Lake County Municipalities Form New League
The Lake County League of Municipalities was organized at a Leesburg dinner at Silver Lake Country Club with officials from nine Lake County communities. The group endorsed a local bill to confine liquor sales to within town limits, with support from Senator Thomas H. Cooley and Representatives Lacey G. Thomas and Harry P. Johnson. A permanent organization is planned with quarterly dinners and elected officers include Herbert Butler as president, Harry Gaylord as vice president, and Karl Lehmann as secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County League of Municipalities
Silver Lake Country Club
Leesburg
Lake Goun
Lees
Lake County
Thomas H. Cooley
Mount Dora
Cooley
Lacey G. Thomas
Groveland
Harry P. Johnson
Tavares
Herbert Butler
Harry Gaylord
Eustis
Karl Lehmann
Montverde
T. G. Futch
J. W. Hunter
C. Harold Hippler
H. C. Brown
Clermont
L. C. Jerne
H. E. Kurfiss
A. C. Stubbs
O. W. Smith
Astatula
Henry Self
Umatilla
League
Fruitland Park
W. E. Seacole
Harry E. Gaylord
Frank B. McKinny
J.C. Brown
H. E. Kurtis
T. C. Cork
Lacy G. Thomas
E. C. Rogers
J. E. Morris
H. G. Holland
H. L. Butler
Ormund Powers
Gilbert D. Leach
J. M. Lowry
Lacy Thomas
Lee
Mount Dora High School 1941 Baseball Schedule
Mount Dora High School lists its 1941 baseball schedule with dates and opponents including Eustis Tavares Garden Apopka Clermont Winter Garden Groveland and others. Home games have admission 10 and 25 cents.
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Mount Dora High School
Eustis
Tavares
Garden
Apopka
Clermont
Winter Garden
Groveland
Lock Your Doors In Season To Guard Homes
A local notice urges residents to lock doors and secure valuables as thieves move north through the state. Mount Dora is called usually safe, but caution is advised to deter intruders and report suspicious characters to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Young People Dance at the Friday Night Club Dance
The popular Friday night dances return this week at 8 30 PM at the Club sponsored by the committee. The event targets youth attendees seeking social recreation and community involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pmmittee
Weekend Boat Trips Add Spring to Amherst Area
A notice lists travelers to Silver Springs and Treasure Island trips aboard the City of Dora and other vessels. The April 4 cruise invites readers to York Harbor Yacht Club dock at nine with lunch provided, promising brisk gar spearing, abundant birds, and peak foliage as a highlight of winter visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora
Margaret C. Pirie
Land Island
N. Y
Lardlyn
Pirie
Chicago
Ill
S. P. Carson
H. P. Longley
New York
Gordon Pirie
Priscilla Pirie
Winnetka
Sadie P. Haupt
Tampa
Fla
Mount Dora Bank Well Protected
A Florida Times Union item reassured readers after a Mount Dora theft scare misreported as a bank burglary. It notes the Mount Dora bank vault is burglar and fire proof, carries top insurance ratings, and benefits from advanced security devices including gas for daytime holdups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida Times- Union
Mt. Dora
Mount Dora
George White
Laces City Bank
Geraldine Richardson III Illness at West Palm Beach
Dr and Mrs Gerald Richardson rushed to Good Samaritan Hospital in West Palm Beach Florida when their daughter Geraldine a student nurse there fell ill A thor ough exam showed right lobar pneumonia She rests comfortably but requires constant oxygen aid The family returns home but stays in touch with the hospital several times daily
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Richardson
Good Samaritan Hospital
West Palm Beach
Florida
Geraldine
Shelton man W. W. Radcliffe celebrates 89th birthday
Mr. W. W. Radcliffe of Shelton Connecticut celebrated his 89th birthday Monday March 31 at the Villa Dora Hotel where he and Mrs. Radcliffe spend the winter. He is a Kiwanian with an outstanding attendance record and attended Mount Dora Kiwanis meetings during the winter months as long as health permitted. May he spend many more birthdays in Mount Dora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Radcliffe
Shelton, Conn
A. E. Bell
Mount Dora
Villa Dora
Mrs. Radcliffe
Radcliffe
Rings stolen from Lake County Superintendent office
Three rings valued at 150 dollars were reported stolen from the Lake County Superintendent of Public Instruction office in the courthouse. The rings belonged to Mrs. Marguerite Prinz of Mount Dora, an employee there, who left them in a desk drawer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tavares
Lake County
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Court House
Marguerite Prinz
Mount Dora
Lions Club Initiates Two New Members At Meeting
At last week’s Lions Club meeting Cecil Parker and A D Marshall were initiated. The ceremony included blindfolded dining to illustrate eyesight conservation work. The club plans highlight efforts in sight preservation as new members receive Lions buttons. President Cheek bids farewell before leaving for Camp Blanding training. Dec Devorsak takes over. Ladies Night moved from the seventh to the fourteenth due to schedule conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Parker
A. D. Marshall
Lions Club
Lions Buttons
Lions
Cheek
Camp Blanding
Dec Devorsak
Art League Hosts Unusual March Meeting in Mount Dora
On March 27 1941 the Art League of Mount Dora and Eustis met with Walter J Patton as chair. The program included a members supper managed by Mrs Rose Marston and her daughter, an exhibition of 36 landscapes by club members, and a portrait painting demonstration by J B Newman of the Newman Art School Orlando.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art League of
Mount Dora and
Eustis
Walter J. Patton
Rose Marston
Jerue
M. O. Adams
H. W. Andrews
Newman
League
Mount Dora Hospital Notes Update on Patients
The notice reports Mrs Elizabeth Brockway of Cumberland Mills Maine and the Villa Dora Hotel is improving in Mount Dora Hospital. Miss Nora Hamm of Lakewood Ohio has returned home after a three month stay at Mount Dora Hospital with marked improvement. Mrs George Cornelius of Indianapolis and Sylvan Shores Mount Dora has fully recovered after a week in hospital. Baby Oliver Buchananleft hospital to return home after ten days with pneumonia following influenza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Brockway
Cumberland Mills
Maine
Villa Dora Hotel
Mount Dora Hospital
Nora Hamm
Lakewood
Ohio
George Cornelius
Indianapolis
Ind
Sylvan Shores
Mount Dora
Oliver Buchanan
Army Day Parade planned in Orlando on April 7
President Roosevelt proclaims April 7 Army Day nationwide. Orlando schedules a 2 30 pm parade with about 1400 infantrymen 400 artillery and the Lake County Guard starting South Orange Avenue and ending at the Legion Home on North Orange. Commander C R Javens asks employers to release Company C men at noon to join the march.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
United States
Orlando
Lake County
South Orange Avenue
Contributions For China Relief Asked To Aid China
An appeal from Madame Chiang Kai-shek sparks formation of a China Relief Legion by 10000 Americans aiming for 1 million dollars. Funds will fund medical supplies in the United States and be sent to China via the American Bureau for Medical Aid to China. Notables like Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Pearl S. Buck join as honorary chair and chairwoman respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiang Kai-shek
China Relief Legion
China
United States
American Bureau
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The
Legion
Pearl S. Buck
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Henry R. Luce
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Arthur Capper
James W. Gerard
Henry Morgenthau
Dwight W. Morrow
Vincent Sheean
Stolen Stock Certificates Recovered In Jacksonville Arrests
Stock certificates worth 3500 dollars were stolen Friday evening from Edward Blackburne’s home. Doors were locked and entry method unknown. Three men were arrested later in Jacksonville, with certificates recovered. One suspect confessed to the robbery and recent jewel thefts in Winter Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Blackburne
Jacksonville
Winter Park
Miss Virginia Killian Elected at Florida Education Meeting
Miss Virginia Killian, secretary at Andrew Jackson High School in Miami, was elected president of the State Association of School Secretaries at the Florida Education Association convention in Tampa. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs C A Killian of Sylvan Shores Mount Dora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida Education Association
Tampa
Virginia Killian
State Association of
Miss Killian
Andrew Jackson High School
Miami
C. A. Killian
Sylvan Shores
Mount Dora
Boy Scout Merit Badges Drive Leesburg Board of Review
Twenty one Scouts met last Wednesday focusing on merit badges and prep for the Board of Review in Leesburg on Monday. Scouts Glenn Rhodes Fred Beardsley Paul Mosteller Ray Blanchard Robert Goodman Billy Barker John Barker Odell Redd Bobby Allen Tommy Kelly and John Coffin will advance. Mount Dora leaders Mr. Coffin Mr. Barker Mr. McMurray and Mr. Patton attended the review, and Mr. Barker also attended the Scouters school in Gaines last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Review
Leesburg
Glenn Rhodes
Fred Beardsley
Paul Mosteller
Ray Blanchard
Robert Goodman
Billy Barker
John Barker
Odell Redd
Bobby Allen
Tommy Kelly
John Coffin
Citrus meeting features orange themed luncheon in Mount Dora
Kiwanis members gathered for an annual citrus luncheon in Mount Dora arranged by Mrs. Lillian Banks. Florida Citrus Trade Producers Association manager Marvin H. Walker praised industry cooperation and by products while noting overproduction concerns alongside rising California Texas and Arizona output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis
Lillian Banks
Ladies of Whi
Marvin H. Walker
Lakeland
Florida Citrus Trade Producers Association
California
Texas
Arizona
Florida
Walker
Mount Dora
J. C. Spooner
Fort Myers
Judd
Barker
Monticello
Vanderwater
Eustis
Raymond F. Porter
T. L. Slayden
Edith Keller
D. D. Roseborough
Mount Dora Lawn Bowling Club Faces Interclub Challenge
The Mount Dora club meets the Orlando contingent in a post season interclub contest played March 25. Mount Dora totals 166 to Orlando 124 with teams across nine matches and notable performances by Eckis Cornelius Church Bradner and Dr Harry Reed. The DeLand Lawn Bowling Club invited Mount Dora to a future visit with four teams for a post season match, which was accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joneses
Challen
Will Jones
Ea Jones
Mabel Jones
Susan Jones
Will McLachlan
Will McDonald
John McDonald
Etta McDonald
Reginald Jones
Aleck Kerr
Orlando
Mount Dora
Breckenridge
Skeele
A. J. Morse
Marsh
Sloan
Gordon
Weld
Niles
Stoner
Crockett
Bryant
Hadsall
Horton
Searles
McDaniel
Clark
Tyson
Caley
Nelson
Linton
Kennedy
Marshall
Marvin
Nevin
H. G. Morse
Sawin
Cary
Dickson
Waddell
Stodes
Rust
Woodworth
McLachlan
Blackburne
Ed Jones
Edwards
Wheeler
Lantz
Balleny
Eckis
Cornelius
Church
Brad
Spear
Lubbe
Breariy
Walls
Higbee
Arthur H. Hartley
Harry Reed
Community Church
George Church
Sylvan Shores
Penitents
DeLand Lawn Bowling Club
John W Weeks Honored as Mount Dora Pioneer Talk
At the March 26 Woman's Club meeting Frank E. Bridgman spoke on The Honorable John Wingate Weeks Pioneer of Mount Dora. He traced Weeks education at Annapolis and service as a midshipman, his Florida surveying to lay out Mount Dora, later Massachusetts roles as Representative, Senator, and Secretary of War under Wilson. Tea hosts and a ten dollar China Relief collection followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Club
Frank E. Bridgman
John Wingate Weeks
Mount Dora
Bridgman
Weeks
Annapolis
Florida
Orange
Lake
Massachusetts
U. S
Wilson
Jessie
Gilbert Jones
J. Nelson
Brown
Whiting
Bryant
Bigelow
Roseborough Jr Makes College Honor Roll At Maryville
Professor D D Roseborough receives a Maryville College letter from President Ralph Waldo Lloyd announcing that D D Roseborough Jr has earned the college honor roll for the recently completed semester. Lloyd notes only about fifteen percent of the eight hundred students made the honor roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. D. Roseborough
Ralph Waldo Lloyd
Maryville College
Maryville
Tenn
D. D. Roseborough, Jr
Lovely Callas Bloom From Mrs Williamson Garden
The editor found a bouquet of large calla lilies at the office door after lunch on Wednesday. Suspected to be from the bay head garden of Mrs F M Williamson, who yearly treats the editor with flowers. Some stalks reach nearly four feet.
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Bay Head
F. M. Williamson
Miss Saltsman to Sing The Palms at Palm Sunday
Miss Maxine Saltsman a soloist at the Community Church will sing The Palms by Faure at the Palm Sunday service in the church on Sunday morning April 6 at 11 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine Saltsman
Faure
Kiwanis Divisional Rally at Leesburg Draws 120 Members
A Central Division Kiwanis rally in Leesburg on March 25 gathered 120 Kiwanians from ten clubs. The event featured remarks by Frank S. Wright and J. Edwin Baker, plus a citizenship ceremony for Lake County residents naturalized since January 1, 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Divsion
Leesburg
Kiwanis Club
D. L. Smith
Wilbur Williams
Leslie Burdire
Vincent Fechtel
Lamar Tomkins
Lakeview Hotel
Young Ko Sonit Heaton
J. Edwin Baker
Umatilla
Florida Kiwanis District
Frank J. Banning
Lake County
J. Thomas Watson
Florida
Kiwanis
R. A. Gray
Lake County Guard
Clermont
Lucille Carruth
Newald Harper
Marjorie Scott
Carolyn Sullins
Jean Winston
Teddy Hanford
Scanlan Strickland
la Vera Allen
Kathleen Rolph
Mary Julia Sudderth
Herman Thomas
Edwin English, Jr
Dorothy Rowley
Gene Brown
Dorothy Jones
Milo Jackson
Thomas Merritt
Preston King
Julia Matthews
Teresa Brown
Hood Worrell
Dan Bozeman
John R. Guy
Grace Sharp
Lillian Albertson
Gordon Nelson
Mascotte
Marvin Smith
Miami
Wynette Ogden
Mount Dora
Curtis D. Minkley
Orlando
Irma Morris
Tavares
Tommy Boyd
Joyce Harnage
George Kleiser
Jeff Thornton
Margaret Dutill
Charles
Robert Green
Douglas Sewell
Adelaide Key Joins Stetson Press Club Honor
Adelaide Key a Stetson University freshman from Tangerine was initiated into the Stetson Press Club this week. Miss Key daughter of Mr and Mrs A R Key earned membership through notable work with the Stetson 5 campus weekly newspaper and other publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide Key
Stetson University
Tangerine
Stetson Press Club
Joy Reese
Miss Key
A. R. Key
Lake County
Stetsonite
Stetson 5
County Softball Assn Meeting Set in Ta Vares
Lake County Softball Association will hold an organization meeting at the American Legion Home in Ta Vares on Tuesday April 8 at 8 00 p m Representatives are urged to attend and the group welcomes all interested persons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County Softball Association
American Legion
Tavares
Entsten Tal
Ll. W
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lake County League of Municipalties
Wise Boating News
Geraldine Richardson III
Lake Cities
Lions News
Art League
China Relief
BOY Scout
Kiwanis News
Lawn Bowling Club
John W. Weeks
Lovely Callas
Ian
Gean and
Severino Cianchini
Thomas L. Pearce
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