Lake County Schools Seek Sales Tax Aid to Prevent Closures
Lake county school officials urge PTA members to push legislators to broaden the sales tax to fund operations amid a projected $160,000 deficit for 1951 and rising enrollment. They warn mills are too low and call for supports in a planned public campaign and a possible special legislative session.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Lake County
Florida
Tavares
H. H. Hethcox
Umatilla
C. M. Gay
Tim Sellar
Leesburg
Hethcox
Frank J. Banning
Banning
J. A
Tar” Boyd
Sellar
Benning
Richard Ervin
Volusia
James I. Graham
State Department of Education
Graham
Citrus Development Grows In Lake County
A 2,500 acre ranch near Lake Louise in Lake County was sold to C. E. Bradshaw of Orlando, in a major land deal. Bowman and Brown of Clermont handled the sale which runs east to the Orange county line. Since January 1 the firm has sold groves and grove lands totaling 303,500 dollars, signaling rapid expansion of citrus development and pasture in the region per the Lake County Chamber of Commerce.
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Lake County
C. E. Bradshaw
Orlando
Bowman and Brown
Clermont
Exten
Lake Louise
South Lake County
Orange County
Double Run Creek
Lake County Chamber of Commerce
Zellwood area corn crop losses hit eighty percent
Farmers in Zellwood report about 80 percent of 6000 planted acres ruined by last week's cold. Arch Hodges of the Zellwood Drainage District estimates the damage after temperatures dipped to around 30 degrees on Friday night. Many fields had already been replanted multiple times and delays push the harvest to July with ongoing wet weather and worm issues requiring spraying.
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Zellwood
Arch Hodges
Zellwood Drainage District
Still Nabbed In South Lake Florida
A moonshine still described as the largest since prohibition days is on display in Lake County Court House lobby. Sheriff Willis McCall and Deputy James L. Yates with state and federal authorities nabbed it in South Lake County near Villa City after 12 hours of observation. Receipts from a Tampa grocery and cooking supplies suggest Hillsborough County bootleggers operated it. 102 barrels of mash and 32 five gallon jugs of moonshine were found.
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Willis McCall
Florida
Lake County
McCall
James L. Yates
South Lake County
Villa City
Tampa
Hillsborough County
Elevator official touts safety of vertical travel
An elevator company official argues that moving straight up and down is the safest travel method. The remark prompts questions about whether this approach reliably reaches destinations or serves broader transportation needs.
Escape Is His But The Lad Pauses To Listen
A Florida Industrial School for Boys feature follows a Lake County lad on his first night at Marianna. The tale details his tense struggle with sleep and his furtive attempt to slip from the dorm to find a way out, interrupted by a staff encounter and the superintendent Arthur G. Dozier.
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Florida Industrial School For Boys
Marianna
Lake County
Florida
Industrial School For
Arthur G. Dozier
Dozier
Lake County Reports Cancer Information Center Access
Lake County is among nine counties with a Cancer Information Center providing residents facts on cancer. The Lake County Chamber of Commerce reported this week on the initiative and its reach for public awareness.
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Lake County
Lake County Echoes in Backwoods Cassia Home Scene
Heinrich Perlich watches Elise Weiler arrive at a sunlit Cassia home in Lake County. The moment echoes Marjorie Kinser's Cross Creek mood as Kinser praises the setting near the St. Johns area and hints at a story rooted in local life.
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Cross Creek
Cassia
Lake County
German exile love tale amid war memories and roots
The narrative follows Heinrich Perlich, Elise, and Kurt Steinicke as German emigrants who fled New York after world tensions rose. Kurt returns to Germany, rises to an army officer, is arrested over diaries revealing anti Hitler sentiments, and the piece hints at a dramatic cross Atlantic history shaping a family saga.
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John’s River
Florida
Heinrich
Elise
Perlich
New York State
Germany
Hitler
New York
Elise Weiler
Kurt Steinicke
Reinew
Kurt
Karin
Holland
France
America
New PTA Head Is John Heist
The PTA announces John Heist as president for the 1950-51 term replacing Mrs. Harold Larsen. Heist, husband of Mrs. Heist, leads the Lake Carlton Fruit Co. and Carlton Groves at Lake Jem and chaired the school Halloween carnival last fall.
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Parent- Teacher Association
John Heist
Harold Larsen
Lake Carlton
Mr Franklin Eyes That Lonely Road Ad Invitation
Highland avenue resident Co. B Franklin invites winter visitors to join a journey north offering companionship for the trip. The Topic’s classified section is presented as a vehicle for this informal arrangement and its creative uses.
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Mr. Franklin
Lake Ignores Meeting On Dam Project
Lake county opponents to the Apopka canal weir dam project boycotted a public session in Winter Garden called by proponents to justify the plan. Officials warned protests should be sent to the Jacksonville army engineers next Monday. Lake Dora navigation and Dora Canal access faced possible setbacks if the $7,000 dam near the Lake Jem bridge on State Road 448 is built, threatening winter tourism.
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Lake County
Apopka Canal
Winter Garden
U. S. Army
Boating Clubs
Chambers of Commerce
R. W. Pearson
Jacksonville
Lake Coluntions
Army Engineers
Tavares
Engineers
Lake Dora
Lake Eustis
Mount Dora
Chamber of Commerce
Yacht Club
Lake Jem
Dora Canal
Haynes Creek
Pepper Denounced Over Libelous Lake County Campaign Material
State Senator Claude Pepper faced demand from Lake County supporters to denounce reprints of St. Petersburg Times articles alleged to libel the Lake County courts. The materials tie Pepper to the Times in a bid to sway Black voters as the three Black defendants appeal for new trials in the July incident case. Judge Futch noted Pepper’s political ties and defended the fairness of the Lake County trial.
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Claude Pepper
Lake County
St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg Times
Supreme Court
Alex Ackerman
Sam Shepherd
Walter Irvin
Charles Greenlee
Jesse W. Hunter
Pepper
Petersburg Times
the Times
New York
Futch
J. W. Hunter
Truman Futch
Leesburg
Ackerman
Mount Dora
Roosevelt
Three Dora Pupils Compete In Lake County Spelling Bee
Mount Dora students Glenn Brown Jr Arlene Howell and Patty Johnson compete in Lake County's fourth annual Spelling Bee at the Pavilion in Tavares. The winner advances to the North Florida Bee to earn a spot in the National Spelling Bee in Washington late May. A Duluth man was arrested for drunkenness after being found barking at a dog and a police report notes his 90 proof woof.
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Mount Dora School
Glenn Brown, Jr
Arlene Howell
Patty Johnson
Lake County
Tavares
North Florida
Washington
Duluth, Minn
Pepper-Smathers Florida race buzz fuels national notice
The Florida contest between Pepper and Smathers draws intense attention as The New York Times likens it to the Dewey Truman battle. Reports note Smathers uses the same speech daily and marketers warn of emotion over reason while West Florida leans toward Pepper amid communism critiques.
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New York Times
Florida
Truman
Dewey
the Times
Smathers
Times
South Florida
West Florida
Pepper
Dan
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South Lake
Lake
Cancer Center
Mabel Norris Reese
Heinrich Perlich
Henrich Perlich
Henri
Marjorie Kinser
Henri and
Elise Perlich
PTA
Lake Stokes
Dora
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