Inside Dope on Lake County list of local delights
Lake County features a column by Ormond Powers of the Orlando Sentinel Star listing sights he likes. It mentions sunsets on Lake Eustis from near the road, Snake Island at Umatilla, walking from Mount Dora, silver leaf trees near Leesburg, wind sounds in Leesburg City Hall, Main Street at dusk in Leesburg, Groveland back country, a hill west of Groveland, sun patterns on the Tavares courthouse lawn, the large silver water tank at Tavares, hills and lakes near Clermont, and orange groves along the Tavares Clermont route.
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Ormond Powers
Lake County
Orlando Sentinel Star
Orlando Sentinel
Lake Eustis
Snake Island
Umatilla
Mount Dora
Leesburg
Leesburg City Hall
Mack
Groveland
Court House
Tavares
Clermont
Music Aids Relaxation and Beauty
Experts say relaxing music helps beauty routines by easing tense nerves. Virginia Carrington Thomas notes tired women benefit from gentle organ pieces and lullabies like Brahms Lullaby, Debussy Clair de Lune, and The Lamp Is Low. Any soft soothing music can aid relaxation and enhance beauty.
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Virginia Carrington Thomas
Hammond Organ School
Debussy
Scenic tour notes of central Florida towns and landmarks
The passage surveys a string of Florida locales including Sugarloaf Mountain Montverde Lake Apopka and Lake Harris. mentions St James Episcopal Leesburg Ca dral arch Lady Lake Sunny-side Loop Fruitland Park Mount Dora Eustis Lisbon Emeralda and Dora Canal. It evokes landscapes roads bridges and tranquil hospitality along the scenic route.
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Sugarloaf Mountain
Montverde
Lake Apopka
Leesburg
Fruitland Park
Mount Dora
Eustis
Lisbon
Emeralda
Helen Run
Burg
Dora Canal
Central Florida Council Schedules Finance Meeting on Scout Fund Drive
The Central Florida Council plans a 6 30 PM Friday meeting at Sussane Coffee Shop Eustis to raise 1250 for Lake County Scout programs for 1940. Chairman Frank Stebbins leads the District finance committee with L G Thomas W J Robers J D Pease R B Fletcher and Paul Bryan. Attendees include Harold V Pace Scout Executive and others to discuss funding for an assistant executive and county services.
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Lake County
Frank Stebbins
Eustis
Sussane
L. G. Thomas
Groveland
W. J. Robers
Tavares
J. D. Peas
Central
Florida
Central Florida Council Officers Meet in Eustis Budget Session
Karl Lehmann arranged a meeting in the Dutch Kitchen Eustis with Lake County officers and Central Florida Council leaders. Dr. W. S. Allen of DeLand served as president B. Griffiths of Orlando was secretary S. Kendrick Guernsey of Orlando and Lehmann served as national representatives and budget control committee members met with Harold V. Pace the Scout executive.
Lake County News Draws National Letter Interest
Letters from across the country pour in to the Lake County Chamber of Commerce about the Lake County News issue. Three thousand copies were mailed, with readers including the United States Navy chief pharmacists requesting a map and praising rural electrification and the Montverde School segment. A Detroit reader also hopes to visit Florida after reading the publication.
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Lake County
Eleven Qualify For Governor And Other Florida Races
Tallahassee lists state at large candidates for all offices. Democrats and Republicans name contenders for governor and other statewide posts, with incumbents and challengers across attorney general secretary of state and more. Primary deadlines and runoff dates set for May with 159 candidates in the Democratic delegation.
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Tallahassee
James Barbee
Jacksonville
James H. Clancey
Panama City
Walter B. Fraser
St. Augustine
L. Holland
Bartow
Carles
Wakulla
BF. Paty
West Palm Beach
Barton Schoeps
Tampa
Frederick van Roy
Crystal River
Hans Walker
Ocala
Fuller Warren
Francis P. Whitehair
DeLand
John F. Walter
Daytona Beach
United States
C. O. Andrews
Orlando
Jerry W. Carter
Charles Francis Coe
Fred P. Cone
Lake City
O. B. Hazen
Pahokee
Bernarr MacFadden
Miami Beach
Miles H. Draper
R. A. Gray
Ed R. Bentley
Lakeland
Millard B. Conklin
E. B. Donnell
E. P. Martin
Plantee
J. Tom Watson
Tama
Harry Shad
Gainesville
Frank Brown
E. G. Fraser
Macclenny
J. M. Lee
J. Edwin Larson
Keystone Heights
R. L. Richard
William M. Wainwright
Starke
Colin English
Nathan Mayo
State Railroad Commission
W. B. Douglas
S. C. Peacock
B. George Griffith
Miami
George Cooper Gibbs
W. V. Knott
Congress
J. H. Peterson
Pat Cannon
Joe Hendricks
Emory Akerman
R. A. Green
J. G. Cary
Charley E. Johns
Francis M. McHale
Millard Caldwell
DeFuniak
Aliie Bayard Angle
W. J. Bivins
Paul A. Brown
Joe M. Carbrera
Key West
Lee Colvin
Pensacola
T. G. Futch
Leesburg
Sam Foot
R. Herman
Jarman
John E. Mathews
Perry Nall
Palatka
Dwight L. Rogers
Fort Lauderdale
Bill Shayne
Gray
Girls 4-H Club Chooses Committees for April 10 Achievement Day
Mary Lewis presided as meetings opened on April 1. Committees for the Achievement Day at the Community Building were named including Refreshment Helen Merk Joyce Duggan Program Iva Gray Holley Martha Lewis Ida Hiley Arrangement Nell Nina Woods Invitations Annabelle Pate Betty Davis. Demonstrations in home making food nutrition and baking will be shown along with 4-H exhibits during the Women’s Club hour. Everyone is invited.
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Mary Lewis
Helen Merk
Joyce Duggan
Iva Gray Holley
Martha Lewis
Ida Hiley
Nell
Nina Woods
Annabelle Pate
Betty Davis
Sportsmen's Club to Open Hundred Pines at Blue Lake Grove
A syndicate of New York business men has leased the Blue Lake grove near Eustis once Frank D. Waterman’s winter home. They will operate it as the Hundred Pines Club a private winter residence for northern sportsmen. A club building will be built this summer and fifty more acres will be planted to citrus on the Lake County property.
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New York
Blue Lake Grove
Eustis
Frank D. Waterman
Hundred Pines Club
Lake County
Andrews Certain Winner Is Opinion Of Educators
A Florida Education Association poll of 1000 delegates in Orlando predicts Senator Charles O. Andrews will win re election. Reporters found school officials and teachers overwhelmingly favor his renomination in the first primary, despite wide geographic variance across Pensacola to Miami.
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Charles O. Andrews
Orlando
Orlando Morning Sentinel
Florida Education Association
United States
Senator Andrews
Pensacola
Miami
Leesburg Hosts Gone With the Wind Premiere
About 5000 people attended the showing at the Palace Theatre Leesburg the largest town in the area to host the film. Earle W Fain owner of Leesburg theatres and a Florida chain brought the picture to town with most attendees from out of town and local merchants benefiting from the event. The Leesburg Chamber of Commerce praised his foresight and enterprise.
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Palace Theatre
Leesburg
Lake County
Enterprise 0
Earle W. Fain
Florida
United States
E County
Laubate Spenker of Commerce
Fain
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