DAZE AND DAZZLE IN A MESSY MOUNT DORA COLUMN
A rambling Mount Dora column rambles about language daze and local life. It notes visitors from Ware Massachusetts, mentions the World’s Fair and Florida building, praises Miss S. C. Baker, Judge Schoonmaker and the Liver-mores, and recounts a hotel elevator incident with a dowager duchess and police dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. C. Baker
John Schoonmaker
Robert Livermore
Ware
Mass
New England
Livermores
Shoonmakers
Mount Dora
Roosevelt
Georgia
Finnegan
New York
Florida
Fair Grounds
Brown
Chicago
Cleveland
Orlando
Josephine
Central
Not in good humor as duchess chides rover in lift
A fragment describes a duchess scolding Rover who lies on the floor in an uncomfortable pose. He rises as she laughs and teases him about romping in the lift, while addressing a reader with a cheerful if garbled farewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rover
Cherrie
Old Time Picnic at Catfish Creek
Lake County old timers return for a homecoming picnic at Catfish Creek near Yalaha and Bloomfield. The May Pole dance features children and older participants, with a 1 PM basket dinner and a pre-event gathering starting at 10 AM. Key organizers include Daisy Witt Minnie Crabb and H C Duncan. WDBO Orlando will broadcast a message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catfish Creek
Yalaha
Bloomfield
Daisy Witt
Minnie Crabb
H. C. Duncan
Lake County
Pensacola
Jacksonville
Tampa
West Palm Beach
Miami
Orlando
Ocala
St. Petersburg
South Carolina
Mississippi
New York
Ohio
WDBO
Clayton Perreault
Public Recreation
Yalaha Yacht Club
Yalaha-Bloomfield
Legislative bid targets loan sharks and salary buyers
A forthcoming legislative session will seek to curb and regulate loan sharks and salary buyers operating in the state. A recent survey found interest rates as high as 300 percent per annum in numerous cases.
Florida to Seek New Criminal Procedure Code
A bill prepared by the Florida State Bar Association will be introduced in the next legislature to establish a comprehensive new Code for Criminal Procedure. Prompt consideration and passage are viewed as bringing untold benefit to the state.
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Florida
Florida State Bar Association
Soil Conservation Office Issues Notices Across 27 States
The Soil Conservation office reports 815 farm checks issued for 1938 soil conservation sites. Checks come slowly and owners in 27 states will be notified as they arrive. Commercial vegetable growers with over three acres see amended acreage payment rules based on allotment, not harvested plantings, with 139 growers to be mailed notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaaaaa Oaoee
Maine
California
State Employment Service Placing Many In Positions
The State Employment Service reports March job placements show 721 in private jobs and 747 in public posts including PWA and the Bureau of Roads, totaling 1468 workers moved from unemployment. Florida's service emphasizes detailed records, daily employer visits, and replacements with few drawing unemployment benefits.
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PWA
Bureau of Roads
State Employment Service
United States Employment Service
Florida
Nichols
M R Carl Warfield Dies In Florida After Public Service
Mr Carl Warfield of Eustis died Tuesday April 11 in a Jacksonville hospital after a paralytic stroke. He published the Umatilla Tribune and served in banking circles as Bank of Mount Dora examiner. An accomplished organist and composer, he performed at St Thomas Episcopal Church Easter service. His wife died in January and he had moved to Jacksonville to live with his daughter and granddaughter. Funeral and graveside services were held in Jacksonville and Eustis.
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Carl Warfield
Eustis
Jacksonville
Umatilla
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Practical Machine Invented To Destroy Water Hyacinth
A simple on surface harvester uses rotating saws on a shaft to shred hyacinth into a sinkable pulp. It clears strips nine feet wide leaving a channel, adaptable among dense mats or near shore. Inventors Mr. Short and Mr. Wright, engineers with ties to Ford and General Motors, envisage large orders and possible manufacturing locally. The device aims to eradicate hyacinth from southern waters while supplementing army river-clearing efforts.
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Short
Mr. Wright
Clermont-Minneola Waterways Club
Apopka
Mr. Short
Awvas
General Motors Corporation
Ford Motor Company
Clermont
Wright
Jacksonville
Army
St. Johns River
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
Florida citrus shipments hampered by green fruit issue
A Florida survey by the Citrus Fact Finding Committee identifies one of the severest handicaps in marketing as shipments of green immature fruit in September and October, hindering orderly market flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Florida Citrus Fact Finding Committee
Florida Representative backs cross state ship canal plan
Rep. Green of Florida told the Rivers and Harbors Committee in Washington that 95 or 96 percent of Florida residents support the cross state ship canal. He predicted that work would resume on the project within a year and a half.
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Rivers and Harbors Committee
Washington
Representative Green
Florida
Hartly Hethcox A Florida County Leader And 4-H Camp Advocate
Hartly Hethcox of Umatilla born April 17 1895 in Paisley Lake County. He is a farmer and longtime public servant on the County Board of Commissioners and president of the Florida Association of County Commissioners. Camp McQuarrie in Lake County hosts 4-H programs and citrus institutes as a centerpiece of his civic work.
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Hartly Hethcox
Umatilla
Paisley
Lake County
Ae Hethcox
Florida
Ocala National Forest
Leesburg Woman Lucie K. Miller Celebrates Birthday
Mrs. Lucie K. Miller of Leesburg marks her birthday on April 16. A Florida Cracker born in 1892, she is Lake County's Home Demonstration Agent with a rich teaching career, education at Florida State College for Women and Columbia University, and leadership in the Leesburg Women’s Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucie K. Miller
Leesburg
Florida
Florida State College For Women
Columbia University
Lake County
J. G. Ray Jr
Lake
Court House
Tavares
Geo. J. Dykes
Circuit Court
A. J. Harnage
D. C
T. L. Staton
Elk F
Lincoln Park
A. M
Jane Millard
Dora Manor
Geo
Abel
J. Harnage
Floating Islands of Orange Lake Attract Florida Visitors
The Floating Islands of Orange Lake near McIntosh and the Bird Islands of the Audubon Society are at their low tide, inviting visitors to see rare profuse flowers and many birds including Egrets and Herons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange Lake
McIntosh
The
Audubon Society
Florida
Roadwork Near Moore Haven Delays Traffic North of Town
Construction is underway on State Road No. 29 north of Moore Haven in Glades County causing cautious traffic flow. Drivers are advised to slow down and proceed with care through the work zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore Haven
Glades County
Grading Project on State Road 21 Between DeLand and Daytona Beach
State Road 21 in Volusia County undergoes in progress grading work between DeLand and Daytona Beach with no detours needed. Local traffic is advised to proceed as usual while the project continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
De-Land
Daytona Beach
Volusia County
State Road 25 Closure Details and Detour Route
State Road No 25 is closed between Belle Grade and West Palm Beach Canal with a detour via Pahokee Canal Point then east on State Road No 194 to State Road No 25 at Twenty Mile Bend.
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Belle Grade
West Palm Beach Canal
Pahokee
Canal Point
Twenty Mile Bend
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J. J. West
Man J. Stuart
J.J. West Realty CO
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Buster
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Empire
Crane Furniture Co
Cypress Gardens
Fla
Betty McCalla
Anna Lauria Dehaven
Dahlgren
War Department
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New Sylvan Shores Inc
H. A. Stein
Eli Gilbert
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