Foursome's Cross Country Trip Captures Dixie Scenes
Four women nicknamed The Foursome travel coast to coast from Florida to Texas in spring 1937. They describe lush phlox scenes from Ocala to Tallahassee and scenic Gulf drives via Route 319 and U S 90. The diary notes hotel stays, ferry tolls, and sights near Pensacola New Orleans and Biloxi while recounting friendly locals and travel challenges.
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Carlton
California
Miss Simpson
Mrs. Hubbard
Villa Dora
Lanark
Tallahassee
Capitol Building
Tom Cooley
Jeannette Pike
Gulf
Suwanee River
Pensacola
Mount Dora
Acker
San Antonio
Texas
U. S
Lenark
Fla
Moss Point
New Orleans
Biloxi
Gulfport
Mobile
U. S. No. 90
Bay St. Louis
Gulfshore
Pass Christian
Rockledge
Cocoa
Wedat
Monteleone
Opening Week Fever Grips Nation League Debut Sparks Gigantic Appetite
The piece reflects on opening day fervor across regions as fans abandon work for ball games and politics heats up with highway spending, citizen demands, and a quirky inventory anecdote from Army quarters. It notes the mix of sports spectacle and public finance chatter dominating early season conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ante Senny
Cnd
Gore
Sealine
Highway Commission
Nipple Club
Army
Hubdrerthius
Ted Shawn Dancers Announce 1937 38 Season Plans
Ted Shawn and his male dance company release an elaborate press sheet for the 1937 38 season. It details training near Eustis Florida and rehearsal camps, plus performing tours in Montreal Havana Miami New Orleans Providence Nashville Albany Troy Baton Rouge Houston San Antonio Fort Worth Waco. Barton Mumaw of Eustis is highlighted as a leading talent with a photograph and praise from a major New York paper.
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Ted Shawn
Eustis
Duke County
Lake County
Texas
San Antonio
Ft. Worth
Waco
Barton Mumaw
Shawn
Kinetic Malpai
New York
Cooperative Exchange Improves Blue Goose Marketing Facilities
The American National Cooperative Exchange, Inc. forms from the consolidation of terminal marketing services of American Fruit Growers and the National Fruit and Vegetable Exchange. The merger adds new facilities without changing names or personnel of American Fruit Growers, per R. B. Woolfolk.
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Cooperative Exchange
Blue Goose
American National Cooperative Exchange, Inc
American Fruit Growers, Inc
National Fruit and Vegetable Exchange
R. B. Woolfolk
American Fruit Growers _ organization
Florida
Mr. Woolfolk
Mount Dora Art League Picnic Date Change
The Mount Dora Art League moves its picnic to April 30 at Juniper Springs from the previously announced Thursday. Departure is at 10:00 a.m. from Mount Dora. Members may invite friends. contact Mrs. C. F. Goddard or Mrs. Bernice W. Gratz by noon Wednesday.
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Mount Dora
Art League
Juniper Springs
C. F. Goddard
Bernice W. Gratz
Art Mosque
Dr to Preach at Al Community Church Gma Mens Event
A local church invites men to a community gathering with a sermon led by a doctor figure. The event at Al Community Church aims to provide guidance and fellowship for male attendees.
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al Community Church
County Federation Backs Bill Against Livestock on Highways
The Lake County Federation of Women's Clubs met at Lake View Hotel with luncheon. They unanimously endorsed House Bill 411 restricting livestock on public highways and backed forming a Lake County health unit costing about $6,000 yearly. Speakers included Dr. S. C. Colley of Tavares, C. R. Hiatt, Larry Lynch, Miss Geraldine Farr, Mrs. S. Woodley, Karl Lehmann, and Lucie K. Miller among others. Members set the November meeting for Mount Dora.
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Lake County
Tavares
C. R. Hiatt
Larry Lynch
The
Lake County Red Cross Honors Record at Quarterly Meeting
Lake County earns top Red Cross record in the state with 933 members against a 750 quota. Admirals Grayson and Hunt send congratulations for flood relief and relief donations totaling $4575, with clothing and citrus shipments from Tavare s and Mount Dora. Beach facilities on Lake Joanna supported by Eustis High School aid life saving training and first aid instruction.
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Lake County
Red Cross
Eustis
Admiral Grayson
American Red Cross
Edith Keller
Mount Dora
W. Carl Hunt
Washington
Tavares
The
Lake county school nurses attend Home Hygiene Institute
Three Lake county nurses Mrs. Linnie Conboy Mrs. Rebecca Jones and Mrs. Henrietta Swanson attended a Home Hygiene Institute session in Orlando this week. The Red Cross Orlando chapter hosted nurses from eight Central Florida counties to learn up to date home hygiene teaching methods and first aid administration.
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Lake County
Linnie Conboy
Rebecca Jones
Henrietta Swanson
Home Hygiene Institute
Orlando
The
Red Cross
Florida
New Library Titles Include Kipling and Palmer Works
New library acquisitions feature Rudyard Kipling's Something of Myself For My Friends Known and Unknown Desmond Paradise Esther Firbes Jet Flowers by Stuart Palmer Chink in the Armour Mrs Belloc Lowndes and We Are Not Alone by James Hilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudyard Kipling
Tropics
Desmond
Paradise
Esther Firbes
Jet Flowers
Stuart Palmer
Chink In the Armour
Belloc Lowdnes
James Hilton
Special Child Health Broadcast May Day Program
A special Child Health Program will be broadcast on May Day from the Waldorf Astoria New York. The show airs 1 30 to 2 00 p m EST over CBS via WDBO and invites everyone to listen to this important program.
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New York Waldorf-Astoria
Columbia Broadcasting System
WDBO
P T A Address by Dr Dickson Stirs Mount Dora Meeting
Dr. R W Dickson of Mount Dora delivered an instructive address before the P T A at the seminar meeting held Monday. The talk emphasized educational guidance and community involvement.
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R. W. Dickson
Mount Dora
Pee E. F. T
Kiwanis Speaker Stiles Bradley To Address Luncheon
Dr. H Stiles Bradley will speak at the Kiwanis luncheon today as announced by program chairman A C Quixley. The Florida Forestry talk by H J Malsberger highlighted forest conservation, fires prevention, and the state’s 22 million acres of forests largely in private ownership, with emphasis on protecting landowners and taxes.
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H Stiles Bradley
Kiwanis
A. C. Quixley
Ith
H. J. Malsberger
Kian
Florida State Chamber of Commerce
Florida Forestry Association
Malsberger
Florida
Florida Board of Forestry
Florida Forest and Park Service
State Department
Forestry Board
Lake County
Nature
Fernandina
Panama City
Port St. Joe
Half Holiday Plan Aimed at Summer Store Hours
An incomplete notice suggests most stores will close this noon and every Thursday afternoon during the summer season. The fragment mentions a half holiday initiative affecting local business hours.
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Essen
Civic Committee Starts Lake Front Beautification
The Civic Committee of the Woman's Club launches a lake front beautification project at the foot of Donnelly, funded by a check to support the effort. Work begins in days as volunteers and donations are urged to provide seating and sunset picnic spots for locals and visitors along the lakeshore.
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Woman’s Club
Beau E Lake
Donnelly Cea
Walt
Woman's Club
Cross State Canal Could Receive Favorable Rivers Report
Karl Lehmann of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce reports the Rivers and Harbors Committee may issue a favorable report on the Cross State Canal. He notes strong interest and a likely but uncertain outcome this session, with eventual canal construction seen as probable. Florida Waterway officials pushed Big Pass Clearwater and St Johns Indian River projects, stressing needed local financing.
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Cross State Canal
Rivers and Harbors Committee of Congress
Karl Lehmann
Lake County
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Congress
Florida Waterway Congress
Florida
Walter F. Coachman, Jr
Tavares
Capitol City
Board of Army Engineers
Clearwater
Big Pass
General Markham
U. S. Army
St. Johns-Indian River
March of Time Radio Series Sponsored by Servel
Servel Inc sponsors the March of Time news dramatization airing Thursday evenings across time zones from 7:30 to 11:30 local. L. R. Tremain notes the program interprets current international events in living rooms, praising its realism and wide recognition since its 1931 origin. Louis Ruthenberg, Servel president, provided the official notice.
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Servel, Inc
Servel Electrolux
L. R. Tremain
Louis Ruthenberg
Servel
Mr. Tremain
United States
Canada
New York World Telegram
Tangerine Store Changes Ownership
The Tangerine store, closed for renovations, has reopened under new owners Mr and Mrs Ward Estey who also run the post office. They took over from Mr and Mrs J W Jepson at the start of April, refreshed the interior, added a refrigerator, and prepared to operate efficiently with a general merchandise line including canned goods staples and vegetables.
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Tangerine
Ward
Real Estate Boom Drives Lake County Grove Sales Surge
Groveland leads with over 30000 worth of grove transfers as the Lake County Chamber of Commerce notes rising front lake properties. Bow man Brown Co reports 25000 in additional sales and several residences change hands including estates of T G Richardson. Acreage deals total dozens of acres to buyers like H K Stokes Roy Lassiter and Oscar Kopf as developments aim at citrus groves and lakefront homes.
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Lake County
Groveland
Clermont
Bowman & Brown Co
County Chamber of Commerce
S. H. Bowman
A. Fleshman
Estella Patterson
T. G. Richardson
Northville
Michigan
A. C. Johnson
West Virginia
C. O. Johnson
Buffalo
N. Y
Johnson
H. L. Johnson
Herbert McCarnack
Howey
T. M. Jewell
Orlando
H. K. Stokes
Roy Lassiter
O. H. Keane
Oscar Kopf
Tampa
Wells Realty Company
Eustis
Harry Milward
Ansel Miller, Jr
Leesburg
Mount Dora
Umatilla
Boys and Girls Week Observed With Local Activities
Mount Dora authors a week of boy and girl centered events from April 24 to May 1. The schedule includes girls and junior boys baseball games, regular Girl Scout activities, Boy Scout meetings, and a Talk by Mrs. Thomas Lashar on Audubon. The Girl Scouts will decorate a window to promote the observance.
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Mount Dora
Eustis
Winter Garden
Apopka
Thomas Lashar
Audubon
Protect the alligators in Lake Gertrude
A good sized alligator has appeared in Lake Gertrude and locals hope no harm comes to it. No record of alligator attacks on humans exists, and the animal preys on certain fish but not game fish. A state bill to protect alligators and ban killing them is being introduced, citing their limited harm and appeal to tourists.
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Lake Gertrude
Dr Brodie Home After Orlando Operation
Dr Brodie returned Tuesday from Orlando and is at the Manse gaining strength after an operation last week in Orange General Hospital.
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Brodie
Orlando
Manse
Orange General Hospital
Startling US women cosmetics survey reports half nonusers
A survey finds that at least fifty percent of women in the United States do not use any cosmetics. The statistic highlights widespread nonusage across age groups and regions.
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United States
Central Florida Chamber Hears Southern Civic Trends At Mount Dora Breakfast
The Central Florida Chambers of Commerce met Tuesday at the Mount Dora Community Building with an 8 o'clock breakfast. George J. White welcomed visitors. F. M. Brevard spoke for the Florida group. Speakers discussed Southern civic affairs and agricultural futures. The Bird eye freezing process for fruits and vegetables was highlighted. May meeting was omitted. June in Daytona Beach planned.
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Central Florida
South
Horace Smith
Marion County Chamber
C. A. Lee
Gainesville
W. J. Couzens, Jr
St. Augustine
Karl Lehmann
Florida
Chamber of Commerce
Jacksonville
Daytona Beach
Earl Brown
Cleveland
DeLand
Evans
Estelle Clark
W.S. Randall
J. D. Pease
J. G. Kirby
Ocala
Ralph Bagwell
T. E. Simpson
Sanford
Benj. A. Carpenter
Orlando
Buck Sawyer
Cocoa
Wayne H. Miller
Kissimmee
Vera N. Carr
Harry P. Johnson
Tavares
G. G. Ware
J. Locke Williams
Franklin L.ezell
Leesburg
Carolyn Owens
Jesse L. Lantz
Howard G
Girl Scout Live Wire Patrol Outing at Trimble Park
The Live Wire Patrol of the local Girl Scout troop borrowed bicycles for every girl and spent the afternoon near the school house then rode to Trimble Park. They built a fire, roasted marshmallows and cookies, and returned home by six. Scouts Libby Drawdy Helen Wells Bess Davis Alma Boyd June Fenn Florence Lee Evelyn Turrentine Betty Lu Battle Miss Helen Meadows and Miss Vivian Thompson enjoyed the outing with Betty Lu Battle serving as scribe.
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Trimble Park
Libby Drawdy
Helen Wells
Bess Davis
Alma Boyd
June Fenn
Florence Lee
Evelyn Turrentine
Betty Lu’ Battle
Helen Meadows
Miss. Vivian
Thompson
Betty Lu Battle
Scribe
Strangely marked orange centerpiece appears in local shop
An orange with a russet section is first noted in Mr. Hardy's barbershop window before the Topic force identifies it as a natural fruit. The fruit was picked from a bin at Eichelberger packing house in Eustis. Mount Dora florist Mrs. W. T. Smith supplied the snapdragons for the display. A celery crate from American Fruit Growers, Inc. arrived via Herb Mosher for the group’s use.
Always Hope for the Best Advice About Hope and Disappointment
The phrase notes that one should always hope for the best and find consolation in having enjoyed the hopeful experience, even if the outcome is disappointing. It frames hope as a personal mindset and a source of emotional balance.
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Kiwanis News
Civic Committee
Lake Front
Tangerine Store
Brodie Home
C. of C. Council
Girl Scout
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