdman
Place
Dodd
Wright
Peterman
Reds
Mesdames Braden and
Becker
Basher and Barber
Christine Short
Earl Short
Ed Smart
Short
Apopka Canal History Elusive in 19th Century Record
Between 1887 and 1896 Florida records detail attempts to drain, reclaim, and connect lakes Apopka Dora and Eustis via canals, with hopes of navigation for steamboats. Jno Bradford and L B Wombwell note $30 000 spent on drainage and reclamation, while rainfall shifts test canal capacity. (Continued next week)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Apopka
Lake Dora
Lake Eustis
Ocklawaha
Apopka Canal
Jno. Bradford
L. B. Wombwell
Leatherneck Gregg Is Good Marksman
Harold Gregg of Mount Dora, a star football player, is home on leave in Marine uniform after finishing boot camp at Parris Island as top shooter among 273 recruits. He left Stetson for the Marines last summer with a $500 Community scholarship funded by Kiwanis and matched by Stetson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Gregg
Mount Dora
Gregg
Parris Island
Stetson University
Marines
Kiwanis Club
Stetson Athletic Department
Dinsmore Family Finds Florida Life in Mount Dora
W R Dinsmore and family, former residents near Marathon, visit Mount Dora and settle in Sylvan Shores. They bought a home on Washington and Lucerne, moved in last July, and plan to work toward self sufficiency with hopes for a sporting goods business. Robert eyes a position at American Can Co in Plymouth but prefers time to fish first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Dinsmore
Marathon
Florida Keys
Mount Dora
Croxtons
Mike
Florida
Washington and
Lucerne
Sylvan Shores
Robert
New American Can
Plymouth
Honey Bridge
Also Mentioned on This Page
Seward
Alaska
Clarence Rogers
Clarence
Canton
N. Y
Lou Heaton
Clipf Isle
Maine
Marion
Frank Poole
Nottingham
John
Marge Chesley
Muriel
Newburgh
Cap Mitchell
Mount Dora High School
Punky
441
Eustis Fla
Fred MacMurray
Java
Joel McCrea
Barbara Hale
Technicolor
Bowery Boys
Sun.-Mon
the Girls OF
Pleasure Island
Thurs
Alan Ladd
Arlene Dahl
Richard Conte
Desert Legion
Greyhound
George Eliot
Houston
Greyhound Bus Station
Donnelly
J. W. Willmott
Leatherneck Gregg
Jersey
Sunset Valley Dairy
Parker Bros
Floridan Country Club
Howey-In-The-Hills
Tavares
Wesson
Donald Duck
U.S. No. K
Long Island
Calif
Therm
Crane Furniture CO
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