Mount Dora Hotels to Expand for Summer Demand
Three Mount Dora hotels plan summer remodeling to handle a larger winter guest influx. Lakeside Inn will add a new building worth about 125000 with a pool and sun deck. Villa Dora expands dining and adds baths. Mount Dora Hotel adds baths to nearly all rooms. Grandview may change hands with improvements planned. Households and tourists push for more accommodations as fall bookings rise. A modern coffee shop with a la carte service is also planned on Donnelly Avenue near Hotel Mount Dora.
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Lakeside Inn
Villa Dora
Mount Dora
Grandview
Lake Dora
Chamber of Commerce
Donnelly Avenue
Tourist Club Ends Year With Final Meet at Baptist Tabernacle
The Tourist Club presented season finale at the Baptist Tabernacle under Mrs. George Malone. Local and visiting artists performed songs readings and instrumental numbers to enthusiastic audience appreciation. Mrs. Phillips of Sanford received special praise for her soprano voice and dramatic presentation.
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The
Baptist Tabernacle
George Malone
Phillips
Sanford
Mount Dora
Ohio Takes Trophy Cup In Contest
Ohio winter residents won the Chamber of Commerce registration trophy cup by a margin of ten points over New Yorkers. The hot campaign shows Ohio and New York nearly equal in registrations in the Mount Dora winter colony. Michigan placed third followed by Connecticut Massachusetts Pennsylvania New Jersey Vermont and Wisconsin. Thirty seven states and Canada represented.
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Ohio
Chamber of Commerce
New York
Michigan
Connecticut
Massachussetts
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Vermont
Wisconsin
States
Canada
Mount Dora
Yachtmen to Take Office at Next Meet
At the Mount Dora Yacht Club April meeting on Thursday April 18 Frank Fowler will succeed S S Sadler as commodore. E E Stokes becomes vice commodore and James Laughlin III rear commodore. Frank H Heath remains secretary treasurer. New house committee is led by J J Alvord with H H Mallory T E Wardell Fred Thompson and T J Potter. Regatta committee is headed by Harry St George with James Laughlin III W G Patterson George Malone Roy Trimble and Jack Simpson. Membership committee includes F B Smith George LaDue and Alfred Rehbaum. Nominating committee includes Charles Edgerton Carl Graves and a third to be named.
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Mount Dora
Harry St. George
James Laughlin III
W. G. Patterson
George Malone
Roy Trimble
Jack Simpson
F. B. Smith
George LaDue
Alfred Rehbaum
Charles Edgerton
Carl Graves
Begole Addresses Mount Dora Kiwanis On Mining Machinery
Fred H. Begole of Marquette Michigan spoke to the Mount Dora Kiwanis on the secrets of manufacturing and assembling mining machinery. The well attended meeting featured an illuminating talk and a tasty chicken patty menu. Next speaker George Thompson of East Liverpool Ohio will discuss pottery manufacture.
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Mount Dora
Thompson
East Liverpool
Ohio
Mount Dora Businesses to Close Thursday Afternoons Opening Day Game
Mount Dora stores and business houses will close Thursday afternoons starting April 25. The Mount Dora ball club of the Lake Orange league opens the season on its home ground that day, with all baseball fans and Janette urged to attend. Merchants Bureau, Chamber of Commerce.
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Mount Dora
Lake Orange League
Janette
Mount Dora Attracts Winter Visitors Who Buy Homes
Yacht Club replies to Loynes letter. Mount Dora draws winter visitors who are settling down as permanent residents. Recent home purchases include the Lobdell property on Tavares road and Cronwall on Sanford road by Condit and Gorham couple, Converse place on Clayton street by Watson, and Johnson property on Eighth avenue by Brown. Transactions handled by A C Quixley Realty. Brown, longtime city official, cites Mount Dora as best in Florida for a town of its size.
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Mount Dora
Mt. Dora
Condit
Lobdell
Tavares Road
George Gorham
Mount Kisco
N. Y
Cronwall
Sanford Road
A. W. Watson
Warsaw
Clayton Street
R. J. Brown
Lancaster
N. H
Johnson
Eighth Avenue
A. C. Quixley Realty Company
Brown
Florida
Florida State College to Grant Degrees in Physical Education
Florida State College will start awarding degrees in physical education next year. Miss Nellie Walters announces a new School of Physical Education with a 62 semester hour program plus gym hours and courses in science, languages, sociology, history, and education. Graduates may return after graduate work to complete the degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida State College
Nellie Walters
Regatta Plans Set for Tampa Bay Ocean Race
Tampa Bay will host an international regatta next year as a committee completes plans for an ocean sailing race. The event aims to attract crews from multiple nations and will be staged along the bay’s coastal routes.
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Tampa Bay
Hotel May Become Masonic Hospital
Masons of Lake County consider buying the Rowe Hotel at Umatilla to convert it into a Masonic hospital. Plans are preliminary, with a tentative plan for fifteen to twenty rooms for the general public, and a meeting is expected soon.
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Masons
Lake County
Rowe
Umatilla
Mount Masons
Restock Lakes Plants Five Thousand Bass Fingerlings
Five thousand bass fingerlings from the state fish hatchery have been planted in lakes around Mount Dora. Harold Overhiser supervised the operation and oversaw the release. Two thousand were placed in Lake Gertrude, two thousand in Mud Lake, and the remainder in Lake Franklin. The fish are expected to reach a harvestable size in about three years.
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Mount Dora
Chamber of Commerce
Harold Overhiser
Lake Gertrude
Mud Lake
Lake Franklin
Change Date for Closing On Thursday Mount Dora Opens Season
Mount Dora stores will start a Thursday half holiday on April 25 as the Lake Orange baseball league begins its season at Helm field. The schedule is not yet released, but Mount Dora expects to play an Orange county team in a first home game. Eustis hosts Winter Garden on April 18, guiding local officers to avoid two openers in same week.
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Mount Dora
Lake Orange
Helmfield
Mountaineers
Eustis
Winter Garden
Orange County
Florida Inland and Coastal Waterways to Meet in Leesburg
High officials from national and sectional waterways groups will attend the first annual Florida Inland and Coastal Waterways Association convention in Leesburg on April 26. Attendees include Maj. Gen. T. Q. Ashburn, J Hamp ton Moore, William R. Dawes, and Roy Miller. The gathering aims to discuss interior and coastwise navigation via the intercoastal waterway from Maine to Texas and urges federal support for trans Florida canal surveys and links. The association plans a connected canal system serving all parts of Florida once a route is established.
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Florida Inland and Coastal Waterways Association
Leesburg
Kissimmee
T. Q. Ashburn
Washington, D. C
Inland Waterways Corporation
J. Hampton Moore
Philadelphia
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association
William R. Dawes
Chicago
Mississippi Valley Association
Roy Miller
Corpus Christi
Texas
Intracostal Canal Association
Louisiana
Maine
Washington
Florida, Inland and Coastal Waterways Association
Garden Club Film Shown At Princess Theater
Through arrangements of the local Garden club and the Chamber of Commerce the film What is Happening to the Landscapes of America will be shown in connection with the regular program at the Princess theater on Wednesday and Thursday April 17 and 18. This film is sent out by the state garden club and should be of much interest in Mount Dora where an effort is being made to have better parkways.
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Garden Club
Chamber of Commerce
America
Princess Theater
State Garden Club
Mount Dora
Stapleton to Play Pro Baseball in Iowa
GOES TO IOWA C J Stapleton, a well known athlete who has lived in Mount Dora the past year, will leave tomorrow to play professional baseball in Iowa this coming season. He will be missed by many friends who will welcome him back in the fall.
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C. J. Stapleton
Mount Dora
Iowa
Charlie
Mount Dora Yacht Club Defends Races Against Protests
Frank H. Heath writes A T Griffith of Boating Magazine denying unsportsmanlike conduct by Dick Laynes over Mount Dora regatta March 2. Heath details documents, timing checks, and affidavits, noting Trimble's doubt of Loynes claims and pledge to correct any record errors if found.
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Dick Laynes
California
Mount Dora
A. T. Griffith
Boating Magazine
Peoria
Illinois
Griffith
Long Beach
Mount Dora Yacht Club
Loynes
Laynes
Florida
Organization of Goodbody Newell, Inc.
The organization of Goodbody Newell Inc a Florida corporation with principal offices in Fort Pierce to engage in a general real estate business and the improvement and development of farm and horticultural lands has been perfected.
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Goodbody‘Newell, Inc
Florida
Fort Pierce
Boy Scouts Win Honors for Service at Court of Honor
The Boy Scout Court of Honor at the high school auditorium Friday evening featured Judge Dan Bishop in charge and Scout Executive Wakelin guiding the program. Mount Dora Scout Cooper was elevated to Eagle rank amid applause as several locals earned merit badges and others near Eagle status.
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Boy Scout Court of Honor
Dan Bishop
Wakelin
Central Florida
Scout Cooper
Mount Dora
C O C Sends Booklets Overseas From Mount Dora
The Chamber of Commerce sent Mount Dora booklets to foreign addresses including Man tasked Cuba Santa Fe Argentina Dresden Germany and Mindanao Philippines. It also mailed many booklets within the United States and Canada. About 78 inquiries followed advertising material from local orange wrappers and Lake Dora Packing plant. Most inquiries arise from the Chamber’s publicity on local activities.
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Chamber of Commerce
Mount Dora
Mantazas
Cuba
Santa Fe
Argentine Republic
South America
Dresden
Germany
Mindanao
Phillipine Islands
United States
Canada
Lake Dora
Chamber
Mount Dora Chamber protests proposed Florida sales tax
The Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce wires Lake County representatives in Tallahassee to oppose a proposed direct sales tax. They call for killing the bill arguing it would remove about eleven million dollars from Florida families, raise costs for goods and materials, harm tourism, and unfairly boost mail order shopping over local buying.
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Mount Dora
Chamber of Commerce
Florida
Chamber
Water meet to be led by R. W. Greene in Florida
R. W. Greene, originator of the high school water meet, will oversee the 10th annual Florida state interscholastic swimming championships set for Lake Virginia Winter Park on May 4.
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R. W. Greene
Lake Virginia
Winter Park
Fine Boating Trip Enjoyed by Orchestra
Members of the Mount Dora Orchestra and families enjoyed a lake cruise hosted by H J Wise. The voyage went from Lake Dora to Lake Eustis Haines Creek Lisbon Lake Griffin and Treasure Isle with a picnic lunch and coffee on board. The group praised the day despite a steering cable break and plans next year to cruise Silver Springs with hopes for larger participation.
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Mount Dora
H. J. Wise
Lakes
Lake Dora
Lake Eustis
Haines’ Creek
Lisbon
Miss Wise
Lake Griffin
Treasure Isle
Silver Springs
Graduates Granted Preference for Naval Enlistments
Orlando Navy Recruiting Station head F J Oliver announced that high school graduates will receive preference for the June naval enlistment quota. The move aims to attract many graduates intending to enter the Naval Academy Preparatory School in San Diego or Hampton Roads, Virginia.
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Hig
Naval
Orlando Na@vy
F. J. Oliver
Orlando Station
Toda
Naval Acadan
Naval Preparatory Schools
San Diego
California
Hampton Roads
Virginia
Protest Plan to Relocate County Road Exposed
A report details plans to relocate Highway 44 from Mount Dora to Titusville via Sanford and Winter Park. The Mount Dora and Sanford chambers protest to Lake and Seminole county officials in Tallahassee against state takeover. If successful, the change would shift traffic and erase the Simpson highway from the state program, affecting regional routes.
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Mount Dora
Titusville
Sanford
Orlando
Winter ‘Park
Chamber.‘of
Chamber of.Commerce
Lake
Seminole
Tallahassee
Mt. Dora
The
Atlantic
Winter Park
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Mrs. Malone
Fred Begole
Merchants Bureau
Yacht Club
Masonic Hospital
Restock Lakes
Charles F. Chapman
Miami
Ira Hand
Mr. Chapman
Roy. J. Trimble
Trimble
Chapman
Commodore Trimble
Dora Club Express
Loyne
BOY Scouts
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