Leesburg Watermelon Festival Named Biggest Local Event
The Leesburg festival showcases the annual Florida Watermelon Festival on June 18 with three Eustis nominees in the town beauty contest. Eustis officials Vogt Pendleton and Savage join locals as early Florida settlers. Entries for watermelon contests are due June 16 to Cohen and Fombly in Okahumpka, with prizes for seven melon varieties and a 600 melon cutting at Rogers Park during lunch.
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Eustis
Chamber of Commerce
Leesburg
Beverly Bro
Eustis High School
Jimmie Pridgeon
June Sellers
Louis C. Vogt
W. K. Pendleton
Morris Savage
Florida
Vogt
Savage
Pendleton
West Virginia
Cohen and Fomby
Okahumpka
Clara Lee
Tom Watson
Dude Creek
Garrison
Blacklee
Rogers Park
Cub Reporter Beverly Brown Joins Eustis News Staff
Beverly Brown is named the summer cub reporter for the Eustis News after graduating from Eustis High. She will study journalism at Sullins College next fall and worked on the Panther staff in her senior year. Festivities begin at 10 in the morning with a street parade featuring floats and decorated bikes.
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Beverly Brown
The
Eustis News
Harold Hippler Heads 40 and 8 at Mt Dora promenade
Harold Hippler Eustis city attorney was elected and installed as Chef de Gare of Lake County Volture 400 of the 40 and 8 society during a Mt. Dora promenade last week. Installing officers of the Grand Voiture of Florida included George Upchurch and Roy Millen. Hippler, Lake County Chamber president, is a WWI veteran and longtime American Legion figure.
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Harold Hippler
Eustis
Lake County
Volture
Honor Society of the American Legion
Mt. Dora
Chef de Train
Robert Atkinson
Clermont
Fred Henning
Leesburg
L. C. Vogt
Medicin
Roy Christopher
Aumonier
James C. Hunter
Tavares
Commis Voyageur
Harry Hopecraft
Lampiste
William A. Clark
Gardes Des Prisonniers
H. J. Schneider
Eee Gadre de la Porte
Fred’ Sage
Meg Thomas
H. Cooley
J. B. Kirkpatrick
A. Guenther
Grand Voiture of
Florida
George Upchurch
Restaurant Meeting for Lake County Association at Pleasant Grill
Lake County Restaurant Association holds a meeting at the Pleasant Grill on Wednesday June 11 at 9:00 p.m. Vice President ch pinot pa announced the event.
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Lake County Restaurant Association
Pleasant Grill
Ch Pinot Pa
Non
City Zoning Ordinance Special Reprint Issue
A special reprint of the City Zoning Ordinance draws attention to longstanding rumors that back issues of Eustis News contain the full ordinance text. The notice notes the issue and highlights the document’s availability for readers seeking the complete text.
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Eustis News
Eustis High School Honors 40 Seniors With Diplomas
Graduation exercises in the Eustis High School auditorium marked the end of the year as 40 seniors received diplomas. Guest speaker H. P. Constans of the University of Florida replaced William G. Carleton due to illness. Father John F. McKeown led the invocation and Rev. R. H. Lash gave the benediction. a receiving line followed the ceremony.
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Eustis High School
C. Harold Hippler
Eustis
William G. Carleton
University of Florida
H. P. Constants
Department of
Speech and Dramatics
Constants
Carleton College
University of Wyoming
University of Iowa
John F. McKeown
R. H. Lash
Jean Acuff
Mary Louise Alger
Bryan G. Person
Laura Atwater
Skeet Bacon
Beverly Brown
James Burkhalter
Bob Butler
Jo Clark
Elvin Davis
J. B. Driggers
Elaine Gallaway
Ray Gatch
Evvie Griffin
Betty Jean Hale
Rudolph Henderson
Doris Jefferis
Doris Johnson
Seaborn Bartow Jones
Malcolm Jones
Artie Mae Kirkland
Bob Ross
Elizabeth Lazear
Jack Livingston
Jim Livingston
Lorraine Onet
Jack On
Mrs Tally Invited to White House by Democratic leaders
Lucile Cottrell Tally of Lake County, Flor ida, a longtime civic leader and head of the Democratic women's effort, is invited to Washington for party conferences and meetings with President Truman. She will be honored for service, attend social functions at the Mayflower Hotel, and represent Florida Democrats at discussions shaping future party policies.
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Lake County
Lucile Cottrell Tally
National Democratic Committee
Washington
Gael Sullivan
Chase Going Woodhouse
Wason
Tally
White House
Truman
Mayflower Hotel
Joe Hill Williams
Lake Butler
State
Democratic Committee
Florida
Emmett Murchison Tally
State University
Democratic Executive Committee
Daytona Beach
Tavares Methodist Church
America
Lake County Ranks Second in Florida Citrus Planting
Lake County climbs to second place statewide in citrus planting per Ralph Adams Lake County Agricultural Conservation Association report to the Lake County Chamber of Commerce Lake County now totals 54041 acres in groves plus 4410 acres prepped for groves this summer and winter, for a grand total of 58451 acres with more good land still available.
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Lake
Florida
Ralph Adams
Lake County Agricultural Conservation Association
Lake Couny
Lake County
Committee Plans Lake Jo anna Beach Improvements and July 4 Rules
Local civic clubs begin organizing work on Lake Jo anna bathing beach development. Volunteers propose a diving tower, shallow water platform for young learners, and a rest float funded by the First Methodist Church youths. July 4 celebration teams set prizes and boat races with plans evolving.
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Lake Joanna
J. C. Shepard
Memory Martin
R. L. Maynard
Phil Goddard
Herbert Ferran
Paul Brown
W. H. McLaughlin
J. Burnham Reilly
Frary
Florida Telephone Company
Shepard
Firs
Seaborn B Jones III Wins Reader’s Digest Award at Eustis High
Valedictorian Seaborn B. Jones III of Eustis High School earned the 11th Annual Reader’s Digest Association Award. He will receive a one year honorary subscription and an engraved certificate for leadership promise. The award, given since 1937, honors top graduating students in the U S and Canada.
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Seaborn B. Jones
Eustis High School
Reader’s Digest Association
Memory Martin
Jones
Reader’s Digest
United States
Canada
Seaborn B. Jones II
Ory Martin
Lake County League Sets June 13 Meeting in Mt Dora
The Lake County League of Municipalities will meet June 13 in Mt Dora. Representatives from the state league have been invited to report on activities and progress of the local group.
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Lake County League of Municipalities
Mt. Dora
Florida Legislature Raises Legal Ad Rates For Newspapers
The Florida legislature raised minimum legal advertising rates for the first time since 1877 effective May 12. The charge for publishing the first official notice increases from 50 to 70 cents per square inch and subsequent insertions rise from 25 to 40 cents per square inch. The change reflects rising printing costs from 50 to 150 percent since 1940.
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Florida
House
Senate
Congress
Eustis Leads County In Cancer Fund Drive
Eustis tops Lake County in the American Cancer Society annual fundraiser with 381.78 collected toward a 240 quota. Report by committee chair Mrs. O B Koonce notes additional checks promised but not yet received, supported by Eustis Woman's Club members. Other Lake County cities’ figures released by county fund chair Lucile Tally.
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Eustis
Lake County
American Cancer Society
O. B. Koonce
The
Citywide Memorial Day Observance in Eustis
Eustis observed Memorial Day with a morning parade led by Chief Jimmie Dickerson. Veterans groups, schoolchildren, and civic organizations joined ceremonies at Ferran Park and Greenwood cemetery, including a memorial address by Rev Father J F McKeown and a roll call of the dead.
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Eustis
Magnolia Avenue
Ferran Park
Jimmie Dickerson
Ernest Westbrook
Legion
Boy Scouts
Cub Scouts
Glil
Lake Eustis
Greenwood Cemetery
J. F. McKeown
A. Anee
H. Anderson
R. Thurston
Orcas
John H. Clifford
Marine Corps
Veter No
Navy Reserve recruitment story from V4 V6 in town
The article promotes Navy Reserve recruitment by highlighting benefits such as training in a trade travel and pay, promotions, social activities, and prestige. It notes open eligibility for non veterans aged 17 to 40 with parental consent for minors and lists local recruits from Eustis and Tavares along with recruiting contact details.
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V6 Naval Reserve
Feu
USNR
V-6
Carter
Jacksonville
Eustis
Wees, Anner
Eugene Hardin
James K Jr
Nathaniel A. Hardin
Nicholas Roth Jr
James Burkhalter Eel Griffin Jr
Tavares
J E. Eeech . Davis
Thomas Sovate
William Hi’ Broadway
John E. Mgough Jr
Jack Ww. King Jr
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CUB Reporter
Mr. Hippler
Mrs. Tally
Treadway- Tally Real Estate and Insurance
Amed
Bull Dozer
Porter Enis Hawkins
Hawkins Brothers
Earl Lake
Lake League
Tues
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