Lake District Camporee Set for Mount Dora
The Lake District Camporee will be held at Mount Dora with over 150 Boy Scout members from Troops 18 and 19 camping training and dining. Visitors may tour camp May 2 and watch patrol based activities as Troops reserve spots and prepare for the Council Camporee at Camp Wewa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Lake Touma
Troop 19
Seaon
Pable
Central
Central Florida
Wilbur A. Williams
Leesburg
Lake District
W. J. Patton
Mount Ements
G. B. Hurlburt
Victor Larsen
Burke Chester
Tavares
Ray H. Hayes
Jimmie Dickson
Eustis
M. L. Roberts
Grove
Camp Wewa
Usy
Line Street
Mr. Hayes
Lawn Bowling Club Gains Sanded Rinks at Mount Dora
The Lawn Bowling Club reports a gift of a writing desk from Carl S Graves of Villa Dora Hotel and a sand layer added to rinks eight nine and ten. Active bowlers remain and three or four rinks stay busy each day. A lighthearted note from the court jester praises small town life in Mount Dora and the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl S. Graves
Villa Dora
Carl
Mount Dora
House of Lords
Gold Coast
Saint Petersburg
Miami
Mount Dora-Eustis Art League Meeting Set for April 18
The Mount Dora Eustis Art League will meet Friday evening April 18 1941 at Mrs Claire Sprague’s residence Simpson Street Mount Dora. Full attendance of the membership is requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora- Eustis
Mount Dora Baseball League Elects 1941 Officers
The 1941 organization meeting in Mount Dora elected George J. White president James A Edwards vice president treasurer Eugene L Downs league director and 3 Dooley manager Sedanage Bud Burchett as official umpires A merchant gift of 21 was presented to start team financing and a schedule is expected next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceene Saad
Mount Dora
George J. White
James A. Edwards
Eugene L. Downs
Dooley
Bud
Reggy Parker
Wise Boating News Highlights Spring Florida Cruises
A column describes several excursions on the Zellwood Canal, Silver Springs, and Dora Canal. April trips feature multiple guests from various states, with wildlife sightings and details on departure times from the Yacht Club dock. The Silver Springs one day cruise is noted as eight to seven, with two hours at the springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T N. Y
C. T. Pearce
Cincinnati
Ohio
Garner
Syn Pa
T. H. Lyons
Sorrento
Fla
Joe N. Howell
Knoxville
Tenn
F. Bonosky
Ogg Si
Zellwood Canal
Blanche Berkland
Conrad
Montana
C. F. Furber
Saco
Maine
R. S. Morrison
Winnetka
Ill
H. D. Haskins
Amherst
Mass
Eva MacDermott
Hudson
Silver Springs
Anna Donatz
Sophia Grey
O. R. Ellmacker
Marie Connaly
Tangerine
Max Heinrich
Mount Dora
Clara Whitney
Etta Spear
Margaret Simpson
F. A. Poole
Frank L. Hubbard
George L. Zell
Dora
Alice R. Randall
Belchertown
Yacht Club
Mount Dora Drops Second Baseball Loss at Winter Garden
Mount Dora travelled to Winter Garden and fell 5-4 to Lakeview High after a late three-run burst. Teasley led Mount Dora with seven assists as errors by Mosteller and others helped seal the 5-4 setback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Winter Garden
Lakeview High
Hurricanes
Red Devils
High School Schedule For Remaining Games
The schedule lists Eustis on Tuesday April 22, Clermont on Friday April 25, Tavares on Tuesday April 29, Winter Garden on Friday May 2, Apopka on Tuesday May 6, Groveland on Friday May 9, and Groveland on Tuesday May 13 with home games noted. Admission is 10 and 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eustis
Clermont
Tavares
Winter Garden
Apopka
Groveland
Scout notes on May camporee and advancement efforts
Mr. Marshall visited the Scouts on Wednesday night. Mount Dora boys will attend the annual camporee here on May first and second. Helped with second and first class work, especially signaling. Several scouts aim for advancement at the next Board of Review and the Scoutmaster urged early preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Marshall
Mount Dora
Visit of the Stork Delivers Son for Pickens Talley Family
Mr and Mrs Pickens Coles Talley announce the birth of their son Pickens Coles Talley II on Wednesday April 9 at Orange General Hospital Orlando. The baby weighed 10 pounds and both mother and child are reported doing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pickens Coles Talley
Pickens Coles Talley II
Orange General Hospital
Orlando
Brother
Baby
Hecker Home Destroyed In Simp son Street Fire
Mrs Olga Hecker a bookkeeper aboard a vegetable growers firm lost her Sim pson street home early Tuesday to a kitchen fire. She escaped with only the clothes on her back after dozing on a daybed while heating water for a bath. The blaze was spotted by neighbor and night watchman, with firefighters arriving in record time but saving only part of one end of the house. Insurance partly covered the building but personal belongings were lost except for packed suitcase contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olga Hecker
Simpson Street
Hecker
Lower East Coast
Shipes
PTA Seeks Jars For School Lunch Room
The PTA has 542 jars for the school lunch room and hopes to reach 1500 jars. quart or pint Mason jars are needed and can be sent to the lunch room or to Mrs. George Coffin, Seventh avenue, who will arrange pickup. Housewives are urged to contribute any spare jars to support the WPA canned vegetables program for lunches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
George Coffin
Seventh Avenue
Legion Gratitude for Mount Dora Safety Campaign
The Mount Dora Post No. 35 thanks the people of Mount Dora for supporting the Legion safety campaign by purchasing stamps. Commander McCabe expresses deep gratitude to all members and volunteers for a successful campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
American Legion
Legion
McCabe
Azalea Sale Friday Morning In Mount Dora
Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce hosts an azalea sale starting Friday at 10 a.m. in the Chamber rooms. Plants priced low, color sorting and state plant board certificates required at purchase. Stock from Daetwyler Nursery Orlando promises pink and white blooms with proper care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Mount Dora
State Plant Board
Central
Lions Host First Ladies Night at New Meeting Place
The Lions held their first Ladies Night since moving to a new clubhouse. Many members were absent due to illness. Past President Parker opened the gathering and welcomed wives and girlfriends of Cecil Parker, A. D. Marshall, and Jimmy Dick, with Mr. and Mrs. Townsend as guests. A Bingo game and dancing followed, and all directors are urged to attend next Monday’s meeting with a directors’ session afterwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions
Parker
Cecil Parker
A. D. Marshall
Jimmy Dick
Townsend
Pancake and Sausage Supper by Pythian Sisters
The Pythian Sisters host a Pancake and Sausage supper on Friday night April 18 at 6 in the Community Building. Pillsbury pancakes with syrup and Swift's Brookfield sausage will be served at a nominal plate price. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythian Sisters
Pillsbury
Swift
Brookfield
P T A County Council Meeting Set for Eustis School
The Lake County Council of Parents and Teachers schedules its last regular meeting of the year at Eustis School House on Monday April 21. The 6 30 p m executive session precedes a 7 p m covered dish supper and an 8 p m business meeting led by Mrs Kenneth Loucks president with Leesburg P T A in charge of the program and Rev S J Johnson as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County Council of Parents and Teachers
Eustis
Kenneth Loucks
Lake County Council
Leesburg P. T. A
New Mail Schedule Begins Monday in 1941
Beginning Monday April 7 1941 a new mail timetable is in effect with specific inbound and outbound times. Incoming on weekdays except Sunday shows 8 45 AM for Air Mail Star Route 9 45 AM for Regular and Air Mail and 4 00 PM for Regular and Air Mail. Outgoing closes at 9 15 AM 3 30 PM and 5 30 PM for Air Mail Star Route. Sundays set Star Route inbound 9 15 AM and 4 30 PM Regular and Air Mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouly
Kiwanis Club Scout Troop Meets in Mount Dora Camporee Planning
At a Mount Dora Kiwanis Club gathering the County Scout troops discussed finances Troop 19 hosts for the Camporee were outlined Central Florida representative Patton and Kiwanis officials led arrangements Troop 19 has 26 registered scouts led by Robert McMurray with Curtis Jackson as junior assistant scout master Mount Dora to fund Central Florida Council projects and Camp Wewa through the annual drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Ine
Troop 19
Lake
Central Florida
Patton
Gerald Hurlburt
Kiwanis Club
Carl S
Curtis Jackson
Pan
Camp Wewa
Central Florida Council
Central
Sea Island Cotton Growers Urged Immediate Weeding and Fertilizing
R B Roberts of Worthington Springs Florida, a leading Sea Island cotton developer, inspected fields in Orange Seminole Lake and Sumter counties this week. He warns rain has left grass and weeds thick in rows and must be hoed out to prevent fertilizer loss and out of control growth. He advises bar off chop and side dressing with about 100 pounds of high grade fertilizer per acre once squares form, to give cotton a strong start. E H Wilkerson, President Lake County Sea Island Cotton Growers Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Roberts
Worthington Springs
Florida
Sea Island
Orange
Seminole
Lake
Sumter
E.H. Wilkerson
Lake County
Sea Island Cotton Growers Association
Anonymous letter criticized by The Topic editors
The Topic cites an anonymous letter signed A Citizen it will not publish. Editors urge the writer to identify themselves or approach the business operator directly. If proven a nuisance, legal steps may be pursued.
Mount Dora Folders Mailed to New England Travel Centers
The Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce mailed 600 Mount Dora folders to New England for distribution through travel bureaus and organizations. Bundles ranged from ten to fifty. Many folders were sent to individuals and to larger chambers of commerce in the state for placement in racks at tourist centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Mount Dora Trio Enlist in U S Navy
Jerald William Drawdy, son of Mr and Mrs L J Drawdy, has enlisted and is stationed in Norfolk Virginia in Platoon No 98. He worked eight months at Mount Dora Pharmacy and his twin Julian Drawdy also serves in the Navy at Portsmouth Virginia in the Navy Hospital School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerald William Drawdy
L. J. Drawdy
Mount Dora
U S. Navy
Norfolk
Julian Drawdy
Drawdy
Navy
Portsmouth
Navy Hospital School
Kiwanis Club Plans Golden Rule Week Address
Kiwanis this week marks Golden Rule Week with August Engelhard’s committee inviting N. P. Yowell of Yowell Orlando to speak on the Golden Rule in business. Local Kiwanians expect a full turnout to greet him. Chas Dean will host Mount Dora parks guests at the meeting and Easter programs from last week are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Business Standards
August Engelhard
N. P. Yowell
Yowell
Orlando
Seb
Riley's Park News Weekending Visits Pepper Cocoa Trip
Mr and Mrs Carl White spent the week end visiting friends in Cocoa and enjoyed a pleasant trip through the Indian River country. Mr and Mrs A W Ford left this morning for Trenton Michigan. New arrivals include Mr and Mrs A J Percival Newton Kan Mrs R E Hart West Palm Beach and several others from Michigan Ohio Illinois and Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl White
Cocoa
Indian River
A. W. Ford
Trenton
Michigan
A. Jo Percival
Newton
Kan
R. E. Hart
West Palm Beach
Las Mes
Richesek
Negro centenarian dies in East Town at 100 plus
Nancy McCollum, possibly the oldest Negro in the area, died last week at her nephew Fred Price’s home in East Town. Born in South Carolina and likely a slave in Cotton, Georgia, she lived to about 101 to 104. She remained in good health until a stroke two weeks prior to death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy McCollum
Fréd Price
East Town
Nancy
South Carolina
Georgia
Cotton
Knight
Vicinty
Fred Price
Letter from Faith Baldwin Included in New Canaan Note
Sheila Spilky received an air mail note from New Canaan Connecticut in the author Faith Baldwin's own handwriting. The letter praises her interest in Baldwin a clipping from the Mount Dora Hi Points noted in the Topic sketch of the senior class. The note dated April 7 remains a treasured possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheila Spilky
New Canaan, Conn
New Canaan
Sheila
Connecticut
Mount Dora
Faith Baldwin
State warns of 1941 tag arrests for county drivers
The State Motor Vehicle Department issued a warning this week that county officers are instructed to arrest anyone driving a car without a 1941 tag. It also cautions that state employees must obtain a Florida tag and may not use out-of-state tags while working in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Motor Vehicle Department
Florida
Woman's Club Closes Season With Annual Luncheon
The Mount Dora Woman's Club held its season finale luncheon at Lakeside Inn with 114 attendees. Officers, committees, and the Red Cross report were presented, budget sheets distributed, and a yearend business meeting held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Club
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Boy Scout Lake District
Lawn Bowling Club
ART League
Baseball News
Gene Downs
Wise Boating News
Teasley
Dewn
Minkley
Mims
Jones
Davis
Bracy
Mosteller
Dean
Uigh
Vansant
Mime
Heim Field
Stewart
Ashi
Aunt Dora
Guiledge
High
Vincent
Ashley
Strickland
Morton
Astler
Ricketson
M. D— Ab
Davis If
Tubbs
Teasley As
Haw
Stohne
High Ib
Booker Rf
V'sant
Jones P
StvInd
M'kly Cf
Hall If
xHecker
Ann
BOY Scout
Azalea Sale
Fifth Avenue
P.T.A. County Council
Eustis School
Kiwanis News
Riley’s Park
Negro Centennarian
Richard Edgerton
MacDonald
Roland J. Morse
Civics
Sheldon
H. Reed Edmunds
Public Health
Edmunds
Lake County ‘Tuberculosis and Health Association
Alice Davis
Medeleine Milner
E. Reel
Dallman
M. B. Swift
James Moody
Mary Marshall
Woman's Club
J. D. Pease
Eardley Wilmot
Ways and Means
George Church
George Cary
Church
Harry Mathews
Red Cross
Lake County Medical Center
King’s Daughters
King’s Daughters Organization
Helen B. Church
C. L. Marsh
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