Florida Legislature Embraces Economy In New Session
Governor Cone sends message urging less spending and no tax hikes. Florida lawmakers, praised for restraint, aim to balance budgets with leaner departments and focused provisions. Key figures include Senator J. Turner Butler and Representative G. Pierce Wood as leaders.
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Scattergood Baines
Scattergood
Florida
House
You
Champaign
J. Turner Butler
Sid Hinely
G. Pierce Wood
John” S. Burks
Lend Me Your Ears at University of Fil
Bill Stewart reports on a campus election campaign where two student factions use free gifts to attract votes. Campaign costs run from ten to two hundred dollars with winners earning five to six hundred dollars yearly. James Melton, once a campus student, entertained students with a successful onstage appearance and radio fame.
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Lyceum Council
James Melton
Ocala
Melton
Warning on 4-H Club girls selling magazine subscriptions
Warn readers about three young women posing as 4-H Club members selling subscriptions to Clover Leaf Magazine to fund a trip to the World's Fair. Lake County Chamber of Commerce investigates their Florida 4-H status and whether the campaign is authorized. Readers urged to seek proper credentials before subscribing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clover Leaf Magazine
New York
Lake County Chamber of Commerce
Florida
Orange Box Regatta Gains International Attention
Mount Dora and Lake County earned coverage in News Week on March 6, 1939 for the first Orange Box Regatta. Three winners were pictured plus boats on the lake with Ormond Powers as Lake County correspondent for the Orlando Sentinel Star. Tommy Shipes won first prize, Jack Langille second, Ernest Minkley third.
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Mount Dora
Lake County
News Week
Ormond Powers
Orlando Sentinel Star
Dora
Fla
Florida Waterway Congress
Tommy Shipes
Jack Langille
Leesburg
Public Health Nursing Institute Held in Daytona Beach
Public health nurses and Red Cross instructors from Northeast Florida are invited to a two day institute in Daytona Beach April 13 14 on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick. Sponsored by the Florida State Board of Health and local Red Cross chapter. Charlotte M Heilman Washington DC assistant national director will lead the course noted Johns Hopkins trained. This is the first of a six institute series across the state. Ruth E Metzinger of the Florida Board of Health arranged the schedule.
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Red Cross
Florida
Daytona Beach
Florida State Board of Health
Charlotte M. Heilman
Washington, D. C
Red Cross Public Health Nur
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Baltimore
Ruth E. Metzinger
Bureau of Public Health Nursing
No Place for Politics in the WPA Speech in Tampa
Roy Schroder Florida WPA administrator denounces politics in WPA during the Florida State Press Association closing session in Tampa. He urges reporters to write or telegram for investigations and notes a merit system for staff and training courses for supervisors to boost efficiency.
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WPA
Roy Schroder
Florida State Press Association
Tampa
Florida bird life faces destruction in south region
Alden H. Hadley of the National Audubon Societies tours south Florida warning that native and visitor carelessness endangers rare birds. He cites Bird Islands near McIntosh as a protected exception where these species still thrive as part of Florida heritage.
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Florida
Texas
California
Louisiana
Alden H. Hadley
National Association of Audubon Societies
Hadley
South
McIntosh
Audubon Societies
Retirement railroad man Robert Tees dies in Mount Dora
Mr. Robert Day Tees 73 of Winchendon Massachusetts died suddenly Friday morning April 7 from a heart attack. He spent over fifty years with railroads and retired three years ago. A Scottish Rite Mason Shriner and Odd Fellow he wintered in Mount Dora for five seasons and lived in Tangerine other times. Survived by his widow her body to Winchendon for services held Wednesday at 2 PM.
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Robert Day Tees
Winchendon
Mass
Mount Dora
Tees
The
Odd Fellows
Mrs. Tees
Tangerine
Anna Carr
Woodland Avenue
Paisley postmaster visits Walt and Roy Disney
Mrs. Jessie C. Perkins, Paisley Florida postmaster and Lake County Chamber director, travels to Los Angeles to visit nephews Walt and Roy Disney at the home of her late sister Elias Disney. A leave of absence through June is granted and she will stay in touch via Lake County newspapers.
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Jessie C. Perkins
Paisley, Fla
Lake County
Florida Moves Toward Streamlined Criminal Code
Lawyers see the measure as urgently needed and expect its early passage. The bill aims to provide Florida with a new streamlined criminal code, addressing major gaps in current law as legislators consider the proposal.
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Florida
Castle on the Hill Seeks Summer Self Discipline Plan
Mrs. Napoleon Hill urges parents to plan constructive part time work for children during summer. Emphasizes self discipline, finishing tasks, and potential monetary rewards to boost education and character. Narrates personal example with Jeanne who learned typing and sewing and plans shorthand.
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Jeanne
Sale of Tax Certificates Notice for Sleight Partners
Clermont Press publishes a FOR YOUR INFORMATION notice about the sale of tax certificates for Win C. Sleight and Ethel W. Sleight. The notice invites interested parties to review outstanding certificates and provides procedural details for bids and deadlines.
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Win C. Sleight
Ethel W. Sleight
Clermont Press
Lake County Horticultural Association to Meet
Lake County Horticultural Association board members urged to attend the regular monthly meeting at the Court House Monday evening April 17 at 7 30 pm Dr. O C Bryan expected to address the group on citrus production issues President C R Short requests full attendance and notes other important matters will be discussed.
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Lake County Horticultural Association
Court House
O. C. Bryan
C. R. Short
Lake County Chamber Board Meeting Set for Friday
The Lake County Chamber of Commerce board meets Friday April 14 at 2 30 p m in the Court House office. President Frank W Stebbins calls for full attendance by all members. Citrus pulp advances as excellent feed for beef and dairy cattle says Wilmon Newell of the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station at the National Farm Chemurgic Council event in Jackson Mississippi March 29 to April 1.
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Board of Directors
The
Lake County Chamber of Commerce
Court House
Frank W. Stebbins
Wilmon Newell
Florida Agricultural Experiment Station
National Farm Chemurgic Council
Jackson
Mississippi
Newell
Florida
Texas
California
A. C. Quixley
County of
Lake
State of Florida
Mid
Tavares
Geo. J. Dykes
Lake County
A. J. Harnage
D. C
R. B. Riser
J. Dykes
A. J. Fiavnare
Mountain View
Elmo McKown
Dora
Geo, Dykes
Circuit’ Court
County
C. W. Sadler, Jr
N & Ft
Mt. Dora
Sec
Elk B
Avalon
Geo. W
Harnage
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Florida News Service
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Senator Hodges
Western Reserve
Maine
Margaret Winslow
Horn Pond
Bob Bandylegs
Elizabeth Coatesworth
Edwin Earle
Bill Stewart
Brenlin Shades
Empire
Crane Furniture Co
Orange Box
Public Health Nursing Institute
Bird Life
Prieqhy
Seville
Clearwater
Robert D. Tees
Disneys
Castle-On-The-Hill
Mrs
Napoleon Hill
A. H. Brinkman
G. M. Hunter
Dragor
L. C. H. A. Board
Eli Gilbert
Geo
Circuit Court
D.C
J. G. Ray Jr
Aceeces
D. Cc
Rte
Sesddentiel
New Sylvan Shores Inc
H. A. Stein
First National Bank
Mountain View Subdivision
Jane Millard
Dora Manor
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Stokes Monument Co
Orlando, Florida
Orange Ave
T. S. Kennedy Realty Co
Tavares, Florida
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