Barge Canal Plan Favored At Ocala Public Hearing
Proponents of a cross state barge canal and intracoastal extension presented to army engineers in Ocala with broad support and calls for study. Officials cited traffic growth and potential economic savings while opponents urged more review of water supply impacts. Leaders from businesses and chambers backed connecting Gulf and Atlantic inland waterways, with varied city and regional endorsements and telegrams urging construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Florida
Anclote River
St. Marks
Gulf Shore
Army
Ocala
Lewis H. Watkins
Jacksonville
Walter F. Coachman, Jr
Florida Waterways Congress
Boston
Corpus Christi
Coachman
Col. C. S. C. Holland
Intracoastal Canal Association
Louisiana
Texas
Mississippi River
George Goethals
J. Hampton Moore
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association
National Rivers and Harbors Con
Gulf
Atlantic
Pepper and Andrews
Green, Caldwell
Hendricks
Col
Watkins
Gilbert A. Youngberg
United District
Pensacola
St. Petersburg
Port Inglis
G. B. Curtis
Tampa Chamber of Commerce
Florida Waterway Conservation League
South Florida
Florida
Marvin Walker
Lakeland
Florida Citrus Producers Trade Association
Conservation League
League
Walker
Ralph Gore Returns to Lead Umatilla Tribune
Ralph Gore, a popular Lake County editor, has returned to the area and leased the Umatilla Tribune. He promises a fine aggressive newspaper for the county and is greeted warmly by local friends as he resumes his duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Gore
Lake County
Umatilla
Bank Deposits In First National At An All Time High
The First National Bank of Mount Dora reports record private and business deposits, led by Mount Dora in Lake County. President George J. White notes deposits exceed previous peaks even after a harsh citrus season.
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First National
First National Bank of
Mount Dora
George J. White
Lake County
White
Lawn Bowling News and Reunion Plans
Mr. Louis Denbroder of Whitman Massachusetts chairs a committee to arrange a club reunion in late August. Sixty members enjoyed a Maine outing at Saco and Portland under the late Willard Sprague. Rinks 8 9 10 were relined and sand coated for summer protection, while Mount Dora gains praise for its strong sand rink club and 122 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Denbroder
Whitman
Massachusetts
Willard Sprague
Saco
Portland
Maine
Clark
Peabody Lawn Bowling Club
Daytona Beach
Mount Dora
Summer Shuffleboard Club Formed For Season Play
A summer shuffleboard club was organized with I. M. Short as president and J A. Nelson as secretary treasurer. Membership costs 25 cents for five months. Games set for Wednesday and Saturday nights with potential add on nights. The well lit courts and pleasant summer evenings invite local residents to join and enjoy this sport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. M. Short
J A. Nelson
Andrews to visit Lake County communities Saturday
Senator Charles Andrews of Orlando, seeking re election, will spend Saturday visiting Lake County towns and plans a brief stop in Mount Dora around 1 00 p m. He aims to meet supporters in person. Stewart Bowman of Clermont joins the tour which ends in Leesburg with Mrs Andrews speaking in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Andrews
Orlando
Lake County
Mount Dora
Stewart Bowman
Clermont
Leesburg
Matinees Discontinued at Princess Theatre
Beginning next week no matinees will be held at the Princess Theatre except for Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess Theatre
Aviation Officials Confer on Lake County Airport Plan
Phillips Moore and D W Cole met with Eliot Kerlin and Karl Lehmann in Tavares to discuss developing a county airport. Cole noted Florida defense air bases including Jacksonville, Tampa, Pensacola, and Key West expansions, with Florida leading in sea plane facilities and 130 airports statewide. The Lake County chamber aviation committee seeks federal funding as part of a proposed 125 million national airport program with at least 3 million to Florida and a committee meeting set for April 24 at the Court House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips Moore
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Atlanta
D. W. Cole
Florida State Road Department
Eliot Kerlin
Lake County Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
Karl Lehmann
chamber = of commerce
Tavares
Cole
Florida
United States Navy
Army Air Corps
Miami
Lake County
Boat Trip to Silver Springs with Nine on Silver Spray
On Thursday April 17 Capt Ha Wise led a party of nine aboard the Silver Spray to Silver Springs. A fine chicken dinner was enjoyed at the Springs and a tasty homeward supper. Birds and alligators were seen along the way with guests including Mrs Sterling F Hayward Mrs Fred Hutchinson Mrs Hugh John Mrs Anna de Marse Miss Margaret A Conner Miss Minerva Anderson Miss Rhoda Goodman Miss E T de Martins and Mr E Fred Widman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ha Wise
Silver Springs
Sterling F. Hayward
Fred Hutchinson
Hugh John
Anna de Marse
Margaret A. Conner
Minerva .Anderson
Rhoda Goodman
E. T. de Martins
E. Fred Widman
Trio Embark On Florida Cruise And Fishing Trip
Messrs. Roland B. Morse John Dexter and Eardley Wilmot began an extended cruise from New Smyrna aboard Morse's yacht. They will sail along the East coast via Stuart Palm Beach canals Lake Okeechobee to Fort Myers and the Ten Thousand Islands, likely away several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Roland B. Morse
John Dexter
Eardley Wilmot
Florida
New Smyrna
Mr. Morse
Stuart
Falm Beach
Lake Okeechobee
Fort Myers
Ten Thousand Islands
Dr Brodie Improves After Illness and Travels Ahead
Word from Dr. A M Brodie says he and Mrs. Brodie spent the winter in Tucson Arizona and will visit daughter Mrs O L Bushnell in Hinsdale Illinois before a Manistee Michigan summer. He has regained 22 of 44 pounds lost and is so much better he preached three Sundays recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Brodie
Mrs. Brodie
Tucson
Arizona
Hinsdale
Ill
O. L. Bushnell
Manistee
Mich
NYA Offers 300 Central Florida Jobs for Youths
L W Burton Jr announces expansion of the National Youth Administration program in Lake County and Mount Dora. About 300 jobs for 18 to 24 year olds are available with streamlined applications, immediate starts, and diverse training options in aviation, mechanics, nursing, secretarial work, and more. Burton will interview applicants in Mount Dora Thursday at 2:30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Florida
National Youth Administration
L. W. Burton, Jr
Burton
NYA
Tampa
Lake County
Mount Dora
Council Chamber
City Hall
Epworth League to Present 31 Act Plays
The Mount Dora Epworth League will present three one act plays at the Macunacy Building May 3 at 8 00 PM The plays are The Neighbors The Teeth of the Gift Horse Elizabeths Young Man Come and enjoy this entertaining program A small admission will be charged All proceeds will meet the Epworth Rebupda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora Epworth League
Macunacy
Epworth
Mount Dora Reaches 137 Lake C of C Memberships in 1940
Mount Dora becomes seventeenth community to meet and exceed its Lake County Chamber of Commerce 1940 membership quota with 137 memberships toward a 120 goal. The largest gift is a 19.50 check from Mount Dora Publishing Company, plus sustaining and contributing memberships for local figures. Other communities and percentages follow, highlighting Orange County ahead of the county’s leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount. Dora
Lake County
San Bernardino
California
State Theatre
First State Bank of
Harry P. Leu
Orlando
L. D. Edge
Groveland
Trimbey Properties
Bowman & Brown
Ciizens Bank
Charles R. Short
American Diatomite Company of
Clermont
B. M. Kinzer
Grand View Hotel
Lake Yale Groves
Lake County Medical Center
Eustis
C. V. Griffin
Howey
Leesburg
Lumber Co
Hester & Stinson Lumber Co
M. G. Hunter
American Products Company
Lake View Hotel
S. L. Kilgore
Blanford Nurseries
Lake Jem
George Keller
George J. White
Mount Dora
J. M. Gillespie
J. W. Hunter
B. A. Cassady
Tavares
S.M. Coen
Tangerine
Florida
Orange County Chamber of Commerce
Orange County
Seneca
Minneola
Astor
Astatula
Montverde
Lady Lake
Fruitland Park
Grand Island
Sylvan Shores
Umatilla
And
Home From Northern Trip
Mr and Mrs Win C Sleight returned from a seven day 2473 mile trip to attend the funeral of Mrs Sleight mother Mrs Ross Albright of Meyersdale PA A heavy snow storm greeted them Sunday morning on the Blue Ridge Mountains and traffic was hampered by heavy rains and fogs through the northern states
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Win C. Sleight
Pennsylvania
Interesting Visitors Delight Tourists and Local Stage Crowd
Miss Juanita McComb and Miss Hermone Vincent of the Tourist Club surprised Monday audiences with a third and picture show. They return from Yucatan with moving pictures memories and a black spider monkey to perform with Crocker the dog in the new winter program. They were bound for Knoxville for engagements after two Orlando entertainments last week. The community hopes Mount Dora will see them on stage next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juanita McComb
Hermone Vincent
Yucatan
Crocker
Knoxville
Orlando
Mount Dora
Azalea And Dogwood Sale Shines For Mount Dora
Chamber of Commerce reports a successful azalea and dogwood plant sale raising funds for Central Florida beautification. 800 azaleas and 300 dogwoods sold Friday and Saturday at wholesale prices amid hearty public support and efforts by the Junior Woman's Club and local volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Central Florida
Chamber of Commerce
Florida Nursery, and Landscape Co
Leesburg
Chamber
Ravine Gardens
Palatka
Bok
Lake Wales
Delphia Norman
Shirley Drugg
Joseph Swift
Lee Hill
Eleanore Minkley
Armer Johnson
Richard Edgerton
Ernest Mosteller
Carl S. Graves
Mount Dora Citizens Endorse Tom Cooley For State Senator
The Cooley for State Senator Club of Mount Dora endorses Tom Cooley for State Senator citing a clean legislative record, support for fair laws, service to those in need, small business roots, opposition to legalized gambling, higher moral standards, government economy, and independent private enterprise to secure future opportunities. Primary Election May 7th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooley
Mount Dora
Tom Cooley
House of Representatives
Lake County
Turkey Supper by Pythian Sisters at Community Building
The Pythian Sisters announce a turkey supper tomorrow evening at 5 30 at the Community Building. Tickets cost 25 cents and include turkey with dressing potatoes peas salad rolls and butter pie and coffee. Tickets available from any Pythian Sister or the Chamber of Commerce office. Everyone is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythian Sisters
Chamber of Commerce
Cone to Speak in Lake County Dates Set
Governor Fred P. Cone will visit Lake County on May 2 with talks at Tavares at 1 30 p m and Leesburg at 4 p m promoting his bid for the United States Senate. Citizens urged to attend as he is unlikely to speak elsewhere in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred P. Cone
Lake County
Tavares
Leesburg
United States
Cooley for State Senator Mass Meeting Planned
A mass meeting for Tom Cooley's campaign for State Senator will be held Friday night at 8 o'clock in the auditorium of the Community Building. The event is organized by the Cooley for State Senator Club and invites all voters to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Cooley
Cooley
Mount Dora Gains in Trade and Home Building
Four new homes under construction in Mount Dora with one valued above 12000 and four more lots sold for summer building. Rehbaum reports ten years of peak activity and a 20 percent rise in retail trade. A new seaplane float was dedicated, marking Mount Dora as a landing site for sea planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Alfred Rehbaum
Lake County
Past Masters' Night at Mount Dora Lodge No 238
Mount Dora Lodge No. 238 F and A M invites Sojourning Masons to attend Past Masters night on Thursday May 2 at 8:00 PM for work in the Entered Apprentice Degree. Light refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora Lodge No. 238
Mail Schedules Begin April 22 1940
Daily except Sunday mail closes at 9 15 A M 3 30 P M 5 30 P M bus Incoming due 9 00 A M 10 00 A M bus 4 00 P M Outgoing closes 5 30 P M bus Air Mail dispatch and incoming due 10 00 A M 4 Rural mail will leave the office 11 A M instead of 9 30 as formerly.
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Suonday Ba
Air Mail
Eg Ce
Ae Air Mail
Dispatch
U Ruralry
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Memory Martin
Huggins
Army Incern
Lawn Bowling News
Lake Orange League
Zellwood
Clermont Evati
Garden
Ee Dora Park
Ball
Pines
Mount Ora
Dora A
Toric
Lake County Commissioners
NYA Carpenter
Brodie
Epworth League
Lake C. of C
Azalea and Dogwood Sale
Kiwanis News
F. J. Cleary
N.S.N
Kiwanis
Cleary
Clea
Mare Island
Great Britain
France
Netherlands
Italy
Europe
Tom Brotherton
Karl .Lehmann
Mount Dora Kiwanis
Minneapolis
C. J. Settle
Florida School For the Deaf and Blind
St. Augustine
Boy Scout Committee
A. Lee French
Central Florida Council
Dr. Dickson
Agriculture
H. B. Harrell
Haverford
Tory L. Davis
D. "H. Moore
Lebanon
Wilbur van Zant
Felton Dean Newcomb Fuller
Pickens Tally
Cone
Lake CO
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