Novel six foot bowling ring idea for club practice
A Mount Dora club column suggests a six foot ring with a center jack and a top coin for practice. Bowlers who knock the jack while inside the ring would win a prize, with about a dozen quarters donated weekly by players. The anonymous contributors promise a novel experiment for the club.
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Clare
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Madge Neptune
Major Marsh
Orlando
Margaret Spencer
Washington
Ida Fuller
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Rochester
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Shuffleboard scores and county club showdowns
A rainy evening in the town led to dry courts and a Red versus Black shuffleboard match where Reds won 13 games to 11. In playoffs, Hunter and Place beat Beard and Kinsey 100 to 64, while Dooley and Hunter topped Young and Hall 102 to 50. A 76-player county contest saw Neilson and Prentice reach the playoff, but others prevailed. The weather paused play again Saturday as drizzle ended the session. A class joke linked gravity to suspenders, prompting a light snicker.
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Blacks
Tom Hunter
Fred Place
Anna Beard
A. R
Prentice
It Won't Kill You Kept in Your Chest Mount Dora TB case
Editor's note reports two more Mount Dora family members, a father and daughter, hospitalized for tuberculosis. A 7-month-old baby is treated at a private home in another city. Residents are urged to send letters of support. health officials in Tavares can provide names.
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Mount Dora
Tavares
Words of Hope From a TB Survivor Memoir
Senator Clinton P. Anderson recalls a turning moment in a tuberculosis sanatorium. Joe Maas urged him to keep the illness in the chest, not in the head, noting worry can kill more than TB. The lesson aided recovery and inspired writing.
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Clinton P. Anderson
U. S
New Mexico
Joe Maas
Joe
This Is Fall A Week In Florida Notes
A journal week across Florida details shifting weather from summer to fall. The writer describes mornings bright with Lake Gertrude views, humid afternoons, and rainy evenings while noting school spirit, outings, a dangerous coral snake incident, and a closing reflection on emotions and prayer.
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Florida
Coral snake in Sylvan Shores drives cautious note
A coral snake captured and killed in a Sylvan Shores driveway Sunday measured beyond a yardstick with its tail extending over an inch past the end. National Geographic cites coral lengths up to 39 inches and warns the bite is deadly but the snake is not as likely to attack as rattlers.
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Carporte
P. R
Sylvan Shores
National Geographic Magazine
Birth of son to Mr and Mrs Fremont Kerrick Mount Dora
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Fremont Kerrick of Mount Dora at Waterman Memorial hospital on September 2. The infant weighed 7 pounds. A playful note defines a politician as one who approaches every problem with an open mouth.
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Fremont Kerrick
Mount Dora
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Farmer Answers Form On Death Of His Cow
Aged farmer completes a government form about disposal after his cow dies. He writes in a restrained tone that the animal was kind and gentle, reflecting a simple, somber moment amid official questions.
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