Horticultural Ass'n To Celebrate Its 50th Anniversary
The Golden Jubilee meeting of the Florida State Horticultural Society will be held at Ocala on April 13 to 15 to mark the organization's 50th anniversary. A Silver Springs pageant will trace Florida citrus history from 1513 to today with a production led by J. J. Gerig. The event includes speeches by H. J. Weber and H. G. Hastings, with 4000 grandstand seats and tours to historic citrus sites.
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Florida State Horticultural Society
Ocala
Silver Springs
Florida
Ponce de Leon
Bishop Hoyt Fruit Company
Crosby Wartmann Company
Citra
Carney Groves
Horticultural Society
H. J. Weber
California Citrus Experiment Station
Lake County Craft Guild forms first county unit in Tavares
The Lake County Craft Guild in Tavares organized the county wide movement to raise craft standards. Vera Carr was elected director, J. F. Lacey presiding officer, and Elizabeth Burleigh secretary treasurer.
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Lake County
Florida
Tavares
Weavers of Tavares
Vera Carr
J. F. Lacey
Elizabeth Burleigh
Central Florida Council to Host April Breakfast Meeting
The Central Florida Council of Chambers of Commerce will hold an April breakfast at 8 o clock Tuesday morning April 20 at the Sylvan Shores Hotel Mount Dora with representatives from Gainesville to Vero Beach and St. Augustine to Kissimmee. Lake County chamber leaders should reserve through the Lake County chamber in the courthouse Tavares.
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Central Florida
Seminoles Endure Century-Long War With U.S. Government
The Seminoles have waged a protracted conflict with the United States since 1835, a war lasting over a century with no treaty ever signed to settle the hostilities.
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U.S
Lament From New Hampshire A Winter Homeletter
A New Hampshire writer in April 1937 laments leaving Florida, describes heavy lingering snow in the North, freezing temperatures, and travel woes. He lists neighbors and friends by name, notes land and farming details, and ends with a bleak forecast of two feet more snow and possible starvation.
Bible Study Class Begins Series at High School
A Bible study class led by Mrs. W. C. Williams, organized by the PTA, met Wednesday in the High School auditorium at 3 05 p m. This was the first of six sessions held on successive Wednesdays at the same time.
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W. C. Williams
Lake County Directors to Meet at Court House
The Lake County Chamber of Commerce directors will convene in the court house office at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon, April 9. President Col. C. E. Lester will attend in full.
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Lake County
Lake County officials attend State Association meeting
Lake County was well represented at the State Association of County Commissioners gathering in St. Petersburg. Attending public officials included Clerk of the Court and other county officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
State Association of County Commissioners
St. Petersburg
Sig Ier
Annual State Hi-Y Congress Set At Camp Roosevelt
The thirteenth annual State Hi-Y Congress will meet at Camp Roosevelt Ocala from May 30 to June 2 with Student Y M C A hosts. Speakers include W J Matherly Arnold Jenny Alton C Morris Joe Mitchell Chapple Carl C Cox R C Beaty Ray V Sowers. Six delegates from the local Hi Y and sponsor George H Peabody will attend under President Frederick Sleight. A camp fire program is planned at Juniper Springs Saturday night.
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Camp Roosevelt
Ocala
W. J. Matherly
The
General College
University of Florida
Arnold Jenny
National Council Y. M
C. A
Alton C. Morris
Joe Mitchell Chapple
World Traveler
Carl C. Cox
Lakeland
R. C. Beaty
U. of F
Ray V. Sowers
Southern College
Hi-Y
George H. Peabody
Frederick Sleight
Beautiful Juniper Springs
Congress
Former Mount Dorans Take Part in Waterway Celebration
Mrs. James Spooner of Fort Myers formerly of Mount Dora sang at the March 23 banquet in Mount Dora honoring Daniel E. Roper and other officials. She performed Ah Sweet Mystery of Life and Mighty Lake Rose and is studying in Boston. The cross state waterway opening drew hundreds of boats and notable yachts to Fort Myers with Spooner and Mrs. Claude Carter on the reception committee.
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James Spooner
Fort Myers
Mount Dora
Barron Collier
Daniel E. Roper
Chamber of Commerce of the United
Gulf Coast
Citrus market slips as proration ends weekly auctions
Tree-Gold Cooperative Growers reports lower orange and grapefruit prices across all auction types for the week ending April 3 after discontinuing proration. Daily averages show declines for standard and Bruce boxes with a modest pickup Friday in Bruce box prices, while shipments slow due to heavy rain and high on-tree fruit prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Gentile
Tree-Gold Cooperative Growers
Gentile
Bruce
Bruce Boxes
Beaver Patrol Hikes and Picnics with Mount Dora Scouts
Beaver Patrol of Mount Dora Girl Scout Troop met Monday afternoon at Joann French home to practice signaling. They hiked to Lake Franklin for a picnic supper on the lake shore with Joann French Betsy Kramer Jean Shipes Ann Mathews Geraldine Richardson Rita Daniels ae Spilky and Miss Shirley onenberger present.
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Beaver Patrol
Mount Dora
Joann French
Lake Franklin
Betsy Kramer
Jean Shipes
Ann Mathews
Geraldine Richardson
Rita Daniels
Ae Spilky
Shirley Onenberger
Osteopaths to Meet In Orlando Dinner Meeting
The Mid Florida Osteopaths Society will hold its monthly dinner in Orlando on April 8 at 7 30 p m at Sharkeys Restaurant. After dinner a technical meeting will be held at Dr Harrison McMain s office where Dr Gerald Miller will give a knee anatomy review.
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Mid-Florida Osteopathis Society
Orlando
Florida
Sharkey’s
Harrison McMain
Gerald Miller
Kiwanis Frolic Helps Mount Dora Guests and Donations
Kiwanis International Governor J Carlysle Rogers visits Mount Dora Kiwanis. Attendance awards go to Miss Hazel and Jack St John who sell most tickets. The Princess Theatre benefit Frolic clears 151.05 after expenses with Kiwanis share. Musical numbers include Sage Neapolitan Love Song In the Chapel in the Moonlight. A license Law resolution is proposed by Tom Cooley. Guests include Radcliffe Engelhard Haviland Perry Skiff Law Bunnell Crip Hurlburt.
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J. Carlysle Rogers
Kiwanis International
Mount Dora Kiwanis
Arloor
Ie Kiwanis Frolic
Jack St. John
Princess Theatre
Kiwanis
Ray LaBreck
Maxine Saltsman
Kathleen Galloway
Kiwamar W. W. Radcliffe
Haviland
Connecticut
Buell G.a
Rufus Perry
Orlando
E. G. Skiff
Jimmie Law
M. F. Bunnell
Eustis
C. L. Quixley
Crip Hurlburt
Thursday Half Holidays Begin Next Week Across Town
Local stores sign an agreement to close Thursday afternoons for the summer starting next week April 15. Some merchants favor waiting until May 1 while others fear early closings inconvenience visitors. Eustis begins Thursday closings this week and Mount Dora merchants debate similar action.
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Eustis
Mount Dora
Mount Dora Hosts A Winter Influx Of Northern Visitors
Prominent guests from Seymour Conn to Ansonia Conn visited the Sarvers at 621 Fifth Avenue, Mount Dora, during the winter. Among them were Mr. and Mrs. Alton Wentworth, Miss Katharine Mathies, and others who extended winters in the town. John Partridge from Ansonia chose to stay through the season at the Nettleton Hotel.
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Frank .Sarver
Clarence Hummell
Marcus Hurlburt
Cris Drummer
Lewis Myers
Karl Laursen
Sarver
Seymour
Conn
Laura Burn
Stony Creek
Ruth Perry
Short Beach
Jay Buckley
Girard Clemons
McLean
Larry
Ansonia
John Partridge
Ansonia, Conn
Nettleton Hotel
PTA Tag Sale Benefits Local High School
The P T A is hosting a tag sale on Saturday April 10 to raise funds for the Home Economics department at the local high school for essential equipment purchases.
Mount Dora Tourist Club Seeks Suggestions for 1937 38
The Mount Dora Tourist Club closes a record year with 956 members and seeks member input for next season. Chairman George H. Peabody asks for postal cards or program ideas, likes and dislikes, and criticisms. Only eight responses so far. members urged to reply to help make the 1937 38 Star Course a success.
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Mount Dora
George H. Peabody
Farewell to Northern Friends at Villa Dora Hotel
A nostalgic farewell piece from the Villa Dora Hotel reflects on goodbyes and sunny weather as Northern friends depart. The author riffs on labor strikes, Florida politics, and broad social currents with humorous tangents about sit down protests and local life.
Woman's Club Luncheon Notice for Members
The Woman's Club holds its annual luncheon on Tuesday April 13 at 1 p m in the Community Building. Luncheon price is 50 cents. Reservations with Miss Milner due by Saturday April 10. The annual business meeting will be held at this luncheon for members only.
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Woman’s Club
Miss Milner
Birth Announcement for Johnnie Juanita Goolsby
Mr and Mrs John Goolsby of Zellwood announce the birth of a nine and a quarter pound girl named Johnnie Juanita at Mount Dora Hospital on April 6. Both mother and baby are reported doing nicely.
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John Goolsby
Zellwood
Johnnie Juanita
Mount Dora Hospital
Unusual Program At P. T. A. Meeting
Mount Dora P T A met at the Community Building on Tuesday April 6 at 3 30. The Sixth grade presented a round the world song program with costumes from many nations. The group won attendance prizes alongside the Ninth grade while a Bible Study class organized. The Primary department plans an April 15 entertainment and May 4 Father’s Night includes officer installation.
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Mount Dora
Sewanee
Wood
Pemberton
Vivian Thompson
Chamberlain
Cory
Cooley Heads to Tallahassee as Lake County Rep
Representative Thos H Cooley and family travel to Tallahassee where he serves his first term in the State Legislature. Speaker Christie names him chairman of the national board and military affairs and a member of the citrus committee. Representative Fahs of Lake is vice chairman banks and loans.
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Thos. H. Cooley
Cooley
Betty
Tallahassee
Lak County
Christie
House
National Board
Fahs of
Lake
Miss Ryan Transferred to Eau Gallie Telegraph Office
Miss Angie M. Ryan, eight years a Western Union operator in Mount Dora, has been transferred to Eau Gallie Florida and left Tuesday to take charge of the telegraph office there. Friends praise her interest in Mount Dora and wish her success, hoping she may return to Mount Dora in future. Miss Alice Chandler of Frostproof now fills the Mount Dora office.
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Angie M. Ryan
Western Union
Eau Gallie
Florida
Miss Ryan
Mount Dora
Western Union Telegraph
England to be subject of Mount Dora art lecture
The Mount Dora Art League ends its season with a lecture on England at Lakeside Thursday at 8 pm. Slides from the Carnegie Institute accompany a music segment directed by Mrs. Hilary Garvin. H N Gallie will speak. Edgerton provides courtesy. New officers are Emma S. Marsh president Annie Thorpe first vice president Mary Adams second vice president Cornelia Ashley secretary-treasurer.
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England
Mount Dora
Juniper Springs
Mount Doral Art League
Emma S. Marsh
Annie Thorpe
Mary Adams
Cornelia Ashley
Food Sale by The King's Daughters Planned Saturday
The King's Daughters will sell home cooked foods on Saturday April 10 starting at 9 a.m. in the storeroom at 418 Donnelly Avenue next to the Topic office. Pies cakes salads baked beans and other items will be offered at reasonable prices. Members should bring their prepared foods to the sales room by 8 45.
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King’s Daughters
Donnelly Avenue
Topic Office
Cabbage Credit Mess Leaves Grower Unnamed
The Topic credited a large cabbage to Carl Mortensen but Mortensen denies responsibility and asks to identify the true grower. Neither Keller was present when the cabbage arrived and the receiver failed to record a name, with suspicions falling on Mr. Ziegler.
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Carl Mortensen
Mortensen
Kellers
Mr. Ziegler
Washington Speaker Here Tomorrow
Pickett of Washington D C will speak at Mount Dora Methodist church Friday April 9 at 8 p m on Ten Years From Now. He has intimate knowledge of American history since 1916 and is praised by Elihu Root Senator Capper and the Secretary of Commerce for his honesty and insight into current trends.
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Pickett
Washington, D. C
Mount Dora Methodist
Mr. Pickett
Elihu Root
Secretary of Commerce
Negro Falalius Hurt When Struck by Car Near Town
L. W. Williams, a negro, was fatally struck by a car driven by Franklin Pittington of Howey in the Hills while walking along a highway west of town. Pittington halted, sought aid, and an inquest was set for midweek, with officials at the scene.
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L. W. Williams
Franklin Pittington
Howey-in-the-Hills
Pittington
Mount Dora
Shipes
Cooper
Bus station moved in Mount Dora to Amoco at Fifth and Alexander
The Florida Motor Lines bus stop in Mount Dora was relocated from Cashwell's Pharmacy to the Amoco Station on the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Alexander Street.
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Florida Motor Lines
Mount Dora
Cashwell’s Pharmacy
Walgreen
Amoco
Fifth Avenue
Alexander Street
Florida water and sewerage course draws regional experts
Ninety one representatives from 44 Florida towns attended the Short Course in Sewerage and Water Treatment at the University School of Adult Education Camp Roosevelt March 29 30. The Florida section of the American Water Works Association met March 31 April 1 and praised the course. Harold D Overhiser of Mount Dora registered, with demonstrations lectures and discussions on Florida water treatment and sewerage disposal.
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Florida
University School of Adult Education
Camp Roosevelt
American Water Works Association
Harold D. Overhiser
Mount Dora
Primary grades to present school entertainment program
The Primary grades will stage an afternoon program on Thursday April 15 at 1 30 featuring dramatizations by the first grade and an Opportunity room act. Second graders will perform songs and a Safety piano solo, while the third grade offers recitations and a Health play. Admission at the door funds work books and paper. All friends of the school are invited.
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Opportunity Room
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Ralph E. Diffendorfer
D.D
New York City
Board of Foreign Missions
Methodist Episcopal Church
St. Johns River
First Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
P. R. Hartin
Heber D. Ketcham
Aunt Dora
Anna Carr
Horticultural Ass’n
Lake County Craft Guild
Central Florida Council
Lament
New Hampshire
Hall
N. H
Baltimore
Mr. Pecker
Mr. Evans
Mr. Roosevelt
Mrs. Evans
Bonner
Bradner
Dr. Spencer
Miss Buck
Mrs. Ayres
Frank Nettleton
Sanford
Lake Ola
Getchell
Bradbury
Mount Dorans
Citrus Review
Girl Scout
Villa Dora
New England
N.E
Floridas
T. H. Cooley
Ryan
ART League
Washington
Negro Falalius
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